After the rebirth, the lady is full of happiness every day

Chapter 508 Make a plan [2]

Xiao Beichen also agrees very much. A thousand acres of fertile land is not enough for the refugees to live on. At least ten thousand acres of land must be provided. Although Xiao Beichen is the lord of a country, most of the land is controlled by the court. If it is in the hands of the ministers of China or those gentry tenants, they have to take it out.

Therefore, Xiao Beichen mentioned this matter in the morning court the next day, but the response was not great. The ministers in the court seemed to have no interest in it, or pretended to be deaf and dumb, saying that there was very little fertile land in their home, and only Enough food and clothing for a family.

The matter came to an end.

This made Zhang Zhiwen, Lin Xiu and Meng Mingde very angry and frustrated.

After returning home, Zhang Zhiwen told Su Jinse about the matter. His handsome face was full of anger, "These people are really hateful! They have thousands of acres of fertile land in their hands, but they refuse to take it out, and the rent is still paid." It’s so expensive, they feast on feasts every day, but those common people are starving!”

"Third brother, there is a secret to the way of being an official. It will be destroyed immediately after passing. Those fertile fields are their property. They are not willing to take it out, and we can't force it. Of course, if it can benefit them, I believe They will agree." Su Jinse pursed her lips and smiled.

Zhang Zhiwen sighed, feeling that what his sister said was very reasonable, and couldn't help but frowned the next moment: "Then what benefits are we going to give them? We don't have any money in our hands!"

There was a sly smile on Su Jinse's face: "You can propose to His Majesty to build a monument of merit and virtue at the gate of the city, and record the names of every official who donated money or fertile land. I believe those officials are under pressure. Will donate some."

Zhang Zhiwen's eyes flashed quickly when he heard the words, "This idea is good, I will go to the palace now to report to His Majesty."

So Zhang Zhiwen changed his official uniform and hurried into the palace.

After meeting Xiao Beichen, Zhang Zhiwen directly explained the purpose of his visit. Xiao Beichen had a smile on his face when he heard the words: "This idea is not bad."

On the morning of the next day, Xiao Beichen and Zhang Zhiwen sang together and brought up the matter of donating fertile land or silver. Naturally, the donated amount cannot be less than that of his subordinates, so under Xiao Beichen's half-coaxing and half-threatening words, they all donated fields. Finally, according to the statistics, the top-grade fertile fields plus medium- and low-grade fields totaled more than 2000 mu.

And many big businessmen in Shengjing City were very excited when they heard that there was a donation to the merit monument. They hurriedly took the initiative to make connections, begging and crying for donations.

There is no other reason. The status of merchants has been low since ancient times. Although merchants are rich, their status is lower than that of farmers. Now that they have the opportunity to do good deeds, they can also be listed on the monument of merit and virtue to make His Majesty happy. They have to do it anyway!
As a result, the donated land had reached nearly [-] mu.

This made Xiao Beichen very happy, and met Zhang Zhiwen, Lin Xiu, and Meng Mingde in private, and wanted to reward them for their merits.

Lin Xiu and Meng Mingde said: "Brother Zhiwen came up with this idea alone, the two of us didn't know about it."

A mysterious smile appeared on Zhang Zhiwen's face: "Your Majesty, this idea was not conceived by Weichen, but proposed by Weichen's younger sister, Jinse. I thought it was feasible, so I informed His Majesty."

(End of this chapter)