All Hail Cousin Brother

The latest website: Yu Zongzheng was overjoyed that the disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court was not a lot, but the disasters in Zhejiang were very extensive. With the 20 ships of food from the Xie family and the food and medicine donated by the eldest daughter, the errands were easy to handle many.

The eldest daughter sacrificed so much for him, Yu Zongzheng was both proud and pleased: "The father-in-law who went to the Yamen to convey the imperial edict said that the emperor praises you for your deep understanding of righteousness, your heart is kind, and you live up to the virtue of Yu's loyalty and integrity. He also boasted that the family has a clean and upright family style and is a family of goodness and virtue, so he entrusted the disaster relief to me, and hoped that I would live up to the merits of my ancestors and the great grace of the emperor."

Yu Youyao lowered her eyebrows and looked down: "Father went to Zhejiang for disaster relief. I think it was a lot of hardships. Fortunately, I was able to help my father." Speaking of this, she smiled slightly: "I wish my father all the best and good health when he goes to Zhejiang. .”

Yu Zongzheng is greedy for power and status, and he has a lofty style in his bones, he doesn't value money, and he also has thirteen supervisors, and he is directly ordered by the emperor. He must use this to make meritorious service and satisfy the emperor. Going to Zhejiang for disaster relief is also the best result.

Before, Yu Zongzheng had mentioned to her that he would ask for an imperial order for his mother, and she almost guessed that Yu Zongzheng wanted to go further, unless he could make great contributions to the court.

I thought it was a drought relief.

Later, there was a flood in Zhejiang, so I guessed that it was to go to Zhejiang for disaster relief.

This is why she donated food and medicine.

These words reached Yu Zongzheng's heart, he said happily: "Okay, father will lend you a good word."

Yu Youyao smiled, but said nothing.

On the second day, Eunuch Zhu came to the Yu Mansion again, and brought many rewards from the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

The matter of Yu Youyao's donation of money, food and medicine was not publicized in the palace, but it was not covered up either. Every family has eyeliners in the palace, and after inquiring, everything became clear.

This is also deliberately done by the palace.

As a result, the whole Jingzhao knew about it, and the matter of the Empress Dowager raising money for disaster relief was finally implemented.

All the families in Beijing are not fools. Yu Youyao was made the head of the county, and the late Mrs. Xie was also made a lady, which is really a great grace.

The Yu Mansion naturally wants to "repay" the emperor.

This is the calculation of the palace.

With Yu Youyao's deep understanding of righteousness first,

All the families in Beijing also know that this fundraising is no small matter.

The empress dowager's money-raising for disaster relief is aimed at all domestic and foreign wives, including local officials. The wind direction in Beijing often represents the wind direction of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and gentry and merchants from all over the country also participated in it.

Therefore, the fundraising for disaster relief went very smoothly.

This also made Yu Youyao heave a sigh of relief, raising more money will make life easier for the people affected by the disaster in the second half of the year.

In mid-May, Yu Youyao received a letter from the manager of a village in Ningbo, Zhejiang.

Fields in more than a dozen counties in Zhejiang were flooded. In the second half of the year, the affected people lost their harvest.

It's too late to plant anything at this time of year.

Hundreds of acres of sweet potatoes were planted on Zhuangzi, so they planned to distribute the sweet potato vines to the affected people and teach them how to grow sweet potatoes. When the sweet potato blooms in July and August, the people can pluck the sweet potato leaves to satisfy their hunger. When it is time for food, the sweet potatoes are harvested, and they can survive.

Yu Youyao sent a letter to him, asking him to arrange it as soon as possible, and then asked Li Guanshi from Yanzhi Village to come and ask questions.

Li Guanshi said: "The temperature in Zhejiang is moderate, there is more sunlight, and the sweet potatoes are very cheap. It is estimated that they can be planted until the end of May, and they can be planted in June, which may affect the production."

Yu Youyao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, Yu Youyao has been paying attention to the fundraising and the disaster relief situation in Zhejiang.

In the blink of an eye, it is June.

It has been a month since her cousin left Beijing, and she only received a safety letter during this period. She is not worried about what will happen to her cousin, but she misses her very much.

At this time, Yin Huaixi, who was worried about by Yu Youyao, was not in a hurry to meet Harmon after arriving in the northern border, but led troops to patrol the drought situation in the northern border and the planting of sweet potatoes every day.

There are not many paddy fields in the north, and most of them are dry land, among which there are more sandy land.

After the sweet potato trial was successful, Yu Youyao bought a lot of village land and mountain forests in various areas in the northern border. Most of the land in the northern border is dry land, and the land price is also very cheap.

In the paddy fields of the Great Zhou Dynasty, one mu of land cost more than a dozen taels of silver. The price varies from region to region, and it is impossible to generalize.

Good land is about five or six taels per mu, which is a relatively stable value. Ordinary land does not exceed three taels, and the sandy land in the north is only three or four hundred yuan per mu.

Sweet potatoes do not pick the soil, but they are more adaptable to sandy land and have higher yields.

Therefore, this year's sweet potato planting in the north has reached a certain scale.

Later, Yu Youyao proposed cutting planting, which greatly expanded planting.

The steward also borrowed the name of the Wumu Palace to distribute the surplus potato vines to the common people for planting.

Prince Wumu's Mansion is very prestigious in the northern region. When King Zhou Li was alive, there was a serious shortage of agriculture. Every family had a few acres of sandy land. The people did not doubt it and followed suit to plant.

The steward of the village looked regretful: "Last year, the cotton on the village was also tried to grow. Although the cotton was not harvested, the experienced farmers in the village said that it was because the planting was late and the weather was dry. We will expand planting this year, but the weather in the north is dry again this year, and the eldest lady also ordered that sweet potatoes be planted on a large scale this year, and cotton will continue to be planted when the next year is good."

A small amount of cotton was planted on Zhuangzi, but the situation was not very good.

Yin Huaixi didn't know much about farming, but after looking at the growth of sweet potatoes on the farm, he also thought it was good, so he asked about the farm.

The manager used to be Yin Huaixi's person, so naturally he didn't hide it: "The land on the village is first rented to the families of the martyrs for planting, and there is no need to pay rent. The seeds are all grown by Zhuangzi himself. Seventy percent, the farmers themselves get thirty percent, and many of the jobs on the farm are first hired to the families of soldiers from poorer families, because with the jobs, life has improved a lot."

The steward used to be a soldier under King Zhou Li, but later his leg was injured, and he suffered from leg pain every autumn and winter, so he could no longer go to the battlefield, so he withdrew.

Naturally, he also hoped that the families of the soldiers would have a better life.

Therefore, he is very grateful to Missy.

After thinking about it for a while, Yin Huaixi understood that no food can be grown on sandy land, and the people are not willing to rent it.

Lease the land to the family members of the martyrs, no rent is collected, no seeds are produced, not to mention that the land is cultivated for nothing, and they can get 30% of the grain. They will definitely think that this is the preferential treatment given to them by the Wumu Palace, and they will naturally do their best. Will not fool the species.

In the first few years, due to the lack of supplies in the northern border, there were indeed too many casualties, and because of the limited supplies, even though my father tried his best to support the families of the martyrs, their lives were still very difficult.