Chapter 954 [953] Poison Doctor Wushuang 14 (four thousand)

Shengshui Villa covers an area of ​​more than 10,000 acres, and tens of thousands of people live on it. In addition to medicinal fields, they also grow food. In addition to being self-sufficient every year, they can also store and hand over taxed food. Not only does Shengchao do this,

It is so prosperous, and the other three countries are not bad, so their money is definitely not just talk.

Even in difficult times, they had no shortage of food and vegetables. After all, it was the houses that collapsed, not the fields. Although there was damage, it rained a lot during that period and the production was reduced a lot. But after the weather stabilized, there was still hope.

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Jiang Xue and Dong Yao were divided into a room, which was a temporary shed, and the people living next to it were all tribesmen. Because there were not many intact houses, and they were worried about aftershocks, even high-level managers like Shui Yixuan

, like everyone else, they live in sheds on open land, and the sheds are all made of wood. It’s okay in this season, but in winter, I’m afraid it will be very cold. After all, the Holy Land is a country with four distinct seasons, and the winter here can reach

below zero.

Usually everyone cooks together, and whoever has a good relationship with whom will discuss it and start a fire together. As for Jiang Xue, it was Wang Yongqiang and Zhang Yonggang who came over shamelessly to share the meal, and later developed into Shui Yixuan, Mu Hui

Wait for the fifth of the five Twelve Wood members who have dealt with her to come over and join in.

Anyway, if a sheep is being herded, a group of sheep is also being herded, so Jiang Xue asked them to prepare two large iron pots for her to make a big pot of rice and stew it randomly.

Because the ingredients are variable, the taste of the dishes is also different. In addition, Jiang Xue often supplements the vegetables with vegetables in the space. Although the supply of meat, poultry and eggs is somewhat insufficient, their family cannot lack it.

Young Master, Jiang Xue made many good things for them in various ways even though there was no shortage of ingredients.

Every day when cooking, there are people watching, learning from Jiang Xue's skills, and Jiang Xue also lets them watch, and will talk about it when she encounters someone who doesn't understand, but no one can make her taste. This is not what she can do.

It’s up to you, you’ve handed in everything you need to pay. Whether you succeed in learning or not really depends on your own destiny.

So she temporarily settled down in Shengshui Villa, giving lectures and cooking during the day. Unlike the young master of the Shui family, she had to go out of the village from time to time to inspect shops in various places and deal with some official relationships. Because

In addition, she also has a thorough understanding of the outside situation.

First of all, it is not an exaggeration to say that the people of the Holy Dynasty are living in dire straits. Construction is going on everywhere. They don’t want to think that in the era of Tangyuan, it is difficult for one side to support you from all sides. Moreover, the sea, land and air set out at the same time. Who will support you here? Don’t take the opportunity to add insult to injury.

No

Wrong. Not to mention that the wonderful Four Kingdoms Festival was ruined. The whole Holy Dynasty was full of collapsed houses. There were many people who had no food to eat. How could we work if we had no strength? If we didn’t work, where would we have the spare money to buy things?

Food? This has become a dead link in the cycle of cause and effect.

Famines naturally arise. There are no crops in the fields. There are crops but there are many refugees. They rob them before they are ripe. They were full at the time, but what happens afterward? Are you dumbfounded?

Many people have died, whole families have been wiped out, the food has been exhausted, and farming has become a troublesome problem. Whose land should be planted? If the government does not act, it will be chaos!

Shengshui Villa doesn't care about the government affairs. Anyway, they are here to find people to help build houses and pay wages. The workers have free porridge to drink. The so-called porridge is not much rice, and most of it is bran. Because of this,

Shengshui Villa was also reported to the court by some people with ulterior motives, saying that they were using bran to fool the people.

Shui Yixuan was called in front of the emperor. Faced with the harsh criticism from the officials, he only felt funny.

"You still have the nerve to accuse our Shengshui Villa? What about you, where are the disaster relief grains distributed by the court? If your grain distribution is in place, will the common people go to the fields to snatch immature grains? You still say that I use bran? I use

bran

At least some rice and flour are added to it, what about you? You officials are even more disgusting than me. Even if you add fodder, it is just for feeding animals! After all, I am just a commoner, and I am not an official.

Such a big responsibility and obligation.”

"But it has become a habit of our Shengshui Villa to help poor people all year round. So this time, on the surface, we are building houses and recruiting long-term workers to come and work for us. In fact, there are many old people and children among the people who come every day. You think I

Do you want to force them to work for me? I must turn a blind eye.

Just close one eye and fool around with it. The victims are pitiful, but no matter how pitiful they are, they can't wait for pie to fall from the sky, right? No matter how much work you do and how much food you eat, if you have to eat, what will you do with the quality of the food? Do you want to starve to death?

Minimum standard: During the previous famines, grass roots and tree barks were eaten, so what happened to the bran?"

The official was so angry that he was shaking all over, "Don't you feel ashamed for saying this?"

"Ashamed? Why should I feel ashamed? Shouldn't it be your responsibility and obligation to help the victims? When did it become the responsibility of us ordinary people?"

"Are you a common person? Your Holy Water Villa covers four countries, and you have a lot of money and food. You,"

Before they could finish speaking, Shui Yixuan laughed: "So? So we deserve to be taken advantage of? Every year we pay so much tax, money, taxes and food, where does it go? We pay what we should pay, and the rest

Whatever we earn is what we deserve. The tax burden is already heavy, but we also have to support thousands of people.

Thousands of people eat and drink with our holy water. I can’t ignore what’s at home and worry about what’s outside, right? Besides, if the sky falls, you should be the one to hold it up, because what you eat and drink are all

We pay taxes, but does it have anything to do with me whether there is money in the treasury, whether it is empty or not?"

The ability of the Shui tribe to grow stronger and dare to challenge the emperor is due to the efforts of three generations. Shui Yuntian's medicine and poison are unparalleled in the world, Shui Wuhen's martial arts are superb, he may be the next martial arts overlord, and Shui Yixuan is even more outstanding.

, business is blooming everywhere in the four countries, and now the Holy Dynasty is begging them to take root in the Holy Dynasty, but it is not that they want to stay here. If you don’t stay here, you will have to stay there. How can you be afraid of you, a mere Holy Dynasty?

What's more, the current Holy Dynasty is simply a piece of meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered at any time. These officials are still here to question him?

"So, not only do we not feel ashamed, we also feel relieved!"

"You, you guys," the Prime Minister was so angry that he was about to vomit blood. The officials on the side quickly supported him and asked Shui Yixuan with a dark face: "Why do you say that?"

"It's very simple. One pound of rations can be exchanged for three pounds of bran. This means that the food that could originally save one person can now save three people."

The official was furious: "But bran is for livestock, not for humans!"

Shui Yixuan sneered, looking at them with eyes full of contempt: "Humans? Are the current disaster victims still considered human beings?"

"Don't look at me so excitedly. I'm not scolding them, nor am I heartless. I'm just asking you, can people who are about to starve to death still be called human beings?"

"To put it harshly, they are beasts. As long as they can survive, there is no need for bran or fodder. Those are good things. You can eat grass roots, tree bark, and soil. You officials and scholars will only stay in this rich family.

In the courtyard, holding the book of sages

, do some armchair work. Have you ever seen the situation where all the grass roots and bark of trees in the Qianli Plain have been eaten away? I came from the disaster area, and I have even participated in many disaster relief operations. Among the people standing here,

, who can do more than me?”

"You have never been to the disaster area, so naturally you don't know how pitiful the people are. I also understand from this that no matter how much food the court distributes for disaster relief, it will never be enough. If we don't try to work around it, what you will see in the disaster area will

They are not victims of the disaster, but bones, bones!”

Shui Yixuan's words silenced the people in power. They didn't even dare to say that if the food and salary for disaster relief were not enough, they could ask the court for it!

Not only did they dare not say it, but even the emperor could not tell it, because only those in high positions knew and understood how empty the treasury was.

Even the three meals a day for the emperor and his relatives have to be reduced again and again. How can ordinary people like you ask for white rice and white noodles?

The old prime minister held his breath, always trying to find something to excuse the court.

"Even though the current treasury is an empty shell, the imperial court still distributed food relief funds!"

Shui Yixuan took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Then have you read their account books? You know that officials of all sizes are embezzling these grain funds!"

The old prime minister was indeed an official for his entire life. He had already seen through some things and considered them to be the norm. He even dared to say them in front of the old emperor.

"To save the people, save the officials first. If the officials can't survive, how can we save the people? Don't say I can understand these problems, everyone present is well aware of them!"

Even though Shui Yixuan thought their words were ridiculous, he had to admit that the old prime minister did see clearly. He dared to say these things in front of the emperor. It was enough to show that the old emperor also understood very well in his heart. People are divided into three and six.

Ninth class, as long as people living at the bottom are alive, does it matter what they eat?

After all, whoever distributes disaster relief food to them has the right to touch it. After all, only after feeding them can they be willing to work hard for the people above and give some to the victims below.

When talking about this, Jiang Xue not only did not think Shui Yixuan was cold, heartless, or cruel, but felt that he was the one who understood best.

She remembered that He Shen had said similar words and things in the TV series, and even asked Ji Xiaolan about it.

"How do you write the word "official"? There are two mouths, the upper mouth and the lower mouth. You have to feed the upper mouth first before you can feed the lower mouth. How many honest officials have there been throughout the ages? How many corrupt officials have there been?"

Honest officials are as rare as feathers, and corrupt officials are like the sand of the Yellow River. During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, many harsh penalties were used to punish corrupt officials, but were corrupt officials finally stopped? No, because it cannot be cured at all, and it cannot be cured completely!

So sometimes there is a huge difference between ideal and reality. From this point of view, Jiang Xue sides with Shui Yixuan. She even feels that Shui Yixuan is the one who has really experienced hardship since childhood.

"You...have suffered a lot since childhood, right?"

When Jiang Xue tentatively asked this question, Mr. Runyu smiled and said, "Did you see it?"

"The dignified young village owner of the Shui Tribe can have such deep-rooted folk experience. Officialdom, shopping malls, and people's hearts seem to have formed a fixed triangle in front of you, each of which is indispensable. I am very curious about the village owner and his wife.

, how did you train yourself?"

Mr. Runyu glanced at her indifferently, "If you were thrown to work in this village since you were a child, and you followed the shopkeeper around at a young age, you would be able to achieve the level I am now. People believe that

Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Over the years, I have traveled all over the four countries. Although I haven’t read many books, I don’t think I know less than others. So sometimes you have to believe and change the road.

, you can also achieve something.”

"You mean, they never thought about letting you become an official?"

Runyu sighed and asked Jiang Xue with some regret.

"For someone as capable as me, if I take the imperial examination, I might not be doing any worse than I am now, right?"

"Scientists, farmers, merchants, merchants are at the bottom. Have you ever felt inferior because of your status?"

Runyu shook his head, "Never. When you talk about warriors, farmers, industry and commerce, you should add martial arts, warriors, farmers, industry and commerce at the front. Although our Shengshui Villa is a businessman, we are also the supreme martial arts master and the best village in the world. Based on this, who dares to

Underestimating? Inferiority is based on ability. I have ability, so how can I feel inferior? Besides, my parents never taught me anything about inferiority!"

From this point of view, the three views of the two people are quite consistent.

Autumn soon turns to winter, and not only are the victims suffering, but even the Shengshui Villa is shivering with cold.

Because time is tight and the tasks are heavy, I only focus on repairing the house, and there is no time to build an adobe house and adobe kang, so the cold winter is inevitable.

Those who practice martial arts are better off. People like Jiang Xue who have no internal strength can only rely on thickening cotton clothes to keep themselves warm.

Ever since that time Shui Yixuan challenged the court, no one dared to comment on what he did in the future. He let go and started to work. He not only allowed the victims to support themselves, but also gave them the opportunity to work and provide them with food.

, while not going hungry, it also gives them the opportunity to get wages and use the money they have saved to recreate their homes.

Because of the shortage of food in the Holy Dynasty, he even spared no effort to bring back the food from the other three countries. As a result, he was boycotted by the three countries for the first time. They not only banned the ships and carriages of Shengshui Villa from leaving the country, but also prohibited other merchants from taking advantage of the opportunity.

Transferring food to the Holy Land, even if some people want to earn a high price difference, is not allowed.

In their own words, we may not take the opportunity to attack your country, but we will never allow any possibility of supporting them.
Chapter completed!