Chapter 203: Princess Xie's Grace (Two Watches Today)

After a storm, the city of Yizhou was restored to calm, and the Yizhou Mansion was renamed Langwangfu.

The matter of unloading the armor and returning to the field was very smooth, and Qi Han introduced a number of policies to encourage farming.

Mu Peiling didn't know why, since she was pregnant, she always wanted to drink, and she knew in her heart that drinking was not good for the child in her womb, and she endured it very hard.

A few days later, it was the Qingming Festival, and Su Jin went to Wangxian Mountain to plan the construction of a mound for Concubine Rong.

Mu Peiling was really bored staying in the room, and bewitched Su Juan to accompany her out for a walk, Su Juan had soft ears, and thought that she had been in Yizhou City for some time, and she had never seen what Yizhou was like?

The housekeeper Rong An has already sent someone to secretly protect him along the way.

The two women walked on the streets, walking along the old streets, the mottled city walls, after the vicissitudes of time, can still see the glory of thousands of years ago.

Although Yizhou City is not prosperous, it shows some vicissitudes, but it gives people a kind of cordiality and tranquility.

Walking along the main city road, I unconsciously walked to the depths of the alley, where the essence of Yizhou City can be best reflected.

Seeing ordinary women, snuggling at the door while looking at the children, embroidering female red, faintly hearing the sound of chirping weaving, and some women picked up farm tools as if to go to farming.

Mu Peiling was born in the imperial capital, and she couldn't imagine that the women of ordinary people would work so hard.

"Ah Juan, I didn't see it with my own eyes, I didn't expect that there would be women in this world who would work so hard. ”

Su Juan also saw it for the first time, and was not surprised, men went out to find fame and run for the future, and women naturally worked harder at home.

An old woman, dressed in gray and black coarse clothes, saw the two women wearing silk brocade clothes, it must be a rich man's family who lost their way and went the wrong way.

Hearing Mu Peiling's words, she couldn't help but say two sentences, "You rich people don't know about the suffering of the people, the rich will always be silk and silk, and it is not easy for ordinary people to live." ”

Su Juan heard the old woman's complaints, and said busily: "Auntie, didn't the new King Lang promulgate a lot of policies that benefit the people. ”

"Those policies of King Lang are not for our people, why don't those who are soldiers have to pay rent for farming? If King Lang is kind, why is he exempt from taxes for the common people?"

Listening to the old woman's words, Su Juan frowned, and her heart was a little heavy, because those soldiers with military status can be exempted, and taxes are stipulated by the imperial court, even King Lang cannot abolish them. What's more, all expenses in Yizhou depend on taxes to live, but ordinary people don't think so.

Originally, the two of them came out to relax, but Mu Peiling was worried when she saw Su Wan's eyebrows, "Ah Juan, those political affairs can be handled by King Lang, why worry so much." ”

Su Wan suppressed the worry in her eyes, Mu Peiling was right, those things should not be worried about her, as a woman's husband and children, it is a woman's duty.

The two girls walked around in Yizhou City for most of the day, and there are also a few places to visit in Yizhou City.

At the gate of the Langwang Mansion, Captain Ling Aotian had just returned to the mansion with his soldiers, and three middle-aged men who were all over forty years old walked out of the dark.

Ling Aotian knew the three of them, they were local squires and wealthy families, and he also knew their intentions, they were here to hunt dogs.

At the beginning, Ling Aotian was borrowing, but now those hunting dogs have died in the misty forest of Wangxian Mountain and cannot be returned.

"There are a lot of people talking here, please take a step to speak. ”

Su Juan stopped at the door of the palace in a sedan chair, lifted the sedan curtain lightly and got off the sedan chair, and saw Ling Aotian leave with the three strangers, doubts rose in his heart.

Mu Peiling got off the sedan chair, saw Su Juan walking forward, and called, "Ah Juan, where are you going?"

Ling Aotian led the three of them to a corner, looking at the three people in front of them, they were also considered acquaintances, when the state pastor Han Yan was very close to them, he saw him a nobody promoted to the rank of captain.

Although he didn't have a good impression of a few people, after all, he was the first to lose his trust, "Three, those three hunting dogs are dead, how much silver Ling Aotian can pay to everyone." ”

The slightly chubby man at the head heard that his hunting dog had died and had been raised for many years, and he had some affection and a distressed look.

"Ling Aotian, you are just a soldier, how much salary can you have, can you afford it?"

Ling Aotian was displeased, "It's just three dogs." ”

"Can you afford three hundred taels?"

Hearing this, Ling Aotian's eyebrows were instantly dyed with frost, "You lions opened your mouth, and you can't slander people." ”

"Our dogs are more expensive than people, three hundred taels is too little!"

Mu Peiling, who was hiding in the shadows, couldn't listen to it, and was about to rush over angrily, but was stopped by Su Juan.

Su Juan already knew what was going on, and when he heard their words, he was naturally angry in his heart.

"Since those three hunting dogs died because of this princess, it should be repaid by this princess. ”

Seeing Su Juan suddenly appear, Ling Aotian bowed and said, "Princess, Ling Aotian's matter will be solved by itself." ”

When the three of them saw Su Juan coming, they knelt down and said, "I have seen Her Royal Highness the Princess, we will not investigate the matter of hunting dogs." ”

"How can this be? This princess has never owed favors to anyone, and this debt must be repaid after all. ”

Su Wan's eyebrows lowered, looking at the three people who were prostrate on the ground in fright, completely devoid of the arrogance when facing Ling Aotian.

"Three, and go back to the house with this princess, let's talk about the amount of compensation slowly. Su Juan had a commanding tone, so that the three squires did not dare to disobey.

Su Juan raised his eyes and saw Ling Aotian frowning on the side, "Captain Ling, since this matter started because of me, it is naturally up to me to deal with it." ”

Ling Aotian watched Su Juan and Mu Peiling leave with the three of them, and there were many thoughts in his heart, that day Princess Lang was willing to kneel for herself and beg for an antidote regardless of her dignity, and today she is so relieved of the siege for herself.

Su Juan took the three of them to the side hall of the Langwang Mansion and ordered someone to prepare tea. Mu Peiling has always loved to join in the fun, and she also followed.

Su Juan sat in a high position, her eyebrows and eyes raised, and she looked at the three people kneeling on the ground.

The voice was very flat, "I don't know if the three of you can figure it out, how much silver should this princess compensate?"

"Your Royal Highness, please spare the grass people. ”

Su Juan took the teacup in his hand, gently picked up the lid with his bare hands, and made a muffled sound, and the hearts of the three people who knelt on the ground trembled in fright.

"There are hundreds of uncultivated land in the northern suburbs of Yizhou City, which is the property of the royal government, so I will hand it over to you for cultivation, and the hundreds of acres of land rent is not a small amount. ”

When the three of them heard this, the cold sweat on their foreheads fell, if they wanted to restore the land, it would be worth a lot of money just by manpower, and they could only grow one season of grain.

Su Juan naturally knew that if such a large piece of wasteland wanted to be recultivated, it would consume a lot of manpower, and the most concentrated manpower in Yizhou City was these rich squires, except for the army.

If they are forced to cultivate, they will not be able to cultivate properly, and the next year will still be a wasteland, and the only way to do their best is to pull them into the water and make them profitable.

Su Juan put the teacup in his hand to his lips and drank it slightly, then put it aside, and raised his eyes with a look of surprise.

"Three, why are you sweating? The princess has not finished speaking, the hundreds of dumps of land will be exempted from one qiē tax this year, and all the income will be owned by the three people, and the right should be compensation. ”

If this is the case, it is naturally an excellent opportunity to collect money, and the three of them are busy kneeling down and bowing: "The grass people thank the princess for her grace!"

Su Juan saw the instantaneous change of expression on their faces, and naturally disliked it in his heart, a qiē is nothing more than the word benefit, seeing that they have gained some benefits, and there will be hundreds of more fertile fields in the Langwang Mansion today in the coming year.