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Chapter 202: Observing the sentiments of the people

Zhou Heng raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Fuling. Zhang Fuling was very excited at this time.

"Mr. Zhang, this medicine is just a few categories of imperial pharmacies, but I don't know how in the imperial pharmacies and poor management have reached such a level of inadvertent supervision and poor management. Zhou Heng is just a gangster. Although he can't tell me the whole picture at a glance, this matter is by no means an isolated case. Yesterday, he was summoned by the prince, but Zhou Heng stopped the prince and did not talk about it. If it was mentioned, it would be a furious to thunder. After careful consideration, he still had to discuss this matter with Lord Zhang before making plans."

Zhang Fuling nodded and glanced at Zhu Yunmo in the main seat. Zhou Heng's words calmed down. Zhou Heng was just a civil servant. Although he had made great achievements in disaster relief, he was not a person in the court. As a idle prince, Zhu Yunmo could not say much.

"Don't say too much about this matter. I will make a long-term plan. Where is the imperial doctor now?"

Pang Xiao quickly saluted, "Sir, the imperial doctor is in the mansion and has not treated him harshly, but has only restrained his actions. After all, this matter has a great deal."

Zhang Fuling stood up and saluted Zhu Yunmo.

"Then I will say goodbye first, and I will take away the people first. It is easy to criticize people when I stay in the prince's house. Since this person was borrowed by me from the palace, I naturally want me to repay it. By the way, Liu Renli has already taken office?"

Zhu Yunmo nodded, "Liu Renli got off the boat and went directly to Tongzhou. He borrowed cars and horses and personnel from Zhou Heng, saying that he would not take office for the time being. He had to explore Tongzhou and understand the people's conditions before taking office. Anyway, it was time to go."

Zhang Fuling nodded with a satisfied look on his face.

"Okay, I'm not wrong with this person. I'm a practical person and good at observing. Although Tongzhou is only one state and only four counties, it is very close to the capital and the ferry of the canal. It is very complicated to manage. Last year, the snow disaster in Tongzhou was three feet deepest, with countless casualties, and the tax and silver were reduced by half. The people who were affected by the two counties were also allocated silver. I hope that Liu Renli's appointment will improve this time."

Zhou Heng ordered people to bring the customized wheelchair. Without Zhang Fuling's instructions, Zhang Wanxun had already gone to carry the things.

Zhang Fuling thanked him, and the two of them immediately stood up and said goodbye. Pang Xiao followed him out and arranged for the guards to escort the imperial doctor to escort the two to Dali Temple.

Zhou Heng stood in front of the window, looking at the snowflakes falling quietly outside the window, and Zhu Yunmo patted him behind.

"What are you thinking? Are you worried about such a snowy day, and there will be problems in the construction of Beishan?"

Zhou Heng smiled at Zhu Yunmo and shook his head slightly.

"Zhou Heng is not worried about the construction of Beishan. After all, Zhang Ergou and the others are here. These people are more anxious than me in order to start construction as soon as possible. We just need to wait patiently. What I worry most about at this moment is Lord Liu."

Zhu Yunmo nodded and looked out the window, but after looking at it for a few seconds, he could only see the snow all over the ground and could not see anything.

"What's the point of worrying about is that, now he doesn't know where he is."

Zhou Heng didn't say anything anymore, looking out the window in a daze

Wuqing County, Tongzhou, Zhangjiazhuang Village outside the city.

A carriage was parked next to the village, and Liu Renli squatted in front of the car, biting the hard cake in his hand.

An old man passed by with a basket, looking at the dirty Liu Renli, who had walked over and stopped.

"What are you doing here on this cold day?"

Liu Renli stood up and smiled at the old man and bowed to him.

"Hello, we're just going here to see how the grain harvest is here and prepare for next year's harvest."

When the old man heard this, he was not too excited. He looked at the few people behind Liu Renli, all of whom were coarse cloth short collars and dirty. Each of them was holding a dry cake, which was obvious that it was from several days ago.

He sighed slightly and said:

"Don't look at the fact that it is not far from the capital. There is a lot of land, but the grain yield is not good. After the snow disaster last year, the land was flooded as soon as the spring of this year, and it was much late to sow. I originally thought that it would be good to take good care of this year, but who would have thought it would be cold this year so early, and many wheats frost before they matured. This year's harvest is less than 50% of last year's harvest."

Liu Renli was stunned. Unexpectedly, there would be flooding after the snow disaster. This rarely occurs in Qingping County. Then he realized that Qingping County is high in terrain and was originally lacking in water. Some snow water melts and flows to low-lying areas in an instant. This is why once a flood occurs, the victims run towards Qingping County.

"The production has been reduced by 50%. Does the county have any relief?"

The old man smiled helplessly, looking at Liu Renli as if he was looking at a monster, thinking about it and shook his head.

"You're thinking too much. When will the disaster relief funds fall on us farmers? Old man, I am fifty years old this year and have fled a few times. But in the end I returned to Zhangjiazhuang Village. Other places are even more crowded and land-less. No matter how you do, you can still rent land here. If you meet a great charity, you will reduce the rent of 60% of our tenants to 30% in the year of disaster. It's already burning incense. If you don't get any grains, you'll just transfer the rent into the next year and only charge two cents of profit. If you meet those who are ruthless, you won't be able to pay it back."

Liu Renli was stunned. Although there were gentry in Qingping, the rent for the outside world was extremely low. Because the land was fertile and the land of each family was large, many poor people could not afford the rent, so most of them went to reclaim barren mountains.

The land of Daliang Kingdom is divided into six levels of "Heaven, Time, Earth, Benefit, People, and Harmony" according to fertility production. The word "He" is the best water land, the soil is extremely fertile, and the word "He" is the most barren.

During his tenure, Liu Renli basically turned a blind eye, either not measuring the mountains. When encountering large areas, even if the measurement is measured, it is divided according to the He character level, just like the land at the foot of Lingshan Village and on the mountain is the He character level.

"Old man, how many acres of land did your family rent and plant?"

The old man raised his hand and pointed to the empty area behind him and said:

"The area behind the old locust tree is the thirty acres of land I rented."

At this moment, the water in the iron kettle burning on Zhou Yi'an's ground had already started, and white smoke kept emitting. He quickly handed Liu Renli a cup of tea. Liu Renli directly handed it to the old man, and then asked:

"There are no crops in the fields now. Why are the old man doing in the fields? It's a cold day."

The old man held the hot tea and squatted on the side of the road like Liu Renli, holding the tea cup to let his hands feel the heat transferred from his hands.

It seemed that this cup of hot tea drove away the rusty and vigilance that had been before. The old man sighed and said:

"What can I do? I just clean up the snow in the field. The heavy snow has been falling for three days. The deep places are waist-deep. I can't see anything on this official road. I feel it when I go down to the field. Although it is not as heavy as last year's snow, I am really afraid. If the snow melts, how much water will it be. So while the snow is small, I will come over to clean it up quickly."

Zhou Heng suddenly realized that when he saw the old man glance at the steamed cake in his hand, Liu Renli quickly greeted Zhou Yi'an.

"Yi'an went to the car and took my bag off."

Zhou Yian was stunned, with a resistant expression on his face.

Liu Renli's face darkened. Zhou Yian quickly got into the car and took off the bag. In the mezzanine, Liu Xiu'er hid some jerky horse meat for Liu Renli. Liu Renli was reluctant to eat it. He was always tired, so he gave them a few of them.

At this moment, Liu Renli found a piece of oil paper, grabbed a handful of jerky horse meat, wrapped it up, and handed it to the old man.

"My uncle can eat this, we should leave."

The old man was shocked and even if he gave a piece of cake, he would be generous. Now he almost kneeled down with such a pack of jerky. This is meat. People who have been farming for generations are hard to eat with a full meal. So much jerky is suddenly obtained, and it is simply a pie that falls from the sky.

The old man gritted his teeth and sent the paper bag back to Liu Renli.

"This is not possible, how can this be done?"

Liu Renli smiled, stuffed the paper bag into the old man's hand again, wrapped the jacket tightly, and sat in the snow for a while, his cold legs would not move.

The old man is at this age and still has to work in the fields, so his family must be very financially struggling.

"Don't refuse. It's a snowy day, it's fate to meet on the road. Please take it away and go to the village in front. If the weather is not good, we will find a place to stay."
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