When Yan Shiyue turned around, he saw several people coming over from a distance. Some of them kept pushing a woman, shouting, "We don't want you! Get out of here! Don't let me slap you to death!"
A lady nearby saw her and quickly stopped to salute. Yan Shiyue asked, "What happened?"
"Empress Fu," the group of people also stopped, and someone said angrily, "It's all because of them! They arranged the marriage and then broke it off! Aren't they just taking advantage of us because we're poor?"
A young man surnamed Liu from an An county has been engaged to a family from a neighboring county for two years. The girl has reached marriage age and it is time for the marriage to begin soon. However, the family from the neighboring county has been making excuses and today they simply came to cancel the engagement, saying that their horoscopes are not compatible or something.
Why didn't you do anything earlier if your horoscopes are incompatible? It's obvious that you did it on purpose!
The official media also looked embarrassed.
She often traveled back and forth between these small counties, so how could she not know what Any County was like? Just the muddy and sandy roads and the smell were unbearable. If she were to say it, no girl would want to marry here.
But when she came today, she almost didn't recognize it. How come this small county has changed so much in just one month?
Two carriages can ride side by side on this road! And the big workshop with people coming and going, they are making canned food? What is canned food? It sounds very impressive!
The official media was simply overwhelmed.
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When I got to the man's house, I told him the story...
In the past, An County was very poor, and people with poor financial ambitions had low aspirations. It was common for people to be rejected in marriages, and they did not dare to make a fuss. They would just sigh and wipe away a few tears. But now... the whole family joined forces to beat her out.
Fortunately, I happened to run into Empress Fu head-on.
The official media put on a smiling face and wanted to explain a few words.
Yan Shiyue waved her hand directly: "I know, go ahead."
The official media just felt it was so boring that they could only bow awkwardly and leave. After seeing them leave, Yan Shiyue took the opportunity to educate these people.
"Every family has sons and daughters. If someone looks down on you and you regret breaking off an engagement, will you be angry? Will you be ashamed? People fight for their dignity. We are guarding a huge sea. This is the treasure bowl given by God. If you hold such a treasure bowl and live your life like this, being despised and looked down upon by everyone, isn't it aggrieved?"
"That's why we have to work hard. We have to live a life that everyone envies, so that those who look down on us will look at us with new eyes, so that young ladies will look forward to marrying us, and young men will cry and shout to marry a girl from our An County! So we have to work hard! Grit our teeth and make a name for ourselves, our families, and our descendants!"
She felt that she had great potential for pyramid selling. Her words made these people excited.
In no time, these words spread throughout An County.
Who doesn't want to live a good life? Who doesn't want to live a glorious life? The blessed queen of Qinzhou is now richer than the south of the Yangtze River, and now they have it too!
Before, the morale of the people in An County was not good. It felt gloomy and everyone was just getting by. But now, after being instigated by her, the enthusiasm of the group of people has risen to an unprecedented high.
Then Yan Shiyue took people and started marine aquaculture.
All of this was planned. The reason why we divided the canning workshops into two and made them both so large was that one reason was to allow for competition and ensure quality, and the other reason was to increase production in the future.
Shipbuilding and salvaging are possible, but why not use them when there is an easier way?
Of course, she is not familiar with this, so she has to figure it out slowly, and she can't do it as she pleases. You take a piece and I take a piece. It also needs government supervision and orderly and moderate development.
So she stayed here the whole time, personally directing people to surround the pond and plant the seedlings, doing it bit by bit.
Of course the women were not idle either. She asked them to pick up shells and conches and string them together to decorate the house and windows.
The busy young people would look up from time to time and take a peek from afar.
Under the scorching sun, she was wearing a thin summer shirt, standing tall and graceful, with a huge hat with a brim, and flowers and pearls hanging down on it. When the wind blew, her clothes fluttered, as if she was about to ride the wind home.
In fact, she is not as cool as they think.
The weather was too hot. Even with a big hat to block the sun, it was still incredibly hot. There was no sunscreen in that era, and she was really afraid of getting tanned.
Suddenly, I smelled a scent.
Without looking back, I knew it was Wang Anshi coming.
Yan Shiyue sighed silently, and then Wang Anshi came over and bowed, saying, "Prime Minister."
Wang Anshi was a man of real talent and ambition. He couldn't stand her at first, but later he probably changed his mind a little. He wrote a long article stating his opinions on the reform of the civil official system and gave it to her.
Wang Anshi was good at reasoning and using allusions, and his articles were very brilliant and inspiring.
Then Wang Anshi said, "Prime Minister, have you read my article?"
"I read it, the article is excellent," Yan Shiyue said, "but what I don't understand is why Lord Wang thinks Dayan needs reform? Dayan has an upright ruler and honest ministers, and the country is rich and the people are strong. Although there are some small places that are backward and poor, the overall outlook is positive. What Dayan needs is steady development and improvement, not top-down reform."
Wang Anshi immediately asked: "Prime Minister, have you ever seen the people in poor and remote areas..."
"I have," Yan Shiyue interrupted him, "My origin is no secret. I was born in Longmen County, near the Northwest Pass, a famously barren place. I have lived in the northwest for a long time, and have been to the northwest twice. I have also been to the south of the Yangtze River, and now I am here again. I have seen many places, but I still think that Dayan is thriving."
"Of course," Wang Anshi said, "What I have thought and done is the icing on the cake, which will help our Great Yan to reach a higher level."
"I don't think so," Yan Shiyue said, "For example, the Qingmiao Law you and Brother Four mentioned, I know it was successful when it was implemented in Yin County. But this does not mean it will be successful in other places. Have you ever thought that the people are unwilling to borrow money? For them, it is better to suffer than to owe money. Moreover, what is the difference between 20% interest and the interest of a donkey rolling? Why would people borrow?"
Wang Anshi said: "In years of famine, borrowing is necessary to deal with emergencies, and in years of plenty, repaying grain can also fill the government granaries..." He talked incessantly.
Yan Shiyue was really tired.
You know, no matter this is a parallel universe or just a coincidence, she has a huge halo effect in her heart about the historical figures she has heard of, and she really doesn't want to have any conflict with him.
But Wang Anshi was a talented debater and she couldn't beat him.
When I was in school, my teacher commented on this guy. He was very stubborn. He would stick to his own path and would not turn back even if he hit a wall. During the eight-year reform, he argued from beginning to end. But even if the truth was thrown in his face, he would just stick his neck out and refuse to admit defeat.
If he was a bad guy, she wouldn't be embarrassed, but he was a good guy...she was very embarrassed.
Yan Shiyue changed the subject: "You are only the head of a county, let's not talk about these distant things first, tell me, what did you do in An County?"
Wang Anshi said: "I have found grain varieties suitable for the climate of Shadi and An County, and urged the people to plant them..."
Okay, this is basic operation, and it can be regarded as a very diligent official's behavior.
Yan Shiyue said: "Live by the mountain and eat by the mountain, live by the sea and eat by the sea. Your An County is by the sea, why don't you think of a way to make money from the sea?"
Wang Anshi was also speechless.
You think everyone is like you, and you can build a road with a wave of your hand, and make some weird "canned food".
Wang Anshi said: "Merchants are not considered mainstream after all."
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