After being expelled from the mansion, I changed the dynasty by writing novels.

Chapter 259 Guests

In an instant, the cuisine of Jin Kingdom flourished, and many people began to create a variety of delicious dishes.

Several restaurants have opened even at the border. The chefs in these restaurants are very creative and make innovative and delicious food. Ye Yuwu spends her days wandering among various restaurants with Huaping, enjoying the food.

The owners of these restaurants all knew that Ye Yuwu was the manager of a bookstore, and that all of Mr. Wuming's storybooks passed through her hands.

So they treated her with great hospitality, hoping she would speak well of them to Mr. Wuming, and perhaps even get some recipes for delicious food.

Wang Xiu brought his wife to Youzhou.

She held her belly, stunned by the prosperity of Youzhou City.

Wang Xiu explained to her, "There were very few people on the streets of Youzhou before, and this was all thanks to Lord Ye and General Su. Lord Ye specially planned this street as a market, and many people come here to do business."

What Wang Xiu said was true. These merchants originally looked down on doing business in the border region. After all, their impression of this place was that it had nothing, and the climate was cold and arid. The people here were so poor that they couldn't afford to eat. Wouldn't doing business in Youzhou be like doing charity?

However, due to "ignorance," the bookstores also rose in price. In order to curry favor with Ye Yuwu, when these people heard that Ye Yuwu had planned a market and invited these wealthy merchants to enter the market, even though it seemed like a losing business, they thought it was a "gift" to do business in the market because Ye Yuwu was the matchmaker and they wanted to get along with her.

Therefore, we can see that this market town in Youzhou is very prosperous today.

Of course, these businessmen who originally thought their business would lose money did not expect that things would change in just one month.

Since the farmers in the border region sold their sesame seeds to the government, the government has been recruiting merchants from all over the country to buy oil from the border region.

Furthermore, these merchants made a fortune by selling sesame oil throughout the country. The money earned by the government was enough to make up for the two years of corvée labor that had been reduced for the farmers. As long as they continued to sell in the following year, they could earn back the two years' worth of state treasury silver.

This move attracted the attention of many merchants, and everyone wanted to make a fortune from it. As a result, many caravans rushed to the border to purchase large quantities of oil. The arrival of so many caravans also contributed to the prosperity and development of this market.

Especially taverns and post stations.

Many merchants came to the border, and the commercial street that Ye Yuwu had planned came in handy. There wasn't even a post station at the border before, but two post stations opened on this street.

It was all thanks to Ye Yuwu's foresight and the money he spent to build it. Hua Ping didn't understand before that such a desolate street, a place where no outsiders came, would be a losing proposition even for a single post station, let alone two!

Only now does Huaping realize the girl's foresight.

The sudden arrival of so many merchants at the post station was not only due to their interest in the prospects of sesame oil, but also because of orders from the imperial court.

Wang Xiu took his wife for a stroll around the city and bought her many things.

Then he took her to a village in the suburbs.

The people here are very hospitable; they greet everyone they meet.

Wang Xiu's mother was initially a little uneasy, but she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw their house in the village.

Wang Xiu had renovated the house again with his wife's permission, and it was much better than the drafty house they had in Mizhou before.

The surrounding houses were also better than those in the village where she had lived before.

Only then did she feel a little more at ease, and she planned to stay here and prepare for a future relationship.

During the past few days of rest in the fields, Wang Xiu returned not long ago and planned to do some carpentry to supplement the family income. After all, there were too many places to spend money after the birth of the child. Although he had worked diligently in the fields for the past year and earned a lot of money, he still felt it was not enough. He wanted to give his wife and unborn child the best life.

Wang Xiu had been doing carpentry work for a few days when the village chief suddenly summoned her to his house.

Before even entering the house, I spotted several familiar figures.

"Wang Lin... Aunt Wang!" Wang Xiu looked at them in surprise, while Wang Lin and the others were also looking at him.

Both sides looked excited.

Later, the village chief was the first to stand up and speak.

“They said their surname was Wang and they were from Wangjia Village. I guessed you two knew each other, and sure enough, when I asked, it was true. That’s why I called you over.”

Then the village chief said that many people came from other states this time. Wang Lin and several farmers from other villages were assigned to their village by the government to cultivate the land. Since Wang Xiu was familiar with them, he was asked to help them settle down.

Wang Xiu agreed and happily led the families along the country lane.

"My goodness! There's so much land here! And the houses must be built with bricks and tiles!" Only relatively wealthy people could afford to build houses with bricks and tiles.

Even Wang Lin's village was almost entirely covered with thatch and mud. When the wind and sand in the border region were strong, the thatch would be blown away.

It was after seeing these houses that Wang Lin felt fortunate that his decision to bring his family along was the right one.

Not only Wang Lin, but these families also realized that their eyes couldn't take it all in after arriving in Youzhou. Everyone was glad that they had come here, and that it wasn't too late.

Wang Xiu quickly settled them in.

Newly arrived farmers usually live in thatched huts first, and then build new houses when they have money the following year.

As soon as Wang Xiuyi left, Wang Lin's father and two younger brothers came over to talk to him.

"Lin'er, Youzhou is much more prosperous than Mizhou! You have no idea what I saw when I entered the city. It was full of flowers and brocade. Luckily, we listened to you and came here."

The faces of the group were also filled with excitement.

"We must put down roots here!"

It wasn't just this village that brought many new families to the border region; several other villages also saw a significant influx of people.

Before the spring planting season, these people had completely renovated that desolate area to the west.

Facing the loess soil and turning their backs to the sky, they wait for the spring planting season so that they can grow more grain.

Before spring plowing, the government distributed the potatoes they had prepared to them.

Almost every household in the border region grows potatoes.

Potatoes also experienced an explosive growth, and it wasn't long before the people in the border region were able to have enough to eat.

Potatoes are perfect for growing on the border, directly solving the problem of hunger among the people.

Before long, potatoes were also planted in several other prefectures along the border.

Ye Yuwu's proposed equal-field system was successfully implemented on the border, which gave the emperor in Bianjing hope.

So he wanted to implement this law in other prefectures of Jin Kingdom, but he was met with strong opposition from the powerful and noble people. Every day, people submitted memorials, and the emperor was overwhelmed by the thick stack of petitions. His temper became increasingly bad.

Despite the strong objections from nobles and officials, the equal-field system could not be implemented anywhere except in border areas.

His Highness the Crown Prince then personally requested permission to travel to various prefectures and counties to implement this policy.

The emperor was overjoyed and granted his request.

So His Highness the Crown Prince began his journey to persuade the prefectures and counties.