frightfiction Chapter 607 Little Fox
Chapter 607 Little Fox
Chapter 607 Little Fox
However, the soldiers in the barracks did not receive a single penny. He did this as a subsidy for the extra efforts of these soldiers.
Although Minister Zhang did not agree with Pei Jingyang's statement, he acquiesced. Anyway, there were too many empty fields that had not been reclaimed in time, and those sold to officials were not as good as imagined.
After all, it is too far away from the capital city. Three years later, if these officials go back, they will be unable to manage the farms in Mobei even if they want to.
So after the court had sold all the land, there were still a lot of unsold fields, and even fewer barren hills.
After all, a batch of barren mountains were sold in the capital last year, and many aristocratic families are still in the process of reclaiming the land. They don’t have the energy to go to Mobei to buy barren mountains and reclaim them.
The consequence of this can be said to be a benefit to Pei Jingyang. This year, the soldiers in the barracks have an extra income. Therefore, they are more motivated to open up wasteland.
On the other hand, it would be a pity to leave the fields abandoned. If, at that time, there were not enough fields to sell, the court could take them back and they would become top-quality fields.
In this way, it can be said that both the court and the military camp have won. Therefore, Minister Zhang turned a blind eye to the military camp's more active reclamation of wasteland.
After the wheat in the official fields was harvested, the land was turned over and sown without stopping. A lot of corn, rice and rapeseed had been planted in the wasteland ahead.
In order to save time, Minister Zhang also adopted the method of raising corn seedlings and transplanting them, even though it was already quite late in the season to plant corn.
However, because it is seedling transplanting, we can still catch up, but the transplanted corn seedlings are relatively large.
By the time all the corn seedlings were transplanted, it was almost the end of May. The next step was a series of watering and fertilizing.
Maybe because Hualei provided fodder, Minister Zhang has been particularly concerned about Hualei's rabbit farm recently. Several times when he was chatting with Hualei with a smile on his face, he talked about rabbit feces.
At first, Hua Lei didn't notice it and answered all the questions honestly. But when Minister Zhang mentioned it for the third time "as if nothing had happened", Hua Lei's original nerves were touched.
After finishing his shift that day, he immediately sent Ziyun to pass a message to Uncle Dingsheng, asking him to deliver all the manure and fertilizer from the rabbit farm to his own farm.
I used up everything that could be used directly, and those that needed to be fermented were immediately put into compost. Hehe! I used it up, you can't shamelessly ask me for more, right?
I send you fodder because I am kind-hearted and don't want to see the cattle and sheep starve to death, and I don't want to have no oxen to plow the land during the spring planting season.
However, I can only help you in an emergency, not in poverty. Don't expect me to give you the fertilizer from the rabbit farm.
Your official land is an unfathomable bottomless pit. Even if I open ten rabbit farms, they are still not enough for you to build.
So, I'd better use it myself first. Hualei understood the principle of being guilty of possessing a treasure. However, she didn't expect that Minister Zhang would also want to get his hands on her own feces.
A few days later, when Minister Zhang once again chatted with Hua Lei in a meaningful way, Hua Lei told him the truth with a smile on her face.
The manager of my rabbit farm and the head of the farm are so hardworking that I haven't even thought about the fertilizer for the farm.
They both have used all the manure from the rabbit farm for composting, so they really have nothing to worry about.
Seeing the painful expression on Minister Zhang's face, Hua Lei was overjoyed! Humph, when I asked you to borrow a cow, you avoided the question. Now, how dare you ask me for fertilizer?
I can give you an egg occasionally, but I won't give you an egg every day, lest you misunderstand that I should give you an egg every day.
Looking at Hua Lei's smiling face, Minister Zhang cursed inwardly, "Little fox." But he could do nothing about it. From then on, he no longer hoped for fertilizer from the rabbit farm.
After the farm affairs were settled, Hualei had some free time. When Hualei was still busy with farm affairs, she was very busy.
Emperor Shengwu, who was in the capital, had a sudden idea to build an oilcloth shed in the imperial garden using the oilcloth that had just been produced by the Ministry of Works, so that he could experience the feeling of it himself.
There is no more snow, but it has been raining in Shangjing City recently. Sometimes, the rain is quite heavy and accompanied by strong winds.
The colorful windmill next to it was still in its original position, turning. Although the color of the sail fabric had faded, its watering function had not deteriorated at all.
After returning from court, Emperor Shengwu would go to the oilcloth tent in the Imperial Garden to sit for a while. Sometimes he would bring a few close ministers with him and let them sit in the oilcloth tent to feel it and discuss their ideas.
Many ministers understood what he meant, while many others were completely confused. However, as long as they said some words of praise and agreement, they would definitely not go wrong.
In fact, before the memorial about the snow disaster was sent from Mobei, Emperor Shengwu had already learned about the snow disaster in Mobei from his shadow guard.
By the time the memorial was delivered to the Imperial Study, Emperor Shengwu finally learned about the series of events that occurred during the snowstorm.
Therefore, a series of disaster relief measures were quickly issued and many policies were announced.
The nearby county governments had surplus rice, cotton, cotton cloth, etc., and they actively allocated them to Mobei County to ensure food and warmth for all subsequent people in Mobei.
The tax burden of the people affected by the snowstorm was reduced by half this season. All expenses spent by the county government on the people during the snowstorm were borne by the court.
All the expenses of the local wealthy people in Mobei can be listed in detail. In addition to reimbursement of all expenses by the county government, 30% of the tax burden on the income amounting to such expenses will be reduced or exempted.
All officials' expenses were also listed in detail and sent to the capital. After verification, the court would pay them to their families in the capital, and the official would be commended.
However, the decree issued by Emperor Shengwu was still on the way, so Minister Zhang and his men had not received it yet, so Hua Lei didn't know either.
At this time, Emperor Shengwu looked at the contents of the memorial, and combined with the words of the shadow guard who came back later, he paid attention to Hua Lei again.
The oilcloth department has already produced it, but the quantity is still small, so it is still in the warehouse for the time being. He has also seen how the oilcloth can protect against rain and wind.
It’s not that he didn’t believe in the function of the oilcloth, he just wanted to know what the owner was feeling when he took out the oilcloth.
They used sawdust to cover the floor, quilts to keep warm, and wood stoves to increase temperature, doing everything they could to improve the harsh conditions. What would the people living in the tarpaulin sheds feel like?
He was still thinking about Hualei's replacement and processing business in Mobei, the grazing grass that she voluntarily donated, the extra meals that she voluntarily gave to the people, and the rations that she voluntarily delivered to the people. One by one, each of them was not an earth-shattering event.