Zhou Heng raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Fuling, who was very excited at this time.

"Master Zhang, this medicine is just a few categories of the Imperial Pharmacy, but I don't know how far this negligence and mismanagement have reached in the Imperial Pharmacy and even the entire Imperial Hospital. Zhou Heng is just a grass people, although it can't be said that he knows the whole picture by a glance, but this matter is by no means an exception, yesterday and the prince were summoned by His Majesty, but Zhou Heng stopped the prince from talking about this matter, if you mention it for fear that it will be thunderous and angry, after thinking about it, this matter still has to be discussed with Lord Zhang before making plans. ”

Zhang Fuling nodded, glanced at Zhu Yunmo on the main seat, Zhou Heng's words made him calm down, Zhou Heng is just a folk doctor, although he has made great achievements in disaster relief, he is not a person from the court, and Zhu Yunmo, as an idle son, can't say anything.

"Don't say much about this matter, the old man will think about it in the long run, where is the imperial doctor now?"

Pang Xiao hurriedly saluted, "Lord Hui, the imperial doctor is in the mansion, and he did not treat him harshly, but only restrained his actions, after all, this matter is very important." ”

Zhang Fuling got up and saluted Zhu Yunmo.

"The old man said goodbye first, I will take the person away first, it is easy to be criticized if he stays in the prince's mansion, since this person is borrowed by the old man from the palace, he naturally wants the old man to pay it back, by the way, Liu Renli has already gone to work?"

Zhu Yunmo nodded, "Liu Renli got off the boat and went directly to Tongzhou, borrowed cars, horses and personnel from Zhou Heng, saying that he would not take office for the time being, and he would go to work only after exploring Tongzhou and understanding the people's situation, anyway, the time was in time." ”

Zhang Fuling nodded, with a satisfied look on his face.

"Okay, this old man is not mistaken, he is a practical person, and he is also good at observing, although this Tongzhou is only a state with only four counties, but it is very close to the capital, and there is a canal ferry, which is very complicated to manage, and the deepest part of the snow in Tongzhou last year is three zhang, and there are countless casualties, so that the tax and silver have been reduced by half, and the people affected by the disaster in the two counties have been allocated silver, I hope that Liu Renli's appointment can make a difference."

Zhou Heng ordered someone to send the customized wheelchair, and without Zhang Fuling's instructions, Zhang Wanxun had already gone to pick up things.

Zhang Fuling thanked him, and the two immediately got up to say goodbye, Pang Xiao followed out, and arranged for the guards to escort the imperial doctor to escort the two to Dali Temple.

Zhou Heng stood in front of the window, looking at the snowflakes falling quietly outside the window, and Zhu Yunmo patted him from behind.

"What do you want? Could it be that you are worried that there will be problems with the construction of Kitayama on such a snowy day? ”

Zhou Heng smiled at Zhu Yunmo and shook his head slightly.

"Zhou Heng of Beishan's construction is not worried, after all, there are Zhang Ergou in them, these people are more anxious than me in order to start construction as soon as possible, we just need to wait patiently, at this moment I am most worried about Lord Liu."

Zhu Yunmo nodded, and also looked out the window, but after looking twice, he only saw snow on the ground, and he couldn't see anything.

"What's the use of your worries, he doesn't know where he is now."

Zhou Heng didn't speak again, looking out the window in a daze.

......

Wuqing County, Tongzhou, Zhangjiazhuang Village outside the city.

A carriage stopped next to the village, and Liu Renli squatted in front of the car, biting the hard cake in his hand.

An old man passed by with a basket to look at the dirty Liu Renli, who originally walked over and stopped.

"What are you doing here on this cold day?"

Liu Renli got up and smiled at the old man and bowed.

"Hello uncle, we are just passing through here to see how the grain harvest is here, and to prepare for next year's grain harvest."

When the old man heard this, he was not too excited, and looked at the few people behind Liu Renli, all of whom were coarse cloth and short clothes, and their bodies were dirty, and one of them was holding a dry cake, which looked like it was a few days ago.

Sighing slightly, he said:

"Don't look at this is not far from the capital, the land looks like a lot, but the grain production is not good, after the snow disaster last year, this year's spring will be waterlogged, sowing will be much later, originally thought that this year to serve well, it should be good, but who would have thought that this year is so cold, a lot of wheat has just set ears and has not yet matured on the frost, this year's harvest is not even half of last year's fifty percent."

Liu Renli was stunned, he didn't expect that there would be waterlogging after the snow disaster, which rarely occurs in Qingping County, and then he thought about it and understood, Qingping County was high, and there was originally a lack of water, and some snow melted and flowed to low-lying areas in an instant, which is why once there was a flood, the victims ran towards Qingping County.

"The output has been reduced by 50%, but there is a relief in the county?"

The old man smiled helplessly, looked at Liu Renli like a monster, thought about it and shook his head.

"You think too much, when will the disaster relief money go to us farmers? I am fifty years old this year, and I have fled a few times, but in the end I still returned to this Zhangjiazhuang Village, and there are more people and less land in other places, no matter how you can rent the fields here, if you meet a good person, the disaster year will reduce the rent of our tenants to thirty percent, which is already burning high incense, if the grain is not harvested, it will only be divided into the next year, and only two cents of profit will be charged. ”

Liu Renli was stunned, although there were also gentry in Qingping, but the rents were extremely low, because the land was fertile and each family had a lot of land, and many poor people who could not afford the rent went to reclaim the barren mountains.

The land of the Great Liang State is divided into six grades, such as "heaven, time, earth, benefit, people, and people", according to fertility and yield, and the land with the word "heaven" is the best quality water land, the soil is extremely fertile, and the land with the word "he" is the most barren.

During Liu Renli's tenure, he basically turned a blind eye, or did not measure those mountains, and encountered a large area, even if he measured it, it was divided according to the level of the word, just like the land at the foot of the mountain and the mountain in Lingshan Village was the level of the word.

"Uncle, how many acres of land has your family rented?"

The old man raised his hand and pointed to an open area behind him and said:

"The piece behind the old locust tree is the thirty acres of land I rented."

At this moment, the water in the iron kettle boiling on Zhou Yi'an's ground had been boiled, and white smoke was constantly emitting, he hurriedly handed Liu Renli a cup of tea, Liu Renli directly handed it to the old man, and then asked:

"Now there are no crops in the field, what are you doing in the field, it's a cold day."

The old man held the hot tea, and squatted on the side of the road like Liu Renli, holding the tea cup to let his hands feel the heat transmitted from his hands.

It seems that this hot tea has driven away the previous rustiness and vigilance, and the old man sighed and said:

"What can I do, is to clean up the snow in the field, this heavy snow has been falling for three days, the deep places are waist-deep, I can't see anything on this official road, I feel it when I go down to the ground, although it is not as big as last year's snow, but I'm really afraid, if this snow melts, how much water, so take advantage of the small snow here, I quickly come over to clean it up."

Zhou Heng came to his senses, and when he saw the old man glancing at the steamed cake in his hand, Liu Renli hurriedly greeted Zhou Yi'an.

"Yi An went to the car and took my baggage off."

Zhou Yi'an was stunned, with a look of resistance on his face.

Liu Renli's face sank, Zhou Yi'an quickly got into the car and took off the burden, in the mezzanine, Liu Xiuer hid some horse jerky for Liu Renli, Liu Renli was reluctant to eat, he was always tired, so he gave a few of them a share.

At this moment, Liu Renli found a piece of oiled paper, grabbed a handful of horse jerky, wrapped it, and handed it to the old man.

"Uncle, let's take this and eat it, we should also go."

The old man was taken aback, and it was generous to give a piece of cake, which is now holding such a bag of jerky, so that the old man almost knelt down, this is meat, people who have been farming for generations, it is difficult to eat a full meal, and so much jerky is available at once, this is simply a pie in the sky.

The old man gritted his teeth and sent the paper bag back to Liu Renli.

"This can't be helped, this ...... How does this make ......"

Liu Renli smiled, stuffed the paper bag into the old man's hand again, wrapped the jacket on his body tightly, and sat in the snow for a while, his cold legs would not move.

The old man is already this age, and he still has to work in the fields, and the family must be very poor.

"Don't shirk the uncle, this snowy day, it is fate to meet on the road, you take it, let's go to the village in front of us to have a look, and we will find a place to settle down if the weather is bad."

The old man patted his thigh, "Look at my eyes, go home with the old man, there is nothing delicious, a bowl of hot soup and some taro is okay." ”