Wishing You Eternal Happiness Chapter 667: ：Live up to the emperor’s kindness
Latest website: Yu Zongzheng was overjoyed. The money allocated by the imperial court for disaster relief was not very large, but the disaster was widespread in Zhejiang. With twenty shipments of food from the Xie Mansion and the food and medicine donated by his eldest daughter, the work was easy. Much easier to handle.
Yu Zongzheng was both proud and pleased that his eldest daughter had sacrificed so much for him: "The father-in-law who went to the Yamen today to convey the imperial edict said that the emperor praised you for your profound understanding of righteousness, your kindness and kindness, and your ability to live up to the Yu family's loyalty and righteousness. He also boasts that the family has a pure and upright family tradition and is a family that has accumulated good deeds and virtues, so he entrusted me with the disaster relief work. I hope I will live up to my ancestors’ merits and virtues, and live up to the emperor’s grace.”
Yu Youyao lowered her eyebrows and said: "My father is going to Zhejiang to provide relief. It is a lot of hardships. Fortunately, I can help my father." When she said this, she smiled slightly and said, "I wish my father everything goes well in his trip to Zhejiang." , good health."
Yu Zongzheng was greedy for power and status. In his heart, he had the aloof attitude of a son of aristocratic family. He did not value money. Moreover, he also served as the thirteen supervisory censors and was directly appointed by the emperor. He must use this to achieve meritorious service and satisfy the emperor. , sending him to Zhejiang for disaster relief is also the best result.
Before, Yu Zongzheng mentioned to her that he wanted to ask for a royal decree for his mother. She almost guessed that Yu Zongzheng wanted to go further unless he could make great contributions to the court.
My previous idea was to provide drought relief.
After the floods hit Zhejiang, I guessed that I would go to Zhejiang to provide disaster relief.
This is why she donated food and medicine.
These words spoke to Yu Zongzheng’s heart, and he said happily: "Okay, father will lend you a good word."
Yu Youyao smiled but said nothing.
On the second day, Eunuch Zhu came to the Yu Mansion again, bringing many rewards from the Emperor and the Queen Mother.
Although the palace did not make any announcement about Yu Youyao's donation of money, food, and medicine, it did not cover it up either. Each family had spies in the palace, and everything became clear after this inquiry.
This was also done deliberately by the palace.
As a result, the whole of Jingzhao knew about it, and the Queen Mother’s plan to raise money for disaster relief was finally implemented.
Every family in Beijing is not a fool. Yu Youyao was granted the title of County Lord, and the late Mrs.
The Yu Mansion naturally wants to "repay" the emperor.
This is the palace's plan.
With Yu Youyao clearly understanding that justice comes first, every family in Beijing also knows that this fundraising is no small matter.
The Queen Mother raised money to provide disaster relief, targeting all domestic and foreign women, including local officials. The wind direction in Beijing often represented the wind direction of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and gentry and merchants from all over the country also participated.
As a result, the fundraising for disaster relief went very smoothly.
This also made Yu Youyao breathe a sigh of relief. By raising more money, the people affected by the disaster in the second half of the year will have an easier time.
In mid-May, Yu Youyao received a letter from the manager of a village in Ningbo, Zhejiang.
Fields in more than a dozen counties in Zhejiang were flooded, and the people affected by the disaster in the second half of the year lost their harvests.
At this time of year, it is too late to plant anything.
Zhuangzi planted hundreds of acres of sweet potatoes, and planned to distribute the vines to the people affected by the disaster and teach them to grow sweet potatoes. When the vines bloom in July and August, the people can pinch the leaves to satisfy their hunger. During the six months when food is most scarce, the sweet potatoes are harvested and one can survive.
Yu Youyao Feige sent a message to him to arrange it as soon as possible, and also asked Manager Li from Rouge Manor to come over for questioning.
Guanshi Li said: "The temperature in Zhejiang is moderate and there is more sunlight. Sweet potatoes are very lively. It is estimated that they can be planted until late May and around June. This may affect the yield."
Yu Youyao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, Yu Youyao has been paying attention to the issue of raising funds and the disaster relief situation in Zhejiang.
June is here in a blink of an eye.
It has been a month since her cousin left Beijing, and she only received one safe letter during this period. She is not worried about what will happen to her cousin, but she misses him very much.
At this time, Yin Huaixi, who was worried about Yu Youyao, arrived in the northern border and was not in a hurry to meet with Harmon. Instead, he led troops to inspect the drought conditions in the northern border and the planting situation of sweet potatoes every day.
There are not many paddy fields in the north, and most of them are dry land, of which there is a lot of sandy land.
After the successful trial planting of sweet potatoes, Yu Youyao bought a large amount of farmland and mountain forests in various areas of the north. Most of the land in the north was dry land, and the land price was very cheap.
In the Zhou Dynasty, one acre of paddy field cost more than ten taels of silver. Prices varied in different regions, making it impossible to generalize.
The value of fertile land is about five or six taels per acre, which is a relatively stable value. Ordinary land does not exceed three taels, and the sandy land in the north only costs three or four hundred taels per acre.
Sweet potatoes are not picky about land, but they are more adaptable to sandy soil and have higher yields.
Therefore, sweet potato planting in the north has reached a certain scale this year.
Later, Yu Youyao proposed cutting planting and greatly expanded the planting.
The steward also borrowed the name of Prince Wu Mu’s Palace to distribute excess potato vines to the common people for planting.
Prince Wumu’s Mansion was very prestigious in the north. When King Zhou Li was alive, there was a heavy agricultural shortage. Every family had several acres of sandy land, and the people did not doubt it and followed the trend to plant.
The manager of the village had a look of regret: "Last year, we tried planting cotton in the village. Although the fruit was produced but the cotton did not blossom, the experienced farmers on the village said it was because of the late planting and dry weather. It was originally planned to expand planting this year, but the weather in the north is very dry this year, and the eldest lady also ordered that sweet potatoes be planted on a large scale this year, and cotton will be planted again when the year is good."
A small amount of cotton was planted on Zhuangzi, but the situation was not very good.
Yin Huaixi didn't know much about farming, but he saw the sweet potatoes growing on the farm and thought they were good, so he asked about the farm.
The manager used to be Yin Huaixi’s man, so he naturally didn’t hide it: “The land in the village~IndoMTL.com~ was first rented to the martyrs’ families for planting, and there was no need to pay rent. The seeds were all produced by Zhuangzi himself. The farm gets 70% of the harvested grain, and the farmers themselves get 30%. Many of the jobs on the farm are first hired to the families of the soldiers who are relatively poor, because with the work, their lives have improved a lot."
The steward used to be a soldier under King Zhou Li. Later, he was injured in his leg. His legs hurt every autumn and winter, and he could no longer go to the battlefield, so he retired.
He naturally hopes that the families of the soldiers can live a better life.
Therefore, he was very grateful to the eldest lady.
Yin Huaixi understood after thinking about it for a moment that food could not be grown on sandy land, and the people were not willing to rent it. If they had the time, they might as well open up wasteland themselves.
Lease the land to the martyrs' families, and they don't charge rent or produce seeds. Not only do they farm the land for free, but they also get 30% of the food. They will definitely think that this is preferential treatment from the Wu Mu Palace. Naturally, they will Even if you try your best, you won’t fool around.
In the first few years, due to the lack of supplies in the north, casualties were indeed too great, and due to limited supplies, even though my father tried his best to provide support to the families of the martyrs, their lives were still very difficult.