I rely on infrastructure systems to build a prosperous village

When they arrived at the entrance of Renhetang, there were many people queuing up to see a doctor. After a discussion, Li Chunping drove the ox cart to find a place to feed the oxen, while Li Lan and Li Chunhua went to sell ginseng.

"Hey, bro, is our boss here? I have some medicinal herbs and I'd like to ask if you would like to buy them." Li Lan stepped forward and said with a smile.

The clerk at the counter looked at Li Lan and Li Chunhua. He saw that the man had a handsome face and, although he was dressed in ordinary clothes, he had a scholarly air. The woman had dark yellow skin and, although she was wearing patched clothes, her demeanor could not be concealed, especially her eyes, which were bright and sharp.

The clerk recovered and smiled, "Wait a moment, I'll go to the inner room and call the shopkeeper out."

"Okay, thank you for your help, brother." Li Lan bowed.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a friendly face, wearing a green satin robe, seven feet five inches tall and slightly overweight, walked over.

"Do you have any medicinal herbs to sell?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Yes, uncle shopkeeper. My medicinal materials are quite expensive. Do you think we can talk in a back room?" Li Lan said with a smile.

The shopkeeper looked at her and Li Chunhua, nodded, and led them into the inner room.

Several people sat down at the table in the inner room. Li Lan pretended to dig into his sleeve and took out a whole ginseng wrapped in cloth.

When the shopkeeper saw the ginseng she took out, which was estimated to be around 300g, his eyes widened.

"This, this, is this a hundred-year-old ginseng?" he exclaimed.

Li Lan smiled and said nothing, but his expression remained noncommittal.

"Uncle shopkeeper, can we afford this?" She looked at him with a smile.

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and asked, "Have you two decided on a price?"

Li Lan and Li Chunhua exchanged a glance. Li Chunhua said, "Boss, give us a price."

The shopkeeper paused and was silent for a while.

"This century-old ginseng is truly rare. I'll offer you 300 taels. Is that a good price? This is the highest price we at Renhetang can offer."

Li Lan rolled her eyes and looked towards Li Chunhua, who nodded at her.

"Okay, boss uncle, I'll pay according to your price." She responded happily.

"Okay, okay. Do you want notes or silver?"

Li Lan thought about it and realized that the emperors of this dynasty were diligent, intelligent, and ambitious. The dynasty wouldn't fall and the banknotes become invalid. He replied, "Fifty taels of silver, and the rest in banknotes will be fine. Thank you, Uncle Shopkeeper."

Li Lan took the three banknotes and a small bag of heavy silver handed over by the shopkeeper, smiled so hard that his eyes were not visible, and put the silver and money into the storage room.

The uncle and nephew walked out of Renhe Hall and saw Li Chunping sitting on an ox cart waiting for them under the tree opposite.

"Dad, Dad." Li Lan walked over and shouted.

Li Chunping was so happy to see them that he asked, "How's it going? How much did you sell it for?"

Li Lan smiled at him and raised three fingers.

"Three taels of silver?"

Li Lan rolled his eyes. Li Chunhua chuckled beside him.

"Thirty taels, is that possible?" Li Chunping said in surprise, staring.

Li Lan: “…”

Li Chunhua looked at her elder brother and couldn't help but lean over and tell him quietly.

"What?" He opened his mouth in shock.

"Well, well, let's go back quickly." As he said that, he asked Li Lan and Li Chunhua to get in the car quickly.

The uncle and nephew looked at each other, smiled and got on the ox cart.

"Dad, let's go to the county school first and ask Fourth Uncle to handle the enrollment. Then we can go buy some clothes and food."

"Okay, let's go."

Li Lan escorted Li Chunhua to the gate of the county school. As he entered, he slipped him 15 taels of silver. Because the county school was government-run, and the emperor encouraged students to study, tuition was relatively cheap, at 1 tael of silver per year, including room and board. However, buying books was still expensive.

After a while, Li Lan saw Li Chunhua coming out and hurried forward to ask, "How is it going? Fourth Uncle, is it done?"

"It's all been done. You can move directly into the county school dormitory tonight." Li Chunhua smiled and looked at Li Lan gently.

"Xiao Lan, thank you."

After hearing what Li Chunhua said, Li Lan scratched the back of his head and said with a silly smile: "Fourth Uncle, we are a family."

"Yes, Silang, we are a family." Li Chunping also echoed.

"Yes, we are a family." Li Chunhua looked at the father and daughter, her eyes slightly red.

"Xiao Lan, Fourth Uncle decided to give it a try in midsummer."

"Fourth Uncle, isn't this a bit too hasty?" Li Lan said hurriedly.

"No, you have to trust your fourth uncle." Li Chunhua said with a smile.

Li Lan looked at him and said nothing more, with a complicated expression on his face.

Li Chunhua watched the father and daughter leave, clenched her fists, and said firmly: "I will definitely be your support."

After the father and daughter parted with Li Chunhua, Li Lan looked up at the sky.

"Dad, it's already noon. There's a noodle stall up ahead. Let's go eat something. We're hungry after working all day."

"Okay, girl."

The father and daughter ordered two bowls of noodles and ate them with relish while sitting at the stall.

"Hey, have you heard? The county government will start distributing grain tomorrow. Go and get your household registration. Adults will receive three pounds a day, and children will receive one pound a day, and this will last until the end of this year (December)." Diner A leaned close to the person sitting next to him and whispered.

"Really?" asked Diner B.

"Of course it's true. Notices have been posted. We register one township a day." Diner A.

"Can we register on this day? There are so many people." Diner B.

"I heard from my relatives in the yamen that the one who came to deliver the grain this time was our new number one scholar, Zhou Yuntian. Who is he? He is a genius of our Great Qin Dynasty. As soon as he arrived, he asked our county magistrate to notify all the townships to come to the county yamen to discuss the distribution of grain. In the end, it was decided that each township would be responsible for counting the number of people and names in each village. Anyone who dares to cheat will be executed on the spot if found out." Diner A.

Diner B gave a thumbs-up in shock: "Amazing."

Li Lan listened attentively and thought to himself, "This Zhou Yuntian is indeed a man who gets things done. He has both brains and means."

Later, when Li Lan saw the registration book of Zhou Yuntian's grain distribution, he was even more impressed by how powerful this man was. Of course, this is all a story for later.

After the father and daughter finished eating, Li Lan couldn't help but pat his stomach. This was the fullest meal he had ever eaten since he came to this world.

"My daughter, we have to go buy food quickly, otherwise we will have to travel at night."

"Okay, Dad."

The father and daughter first went to the grain and oil shop. Li Lan looked at the grain prices. In this year of disaster, the price did not rise to a sky-high level, and the increase was only 5 wen. He couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the emperor of this dynasty in his heart.

买了200斤糙米，20文一斤，100斤白米，30文一斤；50斤白面，30文一斤；200斤黑面，20文一斤。共花了8两500文。（1500文=1两银子）。又买了10斤细盐，40文一斤；10斤黄糖块，30文一斤，共花了700文。

If it were Li Chunhua, he would definitely not buy white rice and white flour. But when he heard his daughter wanted to eat them, and the money was earned by his daughter, he let her buy them.

After buying food, Li Lan took her father to the cloth shop for another shopping spree. Quilts, mattresses, cloth, shoes, socks… all together they spent nearly 20 taels. They then went to the grocery store and bought some cakes, spending another tael.

He then went to a jewelry shop and bought two hair flowers, four hairbands, and a silver hairpin for each woman in the family, spending 12 taels and 120 wen.

Finally, I went to the butcher stall and bought 20 kilograms of fat and 10 kilograms of lean meat. The stall owner gave me two big bones. It cost me 750 coins.

Looking at the money she had spent, Li Chunhua covered her chest in pain.

"Dad, let's find an empty alley. I'll put all these in the storage room given by the immortal." Li Lan said softly.

"Row."

Arriving at an alley, Li Lan jumped off the ox cart, looked around to see that there was indeed no one around, and then put all the things on the ox cart into the storage room.

Li Chunhua was stunned as he watched everything disappear from the ox cart.

"Come back to your senses, Dad. Let's go."

"When I heard your mother talk about it before, I was just amazed. But when I saw it with my own eyes today, I was still shocked. My daughter, remember not to tell anyone about this storage room." Li Chunhua drove the ox cart and gave a serious instruction.

"Okay, Dad." Li Lan nodded seriously.