Farmer's Little Girl

Chapter 2538

Manbao's fief is a little poor.

The ancient city of Liyang in the Pre-Qin Dynasty has long been in ruins. There are two big villages on the edge. Those two big villages are all food towns around man. There are two big villages down the road, close to Wannian county.

Why did the magistrate of Liyang County assign this area to Zhou man?

It was because the magistrate of Wannian County next door always coveted this piece. He felt that instead of letting the magistrate of Wannian County steal it, he might as well grant Zhou man a fief.

Another reason is because of the ancient city.

He always felt that it was a pity that the ancient city of Liyang was so deserted, but he really had limited ability and couldn't revitalize it. He might as well give it to Zhou man. This is her fief. If she can rebuild the ancient city, it's natural. If she can't build it, it's just to maintain the status quo.

They first passed a village, a little far from the roadside, but now the fields are only weeds except low wheat seedlings, so they can see the houses from a distance.

Man Bao said, "that's my food town. This is all the fields I sealed underground."

Mingda looked at the past and nodded: "it looks very flat. I don't know how much Yongye field accounts for."

Yongyetian does not need to pay tax to the state, so this part also does not need to pay the main tax.

What Shiyi eats is the part of the tax that should be given to the state, as well as the business tax of merchants in the fief. However, Zhou man now has no merchants in the fief, all of them are farmers.

Further ahead is the ancient city of Liyang. It is not very big. There are many broken walls and collapsed houses. However, some of the ancient city are large fairs. This is because the nearby villages trade here and become a fixed large market over time.

At this time, spring is not busy, and there is a market again, so there are many villagers trading goods here.

Of course, Zhou man and Bai Shanbai Erlang, who often visit Dali Village market, think that this market is too shabby for the two princesses and Wei Yu who lived in the capital since childhood and just passed Yongzhou.

On both sides of the dirt road, there are some stalls on the ground. Most of them sell vegetables, baskets, linen, chicken, duck, fish eggs and so on.

Things and stalls can be seen to the end at a glance.

Mingda and Changyu both saw such a market for the first time. For a moment, they sat on a horse and widened their eyes.

The villagers sitting on the ground or on the grass also stared when they saw these people riding high horses.

When they reacted, they immediately rolled back the things on the booth. Some knelt directly on the ground and looked down at them.

Man Bao, who wanted to hit the horse directly, jumped down from his horse and smiled at them, "we're just passing by. What should you do?"

Seeing that they didn't come to drive them away, the farmers were brave again. This was a courageous era. Although the people feared the powerful and rich, they were not very afraid. So they got up from the ground, some sat down in place, and some raised their voice and asked, "where are you going, husband and wife?"

Bai Shan also dismounted and said, "go to the capital."

They were stunned and hurriedly said, "Oh, you're going the wrong way. This is not an official road. If you want to take an official road, you have to go back, and then go south. There's a main road."

Bai Shan said with a smile, "we know that we came here specially."

He pointed to Zhou man and said, "this is the Lord of Liyang township."

The villagers are stunned again. They know that they are now the food town of the leader of Liyang township.

People in the distance also looked up and said that they had always seen the second niece and several brothers of the Lord of Liyang township. They had not seen the Lord of Liyang township.

The villagers came to salute one after another.

Man Bao asked them to get up, introduced the two princesses to them, and then looked at Mingda and Changyu, "are you in a hurry to go back?"

They shook their heads together and looked at the market with some curiosity.

Seriously, it's the first time they've seen such a small market.

Man Bao slowly wandered around the market and talked to several older vendors. She squatted next to a man. The old man immediately let out the small stool he was sitting on to Zhou man, and Zhou man sat down to Mingda.

She squatted and saw that he was selling eggs, so she asked curiously, "this chicken is a little small. Did the hen lay it in the first year?"

The old man didn't expect Zhou man to know this. He nodded again and again, "yes, the chicken raised in the autumn of the previous year laid eggs for the first time at the beginning of this year."

Man Bao looked at it and thought it was fairly uniform. He asked, "how did you sell it?"

The old man was a little uneasy, but he honestly replied, "two for three Wen."

"How much is an average egg?"

"Two Wen each."

Man Bao nodded with satisfaction. The price is not very low, indicating that there is still a market for goods in the market, but it is worse than that in Yongzhou and the capital.

"How long does it take from here to Liyang county? I heard that the eggs in Yongzhou have been sold for three Wen each. "

"Who says not, but it takes about three hours to walk from here to Yongzhou. A day back and forth will pass. If you spend the night in the city, even if you bring dry food, you will lose."

Man Bao remembered that, yes, they need about an hour to ride and ride. Can't they walk for about three hours?

Man Bao calculated the time, turned around and said to Mingda, "Mingda, it's settled. Build a road from your imperial villa to the new city, and everyone can take this shortcut."

Mingda had no problem, but she knew nothing about road construction and asked, "do you have to ask someone to repair it?"

Man Bao was familiar and said, "I'll work hard in my food city and give some money to undertake one-third of the journey. I'll discuss with the county magistrate of Liyang county to let the county government undertake one-third, and the remaining one-third will be undertaken by you."

She smiled and said, "the road across Huangzhuang takes your land, but you take a lot of advantage. The street shops in the new road leading to the new city are equivalent to directly cutting off the passenger flow from Liyang and Wannian county to Yongzhou."

Bai Shan said: "Wannian county and Chang'an County have always been overcrowded, and the houses in the two counties are particularly tense. If the road is connected on this side, the road from Yongzhou new city to the capital will be reduced by more than two-thirds. I don't think the city wall has been built on the other side of the new city, so the princess can pick some fields to build some houses, which can be a little smaller, but the environment should be quiet and the road should be repaired, It can be rented to many students who come to Beijing to study. "

Wei Yu was curious. "Aren't there enough houses in the capital?"

Bai Shan nodded.

"But I think you can easily buy a house in Changqing lane, and that area is often rented."

Bai Shan said with a smile, "it's hard to buy houses in the capital. Although Changqing lane is on the edge of the inner city, the money to buy a house there can buy more than ten yards of the same size in other states and counties."