Xiao Taozi spoke to Ling Xue a little disappointedly, but if you looked closely, you could see that she was still a little proud.
Ling Xue nodded in agreement. Xiao Taozi and her grandmother did have a very good plan, but Xiao Taozi's cleverness was only limited to those acquaintances like them. As for the rest, forget it!
Ling Xue's life here is pretty good, but Shen Lin in the Kyoto Palace is not doing so well.
In order to bribe officials to join her, she squandered the Shen family's wealth lavishly. Uncle Shen allowed her to do so, which made her brothers and sisters complain.
The family property does not belong to Shen Lin alone. All of her brothers and sisters have a share. Logically, Shen Lin, a daughter-in-law who married out, can only get a small share, but now look at the way she spends money. Who knows how much money will fall into their hands in the end.
In the general environment, the male members of the family still have to take up the bulk of the family property, especially the eldest son and grandson.
In other words, this dynasty was relatively open-minded, and women could also inherit family property, but they only took up a small share.
It is estimated that the family property that a woman can share is about the same level as that of a concubine's son in the family, and a concubine's daughter is one level lower.
Shen Lin, also known as Feng Shisi, is determined to suppress Ling Xue and is trying his best to seize the world.
She wasn't power-hungry; she simply wanted to prove she was more capable than Ling Xue. However, she used the wrong method, and ultimately lost.
A decadent dynasty cannot regain its youth no matter how hard it tries; this is an irreversible law.
In fact, Shen Lin was not unaware of this, but she was trapped in the deep palace and could only use this method.
Under Ling Xue's leadership, the people here were no longer displaced.
Instead, these people worked hard to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land. They were not afraid that the wasteland in Yunyang Prefecture was gone! They reclaimed wasteland in the surrounding areas. Besides, many of the surrounding fields were already barren and fertile fields. With a little repair, they could turn them into excellent fertile fields.
"Young Master, what do you think we should do about this?" Shen Zhen was a little uneasy about the pioneering team secretly opening up land in the surrounding area. After thinking about it, he decided to come to Ling Xue to get advice.
Ling Xue yawned and replied nonchalantly, "What does the wasteland reclaimed by the people have to do with us? At most, they spontaneously wanted to grow red potatoes for me for three years. Is there anyone who cares about that?"
Shen Zhen understood that this was a rogue act.
That's good, this saves a lot of trouble and he doesn't have to rack his brains to come up with excuses.
But they are very short of manpower recently, so they have to find ways to attract more refugees to settle here.
"Also, young master, we are too short-handed here, especially in math. Sometimes when I have to remember a number, they make mistakes. It gives me a headache!"
After all, their power is still not strong enough, and they don’t have many people, so they still need to work harder!
"It's okay. The conditions here are good, and the people are happy and healthy. Once the refugees from other places hear about us, they will definitely come here. Then we will have no shortage of talents."
There was a severe shortage of management personnel, so Ling Xue planned to hold an exam to recruit students with good math skills. They were in urgent need of such talents, as they needed them for recruiting soldiers, farming, government offices, and so on. A careful calculation showed that math talents were needed everywhere.
People who can only write articles are not needed for the time being. Ling Xue only wants to recruit some practical talents.
I guess I have to make the exam paper myself, otherwise who knows what weird questions these people will come up with?
