Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Through everyone's joint efforts, the plague in the disaster area was finally cured. Of course, some people will die. This is inevitable. However, relatively speaking, the proportion of deaths is not large, and they are generally elderly and infirm people. These people have poor foundations and simply cannot survive.

Next is the autumn harvest and reconstruction. It gets cold early in the Northeast, so we have to build all the houses quickly, otherwise the people will not be able to survive the winter.

Grain production in the central region has been reduced by half compared with last year, while production in the east and west has also decreased. This kind of uneven drought and flood weather will affect crops even if they are not flooded. Zixuan reported to the court and requested that this year's taxes be exempted, and the emperor agreed.

Although there is less food, it is still enough to make ends meet. When the people heard that they could get tax exemption this year, they were very grateful.

The reduction in grain production has directly affected Jinghan's winery, but there is really nothing that can be done about this kind of natural disaster. Jinghan only received about 100,000 kilograms of grain, and it seemed that was all she could do.

Zixuan was in charge of the post-disaster reconstruction at the government office. Several states and counties that were severely affected by the disaster sent people to investigate. Then Zixuan decided to build people's houses on higher ground, so as to avoid another disaster.

The government came forward and brought older timber from the eastern mountainous area, and soldiers from all over the place helped build new houses for the people.

By the end of September, the house was all built. The people happily moved into their new homes. After experiencing floods and plagues, people cherished the time in front of them even more. As long as people are still here, they can still live a good life in the future.

According to Mingyu's wish, Zixuan was directly asked to be the magistrate of Longzhou, but Zixuan did not agree. He has been an official for these years, and to be honest, he is really tired. If he becomes the magistrate of Longzhou, I am afraid that Jinghan will have to worry about the whole Longzhou affairs again. So when Mingyu proposed it, he refused directly.

"Mingyu, according to the rules of the court, this official cannot be an official in his hometown and must avoid it. In the past, I was in the east of Zhendong, far away from Shuangdian, and they are both in the same county, so it didn't matter. If it is Longzhou, it happens to be under the jurisdiction of Shuangdian, so it is against the rules. Besides, the magistrate of Longzhou is a fourth-rank official, and I don't have that qualification yet." Zixuan smiled and rejected Mingyu. proposal.

Mingyu also understood this, so he wrote to the court and asked for a reward for Zixuan.

The emperor originally had similar plans to Mingyu, but after seeing Mingyu's memorial, he changed his mind. At the same time, an order was issued to change Zhendong County to Xizhou, and Lin Zixuan was appointed as the magistrate of Xizhou. Zhizhou was an official of the fifth rank, and Zixuan was originally a seventh-rank official, but he was promoted to several ranks at once.

Some in the court agreed and some opposed, but the emperor had already made up his mind and naturally he would not listen to them. At the same time, the emperor also issued a decree to reward Zhiming, Qingnian and others. After all, Zhiming emptied the entire drug store. Moreover, Zhiming, Qingnian and others also made great contributions during this plague.

Xizhou has five or six counties under its jurisdiction. All of these county magistrates cannot be transferred from other places. Considering the special situation of Xizhou, the emperor decided to listen to Zixuan's opinion. In the end, it was decided that Zhao Xiancheng and Chief Liu would be promoted to county magistrates respectively, and the rest would be sent from other places. This is also a reward for the two of them. After all, they have made great contributions in this incident.

In early October, the imperial court sent the new magistrate of Longzhou. His surname was Zhou, and he looked to be less than forty years old. Zixuan and this Zhou Zhifu handed over various affairs of the government office, and felt that this person was pretty good. He handles matters steadily and is very courteous when dealing with people. Even though Zixuan is several grades below him, he doesn't look down on people like Magistrate Fang.

It took Zixuan and Magistrate Zhou five or six days to hand over all the affairs. Mingyu and others over there were getting impatient with the wait. They also wanted to go to Xizhou to see Jinghan and her children. Besides, it was quite a long time before they left Beijing, so they had to finish their errands quickly and go home.

Finally, when Zixuan finished his work, everyone went to Xizhou together.

Jinghan had already received the news and knew about Zixuan's promotion, so she was naturally happy for Zixuan. It is every man's ideal to be able to show off his talents and make a career. Now that Zixuan's ability has been affirmed, Jinghan is also happy for her husband. But at the same time, I am happy, and it is inevitable that I will feel distressed. Zixuan got all this not out of thin air, but through his own conscientious efforts.

It has been more than two months since Zixuan left home, and the young couple rarely stay apart for such a long time. Qingyuan would mutter every day why daddy hadn't come back yet. Although Qingyuan couldn't speak very clearly, it was daddy who often said it.

"Daddy will be back in the next two days. Is Qingyuan happy?" Jinghan hugged Qingyuan and then took Qingyuan's hand and asked.

"Mom, is daddy really coming back soon? That's great, I miss daddy so much." Qingyuan immediately became happy.

Chunliu and others next to him also laughed. These days, not only Jinghan is worried, but also the girls at home are worried. Now that they heard that the master had been promoted to magistrate, of course they were also happy.

While everyone was talking, someone suddenly came in from outside and said that the master was back. Jinghan was stunned. Didn't he say he would come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow? "Quick, go out and take a look." He said, quickly put on thick clothes, and then led the people out.

When I came to the front yard, I saw Zixuan leading some people back. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the third uncle, eldest brother and others. Jinghan walked a few steps quickly and stepped forward to meet him. "Third uncle, uncle, why are you here?" Jinghan quickly stepped forward and saluted.

"We were thinking about you, so we came here with Zixuan. I haven't seen you in two years, so I miss you." Zhiming said with a smile.

"Second sister, you only looked at Uncle Jiang and Uncle, didn't you see us?" Mingyu quit over there.

"I only open my mouth to your second sister. I have to say hello one by one, right? You are the only one who has a lot to do." Jinghan glared at Mingyu, and then smiled. "Okay, come in quickly. I'll have someone arrange a place to stay. We'll have a good time together this time."

Jinghan was naturally very happy when her family came. They greeted each one one by one, and then asked Zixuan to accompany them while they went to arrange accommodation and food.

Qian came back with Zixuan. When he saw the situation, he stepped forward to help.

"Aunt, you've had a hard journey, so you should go and rest. This matter will be fine in a moment." Jinghan quickly urged Qian to rest.

"I'm not tired. I've had a rest at the government office these days. In this way, I'll help you keep an eye on Qingyuan and Qingyuan, and you can go and do your work." What Qian worried about the most was naturally the two little guys.

"Okay, aunt, let's go and see them. These two little things are still talking about why my aunt hasn't come back yet." The Qingyuan two were coaxed by Qian since they were young, so they are very close to Qian.

Jinghan led people to clean up the house. Fortunately, the entire county government was renovated last year and more houses were built. Now she doesn't have to worry about having no place to live. Everything in each room is complete and tidy, so it was done without too much work.

Jinghan went to the kitchen again and asked someone to prepare more delicious food. Fortunately, Zhuangzi had just delivered a lot of things, so I didn't have to worry about food. Jinghan then ordered people to go to Zhuangzi and ask them to kill two sheep and a cow. When your mother-in-law’s family comes, you must treat them well.

After all these things were arranged, Jinghan came to the living room. Everyone was sitting in the room waiting for Jinghan. When they saw Jinghan coming back, they all laughed.

"Jinghan, there's no need to make it too grand, we're not outsiders. We're only staying here for one night, and we have to go back tomorrow." Zhiming said with a smile.

"Third uncle, you guys have finally come here, how can you just stay for one day and then leave? You have to stay for a few more days." Jinghan became a little anxious when she heard this.

"It's been more than a month since we came out, so we have to go home and have a look. You have to tell your grandparents about the situation here, don't let them worry. Besides, Wen Han and the others have been away from Beijing for three months, so it's time to return to Beijing. We can get together again when we have time. Next year is your grandpa's sixty-sixth birthday, and we have agreed that we will all go back then." Zhiming started talking about the old man's birthday.

Here in the Northeast, there is a custom that an old man's sixty-sixth birthday must be well organized. They say sixty-six, even if you don't die, you will lose a piece of meat. Therefore, the younger generation attaches great importance to the birthday of the elderly.

"Oh, I forgot. It turns out that grandpa will be sixty-six next year." Jinghan slapped her forehead. She was really busy and forgot.

"Don't you know this time? You must go back then. Wenhan, you guys too, don't forget it then." Zhiming smiled, now the children have started their own families, and they live in different parts of the world. , it’s not that easy to get together.

"Okay, we will definitely be back by then. At the worst, we will just take a few days off. Fortunately, grandpa's birthday is in the first month of the year, so it is quite free at that time and there is nothing much to do." Wen Han, Pengcheng and others quickly nodded in agreement.

Mingyu didn't care. He was a prince. He usually didn't participate in court affairs and was free at any time. Yun Fei, on the other hand, was a little embarrassed. After all, he was now the commander of the Royal Forest Army, but there was a way to solve this problem.

Everyone was talking affectionately together. Wenhan and others were very curious about what was going on here, so Jinghan explained it to them. Speaking of the things they have done here in the past few years, everyone admires Jinghan very much.

"Second sister, I want to try the beef you mentioned later. Brother Huang came that year, and he kept saying it several times after he returned. If it wasn't for the long journey, I would have asked you to go there long ago. The capital has sent beef. And the preserved eggs you mentioned, I want to try this too. If it’s good, we’ll open a shop in the capital specifically to sell these things. "Mingyu is a foodie. He started shouting when he heard about food.