Chapter 35: Let the villagers sell herbs
"No, this king thinks that if the people of Qingping County are allowed to pick herbs and sell them for money, they can reduce the burden here, and also avoid the problem of insufficient silver in the imperial court and worries about their livelihood in the future."
"It's just that most people in Qingping County are afraid that they will be like Grandma, who just want to live by guarding the crops." Xiao Junmo said his thoughts and concerns.
"The prince's plan is feasible, but the herbs will always have a light day, and if they encounter such a drought in the future, they will lose a way out."
"It's better to limit the number of medicines collected, collect half of them first, tide over the difficulties, and keep the rest to harvest seeds and carry out artificial breeding, the selling price here is not high, and it can be transported to the capital to sell."
"As for the prince's concerns, you don't have to, think about it, when the dog egg sells the herbs for money tomorrow, when the time comes, take this as an example, and slowly some people can't help but try it, and when they get the sweetness, others will naturally follow and pick herbs."
Chi Wanwan analyzes the key.
As soon as the two of them combined, they felt that it was feasible, so Xiao Junmo went directly to the county order and told the county order his thoughts.
"Selling herbs is a good idea."
The county commander's eyes lit up, and he was relieved for this plan for a while, if this is the case, the people's lives can be improved a lot.
On the other hand, it was Xiao Junmo who did his best to work for the well-being of the people, and they made the right bet, but then hesitated.
"Lord Wang, although it is a good way, many of those people have been buried in the fields all their lives to work, where do they know any herbs."
The county magistrate's face was full of sadness.
"Don't worry about this county order, this king has a way."
"Then there will be Lord Lao, and tomorrow the official will post a notice to ensure that this matter will be done beautifully."
The county order repeatedly assured that the prince worked so hard, he couldn't hold back.
"Remember to write Zhao Xiaosan's example." Xiao Junmo did not forget to remind.
Back at the mansion, he found Chi Wanwan, who was still fiddling with the herbs.
"Wanwan, I'd like to ask you a favor."
Xiao Junmo found a wooden hairpin out of nowhere and put it in a delicate small box.
"The prince has something to say, don't be so polite."
Chi Wanwan's mouth was polite, and her hand couldn't wait to open it, looking at the hairpin in the box, her eyes lit up.
The wooden hairpin is made of ordinary wood, but it is very delicate, and she also likes the pattern, sure enough, the traditional virtues and sophistication were very popular in ancient times.
Xiao Junmo also knew that he couldn't be empty-handed when he asked someone to do things.
"If you like it." Xiao Junmo was very happy, he stayed up late to carve for a few days, if Chi Wanwan didn't like it, he had to redo it.
"Of course I like it, what's the matter with the prince, I'll do it for you properly for this hairpin."
Chi Wanwan couldn't put down the hairpin, and thought in her heart, if this craft is brought to modern times, how much can it be sold for?
"I discussed the matter of herbal medicine with the county order, and it is feasible, but most of the people don't know herbal medicine, so I have to help you."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." It wasn't hard for her.
Agreeing to Xiao Junmo, Chi Wanwan selected more than a dozen herbs with the best selling price overnight.
The next day, the county magistrate wrote on the notice that he was willing to teach the people about medicinal herbs.
Unexpectedly, the first time the notice was posted, there were very few people who were willing to find herbal medicines, and after she was added later, most of the people in the county came to learn.
When she taught the people to know herbal medicine, Xiao Junmo was not idle.
Let people recount the population of Qingping County and find out a lot of loopholes.
For example, if the population is overreported, the imperial court will collect more taxes every year, and these will be evenly distributed among the people.
Xiao Junmo was furious and brought the county order to teach him a lesson.
Although he was clear, he was too imprudent in doing things, and the county magistrate was surprised that he had made such a big mistake, and hurriedly promised to reorganize the household registration and report the population.
In the middle of the night, Xiao Junmo was still sorting out the population of several other counties around Qingping County, and found that the loopholes were even bigger, and the population was not right.
Immediately let people go to the various county governors to spread the word, and if they did not sort out the population defects, they would cut down the population at the gate of the mansion themselves.
Xiao Junmo rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and the secret guard knocked on the door and came in.
"Lord Wang, our people intercepted Zhao Tingshi's carrier pigeon to the capital." The dark guard handed a small pigeon to Xiao Junmo.
Xiao Junmo read the content of the letter, and his irritable mood was slightly comforted, and it seemed that he couldn't hold it back.
"Send the letter back to the capital." Xiao Junmo imitated the handwriting and rewrote a note.
The next day, Zhao Thorn Shi found the mansion where Xiao Junmo lived before dawn, and heard that King Jingnan had not yet gotten up, so he sat in the hall and waited.
"Zhao Tingshi is really idle and panicked." Xiao Junmo came late, and his sarcastic words made people unashamed under his gentle tone.
"I don't know what the prince wanted to do when he went to Dayang Village yesterday?"
Zhao Tingshi's mansion is not in Qingping County, but in Rong'an County, two days ago, in order to spread the news, he deliberately went home, just to avoid Xiao Junmo.
I didn't expect such a big loophole!
Qingping County is the most severely affected place among several counties, and it is also the most inaccessible place, but Xiao Junmo lives here, and the county order is annoying and afraid.
"Didn't Zhao Tingshi read the notice? This king went to the mountains for a trip, and was going to organize the villagers to come forward to collect medicine and make some money to live a better life. ”
Xiao Junmo was a little sarcastic, this person really couldn't wait for a moment, for fear of what he would do.
"I see, the prince thinks so much about the people, and he is really a model for hundreds of officials."
The suspicion in Zhao Tingshi's eyes turned into respect, so Xiao Junmo made a big salute.
Xiao Junmo silently pushed the wheelchair to change direction, letting this kind of person worship, it is not good, it is easy to touch the head.
"It's not as good as Zhao Tingshi's bankruptcy for the people, Zhao Tingshi thinks so much about the people, this king has something to ask for." Xiao Junmo spoke.
"The prince has something to say, and the lower officials will not give up." can make King Jingnan beg for each other, and say it in the future to have more face.
"Zhao Tingshi is so straightforward, the king said bluntly, this king is going to rebuild a canal, and this money has to ask Zhao Tingshi to help raise it."
Xiao Junmo looked at Zhao Tingshi with anticipation.
"Lord Wang, now that the groundwater has met the needs of the people, why waste money to build another one, this is a bit redundant."
Where is Zhao Tingshi willing, if he wants to raise money, he will have to bleed heavily, after all, Xiao Junmo is staring.
"Where is Zhao Tingshi, you are narrow-minded, the groundwater flow is insufficient, and one day it will be exhausted, and it is not a long-term solution."
Without waiting for Xiao Junmo to answer, Chi Wanwanchao, who walked in, was bluntly sarcastic.
"Wanwan, what are you talking about, Zhao Tingshi naturally has his considerations, how can he be short-sighted? It's just that these circumstances have not been taken into account for a while. ”
Xiao Junmo refuted her in time.
"Don't know? I don't think it's pretending, you see that now he knows, and he doesn't have the idea of doing a little bit. ”
Chi Wanwan looked at Zhao Zhushi with contempt.
"How is it possible, Zhao Tingshi must be willing to contribute, in the past, he went bankrupt to repair the canal, and now that he has the opportunity, he will naturally not shirk, right, Zhao Tingshi."
The two of them stared at Zhao Tingshi with their eyes, staring at him hairy.
"Yes, what the prince said is, it's just that repairing the canal is a big deal, and we don't have enough money, so we have to report it to the court."
Zhao Tingshi was stared at by the two of them, and his scalp was numb, and he ran away after speaking.
Xiao Junmo smiled evilly and exchanged glances: It's done.