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Chapter 402: Great Construction

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"He is a second-class uncle." Lian Man'er said.

This time, because of the corn incident, the emperor was very happy and issued an order to reward many people. Among them, Lian Man'er's family, officials at all levels in Liaodong Prefecture also had rewards. Of course, the emperor's first reward and the most reward was the Shen family.

It was discovered that the high yield of corn was Shen Liu. Shen Liu talked about the process of this matter in the memorial submitted by the memorial, and mentioned Lian Man'er's family, and also mentioned Chen Xiaopang. Therefore, Chen Xiaopang was given the title of second-class nephew, with a salary of 485 taels of silver per year. Shen Liu was given the title of second-class marquis, with a salary of 585 taels of silver per year.

These two titles can be inherited, but each generation is reduced by one level. After the attack is completed, the Celestial title will be cancelled.

The Shen family won two titles at once, which was a temporary honor and favor.

Shen Liu has a real flaw, and this title is the icing on the cake. Chen Xiaopang, at a young age, has the title of second-class uncle. This is a happy event from heaven, and his luck is not ordinary.

Lian Man'er asked Quanfu why Chen Xiaopang didn't follow Shen Liuyi this time. There was nothing wrong with him, but Chen Xiaopang had to follow Shen Liu for nothing and run here. Now that he has a title and is so majestic, according to Chen Xiaopang's temperament, he should show off.

As a result, Quanfu told Lian Man'er that Chen Qian wanted to follow him, but Shen Liu did not take him.

In order to not become a second-class uncle who is ignorant when he grows up, Chen Xiaopang must study hard. It is said that Shen Liu left a lot of homework for Chen Xiaopang, and agreed that if Chen Xiaopang didn’t finish those homework, Chen Xiaopang would not think about going anywhere.

Thinking about Chen Xiaopang's face was bitter and he was locked in the house to study, Lian Man'er wanted to laugh.

Regarding corn, the emperor's rewards are not just that.

Empress Chen accidentally gave corn to her parents' home. In the end, she achieved such a great achievement, which was in the country. There was a character Duan in her posthumous title, which was changed to a text by the emperor's imperial pen.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, only the posthumous title of the founding Taizu had a single word in the posthumous title. Looking at the past dynasties, there were only a handful of empresses and even emperors who could be called Wen in posthumous titles.

The glory of Queen Shen after her death has thus reached an incomparable peak.

This was all the gossip of the servant Quanfu for Lian Man'er. When Lian Man'er was in the front hall of the new house, Lian Man'er asked Shen Liu about the official documents, Shen Liu refused to comment. At that time, the servant Quanfu was next to him.

Without Shen Liu's instructions, Quanfu would not have told her these things.

It should be hard to say that Shen Liu didn't say it at that time. He had different identities. A servant could irresponsibly gossip, but Shen Liu could not. And what reward the emperor gave to the Shen family? Shen Liu did not want to hide it from Lian Man'er, but he would not take the initiative to talk about it like that.

After a while, the family talked about the rewards received by the Shen family, and the topic turned back to the official documents issued by the court.

"...As soon as this official document was published, it will take only two years to release the corn in Liaodong Prefecture, and it can be promoted to other prefectures." Wuro said.

"Yeah." Lian Man'er nodded. This is certain. Moreover, the government's pricing is the same as sorghum, so corn can really become the food ration for ordinary people.

Of course, even Man'er thought of the impact of this official document on her family.

"I think our family can still sell tender corn for one season next year," Lian Man'er said. In the official document, only those families who are distributed corn seeds by the government are restricted, and her family has corn seeds, so they are not restricted. "But let's sell this season again. In another year, the price of tender corn will drop."

After next year, Liaodong Prefecture will release corn planting. At that time, tender corn from other families will be launched. Tender corn is no longer a rare product. The price will naturally drop.

Moreover, even if you can still sell tender corn for one season next year, its price and sales volume will not be comparable to this year.

"If you can sell, sell it. If you can't, we won't sell it." Lian Shuxin thought very brightly, "Because we have gained a lot of benefits from this corn, we are content."

"Someone asked me about corn seeds just now and wanted to buy them with us." Zhang interrupted.

"Don't sell the 1,000-pound corn seeds in our family for now. When the official document is released, we will have surplus corn seeds in our family, and we'll talk about it later." Lian Man'er said.

The corn seeds in her family must be kept for her own planting, and then they must be distributed to the Wang family, Zhang Qingshan family, Wu Yugui family, and Lao Jin family.

After hearing Quanfu's words just now, Lian Man'er thought that after allocating these families, if there are still remaining corn seeds, it is not easy to sell them for money.

However, she didn't plan to give those corn seeds to others in vain. Lian Man'er had already thought of a way to benefit each other, but she was not in a hurry to tell them out now.

Even if the price of corn is fixed as good as sorghum, due to the high yield, there will definitely be many people who are rushing to plant it.

"Mr. Jiang, who is in charge of building archways, said that tomorrow, the craftsmen who built archways will arrive." Lian Shouxin suddenly said, "...Isn't the gate of our new house the same? Mr. Jiang also told me that our family now has the archway that is made of three and four pillars. Our door can also expand and become more grand... With the archway that is made of the archway that is made of the archway that is made of the archway that is made of the archway that is made of the archway that is more impressive... With the archway that is made of the archway, we will expand the door, which is not considered a transcendence."

The architecture of the Ming Dynasty paid attention to regulations. People with a certain identity live in a regulated house, especially the gate, which best reflects the identity of the owner of the house, and cannot be surpassed at all.

It can be said that the gate is the symbol of the identity of a family.

What Mr. Jiang said was right. With the imperial archway, the gate of Lian’s family was expanded and it was not beyond the reach.

"Dad, did you agree?" Lian Man'er asked.

"No, I didn't agree." Lian Shouxin shook his head and said, "We must pay attention to our duty in life. This is okay if you have more points, and less points. We would rather get less points than always think about getting more points... I don't want to expand our door."

Speaking of this, Lian Shouxin's eyes fell on Goro and Xiaoqi.

"I just thought that our door should be expanded, and it should not be because of this. If Goro and Xiaoqi earned fame and came home in the future, then this door would be expanded even if anyone stopped me." After Lian Shouxin said that, he looked at Goro and Xiaoqi with anticipation.

Lian Man'er lowered her head and pursed her lips and smiled secretly. Lian Shuxin's spirit has been getting better and better recently, becoming ambitious, or "ambitious". Although he had been very supportive of Goro and Xiaoqi in the past, he never said that he would ask them to pass the exam.

This is because Lian Shouxin has more confidence in himself, and has a clear goal for his children and his future.

It's a good thing. Lian Man'er thought that although this might add some pressure to Goro and Xiaoqi, she knew that Goro had always had his own goal in his heart, and that goal should be consistent with Lian Shuxin's expectations.

"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely work hard. Xiaoqi and I will definitely work hard." Goro said.

"Yes, dad, I will study harder." Xiaoqi also said.

During dinner, Lian Shouxin asked Mrs. Zhang to add dishes, open a jar of wine, and drink with Mr. Lu.

"... Everything depends on Mr. Lu." Lian Shouxin told Mr. Lu his expectations.

"Do your best," said Mr. Lu.

"Sir, when the new house is completed, sir will move in with us. Leave a room for sir, Xiaoqi and I will live next door to sir." Goro poured wine for Mr. Lu and said.

"Okay." Mr. Lu agreed very happily.

During the meal, Mr. Lu asked about the matter of accepting the order today.

Wulang and Lian Man'er did not hide it, and also told Mr. Lu about the emperor's reward to the Shen family. Mr. Lu did not come forward when Shen Liu came to Sanshiliyingzi these days. He had his own ideas and his identity was awkward. I wonder if there were any other consequences for him. If the Shen family saved him, he could not cause trouble for the Shen family. Therefore, Shen Liu did not say that he wanted to see him, so he did not take the initiative to come forward.

However, afterwards, he would ask Goro, and it was obvious that he was still very concerned about the Shen family and the affairs of the court.

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The next day, all the craftsmen who built the Imperial Palace arrived, and trucks of stone and wood were transported one after another. The emperor gave the archway to Lian Man'er's house, which was built by the Liaodong Prefecture, was a stone carved archway, with the main material being large pieces of white marble.

These craftsmen set up sheds on the construction site and started construction.

The construction cost of the archway given by the imperial gift is owned by the state treasury, labor, and supervision, and there are also special officials assigned to the government. Even the Man'er family can ignore anything.

However, they did not do that.

Lian Shouxin vacated several houses built in the west cross courtyard of the new house to be used by the craftsmen for the management of the archway and the use of the craftsmen. The food of the craftsmen was provided by the Liaodong Prefecture as usual. Naturally, it was not good. Lian Man'er's family simply discussed with the supervisor, Lord Jiang. The food that was waiting for was responsible for was the Lianji Shop. Her family added money to the house and provided very generously.

From the official road to the Imperial Palace, there was a dirt road. Lord Jiang reported to the above that he widened the dirt road and converted it into a bluestone road. As an auxiliary project of the Imperial Palace, the cost was naturally also provided by the treasury.

A river embankment was rebuilt along the road. Pine and cypress were transplanted on both sides of the road, and various flowers were planted, both of which were planted.

The project of the Imperial Archway does not require the Lian family to worry about. The new house is about to be built, and Lian Man'er's mind is on the new house.

Holding the drawings drawn by the craftsman, Lian Man'er sat at the table, frowned, wrote and painted on the paper, and even the big flower of the cat rubbing her next to her was ignored by her.

"Sister, why are you worried about?" Xiaoqi asked when he saw it.

"Flush toilet, I want a flush toilet."

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