Ren Xi looked around at the brand new mansion in front of him.
The house is not too big, with only three entrances, but the surrounding walls are unexpectedly high.
However, when she came by car just now, she also found that ditches were dug around it, lotus ponds were opened, and other courtyards and pavilions were built.
Presumably when it is all completed, it will be no less than Li Hebai's General Mansion.
squeak.
The door to the flower hall opened.
Miao Dong and Jixiang helped Yingpan, who had a big belly, and walked away.
"When did Sixth Sister come?"
"Just arrived." Ren Xi stood up quickly, "Sister-in-law, sit down quickly."
"My little nephew is good or not."
hehe.
Yingpan smiled and nodded, "Occasionally, I'm a little troublesome, but most of the time I'm pretty good."
"That's good," Ren Xi said with great insight, "The weather in Guangxin is hot, and even adults usually can't sit still. It's normal for my little nephew to be naughty occasionally."
"That would be the best." Yingpan breathed a sigh of relief.
It is now nearly late July, and she is already seven months pregnant.
Most of the work at hand was handed over to others, while I stayed at home and concentrated on raising my baby.
Fortunately, Guangxin County has no shortage of manpower for major matters, and all affairs are fairly organized.
The sister-in-law and sister-in-law chatted for a while, and then Yingpan asked: "Sixth sister is here this time. Do you need help from sister-in-law for anything?"
"It's nothing. I'm going to Xingji City next month to have a wedding, right? I want to see if my sister-in-law needs anything along the way."
When she was young, Ren Xi married in Nanshu City. It has been five years now and she has already given birth to two children.
It's just that there is a long distance between Guangxin and Xingji City. She has been married for so long but she has not officially returned to the Grand Master's Mansion to visit her.
This time I plan to take my two children back to the imperial capital to meet my grandfather.
"It turns out that five years have passed before I knew it." Ying Pan said with emotion, "Time flies so fast."
Back in Star City, she attended Ren Xi's haircut ceremony on behalf of Ren Fei, and now he is the mother of two children.
After thinking about it, Yingwan wrote a letter and said, "Well, let Liumei help my sister-in-law deliver the letter to General Xuanwu's Mansion in Xingji City."
whee.
Ren Xi smiled and waved her hand, "We are all one family, so what's the point of being polite?"
The aunt and sister-in-law chatted for a while longer before she left.
Yingpan turned to look at Miao Dong, "Sister Dong, it's time for the newspaper to be released in the second half of July. Are the contents ready?"
Miao Dong nodded, "Sister-in-law, don't worry."
"I have carefully reviewed the content. The headline on the front page is the issue of the imperial reserve, and the other content is also fine."
"Veteran escorts have secretly sent the manuscript to major printing offices to ensure that the newspaper can be delivered on time before the end of the month."
"That's good." Yingpan nodded with satisfaction.
These printing stations were on the verge of bankruptcy before, so Yingpan sent people to buy them out and then replaced them all with their own people.
At first, Yingpan was worried about the burden of buying something.
As a result, after a few months, I realized that the sales volume of the newspaper was amazing.
Those printing spots were connected for almost 12 hours, but the work couldn't be completed.
If she hadn't been worried about revealing the source of the newspaper, she would have wanted the Gu family caravan to buy a few more.
As for the printing points, except for a few core characters, they were all Nanfeng slaves who were illiterate.
They neither know Yun Chui language nor understand what their job is. In order to eat, they can only work hard.
All in all, the printing service is quite good.
As slaves of a defeated country, at least no one would beat, curse or kill them. If they worked hard, they could still have enough food and clothing.
Yingpan stroked her belly, which had just been kicked a few times by a child, "What about the manuscript appointment? Is there any progress?"
This newspaper has several dedicated writers, such as Old Taishi, Master Xianguang and Huo Qing.
Other methods of soliciting manuscripts are largely the same as the methods used by imperial censors to collect folklore.
That is, place a bamboo tube in an inconspicuous place, such as a small hole in a corner of a wall, which only a few people know about.
If a scholar or a person with lofty ideals submits an article, the manuscript will be included.
Someone will pick it up at regular intervals.
If the manuscript they wrote is accepted, the manuscript fee will be sent to the owner's home through various methods.
"Before, the newspaper had a low reputation and no one submitted articles. Now the newspaper has become famous. We have received more articles. But most of them are nonsense and pornographic articles..."
Miao Dong, the little girl who had just grown haircut, blushed.
"But occasionally there are one or two articles that are eye-catching and well-founded. I picked them out and put them in the newspaper."
"I believe that as time goes by and the newspaper's recognition further increases, more famous writers and great scholars will contribute articles."
Of course, the premise is that the court recognizes the legitimacy of the newspaper, and there is no need to hide even submitting an article.
"Literary man? Great scholar?" Ji Xiang next to him smiled.
She doesn't recognize too many Chinese characters, but not many.
Ever since I read the poems and poems left by my own generals, I have no feelings for the so-called literary giants of the world.
Yingpan ignored her maid and continued to ask: "Where is Sister Hezhu?"
After all, the Li family was born in Guangxin and grew up in Guangxin, and they have deep roots here.
Yingpan is pregnant and knows nothing about farming.
Most of the guards in the house joined the Starfall Legion as soon as they reached adulthood. They were good at fighting and killing, but they also had a bad eye for farming.
So Ren Ning asked people to cultivate high-yielding seeds and expand food production, which almost all fell on Li Hezhu's shoulders.
The dignified girl from the General's Mansion was already twenty-five years old, and the matchmaker was almost on the threshold of the General's Mansion, but Li Hezhu was not married yet.
Perhaps it was because of the broken jar, but she no longer cared about other people's strange looks and wandered around various farms, large and small, every day.
It is not to collect rent from tenant farmers, but to reduce rent for them, so that old farmers who have cultivated the land all their lives can settle down in Guangxin with more peace of mind.
It’s just that the time required to cultivate seeds is usually measured in years, and there are no good results yet.
"Sister Hezhu..." Yingpan shook her head and asked about the situation of the trade route.
Now the entire North-South trade route is bustling with activity, almost packed with caravans and people coming and going.
In particular, the news that "Guangxin accepted the refugees and distributed the fields to the arriving refugees" spread, and from time to time on the road south, we could see people with their families in ragged clothes.
They didn't know the road, and couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north and south, so they could only follow the caravan going south.
The officials around Xingji City are eager for these refugees to leave, lest the news spreads into the palace and Emperor Changxing takes action on their Wusha.
So as long as I heard that the refugees intended to go south to Guangxin County.
The county magistrates were even happy to help them arrange road guides to make it easier and more convenient for these people to go south.
"With so many refugees coming, does Guangxin still lack manpower?" Yingpan asked.
"Sister-in-law, according to my brother's opinion, this manpower is far from enough." Miao Dong flipped through the work notebook in his hand, "In fact, we still have many, many jobs that no one is doing."
Yingpan nodded, "That being said, starting from next month, when letting the Gu family caravan and the Ling family caravan do business, they should also publicize the need for refugees in Laigu County."
"That's no problem." Miao Dong agreed.
The three of them talked about other things, until Yingpan showed a tired look, and Jixiang sent her back to the inner room to rest.