With this dowry, even if the Ming family has a Ming governor, it is impossible to give Li Yuning a look.

Li Yuning's ten-mile red makeup has been the headline news in Shengjing for several days, and Li Yuning's dowry is also ten-mile red makeup when she got married, and now Li Yuning's dowry is richer than Li Yun'an, it seems that Li Qian really loves these sisters and brothers.

Now Li Qiao also has a niece Li Xiaolan......

Recently, Jiang Mao has been under a lot of pressure, and Li Yuning's dowry when she got married has made a wave of advertisements for Li Xiaolan, and Li Xiaolan has now become a sweetheart, and there are a lot more people who want to marry than before.

There are top nobles here, as well as one of the richest businessmen in Dasheng, and what shocked him even more was that some talented people from well-to-do families came to the door!

This is truly abhorrent.

But he couldn't do anything.

The first impression he left on Li Qiao was too bad, even if he was well-behaved later, Li Qiao was always polite and detached from him, without a trace of the kind of intimacy that he knew about.

He was disturbed by this matter and didn't even perform well in the exam, but fortunately, his basic skills were solid, so he won the Jinshi.

But the palace test is next month, and now he can't relax, I don't know what his final ranking will be, if he can't get the next grade, then this family business will definitely be hopeless.

But no amount of frustration at this point is useless.

Let's concentrate on preparing for the exam!

In this palace examination, Sheng Hong's questions are simple and simple, and difficult to say, completely allowing candidates to play freely:

If there are years of famine, how should the government stabilize the situation?

Candidates can set themselves as the governor of a province, a prefecture, or a county, so that they can give specific plans.

The answers given by the one hundred and thirty new science and technology scholars are varied, but they are all quite reliable, after all, Sheng Hong has been on the throne for more than ten years, and Li Qiao's method of going one step more than other candidates has been circulating for almost ten years.

Even if it was a move made by Sheng Jun when he was in power, he was forced by Sheng Hong so much, and he threw away the stereotype and seriously studied how to solve the problem.

Sheng Hong carefully looked at the answer sheets of the 130 new science and technology scholars, and personally set the champion of the first class, the role model, and the flower.

Jiang Mao didn't play well in the exam, but he played well in the palace exam, and was named Tanhua by Sheng Hong.

When this result came out, Jiang Mao was really relieved.

It's okay, it's okay.

At least he still has a chance.

Jiang Mao's test paper, Li Qiao did not take the initiative to ask, but Sheng Hong talked to him.

Jiang Mao set himself as the governor of a province, and took Yuanhe Province as an example, combined with the recent cold weather, and wrote a good policy article.

The article is logically rigorous, first writing about a series of effects and natural disasters brought about by the cold, and then writing down specific solutions according to the different degrees of disasters.

The article is sprinkled with more than 10,000 words, which not only shows Jiang Mao's ability to coordinate the overall situation, but also shows Jiang Mao's detailed understanding of agricultural affairs and people's feelings.

Sheng Hong's original words were that young people were bold enough to set themselves as governors of a province as soon as they came up, but they were too young, so they didn't have enough experience, and most of the knowledge they knew came from books and other people's mouths, not what he saw in person.

This sense of floating is a bit on paper, and Sheng Hong is not very relieved, so he sets Jiang Mao as a flower.

However, Sheng Hong was employing people at the same time, and he put this seemingly capable new science scout in his new official position: the grain superintendent, instead of letting Jiang Mao go to the Hanlin Academy according to the previous tradition.

Although he wanted to Tuntian in the four southern provinces, Shengjing and Jibei Province would definitely not be able to give up, so Sheng Hongxin thought of an official name so that he could inspect the crop planting in Shengjing and Jibei Province on his behalf.

The grain supervisor does not belong to the six departments, and belongs to the special department like Tuntian Langzhong, there are five in total, except for Jiang Mao, the tanhua, the remaining four are all new science and technology jinshi.

This is a chore, almost every day on business, to run around Shengjing and Jibei Province.

Fortunately, the two places are now paved with concrete roads, which not only shortens the distance, but also improves the comfort level of walking on the road a lot.

However, in the end, this errand is really hard, and you have to endure the wind, rain and sun.

But Jiang Mao was very happy after receiving the position, he didn't want to be promoted step by step, so he was stupid when he saw Li Qiao for the first time.

If he is really allowed to enter the Hanlin Academy and follow the path of hard work, and still stay in the Hanlin Academy after so many years, it will be regarded as a real torment for him.

He just wants to do something big!

He just wanted to do something practical, he didn't want to be trapped in the Hanlin Academy to compile books and revise history.

Moreover, although the grain governor only has seven grades, he is directly managed by Sheng Hong like Tuntian Langzhong, and his immediate boss is Shengshang!

I think that when his grandfather was in Renzhi County, Pingcheng, he was afraid that the saint would forget him, a seven-grade petty official, and now it is his turn, although it is also a seven-grade, but the saint will not forget him no matter what.

He's full of energy!

Jiang Mao's mentality made Li Qiao a little surprised, this young man is really a single-minded person who has no money to engage in his career?

When Jiang Mao came to visit him, he sincerely encouraged him and suggested that Jiang Mao hire someone from the royal logistics as a bodyguard.

The grain governor is equivalent to Shenghong's Qincha, and he inspects the crop cultivation in various villages and towns in Shengjing and Jibei Provinces, which can easily offend the local officials and magnates.

In order to prevent being put in a sack or even losing a small life, it is better to hire a few bodyguards.

Jiang Mao gladly accepted Li Qiao's suggestion, and when he left Beijing, he was accompanied by six strong men from the royal logistics, the Jiang family was not short of money, and he hired so many people.

Soon it was the end of April.

It's getting hot.

It wasn't long before the wheat ripened.

After that spring snow, there was no rain in Shengjing, and the main work of the farmers became irrigation again.

At this critical juncture, Wang Guihua did not run back and forth between her own Zhuangzi as before, because Zheng Qianqian was about to give birth.

Zheng Qianqian's baby is a twin, with a big belly, and it is a little difficult to walk.

and Dr. Chen, who was sent by the Seventh Prince when Tao Zhu was pregnant before, was also invited by him.

There are three doctors with superb medical skills, and in early May, Zheng Qianqian successfully gave birth to a brother and a daughter.

Although Zheng Qianqian is tired to death, he is very happy, he is looking forward to giving birth to a brother, and now he is sending one more delicate and soft girl, the sin of pregnancy is not in vain!

Li Xia's second child born three months ago is a big fat boy, and now there are three more little dolls in the family.

Tian Ding is a happy event, Li Qiao waved his hand, gave his guy an extra month's salary as a reward, and also reduced the rent of his tenant farmers by 10%.

At this moment, the entire Li family's men and tenants were happy, and they chanted all kinds of auspicious words for several days, sending blessings to the three newborn dolls.

Although Li Qiao couldn't hear it, they had it.

After the wheat harvest, the daily work of the farmers is to irrigate, weed, and catch insects to ensure a bumper harvest of autumn grain.

At the end of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, Sheng Hong received a report from the prefects of the five prefectures in the central part of Xishan Province that they had a large locust plague that had not been encountered for decades.

The locusts are overwhelming, densely packed, and are rapidly moving south.

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Chapter 225: Locust Plague Various measures

It is written in the newspaper that locusts cover the sky and the sun, and on the trees and in the fields, except for soybeans, there are locusts lying on their stomachs wherever there is green, and there are three layers on the inside and three layers on the outside, which are more than a foot thick.

These locusts flew around, and they were not afraid to meet people, and they hit people straight on, so that people did not dare to open their eyes.

The adults were fine, wrapped their heads in cloth towels, and grabbed large brooms and other tools, trying their best to hunt and kill locusts, while the younger children closed the doors and windows and did not even dare to go out.

The local government did not sit idly by, and the local people struggled as hard as they could, pat and sweep the locusts from the trunks and seedlings, gathered together with flammable materials such as dried firewood and fallen leaves, and burned them in a fire.

But how can humans compare to hundreds of millions of locusts?

A locust is inconspicuous, but when hundreds of millions of locusts gather together, it is simply impossible to compete with the population density of Dasheng at this time.

The local government and the people did their best, but the effect was small, and the locusts gnawed away the green except for the soybeans, and then went all the way south.

There are 23 counties in these five prefectures, and 17 of them have been plagued by locusts.

Sheng Hong looked at these reports, his face gloomy and could break out at any time.

According to the description, it was indeed a plague of locusts that had not been seen in decades.

The only fortunate thing is that this locust plague happened at the end of June, so hurry up and plant some sweet potatoes and potatoes, and wait until winter to harvest a wave of autumn grain.

If it happens when the autumn grain is about to be harvested, it will make people want to cry without tears.

While collecting seedlings and seeds for people to transport to these 17 counties, Sheng Hong quickly sent an edict to the local government in the south of the 17 counties, so that these local officials could prepare for the extermination of locusts.

The locusts can move as fast as 300 miles a day, and an urgent edict of 800 miles can run through the locusts.

But the locusts were already all over the world, and even if he issued an edict, it would not be of much use. Relying only on manpower, it can't be captured at all.

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Instead of putting in the effort to exterminate the locusts, let's focus on replanting, and we can harvest a little.

Sheng Hong's mood was not beautiful, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty shrank their necks to reduce their sense of existence as much as possible, and Li Qiao was the same.

When I got home from work in the afternoon, Tao Zhu went to the school hall and hasn't come back yet. Zheng Qianqian was out of confinement, and he was not happy to stay in the house in the summer, so he took the twins and Li Xia to sit and play under the persimmon tree in the west courtyard.

Fan Yuanyuan sat aside and helped take care of it.

Li Erbao and Brother Orange are one year older, and the three-year-old children can already play with Li Xiaorui, Li Changfeng, and Li Yunfan.

It was still hot at half past four in the summer, and the five little ones were not running around to play, they were staying under the persimmon tree and playing in the mini kitchen.

The mini kitchen is to engage in some real and usable but only palm-sized small kitchenware, and let a few children cook with their own hands like a house.

Li Qian is a big man, so he naturally couldn't imagine this kind of small toy, but Li Xiaorui gave him inspiration.

On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Xiaorui made animal dumplings with great interest and two little uncles, although the small animals were pinched strangely, but the three people were very excited, and the little heads were ready to cook them themselves.

Cooking dumplings, this kind of small work Zheng Qianqian Wang Guihua of course allowed, at that time Li Xiaorui was about to be seven years old, and the seven-year-old doll could be used by an adult in the countryside.

Li Xiaolan was also seven years old when Li Qiao first crossed, but Li Xiaolan could do cooking, laundry, chickens, and pigs.

So Li Qiao asked someone to bring a small stove, the small one, which was the kind that Tao Zhu used to deliver food to him in the winter, which could be put in the carriage.

The small stove was brought in, and the small pot was put on the shelf, and the three little ones squatted at the kitchen door to cook.

The first time the dumplings were cooked, it was a success, and the three little ones were very satisfied with the small bowl of food, which stimulated their enthusiasm for cooking.

But cooking skills require talent, and they are young, after Li Xiaorui's face was scalded by the hot oil splashed in the pot and made a few small bubbles, Zheng Qianqian didn't allow him to toss anymore.

Li Qiao was also very distressed, but it was obvious that Li Xiaorui's enthusiasm for cooking had not disappeared, so he thought of the mini kitchen.