Chapter 279 – Giving Mrs. Yuan Advice

“It’s getting late, I shouldn’t have disturbed you at this hour, it’s just that I was afraid that you would have things to do during the day and wouldn’t be able to spare any time, so I took the liberty of having Light Yi go to the school captain’s residence and invite you here.” Lady Yuan somewhat apologized.

“There’s no need to be polite with me, ma’am.”

“You and I are quite familiar with each other, so I won’t beat around the bush with you, I think that with sister Ruo’er’s intelligence, she should also guess what I’m asking you to come to the mansion for today.” Mrs. Yuan opened the door and said.

“I’ve probably guessed some of it, the damage to crops caused by the recent weather changes I think has worried Lord Yuan and Lady Yuan.” Wei Ruo replied.

“Ruo’er sister is right, these years the food production everywhere is not good, the treasury is empty, the matter of food has long been the court’s top priority, the most important item in the assessment of officials everywhere is this matter. Therefore, this cold wave has touched the hearts of all the government offices, and is also related to my husband’s promotion next year.”

“But this is one of the aspects. Apart from the consideration for my husband’s career, I also sincerely do not want the people to suffer. What’s more, if the starving corpses are really everywhere, it is the beginning of the turmoil, and then the people will not be the only ones to suffer. So whether it’s me personally or from my husband’s perspective as a parent official on his side, this is a situation I don’t want to see today.”

Mrs. Yuan said this Wei Ruo is a letter, when Taizhou Prefecture city appeared contagious diseases, she convened the city doctors to discuss the countermeasures when the money and effort, not stingy.

The epidemic was also controlled in time and did not cause a major disaster, resulting in the imperial side not knowing what kind of disaster the Taizhou government had prevented, and did not feel that the matter was much of a feat.

That’s why Lord Yuan and Lady Yuan didn’t get much praise in the end, despite their exhaustive efforts in this matter.

“I understand what Madam Yuan means, in fact, before Madam invited me here today, Seventh Highness had already come.” Wei Ruo said.

“The Seventh Prince sought you out for this matter as well?” Mrs. Yuan asked busily.

“Hm. Your Highness means that there are many other saline lands in Taizhou Prefecture, and I hope that I can once again improve the land, open up arable land, and increase production.” Wei Ruo replied.

Mrs. Yuan pondered for a moment and then said to Wei Ruo, “This is indeed a solution. Sister Ruo’er can try this move, and it will benefit you and the Wei family when it comes to fruition.”

“Does your ladyship think I should say yes?”

“If you help the Seventh Highness with your work, although due to your womanhood the Seventh Highness may not necessarily be able to ask for any grace for you, but for your Wei family, it is definitely a hundred benefits without any harm.”

“I understand what the lady said, it’s just that I don’t want to have too many interactions with the seventh highness, now that the Crown Prince is undecided, being too deeply involved with any of the emperors could be involved in the middle of right and wrong, and that’s not something the Wei family can afford.”

Whether it was for the sake of the big picture or personal emotions, Wei Ruo resisted from the bottom of her heart to have too many interactions with Chu Lan.

The last Xingshan County land improvement, she initiated in the front, Chu Lan is the back inserted a foot in, so that she did not have to choose, and now have to choose, since it is able to hide on the hide.

“You’re right, it’s rare that you have that kind of consideration.”

Mrs. Yuan is quite a bit of emotion, Wei Ruo can have this kind of thinking, not for the small profits in front of the eyes of the eyes, than she usually see the boudoir women’s vision are a few points broader.

Mrs. Yuan continued, “My original intention in seeking you out today was to ask for your help, but if you rejected His Highness the Seventh, it would not be good for me to ask you to advise me again.”

No matter what, Mrs. Yuan couldn’t openly go against the Seventh Prince, not to mention having to consider Wei Ruo’s situation.

Wei Ruo politely rejected the seventh prince, while then do things for her, is clearly hit the seventh prince’s face, so is to put Wei Ruo in danger. Mrs. Yuan did not want this to happen.

“Madam doesn’t need to worry, there are some things that I’ve already thought deeply about on my way here and know how to deal with them without offending the Seventh Prince but also solving the problems for Madam and your lordship.” Wei Ruo said.

“Really?” Mrs. Yuan was overjoyed.

Wei Ruo explained, “I can provide Madam with some solutions to the problem, and if Madam and Your Excellency find them feasible, they can implement them in accordance with what I have said, and there is no need for me to intervene during the period, so that it will not be considered as deceiving His Highness the Seventh.”

Chu Lan looked for her to let her go to improve the land, that requires her to carry out according to the actual situation, less to run on the ground to understand the situation, but also real-time exploration, but also to deal with people. She used this as an excuse to refuse.

And now that she was only advising Mrs. Yuan, the nature was different.

“In that case I am all ears.” Mrs. Yuan said.

Wei Ruo began to state his program, “Although we can’t predict this year’s weather, we also know that the back is bound to be not too good, the seventh highness wants to open up more arable land is method one; and improving the yield of the existing arable land is method two.”

“Yes, what sister Ruo’er said is very true.”

“Taizhou province arable land area is not much, there are saline land, sandy land, and a large number of mountainous areas, that is, the existing arable land, the soil is poor also accounted for the majority. To carry out soil improvement is a big project, and the time will not be so fast, the saline and alkaline land improvement in the south of the city of Xingshan County lasted for half a year, so I am afraid that when the soil is improved and then planted, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up with this year’s fall harvest, and the earliest can only be planted in August and September this year to plant the wheat, and wait for the next year’s harvest again.” Wei Ruo analyzed.

“That is indeed a problem.” Mrs. Yuan agreed.

“So I think right now if we want to ensure the production of this year’s fall harvest, we also have to give to the protection of the existing arable land and the crops already planted to raise the production.”

“Sister Ruo’er tell us how to preserve the labor?”

Wei Ruo unhurriedly talked to Mrs. Yuan about the solutions he had conceived, “One, fertilizing the land, this matter needs to be led by the Prefectural Government Office, and I hope that the Prefectural Government Office will take the lead in making a large-scale composting site, acquiring goat dung, cow dung, straws, rice straws, and even some rotting melons, fruits, and vegetables.”

Wei Ruo continued, “The government office acquires and gives money, the farmers can exchange the money, can relieve their pressure for a while, when the compost is successful, the government office then sells it out at an appropriate price, it can be sold to the farms, some of the families with rich properties, at this time it is necessary for your lordship to go to persuade the city with a large number of fields of wealthy families, landlords, so that they will pay money to buy these composted fertilizers, and to teach them the reasonable skills of chasing fertilizer.”

Mrs. Yuan listened with great interest, “Ruo’er sister’s idea is two birds with one stone, not only can the money be given to the croppers, so that they have money on hand to tide them over for the time being, but also can increase the yield of the fields that make the rich landlords’ homes.”

Wei Ruo said, “This is one thing, and the other is the remedy for the seedlings that have been frozen to death today; I have two remedies for different lands.”

“Which two remedies?” Mrs. Yuan asked busily.