After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

The three of them suddenly fell silent and looked at each other. The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Although Xie Boyuan was kicked out by the Xie family during the previous dynasty, his origin could not be changed. The Xie family's position and alignment would still affect his career, so he avoided leaving the capital. Besides, the head of the Xie family is now his father.

Cheng Si is Li Hansheng's personal guard and also represents Li Guogong at this moment. Absolutely staunch royalist, absolutely neutral.

Mrs. Shui is actually a servant of the Xiao family now, and the deed of betrayal is in the hands of the Dong family. But after all, she was born in the Duke Chengen's palace and served as the queen of the Chen family twice. The eldest prince is now the crown prince. The seventh prince born from the Xiao Chen family is still young, but the queen, Xiao Chen family, is here!

Finally, Xie Boyuan broke the silence: "It's late at night, let's go and rest! The Xiao family is a nice place, and it's rare to find peace and quiet." I don't know if the last sentence was meant for Mrs. Shui or himself.

On the second day, Xiao Qingshan took his wife and children to the streets to have a good stroll around Jinzhou City. Now is the spring plowing season, and there are far fewer people selling agricultural and sideline products in the city during the busy farming season.

After shopping around, I didn't see any fresh products. Along the way, Mingjia has now given up hope on relatively high-yield crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes. She just hopes that some big boss can quickly roll up a length of vines from other countries with a belt and bring them back.

Mingjia was not prepared to suggest that her father promote soybean cultivation, although soybeans were a good cash crop, and she remembered that the geography book said that soybeans could be intercropped with corn, which would help increase yields.

But there is no corn now! And she doesn’t understand soybean oil extraction or solving the soybean insect problem that her father mentioned.

Sichuan is short of water, so it is difficult to grow the same crops without high yields. If you want to develop, you have to find another way. Mingjia tried hard to recall the specialties of the northwest region: wolfberries, jujubes, and maybe grapes and apples.

Mingjia remembers that apples were called naiguo in ancient times (nai four sounds from "Shanglin Fu" by Sima Xiangru in the Han Dynasty). Jinzhou also belongs to the northwest. I think there will be fruit trees in the future. Let dad look for them?

"Daddy, daddy, I heard from other people in the inn that there is a kind of fruit in Jincheng that is very delicious, but we won't know about it until autumn. Let's buy some fruit trees. Then we will plant fruit trees in every house in Chuanzhou, and we can eat them in autumn. "Mingjia looked at his father expectantly.

After hearing what his daughter said, Xiao Qingshan thought it was a trivial matter and agreed. Spring happens to be a good time to transplant fruit trees. If you buy a few older trees, maybe your daughter will be able to eat the fruits in the fall.

Mingjia didn't specifically mention the fruit. If there were other fruits, Mingjia wouldn't mind having more.

In the inn, Mrs. Shui was embroidering something by herself, and Thirty-Thirty-Four was practicing martial arts. Xie Boyuan was reading in the room, and since the three-way confession, there was a tacit understanding not to bring up relevant topics.

In fact, Mrs. Shui really wanted to mention the young lady's intelligence to Mr. Xie, and hoped that Mr. Xie could give more advice to the young lady. She felt that the young lady had a good future, but she was worried that she would cause trouble by talking too much again.

When the Xiao family returned to the inn, they bought a lot of Jincheng-style snacks. and some small items, both children were very happy. When Xiao Qingshan came back, he ordered Shi Thirty-Four to go to a nearby village to inquire about buying fruit trees.

Mingjia didn't want to miss the bookstores in Jincheng, so she took her father and uncle Yuan to visit all the bookstores in Jincheng in a few days, and bought a lot of books. There are question books to exchange for, and there are also other books to exchange for.

If you don't want to be regarded as a monster and risk being put into a pig cage, everything you know must have a source. A large number of books are necessary, and she believes in the wisdom of her ancestors.

The group has been staying in Jincheng for more than half a month, and it is almost mid-April. It was time to set off quickly. When we left Jincheng, there was an extra carriage loaded with several fruit trees and many saplings. We need to catch up on the rest of the journey.

For the rest of the journey, in order to improve efficiency, a few steps into the city were formed, with a clear division of labor and a tacit understanding:

When you arrive at a prefecture or county, first find an inn to rest. On the second day, Xiao Liu Thirty-Four went directly out of the city and went to nearby villages to inquire about fruit trees, crops and spring plowing.

Xiao Qingshan and Xie Boyuan bookstores are working hard to expand their book lists. Xiao Qingshan did it because of the scholar's deep desire and cherishment of books; Xie Boyuan did it because of his curiosity and expectation for Mingjia's "big bookstore" plan.

Mrs. Dong took her children and Mrs. Shui to visit various shops in the city to learn about prices and specialties. For safety, Cheng Si has been following for protection.

We only stayed in the city for one day, and set off for the next stop early on the third day. When Mingjun and Mingjia returned to the inn at night, they had no time to sort out what they had seen during the day and continued to write "travel notes".

This way of traveling was very tiring, so Dong never stopped taking tonic. Xiao Qingshan was still very worried about Dong's physical condition. Unexpectedly, although Dong was very tired, he had never been sick and was very healthy.

It can be seen that the health-preserving medicine prescribed by the doctor at Liancheng Medical Center is very effective. Mingjia became more determined to go to Liancheng Medical Clinic to recruit doctors and medicine boys to open a medical clinic in Chuanzhou. There is no employee that cannot be poached.

The closer they got to Chuanzhou, the more silent the group became. There are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and sometimes when I pass a village, it turns out to be deserted. Only dilapidated adobe houses remain in the entire village, most of which have collapsed. It can be seen that no one ever comes back after fleeing.

Even in villages with people, there are only ten rooms and nine empty rooms. The remaining villagers are all sallow and thin, and it is rare to see a slightly affluent village. Fortunately, the villagers are in good spirits! The court has settled down, and although the people's lives are hard, they also have hope.

Xiao Qingshan slowly felt the burden on him. In addition to wanting to protect his family, he also wanted to try his best to protect the people.

Even Mingjun saw many children younger than him who were very thin and were digging wild vegetables on the roadside. Some children may even be tempted to eat wild vegetables raw. They were all silent and obedient for a long time.

After traveling for several days, the group finally arrived in Qu County, Chuanzhou on April 26th.

At noon, in broad daylight, there were few pedestrians on the streets of the county town, and there were not even a few open shops on both sides of the streets. I finally found someone and asked about the location of the county government office.

Under the surprised gaze of the guide, the group found the Quxian County Government Office. Strictly speaking, this is an abandoned yard, overgrown with weeds, and many roofs have collapsed. The grievance drums raised at the county government offices are all broken.

Mingjia felt that she had been thinking about how to help her father develop the economy of Quxian County and how to drive the people of the county to become rich, and she was thinking too much. They seem to be starting with infrastructure.

Xie Boyuan, Shui Pozi and others were also surprised. Even if there was a war, no matter how much suffering the people suffered, it would not reach their class. Facing such a yamen, they looked in disbelief.