Chapter 286 The Diligent Emperor Used as Cannon Fodder (Part 11) Recently in the South...
Recently, Nangong Rou has been spending a lot of time with the Empress, so she knows how boring the women in the harem can be. She doesn't see anything wrong with the Empress's behavior of finding it difficult to study the characters in the painting.
After all, in modern times, when she reads novels and watches TV dramas, she also discusses the plot with others online.
"This is actually easy to handle. Create an environment similar to a comfort zone, for example, have the government hire people to dig water cellars at a higher price, just like landlords do.
According to the story, the water in the new water cellar was murky and scarce. This water was used as wages, and if it wasn't enough, other water cellars could be used to supplement the wages. Once the workers finished digging the water cellars, the water cellars would be given to the workers as a reward.
If there are any timid people who dare not take the water cellars, then just continue to hire them. The government's initial goal was to build new water cellars to improve the lives of the people. As long as the price is higher than what the landlords offer, won't that make their lives better?
Because Lin You was there, Murong Yu arrived just in time and overheard the result, his eyes immediately lit up.
Although the idea is somewhat rough, it is indeed feasible, and the perspective is novel, with a lot of room for maneuver.
In the case of land reclamation, the government would step in, providing grain and farming tools, and hiring people to reclaim the land. Although the amount of grain grown in the first three years was not much, if all of it were used, the harvest would not be less than that of normal land that had to pay taxes and rent.
After three years of employment, the people can choose to take the land directly or continue to rent it according to the tax system. Not to mention the risks of disaster years, the imperial court is supposed to provide disaster relief in the event of a natural disaster.
Murong Yu was so excited that he wanted to go in and ask Nangong Rou about the specifics, and then have her write a detailed report and send it up.
Fortunately, Lin You reminded him in time and also cast a calming spell on him, which calmed Murong Yu's eagerness to find talent and prevented Nangong Rou from gaining more favorability.
After working with Nangong Rou to exploit the subsystem for the past few days, the energy of subsystem 1 has now dropped to 73, and Lin You doesn't want it to go back up.
Having been keeping a close eye on the court in the small world, upon seeing her actions, she hurriedly sent a message:
【Youyou, you don't need to worry that the favorability will increase the energy of the subsystem. After the tester wrote me the test report, I experimented with the methods and differences in obtaining energy between love and favorability.】
The subsystems that were captured were among the first batch of subsystems I experimented with. Their energy could only be obtained through love; ordinary affection wouldn't grant them energy.
It was also because those subsystems needed to be reprogrammed, and the palace had simply left them lying around, which allowed someone to take advantage of the situation.
Lin You sighed. Shouldn't they have notified him of this in advance? He's a long-time employee, how could he be so unreliable?
Despite the court's statement, Lin You still cast a Tranquility Mantra on Murong Yu just in case. It was best not to rely on his information, in case there were still bugs.
The palace attendants, feeling a little guilty, touched their noses and silently sent Lin You a few screenshots of her favorite streamer.
Since her promotion, Lin You's account records show that, aside from when she was idle while doing tasks, she spent the most time in this live stream room.
While you can browse the forums when doing quests in the small world, you can't watch live streams of entertainment facilities.
Just like when you're at work, you can use your phone to contact clients and your computer to make PowerPoint presentations, but you can't play games or watch live streams.
To express their apology, the palace specially took a screenshot of Lin You's favorite live stream... Monkey King, since how many people from that world don't love Monkey King?
Lin You quickly received the apology gift from the palace. Among a bunch of screenshots, only one showed half of her second sister's face; the rest were all pictures of Monkey King in various poses.
After being speechless for a while, Lin You finally closed the chat page. Out of sight, out of mind; there was no need for her to argue with such a simpleton.
Inside the room, Granny Qin had calmed down, and Nangong Rou finally breathed a sigh of relief before continuing to eat her sweet osmanthus lotus root.
The sweet and glutinous lotus root segments are cut into bite-sized pieces, and each hole is filled with glutinous rice soaked in sugar water. The brownish-red sugar water mixes with the soft and chewy glutinous rice, and the aroma of lotus root is mixed with the fragrance of osmanthus. Every bite is a satisfying taste.
Nangong Rou had already eaten half a lotus root, and seeing the Empress standing there in a daze, she continued to give examples from Qin Mama, who was standing nearby, but this time her wording was more precise:
"This is like when Granny Qin is too old to continue working in the palace, and because she has been in the palace for a long time and is not familiar with her children and grandchildren, she doesn't want to go back with them."
At this point, the Empress could find her own estate and settle Qin Mama in a place close to her son's residence, so that her son and daughter-in-law could go there every day to pay their respects, and her grandchildren could go there to say hello.
"Once Granny Qin has gotten to know her son and grandson, if she feels it's a good fit, she can go home with her son. If she doesn't like it, she can continue living on the estate and can also help the Empress with the estate's affairs."
This time, Granny Qin nodded repeatedly in agreement. If that were really the case, she certainly wouldn't feel uneasy anymore.
Murong Yu pushed open the door and walked in at the right moment: "The Empress seems to be in a good mood today. Are you talking about taking care of Granny Qin in her old age? She is the Empress's wet nurse after all, so she should be taken care of properly. Consort Nangong's idea is very good."
As the praise came, Nangong Rou's system beeped, and another 500 points were credited to her account. Lin You had been monitoring the energy fluctuations and did not notice anything unusual.
Since he couldn't openly praise Nangong Rou's good ideas, Murong Yu used the Empress's name to reward Nangong Rou with many things.
Needless to say, the clothes and jewelry were a big plus. What made Nangong Rou happiest was that she received an extra dish in her daily portion and two more kinds of desserts every day, all of which she could order.
The emperor, having made up his mind, left in high spirits. The empress, who had helped him, was also in a good mood. With a wave of her hand, she rewarded Nangong Rou with many good things.
After receiving two rewards, Nangong Rou did not forget to fulfill her promise to the Empress to keep her small wish. Then, based on the look she had been imagining for several days, she changed the Empress's appearance from head to toe.
The Empress wanted to say that it was too young and undignified, but looking in the mirror at her own youthful appearance, she simply straightened a butterfly tassel at her temple.
"That's more like it. Your Majesty is only in your twenties, in the prime of your life. Why dress so formally? You look much better this way, and it makes you feel better too."
Nangong Rou praised for a while longer before carrying a pile of rewards and skipping away. Everyone had a great harvest, except for the subsystem, which got nothing.
Murong Yu quickly handed over Nangong Rou's idea to the minister in charge of this matter for study, and after three days of discussion, the details were refined.
Another advantage of this idea is that it does not require additional funding from the imperial court, nor does it require too much manpower and resources. Since it is a matter of people's livelihood, it was quickly approved by the ministers and implemented.
Originally, this matter wasn't going to be resolved so quickly, but Lin You unlocked the correct way to use a time traveler for Murong Yu, and he quickly got a good idea from Nangong Rou through the Empress.
The only ones who will suffer losses under this policy are the gentry and landlords. They have always used cheap labor, and they will probably not be able to squeeze the living space of the common people anymore.
Those who oppose this matter can only do so because their own interests have been harmed. In that case, the emperor should investigate thoroughly where the officials got the money to acquire so much land.
After Nangong Rou solved several thorny problems, Murong Yu, who had always avoided another evil entity, couldn't help but look forward to it.
Anyway, that person has been hiding and hasn't shown up yet, so they must be like Nangong Rou, not interested in him as the emperor.
If someone is truly a talent similar to Nangong Rou, then we should definitely find them and exploit—no, I mean make good use of their talent.
Lin You agreed. Nangong Rou's system energy was only 70, and the other one was stuck at 79. If they didn't find it and give it a push, when would she ever complete the mission?
Li Tianle, who was being eyed by the two, was choosing a house. Since becoming Chu Huaijin's apprentice, his savings had increased considerably.
It wasn't that Chu Huaijin gave a generous gift to become an apprentice, but rather that his other three students, after learning of Li Tianle's status as a third-ranked scholar, specially paid him a supplementary tuition fee.
The four of them agreed that each person would receive five taels of silver per month, which would amount to twenty taels for the four students. They would then pay the full three months' worth at once, putting the sixty taels of silver directly into their pockets.
This money was nothing to Chu Huaijin; he could easily slip through his fingers. Although the Shen brothers didn't have much pocket money each month, their parents were overjoyed when they heard that Li Tianle had become the third-ranked scholar in the imperial examinations, and immediately gave him the money.
This is like finding a tutor for your child, and then finding a student who ranked third in the national college entrance examination. Of course, you'd rush to build a relationship and solidify it.
Otherwise, once the news of the third-ranked scholar accepting students spreads, with so many rich and powerful people in the capital, how could their two brats possibly get a chance?
Pei Chengzhi had no money and no loving father, but fortunately he was always easygoing. One dark night, he stole two jars of his father's hidden wine and sold them for several hundred taels of silver.
Although he was severely beaten by his father after being discovered, Pei Chengzhi would not need to worry about tuition fees for a long time to come. This would also reduce his stepmother's vigilance towards him, killing two birds with one stone.
After receiving the sixty taels of silver, Li Tianle had the idea of looking at houses. After all, it's more comfortable to live in your own house, and you can decorate and furnish it according to your own wishes.
Don't underestimate the value of sixty taels of silver. In an ordinary family, it's enough to feed and drink for several people for many years.
Li Tianle, a compiler at the Hanlin Academy, only earned forty-five taels of silver a year. Even with various food and ice/charcoal subsidies, his salary was at most a little over one hundred taels of silver. In fact, this salary was less than what he earned from part-time jobs.
The four students have already spent so much money on tuition; they can't possibly continue to cram into this tiny study room that's hard to even turn around in, poorly lit, and freezing in winter and sweltering in summer.
This isn't modern society. Houses in the capital aren't actually that expensive. As long as you don't choose a large house with three or five courtyards, but just a small courtyard with five or six rooms, it probably won't cost more than a hundred taels of silver.
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Author's note: I accidentally fell asleep while writing yesterday and didn't finish [laughing and crying emoji]
I'll add a chapter in the next couple of days. [Please][Please]
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