Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to hear some constructive opinions from Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, but the answers of the two made him very disappointed.

I thought that Mr. Qin said that he would make Lujiacun rich, neither reaching out to the top to ask for money, nor praying for rain or anything, he was much better than those who didn't ask the common people and asked the ghosts and gods, he was a complete pragmatist.

Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang are vainly ministers of the humerus, and they can't be compared with him at all.

"The biggest problem of the imperial court now is the lack of money, how can we make the imperial court's finances rich?" Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep contemplation. The problem of money belongs to the Ministry of Households, and today's Ministry of Households is the former minister Lu Chang. Although this person is loyal to Daming and is a capable person at work, he is still a little mediocre and has no outstanding performance.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the last thing needed was mediocrity, but urgently needed talents who dared to break the routine and use some extraordinary means to bring huge benefits to the imperial court.

No matter what means you use, if you can get money for the court, you are a capable official.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up: "Mr. Qin's knowledge is ancient and modern, why don't I ask him this question?" ”

"If he can even solve this matter, he can replace the head of the household."

Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang withdrew from the imperial study, and their mood was extremely low.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't give them a proposition just now, they still didn't answer it, or they had already answered it, but it didn't meet the emperor's wishes and made them disgraced.

The two remembered Zhu Yuanzhang's words just now, and glanced at each other: I still have such a talent in Daming? Can you change a village that has been impoverished for thousands of years without the help of any external force?

"Berwyn, it seems that Your Majesty has found a new talent." Li Shanchang said lightly. The implicit meaning in the words is obvious, the status of the two of us in the emperor's heart is about to be challenged again.

When Zhu Yuanzhang found out that Hu Weiyong was a talent, he arranged him to Zhongshu Province, and divided Li Shanchang's power a lot, and the status of the two of them also plummeted. If there is another one, I am afraid that Li Shanchang's position as prime minister will exist in name only. And it is not yet known who that person is, and if this person does not belong to the Huaixi party, it will be even more disadvantageous to him.

Therefore, Li Shanchang has already felt threatened.

Hu Weiyong is a native of Huaixi, and he doesn't care too much about Hu Weiyong's division of power, anyway, Hu Weiyong regards him as a mentor. If the people who come don't listen to him, then the power of Huaixi will be greatly weakened.

"Your Majesty has found a new talent, isn't it my blessing to be Ming?" Liu Bowen said lightly, and his answer was not leaky.

"Your Majesty has just said that that person does not need to pray to the sky for rain." Li Shan said. There are two meanings in the words: that person doesn't need to ask for rain to govern the state and county, and your status is also threatened, you Liu Bowen's success in praying for rain the first two times may be luck, otherwise the emperor will not transfer you from Qin Tianjian to serve as the imperial history, and besides, you beheaded my cronies by praying for rain last time, if you don't unite with me, I will give you small shoes to wear.

However, Liu Bowen didn't pay attention to it, anyway, the two of them were secretly competing for a day or two.

……

Lujia Village.

Two figures, one tall and one short, walked down the steep hillside and appeared in the village.

The tall man is Qin Yu and the short man is Lu Qingqian, Lu Qingqian is carrying a big travel bag, but Qin Yu is empty-handed. Qin Yu originally wanted to carry a travel bag by himself, but Lu Qingqian said that your body has just healed and it is not suitable for carrying heavy things, what if the wound is cracked? Qin Yu couldn't resist her, so he had to let her help with his back. Lu Qingqian has gradually begun to integrate into the role of Yahuan.

However, to Qin Yu's surprise, although Lu Qingqian was young, he had a lot of strength, and it was actually very easy to go down the mountain with a travel bag of dozens of catties.

The children of the poor are in charge of the family at an early age.

Qin Yu remembered that last time the girls in the village were seven or eight years old and could carry dung baskets up the mountain.

Their physique is completely incomparable with the girls in the city, the girls in the city are still coquettish in their parents' arms at the age of seven or eight, and even some delicate girls are struggling to hold things weighing ten pounds, as if they have degenerated.

Physical fitness is exercised, and not exercising is like a flower in a greenhouse that can't withstand the wind and rain.

As soon as he entered the village, Qin Yu looked up and saw that all the villagers, under the leadership of the patriarch, were already waiting for them at the entrance of the village. They were all dressed in tatters and dark-skinned, and the children were not even clothed, but their eyes were very bright and they were looking at him curiously.

The faces of the adults were full of respect.

"Lu Sanxing, the patriarch of the Lu clan, welcome Mr. Qin!" The old man of seventy or eighty years old stepped forward and saluted him respectfully.

"Greetings, sir!" The rest of the villagers also saluted. There were already villagers next to them who took out two firecrackers and hung them on the trees at the entrance of the village and set them off.

"Ladies and gentlemen...... It's too polite too. Qin Yu felt moved. This welcome ceremony is too grand, isn't it?

I remember that in the last village, although the villagers also welcomed his arrival, at most, the whole village watched the children giggle, and no patriarch took the whole village to pay him an ancient salute, nor did they set off firecrackers for him.

The poverty of Lujia Village is more than any other poor mountain village in the past, and it is also more than in etiquette.

"Mr. Qin is a scholar, and he is willing to come to teach in our poor mountain village, so it is right for us to come out to greet us, otherwise Sage Kong will blame us for not knowing etiquette." Lu San Provincial Road, the other two elders also nodded when they heard this, and the elders of the third room stood up and said, "Tonight, the Lu clan will also pick up the wind and wash the dust for Mr., please be sure to come at that time." ”

"The old gentleman is so polite, there is no need to be so grand, I am just an ordinary volunteer teacher." Qin Yu said, "As for the banquet or something, it's all saved, I feel a little sick to my stomach today." ”

Hearing that Qin Yu was going to cancel tonight's dinner, a group of villagers cast grateful glances at him.

Deeply grateful from the bottom of my heart!

They are poor, and eating in groups will break their bones. Because they can't afford to eat at all, the vegetables must be made up by each family, some contribute two taels of bacon, some contribute two catties of rice, and some contribute game, and these precious things are usually reluctant to eat. This time, in order to welcome Qin Yu, a great nobleman, every family will definitely be emptied of their families.

Qin Yu's expression was not at all like he had an uncomfortable stomach, and everyone knew that he was recuperating from his injuries in the mountains, eating coarse tea and light rice for more than half a month, and he was in urgent need of nutrition, but he refused to eat the banquet.

The seemingly casual sentence has already warmed the hearts of everyone present.