A few people ate and drank well, came out and walked around for a while, and when they returned to their residences, the courtyard of the house had been cleaned up quite like the palace of the capital.

The next day, Li Ran went shopping for another day, walking from the city to the outside of the city.

Mama Sang and Zi Qi added all kinds of trivial things, and bought more than a dozen satin muslins.

The mothers-in-law and girls who came out with them all received needlework and fabrics, and when they were not on duty, they used all kinds of cushions and curtains, as well as their own clothes.

Early in the morning of the third day, Xie Ze's servant rushed to Jin County and delivered a letter from Xie Ze.

The letter was only a piece of paper, concise and short: he would have another four or five days before he could rush to Jin County, so that Li Ran should not be in a hurry.

The little guy had eaten and rested, and took the reply letter back.

Li Ran sat under the porch, pondered for a while, came out to find Zhi Zhou'e, discussed with her, and wanted to go to Zhuangzi one hundred and twenty or thirty miles away from Jin County.

Zhou E immediately stood up happily, raised her voice to call people, and ordered to prepare the horses.

This Zhuangzi, which is far away from Jinxian County, was bought by the prince in the name of Xie Ze fifteen or sixteen years ago.

At that time, the imperial court and Shu were still in this area, the people in this area fled, and the fields were deserted.

After the prince bought this large village of nearly 20,000 acres of land with great fanfare in the name of Xie Ze, buyers with courage and silver immediately flocked to it.

The imperial army retreated little by little, until it withdrew to the line of Jin County, and Shu also retreated at the same time with a tacit understanding, leaving a blank space of one or two hundred miles between Jin County and Yang County, and the two families each sent troops to patrol, and this patrol line, attached to Xie Ze's Zhuangzi, extended to both sides.

The people went out of the city, rode their horses, and soon entered the realm of Zhuangzi.

Li Ranle slowed down his horse, and while walking forward slowly, he carefully looked around.

The harvest had just been completed here, and the children and the old people were still running in the field carrying baskets to pick up ears of wheat, and when they saw Li Ran's group of people coming, the old men straightened up and looked at them, and the children ran over with baskets, so they didn't dare to get closer.

Miao Zhong caught up, slightly behind half a horse, and said with a smile to Li Ran:

"The year this Zhuangzi was bought, the little one came to see it, and at that time, this area, as well as that side, had been abandoned for several years, that is, the paddy field in the south, the head of Huangzhuang, and more than a dozen tenants guarded it, and it was still farming.

In the following years, the small ones came over every year, and Huang Zhuangtou was very capable, coupled with the prestige of the prince. ”

Miao Zhong laughed.

"I came to see Zhuangzi in the first year, and when I went back from here, along the way, I met the little ones who were homeless, so I asked them to come here, and when I heard that it was General Xie's Zhuangzi, I was anxious, and I began to rush here.

Huang Zhuangtou is capable, but in two or three years, the small ones will come back again, and there will be no wasteland here.

If these Zhuangzi in our house are well maintained, the first one is Shen Zhuangtou, and the second is Huang Zhuangtou. ”

"You told me last time that there are a few houses whose accounts are not very refreshing, and I remember that there is Huang Zhuangtou."

Those account books are too many and too thick, and Li Ran hasn't seen the accounts at Huang Zhuangtou's head yet.

"Yes, it can't be calculated, the harvest income on the account is comparable to what the small one sees, and the expenditure is not too much, but there is a sum of money that should be extorted by the stragglers, and it is really impossible to check.

In the first four or five years, he had to deal with stragglers, resettle the displaced people who had defected, open up the wasteland and buy seeds, and so on.

IOUs, as well as receipts for the return of silver, one by one, are very complete, and there is no shortage of them.

When I arrived in Jin County the time before, I went to the old number of the Chen family, and Zhang Zhang was right.

In the next four or five years, the two expenditures of resettlement and land reclamation were reduced, and the expenditure could barely be equalized.

That is, last year, Zhuangzi handed over some silver, a total of 2,300 taels. ”

Miao Zhong heard Li Ran ask this, and thought that she should not have read the account book yet, and explained it extremely carefully.

"What do you think is wrong?" Li Ran asked with a slight frown.

"The expenditure on resettlement and land reclamation is within common sense. It's really hard to check the stragglers.

On our side, we all know that this is our prince's Zhuangzi, how can anyone dare to come to the door to extort?

Huang Zhuangtou, the princess should have the impression that she is shrewd and capable, but she is not a person who can be bullied casually.

As for the caravans over there, from Yang County to Jin County, they come and go every day, but they are very lively, and it is very rare to hear of any caravans being extorted or robbed by that side.

However, this can't be said for sure, maybe they knew that this was the prince's Zhuangzi and came over to blackmail. ”

"Hmm." After a while, Li Ran snorted.

Ahead, in the distance, two horses galloped towards the crowd.

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