Xiao Beichen also agreed, thousands of acres of fertile land is not enough for those refugees to live, at least nearly 10,000 acres of land must be taken out, although Xiao Beichen is the lord of a country, but most of the land is in the hands of the ministers of the court or those squire tenants, and they have to take it out.

So, Xiao Beichen mentioned the matter in the morning of the next day, but the response was not great, and the ministers in the court did not seem to be interested in it, or pretended to be deaf and dumb, saying that there was little fertile land in their family, only enough for the family to eat and wear.

And it came to an end.

This made Zhang Zhiwen, Lin Xiu and Meng Mingde very angry, angry and frustrated.

After returning home, Zhang Zhiwen told Su Jinse about this, and his handsome face was full of anger, "These people are really hateful!" Obviously they have thousands of acres of fertile land in their hands, but they refuse to take it out, and the rent is still so expensive, they feast every day, but those people are hungry! ”

"Third brother, this is the way of being an official has a secret, and it must be folded just after it. Those good fields belong to them, and if they are unwilling to give them up, we cannot force them. Of course, if I could give them some benefits, I am sure they would agree. Su Jinse pursed his lips and smiled.

Zhang Zhiwen sighed, feeling that what his sister said was very reasonable, and the next moment he couldn't help frowning: "Then what benefits do you want to give them?" We don't have any money in our hands! ”

A sly smile appeared on Su Jinse's face: "You can propose to Your Majesty to build a merit monument at the gate of the city, and record the name of every official who donated silver money or fertile land." I'm sure those officials will donate some of them under pressure. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhiwen's eyes flashed quickly, "This idea is good, I will enter the palace now to enlighten Your Majesty." ”

So Zhang Zhiwen changed into his official uniform and hurriedly entered the palace.

After meeting Xiao Beichen, Zhang Zhiwen directly explained his intentions, and Xiao Beichen showed a smile on his face when he heard this: "This idea is not bad." ”

In the morning of the next day, Xiao Beichen and Zhang Zhiwen sang and mentioned the matter of donating fertile land or silver, some officials could not wipe their face, more or less they could only donate some fields, and higher-grade officials could not donate less than their subordinates, so in Xiao Beichen's half-coaxing and half-threatening words, they all donated fields, and finally counted them, the high-grade fertile land plus the medium-grade and low-grade fields, a total of more than 2,000 acres.

Many big businessmen in Shengjing City were excited when they heard that there was a donation to the merit monument, and hurriedly took the initiative to go to the relationship, begging and crying for donation.

There is no other reason, since ancient times, the status of merchants is low, although merchants are rich, but their status is lower than that of farmers, now there is an opportunity to do this good deeds, and they can also go to the merit monument, so that Your Majesty is happy, how can you do it!

As a result, the donated fields reached nearly 10,000 acres.

This made Xiao Beichen very happy, and privately made an appointment with Zhang Zhiwen, Lin Xiu and Meng Mingde, and wanted to reward the three of them for their meritorious deeds.

Lin Xiu and Meng Mingde said: "This idea was thought up by Brother Zhiwen alone, and the two of us didn't know it. ”

Zhang Zhiwen's face showed a mysterious smile: "Your Majesty, this idea was not thought up by Wei Chen, but proposed by Wei Chen's sister Jin Se. Wei Chen thought it was feasible, so he informed His Majesty. ”