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

For several nights, Li Mingren tossed and turned in bed, disturbing Yun Lan and unable to sleep.

In the middle of a moonless night, I heard only an "ouch", followed closely by a dull sound of "dong".

"Yunlan, why are you kicking me?" Li Mingren turned sideways and did not get up from the ground, rubbing his butt and frowning with doubts in his eyes.

Seeing that the person on the bed was silent for a long time, he thought it was a nightmare, so he quietly got up and wanted to go back to bed and sleep.

After Li Mingren lay back on the bed, a message came from his pillow: "If you can't sleep, go to the study and stay there!"

"Hoo~" Li Mingren was frightened by the sound.

"Madam, are you not asleep?"

"You tossed and turned all night long, who could you let fall asleep?"

Only then did Li Mingren realize his problem and thought of getting up and going to the study to make do, but Zhao Yunlan also got up.

"Yunlan, I'm going to the study, and you can go to sleep for a while."

Zhao Yunlan was no longer sleepy, but she had not slept well in the past few days, and her face looked a little tired.

"I've been bothered by you so much that I haven't slept well in the past few days, and I haven't had the energy to go to class during the day. Now I've been bothered by you so much that I can't sleep. Fortunately, I have a rest tomorrow. That's how quiet it is for you to meditate!" Zhao Yunlan After Li Mingren put on his shoes, he planned to drink some water, but his mouth always felt dry.

"It's not my fault. Hey~ I'm so upset that I can't sleep or lie down. I really can't calm down these days. I only care about the things in the yamen. Blame me for not taking your feelings into consideration. I just Let’s move to the study to sleep first, so you can catch up on your sleep.”

After Zhao Yunlan drank some water, she felt her throat felt better. She thought that she was getting angry because she hadn't slept well in the past few days, which made her mouth feel dry and dry.

At this time, Chunxiang had heard the sound inside the house and came in to turn on the lamp.

"You go down and sleep, I'll talk to the master for a while!"

"Yes, ma'am."

Zhao Yunlan didn't have the habit of letting her maids keep vigil at night. It was only when Aunt Cui came to the house that she gradually established this rule.

After Chunxiang retreated, Zhao Yunlan motioned for Li Mingren to sit next to him. Li Mingren had a big bubble on the corner of his mouth, which seemed to be caused by anger.

"You also have a drink of water."

Li Mingren didn't know what Yun Lan meant, but he took a sip of water from the cup.

"Are you still worried about arranging your subordinates?"

"Yeah!" Li Mingren responded distressedly.

"I'm asking you, please answer slowly. When you go on patrol on weekdays, what do you think are the problems in Shiyang County?"

Li Mingren was thoughtful, raised his head and said seriously: "Poor."

"Why are you poor?" Zhao Yunlan wanted to give him a big look. Everyone knew that Shiyang County was poor, but he still continued to guide and ask in a very patient tone. "Shiyang County is located in a border fortress. Affected by the war, coupled with the previous oppression and control by the Chengping faction of military commanders and nobles, the people's lives are difficult.

Secondly, this is a remote town, with inconvenient transportation, far away from the prosperous city, and little business contact with the outside world. Even our Youzhou capital is far inferior to other capitals.Of course, the commerce and trade in this county is not developed. Just look at the population in the city during the market day, not to mention the business tax collected.

The fundamental problem is that the winter weather in the north is severe and long, the farming time is short, the grain output is not high, and farming is not as good as in the south. Moreover, based on my daily visits to the countryside, many hardworking men are not hardworking and often fail. I saw two or three people gathering together to play dice. Although the bet was not big, they were always killing time.

The last one is population. Whether it is war, natural disasters, or other reasons, the population of our county has not increased much. Of course, this is the case in several counties near the border. There are not many people born, and there are very few who can stand on their feet after birth. . "

Zhao Yunlan poured a glass of water and handed it to Li Mingren.

"I'm done, Yunlan."

"You all know the causes of poverty, and you also know your mission in Shiyang County, which is to improve people's lives and develop Shiyang County. Taking your political achievements as an example, it is to make Shiyang County a better place next time or next time. It will be selected as the top county in the next rating.”

Li Mingren's eyes widened and he felt a little incredible. He did have this ambition when he first took over Shiyang County. Now, looking at the mess, hehe~

"Don't stare at me. I know it's difficult to achieve this now, but we haven't done it yet. How do you know it won't work? I will analyze what you said now.

First of all, the war you mentioned has now become a peaceful situation, and there will be no such worries for at least ten years.So you can boldly do what you want, as long as it doesn't violate the law.

Second, we are remote and have inconvenient travel, but you are already improving road conditions. Your first batch of road construction projects has been completed, and you will have a second batch, a third batch, and so on.When the road here is repaired, more and more people will take their time.

Besides, the commerce in the county is underdeveloped. It is remote and the conditions are difficult. In addition, the people do not have extra spare money to go shopping. Everyone's living needs are low and they cannot attract outside merchants, so there is naturally less business.Local businessmen basically remain at the original level, their scale is not large, and they can maintain a small profit.

Let’s ignore the foreign merchants for now. We can start with local reforms, such as adjusting the market time in our county, shortening the time on the original basis, so that people can have more opportunities to come to the county, and slowly adjust the entry fee.In this way, as soon as the market opens, the county will need more security protection, and your government officials will not wait for arrangements at the government office every day.

Third, in terms of farming, for example, you strongly demand intensive farming. Some farmers have only tilled the land once before. This year, you can forcefully set a farming method. If you encounter a family with strong labor force, you can also set up some mechanisms to coordinate. If the strong labor force of each village and household is not enough, you can take the government servants to the countryside to experience people's livelihood and help some people in need with some farm work.

In this way, the yamen servants in your yamen will have something to do.

Then there is the problem of people's laziness. Have you noticed that in the villages in Xuetang, where we often go, there are very few idle people now. I have work arrangements there from time to time, and everyone has free time after finishing their farm work. Will come to apply for work.Everyone is busy doing work, so they no longer gamble and idle.This shows that laziness is not only caused by themselves, but also affected by certain environmental factors.

So we still need to find more things for them to do. I know that the yamen now have no money and it’s hard for them to do their best. You should first change them themselves. Send people to patrol the countryside every day. If gambling is found, how much is the fine? Then sort it out. Village affairs, that is, cleaning the village roads, drying the fields and other tasks, are supervised by the whole village.Another one is to distribute the farming tasks just mentioned. Every household will be busy. The yield of farmland cultivated intensively will definitely be higher than that of casual cultivation. This also avoids the problem of too many idle people.

Do you think this way, your county government's manpower can be freed up to do things, instead of blindly thinking about reducing personnel?And I don’t really agree with reducing the number of troops. If there is another battle, can you guarantee that we will gather the troops immediately?The county government has trained these people for so long, and their combat effectiveness must be much stronger than that of casual soldiers.

Also, I would like to make a comment. Although the sanitation situation in our county has improved, I still feel it is not enough. As a result, I am reluctant to go out shopping. I often ride in and out of the city by carriage, and I can still smell it. The sour smell in the streets.

You can arrange a pair of patrolling people to be responsible for the sanitation of the city. Although there is a patrol team every day, they are responsible for the safety of the people in the city and cannot be distracted by other things, so special manpower is needed to manage sanitation.Does this mean there are more positions to arrange for those government officials? What do you think?You can also punish people who commit crimes to clean the streets, just like punishing people who gamble.

Of course, when you talk about population issues, perhaps we need to develop medical care and improve the capabilities of doctors, so that rural areas can also see diseases, especially women.I gave birth once, and I feel scared every time I think about it. "

Hearing this, Li Mingren's heart tightened and he consciously held Yunlan's hand.

"Hey, it's just that medicine is the most difficult thing to develop." Zhao Yunlan thought, this is ancient times, and medicine is a craft passed down from family to family. One of the reasons why ancient medical skills developed slowly is that doctors are not willing to communicate with each other.

"So as a parent and official of a common people, we carry a heavy burden, but we can't back down. If you are on the left, I will stand on the right. If you take a step forward, I will not step back. Cheer up, we shoulder Let’s walk side by side!”