After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

By the end of February, the reconstruction of the disaster area was basically over, and the victims who originally lived in the gathering areas began to move back one after another, because spring plowing will begin after the Waking of Insects, and the plan for the year lies in spring. If you miss the spring plowing, then It will be critical again this year.

The imperial court is still very helpful and provides everyone with food and seeds. However, the imperial court does not have so much food, so it can only ask various grain merchants for help. However, the grain merchants who wanted to make a fortune from the national crisis failed to do so. In fact, they had some worries in their hearts. They were angry, so they wanted to embarrass the court again this time, but later they found that the court was no longer looking for them.

Because there are grain stores that have provided enough grain and seeds.

And this grain store is Dongli Grain Store.

In the Yanyu Pavilion, Jiang Yan called Li Jiu over: "You lead a team of people and must guard her and the grain and medicine shop in her name."

"Yes." Li Jiu agreed, turned around and went out.

Jiang Yan took a breath and then smiled, feeling slightly warm in his heart. That girl was kind-hearted, but such a kind-hearted person was pulled to his side and pulled into the whirlpool.

"In fact, if you do this, it is better to ask the emperor to give her a plaque. That would have a greater deterrent effect." You Li suggested.

"You're right." Jiang Yan smiled, "I'll leave this task to you. You are quite familiar with him anyway."

"Okay." Youli stood up, "If you happen to have something to do, I'll go to the palace, so I'll take care of it." After that, he walked straight away.

Emperor Xia Wen was not a stingy emperor. He did not send a plaque to the grain store. Instead, he gave Ning Ruyan an imperial edict and gave her the county principal's palace and a guard of honor.

In the past, she had only one title as the county head, and she would receive a fixed salary every month, but nothing else. But now, she has real power, even more status than those county heads and princesses who only received salaries. .

The Great Xia Dynasty had regulations that the county leader could have a guard of honor of fifty people. These were her government troops. They could be said to be private troops to a certain extent. Although the court would have a certain amount of funding, it would only be enough to maintain it. If you want to use it, These private soldiers have to support themselves. Fortunately, she is not short of money.

At the same time, an imperial edict was also sent to Gusu, and the emperor personally wrote the "Benevolent Business". This is equivalent to adding a layer of protection to the Ning family. As long as they are not disobedient, treasonous, and do not care about human life, the Ning family will be able to survive at least in the past few decades. Everything will be fine here.

Ning Ruyan was happy. After thanking her, she took her son to the county chief's mansion immediately.

The Ministry of Etiquette was quite fast, and the plaque at the door had already been hung, with the five characters of Yongping County Lord's Palace shining brightly.

"I've met the county master." Fifty people were already waiting in the mansion. When they saw Ning Ruyan entering the door, they hurriedly knelt down to say hello.

"Pingshen." Ning Ruyan raised her hand, "Your roster is already here. The captain is... Luo Qing?"

"My subordinates are here." A tall, dark-skinned man came out and held his fists in his hands. "Please give me your orders, County Lord."

"What should you do in normal times? This county lord will not interfere with you, but you must be responsible for the safety of this county lord and the mansion. In addition... I think your monthly silver is one tael. From now on, Your monthly silver will be increased to two taels, and the captain's will be three taels. If you perform meritorious services or perform well in the future, you will be rewarded. Of course, there will also be punishments. As you know, I am not short of money as the county master, but what I want is loyalty. "

"Thank you, County Lord." The fifty people were all in unison, thundering through their ears.

Ning Ruyan was startled, but quickly smiled: "You should get to know the people around me as soon as possible, especially these four people. They are caring people around me and can represent me..."

Everyone responded.

The County Lord's Mansion is a large courtyard with five entrances. It is said that it was the villa of a wealthy businessman in the past. It is very beautifully built. Although it has been in a state of decline after more than ten years of idleness, it is overall good. People from the Ministry of Industry used it for more than ten days. It's basically repaired.

Ning Ruyan moved into the County Lord's Mansion at the end of March and directly made Ning Xing the housekeeper.

The Ning family father and son who were far away in Suzhou wanted to enter the palace to congratulate him, but they were stopped by Ning Ruyan. There were many disputes in the capital, so it was better not to come. She was leaving anyway.

At the same time, the results of the joint examination and the palace examination came out. Just like in the previous life, Liu Yunchang was ranked the first member in the joint examination, and he was also named the top scholar in the palace examination.

When riding a horse through the streets, Liu Yunchang deliberately arrived at the door of Xiangyuan Pavilion, dismounted his horse and bowed towards the door.

Everyone was puzzled as to why. Liu Yunchang did not hide anything and talked about the situation before the imperial examination: "If the owner of Xiangyuan Pavilion hadn't taken pity on me and took me in, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to achieve what I have today. I don't forget to dig the well when I'm in trouble." , Xiangyuan Pavilion is my blessed place, and the boss is my benefactor..."

Everyone was moved by his act of gratitude. At the same time, they also had a good impression of Xiangyuan Pavilion and became curious about the owner of Xiangyuan Pavilion.

But in fact, these are not difficult to check. After all, they have not been hidden. Only then did everyone discover that the owner behind Xiangyuan Pavilion was actually the head of Yongping County. He was the one who provided money and effort during the snow disaster, and the one who forced He helped everyone drink the decoction and prevented the outbreak of the plague.

Suddenly, all the shops under Ning Ruyan's name were overcrowded.

After Ning Ruyan got the news, he was not surprised. After all, Liu Yunchang was indeed a grateful person. But what he didn't expect was that he actually fell in love with Banxia. After the horse parade in Qionglin Banquet, he took him with him My parents came to propose marriage in person.

Banxia was extremely embarrassed, but looking at her posture, she seemed to be willing.

Ning Ruyan was naturally happy, but she asked Liu Yunchang to write a letter of guarantee, which guaranteed that he would only have Banxia as his wife in this life. Only after five years, when Banxia had nothing to do, could he divorce his wife or marry her. concubine.

"Don't worry, County Lord. I am a scholar, and scholars keep their promises. Moreover, I have younger brothers and sisters. It is not necessarily mine to carry on the family line. My younger brother can also do it. Therefore, no matter whether I have children or not, I will not accept it." Concubine, unless Banxia is tired of me, I will not divorce my wife."

The Liu family also said that Liu Yunchang can make his own decisions in everything, and they will not interfere with their son's life. After all, they all rely on their son and daughter-in-law to live their lives, and their future daughter-in-law has significant support, so they don't dare to mess with it.

"Okay." Ning Ruyan nodded, "I believe you."

After that, she returned Banxia's deed of betrayal to her, and after recognizing her as her adopted sister, she got engaged to Liu Yunchang.

The Liu family and his wife found someone to calculate the date of their wedding. Half a year later, on the eighth day of September, Ning Ruyan thought it was a good idea and decided on this day.

On this very happy day, someone actually beat the Dengwen drum.