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

Seeing the eldest daughter of the magistrate's family running away, Lao Li pulled his wife to sit down with his head trembling. I felt a lot more at ease. The lady was young, looked festive and cute, and was so polite.

After a while, brother and sister Mingjun and Mingjia came back together, with Mingjun still holding pen and ink in his arms. Without waiting for Old Li Tou to stand up and salute, he directly spread the paper on the table and waved his hand for Old Li Tou to sit down.

Old Li Tou thought that the most he could ask about this little girl was what kind of fruit trees were they? At most, they would ask about the yield of fruit trees. After all, such a young child is a lady from an official family, so how can she know how to grow fruit trees.

But after a few questions, Lao Li Tou discovered that he was wrong. The questions Miss Xiao asked were very detailed, and there were even many questions that he didn't know or that he hadn't thought about before.

Isn’t 氰 (nai four tones) the fruit just the 氰 fruit? Why did the lady ask what kind there are?

Flowers bloom in May and fruit set in June every year. What does the fruit setting rate mean?

He must fertilize the fruit trees every year, but when the lady asked about the time, he was always free, so he would do it when he was not busy?

How many fruit trees can be planted in one acre of land? He didn’t even count it! They all plant based on the distance!

Finally, I asked how to sell the fruit, how to store it, and about layering the fruit trees to retain seedlings.

Old Li Tou kept talking all morning, and his servants brought him a pot of tea, which he drank all. In the end, the young master said with a grimace that he was tired before he stopped.

Old Li Tou looked at the brother and sister who were collecting papers, still feeling a little regretful. This tea is so delicious. The lady stopped asking and couldn’t drink the tea anymore.

At this time, voices came from outside the inn. It turned out that it was lunch time, and Mingjun and Mingjia were going back to the backyard to have lunch with Mr. Dong.

Before leaving, Ming Jia asked the cook to give cakes to Lao Li Tou and his wife like workers, and warned: "Don't leave until after dinner. I have something to do in the afternoon."

Lao Li Tou and his wife each got three pancakes, which were heavy in their hands. The old couple broke open the pancake and each ate half of it. It was so delicious! It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten pancakes with so much grain. The more I chewed, the more delicious it became.

While eating, the couple shed some tears. The people around saw it, and no one laughed at them. In fact, they were very excited yesterday, and they didn't know whether it was because they ate the pancakes, or they suddenly believed that Magistrate Xiao said that they would be able to eat pancakes after a while.

In the backyard, Mingjun and Mingjia were sorting out what they had recorded in the morning. Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Shui were setting up the meal, while Xiao Qingshan took Master Yuan and several shopkeepers. After the workers had finished eating and started chatting with each other, Xiao Qingshan and the others came back.

Mrs. Dong immediately noticed that her husband's face looked wrong, as if he was angry. Somewhat worriedly, I passed a handkerchief to my husband. Xiao Qingshan had dinner with several shopkeepers. It was not convenient for Mrs. Dong to stay longer, so she went back to watch her children rest.

After Mingjia woke up, she went to look for her brother and found that her brother was not at the inn. Mother Shui told Mingjia that her mother had sent her brother to deliver water to her father and the others. I didn’t ask any more questions.

Mingjia went to see Lao Litou and his wife alone. She wanted to order a batch of fruit tree saplings from Lao Li Tou, and also wanted to hire them in the name of the county government to teach more people to raise fruit trees. However, these still need to be discussed with dad.

She remembered that Old Man Li mentioned in the morning about his previous experience as a helper for a wealthy family in Chuanzhou City, and wanted to ask more questions. Old Li Tou thought that the young lady would continue to ask about the fruit trees.

"When I was young, I worked for the Zhao family in the west of Sichuan City. The Zhao family had a large orchard, and every autumn they hired many workers to help them pick and move fruits." Old Man Li's memories were a bit nostalgic.

Mingjia then asked: "Will it be transported on a truck and sold? Isn't there a fruit merchant to collect it?"

"We don't know if there are any fruit merchants, but at that time there were two supervisors responsible for arranging the work. Most of the fruit trees were on the mountain. When we transported them to the village at the foot of the mountain, we didn't see any coming to collect them." Old Li Tou thought for a while and added: " Some of us even moved it into the ice cellar."

"Ice cellar?" Mingjia felt that she knew what to do next after building the county government office. The ice cellar can store fruits and relieve the heat in summer! The most important thing is that if there is a severe drought, this ice may be life-saving.

After chatting for a long time, Mingjia asked Old Man Li and his wife to go back. Before leaving, he gave them 10 copper coins and took away the remaining pancakes of the day. The old couple left with great gratitude.

Mingjia was going back to read a book. Logically speaking, she had never seen or even heard of an ice cellar. She wanted to think about how to tell her father about the ice cellar being dug in the county. She saw her brother Mingjun coming out of her mother's house and waving to her mysteriously.

"Sister, I think mother and father had a fight?" Ming Jun looked gloating.

Mingjia didn't think so. She had never seen her father and mother quarreling, and she had long discovered that her father was very good at admitting mistakes and apologizing. Before Mom was really angry, Dad had already admitted his mistake.

Seeing that his sister didn't believe her, Ming Jun quickly told what he had discovered: "Dad just took people to work in the afternoon, and my mother asked me to deliver tea. She told me not to come back first to see if dad's face was angry. "

As Mingjun spoke, he looked back at his surroundings cautiously, for fear that others would not know that he was feeling guilty. "I watched my father at the gate of the county government office for a long time, and his face looked very bad. He must be angry."

After Mingjia heard the gossip her brother told her, she left without looking back. It sounds like mother made father angry. Don't worry, father can't really be angry with mother.

Ming Jun saw that his sister ignored him and went directly to the room where he had temporarily arranged to study. He scratched his head helplessly and followed her to the room to read.

In the evening, Ms. Dong found that her husband was even more unhappy. Even Mingjun Mingjia felt that Xiao Qingshan was really angry. Mingjia felt that it was not a family matter, because she found that the corners of Uncle Yuan's mouth were also pursed.

In Xie Boyuan's room, Xiao Qingshan and Xie Boyuan sat opposite each other, talking about the problems discovered today and discussing solutions.

"Brother Yuan Bo, I remember that in the first year after the founding of the dynasty, the country was exempted from taxes. In the second year, the new emperor also reduced taxes for some poor states and counties or states and counties severely affected by war."

Xiao Qingshan asked cautiously. Qingyun County started paying taxes in the second year, but based on the situation in Chuanzhou, it should be on the list of exemptions.

Xie Boyuan was naturally aware of these, and even the specific list of prefectures and counties was decided upon by Emperor Liang Shengrui himself after consultation with a group of great gods, and he was also present at the time. Border state cities like Sichuan are bound to be on the list.

This morning, a villager saw that Mr. Xiao was very kind, so he had the courage to ask, "Will the tax be adjusted now that Mr. Xiao is here?"

Xiao Qingshan doesn't think there is a problem with this question? But Xie Boyuan keenly felt something was wrong, so he asked in detail about the tax collection situation in Houqu County during the Jian Dynasty.

Many surrounding villagers who were eavesdropping also interjected about the tax payment situation in their own villages.