In addition to Haoqiang, these big officials in the DPRK and China, which one of them is not a wealthy family, and there are thousands of acres of fertile land under the name of any person.

From the three dukes to the small history of the county order, each of them holds a large amount of land.

And the one who is really poor is the one in the palace, who makes a profit by selling his official beard, which barely revitalizes the entire Han Dynasty.

In addition, the growth of the population and the serious concentration of land, all of this is as Su Yu said, and now it is time to make changes.

If all this is not changed, it may be able to support it for a few more years, but in the end, the old Liu family's country will still be the same as the previous dynasties, and it will not be able to escape the fate of reincarnation.

In the past, Zhang Shiping just listened to the report and looked at the data, and he didn't feel too real, but now, when he heard what this old man said, he knew that Su Yu's words were right.

"Either the excess population is moved out, or the land is increased, and in the final analysis, it is external expansion."

Zhang Shiping's mind remembered what Su Yu said, and a hesitant look appeared on his face.

"Sir."

The housekeeper was stunned when he saw where Zhang Shiping was, and he also reminded him carefully.

"Oh!"

Zhang Shiping came back to his senses, at this time there were more and more people queuing up when he heard the news, Zhang Shiping looked at this long queue, these people are basically ordinary people at the bottom.

At this time, the weather is freezing, but there are still many people wearing very thin clothes, the cold wind blows, the whole person shiveres, shrinks into a circle, most of the people wear clothes are also very tattered, old.

"Mother, I'm cold."

A little daughter of about seven or eight years old was held tightly by her mother, but because the clothes on her body were very thin, the cold wind blew, it was still very cold, which made people feel heartache when they saw it.

Zhang Shiping took off his coat, came to the little girl's side and said, "Child, wear my clothes." ”

"Nobleman, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

When the child's mother saw it, she quickly knelt down and shook her head.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a piece of clothing!"

Zhang Shiping gently wrapped his little daughter, picked her up, looked at her little face and turned red, and couldn't help asking, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Satsuki!"

The youngest daughter looked at the amiable Zhang Shiping in front of her and said timidly.

"Satsuki! How cold is it, how do you run out? ”

"My mother said that there were bad guys who would take the child away, and I was afraid, so I followed my mother out."

Zhang Shiping was holding the child, because he took off his coat, the cold wind blew, and it was suddenly bitterly cold, and the housekeeper on the side naturally quickly took off his clothes and hurriedly put them on Zhang Shiping.

"Master, it's cold, hurry up and put it on, your body is important."

The housekeeper said worriedly.

"Let me feel the cold of this winter, they can be cold, and so can I."

Zhang Shiping stubbornly waved Xiao Jing's clothes, and then said to the little girl with a smile: "Can you usually eat enough at home?" ”

The little girl looked at her mother, then at Zhang Shiping, and then at the people around Zhang Shiping, and didn't dare to speak.

"Say, it's okay, with me, no one dares to bully you."

Zhang Shiping touched Xiaoyue's head and said.

"I can't eat, my father died early, my mother makes money by washing clothes, and I haven't eaten for two days."

Xiaoyue is very thin, the kind of hungry and thin, Zhang Shiping can feel it when she holds it, her whole body is full of bones, her eyes are big, it is the kind of hunger that looks very big.

"Poor boy."

"What do you like to eat? I'll ask you. ”

Zhang Shiping's eyes were sour, and he remembered something.

"I like to eat steamed buns, and steamed buns are the best."

Satsuki said almost without thinking about it.

"Go buy something to eat."

Zhang Shiping nodded, turned his head to Xiao Jing and said.

"Yes, sir!"

The housekeeper nodded hurriedly, and then said, "Master, you better put on your clothes, your body is important." ”

"Yes, your body is important, why don't you hurry up and help the master get dressed."

The housekeeper and subordinates on the side were also anxious, and said to the people around Zhang Shiping.

"Alas! I have clothes to wear, but I don't know how many hard-working people like Satsuki are in this world. ”

Zhang Shiping nodded, put on his clothes, and said with a long sigh anxiously.

Liaodong County.

The dreary sky shrouded the land like a vast and incomparably bitter sea purgatory; The cold wind howled, so that the pedestrians on the road in Liaodong County couldn't help but wrap their clothes tightly and speed up their pace.

Zhang Laoweng hurriedly walked to his home with the newly purchased honeycomb coal stove and honeycomb coal, the weather was too cold, the clothes on his body really couldn't resist the cold north wind, and the family was still waiting for him to buy firewood and go back to cook.

"Where's the firewood?"

When he got home, Zhang Xie's wife, looked at Zhang Laoweng and hurriedly asked, his only grandson was already hungry and had been clamoring for food.

"The price of firewood has risen again, and once the firewood costs more than 300 yuan, I can't afford to use it at all."

Zhang Laoweng sighed, the year before last, his son suddenly fell ill and died, leaving behind a grandson, counting his daughter-in-law, the life of a family of four can be imagined.

Usually, Mr. Zhang makes a living by selling pancakes, and his wife and daughter-in-law rely on washing clothes to earn a meager income to subsidize the family, and their lives are tight.

Because it is a baked cake business, the price of firewood and grain has a great impact on Zhang Laoweng's family, and the price of firewood continues to rise, making the already difficult days even more sad.

"300 Wen, why don't they rob the money~"

When my wife heard this, she couldn't help but scream, this price is too expensive, you must know that in normal times, once the firewood is only more than 100 yuan, I didn't expect it to rise to 300 yuan now.

"The price of charcoal is more expensive, and now the cheapest broken charcoal has risen to 600 Wen, and if this continues, we ordinary people will freeze to death."

Zhang Laoweng shook his head and then pointed to the coal stove and honeycomb coal he picked and said: "But this time, we don't have to worry, I met someone on the street selling this honeycomb coal, a honeycomb coal is only 2 yuan, I heard the merchant say, it is still very durable, I don't know if it's true." ”

"2 yuan a piece, how expensive it is, how big it is, how long can it burn, you shouldn't have been deceived, right?"

When my wife heard this, she immediately took a closer look at the coal stove and honeycomb coal, and wondered if Mr. Zhang had been deceived.

"Probably not, that store is open, if it's really a lie, we can still go to them."

Zhang Laoweng thought about it and said, in fact, he was also very worried about this, but there was no way, the current firewood was too expensive, and he couldn't afford it at all.

Such a cheap and easy-to-use thing, no matter what, you have to give it a try, if it really works, then you can have a lot of expenses left in the future.

"How do you use this honeycomb coal?"

My wife asked, looking at the honeycomb coal, and then at the strange coal stove.

"It's simple, first burn a few pieces of honeycomb coal, then put the red-hot honeycomb coal at the bottom, and then add honeycomb coal to the top."

Zhang Laoweng just watched it once, but he was not unfamiliar at all when he used it, and soon used the remaining firewood at home to burn 3 pieces of honeycomb coal, put them into the coal stove, and then add a few pieces of honeycomb coal, and fanned the wind here.

It didn't take long for the honeycomb coal in the coal stove to burn, and the heat was huge, and Zhang Laoweng couldn't help but stretch out his hands to bake the fire and warm up on the coal stove.

"The heat of this honeycomb coal is still very good, it is as warm as charcoal, or even warmer."

Zhang Laoweng felt it carefully and nodded in affirmation.

"It's really pretty good, it looks like this honeycomb coal is quite resistant to burning."

My wife also nodded, then took out the pot, put the pot on the coal stove, and found that the size was just right, very suitable.

"Don't say it, it's a decent size."

Mr. Zhang's wife was also afraid that the honeycomb coal would burn too quickly, so she hurriedly added water to the pot, and then began to mix noodles and prepare to make a bowl of noodles for the family.

The firepower of the honeycomb coal is very sufficient, and soon the water will be boiled, and a meal of pasta will be out of the pot quickly, Zhang Laoweng moved the pot away, looked at the honeycomb coal that was still full of vitality, and couldn't help but smile: "This honeycomb coal is really good, quite durable." ”