After eating most of the food on the table, the steaming tea was brought up by the woman.

A few chicken coops doze off in the pit they dug out, and there were a few pieces of chicken poop next to them.

"This is the day for the people."

Zhao Xu pointed to the chickens and said, "They are better. They can find work in the city. But in the countryside, the farmers can only count on the fields to live, but life is difficult, so they eat dry cakes... The child brought some back this time, Daddy, look."

He took out a greasy bag from his arms, and when he opened it, he was a dry cake.

"There are grass roots in this cake and soil mixed with it."

"Brave businessman!" Zhao Shu ate a small piece and found it difficult to swallow. He stopped his wife's attempt and asked, "Just eat this?"

"This dry cake is still a good thing for them." Zhao Xu said: "That's not a profiteer, but a cheap one. Of course, there is no good product for cheap things."

"Where is the money exempted from service? Where is the money house?" Zhao Shu felt a little depressed, feeling that his efforts seemed to be wasted.

"The money and money house are good, but if the people think about getting better, they have to give them more benefits. Dad, why don't you go and have a look?"

Today's events are just an introduction, and the purpose is to let Zhao Shu see the real life of the people.

"good."

So the group left the imperial city again, but this time Gao Taotao was unable to accompany him, but went back early.

Later, the group went to Caishu Village. The first thing the villagers said when they saw Zhao Xu was: "Are you here to deliver dried cakes?"

Zhao Xu nodded with a smile, and someone went to distribute dried cookies.

Then there is an investigation.

Zhao Shu looked over each family.

"The current officials are kind. We don't need to serve in such a group. When we have no money, we can still borrow money at a low interest rate. The villain thinks this is a prosperous era."

The old farmers had a vicious vision, and they had long seen that Zhao Xu's origin was not simple, but Zhao Xu was willing to ask questions about the dried cakes, and they were also willing to pretend to be stupid.

But today Zhao Xu's father came, looking very majestic. They winked for a while, but they didn't dare to fool people anymore.

The people Zhao Shu just saw were very simple, and the jar didn’t contain much wheat flour, and most of the oil tanks were only a shallow layer.

The key is the child.

Zhao Shu watched a group of children running wildly in front of him, and the two children chased and fell down together. One of them had bleeding foreheads and the other had bleeding noses. But after their parents passed by, the first thing they did was not to worry about the children, but to scold and scold them for dirtying their clothes.

"I'll let you live naked tomorrow."

The parents gritted their teeth and gave it to each other a 50 cents, and then the child became depressed and looked listless.

"If it is dirty, you have to wash it. If it washes it once more, the more you will get torn."

Zhao Shu turned around and saw a son with a heavy expression.

"Dad, farmers can only dig food in the fields. If they want to make their lives better, they can only reduce taxes. But can the Song Dynasty reduce taxes?" Zhao Xu asked seriously.

Zhao Shu thought about it and said seriously: "It cannot be done at the moment, otherwise it will be difficult to sustain."

Agricultural tax was the lifeblood of the Song Dynasty. Even if Zhao Zhen was the most kind, he would not reduce the agricultural tax.

"Will the farmers live like this? What if there is a famine? There is not much wealth in their family."

"There is disaster relief!" Zhao Shu said a little sad.

"But a famine is enough to destroy their families and turn into beggars." Zhao Xu said in confusion: "Why can't we change the following rules?"

This sentence was like a stick, hitting Zhao Shu's forehead.

He covered his forehead and murmured: "This..."

Zhao Xu said, "Dad, come and see."

He took Zhao Xu to a family dozens of steps away from the village. As soon as he entered, he walked back. The male owner jumped anxiously, but wanted to stop him but was blocked by the guards who accompanied him.

As soon as I entered the backyard, the smell of raising chickens came towards me.

The yard was full of cages, and hundreds of chickens were clamoring in the cage.

This is the first time Zhao Shu has seen so many chickens.

"The villain is guilty."

The male owner knelt behind him, feeling depressed.

"What's the crime of raising chickens?"

Zhao Shu smiled, and the man choked and said, "The villain sold chickens and chickens in private."

"Sold to people around you." Zhao Xu added.

Zhao Shu's face turned slightly dark and asked, "These chickens look good, so it's not cheap to feed them."

He was looking for reasons for the man, otherwise he would have to let someone deal with the man later in front of everyone.

There are so many chickens! Here we can catch up with chicken sellers in Bianliang City, and it is not wrong to say that they are businessmen.

The man looked up, "The villain...the villain...is not afraid to say it."

Zhao Shu snorted coldly, and the man knew that this was a noble man, so he lowered his head and said, "The villain uses... to use maggots."

Zhao Shu's throat surging a few times, feeling that he would not have to eat today.

"Raising chickens with maggots! Can they be eaten?"

Zhao Shu looked at the man and his throat surged a few times.

The man felt something was wrong, and he was very eager to survive and quickly explained: "There are also the earth dragons. The chickens raised are fat and the eggs are durable. The villain's family eats them all. It's okay, it's okay."

Earth dragons are earthworms.

Zhao Shu closed his eyes and just imagined it and felt disgusting.

"Dad, his maggots are not from the cesspool."

Zhao Xu also retching for a moment, "Come here."

He took Zhao Shu to an outside of a room next to him, pushed open the door, and a strange smell came.

There were a lot of things piled up inside, and it was stuffy.

"That's rice bran? And cow dung? And chicken feathers...a lot of things."

"The child asked someone to come and check his house and found these." Zhao Xu said his arrangement, indicating that this was not arranged in advance, and then turned around and said, "Qiao Er went in and dig it open."

Qiao Er, who followed him, felt that this was his chance to show his performance. He excitedly took the feces fork and digged the pile of things according to Zhao Xu's instructions.

In an instant, countless dense maggots came into view, rolling down along, rolling onto Qiao Er's upper and calf.

"ah……"

The patient with intensive illness, Qiao Er ran out screaming and jumped wildly beside the chicken cage.

"Dad, what do you think of such a cheap way to raise chickens?"

Zhao Shu slowly turned around, the chickens were croaking, with hay piled under the cage, and eggs and chicken shit fell below, looking particularly harmonious.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Zhao Shu's mind.

Zhao Shu was muddy, and then slowly walked out. When he walked outside the door, he ordered: "Buy a few chickens for him and buy some chickens."

Zhao Shu was silent on the way back to the city. After entering the palace, he went directly to find his ancestors to speak.

Gao Taotao was worried, but he was not qualified to go there to wait.

"Why are you going to depose Dalang's prince?"

She was a little nervous.

The tablets in the hall are lurking, and only the incense is vague.

"...The eyes of those people were full of hope. I was panicked when I saw it, for some reason."

“…”

He said it for a long time until late at night. Then he asked someone to cook with chicken and chicken, and ate it alone.

At the next day's small court meeting, Zhao Shu suddenly mentioned the people's taxes.

"The people are suffering. I went to the village outside the city to check yesterday. It's really hard."

Zhao Shu's words made Han Qi and others have to apologize.

"In order to save food, they lay down without any trouble, saying that they were so hungry. I feel guilty."

Zhao Shu's words made the prime ministers lower their heads.

"Have you ever heard of using maggots and earth dragons to raise chickens?"

This question is like a flying fairy outside the sky. Han Qi said in wonder: "How can maggots raise chickens? The toilet...it's hard to describe!"

He felt that catching maggots from the toilet and feeding chickens would take great courage.

"No, it was the maggots I made myself." Zhao Shu thought of the pile of maggots yesterday and couldn't help but retching. "Someone used cow dung, rice bran and other items to feed chickens. Those chickens were fat and lay eggs frequently."

"Huh!" Zeng Gongliang smiled and said, "Can you think of such a way?"
To be continued...