It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 619 To be rich, build roads first

Meng Mingzhou knew that there was no other way, so he could only nod his head and said, "Then trouble Patriarch Li, we will pay for the hard work."

Patriarch Li hurriedly waved his hands away, but Meng Mingzhou still gave 50 taels. Vice-General Peng, Master Feng and Master Liu also each paid 50 taels upon seeing this.

Patriarch Li and the others looked at the four 50 taels of silver bills in front of them, and they all looked at each other in dismay. After a while, Patriarch Li said, "General Meng, even if you give money, it's too much..."

Meng Mingzhou said with a smile, "I don't know if Patriarch Li has heard of a saying."

"If you want to get rich, build roads first."

"Your village is less than 200 kilometers away from the next county seat, and more than [-] kilometers away from Yuncheng, but the conditions in your village are very poor. Do you know why?"

Patriarch Li said hesitantly, "Because the road is not good?"

Meng Mingzhou nodded, "Well, basically people who want to go to the county town and Yuncheng will pass by your village. If the roads in your village and the roads outside the village can be slightly better, then there will be a special roadside for passing by and for pedestrians. Take a rest, there must be more people in your village who come to stay overnight, and your life will be better."

"The rest of the money will be given to you for road repairs and roadside rest spots."

Mr. Liu was shocked when he heard the words. If you want to get rich, should you build roads first?He has been magistrate for several years, why has he never thought about it?

Not only Master Liu was shocked, but even Master Feng, Vice General Peng, and the clan elders of the Li family all looked at Meng Mingzhou in shock, and it took a long time to react.

Patriarch Li knelt down with the clan elders, kowtowed to Meng Mingzhou and the others, and thanked them all.

Meng Mingzhou and the others hurriedly helped them up. In fact, Meng Mingzhou said so because he listened to Su Rui's nagging in the carriage every day during the thirty days since he left.

For a few days, the roads were very bad. She was so insane that her whole body hurt and she was still dizzy, so she said angrily, "How can you get rich if the country's officialdom is so poor?"How can the country continue to develop?He was also shocked when he heard it...

Sure enough, at noon, the rain stopped and the sun appeared, which made me feel warm on my body.

Su Rui and Meng Mingzhou stood in the courtyard, watching the rainbow appearing in the sky in the distance, they pulled Meng Mingzhou's sleeve excitedly, "Mingzhou, Mingzhou, look at the rainbow."

Meng Mingzhou was still thinking about what a rainbow is, so he looked at her fingertips and couldn't help being taken aback, "You said this is a rainbow?"

Su Rui was also taken aback, "Ah? Isn't it?"

Meng Mingzhou pondered for a moment and said, "It is recorded in the notes of the ancients that this has only one name, which is Rainbow, not the rainbow you mentioned..."

Su Rui paused when she heard that her heart was beating, and then said nonchalantly for a while, "Ah, I got the name for this rainbow myself, don't you think it has several colors? Isn't it monotonous to just call it a rainbow? Isn't it more appropriate to call it a rainbow? "

Meng Mingzhou glanced at Su Rui thoughtfully, and saw that she was too nervous to look directly at him, so he curled his lips into a smile, "Madam's name is more appropriate."

Su Rui smiled awkwardly, "Hehe, yes, right."

Meng Mingzhou continued to praise with a smile, "Yes, Madam is really a genius."

Su Rui, "..."

Just after it rained, it was impossible to dig the road, the soil was too wet, and I was afraid that the bottom would be dug, and the top of the mountain would slide down again. After drying for half a day and a whole night, the patriarch and others took people there early the next morning. In the collapsed place, there were many people and strong strength, and the road was completely dug through in less than two days.

Meng Mingzhou and his party finally made it to the village near the royal hunting ground on the first day of the gathering and settled down.

There are too many carriages, and they want to put their extra servants, carriages and salutes in this village. The village near the hunting ground is used to helping take care of the storage carriages all the year round, so their families have built special carriages for sending samples. shed.

Su Rui touched the kang of the boarding house, and made her shudder, "Ah, why is it so cold?"

Seeing this, Xi'er stepped forward and touched the kang, "Ma'am, this servant will let Su Cheng burn the kang, please sit on a chair and rest first."

"Ah."

Su Rui rubbed her temples tiredly and nodded. She was on a hurry these two days. She had no place to stay last night. She slept in a carriage. It was okay to lie in a carriage during the day, but it was really uncomfortable to sleep all night. .

The next day was the gathering day. Meng Mingzhou and others went to bed early, woke up early, and headed to the royal hunting ground with people and carriages who agreed with the system.

In previous years, the emperor seldom participated in the autumn hunting in person. Basically, the princes and lords were sent to preside over it. This year, he condescended to participate because the victory in the Northwest made him very happy this year.

If the emperor is coming, then the queen and his favorite concubines will definitely come too, but they will not arrive so early. After all, I have only heard of officials welcoming the emperor, but I have never heard of the emperor coming to greet officials first, so those who come to the hunting ground today are basically There are officials, military generals and their families, and the royal family will arrive tomorrow.

Su Rui sat in the carriage and listened to Meng Mingzhou's introduction, nodded frequently, thinking that the emperor's airs are not small?Must all the officials arrive first, and then come to greet him?
Meng Mingzhou took Su Rui's hand lightly, "My official position is not high, I'm only at the fifth rank. I'm sure the people living near the assigned residence are also at this level, so don't be afraid, they dare not bully you."

"Also, although I can't be with you during the day and I want to go hunting, I will still come back at night. If you can talk to them, stay with them, and if you can't talk to them, stay by yourself. Don't wrong yourself and those people to force a smile and be hypocritical."

Su Rui chuckled, "Am I the kind of person who wrongs me? Don't worry."

The autumn hunting place is Qingjun Mountain, thirty miles away from Yuncheng.

And Qingjun Mountain has been a royal hunting ground in the past dynasties, so there is a palace, which was built by the first emperor, but the palace is on the top of the mountain, and it is tiring to go up, and it has to be repaired in advance, and the current emperor is a thrifty He thinks that every time he is wasting money, he sets up a tent at the foot of the mountain every time he asks for hunting.

Standing outside, seeing the tents in the middle are all next to each other, Su Rui curled her lips. She still thinks the outer ones are better, at least they won't make noise...

Meng Mingzhou's official position is not high, so the location allocated will naturally not be a prime location, but a place on the outskirts. He sent Su Rui and his son to the tent and went to gather for registration.

Su Rui took the maids to pack up their salutes, then turned around and walked to the small tent next to her son, looked at her sleeping son, told Guo Shi to take good care of her son, and went out for a walk around.

(End of this chapter)