After laughing, the emperor looked quiet and asked in a deep voice, "The seventh daughter-in-law, you are from the people, and you know the suffering of the people best." How should you start with the situation in Liaodong, and what do you have in mind? ”

To tell the truth, pinning all his hopes on this woman, Emperor Jiaqing's heart is bottomless. However, the affirmation of what my uncle said in his letter was not a lie. Therefore, he can only bet this treasure on Quiet and gamble.

"Brother Huang, do you want to hear the truth?"

"Naturally, you have to listen to the truth."

"To be honest, I don't have any ideas. Although I have been to Liaodong, I have come and gone in a hurry, and I can say that I know nothing about Liaodong. The art of war is cloudy, know yourself and know the enemy, in order to survive a hundred battles. The same is true for Liaodong, only by understanding his situation, it is not enough to just hear about it, but also to conduct a personal field investigation before we can make a change in the policy and strategy. "When it comes to business, it's quiet and serious.

At this time, Xiao Qifeng, who had not been silent, suddenly opened his mouth. "Liaodong Mansion, located in the northern part of the Great Liang Kingdom, is one of the important passes. Winters are long, cold, low and snowy, while summers are cool. There, productivity is low, crops are scarce, and no food except winter wheat and potatoes and corn survives. Most of the people there make a living by hunting and logging, so it can be said that it is normal to not have enough food and clothing. Every year, countless people freeze to death and starve to death due to lack of food and clothing. It is ridiculous to say that every year when officials are released, no one is willing to go to Liaodong. Even if the person who has no foundation behind him can't hide and is sent there, he will run back in three or five months, and at most it will not exceed a year, and the conditions there are too difficult for anyone to suffer this sin. Hmph, in a country of Nuoda, there are countless officials who are admitted every year, but none of them have the ambition to govern Liaodong, but in the end, it will fall on a woman, which is really laughing and generous. Speaking of this, Xiao Qi shook his head a little helplessly.

Listening to Xiao Qifeng's hungry and sarcastic words, the emperor turned his head away with a weak heart, and at the same time scolded the old guys in the court in his heart. One by one, they quarreled in the court all day long for some trivial things. When it comes to Liaodong, one by one they are shrunken turtles, if it weren't for their lack of ability, their own emperor would not have been counted down here to listen to the cool words.

Seeing that the emperor was speechless by Xiao Qifeng, the queen hurriedly took over the conversation, "Old Seven, you don't have to complain about your imperial brother, those officials in the court, you don't know, your imperial brother is reluctant to let your husband and wife go to the land over there to suffer, but, as the monarch of a country, the first consideration is his people, you are his dearest people, this arduous task can only be handed over to you, he will rest assured!" ”

The queen's words were affectionate and reasonable, and the emperor's gaze when he looked at him was a little gentler than before.

"Imperial sister-in-law, I'm not complaining about the imperial brother, and I'm not afraid of hard work. In these years, I haven't eaten any hardships, I just feel sorry for An'an. Facing this imperial sister-in-law who took care of herself, Xiao Qifeng's voice was much gentler.

"It's harder, I'm not afraid. It's just that this clever woman is difficult to blow without rice, Xiao Qifeng and I went to the hanging place empty-handed, with no money and no things, only relying on these two hands and a mouth, how can we talk about governance? Quietly stretched out his hands and questioned the emperor.

"Old seventh daughter-in-law, don't worry about this. If you need manpower and material resources, I will vigorously support it, but in terms of this money, alas! To tell you the truth, after years of war, the treasury has long been in deficit, and there is really no extra money. Saying this, the emperor also had a bitter tear in his heart, and the emperor was so miserable that he was fooled. He sometimes even thinks that he is not as rich as the ministers of the court.

"The emperor doesn't have to worry about this, the concubine, as the head of the six palaces and the mother of a country, will call on the sisters in the harem to cut down on food and clothing, donate money and materials, and contribute to the construction of Liaodong."

Quietly admired in her heart, the queen mother is worthy of being the lord of the six palaces, and her words are sincere and beautiful.

"The concubine has a heart!" The emperor was also very moved and patted the queen's hand.

"Niangniang, I'm afraid I don't know, even if you gather the concubines in the harem to donate money and materials, it will be just a drop in the bucket for the construction of Liaodong. If you want to raise a prefecture and city, whether it is agriculture or commerce, by a degree, it will not be completed without three or five years. It is conceivable how huge the manpower, material and financial resources will be consumed. Quietly looked at the husband and wife at the top and said seriously.

The emperor, who frowned at her words, said again, "Brother Huang doesn't have to worry, everything has advantages and disadvantages, Liaodong has a lack of crops and a low economy, but the resources there are very rich, and there are many forests and rocks in Liaodong. In terms of material resources, we can start from these two points and use local materials, which saves time, effort and money. As for the lack of manpower? I have one more small idea. Speaking quietly, he turned his head to look at Xiao Qifeng.

"Xiao Qifeng, how many disabled soldiers come down from the battlefield every year? And how is it placed? ”

"I haven't counted the specifics, but in every war, the number of disabled soldiers is counted in thousands. As for placement? The imperial court would give out a part of the consolation money, and some of the disabled soldiers took the money to live alone, and some went to their relatives, in short, their lives were not good. Thinking of those soldiers who followed him to fight on the battlefield in the past, Xiao Qifeng's heart was very uncomfortable.

An An asked what this is for? Do you want to ......" The rest of the words, Xiao Qifeng couldn't say it with some excitement.

"Yes, that's what you think. The wounded soldiers and remnants who came down from the battlefield, although they were disabled and could not resist knives and guns, they could make stones, grind stone slabs, make wood carvings, make furniture, they could also weave baskets, mats, and all kinds of handicrafts. There are many mountains and forests in Liaodong, and they can also graze and raise poultry there, in short, as long as people are not lazy, they can find something suitable for themselves to do. In this way, it not only solved a big problem of the placement of wounded soldiers and disabled generals for the imperial court, but also solved the problem of lack of manpower in Liaodong. Jing Jing has always known that the placement of these wounded soldiers is a big stone in Xiao Qifeng's heart.

"Okay, old seventh daughter-in-law, if these wounded soldiers can be properly resettled, you will have made a great contribution to the Great Liang Country." Hearing Quiet say this, the emperor praised it repeatedly.

At this time, he was really convinced of this strange woman who was full of praise from his uncle.

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