Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi walked around the county, and Lu Lin found that there were actually many impoverished households in Sha County, and many of them had injuries, which looked like old wounds from the battlefield.
Lu Lina thought: The people of Sha County are tough, which may not be the original intention of the people of Sha County. This place is originally thin and has been fighting for years. Under such circumstances, if the officials return the fish to the people, the people will live. If you can't go on, if you can't live on, people will naturally be tough.
After the house was repaired, Lu Lin and others lived in the mansion.
Lu Lin spread a quilt on the bed, and said sullenly, "Everything has to start from the beginning now." He had already made his way in Lin Town, but here, he was unfamiliar with the place, so he had to figure it out slowly.
Chen Xiaomi raised her head and said, "Even so, it feels pretty good."
It turned out that when he was in Lin Town, he always had to worry about those people in the countryside. When he got here, no one in the village gave him eye drops.
No matter how much he tosses, those people who rely on the old and sell the old will not come to the door to fight the autumn wind.
"Anyway, he's an official." Chen Xiaomi said.
Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiaomi and said, "You've been doing well recently."
Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin and said, "It's fine, don't worry."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "I'm not feeling well. I think you've eaten less recently."
Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "Probably because I've been on my way recently, so I don't have much appetite. It will be better to settle down now."
Lu Lin sighed, and said: "The supplies in this place are relatively poor, and even eggs are not easy to buy, which is also a trouble." For this trip, Lu Lin also made some preparations. For example, Lu Lin was in the commissary, There is a lot of food and meat stored, but it is not easy to take it out.
He and Chen Xiaomi are not the only ones in this county government office. The family members are not bad at all, but there are some things that cannot be easily revealed to these people.
Chen Xiaomi frowned and said, "Take your time."
Chen Xiaomi thought to himself: I have worked so hard in the past, but now the situation is much better than that time.
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Alright."
As a man, he always has great ambitions to make contributions, and Lu Lin is not a particularly ambitious person. However, as the county magistrate, he also wants to give the people below him a better life. As the saying goes, troublemakers come out of poor mountains and rivers, but if the living conditions are better, there will be fewer troublemakers.
Because of the existence of the patrol battalion, although the people in this place don't have much respect for him, the county magistrate, but also because of the deterrence of the patrol battalion, as long as Lu Lin doesn't do anything excessive, the people here are still very honest. .
Lu Lin sorted out the documents left in the government office. Because of years of wars, many things in the government office have been destroyed, and there are only a few that can be found.
In recent years, Lu Lin has read some scripts in his spare time, and he can basically understand the words.
Chen Xiaocai walked in and called out, "Brother Lin."
Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiaocai and said, "It's Xiaocai!"
Chen Xiaocai sat down beside Lu Lin, and said, "Brother Lin, do you think we have opened the previous store?"
Before that, Lu Lin transferred all the houses and shops in Liuzhen to Chen Xiaolai. This time, Chen Xiaolai and Shen Chi sold the houses, shops and the things in Liuzhen for more than 500 yuan. two.
Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi have been running the business for these years, and they have saved a lot of wages. They have six hundred taels in total.
Chen Xiaocai had seen Lu Lin buy an official before, and was afraid that Lu Lin would be short of money, so he wanted to give the money to Chen Xiaomi for emergency, but Chen Xiaomi didn't want it.
Lu Lin shook his head and said, "How can it be so easy? This Sha County is a poor county."
There are still many rich people in Lin Town, and there are also people who are addicted to romance all day long. However, this Sha County is too poor. Although there are many bachelors here, they can't even find a brothel. If he opened Lin County's store here, he might lose all his money.
Chen Xiaocai frowned and said, "Then what should we do?"
Lu Lin stroked his chin and said, "The original business cannot be done. You can buy a few shops first and repair them. As for what to sell in the future, we will talk about it later."
Chen Xiaocai nodded, and said, "Alright, I think the few shops around our county government office are pretty good, and it shouldn't cost much money to buy them."
Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiaocai and thought to himself: Chen Xiaocai speaks differently now than before. However, it’s no wonder that Chen Xiaocai should have hundreds of taels of silver with him. Being a big landlord is more than enough. He and Chen Xiaomi are richer than Chen Xiaocai, but they also have more people to support!
"My lord." Qin Yi walked in.
Lu Lin glanced at Qin Yi. Qin Yi had been calling him Young Master Lin for the past two years, and he suddenly became an adult. Lu Lin couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Is there a problem?"
"People from the patrol battalion are here, and they want to ask our people to give some advice on how to practice Kang." Qin Yi said.
Lu Lin nodded, "It's easy, you go."
Qin Yi scratched his head and said, "I don't know much about this kang either." Qin Yi had seen the kang repaired a few times, but he didn't see it clearly.
"Brother Lin, let me go." Chen Xiaocai walked out.
Shen Chi followed and said, "I'll go too."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Okay." Lu Lin thought to himself: Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi have a really good relationship, and they should go together wherever they go.
"Try to build a good relationship and don't cause conflicts." This patrol battalion is a local snake, so they want to hang around here, so it's not easy to offend the people in the patrol battalion.
Chen Xiaocai nodded and said, "I know, brother Lin, don't worry."
Chen Xiaocai drove the mule cart, took Shen Chi, and followed the soldiers to the patrol camp.
The higher-ups still value these frontier soldiers very much, and have spent a lot of attention on military expenditures. However, after the military expenditures have been issued and exploited layer by layer, there are relatively few left over here, so these soldiers have lived well. How about it.
When Chen Xiaocai arrived, the people from the patrol battalion had already made a lot of soil embryos.
Chen Xiaocai reckoned that the other party probably knew how to get on the kang, but they needed a knowledgeable person to check.
The arrival of Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi made the patrol battalion lively for a while.
The soldiers seemed to be two and a half children, one of them was a little boy. They couldn't help feeling that the new county magistrate didn't pay enough attention to their patrol battalion, so he sent two little ghosts over. However, when Chen Xiaocai opened his mouth, everyone He found out that the other party was an expert, and he was convinced that Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi had lunch in the barracks. The food in the barracks was brown rice porridge and steamed buns, with only pickles as side dishes.
Chen Xiaocai suddenly found out that being a soldier is really not easy and the food is too miserable.
Liu Yun walked to his tent, and a boy of eleven or twelve years old walked towards him. The boy had sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and he was very handsome. However, he was young and a little green, but he was already quite powerful.
"Uncle Liu, did two people come to the barracks today?" Ji Yunan asked.
Liu Yun nodded and said, "Yes, they are relatives of the new county magistrate."
"Uncle Liu, I heard that the new county magistrate was bought, not a good thing."
Liu Yun spread his hands helplessly, and said, "This new county magistrate was bought, but that doesn't mean he's not a good guy."
"There is no business and no crime. If he is a good guy, how can he save so much wealth? I hate these businessmen the most. The national calamity wealth they make is hoarded during droughts and floods. They drive up food prices and force countless disaster victims to lose their homes. " Ji Yunan gritted his teeth and said
Liu Yun sighed, and said: "This matter cannot be generalized, well, don't mess around."
Ji Yunan rolled his eyes, smiled, and said, "I see."
Liu Yun looked at Ji Yun'an, gave a warning, and said, "There are many people who don't like your uncle, so don't make trouble, lest people get caught."
This Ji Yun'an was originally the son of Ji Chengkang's sister. This Ji Chengkang's sister married a scholar. The Ji family is a big family that has produced many generals.
Ji Chengkang's elder sister is married, and I thought that scholar was a good person, but unfortunately, most of her heart is a scholar, and as soon as that person won the exam, he found a few good friends outside
A few years ago, the Ji family was impeached and their status was in jeopardy. The man brought a few good friends into the house. After marrying them as concubines, Ji Chengkang's elder sister got sick and passed away early.
The secrets in the back house are hard to guard against. Ji Chengkang is very suspicious whether his sister's death was an accident. However, the incident happened in the back house, and Ji Chengkang is powerless to investigate.
A few months later, Zhao Yun'an, the son of Ji Chengkang's sister, was dying of illness. Ji Chengkang couldn't bear it anymore, approached the door, and brought him back to the border.
Ji Chengkang's brother-in-law probably had some ulterior motives, so he didn't dare to stop him.
Ji Chengkang originally felt that the life in the military camp was hard and not suitable for children, so he left him in the home of the heartless man. However, judging from the situation, if the nephew stays again, his sister's blood may not be able to stay. Living.
After Ji Chengkang brought Ji Yun'an back to Ji's house, he changed his nephew's surname to Ji. The scholar was unlucky. The eldest son was taken away and changed his surname, but he didn't say anything. He was probably still grateful. After the son changed his surname, the first son The seat was vacant.
Not long after Ji Yun'an left the Zhao family, this father of Zhao straightened up a concubine, and the woman's child also became a legitimate son.
Seeing this situation, Ji Chengkang was completely disappointed with that brother-in-law.
Ji Yun'an probably received a lot of cold reception in the Zhao family, and he was not too disappointed with his father's actions.
Ji Yun'an has grown up in the military camp for the past few years, and he is also used to seeing killings. At a young age, he is very brave and ruthless. Fortunately, although Ji Yun'an is warlike, he is not an unreasonable person.
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"My lord, Young Master Chen is pregnant." Wan Li came out and hurriedly said to Lu Lin.
Lu Lin couldn't help being surprised when he heard Wan Li's words. "pregnant?"
Wan Li nodded and said, "Not bad."
Lu Lin frowned. It is not easy for these couples to have children. Many couples will only have one child in their lifetime.
After having Yuanbao, Chen Xiaomi's stomach has not moved for so many years, and Lu Lin has no hope. Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaomi is pregnant again.
Lu Lin felt a little happy when he thought that there would soon be another child connected by his blood to this world.
"No wonder, no wonder he doesn't have a good appetite recently."
After the joy, Lu Lin frowned worriedly. Most of the people in this place are relatively poor. They can't even buy eggs, and it's hard to buy meat. However, this millet is pregnant, so she can't feel wronged when it comes to food.
Lu Lin took a look at Wan Li and said, "I asked you to order a large stone mill from the stonemason in this village. How is it going?"
Wan Li hurriedly said, "There are still two days until the work is due to be completed."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "That's good, buy more beans."
Wan Li nodded, and said: "Okay, but this food is not very tasty. Many farmers feed it to their livestock."
"I know, it doesn't matter." This millet is pregnant and still needs nutrition. It is very necessary to supplement protein. If there is no meat to eat, let's make more soy products first. It is better than nothing.
When Lu Lin walked into the room, he saw Yuan Baoni beside Chen Xiaomi. The father and son were talking for some reason, and the scene looked very warm.