Chapter 389 Drought
Chapter 389 Li Shimin met those generals in Ganlu Palace. Those generals were his core. Although in normal times, His Majesty would not summon them, nor would he pay too much attention to them.
Those generals who went to court would not speak as long as it was not a military issue, but once something happened, Li Shimin would think of them. They were the pillars of the court, the pillars,
With them here, Li Shimin is not afraid of anything and dares to kill anyone, especially Li Jing, Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and others, Li Shimin is even more courageous, and there is also Fang Xuanling here.
Li Shimin cleans up those aristocratic families as they want, but he doesn't want to kill all the people from those aristocratic families. He needs to take it slowly. If he can make a stable transition, it would be great. If he can't make a stable transition, Li Shimin will not be ruthless.
At this moment, Qin Huaidao, who had just come out of the university, was notified that he didn't have to see His Majesty, but Wang En came to inform him in person.
"Eunuch Wang, what's going on? Why are you going to see me soon and don't go later?" Qin Huaidao was confused. What's going on with Li Shimin?
"Your Majesty is protecting you. Now Your Majesty is discussing pig iron and salt!" Wang En said to Qin Huaidao in a low voice, then pulled Qin Huaidao aside and looked around, but no one noticed this.
"Your Majesty originally wanted to ask if you could get the pig iron out. Later, Duke E of Guo said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to summon you anymore. Duke Hu, be careful during this period. Things are big, don't take things into consideration if you have nothing to do." Wang En then said to Qin Huaidao in a low voice again.
秦怀道一听,马上就对王恩抱拳鞠躬.
"I'll go back first. Duke Hu has a solution, so Your Majesty will be confident. Leave the rest of the matter to Your Majesty." Wang En also replied to Qin Huaidao.
"Okay, thank you Eunuch Wang. If you have time, go out of the palace and go to our mansion to have tea and have dinner." Qin Huaidao said to Eunuch Wang with a smile.
"Well, okay, I'll go back first!" Eunuch Wang clasped his fists to Qin Huaidao and returned the greeting, rode his horse to the palace.
Qin Huaidao also knew about it now. There was probably some big change. Li Shimin had taken action. Thinking of this, Qin Huaidao smiled and shook his head, and went to the village house.
If I don’t go to Chang'an City now, I can’t go to school either. So I’ll go to the village to see. The harvesting of wheat is coming to an end.
On the way, Qin Huaidao saw the farmer dragging wheat to the dim sum workshop.
“见过老爷!”
“老爷好!”
On the road, the farmers saw Qin Huaidao's horse team, and immediately led the cow to the side, gave up the main road, and then stood on the side of the road, bowed to Qin Huaidao and said. Qin Huaidao also strangled the horse rope when he saw them.
"Are you all done with the dim sum workshop?" Qin Huaidao turned over and dismounted and asked the men of the farmhouse.
"No, it will take a few more days. I will ask the young master for blessing. The harvest this year is very good, and it will be 20% or 30% more than in previous years. The mistress is also kind-hearted and said that the price of the grain of his own households is one percent higher than that outside. Now, the young man is dragged over to sell it now, and other farmers do not have such blessings." One of the older men said with a smile at Qin Huaidao.
"Okay, okay, that's great. I think this day will not rain within a few days, so it will be convenient for harvest!" Qin Huaidao looked up at the sky and said.
"Yes, God will give you food and I will also ask the young master for blessings." The farmer said with a smile.
"Okay, go, go early and come back early. It's too hot, so be careful!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile, waving his hands at them,
Soon, Qin Huaidao turned over and headed to the village.
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, look at Duke Hu, many kind people, when they met their own village houses, and even dismounted and greeted them twice." There were other people from Zhuangzi on the road, looking at the people in Qinzhuang with envy and said.
"I said Qin Mazi, you're lucky. If you were in our village, you would probably be a poor man! Not to mention having seven babies, it would be hard to support even a baby!" A man next to him said to the middle-aged man in Qinzhuang in front.
He had no wife in middle age, and he was alone, supporting seven children. He was only 3 years old and the old was only 14 years old. However, now he has his own house in Qinzhuang, and has planted 30 acres of land. He has also opened a lot of Yongye fields in his family and is also planting them.
The key is that he and his sons are both fiefs of the Qin Mansion, and they will be able to directly join the Qin Mansion in the future and have hope.
And now that you have a house and food, you won’t starve those children to death. Besides,
The Qin Mansion also knows that his family is in trouble. During festivals, he will also send some things. The neighbors' houses have high harvests and will also send some clothes to his children. Although they are very tired now, they are not worried that their children will be hungry and freezing. As long as they are hardworking, they can support the whole family.
"Hehe, our master is so good, I cherish us!" the middle-aged man said with a smile, with his expression very proud.
"No matter how bad it is, our master will help you. You can't starve those children!" A man from Qinzhuang also said proudly.
"Yes, the people from Qinzhuang have a good life and have a good master!" People from other villages also said enviously.
"I won't tell you anymore. I still have five or six acres of land yet to be cut. A few kids at home are busy. I'll sell it first!" The middle-aged man in front drove a ox cart as he said.
The farmers in other villages were also envious. Their ox carts were all rushing to use, but in Qinzhuang, there were many cows, and there were many cows in Qinzhuang this year. All the cows in Qinzhuang have been raised by dozens of little cubs and are now raised by the farmers.
Qin Huaidao was riding a horse to the farmhouse. The children were drying wheat at home, staring at the poultry and not eating wheat.
"The master is here, I have seen him!" Some five or six-year-old children, when they saw Qin Huaidao and others, were like adults, and saluted Qin Huaidao.
"Well, okay, be obedient. Be careful of the chickens, ducks and geese. Don't let them eat food, otherwise your father will be beaten!" Qin Huaidao rode on the horse and said to the children with a smile.
"I don't dare to let those beasts eat it, otherwise they would be beaten to death!" A child said with a smile, and Qin Huaidao nodded.
When I arrived in the warehouse of the village, the whole village was apart from the five or six-year-old children, and the seventies and eighties. The rest were all busy in the fields.
Qin Huaidao had just walked along the way and found that these lands were almost cut. Now the farmers are probably cutting them in other lands.
Qin Huaidao continued to inspect other villages and saw how many were left. After meeting farmers, Qin Huaidao would ask them how many were left in the village that had not been cut.
After a round of patrol, it was already noon, it was very hot, and it was still dry. Qin Huaidao went to the places where he opened the land and saw someone drying the peppers. Qin Huaidao told them,
All the peppers have to wait until they grow red before they can be picked, and then they will be dried. Qin Huaidao is reluctant to eat those peppers now and needs to be kept for seeds.
"Master, you are here. You have already dried it here. There are two bags inside. Do you want to send someone to the mansion?" Qin Huaidao here looked at an old man in those places. When he saw Qin Huaidao coming over, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Well, bring them with you later and take them back!" Qin Huaidao nodded, and then went to the sweet potato field.
"Master, don't go, it's too sunny. Master, please stand under the shade of the tree. The little one will report to you, and the little one will go to the ground every day." The old man saw Qin Huaidao going to go to the field and immediately called Qin Huaidao and said.
"Yeah, that's fine!" Qin Huaidao said, and walked to the ground of a big tree. It was a little windy and was quite cool.
"Master, those sweet potatoes are good. The small ones have also opened the soil and looked at it. The big ones are as big as fists, and the small ones are still very small. The latest batch is the size of a thumb, and those potatoes are good. I think it can be collected. It's a big one!" The old man came to Qin Huaidao and asked.
"Well, wait first and let them grow for a while. Anyway, I see that the potato seedlings are still very good. Let them grow longer. This is for planting next year." Qin Huaidao stood there, looking at the distance and said.
"Yes, this thing has a very high yield. I have seen it with a small one. It is dense. If it can be eaten, then one acre of land will probably be enough for the whole family to eat." The old man also spoke.
"That's right, this is for the preparation of the disaster year. Although it is not as delicious as white flour and rice, it can also fill your stomach. It's not bad." Qin Huaidao looked at him and said with a smile. He stood there and watched for a while. He felt good. Qin Huaidao rode his horse and went back.
After all, it's already in a burrow, and the weather is so hot.
When he returned to the mansion, Qin Huaidao went to wash up first and looked in the mirror. Qin Huaidao found that it was really darker. He was outside almost every day during this period.
After lunch, Qin Huaidao went to Wu Mei to look at it, and looked at the two children. After teasing for a while, Qin Huaidao returned to his study to sleep.
In the next seven or eight days, it was sunny every day, and Qin Huaidao also received a report from the housekeeper that the food had been collected. After hearing this, Qin Huaidao was relieved, but he couldn't help but worry. It had been a month of continuous rain, and there were reports of droughts everywhere. Fortunately, the wheat in winter was not planted so quickly, otherwise it would be really troublesome.
At this moment, various news came from the court. Li Shimin was furious yesterday and ordered to investigate 12 officials, all of whom were from the pig iron workshop and the salt workshop.
Because until yesterday, those officials were still unable to hand over enough pig iron and salt as Li Shimin's request. Many officials wrote letters, hoping to open the page and give them more time, but these memorials were all sank to the sea and there was no news.
Chapter completed!