The old patriarch of the Yun clan died in the earthquake, and his eldest son, the Yun patriarch of Chang'an Academy, learned the news, rushed from Chang'an to Tianshui City, and was seriously ill, feeling that he had no energy to manage the affairs of the academy and the clan at the same time, so he passed the position of patriarch to the eldest son, that is, Yun Feiyue's biological father Yun Zhen.

In terms of seniority, Yun Zhen is the nephew of Wang Yanyu's grandmother Yun's relatives.

Yun Zhen's personality is completely different from the conservative of his grandfather, the old patriarch, and he is a more aggressive person, who has proposed many innovative measures, but most of them have not been implemented.

Now that Yun Zhen has become the patriarch of the Yun clan at the most difficult time, people's hearts are unstable, and the branch has caused such a big disaster, so what about innovation, the first thing is to keep the branch.

As soon as Yun Zhen took his clansmen to Jincheng, he first went to see Wang Haoran.

In the middle of the night, the palace of Jincheng City was brightly lit.

In the hall, Wang Haoran didn't wait for Yun Zhen and the others to explain their intentions, so he said: "Yun Eighteen of the branch poked out such a big basket this time, touching the bottom line of the prince and the princess. and ye have dismissed the desire to protect him. ”

Yun 18 designed to frame Yumen Changshi, Li Yunxiao, He Jingyan and the Li family in Yumen, and the twists and turns of Guò Yumen Changshi spread in the court, and the civil and military officials were in an uproar, but they didn't expect that such a stupid person who was not self-sufficient would dare to go against Li Bing and He Jingyan openly.

He Dong heard that the quasi-concubine of the favorite eighth princess was almost killed, and in a fit of rage, he ordered Yun Eighteen Ling Chi to be executed, and the Yun clan branch was at the disposal of He Jingyan.

Yun Zhen frowned and said: "Yun Eighteen did something that violated the rules of the court, and it is not a pity to die." It's just that our branch of the people are implicated by him, how innocent are they? ”

"All dynasties and dynasties have committed serious crimes, and they are all sitting together!" Wang Haoran shook his head and said: "When King Yan first arrived in Longdi, he greeted your family and issued a list for you to clean up internally, and you ignored it. King Yan only killed four people on the list to set an example, which was already magnanimous. Whoever comes to intercede this time, King Yan will not let go of the people of the branch. ”

At that time, He Jingyan saw the old patriarch of the Yun clan who had not died, but it was not Yun Zhen. If it was Yun Zhen, how could he ignore it.

Yun Zhen said excitedly: "Our family has suffered a natural disaster, and the people of the branch have tried their best to help, and at this time the branch is in trouble, if we don't care, we will not be happy in our conscience." ”

Wang Haoran asked: "Compare your heart to your heart, if there is an enemy lurking in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to bite you, will you cut the enemy to the roots, or will you leave the enemy without killing?" ”

Yun Zhen hurriedly said: "King Yan has a heavy army, and the strength of our branch is far inferior to King Yan, and we are not qualified to be his enemy." ”

Wang Haoran shook his head and said: "Don't forget that the branch has money, and money can make ghosts grind." ”

Yun Zhen was stunned. He knew that the amount of wealth possessed by the branch was huge, and just Yun Eighteen could use hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Wang Haoran said in a low voice: "Fortunately, the branch raised those martial arts masters and went to Tianshui to protect their family's property from being robbed by the victims. Otherwise, Yun 18 ordered these martial arts masters to kill Li Shizi, which would confirm the Yun clan's murder of the emperor's relatives and court officials. Not only branches, but even your own family has to cut off a layer of skin. ”

The nine members of the Yun Clan all had heavy faces, and they scolded Yun Eighteen again in their hearts.

Yun Zhen originally wanted to pull Wang Haoran to intercede with him, but when he saw this situation, he knew that what he got was also refused, so he didn't make it difficult for him.

As for Li Jingjing's best friend's Wang Yanyu, the Yun clan thought about marrying her to the Yun clan back then, and the Yun clan began to agree, but later heard that Wang Yanyu had a bad temperament to refuse, Wang Yanyu was so arrogant, and after learning about it, he would never be a member of the Yun clan again.

Yun Zhen had no face to beg Wang Yanyu to help the people of the branch speak.

The Yun clan's own family left the palace and went to the branch Zhuangzi.

They saw the Tiger Benjun patrolling at night outside the sealed village, and there was no way to go in to see the situation inside, so they went to the cell to visit the prison, but they were not troubled, and went directly to meet several elders of the branch.

Yun Zhen saw that their faces were already pale, as if they were about to lose their breath, and knew that they were frightened, so he asked in a deep voice: "A few uncles and grandfathers, now that the matter is over, you will make a decision, whether to protect people or money?" ”

"To keep the money, you have to have a life to enjoy it."

"I've lived a long time, but my children and grandchildren haven't lived enough."

"I'm the guarantor."

Several elders didn't regret it until all the people in the branch entered the cell, and every day they heard that a prisoner was dragged out and beheaded in the downtown area, and they regretted that they shouldn't have done it against He Jingyan in the first place.

When has the rich fought over the powerful? No matter how rich the Yun clan branch is, it can't fight He Jingyan, who has heavy troops.

The purpose of Yun Zhen's trip was to protect people, and without bothering to speak, he got the consent of the branch elders, so he left the cell and went to his family's house in Jincheng to rest.

The next morning, Yun Zhen sent someone to hand over the invitation to King Yan's mansion, and then got the consent, and took the people to meet He Jingyan with an indifferent expression.

After Yun Zhen and the others were very sincere in their tribute to He Jingyan, they proposed to donate all the property of the branch to atone for their crimes.

He Jingyan said coldly: "Yun Eighteen's immediate family members were exiled for three thousand miles. No one from your clan branch is allowed to enter the King's fiefdom. This time, your family has protected them with their reputation, and if they commit another offense next time, this king can deal with their own family and branches! ”

Yun Zhen left the Yanwang Mansion with a calm face, and Lu Daoming took He Jingyan's token and took it to the cell to lead out the more than 300 people in the branch.

Yun Eighteen has been executed at Ling Chi. His biological mother, brothers, family, wife and children were all left in the cell and could not be released.

"The prince has an order not to let you appear in Longbei. You will go back to Tianshui with me. Yun Zhen looked at the familiar faces, and sighed in his heart, fortunately, he saved the person, otherwise this Yun Eighteen and Eighteen Layers of Hell would not be enough to offset the sin.

After this catastrophe, the people of the branch found that their wealth was so vulnerable under the powerful power.

Fortunately, the people of the family did not give up on them, and brought them all back to Tianshui, and gave them two million taels of silver, shops, and fields, and let them leave Longdi to settle down in Shaanxi Province.

Yun Eighteen's fate sounded the alarm for several other people in the branch, and under the suppression of the other party's powerful forces, they could only bury their hatred deep in their hearts.

He Jingyan sent someone to make an account book of the real estate and wealth of the Yun clan branch, and after discussing with Li Jingjing, he gave fifty percent to Li Yunxiao to suppress the shock, and the remaining fifty percent was used to build a fief.

Li Yunxiao got a silver ticket of more than eight million taels of silver, as well as some house deeds, shops, land deeds, antiques and other things, and while shocking that the Yun clan branch had so much wealth, he shook his head and said: "Sister, brother-in-law, this is unacceptable, I haven't done anything, and I can't accept such a large amount of wealth." Take it all away. ”

He Jingyan, Li Jingjing and Li Yunxiao gave in a few times, and finally recovered seven million taels of silver tickets.

Li Yunxiao felt heavy when he held the envelope containing more than one million taels of silver tickets, and said, "I deserve all this. Why don't I donate this money to you to build a school? ”

Li Jingjing instructed: "You take it well." In the future, when you get married to Jue Niang, you will have to open a house alone. ”

"You came to Jincheng with me, and watched me renovate the original capital governor's mansion into a royal mansion, but it took 30,000 taels of silver to renovate it into the current state, barely like a royal mansion." He Jingyan said earnestly: "If you build a mansion like this in Chang'an City Mansion, you will have to pay 200,000 taels of silver!" ”

Li Yunxiao was moved by his sister and brother-in-law to think about him so much, and still said: "I partnered with my little uncle and prince in Chang'an to do Zhuangzi's business, and I earned a lot every month. ”

"How many years do you have to save up to have that much money?" Li Jingjing has the best relationship with several brothers and younger brothers, and Li Yunxiao is the best for him this time.

He Jingyan smiled and said: "Second brother, you take this money back to Chang'an for scientific research, and by the way, you will set up the house for the wedding, if the emperor's uncle gives you the Hou Ye Mansion in the future, this newly bought house will be regarded as a courtyard." ”

Li Yunxiao accepted it.

Li Jingjing took out three lists, which listed gifts for her mother's family, in-laws, relatives and friends, and asked Li Yunxiao to take them back to Chang'an.

She has been in the fiefdom for more than a month, and what she brought back is some Jincheng specialties, which are light and affectionate, representing the longing for relatives and friends.

In the past, He Jingyan had to take care of such things personally, but now with Li Jingjing, he doesn't have to worry about it.

In mid-June, Li Yunxiao, Niu Haoxing, Hong Zhiyuan, Dong Qi Young Master, Di Yumin and others set off from Jincheng and embarked on the official road to Chang'an.

At this time, the people of the fiefdom began to harvest winter wheat, and half a month later, the yield was reported, because this year's mild drought was better than last year's moderate drought, and the wheat yield averaged more than 160 catties per mu.

He Jingyan took the total value of wheat production and the number of people reported by each county compiled by Qin Er, frowned, and said: "There are more than 920,000 people in the fiefdom, and all the harvested winter wheat harvest plus the relief grain from the imperial court is still short of 5.7 million catties of grain. ”

"Lord Wang, the soil here is yellow and not fertile, and the yield of wheat is not as high as that of rice." Qin Er said with a bitter face: "The lower officials went down to the village to talk to the people, and they said that God was kind this year, and they didn't let them work hard in vain. ”

He Jingyan thought of the new more than 10,000 disaster victims and the Huben Army who dragged their families and mouths, this is a population of 50,000, and they have to open their mouths to eat every day.

He thought of the silver money he had just collected from the Yun Clan branch, and now he could only store grain in advance and distribute it until the people had no food to eat, but in the entire seven cities of the fiefdom, it was not a long-term solution to buy food to eat.

He now realized what kind of mood He Dong said when he opened his eyes every day, he had to think about what kind of mood it was for tens of millions of people to open their mouths and hungry stomachs.

He can also understand He Dong's difficulties and why he is so stingy everywhere.

Qin Er asked: "Lord Wang, this year, the Tianshui disaster, Henan Province, and Jiangnan floods, do you want to go to the south now to buy some food?" ”

He Jingyan immediately arranged for officials to go to Luoyang to find the Murong family to buy food, but with more than 10,000 taels of silver, he had to find Li Jingjing.

"Lady, the food in the fiefdom is not enough to eat, so I am going to use 300,000 taels of silver to entrust the Murong family to store the grain, and distribute it to the people in winter."

Li Jingjing was looking through the account books that recorded the population and fields of each village, and looked up to see He Jingyan's eyebrows and eyes were more worried than before, and said softly: "Husband, you sit down and eat some chrysanthemum tea first, and I will tell you about farming." ”

Chrysanthemum tea clears the fire and brightens the eyes and nourishes the liver. The chrysanthemum tea used by Li Jingjing is not made from ordinary wild chrysanthemums in the countryside, but made from the spirit chrysanthemums of the Four Seasons Manor, and the medicinal effect is excellent.

The number of spirit chrysanthemums planted in Four Seasons Manor is limited, and the spirit chrysanthemums made by Li Jingjing are only for her own family to eat.

Now it is summer, Jincheng is strong in the wind and sand, and people are particularly prone to fire, He Jingyan is worried about the political affairs of the fiefdom, and a few days ago he was so angry that he was assassinated by Yun Eighteen Li Yunxiao, and his body was angry.

Li Jingjing removed dinner and let the kitchen boil mung bean soup, and as long as she saw He Jingyan during the day, she would make him chrysanthemum tea to drink.

He Jingyan sat down to taste the chrysanthemum tea with a light fragrance and a slightly sweet taste, and looked at his beloved wife's gentle face with a light smile, and his mind gradually calmed down.

These days he is so busy that he can't touch the ground, and he comes back too late in the evening, and even the matter has been reduced, which is not at all the life that newlyweds should live.

He thought of this, his eyes apologetic.

"When I was in Qujia Village, the people in the village planted two crops of rice and one season of radishes in the fields every year, so that in addition to paying the field tax and the family's food rations, they could also get richer and sell some money." Li Jingjing shook He Jingyan's hand and said, "The villagers of our fiefdom farm the land, and only plant one season of winter wheat every year. ”

"The fields of the fiefdom are barren, and it rains all the time, so you can't grow two crops of grain." He Jingyan stayed in the temple and Taoist temple when he was a child, and knew what kind of grain and vegetables the tenant farmers cultivated in the field every year, and also knew that the fields could not be planted frequently, and they needed to be fertilized and cared for every year.

"You can't grow food, you can grow beans for a season." Li Jingjing blinked with big eyes and said, "Beans can be used as staple food." ”

He Jingyan patted his beloved wife's hand, shook his head and said: "If you plant beans and the land loses its fertilizer, and you plant wheat in winter, there will be less wheat harvested next summer." ”

"I soaked the bean seeds in the spring spirit water of the medicine house, and put them in the sandy soil to sprout and grow leaves and bloom, not to mention the serious field where wheat can be planted." Li Jingjing stood up as she spoke, pulled He Jingyan outside, and said, "You go to the back garden with me to have a look, and you will know." ”

Soon, in a remote corner of the back garden full of colorful and exotic flowers and plants, He Jingyan saw beans growing in a two-square-meter piece of sandy soil mixed with half of the soil.

The green stems and foliage are luxuriant, and some of the beans have produced small white flowers, just as they do in fertile soil.

Li Jingjing deliberately said: "I just asked my subordinates to water some water when they planted beans, and I haven't taken care of it since." ”

He Jingyan asked, "The water has not been poured again?" ”

"Nope." Li Jingjing looked up at He Jingyan and said, "This bean is as easy to live as the potato last time, and it is not greedy for fertilizer." ”

He Jingyan's eyes were bright, he squatted down to look at the beans carefully, and said in thought: "Last time we asked farmers to plant potatoes, the land used was not a serious field, but this time we want to use a serious field, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the farmers." ”

"I ordered the peasants to plant the beans issued by the government as seeds in the fields, and half of the beans produced by the autumn harvest will be collected by the government on my beans, and I will give two copper plates for each catty of beans." Li Jingjing saw He Jingyan get up and listened attentively, and said slowly: "I consulted more than a dozen farmers on the outskirts of Jincheng, and they all said that as long as the government is willing to spend silver money to recycle half of the beans, everyone will rush to buy a variety of beans in one season. ”

He Jingyan looked anxious and asked, "The lady received the beans but then sent them back to the people as food?" ”

"How could I make a loss-making deal?" Li Jingjing shook her head and chuckled, her face was charming and moving, and she said, "I use beans to squeeze soybean oil and sell it in the fiefdom cities." ”

He Jingyan's eyes were a little unbearable, and he said softly: "Lady, do you know that one stone of beans only produces nine catties of soybean oil." A pound of soybean oil is thirty wen. One stone of beans is 400 copper plates, and soybean oil is 9 catties and 270 wen. ”

Li Jingjing put on a deferential expression.

He Jingyan sighed and said: "Every time you use a stone of beans to squeeze out soybean oil, you will have to lose one hundred and thirty yuan, not counting the labor costs, which adds up to a lot, and it is also a lot of money." This is more than giving it to the people for nothing. How can a husband make you fill so much money for the peasants of the fiefdom? ”

Li Jingjing said with a smile: "It seems that my husband has put a lot of effort into farming, and he even knows very well how much oil is produced from beans and how much a pound of soybean oil is." ”

He Jingyan saw that her face was calm, so he said: "Does the lady have a clever plan?" Let's talk about it and let the husband hear if it's feasible. ”

Li Jingjing said in a low voice: "What you said is the amount of oil produced by ordinary beans." The oil yield of the beans that have been soaked in the spring spirit water is three times that of ordinary beans. ”

He Jingyan was overjoyed and said with a smile: "That's great." ”

Li Jingjing saw that He Jingyan's brows finally relaxed, and her heart rejoiced, and said: "Also, I have arranged for someone to transform the oil press, and it won't be long before a new oil press will come out, and then I will build a big oil workshop on the outskirts of the seven cities of the fiefdom to press soybean oil!" ”

It's a win-win. The peasants of the fiefdom will not suffer from her.

This year, she asked the farmers in the fiefdom to grow pure beans to ensure that a part of the rations was provided, and when the farmers tasted the sweetness, their trust in her would increase a lot, and next year she would let them remove the beans and plant the plants with the highest oil yield -- sesame seeds and rape.

He Jingyan hugged Li Jingjing's fragrant shoulders and said softly: "The sun is too hot here. Let's go, the lady and her husband went back to the room to talk about this important event. ”

Everything is difficult at the beginning, He Jingyan not only wants to do such a big thing, but also wants to give Li Jingjing a good reputation, which requires a lot of effort and all the details are considered.

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