Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

"How can this be……"

Seeing several young men dressed as government officials not far from the village entrance, Yue Qingqing was stunned for a moment.

But Brother Dadong was not going to let her go. He pointed at the young people and said with a proud look on his face: "Have you seen those adults? Look at those official robes and hats. Are they majestic or not?! They are the ones sent by Mr. Lu to wait for us to get our brother back. They are serious court officials! You don’t think they can be hired by ordinary people like us, do you?”

No matter how illiterate you are in the law, you still know that ordinary people must not wear official robes or clothes similar to official robes, not even when singing, otherwise it will be an absolute death penalty.

There is no fool in this world who would risk his life to wear official robes for a while.

Therefore, there is no need to doubt the identities of those people.

Realizing this, Yue Qingqing felt his eyes darken and his body gradually began to weaken.

In her mind, she finally realized clearly that the Chu whom she looked down on, that poor boy who logically had no chance of becoming an official, was very likely to be attracted by the high-ranking official named Lu.

It’s going to be developed!

And...the carboniferous thing is very likely to be true!

She had heard from Yue Dashan that after the Chu family moved to Black Mountain, they were allocated a full seventy acres of land!

Before, she laughed at the Chu family as being worthless, but now...

Fifty coins a stone!

Even if Chu was not favored by the big shots, the coal in the ground alone would be enough for Chu to live in fine clothing and food for a lifetime and leave a fortune to his descendants!

Thinking of this, she almost felt ashamed.

I even thought to myself, why did the government come so late to purchase coal? Why didn't you come over a few days earlier? !

Now that the marriage certificate is gone, no matter how prosperous the Chu family is, it has nothing to do with her, an outsider.

Although her brother Niu is good, no matter how good he is, he is just a weakling. How can he compare with Chu, who has a bright future and a huge fortune?

At this moment, the way Yue Qingqing looked at Chu completely changed.

"...Brother...I..."

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something to Chu, but Brother Dadong and others did not give her a chance and angrily shouted: "Smelly woman! Do you still have the nerve to call me brother?!"

"You and your father have come to break off the engagement, so what qualifications do you have to call me brother? Do you still have any sense of shame?"

"You stinky woman is so mean and mean. I don't care about you. That's because I am a great talent that Mr. Lu likes. He is generous and broad-minded. The adults don't remember the faults of the villains. If you have a little bit of shame, , just get out of here, don’t be an eyesore here and cause trouble for brother and sister Baoer!”

"Back then, my brother's family was in trouble. When Uncle Chu went to the funeral, you didn't even see him. Then you came to break off the engagement. Now that your brother has become prosperous, you want to rush over and join him? I have never seen you two. A shameless person like you!"

"A son doesn't think his mother is ugly, a dog doesn't think his family is poor, but you woman is worse than a dog!"

"Get out of here!"

The few people said something to each other, and all of a sudden Yue Qingqing was blushing.

Chu Baoer listened with great excitement. He really couldn't believe that Brother Dadong, a man who was usually very honest and honest, could actually say such words to relieve his anger.

Seeing Yue Qingqing's face turning red and white, Chu Baoer felt comfortable all over, and subconsciously wanted to curse a few words, but Chu glanced at her and signaled her not to join in the fun, so she reluctantly Press down on your innermost thoughts.

Then Chu didn't even look at Yue Qingqing, who couldn't say a word at this time. After stopping Brother Dadong and others who were getting more and more enthusiastic, he walked towards the entrance of the village with a normal expression.

Looking at Chu's retreating figure, Yue Qingqing's eyes gradually turned red, and she was so sad that it was difficult to breathe.

As officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Tiangong Department and the Ministry of Works frequently went to Heishan to do business, Heishan, which was originally hated by gods and ghosts, suddenly became extremely eye-catching.

Soon, news spread that the imperial court was going to build a factory near Heishan and purchase local coal at a price of fifty cents per stone. The whole county was in an uproar.

Almost everyone in Taihe County was dumbfounded when they heard the news.

"In other words, all those who moved to Taihe County have become prosperous?"

In front of a stall selling glutinous rice dumplings, an old man who recalled the various welfare policies established by Gu Simiao when he was a monk subconsciously spoke and asked his companion opposite.

The companion sitting opposite him had an inexplicably unnatural look on his face at this time.

Like Yue Dashan, he had a daughter who had just regretted her marriage, but the difference was that the reason why his daughter regretted her marriage was caused by him.

Then, before he could speak, another person sitting next to him said with envy: "They must be prosperous! Each of their households has been allocated at least dozens of acres of land, and the father-in-law has also set rules. From now on, What kind of income tax does the fief charge? This tax is much lower than the court's tax. Moreover, the tax money will be used to benefit the people in the city. Not only will the prince not compete with the people for profit, he will not recruit laborers, even build roads, etc. For the big project, the father-in-law recruited the workers out of his own pocket, and gave each person several taels of housing allowance!"

He counted in detail Gu Simiao's unique new policies in the fiefdom, and by the end he was almost drooling.

Originally, Gu Simiao's benevolent government was meaningless no matter how good it was. After all, the fiefdom was a wasteland like Black Mountain, and it was destined not to last long.

But if the coal has mining value, it will be different!

The moment the imperial court announced that it would purchase coal, Montenegro became a treasure land. The benevolent policy established by Gu Simiao was magnified at this moment, and the people of Montenegro became the envy of countless people.

"Oh, if I had known that the charcoal could be sold for money, my father-in-law is so benevolent and kind to the fiefdom and the city. Why did I have to pay for mutual aid in the first place? Even if I pay to go to Montenegro, I am willing!"

This is purely an afterthought.

If he could predict the future, he would have already gone to Yixiangyuan to get the lost capital, so why would he have to work hard for the county elders like he is now.

However, when he heard what he said, the face of the man next to him turned even more ugly.

"Oh, things are fickle. Who would have thought that those poor people who don't have money to exchange food for each other would be a blessing in disguise and one day they would turn around, and they would do so thoroughly."

The person who spoke at first was quite emotional.

"Hey~ who says it's not?"

Another person answered.

"And if the imperial court wants to build a factory in Heishan, it will definitely have to recruit laborers, so that we people in Taihe County will go to Heishan to work. Alas, it will be hard!"

At this moment, although they knew that what the man just said was just an afterthought, everyone still couldn't help but daydream about what if, at the beginning, they had not smashed the pot and sold iron to exchange food supplies, but allowed the government to send him to Montenegro to serve as food for the Taihe County Lord. People, that would be great.

Not only have they not gained any benefits now, but they may be drafted into labor by the court at any time. At that time, the villagers living in Heishan can happily eat mutual aid grains and count the money given by the government to purchase coal. Watch them work hard.

Thinking of this miserable future, they couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Scenes like this are happening all over Taihe County. Regardless of whether they have broken off their engagement or not, they are all beating their chests and regretting it.

Opportunities for development were clearly in front of everyone, but they failed to seize them. They could only watch helplessly as the poor who had previously been looked down upon took such huge advantage.

This feeling is worse than losing money!

The most uncomfortable thing is the wealthy families in Taihe County except the Zhao Dafu family.

Bang!

A loud noise suddenly came from the Li family compound.

Immediately afterwards, there was another series of crisp sounds of things being smashed.

Through the window shadow, one could clearly see that Li Zhiping was going crazy inside, constantly smashing things inside.

"Damn...damn!!"

The roars filled with frustration and unwillingness kept ringing out, frightening the surrounding servants to the point where they were afraid to express their anger, for fear that if they did something wrong, they would be angered by the angry Li Zhiping.

The huge noise naturally attracted the attention of all the Li family members, but no one dared to come over to persuade him.

Of course they knew why Li Zhiping was furious.

The source of everything lies in the Lin family and Lin Yi, the contemporary head of the Lin family.

You must know that Gu Simiao allocates land based on head count. The Lin family has a great business. Even after the turmoil, there are still many people in the clan. Therefore, the land allocated to the Lin family in Heishan is at least a thousand acres.

One thousand acres of land, with the current price of coal, the Lin family can rise again just by selling coal!

Even in the near future, relying on the overwhelming wealth and the power of Taihe County Duke, the Lin family will be able to overpower all the families in Taihe County and return to the position of the first family just like Mr. Lin did when he was young.

Now that the Li family has vaguely occupied this position, how could Li Zhiping, the head of the family, be willing to do so?

But what can he do if he doesn't give in? His arms can't hold his thighs. Even Li Yongcheng, a powerful and well-connected county official, was casually crushed to death by Lu Chen and Gu Simiao. What can he, the head of a small aristocratic family, do?

Moreover, I heard that Lu Chen sent someone to look for Lin Yi, offered him an olive branch, and climbed onto the high branch of the most famous person in the dynasty. Lin Yi's future was simply unlimited. Once Lin Yi gained power, the Lin family would rise to the sky. Just around the corner.

However, he had stopped his daughter from going to Lin Yi in the first place, and he had missed the opportunity to provide help at a critical time, letting Zhao Dafu pick it up.

Li Zhiping has always been pretentious. Faced with successive changes and setbacks, repeated failures and complaints from his daughter, how can he not get angry because of his high self-esteem?

But it's useless to say anything now.

The Li family and other aristocratic families can only watch helplessly as the Lin family, which was clearly in decline before, takes advantage of this shareholder trend to rise again.

At this moment, how could the heads of the families in Taihe County not feel any regret? (End of chapter)