The Reborn Wife is Farming

Han Lan was even happier, and hurriedly agreed.

When I talked about it with her husband at night, Han Lan said with a smile all over her face: "I think the princess likes Miao clothes very much, and she has a good impression of us. I heard that the prince loves the princess very much, so will he also have a good impression of us?" , the exploitation will be lighter?"

The Chen family remembered the content of the conversation with Qi Haoran today and his attitude, nodded and said: "It seems that Prince Qi's attitude towards us is indeed good."

Han Lan saw that his brows were slightly frowning, and asked, "Then what are you worried about?"

"Prince Qi's attitude only represents him personally. Even if we can live better during his tenure, how long can he serve in Qiannan? At least three or two years, at most five or six years, he must return to Beijing Yes, pin the happiness of the entire Miao people on the attitude of one person..." Chen Jiacai shook his head, "It won't last long, so we still have to have strength."

As long as they have strength, what are they afraid of?

Han Lan pondered.

"By the way, what did the concubine ask you today? Tell me exactly."

Han Lan hurriedly said it from the beginning to the end, and said: "The princess seems to be very concerned about farming. She asked me clearly about what we planted, how to cultivate it, and harvested it. By the way, she also asked about the seedlings we have land. There are not many people, how many are many, how many are few, what do the landless Miao people live on, and we also ask about the fabrics we print and dye. I picked up some translations that can be said, and the rest are fooled. .”

Chen Jiacai pondered, and said: "You've done a good job, I'm afraid Prince Qi just wants to explore the land of the Miao villages."

At this time, Mu Yangling was also lying on Qi Haoran's chest, telling him the news he had inquired during the day, and said, "No wonder people say that life is difficult for Miao people, most of them only have two or three acres of land that can grow food at most. That's all, the rest are wasteland and uncultivated mountains, but the yamen still collect taxes and taxes. I heard from them that most of the Miao people farm land for tax purposes, and their livelihood is mainly from the mountains, picking some medicinal materials, or hunting in the mountains. , as long as you don’t get sick and only eat bran swallowed vegetables, you can survive.”

Qi Haoran took Mu Yangling's arm, patted it and said, "Don't worry, Qiannan has been exempted from taxes for the past three years, and they should have a chance to breathe."

Mu Yangling nodded, "I asked about their yield per mu, and it's very low, even worse than our harvest in Beidi."

Qi Haoran frowned, "Even if this Qiannan is barren, the rain is enough, and the land should be fat after a few years of cultivation. How can the harvest be so poor?"

"It's a problem of terrain, and there is also a problem of farming. Because the harvest here is not good, most of their energy is still in the mountains and forests. The farming techniques are very rough. They don't use their brains. When there is too much rain, the land will be flooded. Once the water recedes As soon as the sun comes out, the land is dry again," Mu Yangling sighed, "although farmers work hard to cultivate the land like this, the harvest is actually not much."

It can be said that the Miao people still belong to semi-cultivation, because their main source of income is collecting herbs and hunting, while the Han people are working hard on farming, but in fact, because of the lack of fields, life is also very difficult .

Mu Yangling said: "I want to go out and take a look at the fields in Juzhou. Don't you have Lutian? I want to try to see if the upland rice No. 1 can be successfully planted here."

Qi Haoran said: "Should we be able to grow corn here?"

"Yes, that thing doesn't need to be planted in the familiar ground, it can be planted on the ground. When Mr. Liu comes, tell him that he is the prefect, and he is in charge of these things."

"Then go and see. You know more about farming than I do. It is a great achievement to really increase the yield. Now there is no need to shy away from it. After the experiment is done, let the elder brother order to praise you."

Mu Yangling pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "What's the use of praising me, and you can't eat it. If you have the ability, you can make me an official."

Qi Haoran frowned in distress, and said, "I'm afraid it won't work."

Mu Yangling twisted his waist and said, "Teasing me again."

Qi Haoran just "giggled" and turned over and pressed Mu Yangling under him. Mu Yangling refused and said, "I still have something to tell you."

Qi Haoran stretched out his mouth to kiss her, and muttered: "Is there anything more important than this?"

Mu Yangling reached out his hand to cover his mouth, panting: "Chief Ji'an's eldest daughter, Han Lan, is a very smart person. She prevented me from inquiring about the Miao villages, and deliberately missed a lot of information when translating." , and misled me."

Qi Haoran stretched out his tongue and kissed her hand, Mu Yang's heart trembled, his face blushed, and he quickly withdrew it, Qi Haoran leaned over to hold her lips, kissed her hard, and then left slightly, vaguely Unclearly said: "Isn't this normal? If someone came to inquire about my military camp, I would have to do the same..."

After speaking, he stretched out his hand to tear down the curtain, and completely blocked Mu Yangling's mouth.

The next day Mu Yangling went out right after Qi Haoran went out, Xiaoting was sent to serve him, Mu Yangling said: "Go and see the Lord's Lutian."

Qi Haoran's fiefdom and lutian as the king of Rongjun are in the suburbs of Beijing, Pingjiang Mansion and Jiankang Mansion and other places. Here is his Lutian as the general of Qiannan. After his term of office ends, these lutians will not belong to him anymore. .

Although he is a superior county king, the position of Qiannan General is only second rank, so Lutian is also a second rank.

But there are also a lot of salary fields for second-rank officials.

But Xiaoting stood in the field, but his face turned green with anger, pointing at the Zhizhou who came to measure, he was so angry that he couldn't speak, "This is our prince's Lutian? Just a little bit of land, plus three broken hills? "

Xu Zhi was also very angry, but he had to bow his head and said: "Juzhou is poor, with many mountains and little land. The land is given according to the standards of various places. Because the imperial court has not set a new salary, this standard is still copied. In the previous dynasty, General Qi was the second rank, so he really deserved this."

"Fart, our lord is the current brother, the lord of Daqi. Does this land look like a hundred acres? It's all sandy land. You can see that the stones inside are almost as big as a head. Look at the three What are we going to do with a mountain full of dense trees?"

Xu Zhi was so angry that his face turned blue. Now he understood what a Diao Nu was, and Mu Yangling had seen what a Diao Nu was. She got off the carriage.

Xiao Ting immediately went up to him, and complained aggrievedly, "Princess, they bullied our lord to come from other places, and they just use this kind of stupidity to fool us."

Xu Zhi's face was not angry, and the hands under the sleeves were clenched into fists. Obviously, he was extremely angry. Mu Yangling stood on the ground and glanced at him, then looked away to look at the lutian.

Xiaoting glanced at Xu Zhi proudly.

Lichun and Liqiu gave him a sympathetic look, Xiaoting didn't understand Wangfei's character, so he acted too much.

Mu Yangling walked down to the field, knelt down and pinched the soil. The soil was gray, probably because it had rained a few days ago, and it fell apart after pinching.

The position where she stands is quite mysterious, her family's Lutian is under her feet, the carriage is on the road, and the other side is someone else's Lutian. , obviously belonging to different families.

Moreover, the yellow soil occupies more than half of the land over there, and there is only a little gray soil, while this side is just the opposite. Not only are they connected together, but there is also very little yellow soil, which only accounts for a quarter of the land by visual inspection. It is also a distribution of east and west.

Mu Yangling turned his head and asked Xu Zhi, "Is Lutian over there?"

Xu Zhi suppressed his anger, nodded and said, "Yes."

"Whose family do they all belong to?"

Xu Zhi thought that she still wanted to occupy those lands, and said with an unhappy face: "All the officials of the state government are among them, including the magistrate who has not taken office."