poor family prodigal

Others were still frowning.

Zhao Qinghe said without hesitation: "A bolt of linen costs three to four hundred cents, a bolt of cotton costs seven to eight hundred cents, a bolt of silk costs about five cents, and a pound of cotton costs about two hundred cents. Cousin, why do you ask this?"

Others also looked surprised, wondering what Wang Yuan meant by asking this!

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Have you noticed that the big guys who came to the meeting just now are not wearing very warm clothes!"

It's late winter now, and many members of the fishing team, fish selling team, and escort team are still wearing single clothes, all relying on firepower!

Everyone nodded in shock!

Guo Cang said: "Although everyone has made a lot of money here in the past two months, they don't know how long this life will last, so they don't dare to spend it if they have money. After all, as soon as spring starts next year, there will be another spring. tax!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

There are two taxes a year, spring and summer. If you can't pay them, you will go to jail and be assigned to hard labor!

"Yes, now that we are giving money to everyone, no one dares to spend it!"

Wang Yuan said: "So I decided that as long as we work here, each person will have one piece of cotton cloth and ten pounds of cotton. I will also find some idle sisters-in-law and aunts to help them make cotton-padded clothes and shoes!"

Guo Cang was startled: "Do you want to do it all?"

"Yeah, do it all!"

Wang Yuan nodded: "Including the carpenters and masons who come to build the house, they all meet this standard!"

Those who came from other villages were in even worse condition. They had no shoes in the middle of winter, and their clothes and trousers were full of holes. He couldn't bear to look at them.

Zhao Qinghe made a small calculation: "Cousin, we have more than [-] people, plus more than [-] people to build houses, there are about [-] people. Cotton, cotton cloth and labor cost about three guans per person, about Come down and ask for one thousand two hundred taels of silver!"

"Do that too!"

Wang Yuan looked around at everyone: "Remember, as long as those who help us do things, we can't let people starve and freeze. If your family is in need, as long as you are not a rogue, you should help. Don't be afraid of spending money. We are not short of money." !”

Guo Cang clasped his fists: "My benefactor is merciful. Having you in Beiping Township is a blessing to the fellow villagers!"

Hongye looked and gritted her teeth secretly: You are not short of money, but you still rob us of it, you are really shameless!

But this little thief is really good to the poor people!

But he was so cruel and ruthless towards her and the Yixiantian brothers!

"Stop flattering!"

Wang Yuan laughed and scolded: "We are going to build a lot of houses next year, and we need a lot of kilns to bake bricks. You go to the nearby villages, find some poor folks, and ask them to join forces to burn the kilns. If you don't have any capital, we will lend them to them without any charge." Interest, let’s stand up for them if something happens!”

"I see!"

Guo Cang nodded repeatedly: This is because my benefactor wanted to give the nearby villagers a bowl of rice!

Wang Yuan turned around and said: "One last thing, send out ten more people to help me pull sand from the river!"

The whole crowd looked at each other, wondering what Wang Yuan was going to do after pulling the sand!

But no one asked any more questions.

The meeting is officially over!

Everyone disperses!

Wang Yuan suddenly said: "Hongye, wait a moment!"

Hongye frowned and stayed!

Zhao Qinghe, who was about to walk out of the house, turned around and glanced at the beautiful woman.

Just now at the door, I vaguely heard someone say that this is the concubine that my cousin loves.

Stinky cousin, bad cousin, my cousin's sister-in-law has only been away for a few days, and she can't help but take a concubine.

Dahu, Pingjian and Changsheng, who knew Hongye's identity, stayed behind!

Wang Yuan waved his hand, and the three people left worriedly, leaving only two people in the large room.

Hongye raised her pretty face: "Little thief, you are so brave, you dare to be alone in the same room with me. Do you know that it is easy for me to kill you now?"

Wang Yuan raised the corners of his lips slightly: "Then you might as well give it a try and see if you can kill me!"

"you!"

Staring at Wang Yuan, Hongye was eager to try, but suddenly remembered Xiashanhu's reminder: "Are you planning an ambush?"

When the tiger down the mountain saw this little thief alone, a four-fold ambush appeared as soon as he took action!

With how cunning and cunning this little thief is, how could he see her alone!

"no!"

Wang Yuan sighed and said: "If you hold me hostage now, you might be able to get a war horse and ride it back to Yixiantian overnight!"

After taking this female bandit hostage, to be honest, he regretted it a little.

This female bandit is so skilled in martial arts that a special person must be assigned to keep an eye on her!

Otherwise, I wonder what trouble she would cause.

Now I feel a little regretful. I should have spent more effort to capture Yixiantian and eliminate all the bandits.

Hongye retreated and kept a distance: "I won't be fooled. You must have designed a trap and are waiting for me to get in!"

"..."

No one believed this truth, so Wang Yuan changed the topic: "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. I asked you to stay because I want you to help take care of my cousin!"

"Take care of your cousin!"

Hongye's beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly: "That woman who was always by your side just now!"

"Correct!"

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "She is a girl. Now her finger is injured and it is inconvenient to do anything. My uncle and I are grown men, and many things are inconvenient."

Hongye snorted coldly: "Aren't you afraid that I will take her as a hostage and then threaten you to let me go back to the sky?"

Wang Yuan narrowed his eyes: "Although you are not a good person, you still have principles. As long as you agree, I believe you will not do that."

"you!"

Hong Ye gritted her silver teeth: Yes, this little thief has seen through her, and she will not go back on what she promised!

"Take good care of my cousin. If you behave well, I will consider letting you go back to the sky!"

Wang Yuan left with his hands behind his back: "Remember, my cousin and fellow villagers are timid, so don't reveal your identity."

"You stinky little thief, you shameless little talker. If you say you won't leak it, you won't. I'm afraid you won't!"

Hongye muttered, but his heart trembled.

After falling into the hands of this little thief twice in a row, she instinctively feared him in her heart.

She always felt that he had some hidden means and some back-up plan waiting for her.

Hongye returned to the new house and saw Zhao Qinghe waiting there.

Although he was a little unhappy, Zhao Qinghe still whispered: "Hello, second cousin, I am cousin Qinghe. I will trouble you in the next few days!"

A sewing needle was stuck into the nail shaft, and now my fingers are swollen and painful, and I can't do anything.

My cousin feeds me dinner in the evening, but it's very troublesome to put on clothes, tie my belt, and go to the latrine.

"Second cousin sister-in-law!"

Hongye's eyes almost flew out of his head, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "Cousin Qinghe, you misunderstood, I am not your cousin, not that little, Wang Yuan's concubine!"

Zhao Qinghe asked curiously: "Then what are you cousin's?"

Hongye choked on her words: "I am his..."

Saying he is a hostage and revealing his identity, who knows what the little thief will do to him.

She can't tell the truth, and she's not good at telling lies!

"Okay, second cousin, don't be embarrassed!"

Zhao Qinghe pouted: "My cousin is so powerful, it's not shameful to be his concubine, and there's nothing embarrassing to like him!"

"I'm not her concubine, and I don't like him either. Stop talking nonsense!"

Hongye's face was red and her ears were red, and she was a little crazy.

He can like anyone, but he will never like this little thief who did that to her twice in a row!

"Okay, let's not talk anymore. Second cousin, it's getting late, let's rest!"

Zhao Qinghe quickly changed the topic.

This second cousin sister-in-law is quite honorable and refuses to admit that she is a concubine!

My cousin is so powerful, so many women dream of being his concubine.

"……Um!"

Knowing that this girl couldn't change her title as second cousin sister-in-law, Hongye was about to respond. He looked at Qinghe's injured finger and helped her undress and untie her. Seeing her injuries, he frowned: "How did you get this injury?"

"The Zhou family wants to seize the county seat..."

Zhao Qinghe briefly explained the matter.

"You survived so many tortures. You are so amazing!"

Hong Ye praised him and then said angrily: "The Zhou family and the horse owner Bo Zhen are nothing. Come back and my sister will gather people to help you deal with them!"

"Convene the troops?"

Zhao Qinghe said in surprise: "Second cousin, what do you do?"

"Cough cough!"

Hongye's face turned red: "I, I mean to help you gather your cousin's troops!"

"That's no need!"

Hongye smiled: "My cousin went to the county government today and already wiped out the Zhou family and threw the horse owner Bo into prison!"

"Uh!"

The red leaves are jaw-dropping!

That little thief was really powerful. A powerful man in the county was wiped out at his will, and the second boss of the county government, Bo, was thrown into jail.

This method is really mind-numbing!

The two of them took a shower and went to bed!

Two quilts in one bed!

Zhao Qinghe couldn't help but ask: "Second cousin, how do you know my cousin!"

Hongye thought of that day, when she rode straight down the mountain, wanting to capture the trapped thief and avenge Brother Black Heart Tiger, but ended up falling into his hands, she couldn't help but gritted her teeth and said, "It's time to fight!"

"fight!"

Zhao Qinghe's beautiful eyes lit up: "Second cousin, you are the daughter of a general. You met your cousin on the battlefield. Which battle was it?"

Was it my cousin who shot King Tu Nan?

Or did my cousin burn [-] desert heavy infantry?

Or will my cousin use the Fire Ox Formation to break through the Deserter camp? "

"..."

As a female bandit, Hongye's pretty face burned when she heard that she was the daughter of a general. She wanted to defend herself, but she gritted her teeth and said, "Your cousin won't let me tell you!"

"Yes, those things cannot be known to too many people!"

Zhao Qinghe nodded and said: "My cousin told me to keep a low profile so as not to be burdened by fame!"

"...sleep!"

Hongye gritted his teeth secretly!

This shameless little thief defeated Yixiantian with his intrigues and tricks, and showed off to everyone everywhere!

He also pretends to be noble and deceives an inexperienced little girl, not wanting to be burdened by fame!

Defeated a group of bandits, what's there to be proud of!

It's not like a military strategist who has the illustrious military exploits of killing King Tu Nan and defeating hundreds of thousands of deserters' cavalry!

……

The next day, Kyoto, Imperial Study Room!

Emperor Xinglong, left prime minister Yang Fengguo, right prime minister Bao Qingshi, and six ministers gathered around a memorial!

This is the new policy of the newly appointed Jiushan County Magistrate Yan Xiu, which mainly targets local tyrants and large-scale infrastructure construction.

Half of the money spent on the local tyrants was handed over to the court, and the other half was used to implement major infrastructure projects and stimulate economic development.

Among them, Yan Fuxu also gave an example. It was discovered that the Yang family colluded with the deserted Black Eagle Guard to confiscate all the Yang family's property. A total of more than three million taels of silver were all transported to the capital!

This time, the two factions had surprisingly unanimous opinions, and no one opposed this strategy!

The main reason is that the imperial court has no money. At the end of the year, even the salaries of officials in Kyoto cannot be paid.

Now whoever can make money for the court is the God of Wealth of the court!

Yan Fuxu's move directly solved the court's urgent need, and even the emperor was ready to make a move!

But at the end of the excerpt, Yan Fuzhu asked for credit for Wang Yuan again, saying that he was the one who came up with the big strategy!

Emperor Xinglong looked gloomy at the end.