Domineering husband

Chapter 201-205

Chapter 201 Knowing that the prefect was promoted, Sheng Hong suspected that Li Qiao had a guilty conscience, so he rewarded Li Qiao's fields

For the next few days, Li Xiaorui asked Li Qiao to take him and his two little uncles to the south and west of the city every day, so as to choose the children he wanted to support.

In the beginning, Li Qiao's plan was to pick a few poor children and let Li Xiaorui sponsor them to study, but now he wants to set up a school to help more children. After leaving the school, the children in the school have to work for Li Xiaorui.

Li Xiaorui is very excited, he likes this decision!

So Li Xiaorui became more interested in choosing candidates.

At the same time, in daily life, he thinks more.

For example when eating.

Now the food in Li's house is very rich, and every meal will fill a large table. However, because Li Qiao is not there in the morning and noon, there are leftovers in every meal.

From Li Liang's point of view, these leftovers must be given to the servants to eat. Every plate is either meat or oil, flour or polished rice, accompanied by delicacies from mountains and seas. It is impossible to dream of leaving it in the former Li family. to so many dishes.

But as a big family, how can I let my servants eat leftovers?

It doesn't sound good when it gets out.

Besides, Li Qiao Taozhu treats the people very well, people like Li Dao, Li Man and Li Yu are all well-behaved and capable, can you give these people leftovers?

Certainly not.

Therefore, for every leftover meal in the Li family, they first asked the servants in the mansion. If the servants were not interested, they would either feed them to the livestock or take them out to places frequented by beggars.

Now Li Xiaorui thought about the children from poor families who were still eating steamed buns during the Chinese New Year, and looked at his own leftovers. He frowned and thought for two days, and then he made a suggestion to Li Qiao.

Leftovers are not good, and the family should cook as much as they eat for each meal.

If there are still leftovers, they can be given to those poor children. Children from poor families certainly don't care about leftovers.

Li Qiao highly praised Li Xiaorui's suggestion.

good.

sympathetic.

Practical solutions can also be given.

But the second thing, children from poor families also have self-respect, so how can they give leftovers from meals to others? Instead of giving leftovers that cannot be eaten to others, it is better to use them to raise livestock.

Gao Zhiyuan said that in the 15th year of Shengping, there will be a large locust plague, which will affect three provinces, including Hexi Prefecture.

Next year will be the fourteenth year of Shengping, so we must find a way to prevent the occurrence of locust plagues and minimize the harm of locust plagues.

But Gao Zhiyuan is a small person and doesn't know the whole situation of Dasheng. Therefore, Li Qiao doesn't know which provinces the locust plague will appear in the 15th year of Shengping.

Li Qiao didn't know if there was any in Shengjing.

Just in case, Li Qiao can only assume that there is also a plague of locusts in Shengjing.

Locust plagues have existed since ancient times, and are often recorded in history books. The frequency is second only to the two disasters of drought and flood, and they spread across the north and south. Under such circumstances, people have summed up some measures to deal with locust plagues.

As the saying goes, if there is a long drought, there will be locusts, and if there is a long drought, there will be locust plagues. To avoid this situation, we should dig more canals, let the crops drink enough water, and let the hotbed for locusts disappear directly.

It just so happened that Sheng Hong in Shengjing had already agreed to the Seventh Prince's suggestion to dig more rivers and ponds to facilitate irrigation for farmers.

Therefore, Li Qiao no longer needs to worry about the drought.

In addition to eradicating the breeding grounds for locusts, you can also raise more chickens and ducks, which eat locusts, so Li Qiao plans to raise some chickens and ducks on his own farm, and the leftovers from the mansion can be transported to the village to feed the chickens and ducks.

In addition, not all plants eat locusts. He plans to grow more soybeans this year. If there are other food options, locusts will not eat soybeans.

Soybeans are very good. Not only can you make soy milk, but you can also make all kinds of soy products. His hot pot shop and duck shop can use them.

As for the Hexi Mansion, he doesn't have to worry about Pingcheng at all, because the situation in Pingcheng is very similar to that in Shengjing. Farmers keep chickens and ducks in their homes, and there is no shortage of wells, rivers and streams.

But the whole Dasheng...

Li Qiao sighed, his strength alone was limited after all.

Li Xiaorui didn't know what his uncle and father were worried about. After listening to Li Qiao's explanation, he wrinkled his face and thought for a long time, and finally nodded his head.

Well, it is true that people should not be given leftovers.

"Uncle, if the children I choose enter the school, can I share some of the meals I can't finish that day and send them to these children?" "Of course it is possible,

you can share it in advance , then it's not leftovers. Xiaorui is really kind and smart."

Hearing this, Li Qiao praised him generously.

His grand nephew is awesome!

Li Xiaorui got the compliment, and proudly puffed out his small chest: "When will the school start?"

"School will start after the Lantern Festival."

There is no way, there are too many people who signed up.

Unlike the previous academy that specialized in training barefoot doctors, this academy has no barriers to entry, regardless of literacy or not, anyone over the age of six and under the age of twenty can come and sign up.

Not only provide a lunch, but also do not charge repair fees.

Not only to teach reading, but also to teach crafts.

more importantly! Distribution will be included after three years!

What a wonderful thing!

For children from poor families, this is nothing short of pie in the sky.

Originally, some parents were unwilling to let their children go to the school. The children of the poor are already in charge of the family. Even if they are five, six, seven or eight years old, they can cook at home and do all the housework they can do. The older ones can go out and do it. Live to earn money.

But if you go to the academy, there will be no one to do the housework at home, and there will be one less person to earn money.

If it weren't for the generous conditions offered by Li Qiao, some parents would really not want to send their children to the academy.

Now they only need to stay in the academy for three years, and after they come out, they can work for Li Qiao and the court. Therefore, even short-sighted parents are willing to send their children there to sign up.

In this way, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu had to be carefully screened.

The space is limited, each family can only accept one child, and if the family is in a good position, the school will not accept it.

When Li Qiao and Tao Zhu were busy with the school, Li Qiao also hung up a wooden signboard for buying cotton at the door of his shop.

If he wants farmers to grow cotton, he must find a way out for the cotton. It happens that the cotton is easy to store. He buys cotton in his own name. When the weather is cold in the future, the rich can't donate enough clothes. Donate this batch of cotton.

This is a trivial matter, and he did not report it to Sheng Hong.

It was Sheng Hong who asked him about it when he entered the palace contemporary writing.

After hearing his explanation, Sheng Hong couldn't help feeling: "Li Aiqing, you can really share my worries."

If all the officials in the world are like Li Aiqing, how much worry can he save!

"The main reason why I came to Shengjing from Sanliu Village is because of your protection. Naturally, I will help you solve your problems."

Li Qiao expressed gratitude.

"I love to hear that."

Sheng Hong couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, but soon he said again: "Speaking of which, Ming Aiqing, the prefect of Hexi Prefecture, should make a move." "Lord

Ming?"

Li Qiao was surprised.

"Yes, he has been in Hexi Mansion for more than ten years, and the situation in Hexi Mansion is quite stable now. He has handed me a good performance report, and he is going to take a step forward." Li

Qiaowen I couldn't help but be delighted: "I don't know where

Master Ming is going to be promoted?" "

Li Qiao: "!"

His eyes widened in an instant.

Ji refers to Jibei Province.

Dong refers to Dongshan Province.

The governor of the two provinces is in charge of the military and political power of the two provinces, starting from the second grade!

Although the official position is one level lower than that of the six ministers, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. He is not in Shengjing, and he does not have to accompany the emperor every day, nor does he have to go to court. In terms of comfort, it is much more comfortable than the six ministers.

There are only five governors in Dasheng, and now Mingzhifu is one of them.

Knowing that the magistrate has jumped directly from the prefect of the fourth rank to the official of the second rank!

"My sage is wise!" He couldn't hide his excitement.

Mingzhifu has protected the Hexi Prefecture for ten years of peace, and also made the people of Hexi Prefecture rich. Now that he has risen step by step, he is really happy for Mingzhifu!

But Sheng Hong stared at his face for two seconds, raised his eyebrows and asked: "I see you are happy, you and Ming Aiqing have a good relationship?"

Li Aiqing was a little too happy, look, smiling eyes narrowed Now, he rarely saw Li Aiqing smiling so heartily.

Why are you so happy?

He doesn't like officials forming cliques for personal gain.

Li Aiqing should obediently be his pure minister.

"Except for the exchange of letters during the Chinese New Year, there is no correspondence between Wei Chen and Master Ming. Before the name of Wei Chen was passed to you, Master Ming gave Wei Chen a lot of protection. Moreover, during the imperial examination, Ming Ming My lord has also pointed out my minister several times."

"My lord has shown great kindness to my minister, and my lord has also shown great kindness to my elders in my hometown. Now that he has been promoted, I am naturally happy for him."

Li Qiao took his time . explanation of.

When the vermicelli first showed its great potential, he was worried that the huge amount of money would attract the covetousness of Fucheng officials, so he was quite worried.

It was the sages of Mingzhifu who dispelled his worries.

Moreover, it was Mingzhi Prefecture who promoted vermicelli from Pingcheng to the remaining four counties, making the farmers in the entire Hexi Prefecture rich.

Knowing that the prefect is also cautious enough, he didn't rush to use the vermicelli to save his political achievements at the beginning, but after confirming that the vermicelli was sold abroad, the response was good, and the vermicelli was sold, and then he was ready to do a big job.

Moreover, there was an accident that the vermicelli recipe was leaked in the middle. If the prefect hadn't immediately interrogated a group of officials in Yongxing County and chased back the businessmen who bought the vermicelli recipe, the vermicelli recipe would have been long ago. leaked to other regions.

In the imperial examination, the prefect appointed him as the head of the case, and knew everything about him when he was studying and being an official.

On vermicelli, it not only ensures that every penny of his money falls into his pocket, but also makes the whole Hexi Prefecture rich.

He is sincerely grateful to Mingzhifu.

A good official should be promoted to the power of the two provinces!

"That's right. Ming Aiqing is not only capable, but also has vision and ambition. It is indeed his credit that Hexi Mansion is today."

Sheng Hong couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction when he heard Li Qiao's words.

very good.

He also didn't want Li Aiqing to cut off contact with her benefactor, since the friendship between gentlemen is like water, it is good for Li Aiqing and Ming Aiqing to maintain the existing contacts.

"However, Ming Aiqing went to another place, the prefect of Hexi Prefecture..." Sheng Hong said and looked at Li Qiao: "Li Aiqing, do you have any favorite candidate?"

"Your Majesty was joking. I don't have any favorite candidates. The power to promote and descend Dasheng officials is only in your hands. I don't think about these things on weekdays." Li Qiao shook his head with a look of panic

.

"You're right, but you've done a lot of government affairs for the Ministry of Officials, and you've read a lot of officials' achievements in Dasheng. Don't think too much about it. I'm just asking you to give me some advice. After all, this is your hometown. "

"I didn't think about it before, so think about it now."

Sheng Hong waved his hand, signaling Li Qiao not to panic.

But how could Li Qiao intervene on this sensitive issue? One of the reasons why the fifth prince and the third prince disliked Sheng Hong was to interfere with the promotion of officials.

He still looked terrified, and continued to shake his head: "My lord, although Hexi Mansion is my hometown, it is also your country. Don't embarrass me. I have no courage or thought about it."

" Hey, you are too cautious."

Sheng Hong clicked his tongue.

"This is not the duty of the minister, and the minister cannot intervene."

Li Qiao continued to shake his head firmly.

"Okay, let me think about it carefully. The wealth of the people in Hexi Prefecture is a miracle. I can't let the next magistrate ruin it." Sheng Hong saw that Li Qiao really didn't want to get involved in

this issue, so he went Stop talking.

well.

It's hard to be king.

Li Aiqing is capable, one person can be in charge of ten people, he is happy.

But he was also afraid that Li Aiqing would lose some of the morals that a courtier should have due to his heavy use, and thus go beyond the rules in some aspects.

This is what he absolutely does not want to see.

He encouraged the students all over the world to shift their attention from the books of sages to the common people. He raised various difficulties to force the students all over the world not to be nerds but to be all-powerful.

However, although he is not afraid of a fierce man from the sky taking away his country, but if this fierce man is Li Aiqing, he cannot accept it beyond emotion.

Counting from the first time he heard Li Aiqing's name, it has been almost ten years now, and he has regarded Li Aiqing as half his son -

when choosing an heir, he will consider Li Aiqing's future situation, isn't it just as half a son? .

Two biological sons have already been finished. How precious is Li Aiqing's half son, or the half son whose two biological sons can't be compared together?

He really didn't want to see Li Aiqing touch his thunder point.

Fortunately, Li Aiqing was clear about it.

Should be rewarded.

Moreover, the miracle of the prosperity of the people in Hexi Prefecture originated from Li Aiqing.

Thinking of this, he said: "Li Aiqing, you have spent a lot of time and money on behalf of the court and the people these days, how about this, Weiqing County has a lot of unowned wasteland, I will reward you with a thousand acres of first-class land. "

These words came suddenly, and the turning point was too big. Li Qiao couldn't help being taken aback: "Ah ?

"

With a cowardly and innocent appearance, Sheng Hong felt a little guilty for no reason.

Li Aiqing is pure, kind, sincere and loyal, it was really wrong for him to doubt Li Aiqing just now.

"!"

Li Qiao stopped being stunned now, and quickly lifted up the hem of his clothes and knelt down to thank him: "My lord! I am not too small, I am just surprised." "Don't be surprised, I can see

your usual performance. Here, the land in Weiqing County is not worth much, even if you are given two thousand acres, it is not worth much money." "You are

dedicated to serving the people and the court, so I must reward you so that all the officials in the world can see it and inspire the world." All the officials use you as an example."

"Well... how about it, I got two more Zhuangzi from the raid on Peng's family last time, and I will reward you with one more. Besides, the land in Weiqing County is cheap anyway, so I will make it up for you. I will reward you with 10,000 mu."

"Get up, you don't need to kneel."

Sheng Hong raised his hand to Li Qiao with a smile.

But Li Qiao was stunned again, I really don't blame him for being stunned, other people would be stunned too.

He stared blankly at Sheng Hong with wide eyes, what kind of wind is this?

Just now, he was still inquiring about his relationship with the Mingzhifu, but now he is directly rewarded with 10,000 mu of land plus a farm in Shengjing?

"Your Majesty, this minister is really panicking right now." He nodded, looking pitiful, weak, and helpless: "If you have anything to say, just say it, even if this minister goes up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​flames, he can't help it." I will try my best to make it happen for you."

"Tsk, how can I explain?"

Sheng Hong couldn't help but stroked his beard, with a look of introspection on his face: "Li Aiqing, you will make me feel that I have treated you badly."

He used to treat you badly. Is Li Aiqing too stingy?

...

That's right, apart from promoting Li Aiqing, he hasn't really given Li Aiqing any material things, because he knows that Li Aiqing is not short of money, so he rarely rewards gold and silver. As for land, he hasn't given Li Aiqing anything.

Li Aiqing's current property in Shengjing should be less than one thousand mu, right?

As a member of the third rank and a big celebrity in front of him, the land in Li Aiqing's hands is indeed shabby.

I'm afraid no one will believe me.

"How about this, I will reward you another 10,000 mu of first-class land in Jibei Province. Where is it? Anyway, you are the head of the household department. You can go to the head of Jibei Province and you two can choose." "

Sheng Here in Beijing, I don't have much fertile land in my hands."

Sheng Hong said again.

Li Aiqing made her fortune too late, and the fields around Shengjing had already been divided up by noble and powerful ministers.

Further away, it can only be Jibei Province.

Li Qiao: "!"

He gasped, then raised his hand and patted his heart lightly: "Your Majesty, you have never treated me badly. In just a few years, Weichen has changed from a sixth-rank official to a third-rank official now. Minister, how can this speed of promotion be called ill-treatment?" "

You don't have to reward these ministers with land, and you really don't have any secrets that you need my ministers to do for the matter of loyalty to the emperor?" "Of course

not. Your contribution to the people and the imperial court, the land that I reward you is nothing. Do the math yourself, how much money you have earned me." Hearing Li Qiao's words, Sheng Hong felt more introspection in his

heart , He was indeed stingy before.

He turned his head and told Qian San who was behind him: "Go and help Li Aiqing up, just a little field, it seems to scare Li Aiqing, it seems that the rewards I usually give Li Aiqing are indeed less.

" Li Qiao walked, but said in his mouth: "Your Majesty, Lord Xiao Li is young and has a shallow foundation. Twenty thousand mu of land is indeed a huge place for Lord Xiao Li. It is normal for Lord Xiao Li to be afraid.

" That's right, Li Aiqing's land in Pingcheng is only 10,000 mu?"

"Exactly 10,000 mu."

Qian San replied.

"Then Li Aiqing doesn't like land?"

Sheng Hong looked at Li Qiao, a little puzzled: "Speaking of which, you have been rich for ten years, right? Why did you buy such a small amount of land?

" Nine years, and this year is only the tenth."

Li Qiao answered while standing up with Qian San's support, he thanked Qian San, and then continued: "It's because Weichen's family has too few hands and too many fields, so I can't handle it. Come."

"It's so."

Sheng Hong was incredulous.

I didn't expect Li Aiqing to have so little land due to this reason...

"It's good to hire people to cultivate. You can contact the local officials in Weiqing County and Jibei Province and let these people look after the crops for you. When the crops are mature, you can send people Just go there."

He thoughtfully suggested to Li Qiao.

"...Yes."

Li Qiao replied, Sheng Hong was allowing him to communicate more with local officials, and he lifted up his clothes and knelt down to thank him. He didn't feel any malice from Sheng Hong now, Sheng Hong should have suddenly Convulsions, so I want to reward him with his land.

Since Sheng Hong had to be rewarded, he continued, but got 20,000 mu of land and a Zhuangzi in Shengjing for no reason.

He had to kowtow to Sheng Hong.

Seeing this, Sheng Hong coughed lightly, and said again: "Li Aiqing, the land is the foundation of your life. Anyway, you are not short of money, so if you need to buy land, you should buy land. Dasheng's land is up to you to choose, keep it far away. Yes, you can directly contact the local magistrate or prefect."

Li Qiao: "...Yes."

He agreed without refusing.

He should indeed buy some land. There will be many natural disasters in the next ten years, and there may be a food crisis.

He needs to store more food.

Or the tenants leased his fields, and he reduced or exempted the rent to give these tenants some way of life.

After coming out of the palace, Li Qiao went straight home. The Lantern Festival had not yet passed, and the officials hadn't officially returned to work. At the moment, the household department only had guards and minor officials on duty.

He wants to choose his own 20,000 mu of land, and he has to wait until after the Lantern Festival.

He walked back home briskly. It was noon when he came home, and the lunch was almost ready, but Tao Zhu, Li Xiaorui, Li Changfeng, and Li Yunfan were not at home. Tao Zhu led the three little guys to choose the poor children they wanted to help up.

So, he could only bear with this good news.

After lunch, he didn't go to the study to look at the information about the location of the Prince's Wharf, but went to the tool room in the front yard.

There are some agricultural tools in the tool room, as well as some tools of the carpenter. He will "invent" some new objects from time to time, so there is a full set of carpentry tools at home.

It is actually a bit difficult for him to earn money from the rich.

His first thought was soap.

He only knows how to make soap, and he has never actually operated it himself. He couldn't find a reasonable reason for wanting to make soap naturally like making cement.

Since he couldn't give everyone a logical explanation, he couldn't do it easily.

In addition to soap, of course there is glass.

He also only knows how to make glass, but has never practiced it.

There is glass in this time and space, but its transparency is far inferior to that of glass. If glass can be made out, then the wallet of the rich will definitely be open to him, and he can earn as much as he wants.

But because he hadn't actually operated it before, he was a little hesitant whether to do it or not.

After hesitating and hesitating, he finally decided to make a bicycle first.

Now Shengjing is full of cement roads, and scooters are also very popular. If he "made" a bicycle, someone should buy it... Li Qiao was standing in the

tool room, wondering when he couldn't make up his mind. A familiar voice came from the door:

Tao Zhu came back with the three little ones.

He immediately walked out of the tool room, forget it, and first shared the good news of the 20,000 mu of land with Tao Zhu.

Twenty thousand acres!

He is now the great landowner of landowners!

Sheng Hong felt that he had less land than the Xin family. The Xin family had accumulated over several generations and only had 500,000 mu of arable land.

It has only been nine years since he traveled to this time and space, and he now owns 30,000 mu of arable land, which is really a lot!

The author has something to say:

Do locusts eat soybeans or not? Some sources say they do, and some say they don't. This article takes it as if they don't eat soybeans. Have fun watching it, don't be serious, okay~