Chapter 796 Imperial Plantations

Chapter 796: Imperial Plantations Chapter 796: Imperial Plantations Editor: Atlas Studios Fan Zijin was stunned for a moment before he understood.

Putting aside the cattle farm, the nursery had a huge impact.

This was an organization that gained them great favor with the commoners.

Over the years, the nursery no longer only accepted orphans from the common people; there were also the orphans of the soldiers who had died in battle.

The nursery would also specially allocate a portion of money to raise and educate them.

In addition, his workshop under the 5th Division made Qi Xiuyuan’s original subordinates and the soldiers who subsequently came to him extremely loyal towards him.

When Qi Xiuyuan led his troops south, he’d only left one army to defend the north.

Why wasn’t he worried at all?

It was largely due to the nursery and rabbit meat workshop.

At that time, the nursery had developed to a certain scale after a few years.

Mu Yangling began to distribute 40% of the operating income of the nursery to take care of the orphans of the fallen soldiers in the army.

In addition, the rabbit meat workshop employed all the veterans and disabled soldiers, making Qi Xiuyuan’s subordinates who conquered the country with him very loyal to him.

In addition, the boundary between the military and political sides was becoming less and less obvious.

As Qi Xiuyuan’s influence in the north increased, his reputation had also soared.

That was why he’d dared to let go and head south to snatch the throne instead of continuing to stay in the north.

In the past few years, the nursery had grown bigger and bigger, but its reputation was not only limited to the Mu family.

This was because everyone knew that although the nursery was run by a girl from the Mu family, she had long married into the Qi family and this was a dowry she’d brought with her into the marriage.

In addition, the nursery had always been protected by the army, so when the commoners mentioned the nursery, they always expressed gratitude towards the Mu family, Mu Yangling, General Qi, and the Emperor in general.

At this moment, if the nursery was officially held under the royal family, the commoners would only thank the royal family and Mu Yangling who managed this place, and stop mentioning the Mu family.

Qi Xiuyuan said, “The magistrates of Xingzhou Prefecture and Jingzhao Prefecture once looked for Mu Bowen, wanting him to open the nursery in those two prefectures, but he couldn’t make the decision on this matter.

Ah Ling was also worried about letting the Mu family handle this, so she kept rejecting it.

If the nursery was held under the royal family’s name, she wouldn’t have these concerns.

Try to choose from the Imperial Plantations near the capital.

The couple seems to have a lot of assets, but not much goes into their pockets every year…” At this point, Qi Xiuyuan sighed slightly and said, “You guys haven’t had any private savings in the past few years.” Fan Zijin said with a cheeky smile, “When the people can live in peace, I’m sure you won’t mistreat us.” “That might not be the case.” Qi Xiuyuan said with a straight face, “Maybe I’ll be petty and leave nothing for you.” “Then when the time comes, Haoran and I will move into the palace with our entire family, and sponge off you.

That way, we’ll be able to save up some money.” Fan Zijin said jokingly with a serious face.

Fan Zijin was in charge of the Emperor’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.

There were only three masters living in the palace now, so the expenditure was not high.

In the previous dynasty, Emperor Jingyan and the aristocratic families had bought up a lot of land.

Although Qi Xiuyuan released a batch of land after he ascended the throne, he still had countless Imperial Plantation farms under his name.

Thinking that Haoran indeed did not have much money, although this was Mu Yangling’s dowry, the money would ultimately end up in Qi Haoran and Little Bear’s pockets.

Hence, Fan Zijin carefully chose three top-notch plantations for them and wrote down the details of each plantation.

She asked someone to send them over so that they could choose two out of these three.

When Qi Haoran saw the geographical location and fertility of the three plantations, he was secretly speechless.

He said, “Zijin has picked out the three of the best Imperial Plantations, right?

Is he not afraid that the seniors in the clan will go to him to protest?” As an Imperial Plantation, it was naturally quite sizable—the smallest one of the three was already 68 hectares.

Also, the geographical location was excellent.

In addition, it was not given to them as an Imperial Plantation, but given to Mu Yangling as an exchange.

In other words, these plantations could be freely sold.

As Qi Haoran drooled at the three plantations, he leaned over to his wife and asked, “Which two do you want to choose?

I think all three are good.” Frowning, Mu Yangling said, “Why are they all in Jiangnan?” “Zijin specially chose them for us.” Qi Haoran looked at his wife and said, “Don’t tell me that you don’t like the land in Jiangnan.

One acre of high-grade land here is worth two acres of high-grade land in the north.” “Jiangnan is great, but this is too eye-catching.” Mu Yangling said in a low voice, “Big Brother naturally won’t say anything, I’m just afraid that the seniors of the Qi clan will go to Zijin to protest.

We shouldn’t make things difficult for him.” “Then we’ll just choose one, as long as you don’t think it’s a loss.” “Jiangnan isn’t the only place with Imperial Plantations.

There are many other places.” Mu Yangling said, “We’ll choose the smallest one in Jiangnan and get Zijin to choose a bigger Imperial Plantation for us in Baoding.” Qi Haoran glanced at Mu Yangling and hugged her in his arms, then asked in a low voice, “You know that Big Brother wants to move the capital?” Mu Yangling widened her eyes and exclaimed in surprise.

Qi Haoran hurriedly covered her mouth and whispered, “Forget it.

One look and I can tell that you have no idea.” Mu Yangling hugged his neck and asked, “Big Brother wants to move the capital?

Where to?” Qi Haoran snorted and said, “When we reclaim our homeland, we’ll move the capital back to Chang’an.

That place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, making it a natural choice for a capital.” Mu Yangling frowned.

“No matter how difficult it is to attack, didn’t the Jin soldiers succeed in attacking?

Moreover, the economy there is fully-saturated.

If we move back, with so many people migrating back with us, it will become densely populated again.

We might as well stay in Jiangnan.” “However, the capital is located in the south, but the danger is in the west and north.

If we’re content to exercise sovereignty over only a part of the country, it’s not ideal for the advancement of our descendants.” Mu Yangling’s heart skipped a beat.

“But you don’t have to choose Chang’an.

There are many suitable regions in the north.” Seeing Qi Haoran’s frown, Mu Yangling said, “Since there’s plenty of territory to be reclaimed, it’s too early to discuss all this.

It’s better for you to focus on training your troops and taking back your homeland.” “I didn’t plan to discuss it now.

I only mentioned it because you suddenly wanted an Imperial Plantation in Baoding.” “I chose Baoding because it’s vast and sparsely populated.

Moreover, the water and soil there are not bad.

And since the value of the Imperial Plantation isn’t high, even if I choose the largest Imperial Plantation in Baoding, no one will say anything.” A little further up from Baoding would be the regions occupied by the Jin people, and that was why the value of the Imperial Plantations there was not high.

Even the planting rate in the Imperial Plantations there was not high.

“Baoding is General Yuan’s territory.

With him around, we won’t have to worry about the Jin people invading.

When the time comes, we can just transfer some manpower over and we won’t have to worry about the farming.” Qi Haoran thought about it and nodded.

“Alright, then we’ll choose a larger Imperial Plantation in Baoding.” Qi Haoran wrote a letter to Fan Zijin.

At this moment, Fan Zijin was being accosted at home by the patriarch of the Qi clan.

Fan Zijin was in charge of the Emperor’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he didn’t personally handle everything.

There were other people working under him, and most of these people were Qi Xiuyuan’s trusted aides, such as Steward Zhu.

Those were once servants of the Qi family.

Now that Qi Xiuyuan was the Emperor, they naturally became officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Other than them, there were only the children of the Qi clan.

If they didn’t have the ability to enter government service based on their own merits, they could only work as officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and help the Emperor manage the farms, shops, and other businesses.

Therefore, the patriarch of the Qi clan quickly found out that Fan Zijin had taken away the documents and title deeds of those three Imperial Plantations.

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