All Hail Cousin Brother

Yu Zongzheng was overjoyed. The money allocated by the imperial court for disaster relief was not a lot, but the disaster in Zhejiang was very extensive. With twenty ships of grain from the Xie family and the grain and medicine donated by the eldest daughter, the errands were much easier.

The eldest daughter sacrificed so much for him, and Yu Zongzheng was both proud and relieved in his heart: "Today, the father-in-law who went to the yamen to convey the sacred edict said that the emperor praises you for your profound sense of righteousness, good-heartedness and virtue, and you live up to the virtue of loyalty and integrity of the Yu family. He also praised that the house is clean and upright, and it is a family that accumulates goodness and virtue, so he entrusted the disaster relief to me, hoping that I will live up to my ancestral merits and virtues, and to live up to the mighty grace of the emperor."

Yu Youyao lowered her eyebrows and pleaded with her eyes: "My father went to Zhejiang for disaster relief. It was a lot of hard work, but I am fortunate to be able to help my father." Having said this, she slightly blessed her body: "I wish my father, this trip to Zhejiang, all the best and good health. ."

Yu Zongzheng is greedy for power and status, and he has a lofty style of aristocratic children in his bones. He does not care about money. Moreover, he also has thirteen supervision censors and was directly appointed by the emperor. Going to Zhejiang for disaster relief is also the best result.

Before, Yu Zongzheng had mentioned to her that he wanted to give her mother an official appointment, and she almost guessed that Yu Zongzheng wanted to go further, unless he could make great contributions to the court.

I thought before that it was to relieve the drought.

After the flood in Zhejiang, I guessed that it was going to Zhejiang for disaster relief.

That's why she donated food and medicine.

These words meant that Yu Zongzheng went to the heart, and he said happily: "Okay, father will lend you auspicious words."

Yu Youyao smiled and said nothing.

On the second day, Eunuch Zhu came to Yu Mansion again and brought a lot of gifts from the emperor and the empress dowager.

Yu Youyao donated silver, food and medicine, although the palace did not speak out, but did not cover it. Every family has eyeliner in the palace. After inquiring, everything is clear.

This was also deliberately done by the palace.

As a result, the whole Jingzhao knew that the matter of the Empress Dowager's raising of silver for disaster relief could be considered to have been implemented.

All the families in Beijing are not fools. Yu Youyao was named the county head, and the deceased Mrs. Xie was also named a gentleman.

Yufu naturally wanted to "repay" the emperor.

This is the calculation in the palace.

With Yu Youyao's righteousness ahead, everyone in the capital also knows that this time the silver raising is not a small matter.

The empress dowager raised silver for disaster relief, targeting all the women inside and outside the country, including local officials. The wind direction in Beijing often represented the wind direction of the Zhou Dynasty, and tyrants and merchants from all over the country also participated.

Therefore, the fundraising for disaster relief went very smoothly.

This also made Yu Youyao heave a sigh of relief and raised more money. The people who were affected by the disaster in the second half of the year would have a better life.

In mid-May, Yu Youyao received a letter from the steward of a village in Ningbo, Zhejiang.

Fields in more than a dozen counties in Zhejiang were flooded, and the affected people lost their crops in the second half of the year.

At this time, it's too late to plant anything.

Zhuangzi has planted hundreds of acres of sweet potatoes, so he planned to distribute the vines to the affected people and teach them to grow sweet potatoes. When the vines grow in July and August, the people can pinch the leaves of the sweet potatoes to satisfy their hunger. When the food is harvested, the sweet potatoes are harvested, and they can survive.

Yu Youyao passed the book on flying pigeons and asked him to arrange it as soon as possible, and then asked the steward Li from Rouge Village to come and question.

Li Guanshi said: "Zhejiang has a moderate temperature and a lot of light, and sweet potatoes live very cheaply. It is estimated that they can be planted in late May and about June, which may affect the yield."

Yu Youyao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, Yu Youyao has been paying attention to the fundraising and the disaster relief situation in Zhejiang.

In the blink of an eye, it's June.

Cousin has been away from Beijing for a month, and she only received a letter of safety during this period. She is not worried about what will happen to her cousin, but she misses it very much.

At this time, Yin Huaixi, who was concerned by Yu Youyao, did not rush to meet with Harmon after arriving in the north, but led troops to inspect the drought in the north and the cultivation of sweet potatoes every day.

There are not many paddy fields in the northern border, most of which are dry land, of which sandy land is more.

After the successful trial planting of sweet potatoes, Yu Youyao bought a lot of farmland and mountain forests in various areas in the north. Most of the land in the north is dry land, and the price of land is very cheap.

For paddy fields in the Zhou Dynasty, one mu of land needed more than ten taels of silver, and the prices were different in different regions, so it is impossible to generalize.

The fertile land is about 5621 mu, which is a relatively stable value. Ordinary land does not exceed 32 taels, and the sandy land in the north is only 300 to 400 yuan per mu.

Sweet potatoes do not pick land, but they are more adaptable to sandy land and have higher yields.

Therefore, this year's sweet potato planting in the north has reached a certain scale.

Later, Yu Youyao proposed cutting planting, which greatly expanded the planting.

The steward also borrowed the name of the Wumu Palace to distribute the excess potato vines to the people for planting.

King Wumu's mansion was extremely prestigious in the northern region. When King Li of Zhou was alive, there was a great shortage of agriculture. Every family had a few acres of sandy land.

The manager of the village looked regretful: "Last year, the cotton in the village was also tried to grow. Although the cotton did not bloom, the experienced old farmer in the village said that the planting was late and the weather was dry. It was originally planned. This year, the planting will be expanded, but the north is dry again this year, and the eldest lady also instructed to plant sweet potatoes on a large scale this year, and continue to plant cotton when the future is good."

A small amount of cotton was planted on Zhuangzi, but the situation was not very good.

Yin Huaixi didn't know much about farming, but after seeing the growth of sweet potatoes in Zhuangzi, he thought it was good, so he asked about Zhuangzi.

The steward was also Yin Huaixi's person before, so naturally he didn't hide it: "The land in the Zhuangshang is rented to the families of the martyrs first, and there is no need to pay rent. The seeds are all grown by Zhuangzi himself. 70%, the farmers themselves get 30%, and many of the work on the farm is also hired to the families of soldiers from relatively poor families first, and because of the work, life has improved a lot."

The steward used to be a soldier under King Li of Zhou. Later, he was injured on his leg. Every autumn and winter, he suffered from leg pain and could no longer go to the battlefield, so he retired.

He naturally also hoped that the families of the soldiers would have a better life.

Therefore, he is very grateful to Miss.

Yin Huaixi understood after thinking about it for a while. The sandy land cannot grow food, and the people are not willing to rent crops. With this skill, it is better to open up the wasteland by yourself.

Rent the land to the family members of the martyrs, without collecting rent or producing seeds, and without paying for the farming, they can still get 30% of the food. They will definitely think that this is the preferential treatment of the Wumu Palace to them, and they will naturally do their best. Will not fool the species.

In the first few years, due to the lack of materials, the casualties in the northern region were indeed too great, and due to the limited materials, even if the father tried his best to comfort the families of the martyrs, their lives were still very difficult.