Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

He survives entirely by borrowing money from old friends.

The servant is far away in Yanjing, and his fate is unknown.

"My lord, shall we ride in a sedan chair?"

As soon as Lü Yihao stepped out of the alley, he heard a sedan chair carrier loudly soliciting customers.

That was a small sedan chair carried by two people.

The sedan chair was quite shabby.

I don't know where they got the wood from.

I had the carpenter make one casually.

They dared to go out and do business after draping some cloth over themselves as decorations.

"How much does it cost to get to Donghuamen?" Lü Yihao asked.

The sedan chair carrier replied, "Twenty coins."

"So expensive?"

Lü Yihao felt like he was being ripped off.

He didn't care about this amount of money before.

But lately I'm really short of money.

The sedan chair carriers said, "Except for the fact that grain prices have been suppressed by the government and haven't risen,"

"The prices of everything else have gone up significantly."

"Oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, charcoal—everything is expensive,"

"Even a sedan chair carrier only gets a few passengers a day,"

"If we don't raise prices accordingly,"

"How can we possibly survive?"

Lü Yihao thought about it and realized it made sense.

So he got into the sedan chair.

Enclosed space,

It made him extremely awkward.

Like a monkey locked in a cage.

Not long after,

Suddenly, light snow began to fall from the sky.

The two sedan chair carriers started chatting about the weather.

I hope this winter won't be too cold.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to afford the heating costs of buying charcoal.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

An official rode by at a slow gallop, shouting along the street.

"Thirty-two coal-carrying boats entered the capital,"

"Lord Zhu ordered the charcoal merchants to sell at a fixed price."

“Starting tomorrow, there’s no need to worry about running out of charcoal,”

"Don't scramble for charcoal while queuing!"

Chapter 1644 Coal

The street quickly became noisy.

Lü Yihao lifted the sedan curtain,

But many people were cheering.

The two sedan chair carriers were also in a good mood.

They seemed to have even more strength to carry the sedan chair.

"The coal has finally arrived!"

"Those few ships we used last time weren't enough."

"It's good that you're here, otherwise we wouldn't even be able to afford charcoal."

"We'll have to chop up the door to cook rice again."

"Things will go smoothly once we get through this year."

"The tyrannical ruler has fled to the southeast,"

"Next year, Zhu Xiangong will be emperor,"

"Life will definitely be better than before."

"I heard before that your brother-in-law signed up to go out of town to farm,"

"His ancestors all lived in the city,"

Do you know how to hold a hoe?

"Didn't you see the notice?"

"Lord Zhu will arrange for officials to encourage agriculture,"

"You can also learn from the refugees,"

"Anyway, we definitely won't starve to death."

"I'm even thinking of going back to farming,"

"As long as they're willing to move to the countryside,"

"Once you go, you'll be allocated a few acres of land."

"..."

Lü Yihao listened to the conversation between the two sedan chair bearers.

He knew how those lands came to be.

The imperial estates created by the land requisitioned in the western city.

Private estates owned by the chief eunuchs

The estates accumulated by royalty and nobles

The temple lands of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples... were confiscated and redistributed in large quantities.

The tenants who cultivate those lands,

They have priority in obtaining land allocation rights.

However, due to war and famine,

Many tenants have fled.

Therefore, it is necessary to arrange for displaced people to cultivate the land.

Former Song soldiers who were forcibly discharged by Zhao Yuan

They can also be allocated some land.

Finally, it encourages the unemployed in Tokyo.

Let them go to the countryside to learn how to farm.

Of these, only veterans received land without compensation.

The rest of the people all purchased their land on credit.

Their seeds, farm tools, and land

All were obtained on credit.

The loan will be repaid in installments after the grain harvest each year.

Interest-free, low price, and even tax reductions during years of disaster.

Basically, ten years of hard work in farming,

That way, all the debts can be paid off.

At that time, the land will belong entirely to you.

The reason why the Zhu family father and son did this was

It wasn't because I was greedy for that little bit of money.

It was to maintain the soldiers' mental balance.

They fought desperately to earn their land.

Why should ordinary people be able to give things away for free?

Lü Yihao closed his eyes to rest inside the sedan chair.

I do not know how long it has been,

The sedan chair landed gently, and the sedan bearers called out, "Sir, we have arrived at Donghua Gate."

Lu Yihao crawled out to pay the bill.

Arrived outside Donghua Gate.

The gatekeeper shouted, "Show your identification badge!"

Lü Yihao took out a blank wooden sign.

These wooden signs have been distributed in large quantities recently.

It bears the insignia of the Grand Marshal's Mansion.

It was a certificate specifically issued to officials without disciplinary records during the old Song Dynasty.

"I hope Mr. Lü is well!"

A young official in his thirties bowed.

Lü Yihao turned and returned the greeting: "May I ask your honorable name?"

The young official said, "Chen Shiyin, former Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue during the Song Dynasty."

"So it's Officer Chen."

Lu Yihao exchanged casual pleasantries.

He didn't know this kind of minor official at all.

Although this official position is not insignificant.

Chen Shiyin only offered a perfunctory greeting, and he still looked down on Lü Yihao.

Decades ago, his ancestors moved to Yingchuan and settled there.

Although I don't contact the main branch much

But the family tree definitely matches.

With continued connections, he will surely be given an important position.

As the two were talking, another sedan chair arrived.

A man of about fifty years old emerged.

This person's name is Su Ye.

Originally the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites

He took the initiative to bow and greet them.