After being replaced, she changed from a miserable daughter-in-law to a lucky wife

Chapter 475 The Second City

Xia Wanniang shook her head and said, "They don't need to come to the northwest. We just need Mr. Qiu to help spread the news. We will have to set up escort agencies in various places anyway, so we don't have to run around."

Xiao Chiye was naturally happy: "This solves a lot of their problems."

Xu Li and Qingfeng were both confused, but when Xu Li heard him mention Yin Yuanxun, he had some guesses in his mind.

Xia Wanniang looked at the three people and said, "There is one more thing. The northwest is vast now, but there are only three cities. Life is still not convenient enough for the people, so I want to build some more cities."

Xu Li blinked his eyes and said, "Do you know how much money is needed to build a city? Not to mention the labor, even the bricks and stones for building a city are not that easy to work with."

"You don't have to worry about these materials. The only thing I'm worried about now is the lack of manpower, so I've thought of some solutions." He then showed the three people his previous plan.

Qingfeng took it and looked at it, then raised his eyebrows and said, "You are not good at all!"

Xia Wanniang smiled and said, "It looks like there will be no benefits in the next three years, but the situation in the northwest may not be the same after three years."

Xu Li saw what was written on it: three years of tax exemption, three acres of rice fields and three acres of good farmland for each person, regardless of gender, and bricks and tiles for building a house on one acre of land will be provided free of charge.

If a family of five has five members, they can get fifteen acres of rice fields and fifteen acres of fertile land, including the children.

The bricks and tiles for building houses are provided free of charge. Apart from manpower, I am afraid that no other city can meet such conditions.

Xiao Chiye saw another item, asking soldiers to take turns to help build the northwest. As long as their families were willing to settle here, they would be provided with one acre of bricks and tiles for free, as well as good farmland.

The soldiers who helped got one more thing, and their families got even more.

This is probably a good thing for the soldiers of the Northwest Army. They can be with their families and go home to reunite with their families during their rest time.

Xia Wanniang looked at the three people and said, "Do you think anyone will come?"

Qingfeng waved his fan and smiled, "I think the northwest will be overcrowded. Have you figured out where to place these people?"

Xu Li took out a map of the northwest from the side and opened it on the shelf behind him: "Not every place in the northwest is suitable for farming."

Xia Wanniang stood up and walked to the shelf where the map was hung. She pointed out a few places with her hands and said, "Although there is water accumulation here all year round, as long as it is managed well, it will become a large rice field and the granary of the northwest."

Xu Li carefully wrote down these places: "What about other places?"

Xia Wanniang pointed out a few more places: "This is sandy land, suitable for growing potatoes, sweet potatoes, watermelons, peanuts and other crops."

She pointed to some places: "There is plenty of sunshine here, so we can grow grapes and other crops. This side is grassland, which is suitable for raising cattle, sheep and horses..."

When she finished speaking, the three of them didn't know what to say. This was the development of all places in the northwest to the extreme.

It seemed as if they had no way of expressing their problem.

Xu Li smacked his lips, and after a while he came to his senses. He looked at Qing Feng and said, "The number of towns to be built is not enough!"

Qingfeng felt a headache. With such a plan, it would be hard for the Northwest not to be prosperous, but it seemed that there were not enough people!

Xiao Chiye coughed lightly and said, "Let's build a main city first, and then we can build other cities later."

Xu Li nodded: "Where should the main city be located?"

The four of them looked at the map, but everyone had different opinions.

Xu Li thought that they should choose a place in the middle of the northwest, so that it would be more convenient to go anywhere.

Qingfeng thought that it should be closer to Maocheng so that the two cities could have exchanges with each other.

Xiao Chiye thought that they should be closer to the river bank where the rice fields were to be converted.

However, Xia Wanniang wanted to build it near the north city gate.

The reasons given by others were acceptable, but they were a little confused about building it near the border. "Why?"

Xia Wanniang smiled and pointed to the location outside the pass: "Although we are fighting with them now, they are a nomadic people and lack a lot of things."