si-mexico Chapter 1172 This is simply too difficult.
Chapter 1172 This is simply too difficult.
In the afternoon, Shen Xia took all the children and followed Song Ming to the farmland where they had been yesterday.
Maybe it's because he stayed in the palace for too long, and he's not good at this kind of farm work.
The children still find it novel.
The first thing to do when you get to the field.
Shen Xia explained to the children what the products of the land were.
What is the use.
This action frightened the people who were harvesting in the fields.
In the end, Song Ming asked everyone to just do their own work.
Then everyone left.
But while working, he would observe the movements here from time to time.
One by one, two by two, these little white balls eventually became quilts and clothes.
That curiosity is overflowing.
When we came out, we asked everyone to wear comfortable clothes.
Yi Yi and Xiao Wan also have experience.
So when Shen Xia was sitting on the side of the road drinking tea.
The children all went to the fields to pick cotton with the villagers.
But the people were scared to death.
After all, I met His Majesty yesterday.
These children call Her Majesty Mother.
That’s the prince and princess!
His Majesty actually made the princes and princesses work in the fields.
Not to mention the prince and princess.
Even wealthy families would not let their children work in the fields.
Everyone worships His Majesty so much.
In fact, Shen Xia didn't ask her children to do face-saving projects.
Just want them to broaden their horizons.
Don’t grow up to be a scholar who doesn’t know the difference between farmland and agriculture.
Especially the third brother, his insights and vision are related to the future of Dajin.
So the county magistrate went in the afternoon to arrange for the evening reception for His Majesty.
Suddenly, someone came to report that His Majesty had gone to the cotton field.
The county magistrate was so scared that he dropped his things and ran into the cotton field!
Finally arrived at the cotton field.
After all, the princes and princesses wore brocade.
You can tell at a glance that they are working in the cotton fields.
County Magistrate: Oh my God!
What did he see?
The eldest princess, the prince and the crown prince are all picking cotton.
This extra cotton will have to be sold at a higher price this year!
After all, the cotton was picked by the prince himself!
Leave some for the future and keep it in the yamen.
Banner: Cotton picked by the prince himself.
County Magistrate Fang walked over tremblingly.
He thought to himself: The prince has gone down to pick cotton, so does he have to go pick cotton too?
But if he goes to pick cotton, Your Majesty, will you think he is ignoring Your Majesty?
How to do?
This is simply too difficult.
He has read so many Four Books and Five Classics and has been out for so many years, but he has never seen such a scene!
I feel like the skills I learned from other colleagues are of no use at all.
Thinking about arranging a woman for Song Shennong.
Almost made people angry.
Why are others doing well and their careers going smoothly?
Why is it different here?
Forget it, let’s go pay our respects to His Majesty first, and then go down to pick cotton!
County Magistrate Fang walked up to Shen Xia and said, "Your Majesty, I, Bingsheng, pay my respects to the Emperor."
Shen Xia was originally watching the children work.
Suddenly he turned around and looked at Fang Bingsheng next to him: "Master Fang is here, please have him sit down."
Tu Chenyuan took a small stool nearby.
He handed it forward and said, "Master Fang, please sit down."
Lord Fang looked at Tu Chenyuan's clothes, and the commander of the Imperial Guards said, "Thank you very much."
I just took a small stool and sat down next to it.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Your Majesty, I will go down to work too!"
Otherwise, he would be terrified to see the prince working!
Shen Xia said calmly: "Just sit there. They are here to experience life. Otherwise, they won't know where clothes and quilts come from when they grow up."
Lord Fang wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead and said, "As you command."
Lord Fang was sitting on a small stool nearby, watching the prince and princess work.
Confused and helpless.
Ling Heng sat next to her and served Shen Xia.
Song Ming also went down.
Shen Xia looked at everyone working in the fields.
"Master Fang, why do these people seem to be lacking in yang energy and a little listless?"
Shen Xia looked at these people and felt that they all looked a little abnormal.
But County Magistrate Fang did not.
County Magistrate Fang glanced at the people and said, "This is happening because people are poor and can't afford salt."
He also discovered that many people were like this.
He also asked the doctor, but salt was too expensive.
Therefore, only by developing the people's economy and improving the economy can people naturally afford to buy salt. Even if they cannot afford refined salt, coarse salt is also good!
Shen Xia frowned.
The food in the palace is all refined salt, which is expensive.
She knew it.
But she knew that she had eaten coarse salt in Fanhua Village before. Although it was not cheap, she could barely afford it!
"Can't the people even afford coarse salt?"
Fang Bingsheng frowned. "That's not true. If the price of salt keeps going up like this, not to mention the common people, even I won't be able to afford coarse salt."
Shen Xia was even more confused now.
If a seventh-rank county magistrate can't afford coarse salt, what's the situation with the price of salt?
After asking carefully, Shen Xia found out that the method of making salt had always been kept in the hands of aristocratic families.
Salt was not expensive before.
Since when did the price of salt start to rise so wildly?
After she ascended the throne.
After Shen Xia heard this.
I thought: Could it be that one of her policies has affected others?
She didn't know about this for all these years.
It's almost ridiculous.
Shen Xia looked at Ling Heng: "Do you know what's going on?"
Ling Heng said, "Salt production has always been in private hands. The royal family has always wanted it, but it's difficult to seize it directly, so they gave the Zhu family the position of salt transport envoy. The entire salt production of Dajin comes from the Zhu family, and the price is naturally set by the Zhu family."
"It's just that the Zhu family used to have other businesses. I think some of these businesses conflict with the businesses of the Royal Dynasty Division. There are not many left, so they can only raise the price of salt."
"Of course, this is just my guess. I'll have to check to know the specifics."
Shen Xia nodded.
Gu Zhao was not around, so Ling Heng had to go and check it out, after all, he was the fastest to get information.
"Okay, then send someone to check it out."
Shen Xia looked at Xiaotian who was sitting next to her.
"What do you think, Master?"
Xiaotian turned around and said, "If the common people can't afford salt, what about the military camp? The soldiers are so listless, the future of the Jin Dynasty is worrying. Is there any other intention behind this?"
Xiaotian's reminder made Shen Xia a little more suspicious.
Yup!
The military camp has received a lot of funding in recent years.
She only thought about the people.
But Xiaotian's first reaction was the military camp.
Xiaotian continued, "If possible, the salt-making recipe must be in our own hands."
Shen Xia nodded: "The recipe for making salt is simple, but I never thought about the fact that ordinary people would not be able to afford salt."
It seems that I really need to go out and take a walk, otherwise I won’t know what the real sentiments of the people are like.
I have been in the palace all the time and thought that everything was peaceful!
Only after you get out and walk around will you know.
Even if she increased food production.
But most of the land is in the hands of landlords.
They help the landlords to farm the land and the yield is high.
The landlord only provided them with enough food and clothing.
It allowed them to have enough food and clothing but not enough money for their children to go to school.
It’s still difficult!
This is the information she has received in the past six months, how to make people rich.
Increasing food supply cannot completely solve the problem.
We have to start somewhere else!
Only when people have jobs can they better solve problems!
County Magistrate Fang listened quietly beside him.
Didn't dare to interrupt.
Your Majesty actually doesn't know that salt is expensive.
Shen Xia kept the salt matter in mind.