The village chief also felt distressed and his heart twitched. He looked back at the poor villagers and summoned up the courage to say to the member of the Jin family: "Master Jin, your son is an official in the capital, but your Jin family has also lived here for generations.
In Taoyuan Village, tell me, what should we do now that because of your own selfishness, the livelihood of a whole village has been cut off?"
The member of the Jin family was sweating on his face. Originally, it had nothing to do with him if the wheat of these people died. But now that he met the Fifth Prince and the Goddess of Agriculture, if he dared to say no, I'm afraid he would be in trouble too.
The son of an official in the capital city quickly begged for mercy: "Mother Goddess of Agriculture, you are a god, you must have a way, right?"
Chu Yiqing said in a cold voice: "There is a way, but it requires spending some money. Well, except for members of the Jin Dynasty, the money you collected does not need to be returned. In the future, all the costs of rebuilding the terraces here will be borne by you, which is right.
Compensation from the big guys!”
When Jin heard this, he didn't understand what happened to the terraced fields. The old man said before: "It's a fish scale field, village chief, it's the fish scale field I mentioned! The Goddess of Agriculture said that as long as we transform this place into a fish scale field like that,
If we can preserve water and soil, we will have a good harvest!"
When the villagers heard this, they asked detailed questions one after another. The old man imitated Chu Yiqing and drew on the ground with branches for a long time and explained for a long time. Only then did everyone understand. The people on the sidelines said that they must be suspicious, but this
It was the Goddess of Agriculture. Even the emperor had to ask her to personally plant vegetables and land. How could they dare to doubt it? They immediately believed it. But now that there was no wheat harvest, they were about to starve. How could they have any material resources?
Do you have the energy to build these terraces?[
Chu Yiqing raised his eyes and asked, "Jin, what do you think?"
Jin Yuanwai twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "Doesn't this cost a lot of money?"
Chu Yiqing sneered: "Now that the war has just subsided and there is a severe drought in various places, the emperor must be very worried. If the emperor knows that Mr. Jin's parents have brought trouble to the village for their own selfish purposes, causing the villagers to have no harvest, Mr. Jin will
, Your Majesty, I’m afraid you won’t be able to serve as an official for a long time, right?”
When Jin heard this, he didn't dare to say no, so he quickly agreed.
Chu Yiqing turned around and said to the village chief: "Now that the members of the Qiancai Jin family are out, don't worry. When I return to Chuhan, I will send someone over to guide you in building the terraces. In addition to members of the Jin family, the wages of these people will naturally be the same."
You go ahead and take out fifty taels as their salary!"
The gold officer quickly took out the money and came out.
Weighing the money, Chu Yiqing nodded with satisfaction and said: "Now that the terraces are being built, there are still four months left until the corn is planted. If the project goes quickly, it will not delay your planting in the next season. It's just that this season is already over."
There is no harvest. I still have some fragrant rice in my car. The current price is one hundred cents per catty. Except for members of the Jin family, no one else can afford such good rice. Why not, I will exchange this catty of fragrant rice for you one hundred catties of wheat.
, how about you exchange it for one hundred catties of grain per person?"
Although Jin Yuanwai felt sorry for the food, not everyone could buy the fragrant rice. He didn't feel that it was a big loss at the time and quickly nodded. In this way, the villagers' food supply for the past few months would be solved.
When the village chief heard this, he quickly said: "Ms. Goddess of Agriculture, there are so many people in our village and a lot of food. How can we ask the Goddess of Agriculture to provide it? We feel really sorry. Why don't you see what we can do for you?"
If you do, just ask!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "After the terraces are built, I will send people over to guide you in farming. I will also bring you this kind of farming. In short, I can ensure that the grain output is twice what you are now. If you are willing, you can
Sign a contract with me. You will do what my people say. I will give you twice the amount of food when the time comes, and my people will take away the rest. What do you think?"
When the village chief heard that he was wondering where to find such a good thing, he quickly agreed and signed a contract with everyone in the village.
"Mrs. Li, look at these lands of mine..." Jin Yuanwai lost a lot of money today, so he naturally wanted to get some back and asked quickly.
"If you want this condition, then agree to build your fields into terraces, layer by layer, and then divert water from your fields for irrigation. Are you willing?" Chu Yiqing
He turned his eyes and asked.
Jin Yuanwai quickly asked: "Can you guarantee twice the output of my land? Last year, my land produced 200 kilograms per mu!"
Kim's words were filled with pride.
"That's the best land, and other lands are not worth a hundred handfuls or ten jins?" someone shouted.
Chu Yiqing said calmly: "Okay, let's calculate it as one hundred and fifty kilograms, but you have to promise not to bully the village again in the future!"
Although Jin Yuanwai was unwilling to give in, but now that the situation was here, he had no other choice but to respond quickly.
After a while, Jin Yuanwai sent people home to get paper and pen, and wrote down the content. The whole village people all signed their signatures, and then looked at Chu Yiqing eagerly, asking when the people who built the terraces would come.[
"Just wait. If nothing else happens, we will arrive within ten days. You clear the ground first. Don't feel bad. This wheat is hopeless!"
Although I say this, we are all farmers, and food is our lifeblood. At the beginning, we planted it one by one, pulled weeds and fertilized. We spent a lot of effort, but now there is no harvest...
The member of the Jin family, however, could not understand the feelings of the villagers. At this moment, he was trying his best to trick Chu Yiqing into saying something nice in front of Li Huang, so as not to delay his son's future.
Seeing the villagers like this, Chu Yiqing was in a bad mood and said coldly: "Your son's future is in your hands. If you want to keep your son's official position, you must first keep the jobs of these people!"
Officer Jin quickly responded.
Back on the carriage, he ordered Fourteenth and Fifteenth to pull a cart of fragrant rice to Taoyuan, while Chu Yiqing, Li Huang and others went ahead to stay overnight in the town ahead.
On the carriage, Li Huang asked: "Why, are you unhappy?"
Chu Yiqing sighed and said: "How do these wealthy people understand the hard work of farming? It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat drips from the soil. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard work! They even cut off the work for their own selfish desires.
He has taken away the jobs of the whole village, if he hadn’t realized his mistakes and corrected them, I would have really wished..."
"It's because you understand the hard work of farmers that they respect you so much!" Li Huang said, pointing not far away.
Chu Yiqing poked his head out and saw on the hillside not far away, the village chief of Taoyuan Village was waving his hands reluctantly with the villagers, and the screams of children were coming over.
"Mom, you are so awesome. No matter where you go, everyone likes you so much!" Abao took the opportunity to come over and said.
"Yes, if this continues, no one will know me as Mr. Li, only you as Mrs. Li!" Li Huang said pretending to be jealous.
"If you hadn't asked someone to identify himself just now, would Member Jin be so happy? It would have taken a lot of effort, and he might even have to take action! This is also your credit!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile, holding Li Huang's hand.
Li Huang immediately smiled and closed his eyes, and looked at Ah Bao. Ah Bao took the opportunity to turn back and said: "I don't want to look at it, I won't look at anything!"
Li Huang glared and said, "Little guy, do you know what daddy is going to do?"
Abao said with a smile: "I want to kiss you!"
Being poked into his thoughts, Li Huang immediately smiled awkwardly, picked up A Bao and kissed him, saying: "As expected of me, A Bao, since you know so well, don't get in the way here and go to the carriage behind.
Let’s go play with Hua Lin!”
Abao wrinkled his little face, shrugged his nose and said, "Daddy is really inhumane. For his own happiness, he sent his own son into the mouth of a tigress!"
Chu Yiqing was stunned and said with a straight face: "Abao, how can you say that about Hua Lin? Although Hua Lin is a little naughty, he is not evil-minded!"
"Yes, Hua Lin even said that he would marry you!" Li Huang took the opportunity to take revenge. Huh, who told this kid to say that he has no "sex"? He really has no "sex" for once!
"I don't want it!" Abao turned around and said in a grown-up tone: "My favorite is my mother. When I grow up, I want to marry a woman who is exactly like my mother. I don't like Hua Lin!"
Li Huang immediately said: "What a good boy, your vision is as good as your father's!"
Abao raised his eyebrows proudly, and the two high-fived excitedly.[
Chu Yiqing sighed, not wanting to go crazy with him, he turned his eyes outside and asked the driver: "How long until we reach the town?"
"It's just ahead, only half an hour's journey!" said the coachman.
Chu Yiqing looked at the woods beside the official road, and with a thought in his heart, he raised his eyes and told Lei Yuan: "Lei Yuan, you take people to settle down in the town ahead first. I want to go for a walk with your father and A Bao."
!”
Li Huang asked in confusion: "What's wrong? There is no field here, why did it stop again?"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "Let's have a picnic today. There is a drought everywhere on this road. It makes me feel blocked. I just want to take the opportunity to relax!"
When Li Huang heard this, he immediately became interested and immediately agreed. The three of them got out of the carriage and let Lei Yuan lead the others to leave first.
"Miss, please stay here and let me do something!" Yingqian stepped forward and said.
"No, just go back with Lei Yuan and leave a horse for us! Also, give me the pot, salt and fire discount!" Chu Yiqing led A Bao and stood on the roadside and said.
Yingqian could only nod.
After Lei Yuan and others left, Li Huang led the horse, carrying pots and other objects on its back, and together with Chu Yiqing and A Bao, the three of them walked towards the depths of the forest.
Not far from entering the forest, there was a small stream. Although there was very little water in the stream due to drought, it was still possible to find water. Chu Yiqing tied his horse to the stream to drink water, and then prepared firewood and set up fire by the stream.
Turn on the stove.
At the turn of spring and summer, there were a lot of pine mushrooms in the woods. Chu Yiqing arranged for Abao to pick mushrooms nearby and let Li Huang go hunting.
When he didn't come back, Chu Yiqing felt something in his heart, so he took advantage of this moment to get into the water and prepare to catch fish.
"Mom, I want to catch fish too!" Abao picked mushrooms and put them in his clothes and ran over. When he saw the big fish stuck on the branch, he immediately shouted loudly.
Chu Yiqing did not allow him to go into the water. The water was still cold now, and A Bao was still young. It would not be good if he was frozen. So he threw the fish in his hand to him and said: "You can help mother take care of the fish. Can't you?"
Let the fish run away!”
Abao sat down on a small stone by the stream gloomily, raised his head and protested: "Mom, you are treating me like a child. This fish is already dead, how can it still run away?"
Chu Yiqing laughed and said. In the blink of an eye, another fish passed by her feet. She "shot" it without any effort and carried the big fish to the shore.
"Okay, there are enough fish. You don't need to go into the water. If you have nothing to do, just help your mother kill the fish!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile.
Abao could only nod reluctantly.
The two of them were about to kill the fish when they heard Li Huang's hearty laughter not far away, "Yiqing, come and take a look. Did you see anything?"
Chu Yiqing and Abao looked up and saw Li Huang holding two pheasants in his hand, and a white rabbit in his other hand, with red eyes looking around uneasily.
"Little White Rabbit, Daddy, give the little White Rabbit to Hua Lin, so that he won't always snatch my Xiaobai. At worst, I'll give her the name Xiaobai!" A Bao hurriedly ran forward and said.
"Then Xiaobai is not called Xiaobai anymore, what is his name?" Li Huang placed the pheasant on the ground and deliberately teased him.
"Call Dabai!" Abao said proudly immediately, "Xiaobai must listen to Dabai from now on!"
Chu Yiqing and Li Huang couldn't help laughing.
Li Huang did all the work of killing chickens and fish. Chu Yiqing and Abao sat on a small stone by the stream and watched the sunset. Opposite him, Li Huang was immersed in picking off the chicken feathers. His serious expression was surprising.
It's really hard to imagine that he is a prince.
"Mom, I'm so happy!" Abao said suddenly, nestling in Chu Yiqing's arms.
Chu Yiqing was startled, and her heart felt warm. Yes, she wished she could keep this moment forever, how wonderful it would be!
After the fish and chicken were killed, it was Chu Yiqing's turn to come on stage. He stewed the chicken and the freshly picked pine mushrooms, then pierced the fish with tree branches, marinated it with salt, and prepared the fish for grilling.
In the open space by the stream, Li Huang taught Ah Bao how to practice martial arts. Two figures, one big and one small, stretched out the same graceful and upright posture in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Chu Yiqing slowly raised the corners of his lips, with a happy smile on his face.
Five days later, the wandering group finally returned to Chu Han. At the same time, another letter from the secret guard arrived in the imperial study room in the capital.
Opening the letter, Li Li read the content of the letter carefully, and then looked at the fish scale-like picture inside. He couldn't help but frown and said, "What is this?"
"Back to the emperor, according to the people in Taoyuan, these are called terraced fields, but the people in Taoyuan all call them fish scale fields. They said it was Chu Yiqing who proposed it. In a few days, she will send people to terrace the terraced fields in Taoyuan Village.
Everything has changed like this!" The secret guard quickly replied, "Not only that, Chu Yiqing also exchanged his fragrant rice for grain and gave it to the Taoyuan villagers who had stopped harvesting. Now the Taoyuan villagers treat Chu Yiqing as a god.
God, I heard that the Taoyuan villagers are planning to build a temple for the Goddess of Agriculture for Chu Yiqing!"
Li Li frowned coldly: "This woman is really good at winning people's hearts. If this continues, I'm afraid my country will also be hers!"
"Then Your Majesty, do you want to..." The secret guard raised his eyes, his eyes darkened.
"I'm afraid none of you are her match now, and besides, this person can't move now!" Li Xin said in a deep voice, "Do I really have no choice but to compromise?"
The secret guard dared not speak.
Li Li sighed quietly. He was really getting older. He was getting worse day by day. But Li Huang betrayed him so much. How could he be willing to compromise so easily? Even if he wanted to help them, he had to embarrass them.
become!
Chu Yiqing found Wen Ren who lived in Si Xili Alley of Wuming Town in Chu Han.
Yingqian stepped forward and knocked on the door. The person who opened the door was a woman in her forties. She looked them both up and down. When she heard that she came to Wenren to do some work, she immediately shouted happily into the yard: "
The boss has a job!"
A man responded in the room, and soon, a gray figure came out of the room. Perhaps he was not used to the sunlight outside. He squinted his eyes slightly, waiting to see clearly the Chu Yiqing in front of him.
When he saw it, he was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Is it Miss Chu? Oh, what a rare visitor! Come in and invite me!"
After saying that, he gave way to the room and said to his wife: "Quickly, go get the good tea sent by my senior brother!"
The woman just now responded quickly.
There was very simple furniture in the main room. After sitting down, Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "I didn't expect that Master Wen still remembers me after so many years!"
"How could you not remember that in my line of work, there is not much business, and the common people have to muddle along, and the court does not ask, how can these common people build roads and dams by themselves? That is Miss Chu, who accumulated great virtues and gave it to the people of Shangjia Village.
Build that dam! Last year, there was a flood in Shanghe River. Although it was not serious, it also flooded two villages. Shangjia Village is the safest. This is all the merit of Miss Chu!" As he was talking, he suddenly discovered that Chu Yi
Qing Wan had her hair tied into a bun and couldn't help but be stunned and asked: "Is Miss Chu married?"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "Yes, I'm married. My husband's family name is Li!"
"Li?" Wen Ren was stunned and said in a low voice: "Miss Chu, this Li is the surname of the country. The Li country has not been established for a long time, and our emperor has few brothers. As far as I know, the people with the surname Li are all princes. No.
I know Miss Chu is marrying..."
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "It is the fifth prince today!"
As soon as Chu Yiqing said these words, Wen Ren rolled down from the chair with a grunt and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Master Wen, get up quickly, look at you..." Chu Yiqing quickly asked Yingqian to help Wen Ren up.
"I wonder what I should call Miss Chu now?" Wen Ren said tremblingly.
"Just call me Mrs. Li!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile, fearing that Wen Ren would be burdened, so his tone was particularly gentle.
At this moment, Wen Ren's wife came in with tea. Wen Ren grabbed his wife and knelt down to Chu Yiqing, saying, "Common people, see Mrs. Li!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "I'm not an official, why is Master Wen giving such a big gift? Get up quickly!"
Wen Ren quickly stood up and ordered his wife to serve tea.
Although Mrs. Wen Ren didn't know Chu Yiqing's identity, she was accompanying him with a reserved smile.
"Master Wen, you don't have to be restrained, sit down and talk!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile.
Only then did Wen Ren dare to sit down.
"On this trip, in addition to wanting to see Master Wen, an old friend, I also want to ask Master Wen for a favor!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile.
"Mrs. Li, just say so!" Wen Ren quickly clasped his fists.
"Taoyuan Yiyi, two hundred miles away from here, is all hilly and mountainous. The people's land is all sloping, and soil erosion is serious. I passed by there a few days ago and saw that their lives were really difficult, so I helped them out.
I have an idea to build such terraces. I believe that with Master Wen's ability, this kind of work should not be difficult for Master Wen!" Chu Yiqing said, taking the picture from Yingqian's hand and showing it to Wen Ren.
"Mrs. Li, do you mean to build such slopes into ladder-like terraces?" Wen Ren asked after looking at it carefully.
Chu Yiqing nodded and said: "This is the most suitable field method for such hilly and mountainous areas. I wonder what Master Wen's opinion is..."
Wen Ren quickly said: "Wen Ren will definitely live up to his trust!"
Chu Yiqing nodded, immediately took out the fifty taels of silver from his sleeve, placed it in front of Wen Ren and said: "This is fifty taels of silver, Master Wen, take it first. If it is not enough, I will replenish it to Master Wen later."
, there are always manpower and material resources, Taoyuan has already made arrangements, Master Wen just goes!"
Wen Ren was overjoyed. He had no work in these years, but he could persist until now only because of the income from building the dam for Chu Yiqing. In the past two years, the prefect Bai Daren came to see him. He thought he finally had a hero.
However, he did not expect that the funding from the court was delayed, and he heard that the main funder also had some problems, so the project was abandoned. For so many years, he had no work to do. His brother,
All the junior brothers have changed careers, but he is the only one who is persisting. Now that a big project is coming, if his people are really needed, it may be really difficult to find people. Now that he heard that the Lord needs him to go there, he has
Fifty taels of silver could be earned. This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Wen Ren immediately agreed.
When Mrs. Wen Ren saw that she had money coming in, she was naturally very happy. She insisted on leaving Chu Yiqing and Yingqian to eat. Then Wen Ren said: "Mrs. Li has a lot of money in the world. How can I care about your food? Hurry up."
Rest!"
Only then did Mrs. Wen Ren give up.
After leaving the Si Xili alley, Chu Yiqing sat in the carriage and said: "It's time for the roads and rivers in Chuhan to be repaired. When I come back this time, I will definitely build them well!"
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