Traveling through time with a house, I teach people all over the country how to farm

Chapter 176: Land Reclamation Order

This is a courtyard with three entrances. The Fang family father and son should be enjoying a good life here. Many of the women who were taken away were concubines, and they might have been robbed or deceived by other families.

The two courtyards at the back were occupied by people, and there was a row of houses next to the courtyard wall. Zheng Sisi and the others looked at them and found that they were probably warehouses for storing grain. Among the dozen or so houses, only two had a small amount of grain stored in them, and the rest were empty.

Zheng Sisi muttered, "Don't they keep any crops for planting in such a large farm?"

The third prince said: "Maybe it was placed somewhere else."

Zheng Sisi: "Yes, Village Chief Liu said that there is a small yard in Yao Village next door, and the grain is stored there. I will go there tomorrow to see what kind of grain there is."

The third prince also said: "Yes, if you don't have it, it's not too late to buy it now."

Zheng Sisi said: "I soaked the rice seeds I brought today. Tomorrow the two villages will hold a meeting to arrange for them to cultivate the land. The paddy fields will still be planted with double-season rice, and the dry land will be planted with corn and the vegetables and sweet potatoes my master left for me. In previous years, they planted beans and the harvest was not high, so this year they will switch crops.

Also, in addition to the fields on the farm, I want to encourage them to open up wasteland and cultivate land. Do you have any ideas?"

The third prince thought for a moment and said, "The imperial court also encourages the reclamation of wasteland and cultivation. After all, no country is rich in food."

Zheng Sisi's eyes lit up and she asked, "Is there any reward for reclaiming wasteland and planting land?"

The third prince said, "I remember that the government did not collect taxes in the first two years of land reclamation and cultivation. Starting from the third year, we had to report to the county government, and the county government would arrange people to measure and register."

Zheng Sisi was puzzled: "Since there is such a regulation, why don't they go to open up the wasteland, but instead accept the oppression of Fang's father and son? Don't they know about the decree issued by the court to open up the wasteland?"

The third prince shook his head and didn't understand the reason.

The two of them took a walk and returned to the front yard. The yard was cleaned up. The guards and servants lived in the front yard. The third prince, Zheng Zhiyuan, and Zhong Ruiyu lived in the second courtyard. Zheng Sisi and her three sisters lived in the third courtyard. The three of them had already cleaned up the rooms with their maids.

When they gathered in the front yard, Zheng Sisi felt embarrassed. She said, "Sisters, I'm sorry! I brought you out to play, but now you have to arrange and clean up by yourselves."

He Qianqian smiled and said, "Sister Sisi, don't say that. You don't want this to happen. We are very happy to help you share the burden."

Zheng Zhimin said excitedly: "Sister Sisi, you don't know, I am so relaxed now. I can do things that I couldn't do at home. No one has ever nagged me, I am so happy."

Zheng Sisi teased her, holding her forehead and said, "It's over. When I go back, my aunt wants me to give her an obedient, well-behaved and sensible daughter. What should I do? Where can I find her?"

Zheng Zhiyuan also came over and said, "Cousin Sisi, if you take her to the fields and mountains a few more times, the obedient girl she used to be will never be found again, hahahaha."

Zheng Zhimin raised his hand as if to hit someone: "Zheng Zhiyuan, you are not my brother anymore."

The others laughed when they saw the two people fighting.

Before the excitement lasted for a while, Rose came to announce that it was time for dinner. They all moved to the dining room. Several maids had already laid out the food, and they had one table for the seven of them, which was not separate for men and women as usual.

Rose was unsure, but she still asked, "County Lady, do you want to split the table into two?"

Zheng Sisi turned around and asked the third prince: "Sheng Zhen, do you have any objection to sitting at the same table?"

The third prince shook his head and said, "No problem."

Zheng Sisi said, "It's okay. You guys can go eat too. Remember to tell them to save food for the guards going to the county government, as well as Qingfeng."

Rose said, "Okay, County Lady, I have arranged for the aunts to stay."

After saying this, Rose and Dongzhi and the others left.

Then Zheng Sisi sat in the main seat in the middle, with the third prince and several men sitting on her right, and three young sisters sitting on her left.