Chapter 279 Advising Mrs. Yuan
"It's getting late, and I shouldn't bother you at this time. But I was afraid that you would have something to do during the day and would not be free, so I took the liberty of asking Qingyi to invite you to the captain's house. ." Mrs. Yuan said apologetically.
"Madam, there is no need to be polite to me."
"You and I are already familiar, so I won't beat around the bush with you. I think Sister Ruoer's intelligence should have guessed why I invited you to my house today." Mrs. Yuan got straight to the point.
"I probably guessed a little bit. The damage to crops caused by recent weather changes must have made Mr. Yuan and Mrs. Yuan worried." Wei Ruo replied.
"Sister Ruo'er is right. In recent years, the grain output in various places has been poor, and the national treasury has been empty. Food has long been a top priority for the imperial court. The most important thing in the assessment of officials in various places is this matter. Therefore, this cold wave affects The concern of the government officials is also related to my husband's promotion next year." "
But this is one of the aspects. In addition to considering my husband's career, I also sincerely do not want the people to suffer. What's more, if there is really starvation everywhere, This is the beginning of the turmoil, and it won’t be just the common people who will suffer then? So whether it’s from my personal perspective or from the perspective of my husband’s parents, I don’t want to see this situation now.” Wei Ruo believes what Mrs. Yuan said
. , when infectious diseases first appeared in Taizhou Fucheng, she convened the city's doctors to discuss countermeasures and contributed money and efforts without hesitation.
"I understand what Madam Yuan means. In fact, His Highness Seventh Prince has already been here before Madam invited me here today," Wei Ruodao.
"Is this why the Seventh Prince is looking for you?" Madam Yuan asked hurriedly.
"Yes. Your Highness means that there are many other saline-alkali lands in Taizhou Prefecture. He hopes that I can help him improve other barren lands, open up cultivated land and increase production." Wei Ruo replied.
Mrs. Yuan thought for a moment and then said to Wei Ruo: "This is indeed a way. Sister Ruo'er can try this. It will be of great benefit to you and the Wei family after it succeeds." "Madam, do you think I should agree?
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"You are helping His Highness Seventh. Although Your Highness may not be able to get you any favors because of your status as a woman, it will definitely be of no harm to your Wei family." Mrs. Yuan analyzed for Wei Ruo. .
As long as you can be good to the Wei family, you are also good to Wei Ruo. As long as Wei Ruo is a member of the Wei family, this relationship will not change easily.
"I understand what Madam said, but I don't want to have too much interaction with His Highness the Seventh. Now that the crown prince has not been decided, if I get too involved with any prince, I may be involved in right and wrong. This is not what the Wei family can afford." No matter what
. Whether it was out of overall considerations or personal emotions, Wei Ruodu resisted from the bottom of his heart to have too many interactions with Chu Lan.
The last land improvement in Xingshan County was initiated by her, but Chu Lan stepped in from behind, leaving her with no choice. Now that she has a choice, she can hide wherever she can.
"What you said is right. It's rare that you still have such considerations."
Mrs. Yuan was quite emotional. If Wei could have such considerations, she would not be blinded by the petty profit in front of her. Compared with what she usually sees in her boudoir, Women's horizons are somewhat broader.
Mrs. Yuan continued: "I came to you today with the intention of asking for your help, but if you reject His Majesty the Seventh Highness, I will not be able to ask you to advise me again." No matter what Mrs. Yuan does, she ca
n't He was obviously going against the Seventh Prince, not to mention considering Wei Ruo's situation. Wei Ruo declined the seventh prince politely, and at the same time doing things for her, he was clearly slapping the seventh prince in the face, and thus putting Wei Ruo in danger. Mrs. Yuan naturally didn't want this to happen.
"Madam, there is no need to worry. I have thought about some things carefully on the way here. I know how to deal with them without offending the Seventh Prince and at the same time, I can solve the problems for Madam and Sir." Wei Ruodao.
"Really?" Mrs. Yuan was overjoyed.
Wei Ruo explained: "I can provide Madam with some solutions to the problem. If Madam and Your Majesty think it is feasible, they can implement it according to the method I said, and there is no need for me to come forward during the process. This way it does not count as deceiving His Highness. "
Chu Lan asked her to improve the land, which required her to do it based on the actual situation. She had to go to the field to understand the situation, conduct real-time exploration, and deal with people. She used this as an excuse to refuse.
But now she is just giving advice to Mrs. Yuan, which is of a different nature.
"In this case, I will listen attentively." Mrs. Yuan said.
Wei Ruo began to state his plan: "Although we cannot predict the weather this year, we also know that it will not be good in the future. The seventh prince wants to open up more cultivated land is method one; and increasing the yield of existing cultivated land is method two. ."
"Yes, what sister Ruo'er said is absolutely true." "
Taizhou Prefecture does not have much cultivated land. It has saline-alkali land, sandy land, and a large number of mountains. Even among the existing cultivated land, some of it has poor soil. Most of them. Soil improvement is a big project, and the time will not be so fast. The improvement of saline-alkali land in the south of Xingshan County lasted for less than half a year. Therefore, if the soil is improved before planting, I am afraid that it will not be able to catch up with this year's autumn harvest. , we can only plant wheat in August or September this year at the earliest and harvest it next year." Wei Ruo analyzed.
"This is indeed a problem." Mrs. Yuan agreed.
"So I think if we want to ensure the output of this autumn's harvest, we have to protect the existing cultivated land and the crops that have been planted to increase the yield." "Sister Ruo'er, please tell me, how to ensure the yield?" Wei Ruo said
calmly
. Manchuan told Mrs. Yuan about the solution he had conceived: "First, topdressing the land requires the government to take the lead. I hope the government will take the lead in building a large-scale composting site and purchase sheep dung, cow dung, straw, Straw, or even some rotten fruits and vegetables."
Wei Ruo continued: "The government government will pay for the purchase, and the farmers can get money in exchange for it, which can relieve their pressure for a while. After the composting is successful, the government government will sell it at an appropriate price. It can be sold to farms and to some families with rich property. At this time, adults need to persuade wealthy households and landowners with a large amount of land in the city to let them pay for these filled fertilizers and teach them the techniques of proper top dressing. "
Mrs. Yuan listened with great interest: "Sister Ruo'er's idea kills two birds with one stone. It can not only give money to the farmers, so that they can temporarily have money to tide them over, but it can also increase the yield of the fields of wealthy landlords." Wei Ruo said
: "This is the first, and the second is the remedy for the seedlings that have been frozen to death. I have two remedies for different lands." "
What two remedies?" Mrs. Yuan asked hurriedly.
(End of chapter)