The beautiful pastoral field of Jiangmen girl

Chapter 404 Pleading for Your Life (2)
She herself has not earned the money to grow winter wheat, and winter wheat has become a common crop. She is at a loss.She didn't want the matter of planting corn to become like this.

He didn't know her worry, "Isn't it good that the yield per mu is higher than others? Why do you have to hide it so that people don't tell it?" Gu Shitou overheard the fact that the yield of corn is higher than that of other places, and told her on purpose. his.

"Shh." She didn't let him say, "I hate it, don't tell this matter again, do you hear me?"

He didn't understand why she was so nervous, "reason."

"My girl's corn harvest proves that her subordinates know how to farm. My girl's corn harvest is abundant, so I have silver flowers. You are not allowed to tell about this, and in the end it will benefit others for nothing. Do you hear me?"

He finally understood now, and chuckled lightly.

She was slightly annoyed, "Don't laugh." As she spoke, she pushed his arm to stop him from hugging her.

But he hugged the people even tighter, and explained, "I didn't mention your production of Baogu to report to the court."

"What's that for?"

He laughed and explained the matter to her clearly.

It turned out that the ancient mansion dedicated the cultivation of winter wheat to the imperial court. After the winter wheat was harvested, the local agricultural officials reported the production of winter wheat, and the ancient mansion dedicated half of the winter wheat produced in the field to the imperial court.The emperor was very happy, especially after eating the food made of flour made from winter wheat. He said in front of the courtiers that he wanted to reward the ancient mansion, but he didn't specify what he wanted to reward.Afterwards, the emperor asked Zhou Boyan in private what reward the Gu family siblings wanted.The emperor's implication was that as long as the rewards that the Gu family brothers and sisters asked for were not excessive, they would reward them according to the wishes of the Gu family brothers and sisters.

Zhou Boyan understood, and begged for a favor in front of the emperor for Qingshu and Qingyang.One day Qingshu and Qingyang thought of asking for grace, and the emperor issued a decree to reward them.

Zhou Boyan is a prudent person, he felt that it was inappropriate for Qingshu and his brother to ask for reward immediately.When the winter wheat is harvested in the second year, the output is stable or slightly increased. This is the best time to ask for rewards.Therefore, regarding the matter of rewards, he has never mentioned to Qing Shu.Mentioning it today has his own intentions.

"I asked the county assistant. The government of Kangxi Town has 300 hectares of fertile land and more than [-] hectares of medium-sized land. In the past, these lands were basically rented out by the surrounding officials or by individual tenants in various villages and villages. .If you can’t buy satisfactory fertile land, you might as well rent some of the fertile land from the government.”

Qing Shu felt that he hadn't mentioned the key point, otherwise how could he mention the emperor's reward. "anything else?"

After weighing the pros and cons, and thinking of her enthusiasm for farming, he gave what he thought was the most suitable suggestion, "You should first look at the fertile land you want, rent it out through the government and plant it first. Wait until your next year's When the winter wheat is harvested, I will ask your uncle to reward you with the fertile land you have rented." She is a woman and cannot be appointed as an official.Qingyang is only nine years old, even if he has meritorious service, he cannot be appointed as an official.If the rewards of gold and silver treasures from above are too eye-catching, there will be a second or third relative who is as jealous of the property of the ancient mansion as the Song mansion, who will jump out thousands of miles away and play tricks on their siblings. , From time to time to trouble their siblings.

If the reward is replaced by fertile land, what the superiors will reward is only a meager land deed.He personally held the imperial decree, and brought a thin land deed to the ancient mansion to announce the decree, and very few people would be disturbed.In this way, there will be very few people who covet the ancient mansion, and it will save their siblings a lot of trouble.

His words surprised Qingshu.She was excited, and her bright eyes became even brighter, "Is what you said true?"

With one hand free, he stroked the broken hair on her temples, "It's true. If you think it's feasible, I'll send someone to send a message to Mr. Yu, and then you send someone to find the fertile land you want, and then follow the government's regulations to start Rent it out. As long as your winter wheat production this year is the same as last year, I will definitely get the land lease for you."

She was so excited that she didn't know what to do. She tiptoed and put her arms around his neck, "You have to keep your word."

"Ah."

She let go of her arms around his neck again, and was a little incoherent in excitement, "Great, I want to rent five hundred hectares of fertile land. No, no, it's too much, and I won't reward me so much. One hectare will be fine." Ah, is one hectare too little? No, no, only one hectare, what a poor idea..." She didn't know how the ancient emperors rewarded subjects were measured, so she could only guess wildly.

Seeing her over-excited appearance, he laughed softly, with a soft light in his eyes. "Fifty hectares!"

"Fifty hectares, that's five thousand mu, um, so much?" Her eyes widened.

"If you don't give it, you have to give it. I will definitely be able to get fifty hectares of fertile land for you."

As soon as his promise came out, she felt her nose ache for no reason, so she grabbed his skirt indiscriminately, put her head against his chin, her forehead against his chest, and stopped talking.

He couldn't see her face, but only saw her black hair and hairpin, "What's wrong?"

She didn't speak, the hand that was holding his skirt loosened and fell to her side.Then, slowly, her hands fell to his waist, and then slowly, she put her arms around his waist.

A look of surprise flashed across his face, and the corners of his mouth curled up more and more.

Neither of them spoke, they just hugged each other quietly, and they had no choice but to separate until Steward Gu found them.

She blushed, motioned him not to go out, and was about to open the door of the study to go out by herself.

He pressed her hand on the doorknob, gently pushed her in, opened the door, and stepped out, "What do you want to do with your lady?"

Gu Steward did not expect Zhou Boyan to come out, although he was surprised, but his face did not show, "Master Hui, yes."

Zhou Boyan was holding a book in his left hand, which he just casually picked up from the table.He tapped the book in his left hand on the heart of his right hand a few times, "Go in and report, I'll avoid it." After that, he put his hand behind his back and walked away unhurriedly.

Butler Gu hesitated to speak to his back as he walked away, and finally said nothing, knocking on the study door lightly, "Miss, I have something to report." Nodding his head, he stood in the middle of the ground, "Miss, there is the latest news from De County."

Qing Shu sat in the chair behind the desk, with no abnormal expression on her face, "Let's talk about it."

"The Wu Mansion has fallen apart. In the middle of the night before yesterday, Wu Ye suddenly went crazy and stabbed not only Wu Zhenjiang with scissors, but also his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wu, and his younger brother and sister. The elder and third masters took the opportunity to fight for the family property. In the chaos, Wu Zhenjiang, who had been stabbed in the scissors, was seriously injured and almost died. Master Wu was out of breath and fell off the bed, and his paralysis worsened. In the early morning of yesterday, the elder master and the third master led people to take Wu Zhenjiang away. All the valuables in the government have been evacuated."

She asked, "Where's the shop in the Wu Mansion?"

(End of this chapter)