Transformed into an extremely evil grandmother and fled to escape famine with her children and grand

At this family meeting, everyone, big and small, understood what was said, and they all knew which direction they should work towards in the future.

Therefore, everyone is full of enthusiasm.

Li Lanzhen could have just made the decision herself without telling them about the issues the family was discussing.

However, the children and grandchildren must have their own responsibilities. He or she wants to take on too much responsibility and pave a smooth road for them.

I don’t want to be an autocratic parent.

If that happens, she will truly become an "extremely bad" evil mother-in-law!

When the autumn grass on the eastern hills of Xishan turns yellow.

All farming activities in Taohuayuan have basically ended.

Two officials from the imperial court's Ministry of Revenue also had to return to the capital to report.

At this moment, they were gathered in Xuanshen's yard.

The prince sat at the head of the main hall.

Minister Du Yanqing and Fatty Pang paid their respects to the Crown Prince and stood respectfully in the middle of the floor.

"Minister Du, I have already read the information you compiled.

It is very detailed, well-summarized, and very practical.

The advanced agricultural machinery manufacturing drawings that you brought out, as well as the sweet potato and potato planting methods, must not be left to a certain minister or a certain noble family.

These things must be placed in your Ministry of Revenue, planted on the court’s public land, and then quickly promoted.”

"Yes. Your Highness, I understand."

Du Yanqing replied to the prince, opened his mouth several times, but said nothing.

The prince took one look at him and knew that he wanted to ask about sweet potatoes and potato seeds.

“As for the sweet potato and potato seeds, don’t worry, Aunt Lan Zhen has already agreed.

Ten thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes were donated to the court as seeds.

Ten thousand jin sounds like a lot, but if it is distributed among various states and counties, it is still a bit too little.

So, it depends on how the Ministry of Revenue makes reasonable arrangements.

These seeds and advanced agricultural tools should be handed over to officials who are dedicated to serving the people.

Prevent incidents of corruption and appropriation of funds.

You must remember this!"

When Du Yanqing and Pang Pang heard that Li Lanzhen could actually give them 10,000 kilograms of sweet potato and potato seeds, they were so happy that they immediately knelt down.

"Your Highness, I will keep this in mind!"

"Get up, get ready, and leave in these three days."

After looking at them, the prince continued.

“I have reported everything here to His Majesty.

You can report everything to the Emperor, but I believe you know what to say and what not to say to other people's inquiries."

"I know!"

Li Lanzhen didn't know what they were talking about here, as she was busy at the moment.

She, Han Shunde and the people from the village committee were talking about donating sweet potatoes and potatoes to the court.

"...

So this is what happened, let me tell you about it." Li Lanzhen felt a little uneasy before she talked about this.

She knew that this group of people had suffered from hunger, some of their relatives had starved to death, and she had also seen with her own eyes how many people had starved to death along the way!

So having enough food and having enough food are their obsessions!

After she finished the call, she waited to see everyone's reaction.

"I agree! We can have enough food in Peach Blossom Spring now, and the food in our granary is enough for us to eat until next autumn harvest." Han Shun was the first to speak, agreeing with Li Lanzhen's words.

Zhang Deshui also said, "I agree! I agree. There are still many people in our Dali Dynasty who cannot get enough food. Now that we can get enough food, we should teach everyone this good thing.

Sweet potatoes and potatoes don't need good soil, they can grow just by watering them and taking good care of them.

As long as you serve me well, you won't have to worry about having nothing to eat!"

Li Lanzhen was not surprised that Han Shunde agreed with her words.

She had already seen it since they returned to Wangyou Valley together and brought Aunt Huaihua and Han Shunkui's family with them.

From that time on, Han Shunde became extremely active and obeyed her every word. Sometimes he felt at a loss without her.

What Li Lanzhen didn't expect was that Zhang Deshui, who loved the land so much and valued the grain, agreed immediately.

He also said such touching words.

"Yes, we are all full, but there are still many people in our Dali Dynasty who don't have enough to eat. I agree!"

Then the people from the village committee echoed one by one.

Li Lanzhen looked at the expressions on their faces. They were all very serious, with no pretense or distressed expressions. She felt relieved.

"Okay, Li Lanzhen would like to thank everyone here."

Xue Lao Hu said, "Why are you thanking everyone? Actually, all these grains are yours.

It was you who introduced us to sweet potatoes and potatoes and taught us how to grow them, so that we could have enough food and settle down. "

At this time Han Dazhong said something.

"Sister Lan Zhen, we are under the jurisdiction of Youzhou City.

Should we send a batch of sweet potatoes and potatoes to the Youzhou city government?

otherwise……"

Li Lanzhen nodded. She knew what Han Dazhong meant by "otherwise".

Their household registration was in the capital city of Youzhou, and now such good grain was handed over to the court, bypassing the Youzhou government office.

The prefect of Youzhou City must be unhappy.

Li Lanzhen smiled and said, "You forgot that we have to pay taxes soon.

I plan to pay 5,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes as taxes.

I just don’t know how much tax will be collected from paddy fields and dry land.”

Han Shunde quickly said, "I know this, I asked the clerk at the government office.

One acre of paddy field can produce one load of rice per year, and one hundred kilograms of corn in dry land, and this is the weight after threshing.

The imperial court collected taxes from farmers according to the weight of grain produced.

If the harvest of the year is not good, the money can be converted into silver based on the grain price of that year and handed over to the court.

A load of rice weighs about 200 kilograms, and after harvesting the rice, there are about 160 kilograms of rice.

The calculation is based on the price of grain we purchased this year.

The annual tax for one mu of land is about nine hundred coins..."

Zhang Deshui continued to add.

"We are all registered in Lishu Village. Lishu Village is all dry land, with no paddy fields. In addition, the pears produced by the pear trees on the mountain can also be used to pay part of the grain tax."

Han Dazhong knocked on the table and said, "In this case, taking 5000 kilograms of sweet potatoes and 5000 kilograms of potatoes as tax grain is no more, no less!"

Seeing that everyone had spoken their mind, Li Lanzhen did not say anything more. She said to Hen Shunde.

“Village chief, I estimate that the two officials from the Ministry of Revenue of the imperial court will leave in the next two days.

We will pack the sweet potatoes and potatoes and send them off first, and then we will prepare the grain for this year’s tax revenue.”

"Okay, I'll take care of these."

Three days later, Manager Hua and five large ships docked at the Eleven Trees Pier.

All the adults and children in Taohuayuan went to watch the fun.

Because the ship that came this time was a little bigger than the big ship that Manager Hua usually drove.

The next morning, Du Yanqing and they were going back to the capital.

I came to Li Lanzhen's yard in the evening to say goodbye.

When they came, they brought in three boxes.

Du Yanqing and Fatty Pang stood in the main hall and bowed deeply to Li Lanzhen.

"Aunt Lanzhen, we are sorry to bother you by coming here, and thank you very much.

We are going back to the capital tomorrow.

We will take away drawings of iron plowshares, rice transplanters, rice threshers, crushers and juicers.

It is believed that these agricultural tools will bring changes to the agricultural development of the Le Dynasty.

Thank you again for donating 10,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes to the court."

Li Lanzhen asked them to sit down.

"Minister Du, there's no need to be so polite.

These are what I should have done, and by chance I got two kinds of food: sweet potatoes and potatoes.

And if the planting is successful in this Peach Blossom Spring, of course we will donate it to the imperial court so that sweet potatoes and potatoes can be planted all over our Dali Dynasty.

Let the people of the Le Dynasty have enough food to eat. "

They didn't stay here long, just expressed their gratitude and left.

After the people left, Li Lanzhen opened the boxes and discovered it.

There were two boxes filled with coarse cotton cloth and several pieces of maroon silk.

There was also a box filled with top-quality pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and the rest were a few boxes of snacks.

Since it was delivered, Li Lanzhen no longer tried to refuse it and just accepted it with a smile.

I divided the things among the children and sent some to Li Erhan's family.