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Chapter 108 Going to the Countryside

Looking at the little princess who returned to her innocent and happy life in the wild, Wang Xuejun couldn't help but feel sore in her nose.

Since the moment Chongzhen waved his sword toward her, such a blow had a great blow to her soul. The little princess never touched the corner of her clothes and lived in fear and fear.

After following me to Shandong, in order to secure the financial power, this child, who is less than 16, has to take on the burden of this big family, and is suppressed by huge difficulties every day.

Originally, she was an innocent little girl, and she could hardly see a smile.

Even if you smile, you will be helpless.

At this time, she ran in the spring, chased butterflies, and dug wild vegetables, and truly relaxed and returned to innocence.

While digging, an old lady happened to pass by and praised her daughter for being so good, but her face suddenly changed.

What she changed was that she saw a few beautiful mushrooms in the princess's skirt.

At that time, he ignored the others and snatched them directly, threw them on the ground and stomped them with his feet.

Such a sudden action scared the guards at that time, and immediately rushed forward and wanted to take down the old lady.

But the princess waved her hand to block it, then naively tilted her head and asked: "Grandma, why did you steal my mushrooms? Do you really want to eat it?"

The old lady quickly shook her hand: "At first glance, your daughter is not a child from a poor family. These beautiful mushrooms cannot be eaten, and they will die if eaten."

Looking at the puzzled princess, the old lady hesitated for a moment, and took a few ordinary mushrooms from her basket: "Since my daughter wants to eat mushrooms, I'll give you these from the old lady."

Wang Xuejun walked over and touched the princess' head: "The old lady saved your life just now. What's most grateful is that when she saw you like, she gave you the mushrooms she worked hard to step on. Maybe the old lady wouldn't have eaten at night. Shouldn't she be grateful for such kindness?"

When the princess heard this, she gloomy and gloomy body kept her body as a gift to thank her. Then she took a bead that Wang Xuejun carefully selected for her in the treasure not long ago, and presented it to her hands: "Thank you, the old lady for saving her life, thank you for this thing."

The old lady didn't know how much the beads were, but whether she knew or not, she just refused to accept: "As long as we can survive, we cannot accept gifts from others, and we will never be able to do so."

Wang Xuejun asked: "Can the old man have a meal now?"

The old lady was grateful and rushed to the west first and saluted Jinan. Then she replied: "Trust the prince to supervise the country, the regent and the princess Hongfu, the family contracted the land and rushed to the spring sowing. Now, pumpkins and edamames are almost gone. Although they are not full, they can survive by catching most of the wild vegetables. If you can borrow some money for summer and autumn harvest, there is no problem. Our family can eat a full meal that has not been eaten in more than ten years. We have caught up with the good prince and the good prince."

When the princess heard this, she was stunned for a moment, then turned around silently and returned to the car.

Wang Xuejun gave the old man a handful of copper coins and caught up with the princess: "What's wrong, why are you suddenly unhappy?"

The princess sighed: "What a good people. The prince and you just let them mix wild vegetables and have a chance to eat half full, and they will be grateful to you. Unfortunately, my father, although he worked diligently and worked day and night, did not know that many of his evil policies were forced to force them. Such a simple and kind people who are not willing to others have embarked on the road of rising up."

Then my eyes turned red: "I am really ashamed of my father."

Wang Xuejun was very pleased to see the princess' performance.

He decided that after returning, he must let the prince and the two kings go on a walk more and understand the people's conditions and sufferings. Don't be a leader who doesn't eat meat. This is not good for governing the world, and it will actually ruin your own affairs.

The Wang family had cleaned inside and outside. I heard that the princess and the regent were coming. The refugees who returned one after another washed their clothes and faces and knelt on the side of the road to greet them.

Wang Xuejun and the princess got off the horse and got out of the car, helped them up one by one, and walked into the Wang family amid the sincere blessings of the people.

The fifty men of the Wang family also knelt in the yard to pick them up, so they had to help them again.

The Wang family’s home is actually a dilapidated house without its owner. After a simple renovation, although it was cleaned, it was still dark and humid.

Wang Xiaoer was in the yard and spread the only clean quilt on the ground, with tables and chairs on it, and asked the princess and the regent to sit.

How could the princess and Wang Xuejun sit? In the end, she packed up the quilt and sat under the big willow tree at the entrance of the yard. She greeted Wang Xiaoer over. Under the watching of a group of people, she first asked about Wang Xiaoer’s family background.

Wang Xiaoer reported honestly: "At the beginning, I brought fifty brothers who were no longer bandits, contracted 300 acres of land in the government, and then bought five donkeys. In addition, we worked hard, fortunately, the land lived up to people, and the spring sowing was not delayed, beans, and potatoes were growing very well, and they were about to harvest. The crops and sorghum grew to one person's height, and it was almost time to rise. As long as there was another good rain in autumn, there was no problem with the harvest."

Sodium

"Look at this weather, can there be rain in autumn?"

Wang Xiaoer and his brothers nodded one after another and said affirmatively: "With the prince and the regent, the future rain will definitely not be wrong."

Wang Xuejun asked with a smile: "What does it have to do with us?"

At this time, an old man around the people around him answered: "The old saying goes, the emperor has no blessings and the people suffer. Now the prince is kind and the prince is kind, that means the people's blessings are here. The weather is still there, and it will rain when it should rain?"

This is the simple thought of the people, and it is also a disguised theory of the so-called response of heaven and man.

Feudal superstition.

But is it still enjoyable to put this feudal superstition on yourself and be worshiped by the people?

“If the weather is good in the later period, how much will your harvest be?

Wang Xiaoer replied confidently: "If the weather is good and the beans and potatoes come down, you can sow summer wheat, so let's not talk about it. The long-season sorghum alone can produce at least three stones per mu."

Three stones are only 360 kilograms, and the output in this era is too low.

"Is it enough to pay the contract fee?"

Wang Xiaoer and his brother nodded repeatedly and answered contentedly: "Enough, one stone of sorghum can be sold at least five cents of silver, and two stones can be left per mu. The output of two acres is enough for one of our brothers to eat for a year. At that time, the remaining acres can be stored or sold. I plan to give a few older brothers this autumn to get their wives and get married first."

In this way, Wang Xuejun felt relieved. It seemed that the contract fee he had set was not high, which was enough to alleviate the people's strength.

"Is it good? Are you, the eldest brother, very good? OK, very good."

After being praised by the Regent, Wang Xiaoer became even more excited: "I still have two taels of silver a month, and now I have a salary of two silver dollars. In addition, during the slack season, a few brothers work at the dock and can earn a little. There is also a brother of mine, who will run a small business at the dock with his youngest brother, and ask you for your blessings. Next year, I will ask for a wife for all my brothers and simply build a house. No problem. At that time, our lives will be much better."

Wang Xuejun happily asked the other people around him: "Is this true for all families?"

The people nodded one after another: "Although they are not as strong as the Wang family, they are all laborers and have extra money subsidies, it is okay to have enough food after autumn and still have some surplus food."

At this moment, a child got into the crowd and shouted anxiously at a man: "Dad, it's not good. Let's talk about the beans next to you, so a big piece of them."

As a result, the man immediately scolded his son seriously: "Don't talk nonsense, that's not called stealing. It may be food that the passers-by don't have, and use it to fill his stomach."

Wang Xuejun asked: "Are there any refugees at this time?"

The man replied: "Yes. Now, the Qing Dynasty in the north is not leaving. We Han people have the strong backbone and do not want to be slaves, so they fled here. And Liu Ze, Zhejiang in the south, is not a thing, but it has caused trouble to the people of the two Huai Rivers. Seeing that our Shandong is peaceful and stable, the people there have also fled to our Shandong with their families."

This is a new situation, so I turned around and asked Wang Xiaoer: "Mr. Wang, is this the case? Are there many such people?"

Wang Xiaoer nodded: "There are many such people, because looking at the world, there are still wars everywhere, and only our Shandong peace. With your good governance, the people from all over the world are trying their best to come over and find a way out."

"How do you arrange these refugees in that place?"

This key issue, once it is not properly resettled, it will not only cause the refugees to suffer, but more importantly, it will be damaged and public security will be achieved.

Today I just stole a handful of beans, and tomorrow I might gather in the mountains and forests and join in as enemies.

Wang Xiaoer was embarrassed: "The refugees are all foreigners and are not within our household registration. Therefore, although we reserved a lot of unowned land, we did not dare to contract the land to them. We could only give alms to the best of our ability and could not watch them starve to death."

Wang Xuejun hit his thigh: "This is my negligence. The people are the foundation of prosperity. If we want to develop, what we lack is the people and labor. When I go back, I will announce it immediately and immediately give it to the people who are willing to stay in Shandong, settle down as soon as possible, and then contract them for land."

As soon as he heard this, all the people couldn't help but kowtow to Wang Xuejun and the princess: "Princess, Princess, you really are a Buddha in all families."
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