If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

into the night.

When Zhou Min was writing in the study, he suddenly called Li Youlin over.

"Lee Seop."

Li Youlin quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty?"

After Li Youlin came to Zhou Min, Zhou Min gave Li Youlin the name "Xie" to show his favor.

After Zhou Min finished writing the last stroke, he put the pen back into the pen holder and instructed: "While staying in Jizhou for this period of time, you should find a way to build a branch of Bounty House in Linbei Road."

Li Youlin was shocked: Your Majesty, are you serious? !

Could this be what the eldest lady discussed with His Majesty before?

Did Fu Rong already know about this a long time ago?

Why are the two of them so sure that His Majesty will agree?

Even though he knew it in advance, Fu Ningzhou still wanted to make a bet with me.

Fortunately, I didn't fall for his trick, otherwise, I might have lost something that would be difficult for him to do.

It's hard to deal with a young lady, and now there's another Funingzhou...

Is Your Majesty worried that the two of them might become disloyal?

Do you want to remind the young lady?

He was in a state of confusion, Zhou Min raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "Why, is there any problem?"

Li Youlin had no choice but to bow and say, "I obey your order."

Zhou Min rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "As for the location and appearance, go and discuss it with Qin Shu and ask her to find a place for you."

Li Youlin agreed again.

The fact that the emperor arrived in Linbei Road in advance needs to be kept secret.

Qin Shu asked Fu Ying to disguise Zhou Min, and then took him to see the fertile land that had been reclaimed and stored for half a year.

He also invited him to the mountain land he had bought.

The scenery on the mountain is just right in August.

The air is filled with the fragrance of fruits and vegetables, with fruits, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins growing all over the mountains and fields, as well as free-range chickens, ducks, geese, deer, sheep, and large areas of pig pens.

The potatoes from last season have been stored in the field, and the potatoes from the second season have just been planted.

In addition to harvesting various meats from raising poultry and livestock, the feces of these small animals can be collected and fermented, and then transported to the fields in the spring of next year, thus ensuring the harvest for the year.

Qin Shu asked the farmers in the mountain to kill a pig, two sheep, a deer and several chickens.

There are also fresh mushrooms and seasonal vegetables.

After the pork was cooked, Qin Shu presented a piece of tender, fragrant braised pork to Zhou Min, "Your Majesty, please try it. Is this pork any different from what you've had before?"

Pork is a cheap meat.

Except for poor people, few rich and powerful people would eat this kind of smelly and tough meat.

Rich people eat more mutton, venison or game.

But Zhou Min had spent nearly ten years at the border.

The soldiers at the border don’t care whether pork is cheap or not, having meat to eat is already a rare treasure.

Although it’s really not delicious.

Some people also use various spices and sauces to marinate and cook pork in order to cover up the smell of the pork itself.

It's barely edible.

Seeing Qin Shu strongly recommending it, Zhou Min had no choice but to pick up a small piece and put it in his mouth.

The meat has been stewed to perfection and melts in your mouth.

It doesn’t have the fishy smell I had before. It is soft, delicious, and fragrant, leaving a lingering taste in the mouth.

Zhou Min was stunned, "Is this pork?"

How did you do it?

Qin Shu smiled and said, "Nowadays in Linbei Road, we have sweet potatoes and corn, and almost every household raises pigs. Piglets are castrated, and piglets that used to take a year to be slaughtered can now grow to 100 to 200 kilograms in half a year."

"The meat is also delicious, without the strange smell of the past. Many people who don't eat mutton can accept the taste of pork."

She poured another bowl of corn and pork ribs soup for Zhou Min and placed it in front of him. "Your Majesty, would you like to try this?"

Zhou Min asked in surprise: "Isn't corn a grain?"

How can I still cook?

Qin Shu smiled slightly and motioned Zhou Min to try it.

This bowl of soup has clear broth and exudes the rich aroma of corn.

The fat on the surface has been skimmed off, and the golden corn and small pieces of spare ribs are completely different from the braised pork with rich oil and red sauce just now.

The method used is authentic.

Zhou Min picked up a grain of corn and put it into his mouth.

The corn is wrapped in soup. When you bite it open, the sweet fragrance of corn and pork are mixed together, which is unexpectedly delicious.

And spare ribs.

The ribs also absorb the aroma of corn, which gives them another flavor.

Zhou Min nodded and praised: "Not bad."

Qin Shu smiled and said, "These corns are broken off when they are just filling up. Put some ginger in the pork bones to remove the fishy smell, and put the corns in when they are half cooked and stew until done."

"It is very convenient to cook. Lotus root, cabbage and potatoes can also be cooked with pork."

"Now, the government soldiers and roving soldiers in Linbei Road are assembled immediately during wartime, and farm and raise livestock in their spare time."

"Not to mention them, even the soldiers at Jiyang Pass have pork stew to eat every day."

Zhou Min was filled with emotion: thinking back to the years he spent in Beiguan, sleeping in the open air every day. In order to win the support of the soldiers, he shared the joys and sorrows with them and rarely had a private meal.

Those days were really hard!

When it's cold, the bun is as hard as stone.

Take a bite and you'll almost lose a few teeth.

Eat meat every day?

That is something I dare not even think about.

Not to mention the soldiers, even General Shen couldn't say he had meat to eat every day.

The consumption of food and supplies in the military camp is a very shocking figure.

The government troops and the mobile troops are able to achieve self-sufficiency. There are currently 50,000 soldiers guarding the border, most of whom set up camp outside the city.

And they need to go to war at any time.

The only thing they could do was rely on the imperial court to prepare and transport food and fodder.

There is no way to guarantee the food and grass for tens of thousands of people relying solely on Linbei Road.

What if we add a Hedong Road?

Nowadays, there are many more types of grains, and they are all high-yield crops.

There is no need to mention sweet potatoes.

Potatoes can be grown twice a year and are easy to preserve.

It can be used as a vegetable or as a meal.

What if the entire Great Zhou could reclaim wasteland and cultivate land and vigorously develop animal husbandry like Linbei Road did?

Will the Great Zhou still worry about preparing food and fodder?

*

When the group returned to the Jiedu Mansion, General Shen was already waiting there with several soldiers.

He also brought Shen Miao along.

After Zhou Min removed his disguise and changed his clothes, General Shen brought his men in to pay a visit.

Without being summoned, Shen Miao was not qualified to meet the emperor.

General Shen entered the conference room, and Shen Miao stayed in the side hall.

But she looked a little absent-minded, and her eyes kept looking outside the hall.

After waiting for more than an hour, General Shen was seen walking towards the side hall with Qin Shu with an embarrassed look on his face.

Shen Miao quickly stood up and, taking advantage of the moment when no one was paying attention, curled his lips slightly.

General Shen's face turned red, ashamed, "It was because I didn't teach my son well that I let my son do such a wrong thing. I hope that Lord Qin Jiezhen will be magnanimous and forgive me."

He shouted at Shen Miao again, "Come here!"

Shen Miao quietly rolled his eyes, walked to Qin Shu reluctantly, knelt down and bowed, saying: "Shen Miao, I have offended Qin Jiezhen many times before, Shen Miao knows I was wrong."

Qin Shu smiled and said, "What do you mean? Miss Shen has always been obedient in the Jiedu Mansion. Qin Shu is busy with official duties and has given little advice to Miss Shen. I have failed the trust of General Shen."

General Shen was a rough man, and he didn't know how to explain to Qin Shu. He was so angry that he clenched his fist and hit his leg hard, shouting: "Tell me, where did you go wrong?!"

Qin Shu suddenly felt a little bored.

She wore a polite and distant smile on her face, and said slowly: "Old General, there is no need to be like this. If Miss Shen did something wrong, it should be the old lady Shen and the second lady Shen who should discipline her."

She asked in confusion: "When the old general handed Miss Shen to Qin Shu, Qin Shu didn't have time to ask in detail: Could it be that the two ladies are in the capital?"

General Shen blushed and stammered, "Well, the second son's wife is naturally in the mansion."

Qin Shu said: "It seems that Qin Shu has stepped in. However, please forgive Qin Shu for being so presumptuous and remind me that the border is not like the capital. The people there are tough and do not attach great importance to moral rules."

"The daughter of the general's mansion has a noble status, and her words and deeds are role models for the world."

"If I make the slightest mistake, I'm afraid that others will misunderstand me and give me a reason to talk, which will ruin my reputation as a girl."

Qin Shu smiled slightly, "Of course, if Miss Shen has no plans to return to Beijing, there is no need to be too restrained. It is better to be more relaxed."

With these words, he was almost pointing at the Shen family and saying that they had no rules and that the daughter they raised didn't even understand the moral rules.

Any wealthy family with some respect for the status quo would not marry such a woman into their family.

If the Shen family still wants to find a suitable in-law for Shen Miao, they need to discipline her strictly and teach her the rules and etiquette.

But these words were spoken so sincerely and pertinently that it was impossible to refute them.

Dongping told the old general what Shen Miao did in the Jiedu Mansion.

General Shen felt guilty and ashamed. He bowed and said, "What the governor said is right. I will take Miao'er back and discipline her strictly."