Xia Jing thought of the fields on the list and suggested: "Actually, once these hidden households are identified, all the Lou family's fields can be re-measured. If the hidden households are re-registered, the fields will be divided according to population. I don't believe there are still hidden households who won't take the initiative."
Cooperate."
At this time, King Qian himself felt a pain in his heart. He said with an embarrassed look on his face: "These properties are the cornerstone of my army and horses. If they are given to those hidden households, wouldn't my work of searching the houses this time be in vain?"
The most hateful thing is that he has gained a bad reputation, and all the benefits have gone to the common people, while he has made a huge loss!
After hearing what he said, Xia Jing rolled her eyes at him indifferently, "Now Lingnan is your fiefdom, and the people in Lingnan are your subjects. If the land is redistributed to them, you will collect more taxes at the end of the year."
Not the same thing?"
This is the truth, and King Qian actually understands it in his heart. It's just painful to have to give away the property he got without any conditions.
The illegal building of the Lou family's ancestral residence is now occupied by Prince Qian, which is quite suitable for his status. There are large courtyards and small courtyards, plus winding corridors. It took them half an hour to walk from the front yard to the back yard.
Xia Jing didn't look at the other courtyards, but as the courtyard where the ancestors of the whole family lived, she definitely wanted to check it out.
The largest courtyard in the main courtyard is in the best location. There is a garden in the courtyard, which is very elegantly decorated.
The group of people walked around the yard and found that there were countless precious flowers and trees cultivated in the yard. The yard alone was like a small show of precious flowers and trees.
Xia Jing took a deep breath of the aroma of flowers and trees and said with emotion: "I finally experienced the luxurious life of a wealthy family. Living in a place like this can really wear down one's will."
She, a person from the end of the world, has lived in a place like this for a long time, and she wants to just lie down and live a life of retirement. Not to mention the young people who should be struggling.
King Qian was so hot that he was sweating all over, so he found a stone bench and sat down.
Even so, the hot weather still couldn't stop his enthusiasm, "Princess, are you satisfied with this yard? Do you need to go to the house to have a look again?"
Xia Jing was definitely interested in where she lived. She nodded: "You rest here for a while and I'll go in and take a look."
"I will go with you." King Qian worked really hard today. He endured the weakness of his legs and stood up again.
The rooms in the main courtyard were as exquisitely decorated as the outside. There was basically no furniture that needed to be added. Xia Jing looked around and found that the bathroom and the bathroom needed to be renovated, but everything else was fine.
Let Hongmei take note of this and go to the porcelain factory to order some squat toilets and wash basins to be remodeled.
I didn't find any other places that needed improvement.
On the way back, since it was already time for lunch, King Qian invited Xia Jing to go to a restaurant outside to taste Lingnan specialties.
Xia Jing did not refuse, and King Qian remained in a good mood on the way back after dinner.
But when he arrived at the government office and saw Aunt Wang waiting outside his small courtyard, his mood was not so wonderful.
"Why are you here?"
Aunt Wang said with a smile: "It has been a long time since I came to visit the prince. The prince is also cruel and has never come to visit me."
She said something resentful, but there was nothing resentful about her in her tone or expression.
What King Qian likes most is her generous attitude of not competing or competing.
For this concubine who has been with me for decades and has a weak sense of existence, after listening to her words today, I feel a little guilty.
He walked into the yard first, "Isn't it hot standing outside? Come in."
Aunt Wang smiled at Anu and then followed her in steadily.
King Qian returned to the house and asked his servant to prepare warm water to wash away the sweat stains all over his body. He put on his thin clothes and walked out.
He sat on the main seat and drank a cup of tea before asking: "Why did you think of coming over to see me today?"
Except for her maid, Anu was the only one left in the house. There was no one else in sight, and Aunt Wang said bluntly: "The prince ransacked the house and got a lot of good things. Why did he only give them to the princess and Aunt Sun, but forget about our four rooms?"
King Qian scratched his nose guiltily, glanced at Anu, and smiled: "There are no secrets in the backyard of the palace."
Aunt Wang seemed helpless and said: "Knowing that there is no secret, Your Majesty should level the bowl of water."
Qian Dynasty signaled to Anu, "Go and prepare some silver coins and send them to the other rooms."
If you give it to Aunt Sun and Aunt Wang, you won't be able to miss out on the first and second bedrooms of your direct descendants.
He smiled on his face, but in his heart he had already made a mark on Aunt Sun for being lax in her mouth.
It caused him to lose money!
Why was he so sure that Aunt Sun had spilled the beans?
Because Xia Jing went out with him after choosing a house, it was impossible for the news to reach Aunt Wang so soon after she came back.
Returning to her small courtyard, Xia Jing yawned after washing up and then lay down on the bed to take a lunch break.
After waking up from a long sleep, I sent someone to send a message to shopkeeper Ding, asking him to start selling ice directly in the salt shop tomorrow.
King Qian even asked Zeng Yan to go to the salt shop to buy ice the next day. He had had enough of the hot weather during his stay in Lingnan. Now that he knew ice was available, how could he miss this opportunity to enjoy it.
King Qian's use of ice means that the entire palace cannot hide it. Everyone knows that the princess's salt shop sells ice.
As soon as Aunt Sun learned the news, she didn't want to wait for a moment and went directly to Zeng Yan, "Zeng Yan, I heard that the government bought a lot of ice and asked someone to send some ice to my yard."
Zeng Yan took the account book to check whether there were any deficiencies in the purchased materials. After listening to Aunt Sun's instructions, he turned around and told the truth:
"The ice sent today to buy is only enough for the prince. If Aunt Sun wants to use ice, she can send a carriage to the princess's salt shop to buy it. But I have to remind you that there is no ice cellar in the backyard of the government office. How much ice do you want to use?
Just buy as much as you want, if you buy too much it will melt if you don’t use it, it’s a complete waste.”
How could Aunt Sun be willing to pay for it herself? She didn't look very good. "I am a woman who never leaves the house. I don't know what's going on outside. I still need to trouble the housekeeper to send someone to make another trip for this matter."
Zeng Yan hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, since it's inconvenient for my aunt, I'll send someone out again, but you have to pay for the ice yourself."
Aunt Sun frowned and said, "Now that we are not separated, why do we have to pay for the ice ourselves? In the past, wasn't the ice distributed by the house on a per capita basis every summer?"
"In the past, in Gyeonggi, our house had its own ice cellar, and a large amount of ice was stored every winter. In the summer, it is convenient for the house to use ice, and there is no need to spend money to buy additional ice. Of course, everyone uses the ice for free."
Nowadays, the government cannot make ends meet, and the summer in Lingnan is hot for a long time. Ice is a commodity in short supply, and the price is definitely not cheap.
The prince had given instructions in the morning that anyone in the mansion who wanted to use Bing to pay for themselves was not allowed to use the Gongzhong's account.
"Since the house used to have ice in the summer, why wasn't it rationed when we arrived in Lingnan? Could it be that the share of ice used in the summer has been stolen by you, an old slave?"
This was a bit nonsense, so Zeng Yan pretended not to hear it and argued with the woman in the backyard. If the quarrel broke out, the prince would only punish him, a slave.
Not caring doesn't mean he will look good on her.
Zeng Yan's face darkened, "If Aunt Sun has any questions, you can ask the prince. I am busy checking today's supplies. If you delay the delivery of today's ingredients to the kitchen, the lunch meal cannot be provided on time.
When the superiors investigate, the old slave will directly explain the reason to the prince."
The situation on Zeng Yan's side soon spread to the ears of other rooms.
Everyone complained about using Bing to pay for it, but they didn't dare to express it. At most, they only dared to complain once or twice in their respective rooms.
A piece of ice costs fifty cents. If you put ice basins in the four corners of a room, you will get four pieces of ice.
It takes eight pieces of ice per room to meet the daily needs.
This is only King Qian's daily usage. There are more than one masters in other rooms, and more than one room needs ice.
Take the most representative one in the big house. Li Chengshang and his wife live in one room, and there are two sons below. The eldest son has children, and Li Chengshang’s concubine. The daily usage is calculated as eight rooms.
Using ice a day costs almost seven taels of silver, which is two hundred and ten taels a month.
Besides, summer in Lingnan lasts for more than three or four months.
Calculating, the silver cost of using ice in one summer is nearly one thousand taels.
hiss!
This is not something I don’t know, but I am shocked when I calculate it.
Just these few rooms in the Prince's Mansion use thousands of taels of ice. How many generations of local gentlemen are there in the entire city?
When summer is over, Xia Jing can make a lot of money just from selling ice cream.
To say that the other rooms are not envious would be a lie.
"You said that the princess's salt pan has been given a share of the palace. Shouldn't the palace also receive some dividends from this ice?"
Li Chengyi asked this question when he was chatting with his wife.
The fourth lady took a bite of the cake and shook her head: "How is it possible? The method of drying salt was handed over to the palace. I guess she took this strategy because everyone just arrived in Lingnan and wanted the palace to establish a foothold in Lingnan as soon as possible. Now the palace
Everything is on track, how could she hand over the hen that laid the golden eggs to the government!"
Besides, except for Xiaowu, none of them are biological children. How could the princess continue to dedicate herself selflessly?
Li Chengyi was well-known as a playboy in Gyeonggi Province at the beginning. He had a lot of entertainment and entertainment outside, and the property allocated to him by the royal family was supported by the palace, which was barely enough for him to spend his money.
Now fleeing to Lingnan means that all the industry in Gyeonggi is gone.
Lingnan only belonged to their four-fang estate, with only a dozen hectares of wasteland given to them by Xia Jing, and ten thousand taels of silver given by King Qian.
Whenever he wanted to buy property, he would always use the money from the fourth wife’s dowry.
Later, they were allowed to recruit five thousand soldiers, but because he had no money, he could only recruit less than two thousand.
Raising two thousand recruits consumes a lot of food every day, not counting weapons, uniforms and other expenses.
Li Chengyi's current situation is that he is penniless and in debt.
As a person who is in debt and unable to repay it, he is particularly jealous of Xia Jing's hen that can lay golden eggs.
He sighed, "Now that we have come to Lingnan, we have to start from scratch. Do you have any ideas to make money?"
The fourth lady swallowed the cake in her mouth slowly, took two sips of tea to moisten her throat, and then said: "Even if I have an idea, you have to be willing to make money."
Li Chengyi asked casually, but from his wife's tone it seemed that she really had an idea to make money.
His eyes lit up, he came close to her, and asked with a smile: "Madam, if you have any ideas, why don't you tell me so that I can help you as a reference?"
The fourth lady didn't seem to believe him, and her tone of voice was suspicious: "Even if I have thousands of ideas in my mind, can you endure the hardship?"
After hearing this, Li Chengyi was a little hesitant, but thinking of his current situation, there was a hint of hope on his face, "Madam, don't worry about whether you can bear the hardships of being a husband. Please tell me first. You also know our situation now. This
Man, if you are forced to rush, you may realize your unlimited potential!"
When the fourth lady saw Li Chengyi's expression, she couldn't help but believe him.
However, it doesn't hurt to talk.
"There are ways to make money everywhere, it just depends on whether you can find it. I don't know about other places in Lingnan, but there are ways to make money in our house. If you are determined to work hard, you can try it."
Li Chengyi was whetted by her words and urged: "What kind of connections are there in the government? Don't be too secretive and tell me quickly!"
The fourth lady smiled at his anxious look and said, "Snowflakes and salt!"
"Snowflake salt?" Li Chengyi raised his eyebrows and stared at the fourth lady for a moment, waiting for her next words.
"The mother-in-law of snowflake salt stipulates that the price of snowflake salt is ten cents per catty in Lingnan, but there is no regulation in other state capitals. Now, taking advantage of the limited number of foreign merchants who know about it, we can organize a caravan to sell snowflake salt to other state capitals.
I guess it’s a way to make money.”
Li Chengyi stared at the fourth lady, shocked in his heart, "Why didn't I think of this?"
The fourth lady shook him expectantly, "Husband, what do you think of my idea? Is it feasible?"
Li Chengyi composed himself, held the fourth lady's cheek and kissed her red lips, "Haha, it's doable, it's so doable! Tomorrow, if not today, I will go to the princess's salt shop to order snowflake salt, and the caravan will use the front section
The new recruits recruited during the day are escorted."
As he said this, he thought for a moment and then added: "Madam went to dispatch a few stewards. After ordering salt for her husband, she divided the two thousand soldiers into four teams, one team of five hundred, and sold them to the four cities respectively. In this way.
, don’t worry about not making money.”
There is no wife who doesn’t want her husband to make progress. When the fourth wife saw Li Chengyi’s desire to make money, she felt happy and nodded in agreement without hesitation.
Xia Ji Salt Shop.
Li Chengyi got out of the stuffy carriage, covered in hot sweat. When he saw the curtain hanging at the door of the salt shop, he knew that the temperature inside must be cool.
When I opened the curtain and walked in, it was indeed like this.
Shopkeeper Ding followed Prince Qian's team all the way to Lingnan and naturally met Li Chengyi.
"Ouch, what brought the Fourth Master here?"
Li Chengyi felt the coolness in the store and joked: "What a good shopkeeper Ding, you enjoy it more than I do. I don't even dare to use ice so extravagantly."
Shopkeeper Ding smiled and clasped his fists: "It's all thanks to the princess, otherwise I wouldn't be able to enjoy my life."
Li Chengyi circled around the ice basin several times, forcing his eyes away from the ice.
He walked to the counter, pointed at the snowflake salt in the bucket and said, "I want to take a team to Jingzhou. Do you have any stock of this kind of snowflake salt?"
"How much does Fourth Master want?"
"How many do you have in your warehouse?"
Shopkeeper Ding's smile was a little smug, "To be honest with Fourth Master, now our snowflake salt needs to be supplied to the entire Lingnan, and the rest will be sold to foreign merchants. The warehouse says it's not too much, it's not too much, it's probably tens of thousands of kilograms. There is."
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