Only Village Chief Jiang was left confused about their purpose of coming.
After returning to the capital, the prince sat at the top of the throne in the magnificent Wenhua Palace, his eyes sharp as torches, examining the ministers below whom he had invited to discuss matters.
Except for Minister Zhou and the Minister of Agriculture who witnessed the scene in Taoyuan Township with their own eyes, the other ministers only knew about it through the prince's personal description.
The prince rubbed his brows, a trace of anxiety on his face: "My dear ministers, do you have any good ideas for the current predicament? Can you refer to the model of Taoyuan Township and find a way to solve the problem?"
However, the hall was completely silent, no one took the initiative to speak, and the ministers looked at each other, seemingly hesitant.
Minister Zhou shook his head slowly and said in a deep voice: "Prince, this model is really difficult to implement. The national treasury is empty now. If we want to implement such a model, it will be difficult to get money."
The Minister of Agriculture opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.
He knew clearly that the only thing he was good at was managing farm affairs. It would be better for him to express less opinions on such complicated politics so as not to offend others.
The prince thought for a moment and continued, "What if this money is not provided by the national treasury, but by local wealthy merchants or landlords?"
Minister Zhou hesitated for a moment and replied, "I'm afraid they won't agree easily. These wealthy businessmen and landlords are often more inclined to take this opportunity to buy the land from farmers at a low price in order to gain greater profits."
The prince frowned and fell into deep thought.
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After half an hour of discussion, everyone was still at a loss and could not find an effective way to solve the problem.
The prince gradually realized that he was facing two difficult problems: one was the funding issue, and the other was the personnel issue.
Not everyone is willing to provide interest-free loans. More people choose to add insult to injury. They hope that these farmers will give up farming or even sell their land.
The prince thought that it was meaningless to continue the discussion, so he decided to go to Sister Chunhua in person to ask her ideas.
He really couldn't understand why Sister Chunhua was willing to lend him money.
After making up his mind, the prince drove everyone present out of the meeting room without hesitation.
In Taoyuan Township, Zhao Yongwen found Zhao Qingshui and Zhao Xiaojuan angrily.
His face was filled with anger, his brows were furrowed, and he said sternly, "What on earth do you do all day? You do nothing all day long! You haven't even planted the wheat in the fields. Look at the whole village, your fields are the only ones left barren!"
Zhao Yongwen's anger had reached its peak. He knew in his heart that the brother and sister were always lazy and gluttonous, but he never expected that they would be so lazy that they were too lazy to even cultivate the land on which they depended for survival. Could it be that they still expected to rely on him to support them in the future?
Faced with his uncle's rebuke, Zhao Qingshui stammered for a long time and couldn't make sense of it. In desperation, he could only look to his sister beside him for help.
However, Zhao Xiaojuan was not afraid at all. She straightened her back and loudly retorted confidently: "We brothers and sisters don't want to grow crops anymore!"
Zhao Yongwen was stunned after hearing this. He obviously did not expect to get such an answer, so he asked: "Not planting crops? Then what else can you do?"
The corners of Zhao Xiaojuan's mouth slightly raised, revealing a look of disdain, and she sneered and said, "Humph, how much can you harvest from growing crops? It can't even fill the stomachs of the two of us!"
Zhao Yongwen was so angry at Zhao Xiaojuan's words that he trembled all over and almost passed out.
He opened his eyes wide, looking at his ignorant niece in disbelief, and sighed in his heart, this girl is getting more and more outrageous.
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