After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

"Yes, it was given to me by the Emperor."

Zhang Hulan opened the tray in her arms and showed a corner to Zhang Hujun, "Brother, look..."

Zhang Hujun's heart skipped a beat, and he stammered, "Sister, this, this, is gold?"

Zhang Hulan nodded with a smile, "It was also a reward from the emperor!"

Zhang Hulan also took out the imperial edict and gave it to Zhang Hujunlan, "Do you know what this is? This is the emperor's edict praising me."

"The Emperor praised your imperial edict?"

Zhang Hujun's mouth was dry and his breathing was rapid. Suddenly he shook the reins and made the donkey run faster.

Zhang Hulan staggered and almost dropped the gold in her arms.

When they reached the place where the fish pond was being dug outside the village, Zhang Hujun shouted loudly: "Dad, hurry, hurry home..."

When Old Man Zhang heard Zhang Hujun's shout and turned around, Zhang Hujun had already driven the donkey cart away.

Old man Zhang thought something had happened and hurriedly drove his donkey cart back.

When Zhang Hujun arrived at Zhang Hulan's house, he jumped off the donkey cart before it even stopped and ran into the yard.

"Mom, hurry up and prepare the incense table. The emperor has issued an imperial decree to my eldest sister..."

"What did you say? What imperial edict?" Wang didn't quite hear clearly.

Zhang Hujun shouted again: "It is the emperor. The emperor issued an imperial decree to my eldest sister. The emperor praised my eldest sister's imperial decree..."

"What?" Wang's heart was pounding.

Li and Xiang Chunhua also looked at Zhang Hujun in disbelief.

There are quite a few people in the yard, and the women who come to work every day will come early and wait.

When they heard Zhang Hujun say that the emperor had issued an imperial edict to Zhang Hulan, they all looked at Zhang Hujun in surprise.

Zhang Hulan walked into the yard holding a tray, and everyone turned their eyes to her.

Zhang Hulan said, "Mom, please help me clear the table."

"Dahua, Xiaojun, go help me move the things in."

"Ah good……"

Wang immediately ran into the house and cleared the table.

Zhang Dahua and Zhang Xiaojun immediately ran outside, and Zhang Hujun also went out to help move things.

Xiang Chunhua, Li, and Zhou all went out to help, each carrying two pieces of cloth into the house.

Zhou touched the smooth fabric and exclaimed, "What kind of material is this? It feels so good, and the color is beautiful too."

Zhang Hujun said with a silly smile: "These are the rewards given to my eldest sister by the emperor."

Inside the house, Zhang Hulan placed the tray on the table and removed the red cloth, revealing the gold ingots and imperial edict inside.

Everyone in the room breathed faster.

"Oh my god, gold..." Xiang Chunhua exclaimed.

Old man Zhang hurried back and asked as soon as he entered the yard: "What's going on? What happened?"

When Zhang Hujun explained the situation, Old Man Zhang became excited and said, "Okay... okay... okay!"

The news spread quickly, and Zhao Guoliang also rushed over. He was curious about why the emperor issued an imperial edict praising Zhang Hulan. So he asked, "Hulan, what does the imperial edict say?"

Not only Zhao Guohao was curious, but everyone else was also very curious.

Zhang Hulan handed the imperial edict to Zhao Guoliang, "Uncle Village Head, please take a look."

Zhao Guoliang had been educated and knew quite a few words, so he became the head of the village.

Zhao Guoliang took the imperial edict with trembling hands. After reading the contents, he said in surprise, "Hu Lan, was it you who came up with the method of regenerating rice and composting?"

The others also looked at Zhang Hulan in surprise.

Zhang Hulan said, "The regenerated rice was developed by the imperial court. I just gave some suggestions. It was indeed me who told Magistrate Wu the method of composting."

"Okay! Okay!"

Zhao Guoliang also said it was a good thing. The village had a promising person, and it was a great honor for him as the village head.

The villagers who came to watch the fun crowded Zhang Hulan's house. Looking at the bright and colorful cloths and the gold ingots on the table, they were all envious.

But no one dared to have any bad thoughts.

Zhang Hulan made money in business, and some people were jealous. But the emperor issued an edict to reward Zhang Hulan, and they could only envy her but not be jealous.

Zhao Guoliang patted Old Man Zhang on the shoulder and said, "Old Zhang, I was just saying how lucky you are! You gave birth to such a promising daughter. You really bring honor to our village."

"Good! Good!" Old man Zhang laughed, not to mention how happy he was.

At this time, Zhang Hulan said, "Uncle Village Chief, I will probably need your help in a couple of days."

Zhao Guoliang said, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"I have used all the money awarded by the Emperor to buy land. Tomorrow the government will come to measure the land. Please help me then."

Zhao Guoliang was surprised, "You bought all the land?"

Zhang Hulan nodded. "Yes, I bought them all. It was wasteland, after all."

The Emperor also exempted me from taxes for three years, and since wasteland was also exempt from taxes for three years, I didn’t have to pay taxes for six years.

I need to cultivate the land I bought as soon as possible. I guess people from other villages will come to help me in the next few days.

My father wants to help me with digging the fish pond, so I'll have to trouble you to help me with the land reclamation."

Zhao Guoliang hesitated for a moment and said, "Hu Lan, why don't you ask people from other villages to help you with the work? The winter wheat planting will be finished soon, and there will be many people in the village who will be idle..."

"Uncle Village Chief, I understand what you mean," Zhang Hulan said. "Uncle Village Chief, I've bought another thousand acres of wasteland, and I need a lot of people. Anyone in the village who wants to work can go. But the pay will be less, only twenty cents a day."

Zhang Hulan paused, then continued, "Uncle Village Head, the situation in our village is not bad. We have a good harvest of millet. I heard from County Magistrate Wu that several villages have almost lost their grain, and the villagers in those villages are in great need of work."

Zhao Guoliang was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "I understand. Hu Lan is broad-minded, it's me who is narrow-minded."

The onlookers dispersed, and Zhang Xinyao and others surrounded the gold ingots and looked at them, their little hands constantly stroking them.

Xiang Chunhua touched the cloths with envy in her eyes.

Zhang Hulan said, "Mother, sister-in-law, Chunhua, each of you pick up a piece of cloth and take it back."

Xiang Chunhua's eyes lit up, "Sister, are you going to send us off?"

Zhang Hulan smiled and nodded. "Yes, I'll give one to each of you. I'll keep the rest for Xinyao and the others as dowries."

Li was a little embarrassed to take it, "Big sister, this is a reward from the emperor. It's not right for you to give it to us, right?"

"What's wrong with that? I have quite a few here, each of you can pick one you like."

“Whether you use it to make clothes for yourself or give it away is up to you, but you cannot sell it for money.

It's fine to give away the things the emperor has awarded you, but if he finds out you're selling them for money, you might get your head chopped off."

"No, no, no..." Xiang Chunhua waved her hands quickly, "We definitely won't sell it."

She loved silver, but she wasn't stupid. How could she possibly sell something so valuable? She couldn't possibly give it away; it was a gift from the Emperor, and she wanted to keep it as a family heirloom.