Mu Nianci couldn't stand listening anymore and asked Zhao Min: "You just listen like that? Let them slander our master like that? Why don't you criticize them?!"

Zhao Min immediately replied: "No way! Of course I complained! I scolded you right then!"

I said: If you are asked to raise chickens, you will raise them?

Did she hold a knife to your neck and force you? Or did she tie up your child's ticket and threaten you?

Who do you raise chickens for? You don’t eat the meat, don’t eat the eggs, and don’t sell them for money? You are thinking about making money, but you still blame the increase in labor!

If you have seeds, don’t raise them. You watch them make money, and you get greedy when they eat meat!”

Huang Rong clapped her hands: "Well done!"

Mu Nianci shook his head: "The curse is still not on point, they are targeting the master who is a woman!"

Zhao Min didn't bother to discuss with Mu Nianci how to retaliate stronger and more appropriately, because there was something more irritating.

Zhao Min simply threw the chicken head on the chopsticks into the bowl and poked the chicken's head with the tip of the chopsticks: "People don't care about what I say, they will come back to me immediately: Mr. Cotton posted notices all over the city to raise chickens and ducks, and also

It is stipulated that each household should not have less than fifty!

Do you think chickens cost nothing? Chickens cost ten cents each. Duck seedlings are even more expensive, fifteen cents each! Fifty chickens cost five hundred cents. Which family can afford it? How do you want to raise chickens?

No money for chickens?

He also said that it is the farmer’s own business to grow what he grows, and a woman who only spends her whole day traveling around knows nothing!”

Now Huang Rong was also vomiting something sweet: "They ate too much chicken shit and got it into their brains?! Who posted the notice? Who stipulated how many chickens and ducks they should raise?! The master is just advocating!"

Xiangzi was already furious, his eyes stood upright, his big neck muscles were exploding, and he said: "I..."

Chu Qing also put down her chopsticks, and they tasted like chicken shit.

"No swearing!" Chu Qing said.

Xiangzi sat down: "Then I have nothing to say!"

Zhuo Yao looked at them and felt that his two bamboo leaves were wasted, and he felt really sad!

Zhuo Yao said: "Have you ever thought about it, the notices are posted by county governments in various places, but the people are criticizing our boss, what does that mean?"

Xiangzi reacted immediately: "The magistrates are spreading the news! It must be them! They are spreading rumors behind their backs!"

Chu Qing pursed her lips. As expected of Zhuo Yao, he looked at the essence of the problem and thought of it together with her.

This is the attitude of the officialdom. If Chu Qing makes a suggestion, it will change when it comes to them.

For these county officials, complimenting you in person just because your official position is higher than theirs does not mean that they really admire you.

What are the "Five Counties"? If you don't grow cotton, how can they come to you? In the eyes of others, your suggestions are nothing more than an exchange of interests.

They think that if you want to create "political achievements" for yourself, and they want to grow cotton, then let's exchange it with each other.

But there is one thing. After all, your suggestions are implemented from my mouth. That responsibility cannot be shouldered by me. You have to let the people know that it is your responsibility.

However, Chu Qing only suggested raising more chickens and ducks, but when they got there, it became an explicit rule, and even strict requirements on quantity.

Not all eggs can hatch into chicks, and not all chicks can grow up safely. There are also considerable losses involved.

This loss must be borne by the people themselves.

It is difficult for ordinary people to have enough to eat, so how can they not complain about such a huge cost? Most families even spent the money they spent on marrying their sons and the coffins saved by the elderly.

Then how can the common people not scold him? Who should he scold? The county magistrate said that Master Mian Mian asked him to do this, so just scold Master Mian Mian.

Originally, "Lord Cotton" was a loving nickname given to Chu Qing by cotton growers who were grateful to Chu Qing for increasing their income. Now it has become synonymous with "bad official".

It is suggested to increase livestock breeding. This is not Chu Qing’s idea.

The Secret Investigation Department has maps. Every time before Chu Qing travels, he will study the map, and then find the corresponding "County Chronicles" and "Township Chronicles" based on the imagined route to ponder.

Instead of going to a place and getting to know the soil and water of that place, if you just rely on two legs and two eyes to walk and see, you won't be able to visit a few places in a year.

For example, Yibin Prefecture, Xuanwei Prefecture, and Jishun Prefecture are all state capitals at the border with Xinlun Prefecture. When Xinlun Prefecture was still the old Donglun State, this was the border.

Which household registration has the most people on the border? Military households.

A military household is a household designated by the government to serve in the army. After joining a military household, they have been soldiers for generations and have a low social status.

The Daxuan Dynasty had a small population base and weak military strength. Although it had military households as support, it was far from enough. This can be seen from the fact that fighting against the small country of Donglun required a large number of conscripts.

Throughout ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, the victory of any army is inseparable from the important role of logistical supplies, among which food supplies have been a top priority in all dynasties.

Simply collecting taxes and grain from the people was far from enough to meet wartime needs.

Therefore, the logistics problem is solved through a multi-faceted approach, that is, collecting from the people, and the military will solve part of it independently, in order to achieve the purpose of reducing the pressure on the country.

As the saying goes, "The foundation of rejuvenating a country is to strengthen the army and provide enough food. In the past, Han Wu used farming to conquer Xirong, Wei Wu used farming to provide enough food for the army, and settled Bo to prosper the king. This is why."

The current cotton fields in Xinlunzhou are military settlements, but they are not used to solve the food problem.

Former border state capitals like Yibin Prefecture still have a large number of military households, which exist to solve the problem of military rations.

But now, the garrison has moved eastward to Xinlun Prefecture, but the military households still stay here.

Many of the men of these military households died on the battlefield, and there were no strong laborers at home. They were just old people, women and children. Farming was really a huge burden for them.

Moreover, the terrain here is relatively high, and the soil quality is considered poor compared to the six prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River.

If there is not enough labor, we can only cultivate intensively to ensure that the relatively fertile parts of these lands can produce good yields.

As a result, many fields were gradually abandoned.

However, the grain tax will not be reduced because of this, especially in disaster years or wars, but more grain will be required.

Heavy physical labor is not suitable for these families who lack strong labor force, and there are many such families. Therefore, after investigating the local soil and labor structure, Chu Qing suggested that these families engage in livestock breeding.

In this way, firstly, the demand for labor can be reduced, and secondly, the price of meat is always much higher than the price of rice. With their income, they can use money to supplement their income when they cannot pay the grain tax.

Of course, Chu Qing will purchase their livestock manure, which can also increase their income.

This is just a suggestion.

But the military households were very happy, it was really not difficult for them.

The temperature here is higher than in the north, so it is easier to hatch eggs. Unlike in the north, you don't have to chop wood, burn a kang, and keep the eggs warm all day long.

Moreover, at that time, the Chu Qing Dynasty recruited a large number of workers to cut down trees and open up wasteland. Military households also used their leisure time to earn some money, so that they could buy eggs and hatch them themselves.

Now, the chickens they left behind have grown to weigh two or three pounds, and they have sold a lot of chickens and made money.

There are even some old and weak military households with no adult males in their families who make money by hatching chickens.

But the same suggestion has completely changed when it comes to the "Five Counties".

The county magistrates posted notices, and then the government servants who guarded the notices read and explained the notices. The content was: Si Mian Yuanwai Lang ordered that all farmers raise chickens and ducks, and each household should not have less than fifty.


Chapter completed!