The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn Chapter 242 - 242 Ways

242 Ways

Tu Hui’s mother thanked him with tears in her eyes. “Thank you, sir. My family really can’t spare any more money. Ah Hui’s salary was used up yesterday. I was still worried about not having enough money to treat him today.”

The shopkeeper of the Rejuvenation Hall stepped forward and bowed respectfully. “Sir, Constable Tu has recovered a little. It’s just that he’s still a little weak. When his injuries get better, he’ll be fine after going ho to recuperate.”

Zhou Jia said to the shopkeeper, “Shopkeeper, the governnt will pay for his dicine.” The shopkeeper was stunned for a mont and smiled apologetically. “Lord Zhou, the family has already paid for Constable Tu’s dicine.”

“Scribe Tu will pay you for the rest of the dicine. You have to treat him carefully.”

The shopkeeper bowed. “Yes, sir.”

When the bailiffs who followed Zhou Jia out to patrol the streets heard this, they bowed to Zhou Jia. “Sir, we will do our best for the governnt office in the future.”

“Oh! Didn’t you guys do your best for the governnt office in the past?” Everyone was stunned. A thin bailiff stepped forward and bowed with a smile. “Sir, we tried our best in the past, but sotis, hehe…” A few bailiffs laughed foolishly.

Zhou Jia smiled and said, “Alright, when I go back, I’ll discuss with Lieutenant Yu and Official Tu. In the future, no matter who is injured because of work, the governnt office will pay him money to recuperate. Don’t worry!” The bailiffs cheered in unison. “Thank you, sir!”

When Zhou Jia returned to the governnt office, he saw that the spies’ luggage had already been retrieved. After careful searching, he finally found one in the compartnt of a leather jacket. It was a half-drawn map of Qingchuan City. It seed that these were indeed spies sent by Great Qi. Since Great Qi was gathering information, it ant that they were still bent on attacking Great Yong.

The reason why the spy ca to Qingchuan had been figured out. Zhou Jia recalled what he had promised the citizens in West City and returned to the office to discuss the problem with Li Yu.

Li Yu and Xiaoyu, who had brought Seven Pounds back from the manor, sat on the brick bed and teased Seven Pounds, who was lying on the brick bed and watching the two of them babbling. When Xiaoyu saw Zhou Jia return, she carried Seven Pounds and bowed to Zhou Jia before going to talk to Yu Niang and the others.

Li Yu thought that Zhou Jia had returned to the back office after knowing that Mr. Wen was back. She smiled and said, “Xiao Xi, I’ve already told Sir about catching the spy. Sir is already helping you make hallucinogens. Do you want to take a look?”

Zhou Jia nodded happily and said, “Yu’er, I’ll go greet Sir first. There’s sothing I want to discuss with you when I co back.”

Li Yu held her waist and followed Zhou Jia to the eaves of the corridor. “Go! I’ll wait for you.”

Yu Niang carried the child that Scribe Tu had brought back from the front yard. The child was still sobbing.

Li Yu looked at the child in Yu Niang’s arms. “Yu Niang, what’s wrong with the child? Are you feeling unwell?”

Yu Niang said to Li Yu with a worried expression, “Madam, this child has been looking for his brother since he woke up early this morning. He didn’t respond when we asked him so we don’t know what he’s called. Also, Scribe Tu didn’t even bring back any clothes. What do you think we should do?”

Li Yu looked at the thin child and touched the hard cotton jacket on his body. She frowned and felt that the child’s hand was not very warm.

Seeing Li Yu touch his hand, the child leaned on Yu Niang’s shoulder timidly.

Li Yu recalled that the clerk had said that the child’s grandmother and brother had been killed by those spies. She sighed in her heart. Poor child. He didn’t know that he had already lost his only two relatives overnight. Li Yu said gently to Yu Niang, “Go to the storeroom and get so cotton cloth. Make a few undergarnts and two sets of cotton pants for the child. Make two pairs of cotton shoes. When Mr. Tu finds his relatives, they can co and take him away.”

Yu Niang touched the child’s face and looked at him sympathetically. “Thank Madam quickly. Madam is making new clothes and shoes for you.”

“Go! It’s cold outside.”

“Yes, Madam!” Yu Niang agreed crisply and carried the child to the storeroom to get the cotton cloth.

After Zhou Jia greeted Mr. Wen, he ca back and told Li Yu about the predicant of the people in West City and his intention to help them. He said, “Yu’er, help think. Is there any way to help them?”

Li Yu thought for a mont and said, “They don’t have fields. There are still many small wastelands in the villages and towns outside Qingchuan City. You can encourage them to develop fields and increase the years of tax relief appropriately. They will be able to recover in two years at most.”

Zhou Jia shook his head and said, “Yu’er, most of the people are unwilling to develop the fields. Firstly, so people are so poor that they don’t even have the money to buy livestock, hoes, and plows. Secondly, without manure to increase the nutrients in the fields, many people can’t even live like they are now. How can they wait for a year or two?”

Li Yu thought for a mont. “Xiao Xi, it’s better to teach people to fish than to give them fish. There are two ways. The first is for you and Scribe Tu to calculate the places that Qingchuan can reclaim and distribute them to the poor families. We’ll teach them the thod of reclaiming and farming on our farmstead. The governnt office will co forward to buy farming tools and seeds, lend them to the poor people, and buy so farming cows for the people to buy. The farming cows can be bought by several families and shared. This money will be paid by the governnt office first. After the people buy them, they’ll pay off the interest within the stipulated period. If they exceed the stipulated period, they’ll pay a certain amount of interest. As long as they’re not lazy families, they can change their economic status. This thod is most beneficial to them.”

Li Yu paused for a mont. “There’s another one. Ah Wei went to Dagon Village with Dashui this ti. He saw that the col is half the size of Phoenix Village and the soil is fertile. I want to buy that place and build it into a farm. Ask them if they’re willing to go to Dagon Village to develop farmland after spring. The salary is still 15 copper coins a day, and three als a day. We can sell food to them in advance and they can work in spring to pay off the debt. There’s no risk in this. As long as they’re hardworking, they can also work on the farm.”

After hearing Li Yu’s words, Zhou Jia thought carefully for a mont and said, “The governnt office will co forward to pay for the money to buy plowing cows, farming tools, and seeds. They will give them to the commoners and let them develop the fields. This thod is indeed the most beneficial to them. It’s also good for the governnt office. It will increase the area of farmland and pave the way for political achievents. However, this way, the governnt office will bear a huge responsibility. How about this! I’ll discuss both thods with Scribe Tu. The first thod will help more poor commoners, and the second can only help the dozen or so families on West Street. I still want to use the first thod.”

Li Yu smiled and said, “This is just a hypothesis. You still need to formulate it in detail. You should go to the front office and discuss it with Mr. Tu and the others.”

Zhou Jia stood up and kissed Li Yu. He smiled and said, “As long as Madam helps think of a general direction, I can go back and discuss with Scribe Tu before drafting the final implentation. It’s definitely not wrong.”