After the morning
Chu Tiankuo left the palace and rode directly to Xingyuan, intending to change his clothes and go to the military camp.
He has been living in the military camp these days. He received the news last night and came back specially to solve the problem of the fuel-saving lamp.
As he rode, he thought about what to do next.
Chu Tianyu solved it temporarily.
As for the Ministry of Justice, the old lady in her eighties or nearly nineties in the Minister of Justice's mansion is in poor health, and the imperial physician said she may not survive the winter.
In this way, the Minister of Justice can retire early!
The position of Minister of Justice should be taken by the current Vice Minister of Justice.
Wei Jing, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was a meticulous and upright person. He would never form a clique for personal gain. He was single-mindedly loyal to the emperor, impartial and just, and would not give face to anyone.
Unfortunately, there has been no progress in the investigation of the missing woman over the years!
Also, because he disdained to associate with Prime Minister Liang, but worked under the Minister of Justice, if he could not solve this case in one day, he would not have the chance to solve other cases. This resulted in him having no political achievements over the years, and it was difficult for him to become the Minister.
But the Ministry of Justice needs someone like him who is impartial and just to be in charge.
If Wei Jing became the Minister of Justice, the position of Vice Minister of Justice would be vacant. This vacancy must be filled by one of their own people so that it would be convenient to investigate what happened back then.
The Ministry of Justice must not be controlled by Prime Minister Liang’s people again!
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Chu Tiankuo was thinking about how to help Wei Jing take the position of Minister of Justice.
As he was thinking, he returned to Xingyuan. The Xingyuan manager bowed respectfully and said, "Your Highness, I'm back. There's a letter sent by carrier pigeon."
Chu Tiankuo's serious expression relaxed and he nodded. He came to the windowsill and saw a pigeon eating grains on the ground.
Chu Tiankuo walked over, untied the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's feet, took out the letter inside, and his expression softened a lot when he saw the contents.
This note was sent back by Songbai. There is one every day, and it talks about what Xingnong does every day.
Today it says: Today, Miss Xingnong taught the villagers how to make fruit candies. The various fruit candies are colorful, just like a rainbow. I have sent a copy made by Miss Xingnong to the master.
He read the contents of the note carefully.
Too bad she didn't write it herself.
It has been more than half a month since she left the capital.
Chu Tiankuo suddenly wanted to tell her that the issue of saving oil lamps had been resolved, and he wanted to see her reply!
He walked to the table, ground the ink himself, and then thought for a while before picking up the pen and writing: Shen wanted to take the credit for saving the oil lamp, and was thrown into the sky prison,... Don't miss it.
He paused, then slowly wrote the two words "Wu Nian" stroke by stroke.
He actually wanted to write "I miss you", but finally changed it to "Don't miss you".
Then Chu Tiankuo thought of something and wrote on another small piece of paper, saying that this was for Songbai.
Then he rolled up the two letters, stuffed them into a bamboo tube, tied it to the pigeon's feet, and released it.
After receiving the reply, he quickly changed his clothes and went to the recruiting place.
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Meihua Village, Futai County.
The villagers of Meihua Village have been having a hard time recently.
Taohua Village has now built two workshops, and people from the entire village now have work to do. The news has recently spread throughout the surrounding area, and many nearby villagers have gone there to seek employment.
The villagers of Meihua Village couldn't help but go!
Because this job is so good!
Fifty cents a day, with an hour's break at noon, and four days off every month, and those four days are paid. Where can you find such a job in the world
But there is one requirement for such a good job, which is that no villagers from Meihua Village will be recruited!
This almost made the villagers of Meihua Village angry to death.
"Damn it, that Gu guy is so arrogant! He said there's no one left in the world and he won't hire people from Meihua Village, let alone me! He makes me so mad!" Aunt Li came back from Taohua Village with a livid face and said to the villagers who were gathered under the big tree talking.
An old man sighed and said, "But this is not the fault of others. After all, we helped the eldest branch of the Shen family bully the Gu family. It is normal for others to bear grudges now."
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but blame the eldest wife of the Shen family!
Although the villagers of Meihua Village rented the fields from the eldest branch of the Shen family, it was still rent after all. The grain they harvested from those few acres of land each year was barely enough to feed themselves 80% of the time.
But look at the refugee village. In just three months, every household has purchased one or two acres of fertile farmland of their own, and there are also six or seven acres of newly reclaimed wasteland. These wastelands will become fertile farmland again in a few years!
A few acres of fertile land can produce 800 kilograms of grain per acre. The harvested grain is enough for a family of ten to eat until they vomit!
Now there is a job where people work four hours a day, earn fifty cents a day, and have four days off a month.
One can earn 1,500 wen a month, and 18 taels a year. Every household in Taohua Village has two or three people working in the workshop, and can earn dozens of taels a year. In a year, they can build a large blue brick and tile house.
Moreover, every villager in Taohua Village has several acres of land of their own and vegetables growing in the vegetable fields. Those vegetables grow particularly well. All the big restaurants in the city are rushing to harvest them, so you can make money here!
Having both food and money, this is simply the peak of life!
And all this was caused by the bastards who they believed had ruined the village's feng shui and reputation.
If they had not forced the Gu family away, they would have such a good job now.
Tell me, how regretful are the villagers of Meihua Village
I regret it so much that my intestines are turning green!
The villagers of Meihua Village do not know yet that the villagers of Taohua Village can share dividends, and the above-mentioned benefits are for recruiting villagers from outside Taohua Village. In addition to the guaranteed fifty cents, the villagers of Taohua Village also receive bonuses, which are divided according to performance.
Moreover, the villagers of Taohua Village only have six days off a month.
Originally, Xingnong planned to have eight days of rest a month, but Village Chief Gu thought it was too many, and the villagers also said that it didn't need that much, and that two days of rest a month was enough. Finally, they compromised and decided on six days.
If the villagers of Meihua Village knew about this, they would probably beat their chests with regret!
Thinking of the people in Taohua Village who could earn more than ten taels of silver a year, a villager sighed: "This Taohua Village is going to be rich. Who will dare to say that they are a refugee village in the future?"
"It should be a refugee village, a wealthy village! If we had helped them a little bit back then, we would be different now!" I regret it so much!
"No need to help. The head of Taohua Village said that if we, the people of Meihua Village, hadn't taken advantage of our misfortune, we wouldn't have retaliated against us today! It's all the head of the village's fault!" someone complained. The eldest branch of the Shen family didn't dare to say anything, after all, everyone in the village rented the land from them, but the head of the village dared to say it!
Aunt Li's eyes moved when she heard this: "That's right, this is actually the village chief's fault. But that bastard..." She wanted to say bastard, but when she thought about having to work in her workshop, she quickly changed her words: "Doesn't Miss Xingnong like Dabao from the village chief's family? If we let Shen Dabao ask, can we go to work?"
An old lady slapped her thigh upon hearing this and said, "Yes! Let Dabao go! If I were Dabao, I wouldn't even beg! I would just go and marry that girl Xingnong! This guy is simply the God of Wealth!"
"Let's go find the village chief's wife! It would be best if Dabao could marry Miss Xingnong!"
"No way! Xingnong's last name is also Chen. Can't we marry her?"
"What's her surname? She doesn't even know who her father is, so she just took her maternal grandfather's surname! After she gets married, she can openly take the surname Chen!"
"Yes, that's called taking the husband's surname! Otherwise she wouldn't even have a surname."
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Not far away, Mr. Shen listened to everyone’s words with a dark face, and watched everyone go to the village chief’s house, then he turned back.
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