Chapter 23:
Regarding the wasteland in the south of the city, the wet nurse wrote back to Wei Ruo, telling Wei Ruo that the wasteland in the south of the city belongs to the ownerless land, and the law belongs to the government. If the people want to cultivate it, they must get the approval of the government.
In the past, the magistrate of Xingshan County was not too stuck on the matter of reclaiming ordinary wasteland. The wasteland in the south of the city was land that most people did not want. There were people who were not afraid of hardship and death and wanted to use a piece of barren land to cultivate it. They have no reason not to agree to the cultivation of any crops on the land.
However, today is a special period, and Japanese pirates are raging. Although the south direction of the city is less likely to be disturbed by Japanese pirates due to the terrain advantage, which is a hundred times better than the east part of the city, it is still somewhat risky. For this reason, the government does not allow ordinary people to go out of the south gate.
Ordinary people have no chance of taking that piece of land, and the government does not agree.
Ordinary people can't do it, so if it's the captain's mansion, is this possible?
Although Wei Ruo didn't want to have too much involvement with Xiaowei's Mansion in these matters, the skinny beggar he saw on the street that day came to mind from time to time.
And what she learned about the situation in Xingshan County these days. Natural and man-made disasters may not have much impact on the Xiaowei Mansion, but the people living at the bottom are already miserable.
She knows that if things work out, she can help some people within her ability. Although not all, at least one person can be helped and one person can survive. Those are all fresh human lives!
And she herself really wanted to complete the improvement experiment on the saline-alkali land.
After thinking again and again, Wei Ruo came to Cangyun Garden where the Yun family lived.
Yun had just finished checking last month's account books with the store manager.
The shopkeeper goes out with his front foot, and Wei Ruo comes in with his back foot.
"Why are Ruo'er here? Wait a minute, mother will take care of these account books first." Yun didn't avoid Wei Ruo specifically, maybe because Wei Ruo was her daughter or because she felt Wei Ruo couldn't read the account books.
Wei Ruo was not in a hurry and stood aside for a while looking at the account book in Yun's hand.
After reading a few pages, Wei Ruo discovered that the shop was in a state of loss.
It can be seen that the economic situation of the Wei family has been really bad in the past two years. Not only is the grain harvest in Zhuangzi poor, but the income of the shop is also not ideal.
After a while, Mrs. Yun finished reading the last account books, put them aside, and then pulled Wei Ruo to sit on the step next to her.
"Ruo'er came to see mother for something?" Yun asked.
Wei Ruo has been back to the Wei family for more than a month, and this is the second time he came to see him. The first time was because he wanted to visit Zhuangzi in the north of the city.
Therefore, Yunshi can conclude that Wei Ruo came to see her today for something.
"Mother, I heard that the harvest in our village in the past two years has not been very good, and the food produced is not enough for our family." Wei Ruo asked.
Hearing this, Yunshi was obviously stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Wei Ruo to say that.
He sighed slightly and said: "This matter is not something you should worry about. I don't know which servant is talking too much. Mother must punish him." "It's not that the servant talks too much,
but I saw it when I went to the north of the city. Come out." Wei Ruodao.
"Oh, that's right, you should know this." Yun said.
The child has grown up in the countryside, and the most common thing he comes into contact with every day is farming. It is understandable that he knows more than the average young lady raised in a boudoir.
Yunshi explained: "It's not our family's fault, but the harvest of the entire Xingshan County and even the entire Taizhou Prefecture in the past two years has not been very good. Our Zhuangzi in Xingshan County is no exception." " But Ruo'er doesn't need to worry too much. Our family is not that bad. With your father's salary and some savings at home, life is a little harder, but it is not unbearable. It's just the people who have suffered. , it has not been easy for the Japanese pirates to cause trouble in recent years, and the bad year has made it even worse. These days are getting harder and harder day by day." Seeing that the preparations were almost done, Wei Ruo asked about the saline-alkali land in the south of the city
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"Mother, the wasteland in the south of the city is still empty. If it can be planted, it should be able to solve the food problem of many people."
Yun smiled and shook her head: "Ruoer, it is a good thing that you think about your family, but the land outside the city The wasteland is so desolate that not even a few weeds can grow, because the soil there is really not good and nothing you plant can survive." "Mom, when I was in
Mojiazha, an old woman there taught me how to grow on the barren and desolate land. The method of growing crops may be feasible in the wasteland south of the city." "
The conditions of these different barren lands are different. Xingshan County is close to the sea. As everyone knows, it is impossible to grow crops on land close to the sea. This is different from the land you had when you were in Mojiazha."
"Maybe that method can work? Mother, if we can grow crops on the barren land, we can feed a lot more people, which is also a good thing. His achievements will be of great use to his father's career."
When Wei Mingting's career was mentioned, Yun's expression changed.
But after thinking about it for a while, I still felt that it was not feasible.
"Ruo'er, your idea is very good, but this matter is really not that simple..."
"It is indeed not simple, but mother, even if we fail, we will not lose anything, and we will let everyone know that our Wei family is working hard for everyone to eat. Working hard at serving food is another kind of gain." Wei Ruo analyzed the pros and cons for Yunshi.
Yun thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was indeed the case. For the Wei family, reputation was a very important thing. If it could be loved and supported by the people, it would be extremely beneficial to the husband's promotion.
What's more, because the anti-Japanese war has not made much progress, the imperial court is already quite dissatisfied with the many soldiers in Xingshan County. Recently, there is news that a group of soldiers in Xingshan County will be dismissed.
This also caused her husband to stay away from home these days and nights, thinking of ways to eradicate the Japanese pirate problem day and night.
Yunshi was somewhat moved.
After thinking deeply, Mrs. Yun said to Wei Ruo: "My mother can't make the decision on this matter. I will talk to your father when he comes back and let him make his decision."
"Okay." Wei Ruo also knew that if this matter was to be carried out, Wei Mingting would have to make the decision.
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Wei Mingting still did not show up during dinner in the evening. He had not shared dinner with everyone for ten consecutive days.
Counting the first meeting, Wei Ruo has only met him four times in total so far, and each time he couldn't say a few words.
I thought there was no chance to tell Wei Mingting about the wasteland in the south of the city today, but before Wei Ruo fell asleep, Cuiping came to send a message for Yun, asking her to go to Cangyun Garden, saying that her father wanted to see her.
Wei Ruo dressed up again, went to Cangyun Garden, and saw Wei Mingting, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
He still looked serious and cold, but he was a little more tired than when we first met. There was also an additional wound on his arm, which was wrapped in white cloth. It looked like he had been injured for several days.
"I just heard your mother say that you have a way to grow crops on the wasteland south of the city, but is it true?" Wei Mingting asked.
(End of chapter)