Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

"Is it the same in the capital city?"

If the provincial capital is like this, then it will be a bit difficult to manage the state capital.

"It is said to be better than our county town and has more people, but I have never been there and I don't know if it is true or not."

The waiter also heard it from passers-by, and he didn't know whether it was true or not.

"OK, all right."

Zhao Yuanzhen waved her hand and the waiter went back to work.

"It will be difficult for this county to return to its former prosperity in its current state."

Zhao Yuanlan looked at the deserted street and spoke with melancholy.

"Well, the population is too small, unless we develop industries and attract a large number of talents."

"There is no industry to develop. Even if there is, I guess it won't be shared by many people."

Zhao Yuanlan felt that it was too difficult to attract people.

"I can think of a way to deal with the industry, but someone has to post the job opening notices across the country."

The South is densely populated and a lot of labor is idle. If the North has an industrial chain and increases wages and welfare benefits, it should be able to attract population.

Zhao Yuanlan pondered for a while.

"Little sister, if you really have a way to build a large industry that can share the labor, I can submit a memorial to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to order me to help post notices in various provinces."

He still believed in what his younger sister said. Since his younger sister dared to say it, she must be able to do it.

"Well, don't worry, brother. I will take a good look at the county this afternoon to see what the current situation is."

She still had to go and see it herself to understand the situation in more detail.

"Okay, I'll go with you to investigate this afternoon."

"okay."

The food arrived at this time.

Zhao Yuanzhen and Zhao Yuanlan started to eat.

After the meal, you have to go to the incense burner to buy sacrificial supplies.

They both bought some.

Zhao Yuanzhen took Zhao Yuanlan to her mother's grave.

"Brother, this is the grave of my parents."

Zhao Yuanlan nodded, then walked to the grave and knelt down.

"Dad, Mom, the unfilial son Zhao Yuanlan has come back to see you."

My eyes were red and tears were coming down.

"Over the years, I have been searching for my enemies, thinking of revenge and comforting your souls in heaven. I didn't expect that it would take more than 20 years before I could come to your grave to pay tribute to your memory."

. . . . . .

"My son is like this. He met my little sister and later got revenge by mistake. My son is now a first-rank general who protects the country. He has also married a wife. She is the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Yue Hongmian. Hongmian is gentle and virtuous, and she manages the household well. We are trying to have children to pass on the incense of my Zhao family. Don't worry, parents."

"My younger sister is now a third-rank lady, and she lives a good life. My nephews are hardworking and filial, and they listen to my advice. My younger sister and I have settled in the capital."

"Now that the weather is getting colder, I will take you two to live in the capital next spring."

. . . . . .

Zhao Yuanlan told his parents everything that had happened.

Zhao Yuanzhen also burned paper beside him to keep him company.

After more than an hour, Zhao Yuanlan kowtowed and stood up.

"Little sister, let's go."

"Okay, big brother."

She also knelt down, kowtowed, and followed Zhao Yuanlan.

"Brother, the military is busy, you should go back first. I will stay in this county for a few more days to investigate, and I will come to you after the investigation is completed."

Zhao Yuanzhen still feels that it is more convenient for her to do things alone.

"That's fine too. Just be careful and come to me if anything happens."

Zhao Yuanlan was a little worried about her being here alone, but when he left in the morning, he thought he would be able to go back tonight, and there were many things he hadn't explained, so it was not advisable for her to stay outside for too long.

"okay, I get it."

Zhao Yuanzhen saw Zhao Yuanlan off and rode his horse around the county to check things out.

The fields close to the county town have all been cultivated this year, and she went to check on the fields further away.

When they arrived at their previous village, all the houses had been burned down and only a few were left intact.

There were no signs of farming on the fields, they were in a mess.

The situation in several surrounding villages was similar, with houses collapsed and burned, and fields left empty.

After walking around the large tracts of land and villages nearby, she took out the map printed out by the system, which she had asked the system to print out the last time she went to Yue Hongmian's house.

It includes a map of the world, as well as accurate maps of various countries, capitals, counties, villages, mountains, rivers, etc., and even has coordinates and area markings.

She calculated that the large piece of land covering these villages to the north, far away from the county town, was about 3.4 acres, of which one-third was farmland, and the rest was uncultivated wasteland and former villages.

She plans to buy them all.

It took more than 20 minutes to get from their village to the county town by horseback, more than half an hour by ox-drawn cart, and more than an hour on foot.

The distance is not far, so you can live in the county town and make it your base.

Land is the most basic production resource. Her idea is to purchase all the land around the county, integrate it, cultivate it as a whole, and then set up various processing workshops based on agricultural products to form a stable industrial chain.

On the one hand, this will drive economic development, and on the other hand, it can effectively attract talents to be resettled.

It’s quite dark today, so I’ll go to the south of the city for inspection tomorrow.

I found a secluded place and will sleep in the space tonight.

I haven’t had hotpot for a long time. I bought a small hotpot for one person, but I ate it alone, which was a bit boring.

But I finished eating everything I bought.

I filled a basin with bath water and washed myself thoroughly in the space. I had been on the road recently and had not properly cleaned and washed myself when I arrived at the military camp. Now I could finally wash myself thoroughly.

After taking a shower, I changed into clean clothes and poured out the bath water.

She lay down on her soft big bed and fell asleep.

I slept very deeply and soundly, and woke up at around eight in the morning.

He stretched, washed up, and left the space.

She planned to go to the county town for breakfast and then go to the south of the city to see the situation there.

There were only two breakfast shops open, so Zhao Yuanzhen picked one at random and ordered a bowl of wontons, two sesame cakes, and a small portion of pickles.

There weren't many people in the breakfast shop, only two or three tables.

After breakfast, Zhao Yuanzhen walked towards the south of the city.

The south of the city is slightly better than the north, as the cultivated land area is a little larger, but the villages are all the same, dilapidated, with collapsed houses and no one living there.

She calculated that there was very little vacant area here, only about 1.8 acres of land.

Further south is the territory of other counties.

Their village and the county town are basically in the north. Further north, there seem to be only some sparse villages, but no county town.

But it is not easy to manage farming because of the mountains.

If we purchase all the 3.4 acres of land in the north of the city and the 1.8 acres of land in the south of the city, it will be more than enough.

After the inspection, Zhao Yuanzhen went to the county government office to buy land first.

The county government office is still in its previous location, but the previous one was badly burned down, so this one is probably rebuilt.

"What's up?"

The gatekeeper stopped Zhao Yuanzhen who was about to enter.

"I want to buy some land, but I don't know where to apply for it?"

Buy land?

The two yamen runners looked at each other and thought, this is a good thing, because the lord has been worried about the lack of money in the county government.

Generally, the money used by various government offices to buy land belongs to the government office, but it needs to be reported and the court needs to approve and register it.

"This way, I'll take you to see the county magistrate."

The yamen runner took her with him enthusiastically.

"Thank you, sir."

Zhao Yuanzhen followed him into the county government office, but instead of going to the lobby, she entered a study-style room next to the lobby.

"Boom boom boom!"

The bailiff knocked on the door.

"Come in."

"Sir, this lady wants to buy land."

"Okay, I see. What kind of land do you want to buy? How much?"

"My Lord, I want to buy some unused fields and wasteland, but I wonder how to sell them?"

Zhao Yuanzhen wanted to find out the price clearly before deciding how much to buy.

"Now the court has a welfare plan for our county. One mu of farmland is half a tael of silver, one mu of wasteland is two cents of silver, and taxes are exempted for three years. How much do you want to buy?"

This price is really cheap. It seems that the imperial court really wants to develop their area.

However, this is also an important border town and the closest county to the border. This county is well developed and has a large population, which provides a large overflow for the garrison. At least food and military fodder do not need to be transported thousands of miles from other states.

Zhao Yuanzhen was worried about the county magistrate, so he scanned it.

Didn't have time to look at it in detail, just looked at the ratings.

Judging from the scoring index given by the system, he is probably a pretty good person.

"Your Excellency, I want to buy about 3.4 acres of wasteland and land in the north of the city, and about 1.8 acres of wasteland and land in the south of the city."

The yamen runners and the county magistrate were all shocked. So many? This is almost enough to buy up half of the county.

"This is a matter of great importance. I have to ask for instructions. I dare not make a decision on my own. Please wait a moment."

The county magistrate decided to write a memorial to the emperor immediately to ask for instructions and see what the emperor would say.

"Well, thank you for your trouble, I will withdraw now."

The county magistrate waved his hand and let her go.

He had to write a memorial quickly, this was a big deal. If all the money was given to their county, there would be no worries about the construction.

After Zhao Yuanzhen came out of the yamen, he walked around the county town again. The houses with good character and relatively intact were all occupied by people, and the only ones left were those that were severely damaged and far from the street.

There used to be more than 8 people in their county town, but now less than have returned, some as families, so many houses in the county town are left vacant.

She looked around, trying to find a large vacant piece of land to buy.

Once the land is purchased, there will be no shortage of people coming to cultivate it and to set up various agricultural product workshops in the future. Zhao Yuanzhen thinks that it would be fine whether it is for employment or for trading.

In order to have food, clothing, shelter and transportation, one always needs a lot of houses.

So we have to find a larger piece of land to build enough houses.

But there is no need to rush. Just wait until the land is purchased before thinking about buying a house.