The daily life of a science genius who travels through the book group

Chapter 468

Along the way, Song Qingyue spent almost half a month in each prefecture.

Once the desired candidates are recruited, they will be sent to nursing homes, schools or banks in the capital for a four-month audit and study.

During the study period, the monthly salary is halved. After four months, the respective responsible persons in the capital must approve the assessment before they can be officially sent back to their original place to start working.

The two walked along the canal from the capital to Yangzhou in the middle of the twelfth lunar month.

Although the imperial court issued a ban on crossing because the prince was in the south of the Yangtze River, this ban has been revoked since the Six Departments of Nanjing were abolished. In addition, the local rich and noble families have also been rectified. I originally thought that Yangzhou City would not be as lively as before. Unexpectedly, instead of showing any signs of decline, this place is bustling with excitement.

The shops on the street are one after another, row upon row, selling everything.

Song Qingyue bought a candy figurine for A Fang, but Li Xiaokun didn't have any, because his father said, how can a man like to eat candy!

"I don't see any depression." Song Qingyue sighed.

Li Zhao smiled smugly: "It can be seen that without those big landlords and gentry, the world is still going around. The people live very well without their exploitation."

This is true, the current Jiangnan is simply a paradise for homeowners.The imperial court's current supervision of Jiangnan officials is unprecedentedly strict, and its severity is comparable to that in the early Qing Dynasty.

The emperor required all the landlords and gentry who belonged to the Southern Zhili area to pay the same tax as the self-cultivating farmers. In addition, the tea tax, silk tax, etc., were also taxed at the same rate as ordinary farmers.

Local officials who did not collect taxes properly, or colluded with local gentry and landlords to help them hide their land, immediately dismissed from office and ransacked their homes, and fined them to build roads.

Many farmers who donated their land to Juren and Jinshi’s family to avoid tax were miserable. Now they not only have to pay tax to the court, but also pay a piece of land rent to the landlord’s family.

They quit immediately and asked the owner to return the land one after another.

How is this possible?
Ying Tianfu and the prefectural and county government offices under its jurisdiction have to deal with countless land disputes every day because of the issue of donations.

In this regard, the emperor and Li Zhao also discussed and gave instructions about a year ago: all tenant farmers who demand the return of the land from the owner will lose the lawsuit. To the yeoman who did not contribute.

In addition, those host families who accepted donations were also fined, and the fines were very heavy. They were fined 20 years of grain taxes.

It's useless to want to complain, the emperor wants to punish the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and whoever dares to speak up for them in the court will end up being dismissed from office and ransacked and fined to build roads.

Otherwise, how did Song Qingyue get those more than 20 houses?
In this way, there is no need for the court to take the initiative to investigate, and many masters voluntarily returned the land that had been donated.

Because once there is a quarrel, no one will have a good fruit to eat, so it is better to get together and break up.

As a result, the number of self-cultivating farmers in the south of the Yangtze River has increased sharply in the past year.

When everyone's life is better, the population will naturally increase, and the people who are rich on the land will naturally flood into the city, and those who do crafts do crafts and those who do business do business.

And because the Ming Dynasty did not allow ordinary families to keep slaves, a large number of hired workers appeared in the cities, which further promoted the development of local industry and commerce.

The boatman on the Slender West Lake saw from a distance a young man dressed in extraordinary clothes, holding a child carved in pink and jade in his arms, and holding a beautiful beauty in the other arm, walking slowly towards this side while admiring the scenery.

Behind them was a large group of servants who were not far or near, and it seemed that they were extremely rich.

The boatman immediately greeted him warmly: "Young master, do you want to take a boat tour on the lake? The weather is fine today, so it's a good time for a lake tour!"

Li Xiaokun was the most active, sitting in Li Zhao's arms, waving his small arms and shouting: "Take a boat! Take a boat! Father, Kunkun wants to take a boat!"

Li Zhao quickly covered the child's mouth and said, "It's agreed that I will only be called Daddy outside!"

"Oh, I see. We eloped. Hush!" Li Xiaokun whispered seriously.

Li Zhao: ...

Song Qingyue: ...

How much has this kid overheard his parents? !Li Zhao and Song Qingyue looked back at A Fang at the same time, A Fang opened her mouth slightly, her face was at a loss.

His Royal Highness is going to find his father and mother, can she stop him?

The prince and concubine are making out in the house, can she stop it?

Doesn't this make Xiao Shizi hear a lot?
Song Qingyue had a headache.

Fortunately, the child's speech was not very clear, and the store owner didn't seem to hear it very clearly, or chose to pretend not to hear it, probably because he didn't expect the eldest prince of the capital to come out to play with his wife and children so swaggeringly.

After getting on the boat, Li Zhao told Li Kun, "Don't rush into the water again, do you hear me? This lake is deeper than the one at home, and it's terribly cold. If you fall into it, you'll get sick, you know?"

After all, I want the boatman to bring up a bucket of lake water right now, so that the mischievous Li Xiaokun can personally taste what the lake water is like in the twelfth lunar month.

Li Xiaokun put his little hand into the bucket, and as expected he screamed from the cold.

"The water in this lake is so cold!" Li Zhao declared solemnly again.

Li Xiaokun nodded solemnly, promising that he would be careful not to fall into the water, and Li Zhaocai let him play by himself without worry.

Ah Fang and a group of maids, Xiao Huangmen, followed closely behind, fearing that there would be any accidents to Xiao Shizi.

Song Qingyue watched her son run fast with his short legs and climbed up the stairs in no time, she shook her head helplessly.

Li Zhao smiled and pulled her to sit on his lap, and comforted him, "Don't worry, he just tried the lake himself and knew that he couldn't fall in. This kid is as smart as I used to be!"

Song Qingyue nodded his forehead: "Put gold on my face again."""

The storekeeper smiled obsequiously, and brought the tea list, Song Qingyue asked the storekeeper to serve it casually, and the storekeeper asked Li Zhao, "Would you like to listen to the music? Our Qin Niang here has a melodious voice, superb skills, and first-class looks. Guaranteed." The son likes it!"

"Ahem!" Li Zhao glanced at Song Qingyue instinctively, and said, "Our wife is in charge of our family. You have to ask her about this matter."

The boatman immediately groaned, and pleaded guilty to Song Qingyue: "Madam, forgive me! The little old man is blind, and the little old man was pecked at by a bird. Ma'am, you must not care about such an ignorant little old man!"

As he spoke, he was afraid that he would slap both of them in the face.

Song Qingyue let out a chuckle, waved her hand and said, "Come on, quickly call up all the piano players and singers, and you must call the best ones. Since you're here in Yangzhou, you can't treat us badly."

Speaking of which, she put her arms around Li Zhao's neck, and called out delicately: "Master, do you think so?"

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhao pinched the soft flesh around his waist, and the two hugged and laughed together.

The boatman was confused by the two of them, he looked at the stunning beauty sitting on the son's lap so enchantingly, he didn't look like a serious lady, so he mentioned this to the handsome and rich man. thing.

Why did the son call her his wife?
"Hey, shopkeeper, don't think so much, just go and call Sister Xiangmei and the others up, as long as we don't lose our money, what are you afraid of!" the young worker who punted the boat persuaded.

The boatman thought for a while, and it made sense, so he went to another big boat with carved beams and painted buildings.

Not long after, five beauties really came up, one holding a qin, one holding a pipa, and one holding a bamboo flute, and the other two probably sang and danced without holding anything.

As soon as the five people boarded the boat, they saw Li Zhao's face, as if their beautiful eyes were glued to his body, they couldn't move.

Song Qingyue leaned on Li Zhao's ear and blew, "Li Zhao, you are a disaster!"

Knowing that she was teasing him again, Li Zhao sighed helplessly, tightened his grip on Song Qingyue's waist, and bit her ear sideways.

Song Qingyue pushed Li Zhao away, and looked at the beauties with great interest, but it's a pity that if it wasn't for the cold weather in the twelfth lunar month, they would be able to appreciate their beautiful figures.

"Don't stand still, just do what you are good at, and it also opened my eyes, what kind of beauties in Jiangnan are like." Song Qingyue lazily slumped in Li Zhao's arms, letting him feed herself canned fruits, like a queen It's like giving orders.

The few people who came up were confused.

Could it be that they made a mistake?
The master's house is actually this lady, and that handsome man is her adopted boy?
The kabukis responded quite quickly, so whoever gave the money naturally wanted to please whom, so the wife and wife called out shortly and warmly, and some beauties came to help Song Qingyue pour tea and pinch her legs, calling Song Qingyue so happy.

Li Zhao also let her make trouble, come out to play, just have fun.

(End of this chapter)