Allure of a Country Maiden

Xiao'er guessed that at that time, the landowners would be willing to sell off the land in their hands, so that the court would take the land back and make it state-owned, and then distribute the land to households and give it to the people, and collect public grain per mu every year to ensure that the national granary is full.

"Rent?" Zhu Yan pondered for a moment and felt that Xiao'er's method was feasible. If she purchased silk directly from the people, she would be more worry-free. At least she would not have to find people to grow mulberry, silkworms, and fish.

Mr. Zhu thought about it and thought it was feasible. Anyway, his daughter just wanted to do the silk business, not to raise silkworms.

"If the people are willing to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, I can also purchase silk directly." Zhu Yan and Mr. Zhu looked at each other. After both of them had no objection, Zhu Yan said.

"You collect the silk and I'll collect the fish!" Xiao'er can ask the villagers to raise more dace in the fishing pond, and she can make black bean fermented dace! This stuff is very fragrant and goes well with meals, and as food that can be eaten directly, it has a relatively long shelf life.

"Captain, can you take us to the village chief's house? We want to talk to the villagers."

"Of course, but this paddy field belongs not only to our village, but also to villagers from several villages such as Huang, Tan, Lei, and He. Our village only has a total of more than 20 acres of land."

For rural areas, most of the villagers in each village have the same surname, and most villagers with the same surname are more or less related by blood. Usually there are only a few households in a village with people with other surnames.

Of course, most of the ancestors fled somewhere and settled down at home, so the villages they formed would have more mixed surnames, and a village with many mixed surnames would not be as united as a village with the same surname.

"Is that so, where is the village? Are these villages under the same jurisdiction?" Xiaoer asked.

"Yes, let me take you to find Li Zheng! Li Zheng usually lives in the town."

Xiaoer nodded.

So a few people got on their horses, got on their carriages, and continued towards the town.

As for Fang Wanping, who was waiting on the roadside, she was thirsty and hungry. She looked at both ends of the road with longing.

Arriving at Li Zheng's house in the town, the catcher knocked on the door of Li Zheng's house, and a slightly older voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

"Uncle Lin, it's me, Huang Feng."

"It's you! Why are you a hornet flying here? The town has been very peaceful recently! Isn't something big happening again? Which official's house was ransacked again? Isn't it because the new prefect can't handle this? Is it a mess?" Li was basking in the sun and taking a nap under the kapok tree in the yard. When he heard a familiar voice, he slowly sat upright from the bamboo lounge chair, stood up slowly, and Slowly walked out of the door, chattering as he walked to open the door.

Some time ago, many officials' homes were ransacked. Some people were delighted, others were frightened, and everything was lively.

The catcher looked embarrassed after hearing this. He couldn't help but shout loudly: "Uncle Lin, the prefect is here to see you for something! Open the door quickly!"

Will the magistrate, government official, or minister come to me if something happens? ! When Mr. Satsuma's mind slowly realized what the catcher meant, he hissed and quickly ran to the door and opened it.

Oops, why was my mouth so dry just now?

After the door opened, even before Li Zheng could see clearly, he bent down and saluted: "I have met the prefect!"

The catcher stepped aside awkwardly: "Uncle Lin, the prefect is here."

Li Zheng raised his head and glanced at the arrester, wishing he could slap him on the head. He just saluted, why is this brat standing in front of the prefect?

Zhu Yan lowered her head and smiled secretly.

This one is kind of cute.

Jingrui looked at him expressionlessly.

Li Zheng couldn't figure out Jin Rui's thoughts for a moment, so he bent down to salute Jin Rui again, but Jin Rui stretched out his hand to help him: "No need to be polite."

Seeing Jingrui's reaction, Li Zheng secretly guessed that it didn't look like the new prefect was angry!

After all, extending your hand to help is a sign of respect for the person doing the salute.

Master Li Zheng was a little confused as to whether Jingrui was angry after hearing what he just said! He quickly invited them in.

After several people entered the house, Xiaoer saw a tall kapok tree in the clean courtyard. There was a stone table under the kapok tree, and a tea set and a plate of snacks were placed on the stone table.

There is a recliner next to the stone table, and a thin quilt is placed randomly on the recliner, indicating that the owner was sleeping on the recliner just now.

"Sorry for disturbing your nap," Xiaoer said upon seeing this.

Elderly people have trouble sleeping well at night and wake up very early in the morning, so they usually doze off during the day.

"Don't disturb me, don't disturb me! I'm so busy that I'm busy. You guys are just in time! Come in and sit down!"

Xiao'er's mouth twitched after hearing this: As a Li Zheng, is it really okay to say that you are so idle?

Although Li Zheng is a small official, he is also the official who is closest to the people and does the most things for the people. How can he have time to be so idle?

"No, the weather is fine, we can just sit in the yard." Jingrui shook his head and refused.

There are also several stone chairs placed next to the stone table. The current temperature is perfect for sitting in the yard.

So Xiaoer and the others sat down at the stone table.

Li was serving tea to several people, and then stood aside with the catcher, not daring to sit down.

Upon seeing this, Jingrui said: "You two don't have to be polite, just sit down and talk!"

Li Zheng and the catcher looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time: "Thank you, Lord Prefect, for the seat. We can just stand."

"Sit down, I'm not used to looking up at others talking."

After hearing this, Li Zheng and the catcher looked at each other again, the catcher nodded, and Li Zheng sat down uneasily.

This is on an equal footing with the prefect. This is against the rules!

Is the new prefect a little too approachable?

Master Li Zheng glanced at Jingrui secretly. It was probably because he was too young and had not yet developed the aura of calmness and self-reliance, so he seemed approachable!

It's just that the prefect brought his female relatives to his home. What did he want to do?

If it was a matter in the yamen, he probably wouldn't have brought his female relatives over.

Jingrui didn't care what Zheng was thinking. He glanced at the catcher and said, "Huang catcher, you know the general story. Please tell Li Zheng what's going on!"

After hearing this, Li Zheng looked at the catcher. If it was not a good thing, he would have reminded himself.

The catcher knew Li Zheng's worries and said directly: "The prefect came to see Uncle Lin this time because he has a good thing to take care of the fellow villagers."

Master Li Zheng felt completely relieved after hearing what Zi said: "Now the villagers are blessed. I wonder what a good thing it is?"

"Miss Zhu, brought here by the prefect, wants to turn the paddy fields in the village into mulberry fish ponds. I would like to trouble Li to help ask the people in the village for their opinions." The head catcher said briefly.