Steel Dynasty - Chapter 8

[Chapter 8 Land Issues]

“Your Highness, the soldiers have been waiting for this day.”

Lu Fei laughed heartily. Today’s King Qi is different from the past, and he feels more close to the soldiers.

He is a generous person. If Xiao Ming had not made things difficult for him in the past, he would not have despised Xiao Ming so much. Now he doesn’t know why Xiao Ming’s character has changed a lot, but this is good news for him. Maybe it can Continue to follow Xiao Ming for a while.

Li Kaiyuan was chewing on a piece of bone. The special aroma of horse meat made him unable to bear to swallow the meat directly, but chewed it carefully in his mouth.

He asked with a look of hope in his eyes: “Your Highness, it is said that the city of Chang’an is very prosperous, so is it possible for ordinary people to eat steamed buns?”

“It’s not certain that they can all eat steamed buns, but their lives are always more comfortable than ours.” Xiao Ming pondered for a moment and said.

In Xiao Ming’s opinion, the people at the bottom of the country are not very wealthy anywhere in the country. The land equalization law in the country has long been broken, land annexation is serious, many people have been displaced, and thieves are on the rise in the world.

The country of Dayu is like a twilight old man, exuding an aura of decay.

Qian Dafu recalled the life in Chang’an and said, “They are just wealthy merchants, with more children of nobles. They are prosperous. At least as long as you have money, you can buy whatever you want. Unlike Qingzhou, you can’t buy it even if you have money.” “

Salt, or Zi Wan went to King Wei’s fiefdom to buy some.”

“Salt?” Xiao Ming was stunned. He said how could this horse meat be white water meat? It turned out to be because there was no salt in the palace. : “The east side of the fiefdom is the sea. Don’t you understand how to boil salt in this sea water?”

“Your Highness, it’s not that the common people don’t understand how to boil salt, but since ancient times, this salt has been owned by the government and sold privately. That’s a capital crime, and Your Highness, you don’t value the official salt of this fief, so…” Qian Dafu said euphemistically.

Xiao Ming blushed for a while, it turned out that this was Xiao Ming’s fault in the past.

In the past five years in the fiefdom, this guy had no interest in world affairs and had no idea how to build his own fiefdom. He was just greedy for pleasure and many institutions in the fiefdom were not established.

With a long sigh, Xiao Ming said: “In this case, when Pang Changshi comes back, let him prepare for the establishment of the Salt Transportation Department and set up official salt in Dengzhou and Laizhou.”

“Your Highness is wise.” Qian Dafu was overjoyed, King Qi Now it finally dawns on me.

Dusk gradually enveloped Qingzhou City. Before the sun set, Lu Fei and Li Kaiyuan went back with their soldiers.

They still need to patrol at night. There is a curfew in the city at night in Dayu State, and the same is true in Qingzhou City.

At this time, the palace was dark, with only two or three rooms lit by candlelight. The lack of materials in the fief also meant that the palace did not have the luxury of having so many candles to light up every corner.

In the side hall of the palace, where the servants lived, there was smoke and servants carrying firewood coming in and out.

Just as he turned around the front hall, Lu Luo suddenly appeared in front of him. The night was so dark that if it weren’t for her green clothes, he really couldn’t tell the difference.

“Your Highness, the hot water is ready. Your Highness must be tired from capturing the barbarians today. Your Highness should take a bath and change clothes early and rest.” Luluo Rourou said.

It has been three days since I came to this strange world. Every night is the time that Xiao Ming hates the most. Nights without entertainment are really boring.

It’s just one day occasionally, but now that it’s been like this for three consecutive days, he really can’t stand it now.

He looked at Lu Luo, there was nothing he could do, if he continued like this, he would probably go crazy, and he could only tease the two maids.

The side hall on the side of the dormitory is a special place for Xiao Ming to take a bath. Following Luluo back, a large wooden barrel of hot water has been prepared, and Zi Wan is standing by the wooden door, waiting for Xiao Ming.

After three days of a life that was worse than even hanging on a silk thread, Xiao Ming finally had some psychological comfort. At least the prince still had a maid to serve him. This made many singles roll on the floor with envy.

“Your Highness, this servant will undress you.” Aster and Lulu came forward.

Xiao Ming straightened his body and stretched out his arms. He didn’t take a shower every day. In these evil ancient times, taking a shower was quite a luxury.

Fetching water from the well and boiling water required many servants to be busy. There were only ten people in his palace including the wealth and wealth.

These ten people were responsible for all the sanitation, food, and chores in the palace.

Moreover, the area of his palace is not small, with a length of 200 meters from north to south and east to west. In Qingzhou City, Prince Qi’s palace is the only luxurious building.

Squinting his eyes, Xiao Ming enjoyed the personal service of Luluo and Aster. For the first time since time travel, he felt that it was worth it.

Luluo and Ziyuan blushed. They had only served Concubine Zhen before, and had never seen a man’s body before. Their emotions of shyness, fear, and curiosity were intertwined repeatedly.

But they knew in their hearts that since Concubine Zhen gave them to King Qi, they were already King Qi’s people, and they could only suppress their shyness.

“Do you want to wash it together?” Xiao Ming smiled evilly.

Luluo lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Zi Wan said crisply: “Your Highness, don’t be anxious, the empress has ordered that when His Highness gets married in the future, Luluo and I will be His Highness’s people sooner or later.”

Xiao Ming was just teasing them for being bored. Have some fun in life.

Sitting in the hot water bucket, his eyes took one more look at Aster. This Aster was more courageous than Pothos. The explanation in Concubine Zhen’s letter seemed to be like this.

“It’s just a joke, don’t take it seriously.” Xiao Ming said while taking a shower. He was not a spermatozoa yet and knew what the focus was now.

After a pause, he asked Zi Wan: “Zi Wan, I want to ask you, if you want to make my fiefdom rich, what is the most important thing at the moment?”

Zi Wan was surprised that King Qi would ask her this question, and answered instinctively Said: “Aster is a woman, how can she know these things?”

“I order you to answer.” Xiao Ming frowned. At this time, he still believed that a woman’s lack of talent is a virtue. Zi Wan’s answer was not what he expected.

Startled for a moment, Zi Yuan was afraid that King Qi would show his old surly temper again, so she said: “Land.”

Xiao Ming nodded. With the powerful family, the threat of the barbarians from the north, and the intrigues of the princes, it seemed that there was not much time left for him to develop. many.

He had been thinking about it for the past few days, and the first thing he wanted to do was to resolve the land issue.

In ancient times, there was a strange phenomenon in any dynasty, that is, the people were always richer than the land. Once a large-scale land annexation occurred, it basically heralded the end of the dynasty.

At present, the same is true for his fiefdom. Large areas of high-quality land are monopolized by local prominent families, leaving many people without land to cultivate. The first thing he needs to do now is to solve this problem.

At the same time, the second problem he has to solve is the inheritance of knowledge. He is guarding a technology library and not using it. This is simply a waste of resources.

(End of chapter)