Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

The next day, because Liu Xu was granted the title of Princess Funing, the Liu family reopened the ancestral hall.

This was the first time that Liu Xu took the initiative to wear the county lady's auspicious dress since she expressed her gratitude.

The solemn and gorgeous bright red is enough to make people ignore her age.

As the village chief and clan leader Liu Dahai finished reading the sacrificial text, Liu Xu walked into the ancestral hall.

All the young and old in the tribe gathered here, their eyes full of awe and envy.

She knelt down slowly in front of the ancestral tablet with a solemn look on her face. She took the burning incense handed over by Liu Dahai, and the curling green smoke seemed to be telling her ancestors a story.

After the ceremony, she stood up, looked around, and looked at her clansmen with a firm gaze, saying: "Liu Xu has received the emperor's grace, and is also grateful to the family. From now on, I hope that the family will prosper, and I will spare no effort. If there is a need in the clan, as long as it does not violate morality, Liu Xu will definitely help."

Her voice was clear and powerful, echoing in the ancestral hall. There were constant cheers from both inside and outside the ancestral hall.

After returning from the ancestral hall, Liu Xu started to busy himself with the specialty workshop.

My eldest uncle is almost ready, and the Chang family's market will be ready soon, so we need to increase the output of the workshop as soon as possible.

"Miss, Qiqiaofang is doing very good business recently. Manager Zhou came to report earlier that many buyers asked if we want to open branches. He asked if we want to expand to other counties." He Yi stood aside and said respectfully.

Liu Xu thought about it and shook her head: "No expansion, just like the embroidery workshop, adopt a franchise system!"

The Liu family's foundation is too weak to be suitable for outward expansion.

Instead of getting hurt yourself, it is better to be a stable manufacturer. Although you will earn less, it is stable.

"Yes! By the way, Miss, the pig farm has bought a new batch of piglets, but the manager said it's a bit crowded now and asked if we want to expand it."

"Hiss, I forgot about this! I won't expand it anymore, I'll build another one!"

Any village in Qinghe County can be built, and the bean dregs can be transported in a short time without deteriorating.

"Also, have people go to the surrounding areas to collect poultry and livestock at market prices. There is no limit on the quantity, but they cannot be sick."

After thinking for a while, he added: "We can ask Grandpa to talk to the village chiefs of other villages about this matter. Anyway, we give them the market price. If they can make a profit, it is their ability."

There are too few people in Liujia Village, and they have to work and patrol at the same time. They don’t feel it on weekdays, but now that they are busy, they feel a little stretched.

It seems that she is going to write a letter to Mu Lingxuan.

What a joke! I told him earlier that people could be arranged to come to their place, but there has been no response for such a long time.

At the same time, generals such as Mu Lingxuan and Liu Donglai, who were far away in the northern border, were also worried about the whereabouts of the wounded soldiers.

These people are basically disabled, and most of them are even missing limbs.

If we let them go back like this, I'm afraid few of them will have a good ending.

"Uncle Liu, I want to send some people to Yongshun Prefecture. I asked Third Brother Chang to help buy a few farms. Third Brother Chang and Baoer said before..."

He told Liu Donglai somewhat embarrassedly what Liu Xu and the others had said before.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Liu Donglai slapped his thigh and said happily: "Oh, yes, how could I forget about this! If you want to send it, then send it to Yongshun Prefecture. Baoer bought a lot of land before, so he can definitely arrange for a lot of people."

His family now owns tens of thousands of acres of land and a lot of other businesses, so they should be able to accommodate some people, right?

"However, we still need to talk to Baoer about this first and see what she plans to do." Liu Donglai said.

Although he is the father, household affairs have always been managed by his wife and daughter, and he cannot take it for granted.

Mu Lingxuan nodded in agreement and went back to write the letter immediately.

In fact, there are many places for farming in the North, but the conditions are too harsh.

They have already paid too much for Dongsheng, and it's time for them to live a stable life.

As for Liu Xu, Uncle He had just gone out for a short while and fell back again.

"Miss, County Magistrate Shen and the Town Magistrate want to see you!"

Liu Xu paused with the pen in her hand, then finished writing the last few strokes and asked He Yi to bring people in.

A moment later, in Yuexinyuan study.

"Your humble servant pays his respects to the Princess of Funing County. May the Princess be blessed with good health and good health!" As soon as Shen Wenchang came in, he bowed deeply to Liu Xu.

"Your humble servant Lin Zhengyang pays respects to the Lady of Funing County. May the Lady be blessed with good health and good health!"

Behind Shen Wenchang, a middle-aged man in his forties knelt down right after him.

Liu Xu blinked and said hurriedly, "Uncle Shen and Lin Zhencheng, please stand up!"

The two men stood up after expressing their gratitude, but bowed slightly.

Liu Xu asked the two to sit down and talk.

"Why are you two here today?"

"My Lord, we two are here today, first to congratulate you, and second, an official document has arrived from the capital, stating that His Majesty has ordered a mansion to be built for you at Woniu Hill."

Considering the safety of the county lord's mansion at that time, the entire Woniu Hill and even the foot of the mountain will slide into the mansion, so Shen Wenchang came to inquire about the situation in Liujia Village.

"Congratulations! By the way, just like over there, fence it off, but leave a door over here!"

As for Wangjia Village, she didn't care about it. Shen Wenchang and Lin Zhengyang went to negotiate.

The three of them chatted about the details for a while.

Because the emperor said that everything should be based on Liu Xu's opinion.

Although there were people from the Ministry of Works in charge of supervision, Liu Xu still suggested that the Zhu family get involved.

After all, it is where she lives. Although some things have to be built according to ancestral customs, she still hopes that some things can be built according to her preferences.

Shen Wenchang had no objection to this. After all, the emperor had said that her opinion would be the main one, so they naturally would not do something that would be thankless.

"By the way, Mr. Lin, I wonder if you are related to the Lin family in the county?"

After finishing the serious business, Liu Xu started chatting with them with the purpose of building good relations with the officials of the fiefdom.

Her mother and Old Madam Lin had some affinity, and she had met the old lady twice. This Lord Lin's features were somewhat similar to the old lady's.

"My lord, I am a humble official, but I am the second son of the Lin family." Lin Zhengyang replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, and his demeanor was very much in line with his name.

"So it's Uncle Lin. No wonder he looks so friendly. How is Grandma Lin these days?" Liu Xu asked with a smile.

Not bad, not bad, he’s an acquaintance, she felt a lot more at ease.

"Thank you for your concern, my mother is in good health. She came to Yuyang Town to stay for a few days a few days ago."

In fact, Mrs. Lin originally wanted to come to Liujia Village to see Xu Ruolan, but she heard that they had gone to Beijing.

Liu Xu nodded and invited the old lady to visit Liujia Village when she was free, and of course she did not forget the Shen family.

"By the way, County Lord, I heard that someone came to Liujia Village to inquire about the new grain varieties and the Liujia workshop. Does the county government want to intervene in this matter?"

Because Liujia Village did not suffer any loss, Shen Wenchang did not intervene before. However, since Liu Xu has returned and Qinghe County is now her fiefdom, he naturally has to pay more attention to it.

"It doesn't matter. I'm back now anyway. I'm afraid they won't come again." Liu Xu waved her hand indifferently.

Those people just wanted to show off their power while she was away, but they wouldn't dare to come now.

"However, have the grain seeds in the hands of the people been missed?" This is what Liu Xu was concerned about.

The grain seeds she gave everyone earlier were so that people in Qinghe County could grow corn next year.

"Don't worry. Before Judge Qiu left, he had already sent people to the countryside to replace the grain seeds. Now there are nearly 260,000 kilograms of corn piled up in the granary, which is more than enough for the whole county to plant next year."

"Have someone calculate it, and give out the surplus at six times the price of rice seeds. It would be best if it were grain for grain."

At first, she suggested that they buy back the grain at three times the price. Now the court is offering five times the price. If she releases it at six times the price, there will definitely be people scrambling to buy it.

The extra money can just fill the gap previously used by the county government.