Chapter 143: Going to Qingzhou
On this day, the Li Mansion was holding the first birthday banquet of Li Miaoshu's eldest son Runwen, and the first birthday banquet of Xianglian, who was seven days younger, was also held. Li Miao will also not be able to stay at home for a few days, and will go to Qingzhou, Shandong Province in the near future.
On this day, the Li Mansion was full of lights, the scene was not small, and the old lady was also in a good mood, basically holding Runwen in her hand, not to mention Da Zhang Min, the smile on her face couldn't help but overflow.
Li Miao is also happy, her eldest son Runwen is one year old. Can you not be happy? This is his first child in this world.
The original shopkeeper of the town's restaurant, Liu Zhiqi, is now in high spirits, Liu Zhiqi is now the first person under his grandmother, and he is the head of all the noodle restaurants.
To say that Liu Zhiqi's ability is really good, he takes care of all the noodle restaurant business in an orderly manner. Li Miao was also in the town and wrote a menu of braised pork intestines, and got luck for the first time. Slowly, I began to understand luck.
Li Miao had long known that Shopkeeper Liu had a good ability, otherwise he would not have handed over the noodle restaurant to him, and Li Miao originally planned to pull Shopkeeper Liu into the management of the Southern Bureau, but now he has already stopped thinking about this. Let him follow the old lady.
Now Li Miao's three children have long liked Li Miao's arms, it may be connected by blood, or it may be the breath on Li Miao's body, maybe it is both!
On this day, Li Miao and his entourage embarked on a small double-sailed sea boat to Qingzhou, Shandong. Except for Li Shi, who stayed behind to participate in the imperial examination, the entourage was all the original team when he returned to his hometown, and there were also two more mother and son.
Now Ke'er is completely relieved. I can finally stay with the prime minister.
This time, Li Miao took the route by sea, entering the sea from Lianyungang and sailing along the coastline, and it is estimated that it will not take four days to reach Qingzhou. Everyone on the boat was also very interested, but Jia Lan was a little reluctant.
In the village, Jia Lan has made a lot of friends, and they all say that summer is the most fun time in the village, and Jia Lan can learn to swim at that time.
Jia Lan stayed in the village for two months, practicing martial arts and learning together with a group of village guards all day long. In terms of homework, no one is Jia Lan's opponent yet.
But when it comes to practicing martial arts, this group of guards is no worse than Jia Lan, the key is the truth, Jia Lan was originally in Rongguo Mansion, how could he have lived such a life, and at the beginning, people treated him as a little son. Once you are familiar with it, you will let it go.
Jia Lan had a better time, in addition to his normal studies, he usually became a wild boy, and he usually fought with the guards, so people wouldn't let him, it was really a fight, it really hurt.
There was Li Ba, the captain of the guard, who looked at Li Shi, and he was concerned at first. Later, it didn't matter. Being able to play with these village guards is a kind of growth in itself.
Jia Lan used to practice martial arts with Li Shi, it was just a martial arts practice, but now these boys are playing really, the escort team has rules, as long as it doesn't hurt people, it's okay to hurt a little.
Besides, how can you improve your actual combat ability if you don't really practice? The goal of these village guards is to go out and be guards, or even pipe belts. That's what makes it promising.
Now the village is working as a pipe belt outside, and the monthly salary starts at ten taels of silver, and I heard that there are enough big fish and meat pipes all day long. can't be a pipe belt, and the income of ordinary guards outside is not low, and the monthly salary starts at two taels of silver.
The guards on the small sea ship start with a monthly salary of three taels of silver. But there are strict requirements for water.
The current village guards are not so good, and there are certain requirements for cultural achievements. It's not like it used to be. I heard Li Ba say that the son prefers to have brains and can do things.
Now a group of students in the village have begun to learn and improve. After doing your homework, you can also go out to be a shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper's income is higher than that of a guard. It's even more amazing if you can be a big shopkeeper.
They also told Jalan that it had only been two years since their village got better. I used to have enough to eat. It's good to be half-full. The whole village is blessed by the son of the child, so that they can have today's life.
Jia Lan felt that he had a better understanding of the people of the Great Zheng Dynasty, and his martial arts were also making rapid progress, no, he hugged these guards and cried before parting.
In the two months in the village, Jia Lan's homework has not been left behind, but he has become a lot more skinny. Li Kun was also secretly happy when he looked at it.
The people on the boat want to say that the mood fluctuates less, that is, Qiusheng, she doesn't care who stays at home, who goes to Qingzhou, Shandong with Gongzi, anyway, she is a personal maid, and wherever Gongzi goes, she will not miss her.
Qiusheng came back this time and saw that his father and mother were doing well. I heard my father say that his brother was doing well, and he was sent to Shandong last year, so he asked Qiusheng to go to Qingzhou to take care of his brother more.
Li Miao's double-sailed small sea boat entered the canal from the Yangtze River through Yangzhou, and then diverted into the Huai River to Lianyungang. Rested in Lianyungang for one night, and entered the sea the next day. It's a pity that Xiaomin is not there, Li Miao bought a grange for her second daughter on the edge of the river, which is a good paddy field.
In fact, going to sea is not sailing on the vast sea, but sailing along the coastline, so there is not much risk for small sea boats. From the captain to the sailor, he knew that the owner family was on the ship, and the ship was stable.
As soon as he entered the sea, he quickly set up two sails and the speed of the ship increased. The double-sailed small sea boat is the most advanced sea ship of this era, not to mention the fastening of the boat, and the speed of the ship is also the fastest. Soon, the double-sailed small sea boat passed through the sunshine area and came to the Qingzhou sea area.
Don't look at Qingzhou's backwardness, the area is not small, in addition to Qingzhou Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of five counties. They are Jimo County, Jiaozhou County, Huangdao County, Laixi County, and Pingdu County. The geographical area is equivalent to the size of three or four Changzhou prefectures.
It is conceivable that Qingzhou has a vast area, and because there are many coastal areas, the land is very barren. At present, the closer you get to the sea, the more barren the land becomes. The poorer the people are. So at present, it is only the rule of the sixth state.
Now that Li Miao has come to Qingzhou, within three years, Qingzhou will be able to rely on the cultivation of sweet potatoes, and the tax revenue will reach the level of government governance. At that time, Li Miaoguan was promoted to one level and became the prefect of the Zhengwupin.
This is just Li Miao's side business, and his main business is the island he is about to go to. Li Miao's own private island, Lingshan Island.
The government is a positive five products, and there are certain requirements for population and taxation. It can be seen that such a large Qingzhou has not yet reached the government governance, and the population is not many, the key is that the land is barren, and the output is pitiful.
Needless to say, the days of the common people. Perennial hunger. This is another main reason why Li Miao chose Qingzhou, which is tailor-made for the promotion of sweet potatoes, and is located on the coast, which is convenient for the development of shipping.
Qingzhou is also thousands of miles away from the capital, and it is the far away of the Tiangao Emperor. The imperial court also did not pay attention to this impoverished coastal area at all. The annual tax is so small, how can it be valued?
Deserted Island County, which is adjacent to the Rizhao region, is a county under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou, Li Miao's more than 20,000 acres of grange, and 50,000 acres of barren mountains are in the coastal area of Huangdao County, Huangdao County is not an island, but a coastal county.
It was originally a backward area in Qingzhou, but with the promotion of Wang Yonggui's sweet potatoes last year, it has long become a wealthy county in Qingzhou. The county magistrate of Huangdao County was also promoted to Qingzhou for general judgment.
From the six-pin Qingzhou general judgment, Qingzhou has no subordinate Tongzhi. Li Guanghui, the former county magistrate of Huangdao County, was promoted to half a level, and now the Qingzhou general judge, that is, the second-in-command of the Qingzhou territory.