Since Dongye became a vassal to Beili, he had to pay a lot of tribute to Beili at the end of every year. This rule has been going on for decades, and the people of Higashino have long had enough. Especially in recent years, the lower clans and ministers have proposed to unilaterally tear up the treaty of the year, and it is a big deal to fight with Beili Zhen.

But the most objectionable person was none other than their beloved lord.

When the old national teacher heard the news, Ling Che had already left Ling Tian'er and went to the front hall. Only Ling Tian'er, who was still stubbornly kneeling on the ground, was left in the lord's bedroom, and Luo Bu, who was pleading guilty on the side.

Luo Bu saw the old national teacher walking in with a scepter, and hurriedly went over to support him, "National teacher, you came just in time, quickly persuade the little county lord!" I have been kneeling here for most of the day, and I don't know who I am fighting against. ”

"Who else can you talk to, isn't it with herself." The old national teacher walked up to Ling Tian'er and smiled lovingly, "When does the county lord plan to kneel?" The lord of the kingdom is entangled by the ministers of the Privy Council, and he will never return for an hour or two. ”

"An hour or two?" Ling Tian'er raised her head and asked, touching her knee again, "Then, then I'd better get up." ”

"Yes, yes." Rob hurriedly agreed, "Before leaving, the lord didn't say that he wanted the lord to kneel all the time. ”

The military administration of the Higashino Kingdom was run through the Privy Council, and several powerful privy envoys faced the lord and the national teacher, and the court officials. The court officials were roughly divided into three yamen, one was the Wenban Academy, which was responsible for taxation, commerce, and classics, the second was the Prison and Punishment Department, which was responsible for the prison and justice, and the third was the Guard Palace, which was responsible for guarding the safety of the capital and the imperial palace.

Those who have come to see the lord today are the privy envoys in charge of the Wenban Academy. The matter of going north to Li Nagong was most relevant to them. Every year, when the autumn harvest season comes, they start to have headaches.

"There are still a few months until the end of the year, what are those old things in the Privy Council anxious about?"

Ling Tian'er had already stood up, and two other attendants were carrying chairs and sending them over. Ling Tian'er and Luo Bu jointly helped the old national teacher to sit down first, and she sat down on her knees herself.

"What's going on with those people in the Privy Council? The tribute of the twelve counties has not yet been sent to Chihuyi, and they began to shout at this time, isn't this the intention to block their father? ”

Although Ling Tian'er did not participate in the government politics, because she stayed by the side of the lord every day, she knew a lot of things. This is different from her two married sisters, Ling Bi'er and Ling Xian'er don't know much about the affairs of the court as much as she does.

Maybe it was out of preference, or maybe the two daughters were married, Ling Che was a little wary of them, but he didn't care less about the younger daughter openly and secretly.

Of course, Ling Tian'er couldn't notice it, but the old national teacher had a mirror in his heart. Ling Che felt that his youngest daughter was most like what he looked like when he was young, heroic and sassy, and had the prototype of a heroine among women.

"It's going to have to be a few times a year." The old national master knocked the lower end of the scepter, "The little county lord should know how many people in the court are the main battle." They wish that Dongye and Beili would declare war, and Nagong was the best opportunity, and fanning the flames at this time was the easiest to arouse public anger. ”

"I want to fight too." Ling Tian'er Nunu mouthed, "I want to see how powerful they are in Beili, and they dare to be powerful in Dongye for so many years." ”

The old national teacher smiled helplessly and patiently explained: "Who doesn't want to fight? But is the time come? North Lebanon has a vast territory and a national strength that is many times stronger than ours. Once the war began, the people of Higashino had to tighten their belts to prepare food and grass and military pay for us. County Lord, you often go to the folk to play on weekdays, do you think we can tear our faces with Beili? ”

"You can't do it with just a lot of blood." Ling Tian'er sighed and said, "Can't the brains of those main battle factions turn around? ”

"The twelve counties of the east field, plus the old and new capitals. Except for the old capital and Chihuyi, which were controlled by the imperial family, each of the remaining counties was ruled by a large clan account. It seems to be harmonious on the surface, but there are many contradictions on the inside. The old national teacher explained to her in a long and heartfelt manner.

Ling Tian'er became serious and asked suspiciously: "Contradiction? ”

"Danjun is the most remote and the most vast, and they control nearly half of the deep mountains and old forests in Dongye, and most of the Haidongqing, horses, and medicinal materials that they pay tribute to Beili come from, what do you think they will think in their hearts?"

"But the second sister and the second brother-in-law, they should know their father's pain best!"

"It's one thing to understand, it's another thing to have the vital interests of the clan account." The old national teacher coughed a few times, "There are a few other counties that are more bitter and cold, it is cold all year round, and the summer is only a few days, and there are not as many deep mountains and old forests as Dan County." Do you say that the people below are living hard? You still have to pay taxes and tribute, which is no way around. ”

"That's why my father moved the capital to Chihuyi, which is warmer and more suitable for farming."

The old national teacher coughed even more, he got up from his chair, and looked in the direction of the front hall with a heavy heart, "But our harvest this year is not good, very bad. ”

Ling Tian'er also stood up and said in surprise: "The harvest is not good? No way? I saw a lot of ploughed land on the outskirts of Chihu Eup. ”

"Maybe we're not good at farming? Much was ploughed, but this year there was very little ploughed and even less harvested. ”

"How so? I've been running to Daxing Mountain lately, and I see that the harvest of the field in the Sui Imperial Mansion is very good. The ears of rice are particularly full, and there are many rice fruits. Just separated by a mountain, how can the soil be different? If they can do it, we should be able to do it too? ”

Being reminded by Ling Tian'er, the old national teacher Fang remembered that when he went to the Marquis Mansion of Jiansheng, he caught a glimpse of the small crop field behind the Hou Mansion growing very well. At that time, I also felt that this year's harvest on their side of the East Field would not be too bad.

"Maybe they plant less? Easy to care for? I remember they planted rice, right? ”

"It's rice." Ling Tian'er confirmed, "Can I still recognize the rice? ”

"Our Dongye people's diet is mainly corn and wheat, and we eat less rice." The old national teacher thought for a while, "But if the rice survives, let's give it a try next year." ”

The moonlight had already climbed into the sky, and Ling Che had not yet returned to the dormitory. The old national teacher couldn't wait any longer, and sighed: "The little county lord is not waiting here, let's go back and rest first." Wait for the old minister to go to the front hall. ”

Several privy envoys had already left, and Ling Che was the only one sitting in the front hall. The few attendants who were serving on the side did not dare to come forward to disturb them. Ling Che closed his eyes and rubbed his temples on both sides, and the whole person looked very tired.

"I've seen the lord of the country." The old national teacher held the scepter and bowed slightly, and said.

Ling Che slowly raised his eyes and said with a wry smile: "The national teacher doesn't need to be polite, sit." ”

The old national teacher sat down in the seat under him, "It's an old trick again, right?" ”

"Or else?" Ling Che pushed the paperwork in his hand in front of the national teacher, "Every word is heart-wrenching, I, Ling Che, am the timid and afraid person." ”

"Many of them didn't experience the battle back then, and they didn't know how heavy the casualties were. They don't even know how many years it took us to get Higashino back to life. The old national teacher swept the contents of the document and sighed.

"No matter how much trouble they make, this year's tribute will not be less than half a point." Ling Che suddenly remembered his youngest daughter, "Has the national teacher seen Tian'er?" ”

"The little county lord has gone back."

The old national teacher immediately repeated the words of chatting with Ling Tian'er to the lord of the country. Ling Che didn't care much when he heard anything else, but when he heard the harvest of the Marquis of Jiansheng's mansion, his eyes suddenly glowed.

"Is that true?"

"It's the little county lord himself."

"I knew that they were farming because it was a novelty, but I really wanted to see what would happen to them during the autumn harvest. It seems that Sui Yu not only has the advantage of fighting on the battlefield, but also has a lot of research on this cultivation method. ”

"It's just a pity that he's more stubborn than we thought. It's been so long, and there hasn't been any move. Could it be that Song Candle doesn't have deep feelings for this son? ”

"It is also possible that he deliberately did not get close to his son, which made him blur his sense of belonging to Higashino." Ling Che guessed, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." The most important thing at the moment is who to send to lead the team to the capital at the end of the year? ”

"Aren't the big county horses and the second county horses eager to try lately?"

"There are also a lot of rising stars in the tents of several major clans."

……

After two days of drying rice, there was a thin and misty autumn rain. Rong Wang led everyone to quickly put away the rice and pile it up.

A spring rain and a warmth, an autumn rain and a cold. After this rain, everyone felt that autumn had really arrived.

Feng Ran has been very busy in the past two days, nothing more than trivial matters in the house and the rice that has been brought back.

The last process is rice cooking, which is considered a heavy manual work. Old man Li and the others still didn't let Feng Ran interfere, but whenever she came to inspect, they tried all kinds of ways to drive her back. Feng Ran estimated that it was almost there, so he asked Shui Sheng to go to the west main room for questioning.

Before he saw the aquatic shadow, he first saw Sui Yu slowly moving in. He didn't say anything, just sat silently on the other side of the Luohan couch, as if he was prepared.

"You go back over there to exercise, what are you doing here?"

"I'm tired of walking, can't I come and rest?"

Feng Ran glanced at him, ignored him, and raised his hand to signal Yun'er to pour hot tea for him.

Shui Sheng ran in with a smoke, and saw Sui Yuduan sitting on the other side of Feng Ran and was a little uncomfortable.

Feng Ran cleared his throat, picked up Mrs. Hou's money, and said, "Brother Shui, don't look at Hou Ye." He has long asked me to take full charge of all the affairs of the Hou Mansion. ”

"The little one understands."

"Have you done the math? Can those rice husks go up to 20 stones? ”

Shui Sheng waved his hand, and Madame guessed again. ”

"Twenty-one stones?" Feng Ran blinked her eyes and said seriously.

"Madame, guess again." Shui Sheng glanced at Sui Yu with a smile.

"Twenty-two stones?"

Feng Ran thought that this would be the most at all, but unexpectedly, Shui Sheng raised three fingers, "Madam, it's almost thirty stones." At least twenty-seven or eight stones, looking at the entire Jinxian County, there is no one more productive than our family. ”

Feng Ran touched her heart, oh my God~ She really wants to love Lingquan miserably. It can also heal Sui Yu's legs, and it can also make the crops so prolific.

"Sell, we can sell some." Feng Ran said with a smile, "We will continue to recruit people in the spring of next year, and all the more than 100 acres of wasteland will be reclaimed." When the time comes, we will build the waist board of the Marquis of Sheng's Mansion, how hard and hard we will be. ”

"But there are so many people in the house all of a sudden, so the rations will naturally increase?" Shui Sheng looked at Sui Yu again.

Feng Ran patted the couch table and emphasized: "Brother Shui'er looks at me, don't look at Master Hou." ”

"Yes, yes." The aquatic body bowed back.

"There are many ways to sell, our money is only fixed, and we have to think of a way to turn money into money every month." Feng Ran raised his chin slightly, so that he could take a moment's time.