Chapter 355 It's Better to Be a Daughter-in-Law

Zhulan pulled some candlesticks closer, and what Zhou Shuren brought back was a detailed map of the area around Lizhou City. Zhulan first looked at the rivers. Human life is inseparable from water sources. She is more concerned about water sources, especially when droughts occur. Water is even more important.

Zhulan looked carefully, the water source in Lizhou City was not abundant, there was only one tributary to support it, "Do you want to dig a pool?"

Forget about the reservoir, the project is too big, and there is no cement to build the dam, the technology is not up to standard, and disasters are likely to occur. It is still a pool, and the pool is safer.

Zhou Shuren pointed a few places with his fingertips, "Smart, I saw the distribution of counties and towns in Lizhou, and digging some ponds is not difficult. Ponds can be contracted out to raise fish, which is also some income, and if there is a drought, it can alleviate the situation.”

Zhulan listened to her heart, there has been no drought in these years, she is really afraid of drought, this is not modern day artificial rainfall, using technology to divert water, in ancient times it all depended on God, "Bah, bah, good spirits are bad Not working."

Zhou Shuren smiled, "Good spirit."

Zhulan felt more at ease, and continued to look at the map, "You still want to build roads."

Zhou Shuren nodded, "You have experienced how difficult the road is for us to come all the way. It just so happens that there are enough manpower now, and by exchanging manpower for food, we can also build Lizhou and kill two birds with one stone."

Zhulan frowned, "It's a lot of work, so you have to eat more, and the two batches of food left over are not enough. You have to save these food for several months."

Zhou Shuren took the map, "So half of the food and half of the money are settled, and the people can't do without any money. With money in their hands, they can buy households, and the markets everywhere can slowly recover. The people have needs. Only by attracting merchants can the entire Lizhou slowly recover its vitality."

Zhulan thought about the money in Zhou Shuren's hand, "Do you agree with the Tongzhi and Tongju, Lizhou is managed by the three of you?"

Zhou Shuren smiled, "Today I brought the money and obtained the rights given by the emperor, and they really have nothing to do. I hope they will entrust it to me, and they won't have any objections."

Zhulan said: "That's good."

As for the intrigue after overcoming the difficulties, she wasn't worried about Zhou Shuren at all, he would burn the incense if he didn't count on others.

Zhulan lay down and thought for a while, then turned her body and said, "Actually, the yamen can buy some chickens for the farmers to take. Each household will get a few. After the chickens lay eggs, they can use the eggs to pay back the money for the chickens. There are also piglets. Get the pigs first, and if you really don’t have any to feed, you can also withdraw the coarse grains for feeding pigs from the yamen in advance.

When the pigs are released from the slaughterhouse, the piglets and food will be paid back. Of course, the farmers who can receive them must be of good character. It’s fine if they are lazy, and they must sign a guarantee when they receive them. Except for force majeure factors, other circumstances must be responsible. . "

Zhou Shuren's eyes lit up, "This method is good. The farmers have extra income, and they can pay back the yamen's money, and the yamen can have extra money to do other things."

Zhulan smiled, "Didn't I want to buy apple trees? You can also buy some good-tasting fruit trees and pick them up from door to door, one or two per family. When the apples come down, you can buy them to some fruit merchants, which is also an extra income." .”

Zhou Shuren raised his eyebrows, "I think you want to make Lizhou City a hometown of apples!"

Zhulan smiled, "Yes, there are a lot of apples in Chuanzhou, but it doesn't have a famous name. Once Lizhou Chengcheng becomes the hometown of apples, many fruit merchants will come here in the future, which can also drive some local economies. How much better is it to do more?"

Zhou Shuren kissed Zhulan's forehead, "You have helped me a lot."

He knows how to govern and solve the current problems slowly. To generate income for the farmers, he still has to rely on Zhulan to find a way. To put it bluntly, the Mengju people he brought can only help him with political affairs, and the economic one. Bamboo orchids are still needed.

Zhulan bent her eyes, "I haven't asked you yet, I remember you said that the magistrates of Zhili Prefecture have the same rights as the magistrates of Zhili Prefecture, and the rank of magistrates in Zhili Prefecture is also the same as that of magistrates. The acquaintance in Zhoucheng lives behind the yamen, did you say anything else when you came?"

Zhou Shuren, "With the emperor's attention and Wu Chun's relationship, Tongzhi naturally said, I mentioned to me before I left that he could move out, but I refused, saying that I had already bought the house, plus his His rank is higher than mine, although rights do not depend on rank, but in the end he came before me, and he shouldn't move out because of emotion and reason."

Zhulan curled her lips, "If you didn't have the right to use money on the road, and without Wu Chun, a big nephew, Chen Chen, a fellow confidant, wouldn't have mentioned this at all."

Zhou Shuren smiled, "Yes, they know that the new Zhizhou is the second place in the new academic rankings. They don't know how troublesome they are. This time they see me at ease. In the final analysis, the emperor is very powerful. Chen Chen is also the one who restricts me."

Zhulan stretched her waist, "Fortunately, there is no regulation in this dynasty that prohibits the transfer of officials to buy a house or family property. Although it is only allowed to buy one house, no more than four shops, and no more than 200 acres of land, I am quite content with it." .”

Although there are a lot of black box operations, you can record the living land of the shop on the followers, relatives and others, and there are many people who do this in Pingzhou City, but Zhulan does not intend to do this, she would rather invest in other states.

Zhulan chatted with Zhou Shuren for a while, this time both of them were sleepy, Zhulan fell asleep first in a daze, Zhou Shuren went through what Zhulan said again in his heart, and made sure that he would not forget, so he hugged Zhulan to sleep up.

Early the next morning, when she fell asleep on the warm kang, Zhulan hadn't slept so comfortably for a long time. When she opened her eyes, Zhou Shuren got dressed, "Why did you wake up so early?"

Zhou Shuren really felt a little unsuited to work. He used to sleep at home until he woke up naturally, and yawned, "There are a lot of things waiting for me in the yamen. There were many people waiting to receive food at the gate of the yamen yesterday. I Now go to the Yamen."

Zhulan put on her shoes and went to the ground, "You don't have breakfast?"

She didn't even need to guess. She must not have time to eat this busy day. Could it be that she was hungry all day? Zhou Shuren is too old, and his body can't be tossed about like this.

Zhou Shuren actually woke up a bit late, if he got up earlier, he would be able to eat, but he would not tell Zhulan that he didn't get up, "I won't eat breakfast, and I will kill a chicken and cook a few dishes for lunch. Going to the yamen can be regarded as my invitation to have a meal with my fellow acquaintances."

Zhulan put on her clothes and went out, "Don't skip breakfast, there are still a few cornmeal buns left from yesterday, I'll cut some sausages for you to eat in the carriage."

As she said that, Zhulan went out, Xinghua was burning the fire in the kitchen, Zhulan took two cornmeal steamed buns and a sausage, picked them up, went back to the yard and stuffed them for Zhou Shuren, "Be sure to eat breakfast."

Zhou Shuren felt warm in his heart, and his daughter-in-law loved him the most, "I must have eaten it all."

After Zhulan sent Zhou Shuren away to wash up, breakfast was ready. Yesterday’s food was too clean. The rice porridge for breakfast was pasted with pancakes. There was not a single egg in the house. Mrs. Li cut some sausages and boiled them together with cabbage soup.

After breakfast, everyone in the Yang family rested for the night, and their energy and spirits eased up a bit. Zhulan took Xuehan to personally send her parents to Wuchun's house.

The courtyard of Wu Chun's house is indeed as big as his letter said, because Zhulan has a lot of things to do. Seeing that her parents have settled down, Zhulan took her daughter home.

The Zhou family lost the Yang family, and the whole house was extremely empty, with no one walking around.

Zhulan fell silent, she still needs to buy more servants and come back, she said to Xuehan, "Go and call your elder brother, let him go to the dental shop to find a tooth."

Xuehan, "Mom, don't you go there yourself?"

Zhulan pointed at the tip of her daughter's nose, "Silly girl, mother is a government wife, it's not good to go to the dentist in person after changing her status, go and call your elder brother."