Chapter 239 240 Methods
Ding Manniang thanked her with tears in her eyes: "Thank you, sir. My family really can't afford any money. Aman's salary was spent all at once yesterday. I'm still worried about not having money to treat him today."
The shopkeeper of Huichun Hall respectfully stepped forward and saluted: "Sir, Ding Baotou has gotten better, but he is still a little weak. When the wound is better, it will be fine when he goes home to recover."
Zhou Jia said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, the Yamen will pay for Ding Man's medicine." The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Master Zhou, the Ding family has already paid for Ding Man's medicine."
"Tu Dianshi will pay you for the rest of the medicine. You must treat Timon carefully."
The shopkeeper bowed and said, "Okay, sir."
The yamen servants who followed Zhou Jia out to patrol the streets saluted Zhou Jia after hearing this: "Sir, we will do our best to serve the yamen in the future."
"Oh! Didn't you try your best to do things for the yamen before?" Everyone was stunned. A lean yamen servant came forward and bowed and smiled: "Sir, we have tried our best before, but sometimes, hehe... ·" Several government officials laughed naively.
Zhou Jia smiled and said: "Okay, I will discuss it with Yu Xianwei and Tu Dianshi when I go back. In the future, no matter who is injured on duty, the Yamen will provide money to recuperate his injuries and solve your worries. You can rest assured!" The yamen servants cheered in unison: "Thank you, sir!"
Zhou Jia returned to the Yamen. Tu Hui had already brought back several carefully crafted luggage. After searching carefully, he finally found a drawing of Qingchuan City that was still being drawn in the middle of a leather jacket. It seemed that these As expected, this was a spy sent by Daqi. Since Da Qi is collecting intelligence, it shows that they still want to attack Dayong.
The reason why Xizuo came to Qingchuan has been clarified. Zhou Jia remembered his promise to the people in Xicheng and went back to Houya to find Li Yu to discuss a solution to the problem.
Li Yu and Qijin returned to the city from Zhuangzi, and Xiaoyu, who asked when Ruyi would be back, sat on the kang, teasing Qijin who was lying on the kang and watching the two of them babbling, not knowing what they were talking about. Xiaoyu saw Qijin Zhou Jia came back, picked up Qijin and saluted Zhou Jia, then went to talk to Yu Niang and the others.
Li Yu thought that Zhou Jia came back to the houya only after knowing that Mr. Wen was back, and said with a smile: "Xiao Xi, I have already told Mr. Xizuo about catching Xi Zuo, and he has already started making psychedelic drugs for you. You want to see Do you want to see it?"
Zhou Jia nodded happily and said, "Yu'er, I'll go and greet you first. I have something to discuss with you when I come back."
Li Yu held his waist and followed Zhou Jia to the eaves of the corridor: "Go! I'll wait for you."
Yu Niang came from the front yard holding the child brought back by Tu Dianshi. The child had tears in his eyes and was sobbing uncontrollably.
Li Yu looked at the child held by Yu Niang: "Yu Niang, what's wrong with the child? Is he feeling uncomfortable?"
Yu Niang said to Li Yu with a sad face: "Madam, this child has been looking for his brother since he woke up early this morning. He didn't respond to questions. We don't know his name. There are also Tu Dian envoys. I didn’t bring any clothes back, what do you think I should do?”
Li Yu looked at the thin child, touched the child's cotton-padded jacket which was stiff, frowned, and felt the child's hands were not very warm.
When the child saw Li Yu touching his little hand, he leaned on Yu Niang's shoulder with some fear.
Li Yu thought of Tu Dianshi's words that the child's grandmother and brother were killed by those few people, and sighed in his heart: The poor child didn't know that he had lost his only two relatives overnight. Li Yu gently said to Yu Niang: "Go to the warehouse to get some cotton and fabrics, and make some underwear, two sets of cotton clothes and pants, and two pairs of cotton shoes for the child. When Mr. Tu finds his relatives, he will bring them Walk."
Yu Niang touched the child's little face, looked at the child with pity and said, "Thank you, madam. Madam has made new clothes and shoes for you."
"Go! It's cold outside, don't freeze."
"Hey!" Yu Niang responded crisply, and carried the child to the warehouse to get cotton fabrics.
After Zhou Jia paid his respects to Mr. Wen, he came back and told Li Yu about the plight of the people in Xicheng and his plan to help them, and said: "Yu'er, help me think about how I can help them." ?”
Li Yu thought about it and said: "They don't have fields. There are still many small areas of wasteland in the villages and towns outside Qingchuan City. You can encourage them to open up wasteland and cultivate fields, and appropriately increase the number of years of tax exemption and exemption. They will have their own fields, and they can have their own fields for up to two years." It will take a few years to recover.”
Zhou Jia shook his head and said: "Yu'er, most people are not willing to open up wasteland to create fields. Firstly; some people are so poor that they don't even have the money to buy livestock, hoes, and rakes. Secondly, there is no manure to add nutrients to the fields. It's better." People can’t even survive the current life, how can they wait for a year or two.”
Li Yu thought for a while again: "Xiao Xi, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. There are two ways. One is that you and Tu Dianshi make statistics, divide the areas in Qingchuan that can be reclaimed, and allocate them to the poor and landless. We teach them the methods of clearing wasteland and farming in our village. The yamen will come forward to buy farm tools and seeds and lend them to the poor people on credit. They will also buy some cattle for the people to buy on credit. The cattle can be purchased by several families and used together. . The money is advanced by the yamen first, and after the people buy it on credit, they can repay it within the specified period of time without interest. Beyond the specified period, a certain amount of interest will be charged. As long as you are not a lazy person, having these can change the face of poverty in front of you. This method is also the most beneficial to them.”
Li Yu paused: "There is another one. Ah Wei went to Da'ao Village with Changgong Dashui this time. He saw that the mountain land was half the size of Fengming Village, and the soil was fertile. I want to buy it and build it. Cheng Farm, you can ask them if they are willing to go to Da'ao Village to open up wasteland and cultivate fields in the spring. The wages are still fifteen cents a day, including three meals a day. We can sell the grain to them on credit in advance and work in the spring to offset the debt. There is no risk in this , as long as you are diligent and willing to work, you can also do long-term work in Zhuangzi."
Zhou Jia listened to Li Yu's words, thought carefully for a while, and said: "The Yamen will advance the money to buy cattle, farm tools and seeds, and give it to the people on credit to open up wasteland and cultivate fields. This method is indeed the most beneficial to them. Yes. Regardless of whether the yamen has increased the area of cultivated land, it has also achieved political achievements. But in this way, the responsibilities borne by the yamen will be greater. Let’s do this! I will discuss two methods with Tu Dianshi. The first method is to help the poor There are more people, so the second one can only help the dozen or so families on West Street. I still prefer the first method."
Li Yu smiled and said: "This is just an idea. To implement it, you need to make it more detailed. You'd better go to the front office to discuss it with Mr. Tu and the others."
Zhou Jia stood up, kissed Li Yu, and said with a smile: "As long as Madam helps me figure out the general direction, I will go back and discuss it with Tu Dian and the others before drawing up the final implementation details. There will be nothing wrong with it."