Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 252 Xizhou
After everyone's joint efforts, the plague in the disaster area was finally cured. Of course, some people will die, which is unavoidable.However, relatively speaking, the proportion of deaths is not large, and they are generally elderly and infirm.These people were originally inferior, and they simply couldn't make it through.

The next step is the autumn harvest and reconstruction. It is cold early in the Northeast, and the houses must be built quickly, otherwise the people will not be able to survive the winter.

The grain output in the central region has been reduced by half compared with last year, while the eastern and western regions have also reduced their output.Even if the crops are not flooded in this kind of uneven drought and flood weather, they will still be affected.Zixuan reported to the imperial court, requesting that this year's tax be exempted, and the emperor agreed.

Although there is less food, it is still enough to make ends meet.The people were very grateful when they heard that they could be exempted from tax this year.

The decrease in food production has directly affected Jing Han's winery, but there is really nothing to do about this natural disaster.Jinghan only received about one hundred thousand catties of grain, and it seemed that was the only way to go.

Zixuan was in charge of the post-disaster reconstruction on the Fuya side, and several prefectures and counties that were seriously affected by the disaster sent people to investigate.Then Zixuan decided to build the people's houses on a higher ground, so as to avoid another disaster to some extent.

Some government officials came forward and brought back older wood from the eastern mountains, and then soldiers from all over the country helped to rebuild houses for the people.

By the end of September, the house was all built.The people happily moved into their new homes. After experiencing floods and plagues, people cherish the time in front of them even more.As long as people are still there, they can still live a good life in the future.

According to Mingyu's intention, let Zixuan be the magistrate of Longzhou directly, but Zixuan did not agree.He has been an official for these years, and to be honest, he is really tired. If he becomes the magistrate of Longzhou, Jing Han will have to worry about the whole Longzhou again.So when Ming Yu proposed it, he directly refused.

"Mingyu, according to the rules of the imperial court, this official cannot be an official in his hometown, he must avoid it. In the past, I was in the east of Zhendong, far away from Shuangdian, and also in the same county. It doesn't matter. If it is Longzhou, that happens to be under the jurisdiction of Shuangdian, so it is against the rules. Besides, the magistrate of Longzhou, the fourth-rank official of the frontier, I don't have that qualification now." Zixuan smiled and rejected Mingyu. proposal.

Mingyu also understood this, so he wrote to the court, asking for a reward from Zixuan.

The emperor originally had the same plan as Ming Yu, but after seeing Ming Yu's memorial, he changed his mind.At the same time, it was decreed to change Zhendong County to Xizhou, and Lin Zixuan was appointed as the magistrate of Xizhou.This Zhizhou is an official of the fifth rank, and Zixuan was originally the seventh rank, and he has been promoted several ranks at once.

Some people in the court agreed and some opposed, but the emperor had already made his decision, so naturally he would not listen to them.At the same time, the emperor also issued an order to reward Zhiming, Qingnian and others. After all, Zhiming emptied the entire pharmacy.And in this plague, Zhiming, Qingnian and others also made great contributions.

Xizhou has five or six counties under its jurisdiction, and these county magistrates cannot all be transferred from other places.Considering the special situation of Xizhou, the emperor decided to listen to Zixuan's opinion.In the end, it was decided that Zhao Xiancheng and Liu Zhubo would be promoted to county magistrates respectively, and the rest would be sent from other places.This is also a reward for the two, after all, in this incident, the two have made great contributions.

At the beginning of October, the imperial court sent the new magistrate of Longzhou, whose surname was Zhou, who seemed to be less than 40 years old.Zixuan and the prefect of Zhou handed over various affairs of the government office, and felt that this person was not bad.He handles things steadily and dignifiedly, and is very humble and polite when receiving people and things. Even though Zixuan is several levels lower than him, he does not look down on others like Fang Zhifu.

It took Zixuan and Zhou Zhifu five or six days to hand over all the affairs, and Mingyu and the others over there were a little impatient.They also want to go to Xizhou to see Jinghan and the child, and they have been away from Beijing for a long time, so they should finish their work quickly and go home.

Finally, when Zixuan finished his work, everyone went to Xizhou together.

Jinghan had received the news a long time ago, knowing about Zixuan's promotion, she was naturally happy for Zixuan.It is the ideal of every man to be able to show his talent and ability and make a career.Now that Zixuan's ability has been affirmed, Jinghan is also happy for her husband.But at the same time of being happy, it is inevitable that you will feel distressed.Zixuan didn't get all of this out of thin air, but through his own hard work.

Zixuan has been away from home for more than two months, and the young couple are rarely separated for such a long time.Every day, Qingyuan would mutter about why his father didn't come back. Although Qingyao didn't speak very clearly, it was also what his father often said.

"Daddy will be back in two days, is Qingyuan happy?" Jinghan hugged Qingyao, then took Qingyuan's hand and asked.

"Mother, is Daddy really coming back soon? Great, I miss Daddy." Qingyuan immediately became happy.

Chunliu and the others beside him also laughed.These days, not only Jinghan is worried, but even the girls in the family are also worried.Now that they heard that the master has been promoted to Zhizhou, of course they are also happy.

Everyone was talking, when someone came in suddenly, saying that the master had returned.Jinghan was taken aback, didn't she say that she would come back tomorrow? "Quickly, go out and have a look." Saying that, he quickly put on thick clothes, and then led people out.

When they came to the front yard, they saw Zixuan leading some people back.After a closer look, it turned out to be the third uncle, eldest brother and others.Jinghan walked a few steps quickly and went forward to meet her. "Third Uncle, Uncle, why are you here?" Jing Han hurried forward to salute.

"We were thinking about you, so we came here with Zixuan. I haven't seen you for two years, so I miss you." Zhiming said with a smile.

"Second Sister, you only looked at Third Uncle Jiang and Uncle, and you didn't see us, did you?" Ming Yu quit there.

"Your second sister, I just open my mouth, and I always have to say hello to each other, right? You're the only one who has a lot to do." Jinghan glared at Mingyu, and then smiled. "Okay, come in quickly, I'll let someone arrange a place to live, we'll have a good get-together this time."

Jing Han was naturally very happy when her natal family came.They said hello one by one, and then let Zixuan accompany them, and went to arrange accommodation and meals by themselves.

Qian came back with Zixuan, seeing the situation, stepped forward to help.

"Auntie, you've worked hard all the way, you'd better go to rest. This matter will be fine in a while." Jinghan hurriedly urged Qian to go to rest.

"I'm not tired. I've been resting in the government office for the past few days. In this way, I'll help you look at Qingyuan and Qingyao. You can go to work." Naturally, those two little guys are what Qian misses most.

"Okay, auntie, let's go and see them. These two little things are still talking about it. Why hasn't auntie come back?" The two of Qingyuan were coaxed by Qian Shi since they were young, so they are very close to Qian Shi.

Jinghan took people to clean up the house. Fortunately, the entire county government was renovated last year, and a lot of houses were built, and now there is no need to worry about having no place to live.All the things in each house are complete, and they have been cleaned up quite cleanly, so they don't need to be too busy, and they will be done.

Jinghan went to the kitchen again and asked people to prepare more delicious food.Fortunately, a lot of things have just been sent to Zhuangzi, so I don't have to worry about eating.Jinghan then ordered people to go to Zhuangzi to kill two sheep and one cow.When the mother's family comes, they must be well entertained.

After all these things were properly arranged, Jing Han came to the living room.Everyone was sitting in the room waiting for Jinghan, and when they saw Jinghan coming back, they all laughed.

"Jinghan, don't make it too grand, we are not outsiders. We only stay here for one night, and we have to go back tomorrow." Zhiming said with a smile.

"Third Uncle, it's hard for you to come here. How can you leave after only staying for one day? You have to stay for a few more days." Jing Han became a little anxious when she heard this.

"We have been out for more than a month, we have to go home and have a look. You have to tell your grandma about the situation here, don't let them worry. Besides, Wen Han and the others have been away from Beijing for three months, it is time to return to Beijing Come back. Let’s get together again when we have time. Next year is your grandpa’s 66th birthday. Let’s make an agreement that we have to go back.” Zhiming started talking about the old man’s birthday.

In the Northeast, there is a custom that the old man's 66th birthday must be well organized.It is said that 66, if you don't die, you have to lose a piece of meat.Therefore, those who are juniors attach great importance to the birthday of the elderly.

"Oh, I forgot. It turns out that grandpa will be 66 next year." Jing Han slapped her forehead, she was really busy and forgot.

"Don't you know this time? You must go back when the time comes. Wen Han, you guys too, don't forget when the time comes." Zhiming smiled, and now the children have their own families. , It is not so easy to get together.

"Okay, we will definitely come back when the time comes. At worst, we can just take a vacation for a while. Fortunately, grandpa's birthday is in the first month, so it's still free and nothing to do at that time." Wen Han, Peng Cheng and others hurriedly nodded in agreement.

It doesn't matter to Mingyu, he is a prince, he usually doesn't participate in the affairs of the court, and he has time at any time.Yun Fei, on the other hand, was a little bit embarrassed, after all, he was now the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, but there was a way to solve this.

Everyone was talking affectionately together, Wen Han and the others were curious about what happened here, and Jing Han explained it to them.When it comes to these things that have been done here in the past few years, everyone admires Jing Han very much.

"Second sister, I want to taste the beef you mentioned later. When the emperor came here, he never forgot to say it several times after he went back. If it weren't for the long journey, I'm afraid I would have sent you there a long time ago. Beef is delivered in the capital. And what you said about preserved egg, I want to try this too, if it’s good, let’s set up a shop in the capital to sell these things.” Mingyu is a foodie, He yelled when he heard the food.

(End of this chapter)