Madam, She Has a Tender Heart

Su Qingyu heard his question and leaned over.

"Look, the people outside have fertile land, so why don't they dare to grow food? Aren't they afraid that you officials will collect all kinds of taxes indiscriminately, and in the end you won't get enough to pay you what you want? Then why bother to work hard."

Pei Nian also had a headache: "Yes. But I don't charge that much tax."

Just because you don't accept it doesn't mean that others don't accept it, so he said, "But the people don't know."

"I have sent people to every township and village to lobby..."

"No one believes it, right?"

"Yes." Pei Nian didn't know why no one believed him.

"Of course I don't believe it. Officials all over the world are just as stupid. What if after hard work, the crops are harvested, and you come to the door again during the harvest, wouldn't it be in vain? The people are scared. It's normal not to believe what the officials say."

"So what's your idea?"

"My idea is to make you pay."

"Pay?"

"yes."

"As for you, use the money to buy the land and take it from anyone who sells it. Then hire people to farm the fields and pay them wages. In this way, you get food and the people also get wages. With the wages, you can buy food from the grain store. ”

"Then you can stabilize the price of grain. If the price of grain cannot be suppressed, if you have grain yourself, open a grain store to sell grain. If you don't sell it from other places, you can only sell it to the people under your rule in Renzhou. In this way, the people under your rule will Isn’t it enough to eat enough? And you don’t disrupt other people’s business routes. You sell according to household registration and in limited quantities.”

After hearing this, Pei Nian started wandering around the room again.

The more I think about it, the more I think this method is feasible.

Wonderful.

It's really wonderful.

This is tantamount to temporarily turning all the fertile fields under Renzhou's rule into his own village. He hires people to plant them, pays them wages, and then the people use the wages to buy food.

Once you have enough to eat, you no longer need to leave your hometown.

Fertile fields no longer need to be left uncultivated.

Excellent!

"Then..." We can't let the people lose their land.

"In the future, after a year or two, you will slowly sell the farmland in your hands. When the people have money, wouldn't it be enough to buy the farmland back?"

This method is a bit dangerous.

Any officials who are a little bit greedy will coerce and lure people to sell their land at a low price, and then hold it in their hands. They turn the fertile fields under their control into his large farms, and the people under their control will all become workers for him.

That's a very dangerous thing.

But Su Qingyao felt that Pei Nian didn't know how.

He is not greedy.

This man has the soft heart of a scholar.

There is a bottom line, and one cannot bear to see the people under his rule suffer. Still willing to do something for the people.

So she gave him a suggestion.

Now everyone is fleeing, no one is cultivating fertile land, and there is no way to sell it. No one wants it.

If someone buys it at the original price, the people who want to leave will have money to leave after selling their fields, and the people who don't want to leave and can't survive will be able to support themselves for a while by selling their fields.

Then he was hired back, rented a field, got wages, and had money to buy food, so he could survive.

As long as there are people in Renzhou, there is hope for everyone.

"Okay, you stay in the house for two days, I will ask the master and the others to count the number of acres of land that are ownerless and want to be sold, and then you can buy some of the ones that are nearby."

"Thank you, sir."

Seeing that Pei Nian was in a hurry to give orders to his servants.

Su Qingyu thought for a while and suggested kindly: "Master Pei, do you want an official position?"

"Huh?" Isn't this nonsense?

"If you care about your official reputation, ask your wife to buy it from the people in the name of dowry. Maybe you can have a better reputation in the future. It's because the governor's wife couldn't bear to see that the people under her rule couldn't survive, so she bought the land. ”

Avoid being taken advantage of.

Pei Nian understood it as soon as he heard it.

Bowed to Su Qingyu.

Then he left quickly.

In the evening, Mrs. Ma also got the news.

He pulled Su Qingyu and couldn't help but thank him.

"You are so thoughtful. If you didn't remind him, it would be bad whether he used the government's money or his private money to buy it. Although he wants the people under his rule to survive, others cannot. I will understand him, but I will only say that he uses power for personal gain.”

Su Qingyu was embarrassed by her praise.

"Hey. Mr. Pei is a good official. He also helps me a lot and takes care of me."

"You kid, I really like you so much. I haven't seen Xiaobao for a long time. I packed a lot of things for you and took them to him when you left. In the mountains, although there is no shortage of food and drink, it is also limited."

"You love him so much. He is a little person, but he has received so much care from you. I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it."

"There's nothing I can't stand. I really like Xiaobao. This little kid has been running away from home with you since he was a child, and he's so sensible. It's really heartbreaking."

Mrs. Ma's enthusiasm made Su Qingyao a little overwhelmed.

Within two days, Pei Nian had compiled a tally of all the land that was missing, unwanted, and planned to be sold.

Normally, there were only eight taels per acre of fertile land, but now a lot of people are leaving it.

Su Qingnao still had tens of thousands of taels in hand, so she bought 4,000 acres.

"Isn't the money enough? I'll lend you some more." Mrs. Ma was very considerate.

Mrs. Ma may have bought a lot this time. The couple was not short of money, and Pei Nian couldn't bear to see fertile farmland being left uncultivated and the people having no food to eat.

Su Qingyu still plans to keep some of the money left in her hand for future use.

Although land prices are cheap now, there are too many unknowns.

But in the end, the kindness could not be declined. Instead of borrowing money from Mrs. Ma, he bought two thousand more acres.

Now I only have a few thousand taels left in my hand.

Don't dare to move anymore.

A large family and twenty-nine villages are all looking forward to her, and they cannot live without any money.

Mrs. Ma bought the land and arranged for people to operate it with great enthusiasm.

Su Qingyu followed closely behind, taking the Tianqi with Siyuan Siyuan to see the fields.

It turned out that there was an owner and the land was in the village, so they hired the original owner and the villagers to plant it, and they could ask for wages or food.

Most people choose to ask for food.

I signed a lease contract with them.

The original owner sold his land and wanted to avoid other places, so he looked for people to rent it nearby and in the city. If he couldn't find anyone, he planned to go back to the mountains and transfer some people over.

Returning to the mountains again, Su Qingyu returned to the mountains with the land deed for 6,000 acres and a bunch of food and supplies given by Mrs. Ma.

The family was greatly relieved to see her return safely.

Although Su Dahu came back and told her situation. But Su's father, Su's mother and others still couldn't help but worry.

A woman is running around in such a mess outside. If something happens, what will the whole family do?

"You're back."

Mother Su led Xiaobao to her, looked up and down, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she was fine.

Xiaobao has long been glued to it.

Being held in her arms. He lay on her shoulder and said nothing.

If the child doesn't see her for a while, he will get sulky for a while when he sees her. It took her a long time to coax her.

"Sister, please take me with you next time. My brother and I also want to go out with you to practice." Qingxing clung to her.

When he looked at Qingyang again, his eyes were also burning.

Su Qingyu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take you with me next time."

The twins jumped with joy.

Mother Su gave her a hard look.

Su's father and Su Qingliu laughed: "Children can't stay at home all the time and don't know the dangers outside. Let them go out and have a look."

Qingxing nodded: "That's right. Sister, I heard that you saw your brother-in-law this time?"