As for the funds for the suppression of bandits, Xiaolong did not use all of them for the project, he divided this large sum of silver into five points.

One copy is kept in the immovable fund for emergency purposes; one for road repair; a copy for the construction of the school building and the expenses for the husband and the provision of the students; one as a fund for water conservancy; One as a start-up fund for land reclamation.

Some people may ask, this money is planned, if the emperor agrees to open an account in the city, where will the construction fund come from? Hi! You don't have to worry about this, of course the money will be given by the household department, after all, when the household market is opened, the biggest benefit is the imperial court and the household department.

He used part of the money to make hundreds of sets of farming tools from the start-up fund used for land reclamation, and these farm tools, together with the injured horses of the people in the western Xinjiang captured by his brother, were rented to local or foreign people free of charge, and specially used for reclamation and planting wasteland.

Because all kinds of projects and land reclamation are carried out at the same time, it seems that there is little available labor. The prefect of Wang pondered how to attract more strong laborers to this side, even if it was the same as so many migrants who came from spring and winter in the north.

After thinking about it for more than ten days, I finally came up with a good trick. Let those magistrates who came out of the Wang Family School work as magistrates and magistrates in various localities to help recruit some laborers from poor families in the local area. The treatment is: three full meals a day, 500 yuan of silver per month, and only four hours of work a day. A few boys were specially assigned here to register and respond in person. lest they be taken advantage of by some local misbehaving towns, village chiefs or small officials.

Xiaolong was busy with the official affairs in the mansion, and his sister-in-law, brother, and three nephews in the mansion were very busy with his marriage.

First of all, the renovation of the bathroom and toilet in each room. It's not just Erya who is busy. Xiaohu also came back from the wasteland in Qujiaao, because the craftsmen invited were men after all, although the children could help them. But many things, including the installation of the flush toilet, the installation of the wash basin, and the construction of the cauldron stove in the bathroom, these three children do not understand, and they still need to know how to guide and supervise Xiaohu in the back.

toilets and baths in the main courtyard for the maids; Bathroom and toilet for the master bedroom; men's toilet and men's bathhouse in the front yard, women's toilet and women's bathhouse in the backyard; the bathroom and toilet in the three children's quarters; as well as the bathing rooms and toilets of several gentlemen's residences. After the renovation of these major projects is completed, other small things can be done quickly and effortlessly.

At this time, the Confucian family in the capital had already begun to prepare the dowry and the bride to set off to Lanzhou.

It is said that in the future, there is a house in Xiaolong, and it is the best arrangement to put the dowry in that house, and then the bride will make a carriage to go to Lanzhou. But Mrs. Kong Liu, who wanted a dowry, followed the bride.

I was afraid that the road would be closed by heavy snow, so I walked early. On the way, the maid who accompanied Ah Jing to sit in the carriage touched here and there for a while. He kept saying, "The backrest is so soft!" Isn't it stuffed with cotton?! Ah. What is this seat made of? It can still bounce! ”

The other servant looked at the solid partition blocking the driver's cab in front of him, and reached out to open a small door in the middle, and inside the door was a small stove with a kettle on it. Surprised, he exclaimed, "Ah! Miss, look. Can you still boil water in this car? ”

Ah Jing has long seen the functions of this car clearly, and she has learned how to use it. Seeing the maid very surprised to tell her about the kettle, he calmly replied: "There is a small stove in this car, which can not only boil water but also keep warm, and you don't have to worry about freezing on the way." ”

Another servant took out the game of Go again: "Look! We can still play chess! ”

He took out another set of tea sets: "We can still drink tea in the car!" ”

Ah Jing saw that she seemed to want to take out all the things in the small cabinet, so she stopped: "This countertop is so small, how can you put it when you take out all the things?" Put away everything that should be collected! ”

"Yes! Miss! ”

As the three maidservants who have been married to the past. They are very happy to talk to their girls, and they don't have the sadness of going to the west to suffer.

Originally, they had to get married before they could marry with the young lady. It's just that because of Sister Jing's troubles in the house, Mrs. Kong Liu didn't dare to hurry to find relatives for these maids in the house for a while, for fear that she would accidentally run into someone who was related to her aunt. Mrs. Kong Liu means that she wants the Wang family to arrange family affairs for these maids, so that she can be more loyal to the Wang family in the future.

As early as the young lady decided on the family affair, they knew from the maids left by the fourth lady that they could not become the people in the aunt's room. It was only when I heard that my wife was going to give them all to the servants in the house, and they were born with involuntary sorrow. After that, because of what Miss Shu did, they were also blessed by misfortune and were able to escape the evil life left in the Confucian Mansion. At this time, everyone is excited and brisk, and talking to her own lady is also coquettish.

Ah Jing was of course happy to see them in such a state of mind, no one would like a group of sad-faced dowries to follow!

Although the wedding convoy was dominated by the Kong family, Dahong and Xiangzi still came forward to invite the Tianxia Xingjing Dart Line to escort them. The dart masters in the dart shop like to deal with Erya because she can always bring them money. So, everyone scrambled to escort the dowry procession, and the noisy darts were very annoyed, and finally they caught fifteen people by drawing lots to run this trip. Of course, these fifteen people did not make this trip in vain, and when they returned, the potatoes had already been harvested, and the carriage that Er Ya sent back was full of potatoes. In addition, they were given several ways to make potatoes and specially noted that long sprouts are poisonous and must not be eaten, and let them sell all the production methods and potatoes to the restaurant at a high price, not only to earn some pocket money for these dart masters, but also to advertise their potatoes in the capital in advance.

As soon as the wedding party arrived at the state capital, they were arranged in a temporarily rented compound not far from the prefect's mansion, and they were just waiting for the marriage ceremony to be held as soon as the day arrived. Some relatives and friends who came with the Kong family to carry dowries and send relatives on the same day also stayed here.

After arranging Ah Jing and her party and the dowry, Erya and Xiaohu and Sanzi were busy going to the field to harvest corn. The three boys worked in the fields during this time, and only when Erya and Xiaohu came back to deal with the matter of the Kong family's marriage, did they get the opportunity to come back and rest for two days. Before I stopped, I had to follow my father and mother (uncle and aunt) to work again, and the three depressed ones were about to cry. But I didn't dare not go, because my father and mother (uncle and aunt) said that enduring hardships is the best exercise in life.

Just after the corn is harvested, it is necessary to start drying the corn cob on the hanging pole, and after drying the corn cob, you have to peel the particles. My dear mother! Why is this work endless?

The three boys here are too tired to work and complain bitterly, but the Qu family in Qujiaao over there is full of energy. Men, women, young and old, were filled with joy and joy in their hearts. Previously, because of the mandatory requirements of Quli Town, they had to ask the Wang family for some potato sprouts, and the family planted half of the potatoes, because the homemade fertilizer in the first year was sufficient, and the potatoes grew very well. Compared with the previous planting of red sorghum millet, it is a great harvest. In the spring and summer, the family cut the grass and made fertilizer, and then followed the Wang family to plant some corn, but I didn't expect that this was also much higher than the yield of sorghum millet. With these two things this year, plus some grain harvested from the wasteland, with so much grain, it will not be a problem to eat a full stomach next year.

In addition, this year, I listened to the advice of the lady of the Wang family, and used sorghum poles to make some small east and small west, I originally thought it would be difficult to sell, but I didn't expect that it would be sold clean only in that place in Fucheng, and every family got four or five taels of silver. If there is another bumper harvest of silkworms after a while, then they will be able to have a big fat year.

I have clearly felt that the days are getting better day by day, and my face is full of happy smiles, and my requirements for myself have become higher. The women began to dress neatly, and no matter how busy they were, they would comb their hair neatly and neatly. For children, they no longer let them run around covered in mud and black soil, and will always inadvertently shout loudly to tell them not to get their clothes dirty.

Several people in the drying field were busy drying corn cobs, and next to the Quli Town family was one of his cousins.

"Uncle Lizhen! This year, thanks to your plan, we have harvested so much grain. "In a large drying field in front of Qujiaao Cave, there are rows of corn cobs erected by families. A middle-aged man about forty years old (cousin of Quli Town) stood in front of his corn drying rack, smiling and looking at the plump cobs, and at the same time said loudly to Quli Town, who was hanging corn cobs on the shelf not far away.

Qu Lizhen hung up the skewers, and then said to the man: "You have to be reasonable!" We should all thank the lady of the Wang family, she taught us to make that fertilizer, otherwise I would have persuaded you to plant potatoes and corn together, and there would be no bumper harvest. ”

Although the potatoes and corn are suitable for growing in sandy soil and have high yields, they both have one thing in common, that is, they require a considerable amount of fertilizer. If there is not enough fertilizer to supply, it is really impossible to achieve a good harvest.

Qu Lizhen paused and said: "Also, the Wang family gave us so many potato sprouts and corn seeds, have you ever thought about how to repay others?" ”

The middle-aged man nodded and replied: "My father said that the Wang family likes to drink millet porridge very much, so he gave them some millet harvested this year to cook porridge." ”

There were other people next to them who heard their conversation and shouted, "Brother Lizhen! My family is also the only millet is a good one, and my family also gives millet to the prefect's family. Do you think it's possible? ”

Hearing that they had already thought about how to repay the Wang family, Qu Lizhen was very proud. Our Qu family is a little poor, but the poor have a poor backbone, not the kind of scoundrel who only thinks about eating big households and taking advantage of others for nothing. (To be continued.) )