Chapter 361: Benefiting the People
Poaching? What's going on?
Song Liyun was completely confused. She had only been away for more than twenty days, so how could she not understand anything?
Wang Junxun was certain that Song Liyun knew nothing, so he shook his head and sighed, "Jiang Feng wants to build another acorn vermicelli workshop in Qili County and use our name... The profits have nothing to do with us!"
"He's going to rob me!"
Song Liyun was almost angry. She already had an acorn vermicelli workshop in Suijin Town, and Jiang Feng opened another one, named it Suijin Town, and didn't pay anything.
What a terrible ignorance of the law!
I didn’t care that the next day was already the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day for families to reunite.
Yang Hua and Yun Niangzi were busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner for their reunion, but Song Liyun, with Abu and two cavalrymen, rushed directly to the Qili County Government Office without even going into the Tianxiang Tower to take a look.
Jiang Feng did not bring his family with him. The clerks from the six ministries of the yamen had already gone on vacation. Except for the servants and the doorman, even the cook had gone home to take care of the children. The entire back yamen was deserted.
It was somewhat beyond Jiang Feng's expectations that Song Liyun would rush back on New Year's Eve.
After receiving the report from the servant, Jiang Feng, dressed in casual clothes, soon appeared in the warm room.
After a simple greeting, Song Liyun asked directly why they wanted to rob her acorn workshop?
Jiang Feng seemed to have heard something unimaginable. He frowned and said seriously, "Miss Song, you can't be too selfish."
"Selfish?" Song Liyun laughed angrily.
From the moment you pick up the first acorn, everything belongs to you. How can there be anything selfish about it?
Jiang Feng was prepared for Song Liyun's reaction and spoke to himself, "There are acorn trees all over Yunzhou. In order for ordinary people to have enough food, your method of removing the astringency should be made public."
"I've never concealed my method of removing the astringent. Most of the farmers around Suijin Town know about it. But you, a county magistrate, are stealing from the people and breaking the law knowingly. Don't you have selfish motives?"
Song Liyun was a little annoyed. She had never thought of hiding her practices since she opened the workshop, but the feeling of voluntary donation and forced donation was different.
She had enough reason to suspect that Jiang Feng was jealous of the profits of the Acorn Workshop.
Yesterday she looked at the account book sent by Uncle Han. Although the income from Acorn was very scattered, it added up to thirty taels a month.
This was what Song Liyun got alone after Xue Zhuang and others had divided it up at the garrison.
As for the villagers who went up the mountain to pick acorns, each household probably had one or two taels of silver, which they could use to buy cloth, cotton, and a few pounds of meat to have a rich winter.
When it comes to money, the friendship is overturned at any time. At this time, Song Liyun and Jiang Feng no longer have the tacit understanding they had when they worked together to deal with Master Lin.
Both of them glared at each other with dark faces.
Jiang Feng suppressed his anger and said, "Miss Song, do you know that the new emperor has ascended the throne and his ambition is for the prosperity and well-being of the world? You are now a member of the royal family, so why are you unwilling to spend money for the common people?"
What a big pot!
Song Liyun was furious. She hadn't even married Zhao Tingduo yet, but she was already worrying about the world?
Even if we are worried, we should first consider the interests of the Wuda tribe. What does it have to do with the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty!
Song Liyun didn't want to argue with Jiang Feng. Their ways of thinking were not on the same channel, and both of them thought they were right.
Jiang Feng was right. It was the responsibility of every minister to share the emperor's worries and seek benefits for the people, including Song Liyun, the future indirect beneficiary. There was no reason to take money directly out of someone else's pocket.
Song Liyun thought for a moment and said, “I won’t allow Qili County to open another acorn workshop.
The method for removing the astringency of acorns has long been public knowledge. "Don't just sit in court and listen. If you had a craftsman listen, he would have known that every household in the villages surrounding Suijin Town soaks acorns and grinds them into flour for consumption."
Jiang Feng's face darkened even more. These words meant that he had become a clay sculpture or wooden sculpture in the court.
But Song Liyun said that every household could grind their own flour to eat, and he felt relieved again.
Song Liyun continued, "Although each family's flour mill can solve part of the food problem, they don't have money, so they can't buy the grain, oil, cloth, and salt they need. We can only let them earn money first, and then buy cheap food."
Jiang Feng understood a little bit, but also didn't understand a little bit, but he knew that Song Liyun had many creative ideas, so he calmed down at this time.
After thinking for a moment, he asked, "You mean to make everyone earn money, I understand that.
But they also say that acorn workshops are not allowed in Qili County. Where will the money come from? It can’t be just for those mutton skewers you have?”
In the twelfth lunar month, Tianxianglou's business was booming, and barbecue restaurants all over the city were very popular, but these things also required money to spend, and it was impossible for every household to set up a barbecue stall.
Song Liyun began to count on her fingers, and Jiang Feng listened carefully, his brows furrowed deeper the more he listened.
According to Song Liyun, people should be encouraged to raise and plant more animals.
If you can't raise chickens, ducks, and pigs that eat grain, you can raise sheep, rabbits, and cows that eat grass.
Since the cost of sheep and cattle is high, raise rabbits.
There are also barren slopes on the mountains that do not produce fine grains, so people grow more beans and millet to feed livestock.
Before Song Liyun could continue, Jiang Feng interrupted her: "Not only are rabbits difficult to raise, but no one raises them. And you just mentioned growing coarse grains to raise livestock, but you don't raise sheep or cattle. What kind of livestock do you feed?"
Song Liyun waved to Abu, who was sitting in a daze not far away: "Abu, come over and tell Lord Jiang if he needs beans to feed the livestock?"
Abu was just beginning to feel overwhelmed by the thought of a business, but when he heard about feeding livestock, he immediately perked up and quickly sat down and said, "Master Jiang, beans are the best feed on the grassland."
He also enthusiastically talked about how to fatten sheep, cattle and horses.
Seeing the two of them singing the same tune, Jiang Feng shut up: He was so happy to see the new emperor ascend the throne that he was confused. Song Liyun wanted coarse grains, and she was looking for them for the third young master.
First, she asks farmers to grow fodder and coarse grains to sell for money, and then asks farmers to spend money to buy beef and mutton. All the money goes into her pocket, so it is not a waste at all.
Seeing Jiang Feng's dissatisfied face, Song Liyun smiled and said, "Someone will naturally take care of the money-making matters. Sir Jiang, just stick to your old job!
I heard from Captain Luo that several corrupt officials in Pingyang Prefecture have been exposed and imprisoned. If their properties are confiscated, it will be a lot of money."
Jiang Feng said sternly, "Eat the emperor's salary, be loyal to the emperor, and share the emperor's worries. This is the way of a minister!"
Song Liyun did not refute any more. After all, a new emperor means new ministers. Sooner or later, when the emperor changes, there will be a rotation from top to bottom, and the treasury will be filled.
But... she raised her brows and said, "I also heard that the Pingyang Lin family is close to several imperial merchants and has done many things to deceive the inner court by passing off inferior goods as superior ones."
Jiang Feng curled his lips and said, "I have my own arrangements.
I'd rather borrow your words and just focus on your own business. You don't need to worry about this matter."
His counterattack came quickly, and he turned around and returned the original words to Song Liyun.
Young Master Lin not only made things difficult for Song Liyun in Qili County, but also embarrassed Jiang Feng by yelling in court.
Therefore, not only the Lin family's shop needs to be investigated, but also the collusion between the eldest son Lin and other county offices to forge evidence and the favoritism and fraud in the case need to be investigated.
(End of this chapter)
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