Mr. Zhang noticed the skirt exposed in the corner of the corridor not far away, and looked at it, and he smiled with a wrinkled face, "Princess, you are here." ”

When the others heard this, they all followed Mr. Zhang's line of sight.

It was the first time for Quan He and the servants to see the ladies of the palace, and when they heard Mr. Zhang call the princess, they were surprised in their eyes.

King Qian has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and the princess they envisioned should be similar, but when they meet now, this beautiful woman with a natural appearance standing in the corner of the corridor turns out to be the princess.

The official standing in the back row looked back at the appearance of King Qian, and then looked at the princess, tsk, it was really a flower inserted in what it was.

In fact, King Qian's facial features are not ugly, and he is tall, but his middle-aged fortune has created him today.

One fat ruins all.

Several lords of the palace are handsome, none of them are cold-looking, and the figure of King Qian can be found from them, which shows that King Qian is young and handsome young man.

Xia Jing saw that everyone was looking at her, the corners of her lips hooked slightly, and she smiled at everyone, "A heavy rain, I don't know how many flowers and plants fell, stay in the house and be stuffy, just come out for a walk, look at the scenery of our Lingnan, you continue to be busy, don't care about the concubine, the concubine is just looking around at random." ”

Quan He said with a smile: "Although Lingnan is a poor and remote country, the scenery is still good, and the princess can walk around if you have the opportunity." ”

"Listen to the meaning of the whole adult, Lingnan is very poor?" Xia Jing pretended to be an ignorant woman in the house, and slowly walked out of the corner of the porch.

"For a long time, Lingnan taxes have been almost only meascan agricultural taxes, and they have been unable to make ends meet all year round, and no official is willing to come here to take office."

Saying that, Quan He sighed, "If you are poor, you want to change, and the people of Lingnan also want to change, but because they are on the border, there are wars from time to time, the population cannot grow, and there are bandits all year round." In the early years, there were many families who were killed due to war bandits, and the rest of the families were frightened and forced to move their families to flee for their lives. ”

Otherwise, why would Lingnan Mansion be so dilapidated!

As King Qian said, the government is dilapidated, and it is worse than the broken temples in the mountains!

Xia Jing pondered for a moment, looked up at King Qian, and then looked at Quanhe, "Listening to your words today, I have a general understanding of Lingnan's concubine, Lingnan is not only in economic depression, but also perennial either a military disaster or a bandit, so it is not easy to deal with it with such internal and external troubles!" ”

As she spoke, she changed her words, "However, now that the prince is here, Lingnan will be the prince's fief in the future, and the situation will definitely change, whether it is for the people or the community, the prince needs to work hard, and he can no longer be willful." Lord, do you think what I said is right? ”

King Qian: "."

King Qian, who is standing here as a tool man, has said everything you have said, and this king has nothing to say.

I listened to your chat with relish, but I didn't want to end up being roasted on the stove by this woman.

King Qian is sometimes quite self-aware of his own ability, he does not have the talent to govern the world, and he handed Lingnan into his hands, and with the assistance of his subordinate officials, it is good to maintain the governance of Lingnan as it is.

"Just like what the princess just said, Lingnan's economy is in recession, internal and external troubles, it is not easy to govern this place, it will not be effective in ten or twenty years, and all adults want to witness the changes in Lingnan, I am afraid that it will have to wait until ancient times."

Quan He's face trembled, and even the beard that had been repaired with the most dedication was cocked.

He pondered for a moment, stroked his beard and said helplessly: "Lord Wang, Weichen has just passed the year of his establishment, and it is still early for seventy years. ”

King Qian looked back at Quan He's swarthy face and said with emotion: "Lord Quan, why are you so young and have such rough and dark skin?" ”

Quanhe touched his rough face, "It's all because the sun in Lingnan is too big, this is something that can't be helped." ”

King Qian patted him on the shoulder, "All my lord, you can't neglect to take care of yourself when you are busy with business, you have to take care of your own face, seeing that you look so anxious, this king is anxious for you." ”

Thirty looks like fifty, and the two stand together, I don't know if they think they are the same age.

Quanhe: "."

He glanced at King Qian, who had nothing to show on the surface, and rolled his eyes in his heart, although he was a little rough on the outside, he was powerful on the inside, and he didn't need to test it to know that King Qian couldn't compare.

Xia Jing was full of black lines, and she wanted King Qian to work hard and work hard, but these two big men chatted and chatted and became crooked!

She had to stand up and bring the topic back to business, "Lord Quan, Concubine Ben is idle, can you look through the account books of the government office?" ”

"Ledger?" Quanhe was a little unsure of what Xia Jing meant, but he instinctively became vigilant in his heart in the ledger.

Xia Jing didn't seem to be aware of his vigilance, Ying Ying smiled: "Yes, this concubine wants to see how much cultivated land is in Lingnan, you also know, the industry of our palace is basically purchased in the Gyeonggi area, and now that she has come to Lingnan, this concubine wants to buy some fields in Lingnan as soon as possible. ”

The tension in Quan He's heart eased slightly, and he smiled and made a gesture of please, "Then the princess, please come with Weichen." ”

In the account room of the government office, the master Bo calculated the sum of the acres of fields in Lingnan Mansion and presented it to Xia Jing.

Xia Jing turned to the last page, which recorded the area of cultivated land recorded in Lingnan, and the cultivated area of the entire Lingnan was less than that of a county in Jingzhou.

"Lord Wang, look at this data."

King Qian was forced to take it, and a long list of numbers was recorded on the last page, but his head was a little confused, and he didn't know if this data was normal or small?

Xia Jing glanced at Mr. Zhang, the other party understood in seconds, and took the account book in King Qian's hand.

When he saw the numbers above, he gasped, "Quan, Quan, this is the cultivated land area of the entire Lingnan?" You guys are not mistaken? ”

"These are all recorded cultivated areas, and in previous years, taxes were collected according to this, how could you be mistaken!"

Quanhe slandered in his heart, according to his wishes, he wished to collect more taxes, how could he be wrong in this kind of thing.

King Qian frowned and looked at Mr. Zhang, "Sir, what does this data mean?" ”

When Mr. Zhang heard this, he tried his best to save his respect, "Lord, you have been staying in Gyeonggi, and the emperor has never let you deal with political affairs, so you definitely don't know about the cultivated land in a state." The total cultivated land area of Lingnan is less than 20% of Jingzhou, which is equivalent to the area of a county in Jingzhou. ”

When King Qian heard this, his heart was angry, "The king of Lingnan belongs to him, in fact, he is saying that there is a land that sounds good, and it is not as good as a county in the Central Plains?" ”

Then when he came to Lingnan, he not only had to manage the people of a state, but also always be wary of the tribes in the southwest, and the taxes were less than a county

No!

It is really not as good as a county, and it may be on par with a county, because the main source of taxes in the counties of the Central Plains is commercial tax, followed by agricultural tax.

And Lingnan is poor and raised by the stepmother, and there is only one item of agricultural tax.

Although the fief did not have to pay taxes to the imperial court, like a small imperial court, he had to support a lot of people.

Now he has a lot of trouble raising a large family, and now that he sees this account book, King Qian knows the cause and effect relationship even if he doesn't know the general affairs.

How can we support the officials and soldiers of a state with a small tax and a deficit for many years?

King Qian felt unprecedented pressure at the moment!

Xia Jing saw that the purpose of coming to the front yard was achieved, so she took the maid back to the backyard.

As soon as he returned to his yard, the eldest lady came to find her.

"Mother, this is the pair of cards, the ledger and the treasury key all over the palace."

As soon as her words fell, the tray of these items was placed in front of Xia Jing by the maid behind her.

The assets of the palace have shrunk severely, and the materials that used to occupy more than a dozen warehouses are now less than two warehouses left.

Now that there is a lot of pressure to be in charge of the palace, the eldest lady feels that it is better to return the power of the palm feed to the owner.

"When I was in the capital, the house was always you taking care of it, and later. There is no way for the daughter-in-law to take over, the daily affairs are cumbersome, the daughter-in-law's ability is limited, and the management is a little inadequate. Now that we have settled down in Lingnan, it is time for you to take charge of the palace again, and you still need to learn more from your daughter-in-law's shortcomings. ”

Xia Jing is the oldest in the palace, and she belongs to the person sitting at the top of the pyramid, how could she be stupid and hard to take charge of the palace.

The women who often deal with each house in the back house have nothing to do all day long, and all they have to deal with are trivial things.

This kind of thankless thing, how could Xia Jing let herself fall into it.

She pushed the tray back, smiled and comforted: "You don't need to be presumptuous, your ability is obvious to all, and managing a palace is not enough for you to be capable." The palace is still managed by you next, the concubine is now old, and her energy is not as good as before, and it is really incapable of managing a large mansion, you still have to take these back, and the palace will ask you in the future. ”

"Mother."

The eldest lady looked embarrassed, her eyebrows were tightly frowned, don't wait to bully people like this!

Now the palace can be said to be only an empty shell, and there are hundreds of people to support in the palace alone, not including the guard battalion in charge of the outer courtyard.

I heard that the soldiers, horses, and officials in the entire Lingnan were responsible for my father, and the eldest lady had a headache just thinking about it.

In such a miserable situation, how can she manage the inner house?

Of course, the soldiers and horses of Lingnan and the officials' fortunes and the feeds in the inner house are not touched, but the eldest lady still has no bottom in her heart.

I don't have food in my hand, and I'm panicking!

Xia Jing raised her hand to stop her from continuing, "Concubine Ben knows the current financial situation of the palace, and the difficulties are only temporary. If you believe in this concubine, this concubine promises that you will improve within a month and solve your urgent needs. ”

The eldest lady was skeptical, "Really? ”

Xia Jing smiled angrily: "Can a lot of people of this concubine's age lie to you?" ”

The eldest lady looked at Xia Jing again, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, what did she say, a lot of age? It seems that she is a few years older than her!

But her seniority is here, to be honest, the eldest lady really doesn't dare to pose in front of Xia Jing by relying on her elders.

"Since the mother said so, the daughter-in-law will not shirk, so she will continue to manage the backyard for the time being, if there is something wrong, I hope the mother will point it out, and the daughter-in-law will correct it."

Xia Jing smiled and bowed her head.

The eldest lady had a toothache, so she had to ask again: "We first arrived in Lingnan, the climate here is completely different from the Central Plains, and it is time for the house to cut summer shirts for everyone, but now that there is a shortage of materials in the palace, what do you think should be done?" ”

"There should be a batch of cloth among the materials transported by the government this time, you can use this batch of cloth to cut summer shirts for everyone first."

"The fabrics suitable for summer shirts in this batch of fabrics are running out and gone."

"When it's used up, it's used up, and the fabric is brought in to make clothes for everyone. When our palace has a firm foothold in Lingnan, are you still afraid that there will be no fabric to cut clothes? ”

Although the eldest lady didn't know where Xia Jing's confidence came from in this poor country, she was smart enough not to ask much.

If the fiscal deficit of the government can be alleviated in time after a month, it would be a good choice for her to be in charge of the power of the back house.

Rest for two days.

The aftermath of running all the way is finally gone.

Xia Jing finished breakfast and took Li Chengmu and her thousand guards out of the city.

Li Chengmu fanned the wind and asked, "Mother, where are we going?" ”

If it is near the outskirts of the city, the mother concubine will not bring a thousand strong men, so powerful, the place where she will go must not be close.

Xia Jing peeled a lychee and threw it into her mouth, looked at the golden sunlight outside, and said vaguely: "I heard that you can see the sea when you go south." ”

"You want to see the sea?"

Li Chengmu has never seen the sea when he is so old, and his eyes are full of yearning and expectation when he hears the sea.

"Well, sort of." Xia Jing looked at him, and said with crooked eyebrows: "I heard that the sea and the sky are the first line, and the sunrise on the sea is the most spectacular, if the weather does not change, we can watch the sun jump out of the sea level tomorrow." ”

Li Chengmu slapped his hands excitedly, "My son has only seen the sunrise on the top of the mountain, and the sunrise on the sea is very exciting. ”

When Hongmei heard this, she interjected with a smile: "Fifth Master, you have been busy with your own affairs for the past two days, and you may not have paid attention to the Fourth Master. ”

"What's wrong with my fourth brother?"

Li Chengmu pondered, could it be that the fourth brother did something earth-shattering?

Hongmei covered her mouth and chuckled: "The fourth master only rested for one day, and he couldn't wait to take the guards to visit the mansion city." If you ask him about the city, he will definitely be one of the cities that our palace knows best. ”

Li Chengmu didn't understand what there was to visit in the dilapidated Fucheng, "I walked around the Fucheng in two days, which can only show that the Fucheng in Lingnan is too small, and it is not enough for the fourth brother to visit for a few more days." ”

Xia Jing bowed: "Xiao Wu is right, the city is too small." ”

"The mother concubine followed her father to Lingnan, do you feel wronged?"

"What's the grievance here? If we hadn't come to Lingnan and followed the emperor to Jiankang, we don't know what the situation would be now? Although Lingnan is remote and backward, it is at least free. ”

Lingnan is very beautiful, there is nothing missing, what is missing is the pair of eyes that find beauty.

Just like Maxima wants to meet Bole, no one appreciates you, and no matter how good you are, no one will pay attention.

At noon, the sun was too strong, and the team found a mountain forest to rest.

Xia Jing looked at the sweaty appearance of the guards on foot, turned her head and asked Li Chengmu: "Little Wu, where do you say there are more horses in Lingnan?" ”

Li Chengmu spoke without hesitation: "Barracks, barbarians, bandit dens!" Apart from these three places, I can't think of any other force with more horses. ”

Xia Jing felt that his analysis was right, "You're right, I heard from Master Quan that bandits are rampant in Lingnan, if we a few more bandit dens, maybe we can equip five thousand households out." ”

"Five thousand households? The mother wants to expand the army? "Lee Seung-mu is very smart.

"Well, with this idea, the garrison in Lingnan is 20,000 on paper, most of them are empty salaries, and the actual number is only 8,000."

In order to maintain stability in all aspects of Lingnan, these 8,000 soldiers and horses are far from enough, and the expansion of the team must be put on the agenda.

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