Eldest daughter

Chapter 465 Post-Disaster Achievements
In the mid-July, the weather was so hot that God seemed to make up for the sunshine of the past few months. The sun was poisonous and hot. Knowing that cicadas were screaming on the trees made people feel more irritable.

Wang Yuan'er was lying on the big pillow in a drowsy state, and a little girl sat on the bed and beat her legs every now and then.

When Qiutang came in, Wang Yuan'er raised her eyelids: "Have you enlightened that girl?"

Qiutang was a little helpless, took the beauty hammer from the little girl's hand, waved her away, and said: "I'm afraid that all my hard work in her room will be in vain, she will just keep saying that the second master will take care of her Yunyun."

Wang Yuan'er's eyelids sank slightly, and she said, "Don't talk about it, if she wants to go all the way to Hei, then let her go."

Qiutang sighed.

"Looking back, you went to find Chen Shu, and asked him to go to the juzi courtyard in Xicheng to get a copy of the list and family information of those juzi. Let her choose one of them, and she won't be buried. If she still doesn't If you are willing, then let it go, give the silver and send it away." Wang Yuan'er said lightly.

"I'm afraid she is determined to give up." Qiutang sighed.

Wang Yuan'er also sighed: "Little girl, it's not surprising that the spring heart is sprouting. She only sees this person's appearance and wealth, but she doesn't know that a concubine, that is, a thing, is a slave, how can there be anything?" It's a good end!"

Qiutang chuckled: "What grandma said is like you are an ancestor in seventy or eighty years old."

Wang Yuan'er glanced at her and said, "Don't tell me, looking at those little girls, I really feel that I am old, alas."

"Grandma is still getting sentimental." Qiu Tang laughed, and asked again: "Second Master really intends to marry Miss Chen?"

"Does he still dare to accept it?" Wang Yuan'er glared, and said, "That's what he meant, so you also urged Chen Shu to bring the list quickly, I don't bother to watch that girl dangle in front of me .”

"Well, I'll go find him later and talk about it." Qiutang agreed.

Wang Yuan'er thought for a while and then said: "I reckon that this girl will not die if she doesn't hit the south wall. She must have wanted to find the second master and said, you tell the girls below, don't stop her, if she wants to see you, let her see you." See her."

Qiutang's face froze slightly, and she sighed deeply.

Why bother to be that concubine if there are big women who don't do it?

Wang Yuan'er was right, Chen Jiaoniang was indeed unwilling to give up, she seized the opportunity to stop Cui Yuan from speaking, expressing her wish.

Cui Yuan naturally disagreed and coldly rejected her.

Chen Jiaoniang fell ill that day, and she invited a doctor from the Fuzhong to treat her, saying it was a heart attack.

Wang Yuan'er just smiled when she heard this, and ordered someone to wait on them carefully. She and Cui Yuan carefully selected a few poor family members from the list sent by Chen Shu, but they were honest and honest.

When Chen Jiaoniang recovered from her illness, Wang Yuan'er called her again, told her about the situation, and asked Cui Yuan to invite him to a meeting. He took a son named Yuan Shifeng who had only one mother and sister in his family.

Within a few days, Wang Yuan'er prepared a generous dowry, and married off Chen Jiaoniang in the name of Cui Yuan's righteous sister, which was a matter of concern.

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It is said that after a catastrophe, there will be a catastrophe. Once the flood recedes, the sky will be sunny one after another. The sun is hot and glaring, and it will soon dry out the wet ground, and some corpses have already begun to rot. , Some places also quietly broke out the epidemic.

Everywhere had to be busy dealing with some animals and corpses that died in the disaster to prevent the spread of the disease.

Cui Yuan also became busy, building and strengthening dams, repairing flood control projects and other matters.

Not only that, but he also received the errands of disaster relief and post-disaster persuasion, busy calculating the money for disaster relief with the household department, busy visiting various places to inspect the conditions of the farmland after the disaster, and discussing farming with the old hands who tended the crops.As for the Ministry of Industry, water conservancy and various reconstruction projects also had to be taken care of. They were too busy for a moment, and the flesh on his face had never grown, which made Wang Yuaner feel distressed to death.

Cui Yuan was busy, and Wang Yuan'er himself was busy.

Now that the flood has receded, every villager has to calculate the losses and the next year’s planting, and this winter, the tenants can’t make it through the winter. Taking advantage of the water receding now, and there are still a few months left, the fields must be re-cultivated Get up and see what can be planted in autumn and winter, so as to survive the winter without being stretched.

In addition to taking care of her own dowry and Cui Yuan's private property, she also has to take care of her natal family's farm, so the time spent on various tasks has been extended.

The days are spent in a busy and regular way.

In August, the hot weather finally cooled down.

The weather was cooler, and through hard work, the various farms gradually got back on track. While Wang Yuaner was happy, she was worried about Changle Town.

It was already August, but she heard from Yuan Dazhi that the number of townspeople returning to Changle Town was much less than before.

"The town can't keep people. With the decrease in population, the popularity will naturally be insufficient, so it won't be able to gather money. It may be difficult to return to the bustle of the past."

When Cui Yuan came back, Wang Yuan'er told him about her worries.

Although she is married, the meaning of Changle Town to her is extraordinary. It is the place where she was born and raised, her root, and the ancestral land of Baolai. Looking forward to it being good and lively.

You need to know that when the root is gone, the thoughts of people will also be gone.

"I've also gone back and checked. This population has indeed left a lot." Cui Yuan pursed his lips and frowned.

Wang Yuan'er sighed, and said: "To bring the town back to prosperity, we still need to find a way to attract people to it. With more people, there will naturally be more businessmen. Only some big merchants will come to see what happened. The so-called In Shangyanshang, as long as there are business opportunities, there is still no one to settle in? Look, can you come up with some favorable policies to attract people?"

Cui Yuan was stunned for a moment, walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, suddenly smiled, went over to hug her and kissed her, and said: "You really have a clear heart, I'll go make a script right now."

After saying that, he walked towards the study, and after walking two steps, he turned around again, kissed Wang Yuan'er, and said, "Don't wait for me, you go to bed first."

Wang Yuan'er rubbed her cheek, feeling a little baffled, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and called Pan Lihong and Yuan Lu to Changle Town and Xiji Town respectively overnight, and sold all the shops that needed to be vacant, no matter how big or small they were.

When he went to the court the next day, Cui Yuan handed over the booklet, asking for tax reduction and exemption, so as to better encourage the people to return to their hometown to open up wasteland and farm.

In addition, Changle Town and Xiji Town, which were the hardest hit by the flood, have tax reductions and exemptions for merchants. If they are engaged in various industries in the local area, they have corresponding tax reduction policies.And some non-local businessmen invest in the local area and do business, and they are relatively tax-free and rewarded, and the government will also strongly support it.

In addition, it is also proposed to use the form of work relief in order to restore the past interest as soon as possible after the disaster.

Emperor Zhun issued orders one after another quickly. For a while, the hawkers and merchants were busy going to Xiji Town and Changle Town to see what happened, so as to make a living, and their popularity immediately flourished.

Cui Yuan was so well-rounded, and he recorded another merit, and his political achievements also added an honor, which was even more highly valued by the emperor, which made people envious.

On the outside, Cui Yuan has political achievements, and on the inside, Wang Yuan'er has bought a lot of shops, either renting them or doing business on his own, which is a win-win situation.

On the sixth day of August, Wang Chun'er came to the door, saying that he was going back to Changle Town.

"Hou Biao was there alone, and I was always thinking about it. Besides, our home, the second uncle's side, also needs someone to take care of it. I thought about going back, and I can take care of it for a while. Just throw it away." Wang Chun'er said with a smile.

Wang Yuan'er thought for a while and said, "It's fine if you go back, now that Changle Town has a new policy, it will be prosperous again soon. I have set up a few shops this time, as I said before, you are good at embroidery, you go back Open an embroidery workshop?"

Wang Chun'er was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "I don't do business seriously, I'm afraid I also lost a lot."

"You don't need to do it. We found the shopkeeper and the embroiderer, and you can just watch and make some patterns, or point out the embroidery." Wang Yuan'er said with a smile: "Business matters, there is no such thing as doing everything yourself. , otherwise those shopkeepers, wouldn't they have nothing to eat?"

Wang Chun'er blushed slightly, and said: "There are mountains beyond the mountains. My little embroidery work, even if I go out, I will be laughed at."

"You just think too much, and I said yes, that's good, and I said that Huarongfang's embroidery is not as good as yours." Wang Yuan'er gave her a look, and then said: "Changle Town is not serious either. Embroidery shop, I think it’s the first one to open, do it well, and make money.”

Wang Chun'er is still hesitating.

"Don't refuse anymore, look, the children are getting older, and they will need money to marry in the future. How can Hou Biao's salary alone be enough? You have to plan." Wang Yuan'er narrowed her eyes and smiled.

When Wang Chun'er heard this, his heart moved: "Then, how much money do you want?"

"You don't have to worry about money, I will arrange it here."

Upon hearing this, Wang Chun'er quickly waved her hands and said, "If that doesn't work, then elder sister, you can open it yourself. You don't want my money, but I dare not take this embroidery workshop. Otherwise, let's form a joint stock company, or we won't open it." gone."

Wang Yuan'er rolled her eyes, saw her serious face, and raised her hands in surrender: "All right, you are also stubborn, so I'll send someone to pick up the money from you when the time comes, will it be over?"

"What's the share? Three to seven? You seven and I three." Wang Chun'er said again.

"Three sevens, just thirty sevens. I want to give Qing'er the other three." Wang Yuan'er said: "She is in the palace, and she has a lot of places to spend money. In the future... maybe she will need it."

After hearing this, Wang Chun'er naturally had no objection, and sighed again: "It's a pity that I have been in Beijing for several months, and I can't see her, alas."

Wang Yuan'er pursed her lips, and said, "Don't worry, she's fine, and she's due to give birth in two months. Hou Biao also did a good job on this errand, and got an excellent rating. It will go up, if I can earn you a commandment, I will always see it."

Wang Chun'er was in a daze when she heard the words, and said after a while, "As long as she is well, it will be fine if she doesn't see her."

The two sisters were deeply moved for a moment, so don't mention it.

(End of this chapter)