In severe cases, two or three hundred people in half a village can starve to death overnight.

One village is like this, there are more than 100 villages in Tianqing County! Do the math how many people are there?

Even if there is a difference in the size of the village, it is calculated that 10,000 or 20,000 people have suffered, which is one-sixth of the county's population.

Speaking of this, Su Heting sighed, "Not all officials want to be greedy for ink. Who is new to officialdom and has no ambitions? Who doesn't want to serve the court and ask for the people's lives?

"It's just...... Creation makes people. Some people are forced to go to the point of no return, while others cannot resist the temptation. ”

"Just because of such an outlier as you," Yuan Ning said suddenly, "so those people want to get rid of you?" ”

The two did not discuss why Tianqing County was still so poor with so much disaster relief money. Wise people know that silver has evaporated from the world.

Su Heting nodded, "I'm young and don't believe in evil, in fact, the previous magistrate gave me a hint, so that I could see whose sky was on my head and whose ground was under my feet."

"But I didn't listen. After taking office, he set about eliminating bandits. Where do you say there are so many bandits in Tianqing County? The people can't afford to eat, so how can they have the strength to be thieves? And what is worth robbing for?

"I visited many places, and the people said that the bandits never entered the village, and occasionally they would leave some hush money for them.

"The robbers were all escorting carts, with wooden boxes piled on top of them, and strong ropes, and no one knew what was inside."

Su Heting borrowed troops and personally led the team to suppress the bandits, and seized a total of 100,000 taels of silver, as well as a number of ordnance and food.

He kept all the silver as the cost of building Tianqing County, all the ordnance was handed over, and half of the grain was kept and half was handed over.

Because of this, he became famous and was praised by the imperial court. He also put aside his rhetoric and must transform Tianqing County from a poor county to a rich county.

He said so, and did so, and it took less than two years to achieve the basic food and clothing line in the county.

Until now, I am still visiting, on-the-spot, and seeing what is suitable for what is suitable for doing something, so that I can get rid of poverty as soon as possible.

He built bridges and paved roads, built water conservancy, and encouraged reclamation, and the 100,000 taels of silver were used in every article.

But, it's still not enough.

One hundred thousand taels of silver, it sounds like a lot of money, but Tianqing County has a large population, and there are too many status quos that need to be changed, as if you want to reconnect a piece of cloth torn into pieces, and it must be strong and durable, and the difficulty is not ordinary.

In fact, by last year, the 100,000 taels of silver had been spent.

But Su Heting's footsteps did not stop because of this.

"I also asked for appropriation from the Ministry of Households," Su Heting said in a deep voice, "but there are seven or eight such concerts, and all of them have sunk into the sea." ”

Yuan Ning suddenly asked: "Since you were able to borrow troops at the beginning, it means that you have a certain connection, why don't you use it at this time?" ”

Su Heting smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid you don't know, I was originally the son of Su Dezhao, the prime minister of the dynasty." ”

Although Yuan Ning lives in a remote corner, he has also heard of Su Dezhao's name, and he is the minister of power! The master who is below one person and above ten thousand people, sometimes the emperor may not be able to speak as good as him.

Before she could react, Su Heting added: "However, it's an outer room." ”

Yuan Ning was stunned.

After being here for so long, she has also learned some about the current state of society.

She knew that the children born to his wife were concubines, and they were much more noble in terms of status; The children born in the side room are called concubines, and their status is not so noble, but they are better than their biological mothers.

The son-in-law has the absolute right to inherit, generally speaking, the eldest son will inherit the family business, and the rest of the son-in-law can also divide the family property, but the son-in-law does not have this right, so the son-in-law generally works harder than the son-in-law, because if they can't get ahead, their future livelihood will be a problem.

Of course, if the family is extraordinarily wealthy, and the concubine is not bad for a bite to eat, he will also give some property.

But no matter what, no matter how bad the situation of the concubine is, it is also famous, even if he goes out to go out and report the name of his father and family, he can also get some convenience.

It's a different story in the outer room.

What is Outer Chamber? To put it bluntly, it is a woman raised by a man outside, and she is still the kind with no name.

In modern terms, it is a conquest relationship.

A woman can't even get a name...... Actually, it's miserable, right?

The outer room is barely considered a concubine, but the treatment of a concubine is not enjoyed, and it is not even accepted by the family. The identity can be said to be very embarrassing.

Being an outer room, it is a very disgraceful thing, Su Heting actually said it to his face.

Yuan Ning felt a little embarrassed, "That, I'...... It's not about intentionally snooping on your privacy. ”

"It's okay," Su Heting himself didn't care, "It's a fait accompli, even if I don't want to admit it, it also exists." ”

"My father and my biological mother discussed my identity, and when I was young, he also proposed that I recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors, but my biological mother refused."

Well? Yuan Ning doesn't understand such a brain circuit.

But no matter what, Su Heting himself is still very good, he has no family support, no elders to support, all rely on his own ability to get ahead.

"The first time I borrowed troops was also the first time I used his connections," Su Heting lowered his eyes and said, "That's also a last resort, if you don't borrow soldiers, with the little manpower in my hands, you can't do anything at all."

"But now that the situation has been opened, I don't need to alarm him anymore. I also believe that with my ability, I can do what I want to do. ”

Be ambitious!

Yuan Ning praised silently, and guessed: "Yu Gongzi's business, are you also involved?" Otherwise, you can't have that much on your pocket, can you? ”

Su Heting was very frank, "Yes." Jing Ze is restless, he likes to run outside, and he has experience in this area, so I partnered with him.

"Overseas business, high risk, high returns, at the beginning I just invested a hundred taels of silver from Dong Nuoxi, and when he brought it back, it had become three thousand taels, and the three thousand taels were invested in, and then came back to sixty thousand taels."

Yuan Ning silently calculated an account, counting the consumption on the road, plus the mental cost, and the risk cost, in fact, this profit is not particularly amazing.

But this money is just timely rain for Su Heting. With money, he can show his talents.

But because he sees the mountains and doesn't worship the mountains, meets the Buddha and doesn't worship the Buddha, and doesn't believe in evil when he sees ghosts, can the people who offend be in the minority?

I don't know how many people want to kill him and then kill him quickly!

Yuan Ning involuntarily sighed lightly.