After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

Chapter 179 Just Take It

In fact, what Yuxiu and Cui didn't know was that when Xu Qinghe came to the yamen, he was not as timid as they had imagined, but was invited into a room very politely.

"So it was you, Brother Xu, who came up with this fire bed?"

Just as Xu Qinghe was brought in and sat down, a middle-aged man walked in quickly from outside the door. When he saw it was him, he was stunned for a moment, then greeted him with a smile.

"Brother Yao? What are you doing..."

Xu Qinghe quickly stood up and looked at the person who came with surprise.

It turned out that he had seen this person before. He was the one who got along very well with him when he was a guest in Prince Ning's Mansion.

"Hahaha... I am a humble man, but His Majesty has valued me and I am now the Prefect of Jingzhao."

Lord Yao was very happy to see Xu Qinghe. He cheerfully invited people in and served tea and snacks, without any airs of an official at all.

"Master Yao, you are so polite. I was blind and didn't recognize you."

Xu Qinghe was quite embarrassed and quickly bowed to Lord Yao.

He remembered that when he was in Prince Ning's Mansion, he treated this man as an ordinary person. The two chatted for a long time about this and that, but he didn't realize that the other person was such a high-ranking official.

To be able to hold such an important position as Jingzhao Yin, he must have some skills and should not be underestimated.

Lord Yao may have noticed Xu Qinghe's discomfort, and quickly changed the topic to the main business of the day.

"The weather is getting colder day by day, and it's about to snow. People are starting to stockpile firewood. I heard that someone can build a kang that can warm up the house while cooking, so you won't feel cold all night. So I wanted to find someone to ask, but I didn't expect it to be you, Brother Xu, who came up with it."

In previous winters, people would light a fire in their houses to keep warm, which would not only make the houses black, but could also catch fire if they were not careful.

Rich families use silver wire charcoal, which does not produce black smoke, but has a low production volume and high price, so it can only be supplied to a small number of people. Many people also use inferior charcoal, which also poses various hidden dangers.

But yesterday he heard about this kang, and he was immediately happy. It just so happened that the superiors had given him a task, so he hurriedly sent someone to notify him.

"This is a recipe I got by chance. If Lord Yao needs it, just take it."

Xu Qinghe had originally been thinking of spending money to avoid disaster today, but now that he had met an acquaintance who looked very kind, he thought of just taking out the thing as a favor.

He was a kind-hearted person to begin with, and he was too embarrassed to wait for Lord Yao to speak first, so he just said that he wanted to give the prescription away.

"Hahaha...Brother Xu is really loyal. I, Old Yao, have made you your friend. Don't call me Lord Yao, that's too formal. Just call me Brother Yao like before..."

Lord Yao had no idea what Xu Qinghe was thinking. Seeing that he was going to give him the prescription so decisively, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed. He patted his shoulder with a smile and said "good" several times.

"But don't worry, brother Xu. I won't take this from you for nothing. I originally wanted to buy the recipe from someone with money. Now that it's yours, I won't be polite to you. If there's a reward from above, you'll naturally get a share..."

Lord Yao's voice became lower and lower, and finally he made an expression to Xu Qinghe that said "you know what I mean", then he smiled and invited him to have tea.

Xu Qinghe was stunned for a moment before he reacted and was also very happy.

It seems that the higher-ups take this snowstorm very seriously and have already made arrangements at the lower levels, which is why these people take it so seriously.

In this way, the poor people can be properly resettled and the displacement of large numbers of people can be avoided.

Xu Qinghe has suffered a lot and can empathize with the pain of those people.

Then Lord Yao called in a few advisors and aides, and they discussed for a while before finally coming up with a mature plan.

Because they all went to see the kang together yesterday and felt the effect of the kang after it was heated, everyone was very optimistic about this thing.

So it was decided that the government would gather some craftsmen to learn how to make kangs from Yang Lao Da and others. Of course, these people would not receive any wages, and the government would only provide them with three meals a day.

This cannot be explained in just a few words. Lord Yao also borrowed these people who were skilled in kang craftsmanship from Xu Qinghe, and went with him to several prefectures in the north to spread this technology.

Xu Qinghe certainly had no objection. Instead, he felt a surge of envy in his heart as he watched these people gathered together discussing something intensely.

Finally, Boss Yang and others were called in to ask them about it. They had no objections and all said they would follow the arrangements of their master Xu Qinghe. So the matter was settled.

Boss Yang and the others were originally very nervous, fearing that something might happen to Xu Qinghe in the government office. But now, seeing that he seemed very familiar with those officials, they felt a surge of admiration from the bottom of their hearts.

There were some tenants in the crowd. They had signed the indentures yesterday, so Li Qingshi asked them to bring them along today.

Since the government had come, Xu Qinghe mentioned it to Lord Yao.

"It's not a big deal. Just leave it to the people below to handle it."

Lord Yao chuckled, called his followers outside to come in, and in front of Boss Yang and his group, he took the thick stack of indentures and went to register them.

When the tenants saw this scene, they looked at Xu Qinghe with even more fear in their eyes.

They didn't expect that their master was so powerful. Even the high-ranking officials in the yamen were kind to him, like a brother.

It was a wise choice for them to sell themselves into the Xu family.

Because there were no tenants on the farm now and all of them had become servants of the Xu family, there was nothing to hide, so on the way here he told them the trick of building a kang.

When he heard that he was going to be requisitioned by the government to temporarily help the government do some work, he became even more excited.

Therefore, Xu Qinghe didn't have to worry about these things anymore. He told Boss Yang and others to go and help Lord Yao without worry. He would ask people to help take care of the manor.

As for those who are going to be sent to the north, not only will they be given some rewards by the officials in the government office, but when they return, the Xu family will also give them other rewards.