Ha Si province suffered the most.

All the sweet potatoes planted in Hexi Province have been destroyed, and although they have been replanted, the best planting period has been missed, and the sunshine is insufficient, and the yield of sweet potatoes will definitely be reduced.

Moreover, the harvest period of sweet potatoes has been postponed, and if the sweet potato workshop wants to start, it has to buy sweet potatoes from other places, even if the stucco roads are built in various places, the freight is quite expensive, so the cost will increase.

Now the hearts of the peasants in Hexi Province are dripping blood.

The little gain from catching locusts is nothing before the loss.

Thinking like this, Tao Zhu looked at Li Changfeng, who had already pulled the locust skewers out of the fire.

The little guy is puffing out his mouth and blowing the skewers so that the skewers will cool down quickly.

He raised his hand and gently poked the little guy's little face that was bulging into a bun: "After our own sweet potato workshop in the north of the city starts, you can take one day out every seven days to work as a helper over there, how about it?" ”

"I will pay you, and you will dispose of the wages you earn."

"Huh?"

"Why?"

"Daddy?"

The three little ones looked at him in unison, and all three pairs of eyes were round in surprise.

"I'm here to let you know that it's not easy to make money. Although Sanliu Village is now rich, this wealth is exchanged for the sweat of the villagers. ”

"A plague of locusts ruined the hard work of the big guys, and it's not interesting at all. Just go and feel it in the workshop for yourself. ”

Tao Zhu carefully explained the reason.

"Okay!"

But when Li Xiaorui heard this, he immediately raised his little hand and shook it: "I'm not afraid, I'm willing to work in the sweet potato workshop." ”

As a little man, what are you afraid of in this little work?

Watch him make money!

Li Xiaorui is not afraid, Li Changfeng and Li Yunfan are not afraid, the two of them have great strength since they were young, and they are more suitable for hard work than their eldest nephew Rui Rui.

The attention of the three little ones was diverted, and they chatted and asked questions while eating crispy grasshoppers.

Tao Zhu answered one by one.

Now the Pingcheng side has decided to buy sweet potatoes from neighboring prefectures and prefectures, but in previous years, farmers in Hexi Province first made their own sweet potatoes into starch, and then sold the starch to the sweet potato factories in Pingcheng.

Now that the harvest of sweet potatoes in the whole province has been postponed, the cost of buying sweet potatoes that can satisfy the farmers in the whole province will have to increase a lot.

As the cost increases, the selling price will inevitably increase, and some businessmen from other places are a little dissatisfied.

But it can't be helped, the locust plague is a natural disaster, who let the sweet potatoes in the entire Hexi Mansion be destroyed.

"The people of Hexi Mansion have really suffered heavy losses this year."

After Li Xiaorui heard this, his little eyebrows couldn't help but twist up.

"No, now the farmers in my hometown are busy buying sweet potatoes from other places, and when their own sweet potatoes are ripe, they have to go to the field to harvest sweet potatoes."

"The biggest loss is the people in our village, in previous years, before the sweet potato workshop started, the big guys went to the field to harvest sweet potatoes, and there was no need to hire short-term workers. But this year, when the sweet potatoes are ripe, they are all working in the sweet potato workshops, and they must have hired someone to harvest the sweet potatoes in their fields. ”

Tao Zhu also wanted to sigh as he spoke.

In this wave of locust plague, the people in Sanliu Village and Zhujia Village suffered the most.

But the people of these two villages did not want to cause trouble to the imperial court, and decided to bear the losses themselves.

Seeing that the faces of the three little guys were wrinkled, and they looked worried, Tao Zhu touched their little heads one by one.

"Let's not talk about it, go wash your hands, it's time for dinner."

A basket of grasshoppers looked like a lot, but after burning it with fire, there was not much edible meat left, and in the time they were just talking, a basket of grasshoppers was easily destroyed.

Grasshoppers can only be used as snacks, not to fill their stomachs.

"Okay~" Li Yunfan responded crisply, put away his worries about the villagers, and asked with a little face: "When will Daddy come back today?" ”

"It's going to be late, don't wait for him, let's have dinner first."

Tao Zhu thought of Li Qiao, and couldn't help but glance in the direction of the palace.

He has been idle these days, but Li Qiao is quite busy.

Although Li Qiao has mixed in the six departments, his own job is the head of the household department, and now that the autumn harvest has begun, as an official in the household department second only to Shangshu and Shilang, Li Qiao is busy every day without touching the ground.

Sure enough, it wasn't until the two little guys fell asleep that Li Qiao returned home.

In the kitchen, the cook made some skewers, ordered a bowl of clear soup noodles, and finally prepared a watermelon as an after-dinner fruit.

The husband and wife sat under the lamp, and Li Qiao was eating supper slowly, while talking to Tao Zhu about today's events.

"The people of Hexi Mansion don't cause trouble to the imperial court, but the saint is not willing to let the people of Hexi Mansion suffer, so he decided to transfer the local garrisons of Hexi Mansion and several surrounding provinces to help transport sweet potatoes from other places."

"Huh? Did the Holy One really say that? ”

Tao Zhu originally watched Li Qiao eat supper with one hand on his cheek, but when he heard this, he immediately sat up straight, his face full of surprise.

"Yes, he said that the local garrison does not lack that little training time."

Li Qiao nodded while chewing on the starchy sausage wrapped in barbecue sauce in her mouth.

"That's great, so that the villagers don't have to increase the cost of buying sweet potatoes, and the merchants from other places won't be dissatisfied."

Tao Zhu clasped his hands together and looked in the direction of the palace with a grateful face: "The Holy Lord is too merciful and sympathetic to the people. ”

"Yes. Moreover, the Tian Governor of Hexi Mansion played and wanted to open a warehouse to release grain. ”

Li Qiao said again.

After the annual tax is collected, the local government has to keep a part of it for daily expenses and grain reserves, and the rest will be sent to Shengjing.

Now Hexi Mansion has taken over from the Governor of Ming, and the Governor of Tian wants to distribute all the old grain of the previous year to the people.

Hexi Mansion is rich, and the annual tax is taken in full, but it is not used up every year, and the people in the government do not like to eat miscellaneous grains, so a lot of grain is left, and the reserve grain in the warehouse is added, so there is a lot of grain in the entire Hexi Mansion.

The other disaster-stricken prefectures will definitely open warehouses to release grain, but every household in Hexi Prefecture is not short of this grain, so there is no need to open the granaries in Hexi Prefecture.

But the prefect of Ketian wanted to warm everyone's hearts with this move, Sheng Hong felt that this proposal was good, and he was approved with a wave of his hand.

"Governor Tian is very thoughtful, before Governor Tian paid out of his own pocket to buy seeds and seedlings for everyone, and now he has opened a warehouse to release grain, and now the villagers must be comfortable in their hearts."

This time, the decision of Hexi Prefecture not to reach out to the imperial court to ask for free seeds and seedlings was made by the Tian Governor after asking some of the people alone.

This is not the decision of the whole people.

This is the decision of the prefect of Tian.

But now the prefect of Tian is paying his own money to set bonuses, buy seeds and seedlings, and open warehouses to release grain, even if some people are still dissatisfied, they will only mumble a few words in their hearts.

The prefect did his part, and he couldn't find a thorn.

"But no, Governor Tian has scattered all his wealth this time, and the saint is full of praise for him, and his promotion is just around the corner."

Li Qiao nodded as she brought the noodle bowl to herself.

When you're done with the skewers, it's time for noodles.

The taste of the clear soup noodles is good, although it is light, but it also has a taste, and he finished it in a few bites.

At this time, Tao Zhu also cut the watermelon on the table, and the husband and wife took the spoon, and each of them ate half a watermelon.

The watermelon season has passed, and there are not many watermelons in their house.

At this time, the watermelon is cold without putting it in the ice cubes, Li Qiao just ate the skewers, and his mouth was a little thirsty, the cold and sweet watermelon was just right for him, and he dug the watermelon faster than Tao Zhu.

Seeing this, Tao Zhu pushed half of his watermelon to him: "Didn't the saint say that he would be rewarded for meritorious deeds?" Is there a result? ”

Chapter 228 Li Qian refused to be rewarded, and the promotion and promotion of officials in Xishan Province was half a trivial matter

"The results of Xishan Province are out, but Yuanhe Province and Dongshan Province have only half of the investigation, and this time the scope of the investigation is relatively wide, and the Holy Lord is ready to announce the final investigation results together."

Li Qiao shook his head and said, After all, it has affected three provinces, and Sheng Hong even knows the reaction of the village heads.

It's a slow job, and it won't produce results in a short period of time.

However, after swallowing the watermelon in his mouth, he said: "The Holy One said that this time it is thanks to our shop, although the shop was opened for our own business, but now a lot of locusts have been accidentally destroyed, and the Holy Lord said that he intends to reward me with something." ”

"But before I could figure out what to get, he asked me if I wanted the land."

"And how did you get there?"

Tao Zhu was curious.

"I said I didn't make a merit this time. The chickens and ducks that eat locusts are not our family, they are raised by the people, how can I say that I have merit with my face? ”

Li Qiao raised her eyelids and looked at Tao Zhu: "Did you say it?" ”

"Yes." Tao Zhu smiled and nodded: "That's the credit of the villagers, and it has nothing to do with us." Our duck shop and fried chicken shop have been making money every day on weekdays, where are you embarrassed to receive this reward. ”

"So I told the saint that I don't need to reward me this time, after all, the treasury is empty, and the saint is also bleeding this time."

Li Qiao finished her half of the watermelon in a few bites, and then took the half of the pottery bamboo and continued to eat.

At the beginning, when he learned that the huge locust plague was destroyed, Sheng Hong was really happy, as long as the locusts did not gather in swarms and continue to eat crops unscrupulously, then although it affected the three provinces, the loss could be bearable.

So Sheng Hong wanted to appreciate Li Qiao's things, and felt that the chickens and ducks raised because of Li Qiao really made a lot of effort.

But Li Qiao didn't think so.

Those chickens and ducks were not raised by him, and he didn't make money in this area, he relied on the duck shop fried chicken shop to earn thousands of taels of silver a day.

And, according to what Gao Zhiyuan wrote, the six princes of the previous life died in the border city.

It can be seen that the attack of the Hu people this winter is very fierce.

He had to find a way to remind Sheng Hong and let Sheng Hong increase his troops in the border city.

As soon as the soldiers and horses move, the grain, grass, pensions, weapons, and so on must also be moved, and it will definitely be a large amount of expenditure at that time.

So he rejected Sheng Hong's kindness.

Tao Zhu also thought so: "That's right, the scope of this locust plague is too wide, and it is the people and the saints who are suffering from the disaster, we really haven't done anything." ”