Chapter 277
Madam Lu looked at them helplessly and said, "The war has just ended, and people's livelihood cannot be restored overnight. It will take time for the crops to grow in this field."

"The yield per mu is still so low, and crop rotation is still needed." Ye Sanniang felt a headache when she thought about it, "I still can't get enough to eat, how can I raise a child after giving birth? The most important thing is to keep giving birth. Having a child is very harmful to the mother."

There is no contraception, no entertainment, and it’s dark, so why not just make a baby?

"Uh..." Mr. Lu thought for a while and said, "The court has put a lot of effort into restoring people's livelihood."

"I know." Ye Sanniang hurriedly said, "I don't mean to complain, I'm just stating the facts."

After thinking about it seriously, he said, "Actually, the Song Dynasty did not raise money. In addition to the per capita tax, there is also the fact that the Song Dynasty had only half of the country and the grain yield was low. In exchange for peace. This person is born in a litter like a rabbit, with more people and less land, and the yield per mu is low, so the contradiction between man and land is very sharp."

"Yeah!" Mrs. Lu nodded repeatedly, "The failure to raise children mainly happened during the Song Huizong period. At this time, the Song Dynasty, which did not restrain land annexation, was already too concentrated in land. The population of the Song Dynasty grew too fast. Farmers have no land to grow."

Ye Sanniang looked at them with eyes as black as ink, and said, "Although the handicraft industry was developed in the Song Dynasty, it couldn't absorb so many people. So it became a big problem not being able to support a child. This child has to open his mouth to eat, If there is no food in the family, they have to throw it away. The Song Dynasty only collected taxes for people, and they couldn’t get enough to eat. How could they pay the taxes. Song Huizong didn’t care about the life and death of the people, but only collected taxes. Until the people couldn’t survive, then... …”

"That's all, let's rise up! It's almost the same in the last years of the dynasty." Master Lu nodded sharply.

"Land annexation is serious. People don't have their own land, and they can't solve their own food and clothing. Moreover, all the necessities of life are controlled by the court, and the price has increased by dozens or even hundreds of times." Ye Sanniang suddenly braked, "You know gone."

"What's the result?" Master Lu was very excited!Suddenly broke, asked subconsciously.

Mrs. Lu pointed Ye Sanniang, a clever ghost, with her index finger, and said with a slight smile, "I've agreed, but the result is that as long as you rebel, you will be recruited and arrested. Your former partner has become an enemy. You want to make meritorious service on the battlefield, but you are not allowed to practice Spears and sticks, joining the army is almost always to die. After finally making a name for himself, he was asked to kill him if he found out that he didn't agree with him. General Yue was killed by trumped-up charges."

"I want to go to sea to make a living. For example, there are so many people in southern Fujian, and there is very little arable land. I found that private people are not allowed to go to sea. The imperial court has already banned sea." Ye Sanniang patted the child gently, looked up at them and said, "Then why do you have children? ? Let them continue to endure the disaster? May I ask what to feed the children after they are born, and how to feed them?"

"I remember that maritime trade was very prosperous in the Song Dynasty, and only during large-scale wars were there sea bans." Mrs. Lu looked at her and said.

"Whoever can go to sea has some wealth, I'm talking about ordinary fishermen." Ye Sanniang said looking at them with deep and bright eyes.

"After all, we still have to solve the problem of eating?" Master Lu said in a straight line.

"En!" Ye Sanniang nodded.

"This is your duty, magistrate. Now let's talk about the imminent issue of abandoned babies." Mrs. Lu looked at him with staring eyes and said, "Continue with Dongpo Layman's Save the Children."

"How to do it specifically?" Master Lu looked at his wife with clear eyes and humbly asked for advice.

Mrs. Lu looked at him with staring eyes and said slowly but forcefully, "Master Su's suggestion that day was to act both softly and hard. On the soft side, he suggested that the eunuch Chu persuade Mi to adopt orphans - this is because some people really They are extremely poor and have no way to support more children, so the government is responsible for adopting them."

"The hard side is that the government came forward to punish the parents who abandoned them." Lord Lu clasped his fists and said murderously, "I will take good care of them."

"Yes!" Mrs. Lu looked at him with apricot eyes and said, "Those who knowingly and intentionally kill their children and grandchildren will be sentenced to two years in prison, and rewards will be given to those who take the initiative to report. If the crime is verified, the property will be rewarded. Then post a notice on the corresponding record and spread the word.”

"No, no, the abandoned ones are all in remote areas, they can't read, and they rarely go to the city, so tell them with drums and gongs." Master Lu said immediately after hearing the words, "Don't end up giving the whole house the unknown. Not guilty." After thinking for a while, "It seems that this report is not good enough to obtain property from the relevant parties. Most of them abandoned it because they were poor. This reward has to be rewarded by the government."

"Master Zhifu, your government is not rich!" Mrs. Lu reminded him kindly.

"The magistrate's yamen is not rich, but there are so many benevolent people in this city!" Master Lu smiled and said, "Let's take the lead in donating money and goods!"

Ye Sanniang lowered her head when she heard the words, pursing her lips and snickering.

"Save the Children's Society is organized like this. It invites an upright and kind person to be the president, and invites a monk to do some accounting and other things. Asking for donations from the rich, the bottom line is to donate ten yuan a year, and donate more. It's okay." Madam Lu looked at him with shining eyes and said, "Then they use these to coordinate the overall situation, buy food and cloth, so that the baby will not have to worry about food and clothing."

"Just in case, it will take a month, or three months, to release the account book!" Ye Sanniang looked at them coldly and said, "We can't let everyone's kindness be taken away by someone with a heart, and everyone's kindness will be chilled."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" Madam Lu said as she looked at her with staring eyes.

"Not only do you have to worry about food and clothing, but you also need to take on the responsibility of raising children. Children need education, and if you can't raise them without teaching them, teach them to read and practice martial arts." Ye Sanniang took the opportunity to say with black eyes flashing.

"These are all baby girls! Studying and practicing martial arts?" Master Lu immediately interrupted her when he heard this, Sanniang Ye is very 'selfish'!

"Girls study and don't take the imperial examination. They can understand the notices posted by the government, so that the children can feel the emperor's grace physically and mentally!" Ye Sanniang said sincerely, looking at Master Lu with clear and bright eyes.

Master Lu and Mrs. Lu met each other's eyes and looked at each other. This Ye Sanniang really convinced her, the emperor's kindness came out, and at the same time, she felt her painstaking efforts for the children.

With these four words pressed, the resistance will be very small!

(End of this chapter)

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