In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 260 Outrageous Acre Data

After returning and naturalizing, Lin Rui only stayed for two or three days, and then he took Mrs. Lu and other tens of thousands of ladies, ladies and maids to set off back to Datong. The procession was huge and the carriages stretched for more than ten miles.

This time Lin Rui not only took the remaining people from the Ministry of Agriculture with him, but also took away most of the people from other ministries. If there were not some craftsmen and Mongolian women working on the city, I am afraid that the entire naturalization would have become deserted.

Lin Rui also left all the affairs in the Hetao to Zhang Han, while matters related to the Mongols were coordinated by Habeier and her father Chatu.

This also means that the center of gravity of the Chinese state has begun to shift from Hetao to Datong. There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, the Mongolian tribes in each county of Hetao have a high degree of autonomy, and the Tuntian Guards in Wuyuan and Guihua are also managed independently. , so apart from the construction of Guihua City and the management of a coal mine and lime mine, there really is nothing else to do.

Zhang Han actually wanted to follow him back to Datong, but Habei'er's abilities were limited, and Mrs. Niu took people to fight in Ningxia, so Lin Rui had no choice but to leave him to be naturalized.

As for Zhang Xiuying and Na Muzhong, they will definitely stay in Datong.

All the ladies and maids along the way were anxious and looking forward to returning to the Ming Dynasty, especially Madam Lu and the more than 300 ladies and maids who had been captured.

They were only thirteen or fourteen years old when they were brought to the grassland by the Lin family army. In the blink of an eye, it has been four or five years, and now they are all tall and graceful. The youngest is eighteen, and the older ones are almost twenty.

Under normal circumstances, they would have been married long ago as wives and mothers, but now except for a dozen of them who have married the original young commander, the rest have not yet been married.

Of course it's not that these girls don't want to get married, but Lin Rui doesn't allow it.

At this moment, looking at the majestic mountains and the Great Wall in the distance, everyone cried with joy, and then they burst into laughter.

"Your Majesty, when we arrive in Datong, can my mother and I go back to Yanghe's hometown to visit?"

In a rather luxurious and comfortable carriage, Lu Waner might have been a little too excited and asked subconsciously. After speaking, she looked at Lin Rui eagerly.

This frightened Mrs. Lu beside her. She broke into a cold sweat when she recalled Lin Rui's sudden question that day. She quickly stopped her and said, "Wan'er..."

"Okay, I see how nervous you are. Am I the kind of narrow-minded person? If you want to go back and have a look, just go back. Anyway, I am a righteous man. Everything I did in the beginning was to make decisions for the people. If you want to hate me, just go back. Hate it!”

Lin Rui waved his hand and said angrily.

"Your Majesty, Wan'er actually no longer hates your Majesty, and the same goes for my mother..."

Lu Waner also knew that she had said the wrong thing. Although Lin Rui didn't pay attention, she still lowered her head and whispered.

She really no longer hates Lin Rui and Lin Jiajun, because compared to the ladies and ladies who were kidnapped by the slaves, they can be said to be the luckiest.

Although they have suffered a lot over the years, the king has always taken care of them and never let them suffer any injustice.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison. In the past, they still had some hatred for Lin Rui in their hearts, but later they saw the fate and tragic fate of other women, and the hatred in their hearts gradually disappeared.

"Don't mention these."

Lin Rui felt much better when he saw Lu Waner's sincere face. He just glanced at Mrs. Lu and waved.

The mother and daughter were relieved when they saw that Lin Rui really didn't seem angry. Lu Waner thought for a while, then she mustered up the courage to ask again: "Your Majesty, the sisters are not young anymore. This time they returned to the Ming Dynasty, but they can get married. Are you ready?" After saying that, her pretty face was so red that she almost started bleeding.

There was no way, the sisters were clamoring for her to ask the king about marriage every day, but she kept putting it off, not daring to speak every time.

"Your Majesty, Wan'er and the others are indeed quite old." Mrs. Lu also boldly pleaded from the side.

The girls were always a little uneasy about Lin Rui tying them to him, not letting them get married, and not touching them himself.

Lu Waner was better off, after all, Mrs. Lu had given her the exact information and she was not panicking, but the other 300 or so ladies and maids were worried because many of them were about to turn twenty.

"Let them all rest assured. We will make arrangements for them when we return to Datong and ensure that everyone finds a suitable husband."

Lin Rui smiled and said, before they were not allowed to marry, it was because they wanted to use them to hang up those young people. Later, the conditions were limited and they did not even have a house to live alone. Now that the conditions are available, the young people have grown up. Well, naturally I won’t beat the mandarin ducks anymore.

After all, the more than 2 veterans and teenagers were all taught cultural knowledge by these three hundred young ladies and maids. After spending time together day and night, even ghosts would not believe that they did not have the right person.

"Your Majesty, are we the ones to choose?" Lu Waner was overjoyed when she saw Lin Rui finally nodded. She was not happy for herself, but for her sisters.

Mrs. Lu on the side was also relieved, because the ownership of those young ladies and maids had always been her concern, and now the dust could finally be settled.

"That's natural, but you have to choose among veterans and teenagers." Lin Rui nodded without teasing them.

"Your Majesty, Wan'er and the others are all perfect, they should be..." Lu Waner had been extremely happy for a long time, but Mrs. Lu looked at Lin Rui cautiously and tried, obviously wanting to get a good background for those young ladies and maids.

"We are both real wives. If the maid and the young lady want to marry together, they can marry together. If they want to separate, they can separate. It's up to them."

Lin Rui naturally understood what she meant and said with a wave of his hand.

The young boys at that time have now grown into his confidants, and they are all respectable people. Although each of them has at least three or four women, and many even have children, there is no one who can really be his wife. If they don't find a suitable woman to be their legal wife, someone will definitely take advantage of them.

The mother and daughter finally felt relieved this time. Although Lu Waner wanted to ask herself what to do again, how could she, an unmarried girl in Yunying, ask such a question?So I had no choice but to look to Mrs. Lu for help.

Mrs. Lu was also embarrassed about this kind of thing and didn't dare to ask, but since it was related to her daughter's lifelong happiness, she had no choice but to give Lin Rui a weak reminder.

"Your Majesty, Wan'er is no longer young this year."

"Ok!"

Lin Rui naturally understood what the mother and daughter meant. He looked at Lu Waner, who looked shy and nervous, and then at Mrs. Lu, who looked expectant and anxious. He hesitated for a while, but in the end he just said a favor.

The reason why he has not brought Lu Wan'er into the house for a long time is because Lin Rui has always been wary of the mother and daughter and wants to investigate further.

The mother and daughter were also confused by the soft hum. They didn't know what it meant specifically, but they didn't dare to ask any more questions, which made them feel very uneasy along the way.

After returning to Datong, Hong Chengchou and all the civil servants became nervous when they saw that Lin Rui had brought back so many ladies and maids.

It was July, and the wheat in the surrounding fields had begun to turn yellow. The industrial zone outside Datong City had also begun to take shape. Many commanders and envoys, thousands and hundreds of households, had moved in, making the whole of Datong very lively. There was an unprecedented feeling. of prosperity.

The restaurants and inns in the city are almost full every day, and people come and go in various shops, and there is an endless stream of business travelers and carriages. Obviously, the Ming Dynasty did not block the trade routes, and could not block them.

"Hong Aiqing, how is the progress of the New Deal?"

After settling down the more than 1 ladies and maids he brought, Lin Rui began to ask about the New Deal.

Obviously, although the responsibility was left to Hong Chengchou, he was still very worried and concerned in his heart.

"Back to your Majesty, the preliminary statistics of the fields in various places have been completed. We are currently conducting a population census and confiscating farm tools and cattle."

"Oh? So quickly, in just over two months, all the fields have been measured? Has the data been summarized?"

Lin Rui was also quite surprised. Measuring land can be said to be the most troublesome and time-consuming. He did not expect that it could be completed in just two months. When did officials and scholars in the Ming Dynasty become so efficient?
"This... Your Majesty, I just compiled it a few days ago, but I'm afraid there are still big errors in the data, and it needs to be verified again."

Hong Chengchou also answered cautiously.

"How many acres?" Lin Rui saw him hesitating and wanted to know how many fields were measured.

"Your Majesty, there are more than [-] million acres in total, including more than [-] million acres of Class A fields, more than [-] million acres of Class B fields, and more than [-] million acres of Class C fields." Hong Chengchou had no choice but to bite the bullet. replied.

"What? 3000 million acres?"

"Did I hear you correctly? There are so many fields in Datong and Xuanfu combined?"

Lin Rui's jaw almost dropped in shock. If there were more than 3000 million acres of land before, he had no idea. But after a trip to Wuyuan, he also roughly knew how much area 3000 million acres of land would require.

A plain as big as Wuyuan can only cultivate 500 million acres. Datong Xuanfu, also known as the Datong Basin, has a flat terrain, but it is not much larger than Wuyuan. The rest of the land is basically mountains and small valleys, adding up to 1000 acres. A field of [-] acres would be good.

But now 3000 million acres have been measured. How can Lin Rui not be shocked?

What's more, if he remembered correctly, it seems that the entire Henan in ancient times only had an area of ​​9000 acres. Since ancient times, Henan has been the province with the most thorough development and the largest land and population.

Even Henan only had 9000 million acres of cultivated land in ancient times. Datong Prefecture, plus Xuan Prefecture, accounted for 3000% of the fields in Henan. Even Lin Rui would not believe it to death. The entire Shanxi Province combined has [-] million acres of fields. Even that’s good.

Thinking of this, Lin Rui's face instantly turned black. He looked at Hong Chengchou and gritted his teeth and said, "Hong Aiqing, don't you think this data is too outrageous? Damn it, Datong Xuanfu alone has 3000 million acres of land." Land, then wouldn’t the entire Ming Dynasty have one hundred thousand acres? Do you think that this king doesn’t know how big 3000 million acres of land is?”

By the end, Lin Rui's voice was almost roaring.

Although he also knew that it was impossible to obtain accurate data on acres of land by relying on these scholars. There would definitely be moisture, but no matter how much moisture there was, it couldn't be so outrageous, right?

(End of this chapter)