Tian's wife is fierce

Chapter 621 Just Do It! (eight more)

Chapter 621

At first, the refugees who were sent out to open up wasteland were actually afraid, fearing that the court would deliberately drive them away. It was not until food officials and soldiers came to teach them to open up wasteland that they realized that it was true!

"No, there is no water source here, sweet potatoes are grown here, can they survive?"

Some of the refugees knew how to farm, and immediately asked questions.

So the food officials who came introduced the characteristics of sweet potatoes, and they realized that sweet potatoes are a new kind of grain that can resist drought.

The refugees who had to flee because of the drought in their homes seemed to see new hope and could return to their hometowns. Who would want to stay in their hometowns? !

It's just that at this time...they probably won't be able to go back, and it's almost winter.

"It's autumn now, and I'm afraid I won't be able to harvest sweet potatoes if I plant them?"

The farmers who cultivated the land had a lot of problems, and the grain officer had already learned from Yin Jiaoruan how to grow sweet potatoes, and also how to grow sweet potatoes in cold weather.

Dried straw that was used as kindling in the past also works!

"The Empress also said..."

The grain officials didn't understand why the new emperor had to mention such a sentence every time they planted grain, no matter what they did!

***
Into winter——

The newly planted sweet potatoes grow slowly and are much smaller during the cold winter, but they can still harvest about a thousand catties. In this way, it is enough for the refugees who just want not to starve to death!
However, there is a new problem, that is, the problem of keeping warm.

They can't be allowed to cut down trees for warmth, can they?This will cut down all the trees, and the consequences can be imagined!

Among the merchants who wanted to sell old clothes at a low price, some were directly arrested and hacked by the new emperor, and their charges were announced to the world, leaving the family members of the hacked person and other merchants speechless!

The refugees covered themselves with the clothes they had been given, surrounded them for warmth, obeyed orders, and did not cut down trees indiscriminately.

Wait until the new year--

The mess left by the old emperor, especially the refugees, has almost been dealt with.

***
On the evening of the Spring Festival——

The palace held a banquet, and the upper capital was divided into the inner city and the outer city, and the place where the refugees gathered was the outer city.

With the money from the court, the refugees are asked to share an extra two taels of food for the New Year.

The people in the inner city were not worried about the sudden intrusion of refugees from the outer city, so they stayed at home to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind.

When eating, people around the well-fed dining table in the inner city were discussing the matter of the new emperor and queen.

"Have you heard? This new crop called sweet potato was planted by the empress, and it was planted in a small field in the cold palace of the imperial palace."

When discussing this matter, I still didn't forget to take a bite of the hot sweet potato that had just been steamed, and spit out the air in my mouth so as not to burn my mouth.

"The empress is a good person. If there is no new crop of grain, I will not be able to go to the capital. I heard that the empress has set up a fundraiser, asking people to donate unwanted old clothes to refugees outside."

"Our family happens to have some old clothes that we don't need. I suggest you follow the empress's advice and donate them! How about it?"

"The empress is kind, she didn't let us lose. She said that we donated the old clothes, and she would give me money to make up for them. A catty of old clothes can be sold for twenty yuan!"

The common people almost all responded, so the refugees did not freeze to death, but in the official's back house, something did not work.

***
In the inner courtyard of the palace, in the hall where the banquet is held——

Originally, the New Year's Eve dinner should be celebrated by each family, but this year, Yin Jiaoruan wanted to hold a fundraising event, so she handled the case in the palace.

She wants these officials and wives to donate the old clothes they don't need at the price of [-] cents a catty, so that more refugees can have warm things.

but……

The reason is very simple, they can sell their old clothes for a few hundred yuan a piece and make a lot of money, why should they sell their old clothes for twenty yuan a catty? !
In their eyes, this is a disadvantage!
How can you let them suffer? !

(End of this chapter)