Chapter 306 Food for Work

“Whether I am nonsense or not mother’s heart has its own division, today I run back and forth a little tired, there is something to say tomorrow.”

Wei Ruo finished her sentence and walked out without looking back, not giving Yun the chance to get angry with herself.

Yun was a bit exasperated, “Really not putting me as a mother in her eyes more and more!”

Cuiping comforted on the side: “Mrs. do not gas, perhaps Miss heard some wind, know that Mrs. you should accept the Xu family door to say matchmaking, the heart is angry.”

“Even if you know, there is nothing to make her angry, since ancient times, marriage is a matter of parents’ orders and matchmakers’ words, this marriage is already too good to be true, what reason does she have to be angry with me?”

“Your Ladyship also knows the nature of the eldest young lady, she doesn’t have any bad intentions, she’s just blunt and disobedient.”

Cui Ping’s words reminded Yun of her husband’s instructions, so she sighed and waved her hand, “That’s just it, just let her be.”

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Early the next morning, Yun and Wei Ruo went to the governor’s residence together.

Along the way the two did not say a word, Wei Ruo lowered her head and looked at the book, reading the strange and grotesque Zhi recently given to her by Mr. Wang Caiwei, Wei Ruo has little interest in serious books, but she has the leisure to read this kind of wild and idle books.

It’s just that lately she’s been very busy, and her free time has been spent on reading the ledger, and it just so happens that today she’s going to be riding in a car with Yun, so Wei Ruo took it out to take a look.

In addition to some books, Mr. Wang would sometimes bring some novelties to her, to Wei Ruo she was not only a mentor but also a friend.

After a tea time, the carriage of the school lieutenant’s residence arrived at the governor’s residence, Yun got off the carriage and met Mrs. Yuan’s personal maid, Light Yi, who was waiting at the door, she greeted Yun very politely, and then immediately turned her gaze to Wei Ruo.

“Eldest girl, madam has asked the slave girl to wait for you here.”

While Light Yi was polite and courteous to Yun, she clearly had a bit more respect for Wei Ruo.

“I’d like to thank Miss Lightly Clothed for waiting here.” Wei Ruo said.

“Eldest Miss and Madam, please follow me.” Light Clothes led Wei Ruo and Yun into the mansion.

Having already been here many times, both Yun and Wei Ruo were still already relatively familiar with the Governor’s Mansion.

Today’s appointment is in the backyard of the flower hall, Yun’s and Wei Ru arrived when the flower hall inside has sat a number of people, are Taizhou House of dignified family’s wife.

On top of that, there was another person that Yun hadn’t expected to attend – Sister Qin.

Sister Qin was one of the Seventh Prince’s people, as well as an old Sister in the palace, an old man who could speak before Your Highness.

The status of such a Sister could be much more valuable than the status of a lady of the house of an ordinary family, and there was more or less respect in the gazes of the people as they looked at her.

Mrs. Yuan also left the first seat on the right to Sister Qin. And the first seat on the left was given to Mrs. Xu.

The rest of the wives were placed according to the status of their husbands.

After everyone had arrived, Mrs. Yuan asked Wei Ruo to explain the purpose of finding them here today.

Wei Ruo got up, came to Lady Yuan’s side, and said to the group of ladies in front of her, “I’m sure all of you ladies have some understanding of recent events, and know that nowadays there are stragglers all over the city, which not only affects the stability of the city, but also brings about other problems.”

The ladies nodded.

We all know this, before coming also guessed that Mrs. Yuan to find them may be for this matter, after all, nowadays this kind of situation, Mrs. Yuan is unlikely to have the leisure to find them to talk about other things, and even more unlikely to be in order to enjoy the flowers and the moon and sip tea and wine.

Wei Ruo continued, “For the sake of the stability of the Taizhou Prefecture and for the relief of more victims, I have invited all the ladies here today to discuss the matter, and I hope that you will be able to offer your assistance.”

After saying that all the ladies showed a difficult expression.

In front of Mrs. Yuan, it was not good for everyone to directly refute Wei Ruo’s proposal.

After a few people looked at each other for a few moments, it was Mrs. Xu who opened her mouth and said to Wei Ruo, “Big girl, I’m afraid this matter is a bit difficult.”

Mrs. Xu wanted to tell Wei Ruo that trying to get a group of powerful people in Taizhou Province to contribute money and food was not something that could be done in three or two sentences, and that she could not think of this matter as too simple.

Others have also taken a stand:

“Big Miss Wei is afraid that she doesn’t know that nowadays, in this course of the year, everyone is having a hard time, and there is no affluent place to give relief to the disaster victims.”

“Yes, not to mention the fact that there are so many victims, and there is no telling how long this disaster will last, this disaster relief can only save for a while, it is not a long term solution.”

“It’s good that Eldest Miss Wei has the intention to provide disaster relief, but I think this matter should also be left to the court; I heard that the court has already sent people down to provide disaster relief, and I think that they will come to the Taizhou Prefecture in a matter of days.”

“……”

Listening to the words of the crowd, Yun’s brows couldn’t help but furrow.

The eldest daughter’s speech today is a bit too presumptuous, obviously that day when discussing at home, Wanwan was rejected when she put forward this viewpoint, why does she still want to put forward such an immature suggestion with all the ladies?

Wei Ruo was not at all surprised by everyone’s reaction.

She said unhurriedly, “I understand what all the ladies mean, so I don’t intend to directly send food relief. Sending food relief can only solve a temporary emergency, not a long-term solution.”

Hearing Wei Ruo’s words, the ladies revealed a puzzled look.

Wei Ruo continued on, “The method I want is to provide food for work.”

“What is food for work?”

The person who asked the question was Mrs. Xu, who also felt that Wei Ruo couldn’t possibly be so superficial as to directly ask them to fund the disaster relief.

Wei Ruo began to explain, “As we all know, there is a large amount of barren land in Taizhou Prefecture: saline, sandy, and slabby barren land. If the disaster victims are organized to reclaim and improve these lands, and if crops are successfully grown on these lands, not only will they be able to resettle the disaster victims, but they will also be able to solve the problem of food shortage.”

“And previously, we have already practiced something similar in Xingshan County, and through the improvement of saline land and the opening of pits, we have successfully planted wheat on land that originally could not be planted with crops, and the yield of wheat is very impressive. And rice is still being planted on these lands today, growing well, and it is expected that the fall harvest will usher in another bumper crop of rice.”

There are several people here who have heard of what happened in Hing Sun County, and there is no way to make a false statement.

Some nodded that they had heard about the reclamation of the wasteland in Hing Sun County, and others praised that work well done.

Those who were unaware of this matter also understood after the others’ explanations.

The fact that there have been successful cases shows that the conversion of wasteland into arable land is feasible.

Lady Xu asked Wei Ruo, “Does Eldest Miss Wei mean that she wants to follow the example of the law and adopt this way of organizing the victims to open pits of barren land throughout the entire Taizhou Prefecture to achieve the resettlement of the victims?”

Wei Ruo nodded, “There is indeed such an intention, but it is different again from the previous one.”

Mrs. Xu asked, “What is the difference?”