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When the queen saw the abacus, she was very surprised and spent money to buy his abacus and formulas. Although he repeatedly said that it was free, the female official insisted on paying.

He was also given two choices: one was to buy it out for 1,000 taels of silver, and the other was to cooperate for 100 taels of silver. He would get dividends from selling the abacus and formulas in the future.

No matter whether it was one hundred taels or one thousand taels, it was a huge sum of money for his family. The whole family was dizzy and believed that it was the effect of welcoming the God of Wealth on the first day of the new year.

His wife and parents all told him to choose the first one, saying that once he got the money, buying a house and land was the most important thing.

Only his son supported him in choosing the second one, saying that people in Youzhou said that anyone who did business with the Queen would become extremely wealthy.

Xu Xiu gritted his teeth and chose the second one. Then he welcomed today's surprise, put on new clothes, and followed the female officials into the palace to attend the banquet.

Even Xu Xiu himself couldn't understand why Shen Dongsu wanted to reward him. He said it was to encourage national research and development, and that the government would promulgate a patent law to protect patent rights.

Xu Xiu was the first commoner to benefit from this law, and was rewarded with a small golden abacus, a medal, and a patent certificate for the abacus.

Xu Xiu immediately decided to keep the medal as a family heirloom and pass it down from generation to generation in the Xu family.

Shen Dongsu asked the newspapers to report Xu Xiu's story in great detail, spreading it all over the world, so that the Queen Mother would not use the money from the national treasury.

Instead, he used his own private treasury to set up scientific research awards, with an annual prize of 12,000 taels of silver, to encourage the entire nation to improve tools and develop new tools and agricultural implements.

Scientific research awards also include improved grain varieties, medical prescriptions, etc.

Ten thousand taels of silver may not be a big deal in the eyes of the rich and powerful, but for ordinary people at the bottom of society, even for scholars like Xu Xiu, or even for minor officials, it is a huge sum of money that they cannot earn in a lifetime.

With this scientific research award and patent law, I believe the industrial revolution will take place on its own without her having to push anything.

In addition to encouraging scientific research, she also provided funding to Momen, Sinong, Medical Care and other institutions without blinking an eye, and the special rewards were so high that countless people envied her.

After the banquet, people all over the world read the new legal code, envied those who were praised, and more students no longer focused only on the imperial examinations.

Instead, he wanted to take the entrance exam to Mo Men and join the Ministry of Agriculture.

Only among the powerful and wealthy, there is a whisper that the Queen is really generous with her money!

Why are they so harsh on us, the powerful and the nobles?

The queen is not only generous with money, but also good at making money.

In September, the Maritime Code was promulgated. Seeing the money and honor that the Jiang family earned from the sea, how could the powerful not be jealous?

Either as a joint venture or in partnership with merchants, anyone with a little extra money at home joined the sailing army.

The shipbuilding workshop under the charge of Mo Men was divided into two parts, one workshop specialized in building warships, and the other specialized in building merchant ships.

Then all the money earned from merchant ships was used for warships, thus earning back the navy’s funds.

Shen Dongsu was very satisfied with this. As far as the sailing craze was concerned, she was making a lot of money.

Selling ships makes money, ships going out to sea make money by storing supplies, and ships returning to port make money by collecting commercial taxes...

As the local economic development is driven by the maritime boom, the demand for crew members and sailors has increased sharply, and the escort navy has been expanding again and again.

When the dignitaries in Chang'an discovered that the dignitaries who had gone to Youzhou no longer focused on land, they cooperated very well with the queen in implementing the land rectification order.

He no longer thought about rebelling or moving the capital back to Chang'an. Instead, he transformed his family business, doing business at sea, expanding his territory to the northern border, and competing for business with the local nobles in the north.

Chang'an was left further and further behind, and even the Hu merchants did not pass through Chang'an, but went directly to Youzhou.

Chen Xingyao felt that his mission was almost completed, and the powerful people who remained in Chang'an would at most be considered local tyrants in a few years.

They are not allowed to maintain private armies, most of their land has been confiscated, they cannot keep up with Youzhou's policies, and they don't know how to stick together. If they continue to be stubborn, they will lose.

The emperor let them fall on their own without having to fight a single soldier.

At the end of September, Shen Dongsu received two good news. One was a private message from Jia Shiba, saying that they did not land on the Wo Island, but stayed on Liuli Island in the name of maritime merchants.

As long as Your Majesty gives the order, we can march into Japan at any time.

Shen Dongsu asked him to quietly stockpile troops and weapons, and also gave him a detailed nautical map, which showed all the unnamed islands near Japan that could be used to stockpile troops and supplies.

The emperor is still fighting against Goryeo, and it will probably take another two years to fight against Japan.

We will first take over all the nearby unowned islands, and then, together with the Youzhou navy from the north and the south, we will march into Japan at the same time and we will surely destroy the country in one fell swoop.

After receiving the Queen's reply, Jiang Hong said embarrassedly that he still had to go to India and could not stay here with Jia Shiba for a long time.

Jia Shiba said confidently that he could do whatever he was supposed to do and leave him enough supplies and weapons, which he would use to bribe pirates and sailors.

Since it has been made clear that Japan will not be attacked this year, he must use this time to develop his own power.

At the same time, spies were sent to infiltrate Japan to gather intelligence.

The only thing that makes Jia Shiba sad is that he can't go home for the time being. He really misses his wife and two children!

However, he did not regret accepting this task at all.

Before, he stayed in Gwangju and watched his companions who followed the prince on the expedition make merit and get promoted one by one, but he stayed in Gwangju and had very few opportunities to make merit.

It was difficult for a military officer to get promoted without military merit. He didn't care before, as protecting the prince's fiefdom was more important than anything else.

But now that he has children, he also wants to earn a good fortune for his wife and a good future for his children.

So he needed military merit. This was an opportunity given to him by the Queen, and one of the few opportunities he had.

He was unable to participate in the expedition to the northern border, and was unable to participate in the eastern expedition to Goryeo, but in the war to destroy Japan, he must fight in the vanguard!

The second good news Shen Dongsu received was that it could be announced during the court. The emperor had just arrived in Goryeo and had won a great victory in his first battle.

Our warships sank all of Goryeo's warships in one fell swoop.

Over the past six months, we have made some preparations, and Goryeo has also been well prepared, having purchased many warships from Japan and Silla.

Unfortunately, those warships were like eggs hitting stones in front of my Youzhou warships and were completely useless.

This news caused an uproar in the whole city, and the whole country attached great importance to the emperor's personal expedition to Goryeo.

In the private message that Ling Moxiao sent to Shen Dongsu, he said that Chen Li had done a great job while being stationed in Goryeo for the past six months.

The detailed intelligence gathered was extremely beneficial to the subsequent war. In addition, Xiaohu served as a pioneer and made great contributions.

At the same time, Yuejian's female medical team also made contributions.

The female medical team was not only responsible for the wounded soldiers' camp, but also dressed up as foreigners and sneaked into other state cities to gather intelligence and find out the enemy's details.

The three of them are now working in perfect harmony. Once he breaks into the Goryeo royal court and kills the Goryeo royal family, he can return to Youzhou, and the subsequent battles can be left to the three of them to clean up.

In other words, Ling Moxiao will be able to come back after the year is over.

Shen Dongsu breathed a long sigh of relief. The responsibility of being the regent was much heavier than being in charge of guarding a city.

She had no ambition to become an empress. When Ling Moxiao came back, she, as the empress, would only be responsible for the female officials, the money house, and the new institution she had supported, as well as taking care of the twins.

She asked Xiaoman to get the calendar and circled Ling Moxiao's return date in red.

Yes, Xiaoman now lives in the palace and works as her secretary, helping her record files, deliver memorials, grind ink and spread paper. The girl is smart and careful, reserved and taciturn, and is a very good assistant.

Sister Ayuan devoted herself to the welfare home. She told Dongsu that Dongsu was only in charge of Youzhou before, so only Youzhou had a welfare home.

Now that Dong Su is the mother of the country, her love should naturally benefit all people. She wants to have welfare homes in every state so that all orphans in the world can have a home.

Dong Su naturally supported it very much and asked Sister Yuan to recruit assistants and allocate a sum of money every year to fund the welfare home.

Sister Yuan knew that asking the Queen for money all the time was not a long-term solution, so she formed a joint venture with Ding Qi to sell children's products and opened a chain of mother and baby stores.

He also cooperated with Master Bai and invested in a pharmacy because Yungu was good at making finished medicines, and Youzhou Hospital also had many finished prescriptions.

Opening a clinic requires a lot of medical care, but opening a ready-made medicine store only requires a small amount of medical care.

This was the advice Dong Su gave her. He told her that the finished medicine shop would be very profitable in the future. This gave Sister Yuan a lot of confidence, and her welfare home would be able to feed more orphans.

He also cooperated with Xie Qingzhi and invested in a milk tea and dim sum shop, and all the money earned was used to build an orphanage.

Sister Yuan is really good to those children. She not only takes care of their daily food, clothing and expenses, but also simply raises the children.

She also opened a school and hired teachers. She hoped that every child could learn the skills to make a living, and when they grew up and left the orphanage, they could live like ordinary people.

Brother Xiao Pan is one of the major shareholders of the welfare home and also a consultant. Naturally, Brother Xiao Pan knows more about organizational structure and personnel management than Sister A Yuan.

He once told Dong Su privately that Ayuan was too kind and sometimes this kindness would be exploited by others.

He must serve as Sister Ayuan's shield and protect Sister Ayuan and the welfare home.

Dong Su was very touched. Sister Ayuan and Brother Xiaopan would not have children in their lifetime for various reasons. They both put their love into those orphans.

Grandpa Shen quickly adapted to life in Youzhou, raising fish ponds and growing greenhouse vegetables in his manor outside the city. Deep down, the old man loved the fields the most.

He had no idea how much money his family had, but he cared more than anyone else about buying land. He patrolled his fields with a shovel every day, like a guardian angel.

Grandpa didn't understand the laws of Youzhou at first, but after listening to Zhongyang, he knew that the emperor and empress did not allow the nobles to enclose land. Now that the Shen family is also one of the powerful families, they naturally cannot hold Dongsu back and purchase large amounts of land.

But my grandfather also discovered that the imperial court supported the people in reclaiming wasteland, and the reclaimed land was tax-free for one year.

Grandpa immediately found a way to buy more land, which was to open up wasteland! He was familiar with the people in the military district, and some old people got together to open up wasteland.

It is heartbreaking to see the vast expanses of barren hillsides on the outskirts of the city left to grow weeds! All land should be planted with crops.

Zhongyang was helpless. His sister brought him here so that he could enjoy a good life. The people who were reclaiming the wasteland were all young and strong. How many elderly people have you seen reclaiming wasteland?

Grandpa said directly that if he was really locked up at home and enjoyed a good life, he would definitely die young. Only by letting him do farm work could he live longer.

Zhongyang was speechless after hearing his words. He could only hire more young and strong men for his grandfather and buy some new farm tools from Momen.

Father Shen said before that he would be satisfied with just a carpenter's room. But after visiting Momen Academy, he found that he had become arrogant and that a carpenter's room was not enough.

Momen also took a fancy to Shen's father's craftsmanship and invited him to the academy to be a master. Of course, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was Momen Academy trying to curry favor with the Queen's father.

But Father Shen was greatly encouraged. After discussing with Zhongyang, he realized that becoming a master would not affect Dongsu's reputation, so he happily agreed.

From then on, he lived in the college, and during the seven-day holiday, he would go home with Zhongyang who lived in Wanshu Pavilion.

Jiang was the only one in the family who was still unhappy, always muttering that she was of noble status and should live in the imperial city.

While teaching a group of girls needlework, the second aunt replied:

"Yes, yes, you are the most expensive. Everyone in the family, young and old, works hard, but you, the noble one, just eat for free!"

Jiang was speechless, but he was also jealous of the prosperous business in Youzhou, as he could make money by doing any business.

Even Ding Qi and Dong Yue, the couple, have earned a lot of money. As soon as Qingniu arrived, he went to live with his sister. He came to visit not long ago and was in great spirits.

Jiang knew that her whole family disagreed with her moving to the city, so she had no choice but to give up and go back to her old business, which was making rice noodles.

The second aunt supported this point. Last month, the third aunt was also brought to Youzhou City. Originally, Xiao Pan wanted the third aunt to live with him.

The second aunt said that he and Ayuan were both busy, so it would be better for the three sisters to live together so that someone could take care of them.

Now the three sisters cooperated again and started making rice noodles with the servants of the manor.

In October, the weather suddenly cooled down. Although it did not snow in Youzhou, news came from the pastoral area that heavy snow had already started in places further north.

There will be another snowstorm this year, so Shen Dongsu immediately told the matter during the morning court session and made preparations for the winter in advance.

Include Liangzhou in the disaster prevention scope, discuss with General Xie, and ask him what supplies are needed there? The court will send them in advance.

The Queen's move was truly surprising. It had never been heard of that the imperial court would send disaster relief supplies to the local area before the local area asked for them and before a natural disaster occurred.

Shen Dongsu said in a deep voice, if we make preparations early, fewer people will freeze to death when the cold wave comes.

The snow disaster was no different from other disasters. The heavy snow blocked the roads and relief supplies could not be delivered at all.

Many people in the north freeze to death every year. She hopes that starting this year, no one will freeze to death or starve to death in the cold winter.

In early October, nearly a thousand horse-drawn carriages with "disaster prevention" signs set out from Youzhou, transporting food, fodder, coal briquettes, cotton clothes and other supplies.

To Liangzhou, the northern border, pastoral areas and other places.

Originally, some court officials opposed the plan because too much disaster relief supplies were given and the national treasury was emptied.

As a result, the queen simply said that the national treasury would only pay half, and the other half would come from her private treasury. The officials who were blocking the way had nothing to say.

The Queen's private treasury did not provide materials but silver, which she purchased from wealthy areas in the south of the Yangtze River.

In mid-October, heavy snow began to fall in the north, and the ice on the lake suddenly became several feet thick.

In the midst of the wind and snow, a memorial was received from Liangzhou. It was written by General Xie and the entire letter was about expressing gratitude for the disaster relief supplies provided by the Queen.

He guaranteed that no citizen would freeze to death or starve to death in Liangzhou this year!

A group of officials from Liangzhou also came with them. They came to seek advice from the Empress. They had witnessed how the Empress had transformed Youzhou from a poor frontier region into a prosperous and wealthy one in just a few years.

I would like to ask the Queen to give some advice to Liangzhou as the people there are suffering so much.