On the official road west of Tai'an City, a group of people rode horses slowly, enjoying the rare good weather.

Since three days ago, the vicinity of Tai'an City has warmed up on a large scale, the ice and snow have melted, the temperature has risen, and the fur can be taken off, I don't know if I thought it was back in spring.

This is definitely the best time for the people of Tai'an City, who were forced to hide at home by the early cold wave, to travel and relax.

Of course, this kind of weather is also conducive to the tournament.

"Did you hear that? The empress will leave the palace tomorrow and meet the envoys of the six kings of the grassland with the east gate? ”

Disappeared for two days, Shang Zhong, who didn't know where to go, rode a war horse and followed behind the equation, discussing with the Li brothers that he got the latest news.

But he didn't want the Li brothers to look casual, as if they didn't care about the empress's departure from the palace.

"Hey, brother, that's the empress, the first time she walked out of the imperial city after ascending the throne?" Shang Zhong emphasized.

Before the empress replaced the prince, she was criticized in various ways.

It's not that the martial artist can't accept a woman as the emperor, but the empress who was only the eldest princess at the time, and she didn't show much to the outside world, not to mention the martial artists, the people of Tai'an City only knew that there was an eldest princess under the knee of the first emperor, and the people who knew a little more only knew the love between the eldest princess and the concubine.

The royal family is not without other candidates, why should the eldest princess come out?

But when the empress ascended the throne, the women's army successfully completed the suppression of the state, and the doubts suddenly became smaller, and the news from the court intentionally or unintentionally spread the news, and the legendary attributes of the empress became more and more confusing.

Coupled with the achievements made by the empress in the past five years, more and more martial artists have become interested in worshipping the empress.

Even if Shang Zhong knew who was behind the equation, he still couldn't resist the idea of seeing the empress with his own eyes.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Looking at Shang Zhong, who was completely confused by the news of the empress's departure from the palace, Li Yanqing coughed, and at the same time his eyes drifted forward.

cough cough cough ......

Almost in the next moment, Shang Zhong let out a more violent coughing sound, and Shang Zhong, who suddenly understood, still had a little bit of self-satisfaction on his face because he knew the whereabouts of the empress in advance, and his ruddy face turned pale all of a sudden.

"What's wrong? Uncomfortable, if not? Don't follow me this time! The equation turned around.

For the empress in the palace, the equation is honestly quite curious, after all, the empress is on the throne, there is one in history, but in reality, there is one at present.

You must know that the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liaoguo, who is closest to the present time, has the authority of the emperor, and has no name as an emperor, is not also sung and smeared in various ways.

What is the opinion of Liao in China, the equation is not known.

But the equation knows that the degree of the queen mother's folk singing in the Wu Dynasty is almost on par with the Ming monarchs of the past dynasties.

Of course, this is mostly propaganda for the reign of the empress.

"No!"

In the face of Shang Zhong's prevarication, the equation did not intend to let go, "Lao Pu, is it so terrible?" ”

Hearing this, Shang Zhong's face furrowed, and he retorted loudly, "How is it possible, he is an old thing, how can I be afraid of him?" ”

It's a pity that these words obviously didn't deceive people, and a kind of laughter suddenly sounded.

……

"Oops, I'm finally here, if I don't see it, I'm going to have a meal!"

Hearing the movement outside the courtyard, Huang An hurriedly greeted him.

"Why are you here?"

"Why am I not here, you forgot, Yushchenk is in office, and I am only on a temporary post!"

Huang An grabbed the reins with one hand to help the equation control the war horse, and clamped the equation's arm with the other, "The city is closed, and I will naturally come back!" ”

"What about Xia Heng and them?"

"No, the shepherd is not good, if you don't settle the shepherd this winter, these shepherds won't know where to go next year, you know, many ewes in the pasture are now pregnant with cubs, and they will be inseparable for a while, Xia Heng and they are discussing the cost of wintering with the shepherd!"

The shepherd has no job, the source is complicated, and the mind is even more complicated.

Not to mention that the same rice raises hundreds of people, and when there is work, enough money is given, and the shepherd is very easy to control, but when the work is over, trouble will come.

Some of them have made money this year and may be planning to take a break next year.

Some people who want to turn over may plan to spend money to buy some sheep in the coming year and leave an inheritance for future generations.

How to choose, no one knows.

"And what are you going to do?"

After listening to Huang An's introduction, the equation nodded frequently, he did ignore the matter of the shepherd, but this definitely couldn't be told to Huang An.

There is no shortage of grassland in the north, others do not rent it, and with a mature model of one year, some people want to rent the grassland to people in the market.

But if there is a lack of shepherds in the pasture, they will have to catch the equation in the coming year, let alone expand production next year, and the contract trading volume will rush to millions of stones.

Therefore, the shepherd in the hand must not only be reduced, but also expanded.

Expandable, it's really not that easy to do!

"This year, we can recruit enough shepherds, mainly because the earth dragon turned over during the wax moon, causing a large number of propertied ranchers to become properletarians, and in order to survive, we have to come to us to be sheepherds, this kind of ranchers who have just become sheepherds, their minds are often the most difficult to control, and they are also the most restless!"

"For this group of people, the salary is paid in full, and some things are sent for the winter, so it should be a good fate!"

"As for the rest, as long as we are willing to stay, we will accept it, and if you are willing to do things in winter, we will give more, and if you are not willing to do things, we will do less."

The shepherds have a good life, and the income is not necessarily less than that of small ranchers, especially after the winter, they have no burden.

The shepherd in the territory of the Wu Dynasty directly found a cat in the county seat in winter, and there was no need to think about anything, and it would pass in one winter.

Although there are not many sheep herds on the grassland, the valley where the winter shelter also needs manpower, and you can also have a delicious winter with the things you bought in the market before.

But the problem is that the whole group of sheepherds, no matter in that society, has too low social status, similar to untouchables, and there is no way out for themselves, let alone future generations.

Unless there is really no way, it hurts the heart, and few people will be a shepherd for a long time.

"Wouldn't that be nice?"

The equation is a little curious, how did it all be arranged, it is necessary for Huang An to meet and tell him this as soon as possible?

"It's good, it's good, but the question is why it's not so difficult for a long time, no one wants to be a shepherd for the rest of their lives, not for themselves, but also for their children? It's been solved this year, but what about the future......"

Huang An spread his hands, "And we give too much!" ”

"So?" I can't solve the equation, and I can't hear the meaning of this at all.

Do you give more?

A shepherd has ten taels of silver, with adult children, and each adult child adds three taels, and a family of six or seven sheepherds, plus various subsidies, is twenty taels.

Under the condition of eating and living, twenty taels is indeed a lot, but don't forget, the things in the household market are far more expensive than those in the Wu Dynasty, and in terms of purchasing power, twenty taels is equivalent to the appearance of eleven or twenty taels in the territory.

That's really not much!

"We don't give much, but those merchants who make money are also giving, and I don't know who is the leader, the shepherds basically received more than 20 taels of red envelopes in early October, plus a batch of materials that are enough for the next year!"