Fiancee weak and unable to take care of herself?

"It's been windy for the past two days. The Pingqiu mansion is a rare and sparsely populated place for Chen Liu. It shouldn't be too late. Otherwise, you can take a carriage, which is more comfortable."

Qin Jing looked at Su Zijin who was visibly chilling beside him and said.

Su Zijin was afraid of the cold. In the early winter weather, she had already put on a fur waistcoat. Standing in front of Qin Jing, she would unconsciously shrink her hands into her sleeves.But after listening to Qin Jing's words, Su Zijin still shook his head habitually, "It's okay, the more I hide, the less I can do things. It's more convenient for me to ride a horse."

With that said, Su Zijin took his little white from Hou Yi's hand, and got on the horse neatly.

Seeing Su Zijin like this, Qin Jing could only follow him on his horse, "Let's go, let's go back early today."

The two of them went to Pingqiu Mansion yesterday and asked the prefect for the Pingqiu land register. Today, accompanied by the prefect's insistence, they went to the fields.

As soon as he left the city, Su Zijin felt that there was an unusual sense of disharmony in Pingqiu Mansion.

It is obviously a rare plain, but there is no one inhabited. It is rare to see a figure from a distance, but after seeing a group of people on his side, he subconsciously avoids it. People's enthusiasm for curiosity is the complete opposite.

Su Zijin glanced at Qin Jing, and the two looked at each other, "There are some strange trees over there, I'll go and have a look, you guys are busy."

Immediately afterwards, Su Zijin led Hou Yi and the others to a side path. The prefect of Pingqiu was a little surprised, but his current focus was on Qin Jing, the noble fourth prince of Tianhuang. Still stay with Qin Jing.

"Aristocratic daughters in Kyoto are different after all. They are clean and tidy. They are different from our small households in Pingqiu. Among other things, most of our Pingqiu daughters will not go three steps away without the company of their father and brother. It is the only time in a lifetime. If you go away, you are getting married."

The prefect of Pingqiu Prefecture is not tall, with a slightly dark complexion, he looks like he can't be found in the crowd.But his figure is very prominent, with a bulging belly, like a female grasshopper eating a full meal in autumn, and this magistrate seems to be very proud of his belly, walking with his belly shy, short and short The legs twisted and twisted.

The magistrate is not very old, and it is said that he was born in a serious imperial examination. With his short stature and appearance, he is better dressed neatly, but he has the long beard that literati usually wear, which matches his round face and round belly. Su Zijin took a deep breath when he saw it at first sight, lest he judge people by their appearance, and laughed out loud.

At this time, Su Zijin rode away and didn't hear what the prefect of Pingqiu meant. If she hadn't left, seeing such a "funny" Xiao Douding pretending to be old-fashioned to say these words, I'm afraid she would really be overwhelmed Laugh out loud.

I don't know if it's because Qin Jing cultivated his kung fu better, but he didn't seem to notice the prefect Hou Peitong's pretentious appearance. He just looked at the large farmland in front of him, "Miss Su is the only daughter of Marquis Wu, and she can't compare to ordinary men. Alright, Hou Prefect, what about Miss Su is a matter for Marquis Wu, the most important thing is to measure the land right now. Tell your servants to act quickly."

Hou Zhifu's words were held back, and he didn't dare to refute. He smiled apologetically, "Of course, we have important business. Old Wu, you take the angel to measure the fields, Wang Yong, you go to catch up with Miss Su and lead the way for Miss Su. Don't Let unnecessary people bump into Miss Su."

Listening to Hou Zhifu's instructions to his subordinates, Qin Jing didn't say much, but looked at the surrounding terrain, feeling a little emotional, "Chenliu is a big dry granary, the land here is fertile, and the plains are thousands of miles away. If the water can be cured, here I'm afraid it won't be so desolate."

Magistrate Hou flattered Qin Jing, "What the fourth prince said is true, but who will accompany us to let Chenliu be close to the Yellow River? There is no way to let the water flow. We have been working hard and establishing the dynasty for so many years. , the life of the people has been much better, and the population is much better than before. You know, our place is a battleground for military strategists. After every war, there are not one out of ten people, and now it has recovered very well. "

Qin Jing naturally knew what Hou Zhifu said. Before he came, he had consulted maps and documents from various places for a long time. The first thing he did when he came here was to consult local chronicles. Naturally, he knew that it was very difficult due to natural and man-made disasters in the past few years.

"There is no need to go up the mountain or into the water here. It is all flat land. It stands to reason that as long as people settle down, it is no problem for a family to reclaim more than ten mu of land a year. If the family has more labor, there will always be thirty or forty mu of land a year, right? Why in recent years, the land register here in Pingqiu doesn't show that the number of acres has increased?"

Qin Jing looked at the flat land as far as he could see, and couldn't help but ask the prefect Hou.

The prefect Hou was right, he talked eloquently when faced with the fourth prince's question, "Hey, this family has thirty or forty acres, just enough to eat, the common people are always like this, easy to be lazy and easy to be satisfied. Sometimes a village It would be nice to have someone who is hardworking and knowledgeable. In the past, when our yamen servants went to the countryside, those farmers searched very hard. What's the future? There's no way, they all come here because they can't survive in their hometown, who is capable, who will leave their hometown? The government officials and yamen servants don't have many demands on them, just pay enough taxes."

Hou Zhifu's words made Xi Yan beside Qin Jing couldn't help but look sideways. He followed the fourth prince and left three or four counties in Chenliu. This is the first person who spoke to the fourth prince so directly, which is really impressive. .Others were all secretive about the affairs of his subordinates, and they said that this magistrate is a different kind of person, and they don't know if he is really confident or heartless.

The number of cultivated fields is not many, but they are relatively scattered. Qin Jing frowned when he looked at the farmlands that were not adjacent to each other. The land here is often flooded, and the land looks very fertile. Now it is so vacant, which is really a waste. .

Just as Qin Jing was silently counting the number of vacant acres, the sound of horseshoes sounded, Qin Jing turned his head, and Su Zijin had already returned with Hou Yi.

"Miss Su, our place is empty in winter, and there is no good scenery. If you have time in spring, you can come to Pingqiu to have a look. It will be much more interesting than now."

Prefect Hou enthusiastically introduced to Su Zijin, but Su Zijin seemed to not know this Prefect Hou, stared at Prefect Hou, and clicked his tongue with interest, "Unexpectedly, Prefect Hou, I heard that you were born in the imperial examination. , I never thought that you would be a magistrate who was promoted by your ability as an agricultural official. I heard that there is a lot of grain in which land, and you can estimate it with a glance?"