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Zhao Zheng thought for a while and then said: "Quite a few, more outside the city."

Zhao Hanzhang: "How hard is it for them to farm? Can they finish planting the land given by the imperial court?"

"Of course it's impossible to cultivate intensively. Most of the land is grown coarsely. There's no time to weed the land, so we just plow it once and scatter the seeds. The grain that grows is as lush as the grass."

The food that grows is better than grass...

Zhao Hanzhang was silent for a while and then asked: "Do they want to get married a second time?"

Zhao Zheng: "Most of these widows bring their children and the elders of their husband's family. If they want to remarry, most of them want to bring the elders and their children with them, just the children. Most men have no objection, but they want to bring the elders of their original husband's family... "

Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "There's no need to be embarrassed about this. I'm just asking you, if there was such a person, would they be willing to marry him?"

Zhao Zheng thought for a while and said, "I should be willing. Someone will share the work in the fields, and the family will be able to make more money."

"What if it's a soldier?"

Zhao Zheng fell silent.

Zhao Hanzhang had not done anything yet, but Zhao Erlang became unhappy and said: "What's wrong with the soldiers? We are all very strong soldiers, and we are good at farming and fighting."

Zhao Zhengdao: "But they are soldiers. They may go to the battlefield at any time, and they may die in battle at any time. When the time comes, they will be left, and there may be a group of children left for them to feed."

The Zhao Jiajun is powerful, but their battle loss rate is still very high, and they also need daily training, which means they have very little time for family.

The widows still had to pull the plows, farm the fields and take care of the housework. At most, they had an extra military salary to support their families.

But once their husbands die in battle, they will become widows and have the burden of another family on them. This is too much pressure for them.

Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand and said: "You can't live your life thinking only about difficulties, otherwise good things will turn into bad things. What I mean is to let them try. If they really die on the battlefield in the future, I, Zhao Hanzhang, will not abandon the army. I will do my best." Help them as much as you can."

Let’s put emotions aside for now. She is now short of people and labor force, but what she lacks most is the method to combine the existing labor force.

People are indeed more energetic and dreamy than before, but this is not enough.

The burden of life still makes them breathless. Their lives are promising, but not perfect.

If what is hanging in front of them now is a plump chicken leg, and everyone is eager to work towards it, then she hopes to hang a whole chicken in front of them, so that they will be happier, work harder, and gain more in the end. More.

Getting married and having children is the most effective and direct method.

Zhao Hanzhang said to Zhao Zheng, "Make statistics and give me the statistics of single women of the right age inside and outside Luoyang, as soon as possible."

Zhao Zheng opened his mouth. At this moment, he missed Fu Tinghan extremely. How long would it take him to produce so much data?

He looked at Zhao Erlang.

Zhao Erlang looked down at his toes.

Zhao Hanzhang stopped caring about the two of them and said to Zhao Erlang: "You take care of the defense of this place, and also learn from Zhao Zhengxue about inspections and statistics of taxes."

Zhao Erlang agreed, and as soon as Zhao Hanzhang left, he said to Zhao Zheng, "I will take care of the soldiers, and you can take care of the officials."

Zhao Zheng looked at him silently for a while, thinking of the task that Zhao Hanzhang had just assigned, so he pulled him and left, "I will send someone back to the county office to move the documents. You and I will count the single young women of the right age in a while."

Zhao Erlang was horrified, "I, I don't know how to read..."

"Learn!" Zhao Zhengdao said: "Don't make excuses. You just can't recognize all the characters. I've asked you about it. You know more than eighty characters now. Not to mention the others, you can definitely recognize the numbers. You know all the commonly used characters, even those with few strokes. You are the county magistrate, and this is your job."

Zhao Zheng pulled him up to the tower without saying anything.

Zhao Hanzhang returned to Zhao's house. As soon as she entered the door, she was startled. Even if there were lanterns outside the gate, there were actually lights on in the yard.

She walked under the street lamp and looked up, exclaiming: "Our house actually has an oil-filled street lamp?"

Uncle Cheng, who came out after hearing the commotion, paused, feeling uncomfortable in his heart, "Girl, this is what Madam ordered."

Uncle Cheng said with tears in his eyes: "My wife said that we can't let the girl and the husband go home in the dark. It would be so lonely when they come back from a hard day without even a light."

Zhao Hanzhang also had tears in his eyes and said to Uncle Cheng: "I am very touched, but that is not necessary. My eyes are very good and I can see in the dark. What's more, the moonlight is also good. I don't feel lonely."

"It makes me feel a little sad to light this lamp," Zhao Hanzhang said, "Uncle Cheng, why don't you put out the lamp."

Lamp oil is expensive~

Uncle Cheng hesitated: "But Mr. Lang hasn't come back yet."

"Don't worry, Erlang will never be lonely. He hasn't developed this nerve yet. Just turn off the light." Seeing that Uncle Cheng was still hesitating, Zhao Hanzhang said, "Besides, he won't be alone tonight." Won't come back."

"Ah, Mr. Lang won't come back tonight? Well, Madam has just arrived, why does Mr. Lang have to come back to say hello, right?"

"We can go back tomorrow. There are still many carriages, horses and goods outside the city gate. There are many bandits outside and they are very brave. No one can guarantee safety outside the city. As the magistrate of Luoyang County and a general, he should lead troops to protect him. , so I can’t go back tonight.”

Uncle Cheng muttered: "This is too hard..."

Although he was reluctant to give up, he still ordered people to put out the lanterns hanging on the trees.

Zhao Hanzhang did not go to wash up, but ran to see Mrs. Wang first. As soon as the mother and daughter met, Mrs. Wang couldn't help crying. She touched her hand and face back and forth, feeling very distressed, "This It’s just been a while since I last saw you, and your hands and face are already wrinkled, and you’re a lot darker.”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with this. Some people mistakenly identified us as sisters before, and now we are even more sisters. It's just that I have become the elder sister and Aniang has become the younger sister."

Wang's tears turned into a smile, and she patted her and said, "Glib tongue."

She pulled Zhao Hanzhang to sit on the couch and asked, "Have you eaten?"

Seeing Zhao Hanzhang shaking his head, she quickly asked people to go to the kitchen to get food, "It's so late and you still haven't eaten dinner. If you suffer from stomach problems in the future, who are you going to feel bad for?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled innocently at her.

Wang only asked Zhao Erlang, and then asked Fu Tinghan in detail, "Why isn't he in Luoyang? I didn't know until I arrived that he was not with you. Where did he go?"

Zhao Hanzhang did not say where he went, but said: "He went on a business trip and will be back in a while."

"Can you come back before the year?"

Zhao Hanzhang's scalp was numb, "It should be OK. If you have anything to tell me, why are you looking for him?"

"What's the use of asking you to get married?" Wang said: "When I come to Luoyang this time, the most important thing is to get you married."

Zhao Hanzhang:......

Seeing her indifferent look, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but point her forehead and said: "Do you really think that your fifth uncle, who is so free, came all the way from Xiping just to come to Luoyang to visit? He is also here to urge the marriage. ."

Mrs. Wang lowered her voice and said, "You have to get married. There are other voices in the clan. They want you to cancel your engagement with the Fu family and make another engagement."

Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows, "Who in this world can match me?"

Good night