The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

As soon as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is over, even if the year is over, Li Mingren has started to go to the Yamen to handle official business.The people who were monitoring and standing guard in Xiaosong Village a year ago also came back, because the spies Li Mingren sent to Motong County to inquire about the news had already brought back the news, so there was no need to stand guard in Xiaosong Village.

"Cheng'an has connections with Beimo, do you think this has anything to do with Chengping?" Li Mingren asked Chen Yiqing.

"There must be. Cheng An is Cheng Ping's confidant. Without his instruction, how dare he mess around."

Li Mingren looked at Cao Yingfa sitting beside him with a serious face. This was the first time he saw Cao Yingfa with such a serious expression.

"What did the county magistrate Cao think of?"

Cao Yingfa looked at Li Mingren and then at Chen Yiqing, wanting to say something but not daring to say it.

Li Mingren: "Only the three of us know about this matter. Now we are regarded as grasshoppers on the same rope. If you have something to say, just say it, and we can analyze it together."

Cao Yingfa thought for a while that this was indeed the case, and then said slowly: "General Cheng, what is this for? For wealth or for power? The family property of the Cheng family should not be spent in several lifetimes, and the crown prince's status as a general has already been determined." , why exactly?"

In fact, what Cao Yingfa wanted to express was that before the crown prince ascended the throne, everything changed, and Concubine Hui gave birth to the second prince.

Why didn't Li Mingren and Chen Yiqing understand that this was what they were afraid of now, and the matter would be serious.Colluding with foreign countries in an attempt to rebel, when the time comes, this small border county in Youzhou will have to undergo a major change of blood. Li Mingren does not want to die unjustly like this.

Naturally, Cao Yingfa was also unwilling, and managed to gain a firm foothold. At first, Kai Enke reluctantly passed the examination as a scholar, and later got a job in the county government through connections, and gradually became the county magistrate. Although Cao Yingfa was greedy for money, he was timid. And he didn't dare to be greedy for money beyond his ability, which is why he was able to avoid being run away in the county government for so many years.It would be too uncomfortable to ruin myself now because of this treasonous incident that I did not participate in.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt my back was sweating, and Cao Yingfa's legs trembled unconsciously, "My lord, what do you think we should do?"

Li Mingren frowned and said after a while: "We can only expose it! It's just that there is not enough evidence now."

Chen Yiqing: "These letters?"

"These letters, I'm afraid that when the time comes, they will be criticized and said that we forged and framed the accusations, wouldn't we burn ourselves, how powerful we can be, Chengping is backed by the family and the empress in the palace."

Cao Yingfa: "Then what should we do? Is it possible to resign and let him go!"

Li Mingren: "It's useless for you to resign now. When things happen, you will be involved. And we can only stand on the opposite side of them. I'll contact the capital first to see if there can be Find some evidence, and the customs here will continue to watch. The spies sent this time only brought back the news, but did not find any substantial evidence. It would be better if they could find reliable witnesses. Is not it?"

The two nodded, that's all they can do now.

Li Mingren: "Let's do this today, and deal with the cases that should be handled. Why have there been so many cases in the past year?"

Cao Yingfa and Chen Yiqing were shocked that Li Mingren could quickly break away from the solemn atmosphere just now, and kept staring at Li Mingren.

"You two are enough. We still have to do what we should do. We want to make Shiyang County bigger and stronger."

"Yes, yes, my lord." Cao Yingfa began to look flattering again, and Chen Yiqing couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart.

"Come on, Mr. Chen, here is the list of wealthy households I drew up before, you can check it again, and if there are any difficult ones, pick them out, and only keep some gentle and talkative ones."

Chen Yiqing: "Yes."

"Cao Xiancheng, don't be idle, you can calculate the budget for road construction here, and make a table for me."

"Budget?" After working with Li Mingren for a few months, I know what a watch is, just to write a list, to be clearer, but what is the budget this time?
"It's about calculating how much money we need to build roads, and where the money is spent. For example, we need stones and labor to build roads. These may cost money. You have to estimate roughly, it is impossible to estimate. Don’t quote too low, and don’t quote too high.”

Cao Yingfa: "Huh? Do we have to pay people to build roads?"

"What's the matter, you don't think the life of the common people is hard enough, do you? This time the road construction is not included in the corvee."

Cao Yingfa: "Yes, yes, my lord cares about the common people."

Li Mingren rolled his eyes and didn't speak.

In the back house of the county government office, Zhao Yunlan was checking with Li Mingli the cost of building the school. The first batch of wood had been shipped in the past two days, and it would be delivered in a few days.Li Mingli also approached the village chiefs of several nearby villages to disclose the news of the recruitment.

"This school has to hurry up, and the road construction on your brother's side is also on the agenda."

Li Mingli responded: "Tomorrow I will go to recruit workers. Within three days, the road surface will be cleaned up, and the wood will be placed there to start construction."

Zhao Yunlan nodded, she already had the experience of building a school, so she didn't need to worry too much.

"I'll give you Zhuangzi's drawings in a while, and repair them according to the drawings." Zhao Yunlan didn't change Zhuangzi much, but simply changed the layout, mainly to facilitate subsequent planting.

A room is also added to the hot spring eye, so that there is a greenhouse. Taking a bath in it can not only shelter from the wind and rain, but also make it more private and not afraid of being disturbed by others.

Zhao Yunlan also thought of using a greenhouse to grow chives. As soon as the north enters winter, there will be fewer types of vegetables, and they can only eat radishes and cabbage, which are easy to store in the cellar.Zhao Yunlan wanted to eat vegetables a while ago, and when she knew there was a hot spring, she immediately thought of growing vegetables in the greenhouse, but there is no plastic film or glass here, and the greenhouse cannot satisfy the light.After much deliberation, chives can be planted.

Zhao Yunlan wanted to make the hot spring pool more comfortable. The bottom of the original pool was very rough, and there were many rocks around the pool, which could easily scratch people. I don't know how the previous owner used the pool.

Zhao Yunlan designed the pool to be like a modern bathtub, of course larger in size, with the spring as the water inlet at a higher position, and an outlet on the other side at a lower position, so that it is convenient to discharge water when taking a bath.A small ditch was dug outside the water outlet so that the water in the ditch could be used for irrigation without wasting it.

After Zhao Yunlan and Li Mingli finished chatting, Zhao Yuncheng came in in time.

"Sister, I have something to ask you!" Zhao Yuncheng cut to the point.

"Then sister-in-law, I'll get busy first." Li Mingli got up and went out.

"What's the matter? Are you homesick?" Zhao Yunlan asked with concern.

Zhao Yuncheng: "I am homesick, but I don't want to go home. I want to ask my brother-in-law to send me to the military camp. I want to join the army."

If he didn't know the situation, Zhao Yunlan would definitely agree, but Li Mingren revealed some things, so he naturally knew that the current situation at the border is not good, and there might be trouble tomorrow, which will affect Yuncheng.

"How about this, I'll mention it to your brother-in-law when he's in the office, but you can't run out without permission, let alone go to the border. Otherwise, there's nothing to talk about, and I'll ask someone to send you back to Jinzhou."

"Yes, I know sister, then I will wait for news from you and brother-in-law." Zhao Yuncheng is not a willful person, if he breaks into the military camp privately, he will be regarded as a spy of the enemy country and stabbed at him.