Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Chapter 308: Solution

When the younger one started crying, Yao Zhi would definitely take care of the younger one first. The younger one had just been born, and the slightest setback would cost her life. Ye Shuo hurried to comfort the older one.

Ye Shuo didn’t expect this scene.

In fact, when you think about it, how could everything go as smoothly as he imagined?

But the days still passed by in this situation.

Even if Prime Minister He cannot accept such a result, he still has to accept it. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be irresponsible? Moreover, with the emperor’s temper, the chances of him giving in in the future are slim.

Just like that, while He Xiang and the others were disheartened and Ye Shuo treated everything as normal, the mid-season and late-season rice were harvested one after another.

To be honest, the taste of Lucheng rice is not good, it is even very rough, but it can keep people alive, so it is a good thing for them.

It seems that two harvests a year is still a conservative estimate. The southernmost part can even achieve three harvests a year, and the data reported by the people below are also very encouraging. If this trend continues, the population lost by the Great Zhou Dynasty will not only be made up, but may even increase. After all, in the previous life of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhenzong relied on this thing to make the population of the entire Song Dynasty exceed 100 million.

Look at how many people there are in Da Zhou. It’s only 30 million, and there will be more to come in the future.

When An Ning was half a year old, the second year of Yongxi had just passed. In the following one or two months, the household registration statistics were reported one after another.

Not many new babies were born this year, which is very reasonable if you think about it carefully. After such a great disaster last year, it would be very difficult to recover in a short time. Just wait another one or two years, and everything will be fine.

Then there is the issue of the sales of glass products, white wine, sugar and soap.

Glass products were very popular among the nobles of the two countries, as was white sugar. The nobles of the two countries had never seen something so clean and sweet, and they did not know how to make it for the time being, so this gave the Great Zhou a lot of room to raise the price, and naturally made a fortune in the end.

As for soap and liquor, as expected, liquor was more circulated in Beiting. Moreover, another winter had passed. More than 70% of the liquor was bought by Beiting, and the remaining 30% was shared with Chen State.

As for soap, there was little water in Beiting and the water resources were not abundant. There was not even enough for people to drink, let alone wash hands and take a bath, so few people used it. On the contrary, Chen State had many mountains and abundant water, so most of the people bought it.

What Ye Shuo also didn’t expect was that the purchasing power of their Great Zhou was not much different. The common people below became hungry and homeless because of a plague, and although the noble families, officials and wealthy businessmen above also died, they were not seriously injured, and most of their assets were successfully retained.

Looking at the numbers in front of him, Ye Shuo was both surprised and happy, so he allocated a part of it for the infrastructure construction of the Great Zhou, the most important of which was roads, and another part was allocated to the army.

Now that the food in the Great Zhou Dynasty is finally sufficient, although it cannot be fully implemented, at least they can train a special forces team like the one in Lucheng.

When An Ning was one year old, the city of Shangjing had changed a lot.

Although the bluestone roads of the past were good, they were not as smooth as cement roads, not to mention dirt roads.

Ye Shuo specially picked a sunny day and took Yao Zhi and Ding Ning out of the imperial city. An Ning was still young and not easy to take out. The training of the secret guards happened to come to an end temporarily, and Wu Yi had nothing to do recently, so Ye Shuo handed An Ning over to him.

Ignoring Wu Yi’s eyes that were about to collapse, Ye Shuo and Yao Zhi took their men on horseback and left Shangjing.

As for his mother, she had just gone out a few days ago. Ye Shuo asked about it, and Queen Mother Wei said she will not go.

Ye Shuo vaguely felt that his mother’s mentality had changed. Compared to him and his sibling, his mother now seemed more willing to be close to the beautiful woman.

That’s right. He had to go to court and handle government affairs every day, so there was not much time left for his mother. The same went for Jianjian. She spent the whole day in the Supervisory Office. I heard that she was busy catching spies recently and was working very hard. She didn’t have much time to accompany Queen Mother Wei.

“Luckily I have you, otherwise I would really be bored to death in this palace.” All of them are ungrateful little wolves. Now that they have grown up and have strong wings, they want to fly away. They are all unreliable. Only the sisters I met later can have a say.

After Ye Shuo left, Queen Mother Wei couldn’t help but complain.

At first, the beautiful woman was only doing it out of consideration for her apprentice. Plus, the Queen Mother Wei couldn’t carry anything, so she couldn’t help but take care of her a little. After a long time, the beautiful woman got used to it.

Although Queen Mother Wei was a little pampered, she was not annoying.

Therefore, the beautiful woman did not hesitate, and bowed, saying: “As long as the Queen Mother does not mind, I am willing to stay by her side forever.”

The other side.

He Xiang and his companions soon received the news that Ye Shuo and Yao Zhi had left Beijing together. Their first reaction was: they had to catch up with them quickly, otherwise they would run away again.

Later, I heard that Princess An Ning was still in the palace, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if they wanted to flee, they wouldn’t abandon the little princess, right? The emperor and empress wouldn’t… do that, right?

Finally, to be on the safe side, Prince Su and Prince Jin sent people to the city gate of Shangjing City to inquire more and count the time to see when the two would return.??

At the same time, Ye Shuo had heard that the road between Shangjing and the nearest city had been repaired two months ago, and he came here today specifically to see it.

After all, Shangjing is the capital of the Zhou Dynasty. No matter what policy is implemented, Shangjing and its surrounding areas will be the first to respond.

The muddy roads in the countryside may not be able to realise such a luxurious wish for the time being, but the official road must be repaired first.

Along the way, Ye Shuo saw not only cement roads, but also farmlands on both sides. Most of them were arable land, with occasional small amounts of vegetables interspersed among them. Each one was growing lushly. Judging from the leaves, the number of pests and diseases should have been reduced a lot compared to before.

Although vegetables nowadays cannot be transported over long distances, people can still eat them themselves, or sell them at nearby markets, which can also replace part of the grain.

From a distance, Ye Shuo could still hear the discussions of the old farmers around him.

“You know what, this method taught by the emperor really works.”

When the soldiers first arrived, the people refused to agree to have their own vegetable seedlings cut. But as long as they targeted one family and let the others see the effect, the vegetables would grow well, and word would spread from one person to ten people, and from ten to a hundred people. Without much effort, the rest of the people would take action spontaneously.

Although those who came to provide guidance suffered a lot during this process, there were also benefits. When more than half of the people adopted this method, the court would issue rewards, so it was quite worthwhile.

Ye Shuo and Yao Zhi ran all the way until another city appeared in front of them. Noticing that there were almost no traces left along the way, Ye Shuo knew that the strength of the cement was good, and the people under him did not dare to mess around.

Ye Shuo was unable to inspect the remaining states personally, so he could only rely on Yao Zhi.

“Don’t worry, I will pass the news to my friends in the martial arts world when the time comes.” Yao Zhi’s friends in the martial arts world may change, but there will always be loyal and righteous people in the martial arts world.

Ye Shuo was silent for a moment, and as if making a promise, he said: “When we accomplish great things in the future, they will also be heroes.”

Ye Shuo didn’t know whether this could be considered a civilian inspection team. In any case, the presence of these people from the martial arts world made Ye Shuo’s ears and eyes much more sensitive than those of an ordinary emperor.

Not long after, a lot of news came from the public.

In the blink of an eye, another year passed. In the third year of Yongxi, as Ye Shuo had expected, after the plague, the population of the Great Zhou suddenly skyrocketed with sufficient food. In just one year, according to household registration, the Great Zhou had almost two million more people.

In the fourth year of Yongxi, Ye Shuo’s third daughter, Yongning, was born. At this moment, He Xiang and the others were not just looking unhappy, they were almost in despair.

In the spring of the fourth year of Yongxi, after the two-and-a-half-year-old Second Princess An Ning fluently recited the Thousand Character Classic, Lord Cen discovered that the usually lazy First Princess suddenly became a different person. She was now willing to listen to what he had never listened to before.

“Teacher, I was reckless and ignorant before. I hope you can forgive me.”

Looking at the well-behaved little princess in front of him, Lord Cen’s eyes almost popped out.

Not to mention Lord Cen, when Ye Shuo returned and saw his eldest daughter bending over the desk, practising calligraphy diligently, he was also stunned.

Yongning is too young to be seen, and Anning hasn’t started school yet so it doesn’t count. Ye Shuo thought that the eldest daughter would be the one who looks most like him, but…it doesn’t seem to be the case…

In the autumn of the fourth year of Yongxi, one morning at court, General Wei, who was far away at the border, sent a message:

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“Your Majesty, seven days ago, an earthquake occurred in the Kingdom of Chen, which caused a landslide. According to the information sent by the spies, the impact was widespread.”

A few days later, General Xu and General Fang at the border also sent news that Beiting had experienced a drought this year and the harvest seemed to be not very good. Although they would not starve to death, they would definitely not have enough to eat.

Now the situation has changed and it is finally their turn.

Thinking back on the changes that had taken place in the Great Zhou over the past four or nearly five years, Ye Shuo felt that the time was about right.

But if he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to send troops, he may need to resolve one thing.

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but look at He Xiang and others.