If they are not in the period of conscription, they are paid some wages, which are equal to the average wage in the locality.

In this way, the road construction is a little slow.

Because the plaster used by the construction team was all transported by the plaster workshop in Shengjing.

Moreover, he had promised Li Qiao at that time that the official road should be repaired closely to the official road of Shengjing-Pingcheng, so after the construction brigade entered Jibei Province, it was divided into two, and half stayed in Jibei Province, and the official road between various prefectures and counties in Jibei Province should be covered with plaster.

The other half is along the official road of Shengjing-Pingcheng all the way south.

Now, the construction team that stayed in Jibei Province is about to plaster the entire official road in Jibei Province, while the construction team that went south has left Jibei Province and entered Hedong Province in Yuanhe Province.

This construction team is separated from Shengjing by a province, and the plaster required is still provided by the Shengjing plaster workshop, so that the transportation cost of the plaster is greatly increased and it is very time-consuming.

This will not work.

"Li Aiqing, otherwise, you Pingcheng will simply repair the official road from Hexi Mansion to Hedong Mansion."

"Or, teach the prefects of each province how to make plaster, and let the prefects of each province take care of road construction and this business."

Sheng Hong twisted his eyebrows slightly, and said to Li Qiao.

In this way, the plaster's recipe will leak, and if you meet a careful official, you will either stuff the silver earned by the plaster into your own pocket, or open the door to those close to you and let him and Li Qiao suffer losses.

But the nightmare sent chills down his body.

The nightmare of the day before yesterday, he still felt cold in his heart when he thought about it.

Therefore, he felt that he should not care about how much money he could make from plaster, if there was a loss, there would be a loss, and he would first repair the official roads in various places, so that whether it was to transport grain or provide disaster relief, the speed would be much faster.

Li Qiao didn't know Sheng Hong's worries, but he agreed with Sheng Hong's proposal.

Even if he didn't know the situation for the next ten years, he would not object to this proposal, not to mention that he now knew what the next big event would face.

He was too much in favor of the proposal.

He has been worried about his limited personal influence recently, and now that Sheng Hong has this proposal, it really pokes him in the heart.

He immediately replied: "The people of Pingcheng are willing to build roads, so it is much more convenient for foreign traders to go to Pingcheng." ”

"As for handing over the plaster recipe to the prefects of various places, Weichen has no opinion. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and first open the roads, then it will be much easier to do whatever you do in the future. ”

"But then your income will be reduced. This forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and I can't guarantee that the prefect of every prefecture will be as selfless and honest as Caritas Qing. ”

Sheng Hong was very satisfied with Li Qiao's answer, but this stucco workshop was the same as the royal dim sum shop, and he, Li Aiqing, wanted to take half of the share.

Moreover, according to the sales situation in Shengjing, although the plaster is not a huge profit, it is still quite profitable.

"It doesn't matter, the money should be donated. Compared with the little silver lost, it is important to build roads. Li Qian replied without hesitation.

As soon as these words came out, Sheng Hong's satisfaction was even stronger.

He smiled and stretched out his hand and nodded at Li Qiao: "I can't let you suffer, so let's do it, I will reward you with another 20,000 acres of cultivated land." ”

“…… Yes? ”

Li Qiao looked confused.

Reward?

He hurriedly shook his head: "Thank you for your kindness, it's just that the cultivated land you recently gave to Weichen has made Weichen grateful, if you give it again, then Weichen will really be afraid." ”

"What are you afraid of? It's just to compensate you for the loss of plaster. So it was decided. ”

Sheng Hong waved his hand and directly changed the topic: "You took the initiative to get involved in the second question I gave to my sons, what do you have now?" ”

Li Qiao: "......"

He took a deep breath, lifted the hem of his shirt and knelt down to thank him.

After thanking him, he got up, and he said with a bitter face: "Weichen...... No clue. ”

That's true.

He really didn't have a clue.

Regardless of whether it was the dock of the eldest prince and the fourth prince, or the seventh prince, the sixth prince and the second prince, he had no clue.

For example, Shangshu County, the Seventh Prince, he carefully studied the various resources of this county, and the more he studied, the bigger it became.

This county has tea, there are Chinese herbal medicines, there are many hills, there is little arable land, but tea and Chinese herbal medicine are not the specialty of this county, many places in Hu'an Province produce tea and medicinal materials.

In this way, this feature cannot be called a feature.

At this time, if there is an Internet, he can still rely on his own influence to open a live broadcast to sell tea and medicinal materials.

But there is no network at this time, and the Seven Princes are already building roads, bridges, and digging rivers, and when these infrastructure facilities are repaired, then the tea and medicinal materials in this county can be transported out, and there is no need for his help at all.

Therefore, during this period of time, he thought about the poverty alleviation methods he knew, but he did not come up with a suitable one.

As for the most common planting of fruit trees, this one was passed by him.

I can't eat enough to eat next, and what fruit trees are I planting?

However, there is a large amount of limestone in Shangshu County, as well as several surrounding counties, limestone can be fired to make quicklime, quicklime can be used to make cement, can also be used to make glass, there are many benefits.

But if you use limestone to make cement, the procedure is more complicated than that of plant ash to make cement, and now there is grass ash cement, so there is no need to use limestone.

As for glass, he hasn't figured it out yet.

"Don't have a clue?" Sheng Hong couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Li Qiao's words: "Don't you have a clue at all?" ”

Li Aiqing, who has always had a lot of ideas, asked Li Aiqing, who took the initiative to join in, but there was no good way?

It's kind of incredible!

Li Qiao looked ashamed: "Why don't you plant some chestnut trees in the place where the docks of the Seventh Prince and the Sixth Prince belong?" There are a lot of hills over there, which is suitable for growing chestnuts. ”

Chestnut is a cash crop, it can also be used as a grain, and although the yield per mu of chestnut trees is not as high as that of sweet potato and corn, it is higher than that of wheat.

All things considered, it is more cost-effective to grow chestnuts.

"Chestnut?" Sheng Hong frowned: "If the people plant more chestnuts, how to deal with it?" ”

"All of them were bought by Wechen."

"Huh? Do you buy them all? ”

"Wechen plans to open a new shop, specializing in all kinds of small snacks, chestnuts can be made into chestnut cakes, can also be made into fried chestnuts, can also be made into moon cakes, can also be cooked, for a variety of purposes."

"Of course, chestnuts are just one of the snacks in this new shop, and Wechen will also make some other snacks and sell them together."

Li Qian explained carefully.

In later generations, there are quite a few brands that specialize in selling snacks, and they are quite popular, such as eight little squirrels, Liangjia Xiaoshop, etc., if he opens a similar shop in this time and space, as long as the taste is good, the business will definitely be good.

However, his snack shop can only buy chestnuts from Shangshu County at present, which can only be said to be better than nothing for improving the economy of Shangshu County.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he said again: "There is a lot of water over there, you can plant some lotus root and make lotus root powder." ”

"Lotus root powder? What is it? ”

Sheng Hong couldn't help asking.

There is no lotus root powder in this time and space, Li Qiao explained: "During the Chinese New Year, Weichen found that the water was a little turbid after the lotus root slices were cleaned, just like sweet potatoes and potatoes after cleaning. So Weichen thought that since sweet potatoes and potatoes can be made into starch, maybe lotus root can also be used. ”

"So Weichen made this lotus root powder according to the same method, the lotus root powder itself is light red, and it becomes viscous after flushing, add some honey nuts, and it tastes good."

"That's ......"

Sheng Hong suddenly said: "Then you send some into the palace and let your father try it." ”

Since it was sweet, his father probably liked it.

"Yes." Li Qiao responded, he smiled bitterly: "Weichen is only a shallow learner, and his talent is all in eating, and after thinking about it for so long, he finally returned to eating." ”

Therefore, he was embarrassed to say it at first.

"You can't say that, Li Aiqing, making the people rich has been a big problem since ancient times, it is normal that the miracle of Hexi Mansion cannot be reproduced, how can miracles appear every day."

"Chestnuts are good, they can satisfy hunger and exchange money, so let's plant chestnuts. And that lotus root powder, it should also be good, after all, lotus root is also a good thing. ”

"Your snack shop, I'm looking forward to it, it's going to open early."

Sheng Hong said with a smile, with appreciation and encouragement in his tone.

In the past, how could he have imagined that a snack could create miracles.

Don't underestimate the food.

So, Li Qiao's trip to the palace today can be said to be full of harvest, not only got another 20,000 acres of arable land, but also temporarily had a small solution to the problem of the seventh prince and the sixth prince.

After leaving the palace at noon, he went straight to the gate of the inner city and asked Li Man to go home and get some lotus root powder.

When the lotus root powder was delivered, he entered the palace again, and personally washed the lotus root powder in the Qiuxian Palace, and won Sheng Hong's approval, so he left the palace again.

This time, back at the head of the household, he began to pick and choose arable land.

At present, he has a total of 80,000 mu of cultivated land to choose from, and the 20,000 mu of cultivated land he has newly acquired today is still in Jibei Province.

For example, the Zunhua Mansion where Li Dao's house is located is next to Shengjing, and it is very convenient to go back and forth.

There is also the Tangshan Mansion further afield, which is also near the sea, and the coastline is longer than that of Cangzhou Mansion.

Now these places are paved with cement, the transportation is convenient, and they are all good places!

Li Qiao was rewarded with 80,000 acres of arable land by Sheng Hong within two days, which set off a huge wave in the court.

It's exaggerated, it's really exaggerated, the treatment of a courtier in Li Qian is actually comparable to that of a prince.

This holy grace is so thick that it makes people red-eyed!

In the past, the dignitaries and nobles who could still be calm and right, at this time they really couldn't sit still, not only all kinds of greetings and invitations flew into Loei like snowflakes, but some matchmakers also frequently came to the door.

The nobles who came to propose relatives can only be regarded as second-rate nobles at most, and the most expensive ones are earls.

These noble families really don't look down on Li Ershan, Li Yuning, Li Xiaolan, these juniors, although these juniors are also literate, but in the end, they grew up in the village, and they are completely incompatible with the noble Earl's Palace.

But at this time, even the Hou Mansion came.

And the good people who had a good relationship with Li Qiao early were smiling like a tooth at this time.

For example, the Fan family.

Fan Yuanyuan, the fifth lady of the Fan family, and Li Ershan came and went very frequently, but Fan Yuanyuan was embarrassed to come to Lebane, so she went to the duck shop to find Li Ershan.

After the two families got married, they only came to Loei once during the Chinese New Year.