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Shen Ruhai took Wang Mang and others to the provincial capital, while Shen Mingzhu took Shen Mingshan and others to inspect Zhuangzi.

This farm has four courtyards. Although the house is made of stone, it is very sturdy.

There are two hot spring pools in this hot spring resort. Due to the dry weather, the pools have dried up.

Shen Mingzhu asked Shen Mingshan to send someone to renovate the manor. The manor had been in disrepair for many years and there were leaks in many places.

Shen Mingzhu observed the paddy fields in the farm. These paddy fields were all top-quality fields and very good.

This farm originally belonged to Zhao Youde's family. Because his family was planning to move away from Pushuang County, he put the farm up for sale at a pawnshop and sold it to Shen Mingzhu.

Shen Mingzhu was so happy to have gotten such a great bargain.

She didn't know why Zhao Youde sold so many assets, but Shen Mingzhu guessed that the Zhao family was transferring assets.

Because most of the houses and land she bought belonged to the Zhao family.

Shen Mingzhu has already thought about what to plant on the two hundred acres of connected land.

She looked at the three mountains surrounding Zhuangzi. These three mountains also belonged to her. Would there be any surprises for her on the mountains?

Shen Mingzhu asked the gatekeeper, "Old man, what's your last name? Have you always been guarding the manor?"

Uncle Li and his wife bowed to Shen Mingzhu and said, "Young Master, my surname is Li, and this is my wife, Wang. We have always been farmhands in the manor, and we have a son."

"My son Li Dazhuang married a daughter-in-law named Zhu and they have two children."

"We couldn't survive this severe drought, so my son took his daughter-in-law and grandson to escape the famine. We thought we two old guys couldn't survive, but we didn't expect to meet such a kind master."

Shen Mingzhu asked: "In the past, all the farmers in the village were from Yunshan Village, but now almost all the people in Yunshan Village have left to escape famine.

"Why don't you follow your son?"

Shen Mingzhu must make this clear.

Mr. Li said with tears in his eyes: "We are already so old, we won't live many more years if we go out, so we might as well stay here and save some food for our son and grandson.

Shen Mingzhu understood that they were a kind old couple.

She also asked the two old people if they were willing to work on the farm for a long time. The two old people kowtowed on the ground to express their gratitude to Shen Mingzhu for taking them in.

Just as Shen Mingzhu stood up and was about to leave, she saw a group of people walking towards the village, and another man and woman, with a child, walking towards this side.

When the couple saw Uncle Li and Aunt Wang, they ran up with their child, knelt in front of Uncle Li and Aunt Wang, and cried:

"Mom and Dad, we are back."

Aunt Wang hugged Li Dazhu in disbelief and burst into tears: "My son! You are back!"

"Oh my god! As soon as we left Yunnan Province, we encountered a group of refugees from other counties. They robbed us of all the food and money we had brought from our village."

"We almost died outside. We heard that Mingzhu Xiangjun came to Pushuang County for disaster relief, and we could borrow food and seeds if we went back to our hometown, so we came back!"

Shen Mingzhu watched Li Dazhui's family hugging the two elderly people and crying bitterly, and only then did she understand after hearing what they said.

Pu Shuang County was the worst hit, and many people who escaped died on the way.

The people of Yunshan Village were relatively united. More than 400 people went out together, but only more than 200 people came back. Many of the elderly and children who went out died on the road.

Mr. Li and his family knelt down and begged Shen Mingzhu, hoping that Shen Mingzhu would not drive them out of the farm.

Shen Mingzhu asked about Zhuangzi's past situation and had something in mind. She asked Li Dazhu's family whether they were willing to take the loyalty pill. Li Dazhu's family took the loyalty pill given by Shen Mingzhu.

Shen Mingzhu asked Li Dazhui and his family to manage the hot spring farm, and asked Li Dazhui to go to Yunshan Village to recruit tenants.

People in Yunshan Village can rent and cultivate the paddy fields in the hot spring farm, but they must use the seeds given by Shen Mingzhu and must cultivate the land according to Shen Mingzhu's methods.

Shen Mingzhu receives 60% of the income from every acre of land owned by the villagers of Yunshan Village.

When the people of Yunshan Village heard the good news, they all came to sign up, and Shen Mingzhu selected more than twenty tenants.

When the tenants heard that Shen Mingzhu was the Lady of Mingzhu Township, they cheered in surprise.

God knows, they escaped with great difficulty, and now they are penniless, not to mention without any food.

Even if we cultivate the land now, there are no seeds.

Now, he could actually become a tenant of Mingzhu Xiangjun's family, renting the fields on Mingzhu Xiangjun's farm and only had to hand over 60% of the harvest.

That’s a great thing!

The Zhao family used to collect 70% of their rent. You have to know that they worked hard for a year, provided the seeds, cultivated the crops themselves, paid taxes and rent to the Zhao family, and the remaining 30% of the food was not enough to fill the family's stomach.

Not to mention clothing, medical treatment and so on, there is no money at all.

The Lady of Mingzhu Township gave them an extra 10% of food, so their families would have no problem having enough food to eat, and the men could also go out to do odd jobs to earn money, so their lives would get better and better.

Thinking of this, the people of Yunshan Village who were selected were particularly excited.

They were glad that they came back, and they were even more glad that they did not die outside.

After Shen Mingzhu explained the matters at the manor, she took Shen Mingshan with her and went to the three mountains behind the manor to look for treasures.

Shen Ruhai brought Wang Mang to the provincial capital. As soon as they arrived, Zhao Yide gave them a warning.

Seeing that Shen Ruhai ignored his provocation, Zhao Yide walked out of the back hall.

When Shen Ruhai saw Zhao Yide coming out, he immediately stood up and saluted: "Greetings, Mr. Zhizhou!"

Zhao Yide said "hmm" and sat slowly in the main seat. At this time, the judge Zhu Lingpeng and Tao Xingzhi, who followed Zhao Yide out, also sat below Zhao Yide.

Tao Xingzhi accused Shen Ruhai:

"Shen Ruhai, who is this person behind you? Why don't you bow down to the prefect?"

Wang Mang came out at this time and bowed to Zhao Yide as a scholar: "Student Shen Mingshu greets the three adults."

Wang Mang saw that Zhao Yide and the other two had sour faces, so he bowed and stood behind Shen Ruhai.

Zhao Yide had always been arrogant as the head of a state in these years, and he looked at Wang Mang with disdain.

Tao Xingzhi, the lackey, started to curse again. He slapped the handle of his chair and said, "Shen Mingshu, you are so rude! Didn't you listen to me? When you see the prefect, you should kneel down and kowtow."

Wang Mang took a deep breath and then said calmly: "I'm afraid this gentleman doesn't know the laws of Daqian! Daqian has a clear provision that scholars have the privilege of not kneeling when meeting an official."

"Why? Your Excellency thinks the prefect is more powerful than the laws of Daqian?"

Wang Mang's words left Zhao Yide and others speechless. Zhao Yide was so angry that his face turned blue. Tao Xingzhi pointed at Wang Mang and kept calling him "you, you, you" for a long time without being able to utter a word in rebuttal.

Wang Mang snorted coldly and stood behind Shen Ruhai with his head held high and calm.

He is a prince, he kneels to heaven, to earth, to the emperor and to the empress, but he will not kneel to this damn prefect.

Seeing that he could not win the argument with Wang Mang, Tao Xingzhi took out his anger on Shen Ruhai: "Shen Ruhai, this is your son. How could you raise such an impolite child?"

Shen Lao San also got angry. He said in a cold tone, "May I ask if you three adults have summoned me here for a trial?"

"My son is right. Is the prefect more noble than the laws of Daqian?"

"Does the prefect want to disobey His Majesty?"