Chapter 50
Chapter 50
"The wife of the city lord is pregnant!" The news exploded in the sky above the people of Qiongzhou City like thunder in summer.
When Ji Xuanbing's cub was almost four months old, Jiang Chaosheng asked someone to release the news. By the way, he invited a lot of doctors from outside, and even spent a lot of money to hire some kind of midwife.
Considering that there are some strange things in this world, the specific information of the child's month is vague, and only Jiang Chaosheng and Ji Xuanbing and his wife know it.But the child must not be born so soon. He spent a lot of money to hire a lot of doctors, and they sat in the medicine hall of Qiongzhou, and arranged for the common people to do free consultations. It was limited to the people with household registration in Qiongzhou City, and those who had spent a lot of money to support them came over. The mother-in-law is also free to deliver babies to residents who have difficulty in giving birth. They only receive one number a day, register in advance, and give priority to poor families.
In Qiongzhou now, most of them are ordinary people, and some are engaged in small businesses. The largest rice and grain business in the city is in the hands of Jiang Chaosheng. He allows private rice and grain businesses, but the basic diet of the people must be guaranteed. Controlling the most basic food price, Jiang Chaosheng is not afraid that when the disaster strikes, the rice and grain merchants will take the opportunity to skyrocket prices and reap the hard-won wealth of the people.
There is no fee for the consultation fee, but the prescription is still charged, and one person can only see it once, so that some people are afraid that they will not be able to take advantage of it, and some insignificant problems will also seize the doctor's resources.
Taking advantage of such great news, Jiang Chaosheng generously distributed welfare to the people of the entire Qiongzhou City. Residents with local household registrations only need to copy a copy of the Tao Te Ching to pray for the wife of the city owner. People can ask the head of the household to receive free ten catties of fine grains and ten catties of brown sugar with identity documents, once for each household, which means that the family is harmonious and perfect.
The pen, ink, paper and inkstone of the Tao Te Ching are all provided by Jiang Chaosheng for free. Anyone can copy whatever they want.
Whether it's fine grains or brown sugar, they are all rare items, and the rich may not be able to appreciate them, but ordinary people are really moved, and there is a long queue for copying the Tao Te Ching every day.
Jiang Chaosheng launched such a promotional activity, and the population of Qiongzhou, which was already growing slowly, increased rapidly.
The city lords of Wangzhou City next door were jealous, and they made up their minds: "So much grain, so much sugar, he gave it away for nothing!"
After Jiang Chaosheng came here, he started construction projects and provided various benefits. Although the fishermen at the bottom did go fishing, in order to increase the population, the farmland tax rate was very low for the first three years, and the commercial tax was not high.
They didn't know how much money Jiang Chaosheng had, but roughly calculated, the money he spent during this period is definitely a very considerable wealth.
The slaves were not treated with fine grains and sugar. After all, they had to work every day, and it was impossible for them to line up to copy books like other people.But as a member of Qiongzhou City, they also received a lot of rewards.
The cafeteria provides free fried chicken to everyone, not a small fried chicken leg or a chicken rack with meat removed, but a whole fried chicken, regardless of age, men, women and children, the whole fried chicken is enough There is enough supply for ten days, so everyone can get it. If the family can't finish it at one time, you can choose to get one in a few days. After all, the weather is so hot. If this kind of meat is left overnight, the taste is not good. The key is It may rot, or be eaten by camp rats or snakes that swim in.
Jiang Chaosheng loves cleanliness, and he has high requirements for the hygiene of the places where slaves live. They are absolutely not allowed to defecate and urinate casually, let alone hoard garbage.No matter how numb the slaves are, they still know shame to some extent.But the houses are short and all made of wood, and some tenacious creatures cannot be completely cleaned no matter how they are wiped out.
Heidou's family of four was afraid that the whole chicken would be gone within ten days, so they ate one every other day. The red beans ate a lot of oil and water, and their faces were much ruddy. The aroma of fried chicken wafted through the camp every day.
After Hongdou ate the big drumstick of the last chicken, she reluctantly licked her mouth: "It would be great if my wife could conceive children often." She likes to eat chicken drumsticks, and also likes to eat chicken wings, and the tender tips are also delicious , and even the crunchy shell on the outside, red beans like it very much.
The wife of the city lord is pregnant with a child and everyone has chickens to eat, and the child will definitely have red eggs to eat, and maybe other good things.Although that very beautiful lady.Basically, she doesn't show up much, but Hongdou likes her very much.
She made a pious wish: "Let the wife of the city lord give birth to a son, no, give birth to twins!"
Although Hongdou is young, she also knows that childbirth is very hard. She hopes to have both children at once, and the generous city lord will be very happy when the time comes.
Ji Xuanbing heard a lot of blessings in the past few days, and also heard the simple wishes of Hongdou through the birds and the sea breeze. He touched his soft belly, and the corners of his lips that were originally happy drooped again.
Jiang Chaosheng was by his side, and immediately noticed Xiaoyuren's dissatisfaction: "What's the matter? Who offended you?"
"It's nothing." He sighed and said, "The two of us only have one little fish cub." He thought it was good to have a little fish cub, but now he was greedy and wanted two.
But father and son are connected, as the one who gave birth to a new life, Ji Xuanbing was sure that there was only one egg in his stomach, bang bang bang, the heart of another little life was beating weakly, although he didn't know if it was a male or a female, but he was sure only one.
Jiang Chaosheng was a little dumbfounded: "Isn't it normal to have one? Most of us humans can only have one child at a time."
It seems that it is not that difficult for a mermaid to give birth to a child, but it is quite difficult for a human woman to give birth to a child. Pregnant with one child is like going to hell, not to mention those women who are pregnant with twins or even multiple births.
"Whether it's a boy or a girl, it's the child of the two of us. Don't tell me you'd hate it after it was born?"
Ji Xuanbing immediately said: "Of course not!" He wouldn't conceive a cub for as long as a human, but after all, he worked so hard to conceive a cub, how could he dislike it.
"That's fine." Jiang Chaosheng touched his belly, "If you like it, we can have a few more. Anyway, I can afford it, so I will take good care of them for you."
On the surface, the seafood that Jiang Chaosheng sells are the fish caught by the fishermen, but in fact, besides selling Ji Xuanbing's pearls, he also sells refined and processed salt, and snow-white and delicate sugar.Sugar in this era is a luxury, and not all people can afford it. He refined enough sugar with improvements, and the products presented to the people are ordinary brown sugar after refining white sugar. In fact, the cost is low and the price is not worth it. How much.But Jiang Chaosheng added a gimmick and sold it, but he got a very high profit.
Ji Xuanbing was a little happy when the husband made such a promise, but after thinking about the scene, a bunch of small fish cubs were circling around him, chattering, and he suddenly felt his head was big: "Forget it, one is fine."
Although it is good to have little fish cubs, there are too many cubs, which will definitely distract Jiang Chaosheng's attention. He is a mature adult, and it is impossible to fight with little fish cubs every time. With full attention, he's sure to be sad.
Maybe at that time, Ji Xuanbing won't be able to care about being sad, because there are too many children, he may be too busy to have time to be sad.
Ji Xuanbing held up two fingers: "At most, only two at most, like black beans and red beans, preferably two brothers and sisters, so that the elder brother can protect the younger sister, and the older child can take the younger one to play, so we only Need to raise the first one!"
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Jiang Chaosheng took it very openly. The child is fate, and he will take good care of it when he comes, and he will not force it if he does not have it.
Jiang Chaosheng raised an important question and successfully diverted Ji Xuanbing's attention: "Have you thought about the child's name yet?"
Ji Xuanbing shook his head. These days he referred to a large number of household registration lists, and wanted to choose a unique and good name for his cub, but the paper with the name on it was crumpled into many waste paper balls, and he still didn't think about the child. name.
"It's okay, let's think about it slowly."
Jiang Chaosheng said this, but he received an urgent report from the capital the next day. The old emperor who shouldn't have died so early suddenly disappeared, and now the capital has urgently called him back to pay his respects.
The journey is long and unpredictable.Qiongzhou is by the sea, so it is convenient for Ji Xuanbing to go home, but the capital city is inland, so Jiang Chaosheng is worried.After comprehensive consideration, he does not intend to bring Ji Xuanbing with him on this trip: "Qiong Island is very safe now, if you feel uncomfortable staying there, you can go back to live in the sea first. Only when you sit behind the town can I truly feel at ease."
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