After walking around Paris and Venice, Mu Yue finally returned to Qiongya Island.

Lu Fang knew that when she came back, Mu Yue had already eaten most of the bowl of noodle soup in the wing room, and Lu Ying sat opposite her and listened to her talk about the experience of this trip.

Mu Yue took a sip of soup, stuffed a piece of sour pickled radish into his mouth, and said vaguely: "This time it didn't go well, because when I went to Paris, there was a religious war going on there, and the two sides of the war said that it was for their respective sects, but in fact, they both had the surname of that and nothing was crispy." ”

Lu Ying made calculations, calculating the profits of this month reported by various ports, and did not raise her head: "It's all for power and profit." ”

Mu Yue: "Is there still a war in this world that is not for power and profit?" ”

The answer is no.

Lu Ying complained: "These rights and interests have nothing to do with the people, but the people have to die in the war." ”

Mu Yue was accustomed to it: "Most wars are like this, aren't you seizing Qiongya Island for your own rights and interests?" ”

Lu Ying: "I didn't deny it, and my people died for me, I will give something in return." ”

Speaking of which, he showed his bereavement policy, For example, if the Lu family army is killed in battle, there are two ways to deal with the body, one is to take the family home for burial, and the other is to send it to the largest rain temple on the island, and the head of the Lu family will preside over the funeral.

For now, everyone likes the latter, because as long as you enter the rain temple, you don't have to worry about incense again.

Then it depends on whether the sacrificed soldier is an only child, whether he has children, and if he has neither of these conditions, he will only be given a generous pension.

If it is the former, the county government will pay for him to support his parents, and an old man can get 30 catties of rice and flour, 2 catties of oil and salt every month, and send cloth every quarter.

If the latter is the case, the children will be sent to the Tzu Yu Tang on the outskirts of Qiongshan City.

Since Lu Ying had money in his hands, he began to spend money hard in the place of Ciyutang, he collected the eight-year-old orphans on the island who were under the age of eight and had no problem with their brains, and the disabled were also accepted, but the degree of disability could not be to the extent that they could not take care of themselves (disabled children who could not take care of themselves really couldn't take care of themselves), gave them free accommodation and two meals a day, and let people give them lessons every day, their task was to learn and exercise, and grow into a person who was trustworthy in virtue and learning.

Because he had discovered the benefits of cutting off middlemen and using his own people to govern a place, Lu Ying felt that even if the princess conquered Nanyang in the future, Qiongya Island would have to send people to govern it, and it was unrealistic to rely on the big clans gathered by those Nanyang Han people to govern the local area, and Lu Ying knew too well the virtues of those big clans.

What's more, the people who are helping him to manage Qiongya Island now are very likely to form a new "middleman" in the future, Lu Ying is not sure whether he will use a knife against these people in the future, and if he does, there will be a new official to fill the position of these people.

In this case, the cultivation of talents must be done as early as possible, and it is better for these people to be loyal to him and follow his governing philosophy, except for the literacy classes set up in the counties, then the orphans who have no way to live are also good targets for him to repay his kindness.

Now Lu Ying's study is also one of the locations of the power core of Qiongya Island, Lu Ying specially vacated a room, found someone to play a bookshelf with rollers, so that something happened to move, and prepared a large water tank next to the room to prevent fire.

Mu Yue walked into it and found that there were nameplates on the bookshelves, including the local population, household registration, acres of land, topography, crop types and handicraft workshops registered in the county office submitted by each county, as well as the investigation materials collected by Lu Ying himself from various places.

In the corner of the study, there is a soft collapse, on which a soft blanket is spread, there is a pen holder and charcoal pen on the small square table, and there are blank books, and cut blank papers, and there is a balcony on the second floor, on which a chaise longe is placed, and you can just see the flowers and plants in the backyard, as well as the hammock inside.

Lu Ying said proudly: "Qiu Yu redesigned the courtyard for me, and also renamed it for me, called Yongkang Academy, I wish me eternal health." ”

Mu Yue teased evilly: "He specially added so many sleeping places for you when he designed it." ”

Everyone knows that Lu Ying has poor energy and sleeps a lot, sleeps for five hours a day, and can add another nap, and she will also doze off during office work.

Lu Ying pouted, Mu Yue laughed when he saw this, and picked Lu Ying up: "Okay, grandma doesn't smell you, it's normal for children to sleep a lot, how can you grow tall if you don't sleep?" Seeing that you do things so properly, I originally wanted to say that you have grown up,

Who knows if it's still a joke and an unhappy temperament. ”

She hugged Lu Ying and shook it: "Grandma will make you Western desserts in the afternoon, okay?" ”

Lu Ying: "It's not good, I have something." ”

He struggled and jumped to the ground by himself: "And Qiu Yu has made me a Western dessert, soft is soft, but it is too sweet, I am not the reincarnation of the black bear spirit, I eat too much and have a toothache." ”

After saying that, Lu Ying ran away.

Leaving Mu Yue standing in place, raising his eyebrows.

The stability of her little grandson has exceeded that of a normal eight-year-old child, so he won't secretly practice martial arts again, right?

Mu Yue asked Lu Fang about this, and Lu Fang was very sure: "Hai Feinu didn't practice martial arts, he was very lazy, and he was usually too lazy to walk by himself." ”

Mu Yue looked at Lu Fang with a subtle look: "Then let me ask one more thing, now that Hai Feinu wants to do one thing behind your back, can you still stop him?" ”

Lu Fang coughed: "If he is willing to let me know, I can still know." ”

It must be unstoppable, not to mention that Lu Fang is taking the initiative to exert excessive power in Lu Ying's hands, and plans to take over the shift when Lu Ying becomes an adult, pack up his baggage and accompany Mu Yue to travel around the world, even if Lu Fang doesn't do this, Lu Ying is also digging the corner of his ancestor.

Mu Yue understood, her grandson must have secretly practiced martial arts, and all the people under him helped him hide from Lu Fang.

In the afternoon, Lu Ying met with Liu Ziyan, and the little girl brought another batch of gypsum mines.

Liu Ziyan has grown taller, or because she often goes out to tan her black skin, but she looks much stronger than before, she wears a purple riding dress, as neat as a noble woman in Meng, and wears luxurious gold and silver jewelry on her neck and wrists, which should be the appearance that the literati of the Yu Dynasty do not like, but Lu Ying appreciates it very much, he knows at a glance that Liu Ziyan is beginning to practice martial arts to strengthen her body.

Lu Ying likes this kind of sturdy subordinates because they are more energetic and not easy

Sick and able to do more work.

So the villain was concerned: "Why are the jewelry styles worn so old-fashioned?" Is it that Governor Liu won't give you money to buy new jewelry, or is the money I gave you not enough? ”

Liu Ziyan smiled heartily: "These jewelry were left to me by my mother, my father's newly married wife gave birth to a boy, I made a fuss, and asked him to marry my mother's companion to me, so as not to embezzle the money that belongs to me, and the reason why I wear these jewelry is also to let my father remember that he still has a wife." ”

Lu Ying commented very truthfully: "There is no point in doing this, you are a girl, if you and your brother have a conflict of interest in the future, your father must be towards your brother, because a woman's backer is a man, if you get married, something happens, and your brother will support you." ”

Liu Ziyan sneered: "Who wants a little support!" Realizing that Lu Ying was not very old, she immediately changed her words, "I just need to have Young Master Sun's support." ”

"I'm also a child, and I'm changing my teeth." Lu Ying rubbed his face, a little distressed, he didn't dare to speak fast recently, otherwise he would leak.

Liu Ziyan was so cute by his actions that her heart trembled.

Lu Ying said again, "But you have a sentence right, I will support you, after all, it is difficult to find a subordinate like you who is so useful, so you had better keep your position, don't let your father's clan or your stepmother and your brother take it away, I have a lot of female workers on hand, weaving silk and satin cloth, making sugar and making medicine are all powerful, but because the family wants them to marry, many people accept this fate, pack up their baggage and want to leave, only a few brave people know how to find me to call the shots." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Ying was very unhappy: "They all signed a contract with me, and they want to work with me, and they all feel that they can't work anymore if they get married, I think they are dizzy, they forget who their master is, and they are simply illiteracy for nothing, so I have to add new texts to the textbook, telling those people that they can't go back if they sign the deed." ”

Liu Ziyan: "Not necessarily all of them go home voluntarily to get married, Young Master Sun doesn't know, some women have money, and their waists are stiff at home, and they don't listen to men as much as before, and men are worried about not letting them work." ”

Lu Ying saw something: "You are also in this situation? ”

Liu Ziyan: "It's almost, but with Young Master Sun here, I read poetry and books again, I have mines to manage, and my vision is more lofty, so I am better than them." ”

Lu Ying nodded: "So you still have to read and learn crafts, women who don't study are not as good as men in physical work, and it's useless to me, if they don't use it, they can sign a deed with me."

I can't do the work, that is, they come to beg me to make the decision, according to the "Yu Law", I can't interfere too much. ”

The implication of his words is that if women are useful, they can work for him, and Lu Ying can shelter women to live more like people.

Liu Ziyan's eyes were hot, thinking of this year's Qingming Festival, she went back to the ancestral land with her family to worship her ancestors, and even her infant brother could enter the ancestral temple, but she couldn't, she saved a belly to tell her ancestors before she went, how many people she saved in Huxiang, and how many hungry people who were about to starve to death when she opened the mine, but her father loved her so much that he refused to take her to the ancestors.

Because of this, she accumulated a lot of unwillingness and anger in her heart, and she longed to tear down the ancestral temple that she was not allowed to enter, and even imagined what would be the expression of those elders, youths, boys, and even those old women who also prevented her from entering the ancestral temple if the ancestral temple was in ruins.

In this world, only the little Young Master Sun can ignore men and women and affirm Liu Ziyan's talent.

Liu Ziyan wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "Young Master Sun, my subordinates came this time, and they brought hundreds of girls, all of whom couldn't be supported by the family, and they were supposed to be sold to the secret door, but I heard that there are forty percent more men than women on Qiongya Island, so I will spend money to buy them and send them to you, you should be able to use them." ”

Lu Ying pondered for a moment and responded: "Yes, you report the name and age to Ji Yezi, the older one goes to work, and the younger one goes to Ciyutang, and now selling children and daughters, prostitutes, vegetable shops, etc. are all banned by me, is there a similar habit in Huxiang?" ”

Liu Ziyan affirmed: "Very heavy, my subordinates are fortunate, thanks to the grace of Young Master Sun, I entered Yongkang Academy last year, and read the twelve volumes of Young Master Sun's investigation books around Qiongya Island, and found that Young Master Sun has a sentence that is very right, that is, the poorer you are, the poorer you are, the poorer you are, and the same is true in Huxiang." ”

"People can't use contraception, they give birth to a lot of children, boys, most of the girls are thrown into the river to drown, or thrown into the wilderness, if they are raised, they will be sold to other people's families for exchange, that is, the two daughters are exchanged for men as daughters-in-law, or rented to prostitutes to sell themselves, and after selling for a few years, they can save some money to buy a lot of goods for the family, and the men also eat more meat in their mouths."

"It doesn't matter if this daughter loses her chastity, because there are more men and fewer women in Huxiang, there are always men who don't think that women have entered the prostitution and want to marry them, if it is a famine year, these girls are also the most advanced vegetable shops."

Liu Ziyan was very calm when she said these words, but every word was the blood and tears of her daughter's family, which made the women such as Feishuang, Feiyu, Ji Yezi, and Wei's mother who served in the house all show relatives on their faces, and they seem to empathize.

Lu Ying said lightly: "It seems that I, the big boss who often asks women to sign work deeds, is a good person compared to the parents of those women." ”

Liu Ziyan smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, how can your subordinates be so willing to give you their lives?" You treat your subordinates as people, and there is no difference between looking at your subordinates and looking at your male subordinates, as long as your subordinates can do a good job, you can be promoted and make a fortune here, where can you find such a good lord. ”

Since discovering that her father is also a virtue that is not much different from other men, Liu Ziyan has completely recognized the fact that a good boss like Lu Ying is the only one in the world.

This is also the reason why Liu Ziyan has to go out of the house in the face of her father's disapproving eyes and gossip, show up to be a mine boss, and give Lu Ying her life, she pities those women, and the only thing in this world that can make women live more like a person is Qiongya Island, because only here is the protection of the rain god.

She looked at Lu Ying's immature face, and subconsciously held the frog pattern transfer bead on her left wrist, which was her only new jewelry, and it was also her faith.

The girl had a guess in her heart, Lu Ying might not only be a god descendant, but also the reincarnation of a true god, otherwise how could he be so smart and compassionate?

So she has to work hard for this true god, so that after she dies, it doesn't matter if she doesn't enter the ancestral tomb of the Liu family or the ancestral tomb of her husband's family, as long as she turns into a handful of ashes and enters the rain temple, she can also get incense, and she can go to heaven to continue to serve Lu Ying after death.

Young Master Sun would not let Ziyan be a lonely ghost.