Reborn girl from poor family

Chapter 14 There are ears in the book to repay God (2)

A woman raised in a military family is literate, skilled in martial arts, understands local sentiments, and has a background. How can she be considered an ordinary person?

Shen Huai looked away, took the storybook and closed it, and changed the topic: "Can you recommend some high-quality storybooks to me? It would be better if you can bring them over tomorrow. I will ask Gao Jun to give you the price first. "

Hey, if you just talk in a hurry, there will be business?

How could Su Ya refuse? She would have agreed.

This was something she was good at. Considering Shen Huai's help in the past, she planned to recommend a few but carefully so as not to miss her studies.

In her opinion, there are indeed various aspects of the world in the storybook, which may be able to cure Shen Huai's problem of losing his book bag.

Su Ya asked Shen Huai about his requirements, such as the subject matter he wanted to read, his reading preferences, etc., and he had a map in mind.

Just as she was about to leave, Shen Huai asked her again: "You just mentioned that when relief materials are transferred from the court to the hands of the villagers, there will be countless losses, so that there is very little left in the hands of the people. This is also a local situation." Is it true?"

"I don't know. It's often said like this in scripts. I don't know whether it's true or not. I've never been out of Huai'an since I was a child, and I've never seen the world. I don't know about these official affairs." The scholar asked. , do you know what is appropriate?

Disaster relief materials are so sensitive. Who has ever seen them discussed in public?

Su Ya raised the corners of her lips, turned around and smiled, "How much money has the imperial court given for disaster relief? The imperial edict will not be shown to the people."

It doesn't stop there? How many disasters the local area suffered, how the local officials reported it, and no one will let the people know the contents of the memorial. The scheming of these sub-officialdoms, the weighing of pros and cons, and the twists and turns are difficult to describe.

After Su Ya came back from rebirth, she learned martial arts and was able to make secret visits to various governments. After listening to countless suggestions and watching countless transactions, she finally understood that the words of the murderer in the previous life, "I am an ant, I dare to ask God." It was really true. A true statement.

If it hadn't been for an unexpected encounter, with Su Ya's nature and knowledge, at the age of seventeen, she would still be like in her previous life, not knowing whose hands the fate of the ants was until her death. She would just listen to the story with most people. As I read the story of Bao Zheng, I thought that there is still Bao Qingtian in the world.

There is no need to tell Shen Huai these words.

In her opinion, although Shen Huai was keen and seemed to have a sincere heart, he was still just a scholar after all, so her desire to serve the country should not be dampened.

When he is named on the gold medal list and enters the officialdom in the future, like those others, he will be ups and downs in the officialdom and practice. Whether he can still maintain his original intention depends on whether he has the fortune to be a commoner.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. Once it happens, it will happen again.

After the topic was struck up, when Shen Huai approached Su Ya again, he just went with the flow.

It was only after Su Ya was left by Shen Huai on the third day and asked her a lot of questions that she realized something was wrong.

Although it was still in Hanyuantang, Shen Huai had people prepare tea and snacks.

If he hadn't also brought Huai'an government records, as well as pens, inks, paper and inkstones, Su Ya would have suspected that he was attracted to her.

What girl is not pregnant?

No matter how precocious Su Ya was, she was only seventeen years old...well, including her previous life, she was almost twenty years old, and the other women had children at this age.

Su Ya pretended to carelessly shine her face in the tea, sighing secretly: The talented man is passionate, the girl is beautiful, but it is a pity that this reborn person is not worthy of seeking love, he can only make a living!

"Miss Su?"

Shen Huai was a little surprised to see her suddenly distracted. This was not like what would happen to Su Ya.

Su Ya came back to her senses and looked at a stack of drawings on the table. After a little consideration, she immediately became angry: the girl still has the task of making a living. The skinny old man she saw before she died in her previous life has appeared. The clues have emerged. She It should be in every mansion, it should be on the eaves, but it should not be done in Zhouzhai!

Shen Huai's questions always revolved around the layout of Huai'an Prefecture and the surrounding villages. From time to time, he would ask her to draw another topographic map like the first time, saying that when the weather warmed up in spring, she would follow the drawing and go out to the countryside. , experience people’s livelihood.

When it came to employing people, he did it as naturally as spring breeze and rain. Even though Su Ya was cautious, she accidentally drew pictures for two days.

After piecing together a detailed topographic map.

After Su Ya left, Shen Huai pointed at the topographic maps and said to Gao Jun: "Make two copies and give one to Xu Yuan and ask him to check the location here first, focusing on the locations in various places in the past two years. There is no new immigrant population.”

If there are any immigrants, it would be more straightforward to go to the Yamen and look for the Yellow Book.

The yellow book is a household register made by the imperial court to verify the population and collect taxes and levies. Together with the fish scale atlas for registering land, the two corroborate each other, and the real population and land situation of the place can be understood.

With the help of the Yellow Book, the court could collect labor and taxes from the people in a fixed quota.

However, in order to detoxify, Shen Huai is now in a state of anonymity, and if he doesn't reveal his identity, he has no chance to go to the government to ask for a transfer to the yellow list.

Furthermore, due to the chaotic management of the previous dynasty and the collusion and fraud between local officials and gentry, it is difficult to say how accurate the current Yellow Book is.

On the contrary, Su Ya hand-drawn this schematic map, which outlines the counties and villages around Huai'an. The more remote the place, the smaller the population flow, so as long as you follow the map, you will get twice the result with half the effort.

Before Su Ya left, she wanted to take the drawings away, but Shen Huai held the pile of paper down and said, "Miss Su, there is no need to be modest. I think these drawings are simple and clever in their lines. They are worth looking at and studying."

Su Ya was very guarded, and Shen Huai couldn't grasp her seven inches. This time, he took advantage of the situation and got the blueprint, which basically met half of his expectations.

Based on Shen Huai's observation and judgment in the past few days, if he wanted Su Ya to run errands for him and keep an eye on him, he would probably have to say three words: "Think well."

Now that he understood the terrain and people's sentiments around Huai'an Prefecture, he no longer had Su Ya's idea.

However, two days later, Xu Yuan reported: Although the general direction of the river and the location of counties and towns were correct in the drawings drawn by Su Ya, the specific details of the villages were five to six times wrong.

Shen Huai was caught off guard and was forced to accept the fact that he had been fooled by Su Ya.

If he doesn't accept it, should he ask Su Ya: Why did you give me the wrong drawing?

At that time, Su Ya only had to blink her eyes and say that she had recited the shopkeeper's popular information first, and it was understandable that she had misremembered it, and then asked him how he knew where he was wrong?

Can Shen Huai still say that he has sent people to investigate? Who said that he would wait until spring gets warmer before visiting the people's livelihood?

In short, they are all half-truths, so there is no need to blame each other.

Shen Huai didn't feel any frustration, and quickly accepted this fact, and arranged for Xu Yuan to conduct an in-depth investigation in Huai'an, and Gao Jun to keep a close eye on "local snakes".

He himself took the medicine seriously, gradually recovered his condition and physical strength, and began to participate personally.

Unexpectedly, the two of them met by chance on the roof again.

This time at the ancestral home of Xie Youlin, a doctor in the official department, Su Ya was discovered again and was about to be surrounded.

Shen Huai happened to come over and pulled her out easily.

Arriving in a safe and deserted alley, Shen Huai let go and turned around. Under the moonlight, his features were handsome and bright.

"Why is it you?" Su Ya couldn't help blurting out.

Shen Huai smiled: "I never said I didn't know martial arts."

Su Ya's hair suddenly stood up. She felt that she had fallen into a trap, and her eyes began to look for a way out.

Shen Huai said: "After you alerted the enemy in the teahouse, they have stepped up their guard. I'm afraid they won't be able to come as freely as before."

"How do you know...?"

"What do you think? After nightfall, people are always flying around on my roof, which makes me sleep uneasy."

(End of chapter)