Female-to-male: I live on farming

Three hundred guards also left with Qin Ke. Deputy Captain Cao was responsible for escorting the property that was seized from Lu Youqing's house. Part of it was kept for the development of Xihai, and the rest was used to pay the taxes owed in previous years.

There were only two people in the team that came, Qin Ke and Lei Zhong. They traveled light, while the team that went back was huge and stretched for several hundred meters, so it took twice as long as the time it came.

They separated at the gate of Cangwu City. Deputy Captain Cao took the silver and went directly to the Princess's Mansion to report, while Qin Ke went home first and would go to the Ministry of Agriculture tomorrow.

For the past twenty days or so, Han Qi has been keeping an eye on the crops on the farm and conducting regular inspections at designated locations. As soon as Qin Ke returned home, he would summon him to report.

He had made all the arrangements before he left, and even made a form with the content and responsibilities clearly stated. Han Qi also knew that it would be inappropriate for him to stay with his lover without being able to read, so he learned to read in his spare time. Qin Ke admired his ambition and even increased his monthly salary.

"You're here just in time. The farmland statistics for Taiyuan County have just been submitted. Do you know how much the cultivated land area in Taiyuan has increased due to the construction of terraces?"

When Qin Ke came to the Princess's Mansion to report, Jin Yang was looking through the base book reported from below.

The land base book records in detail the household owner, field area, topographic map and other land conditions. When Qin Ke bought land before, he also relied on the land base book for legal transfer.

Qin Ke saw the joy in her eyes and eyebrows, and knew that the data was good, so he bowed and congratulated her: "I think it must be quite a lot, Your Highness is very happy."

"The total cultivated land area in Taiyuan has more than tripled, and the number of registered residents has also increased significantly."

In the past, in order to avoid the population tax, the people would conceal their population and become refugees. But now with this measure, they have land in their hands, so who would be willing to be a refugee?

Jin Yang's eyes were shining with joy. Seeing Qin Ke coming here, he knew that he had something serious to say, so he put the anvil book aside and said seriously: "Now that you are back, I think you have thought about what to do next."

Before he went to Xihai, he had planned the business model of Liangzhou. By chance, he used the sugar factory in Xihai as the starting point of the entire Liangzhou business scale, but the sugar factory alone was not enough.

Qin Ke naturally had a plan in mind. He thought that he should not take too big a step at the beginning and choose a simpler one first. He exchanged the soap making method in the system mall two days ago. The production process was simple and the cost was low, which was just right.

"Your Highness, this is my next plan." Qin Ke handed over the memorial he had written last night.

"Your handwriting has improved. I guess you've put in some effort recently." Jinyang first glanced at his handwriting and looked at him with a smile.

The reason why there will be benefits is self-evident.

Now that His Highness has become good at teasing people, Qin Ke, who was often urged by his wife to practice calligraphy when he had nothing to do in the West Sea, scratched his head embarrassedly.

"According to what you wrote, the process of making this soap is simple."

Qin Ke nodded and explained, "Yes, I think it is not appropriate to invest too much in the early stage, so I will start with soap. Time is a bit tight, so I will wait for the finished product in two days and then present it to His Highness for inspection."

"But, according to what you said, if you want to build the factories together and plan an industrial zone, the area required is very large, and it is not suitable inside the city. The vacant land outside the city is allocated to you. You will be responsible for planning and supervision, and the Construction Department will be responsible for construction."

After the discussion, Jin Yang saw that he seemed to have something else to say, so he asked, "Anything else?"

Qin Ke coughed lightly and said, "Your Highness, could you please assign someone to me?"

He doesn't want to do everything himself. It would be better for him to just be a hands-off manager after deciding on the general direction.

Jin Yang leaned back in silence, saw through his thoughts, and said bluntly: "I think you have already thought of the candidate."

"Your Highness is wise. After the soap factory is built, someone has to be in charge. What do you think of Pei Xiu?"

Qin Ke was quite familiar with her and had long seen her ability to get things done. He had thought of recruiting her. Now that the soap factory happened to be owned by the government, it would be most appropriate for His Highness to go directly to the head of the Gu family. After all, they were theirs.

Jinyang frowned and thought for a moment before he remembered who this person was. He replied, "I'll talk to Lanxi."

"Then Your Highness, I will take my leave first." Qin Ke bowed and was about to take his leave.

"Now that the West Sea has returned to orthodoxy, I will transfer Lu Youqing back before the end of the year. You just wait patiently." Unexpectedly, Jinyang said calmly, with a hint of helplessness in his tone and an indistinct smile on the corner of his mouth.

Qin Ke was speechless for a moment.

His ears were tinged with embarrassment as he understood the princess's implication. The princess' words implied that he should stay in Cangwu City and not run to the West Sea again.

My lady had said this to him when she saw him off, but now who would have thought that Your Highness would remind him again.

He didn't know whether he had any reason to transfer Lu Youqing back, but it was enough that the result was what he liked.

If Jinyang could hear Qin Ke's inner voice, he would tell him categorically: He was the reason. When Lu Youqing was sent to Xihai to clean up the county government, one reason was that she had good abilities and wanted to test her, and the other reason was that she didn't have any other suitable people at the moment.

Who knew that Qin Ke was too clingy. He rushed after her right after the spring plowing. If she let Lu Youqing stay in the West Sea for another two years, she was afraid that this guy would run to the West Sea all year round.

Qin Ke was a man of extraordinary talents, and most of the things he took out were of great help to her. Moreover, Lu Youqing had quickly eliminated the bully from the West Sea, and from then on, he only needed to slowly sort out the affairs of the county government, which could be left to other people.

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After Pei Xiu followed Qin Ke to Liangzhou, she returned to the Gu family. Now that Qin Ke no longer needed anyone to monitor her, she naturally had no reason to stay with Qin Ke.

She didn't expect that Qin Ke was still thinking about her, and she was stunned for a moment after hearing the head of the family's question.

"Qin Ke has a high opinion of you and wants you to work with him to run the soap factory. Strictly speaking, the soap factory belongs to Jinyang and has good development prospects." Seeing that she didn't speak, Gu Lanxi thought she was a little hesitant.

"Master, Pei Xiu is willing to serve you and His Highness." Pei Xiu bowed respectfully.

Pei Xiu naturally knew that this was a lucrative job. Her status in the Gu family was not enough to make her the head of the family's confidant, otherwise she would not have been sent to Qinghe Village. If she became the manager of the soap factory, her status would be completely different.

"In addition to generating profits, building a factory also shoulders the task of providing jobs for local people. However, the production process still needs to be kept secret, so you need to be careful when selecting people," Gu Lanxi reminded.

"My subordinates know."

Pei Xiu had previously worked as a manager in the Gu family's store and had rich experience in selecting and employing people. Gu Lanxi was very confident in her ability to do things.