"Thank you very much, Your Highness."
Otherwise, these children wouldn't be able to have their household registration transferred to the capital.
Li Lanzhen thought to herself that both the county and provincial examinations had to be taken in the place of household registration.
Although he owns estates, shops, and residences in the capital.
However, settling down in a place like Beijing is not an easy thing.
Manager Hua smiled and said, "It's also because Madam Li's sons are of outstanding character and excellent learning."
Li Lanzhen smiled, naturally feeling happy and proud that her children and grandchildren were being praised by others.
Everyone in Peach Blossom Valley, young and old, knew that the Emperor had bestowed upon her the title of Yiren.
Overjoyed, Li Erhan and his family worshipped their ancestors at home and told them that Li Lanzhen, a daughter of the Li family, had discovered a new high-yield grain variety in the spring of the third year of Emperor Yuan of Jin's reign, and that the emperor had bestowed upon her the title of Yiren.
Zhang Deshui and his group planned to hold a grand celebration in Peach Blossom Spring, but Li Lanzhen stopped them all.
Later, everyone realized that she really didn't want to be too high-profile or make a big fuss about this.
Not wanting to upset her, I gradually stopped discussing the matter openly, but I still gloated about it privately.
At another village committee meeting.
Zhang Deshui reminded everyone, "It's time to pick the pears in Lishu Village."
The peaches in our peach orchard can be harvested more than twenty days later, so that the timing is just right.
Grafted plums and peaches have a higher survival rate and a higher fruit ripening rate that year.
Of course, the pears and peaches are even better than before, both in terms of taste and size.
Han Dazhong said, "The pears in Lishu Village are growing really well this year! They're big, and when you take a bite, your mouth is full of juice. They're sweet, crisp, and refreshing."
There's only one problem: transporting the picked pears to the eleven-tree pier is too much work.
Yes, last autumn, there weren't many plowshares on the mountain in Lishu Village. After harvesting them, we packed them into baskets, carried them on our backs, and pushed them in handcarts. It took us two days to get them to the small dock.
This year, it will probably take three or four days to pick the best-looking pears and deliver them to the small dock.
Li Lanzhen tapped the table lightly with her fingers, frowning as she pondered the problem.
Lishu Village is developing better and better now. After two years of land improvement, the land has become much more fertile.
The cornfield yielded more than 600 jin per mu compared to the previous year.
The yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes per mu is about to catch up with the target amount in Taohuayuan.
This spring, the people of Lishu Village also reclaimed several small hills around them into terraced fields.
The soil in the terraced fields is much more fertile than the farmland in Lishu Village.
Next spring, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes can be planted on it.
Therefore, the grain produced in Lishu Village will increase.
Transporting them to Peach Blossom Spring would be an even bigger undertaking.
"To get rich, build roads first." Li Lanzhen murmured to herself, and everyone heard her say this.
Su Beisheng quickly wrote down this sentence.
He found this sentence very useful, and after writing it down, he quickly looked up and listened attentively to Li Lanzhen's next words.
"Everyone knows that the grain planted in Lishu Village will increase, and the target quantity will also increase year by year."
Moreover, the pear trees on the mountain will bear more and more fruit.
So transportation is a problem, and the only solution is to build roads.
First, build a road from Peach Blossom Spring to Pear Tree Village.
As soon as she finished speaking, doubts arose.
"Road repair?"
"How do I fix it?"
"That's a mountain road!"
Li Lanzhen waved her hand to quiet everyone down, "Let's build it according to the method of this main road in Peach Blossom Spring."
Han Dazhong said, "This project may be quite large."
The main road to Peach Blossom Spring was built on flat land, so all that was needed was to compact the soil, sand, and stones layer by layer.
But from Peach Blossom Spring to Pear Tree Village, all the gullies and ridges had to be leveled.
The others didn't speak, but they were also thinking that the main road in Peach Blossom Spring was originally a flat road, so the amount of work was small and it was completed in less than 20 days.
After they arrived, the roads became muddy during rainy days or when the snow was melting. Li Lanzhen couldn't stand it; every time she went out, her feet were covered in mud when she came back.
Sometimes, you have to find a stick halfway through the journey to brush the mud off your feet so you can walk more easily.
During the off-season for farming, she proposed building a gravel road.
This road stretches from the south gate of Peach Blossom Spring all the way to the peach grove.
The main road is one such road, and the others extend from it, leading to 11 trees, the small dock, the school, and the courtyards of each household...
Li Lanzhen simply explained to Han Zhaoxiong in detail how the road should be paved and compacted, and then they went to do it.
The first section of road that was built was used as an experiment, and it took about a day to complete.
Later it got faster, and then more and more people joined in.
Therefore, this approach is quick and effective.
Thinking of this, Li Lanzhen stood up and said, "How about this, we might as well go to Lishu Village now and see along the way. We don't necessarily have to level all the high slopes or fill in all the low-lying areas."
We can build it along the contours of the mountain.
Go and ask Han Zhaoxiong to come along; he's the one who has the most say.
Without further ado, they left the dining room, and Han Chaoxiong ran over, his head covered in grime.
Li Lanzhen handed him the towel she was carrying.
"Wipe your sweat, no rush, let's talk as we walk."
As they walked out of the south gate of Peach Blossom Spring, they noticed two places with soft soil along the original path leading to Pear Tree Village.
Han Zhaoxiong pointed directly to these two places and said, "Aunt Lanzhen, these two places won't work. The soil is too loose. Even if you lay sand and gravel on top and compact it, it will turn muddy when it rains or when the ice and snow melt in the spring, and you'll have to keep repairing it."
I suggest we go around this hill, which would bypass both sections of the road.
It's just a bit longer.
Li Lanzhen observed and confirmed his statement.
"A longer journey is fine, but the road quality must be good. If that's the case, then we'll go around it."
And so they continued to observe the road, with Han Zhaoxiong constantly taking notes from his notebook and charcoal pencil.
Of course, Su Beisheng took even more meticulous notes than him.
And so we continued until we reached the entrance of Lishu Village.
When Dunzi and the others learned that a road was to be built from Lishu Village to Peach Blossom Spring, they smiled happily.
They had visited Peach Blossom Spring several times, and they envied the road there.
Flat, clean, and beautiful; my shoes aren't dirty at all. That's great.
Now they have such a path too.
Da Liu hurriedly went to Li Lanzhen and asked.
"Master, just tell us what you need us to do."
Li Lanzhen was also very happy. These people who came here were all hardworking and diligent, and they did not look down on Dunzi because of his leg disability.
On the contrary, they always thought of him and offered him advice and suggestions.
Lishu Village has changed dramatically.
“Sure, we might need you to transport sand and gravel then.”
To do our part in building this new road.
You just need to follow Han Zhaoxiong's arrangements.
After surveying the road, they prepared to return to the village to begin the road construction work.
As they walked back, Han Dazhong suddenly reminded them.
"Zhaoxiong, why don't we drive wooden stakes into the road we just selected? That way, we can just build the road along the stakes later."
Han Zhaoxiong repeatedly praised, "Great, this is a good idea! Drive the piles."
Da Liu and the men standing there quickly went to get machetes and chopped down more than 20 wooden stakes.
He carried it in a basket on his back, and held a hammer in his hand.
“Master, you go ahead and we’ll follow behind. When you say we need to drive stakes, we’ll just put them in the road.”
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