Chapter 1124: Duckweed

"The small courtyards they move out of can be exchanged for other such young people, and the large courtyards can also continue to be built every year; this can be led by Lema City. If your family is wealthy enough and you want to get it all done at once, and you also want to build it into the style you like, then use grain to exchange for the homestead yourself, and then find an Engineering Team to build it."

"However, although the area of residential land available in our Lema City is very large, in order to prevent the waste of homesteads, it certainly needs to be reviewed first to see if your own family needs such a large homestead. At the same time, we have also proposed a tiered fee standard."

"Starting from three hundred square meters, that is a threshold, because a large courtyard of three hundred square meters is about the building area needed by the big families in our Lema City; if it is any larger, splitting the family is the best option."

"If you are unwilling to split the family and want to live together, then charge according to the tiers. For every fifty square meters of increase, the fee increases a little. For example, the grain needed for six hundred square meters is not as much as two three-hundred-square-meter units."

"However, the specific numbers have not been set yet, since it is currently just a plan. The King let me work with a free hand and gave me the greatest autonomy, but what needs to be reviewed still has to be submitted for the King to review and, by the way, to see if it is feasible."

"The plans that should be made must also be as detailed as possible. The King warned me that doing things cannot be done just by a whim; one must think carefully, and only after thinking it through thoroughly can one go and do it."

Ayuduo listened to such magnificent remarks from Yu and was also a bit moved. She did not expect this Yu to be so capable, possessing the temperament of a great Leader, and even felt he was stronger than Yulong.

But the words Yu just said sounded a bit strange to Changle, because her father warned Yu not to make decisions on a whim, yet her own father seemed to have too many decisions that were all thought up on a whim, not even willing to wait overnight—thinking them up that day, perfecting them that day, and then preparing to implement them as soon as the plan came out, which was completely different from what he told Yu. However, she had no intention of contradicting her father.

"This kind of tiered fee, it surely wasn't my father who taught you the method of how to collect grain from those wealthy households, right? They do indeed have a lot of grain in their hands; this method is quite good."

Yu smiled and replied: "The King did indeed tell me this, and I also decided to do this after considering the current situation of Lema City. I have looked at the data; in terms of the amount of cultivated land per capita, Lema City has now surpassed Huaxia City, but the highest amount of cultivated land owned by individuals is still higher in Huaxia City, and by a lot."

"That is why the King thought that we must use various methods to get the grain out of the hands of those wealthy households. I am not very worried on my end; the distribution of wealth is basically balanced, and the wealthiest ones do not have a very obvious gap with the moderately wealthy families."

"Yu, have you ever thought that you yourself are a wealthy household? You have Nobility and a fief, and you have earned so much cultivated land. As for your family now, there are only these three simple people. You must hurry and let your wife give birth to a few more, or marry a few more women, otherwise, what are you going to do with all that grain produced in a year?"

Yu smiled with a bit of sorrow: "That's right, there are only a few people in my family, and there is so much grain that I can't finish it. However, I actually give the King Uncle more than half of the earnings every year. Of course, it is given secretly; the King knows, and your two mothers also know."

"The King originally did not agree, but, you know, I was raised by the King and the Queen since I was small. Although I call him King now, I treat them as... sigh, now even calling them Uncle and Aunt is not easy to say. Fortunately, they are still very good to me, and the Queen has always been concerned about me."

"Two days ago, when I went to celebrate your wedding, the Queen said again that she had selected a few women for me and asked me to take a look. If they are good, she told me to take them into the house as soon as possible. My home is empty now, and perhaps when you return in Winter, you will have to congratulate me."

Changle clapped her hands: "Good, good! Hurry up and marry a few more women to make your home a bit bigger and have more people; that would be better. But I really didn't know that you would send your earnings over every year, and that Father would actually accept them. This was also unexpected. But even so, your grain must definitely be incredibly abundant. Hurry up and have more children so that your children can manage your property for you in the future."

"Actually, I have also sent a lot of grain to my biological mother. She is doing okay where she is with her man. After all, she is my mother, and those younger brothers and sisters of mine who share the same mother but a different father are also doing quite well now."

"But I don't have much affection for them; it's just that I feel I cannot be like duckweed, without roots, which is why I thought about taking care of my former mother. However, she has already aged very severely, and perhaps she won't live much longer."

Changle was greatly shocked: "Your biological mother is actually still alive? I have never heard you mention this matter. But people always have a day when they die; you shouldn't be too sad."

"No, I won't be sad for her. From the beginning, I had no feelings for her; I just occasionally think about where my roots are. I am like a dandelion, ready to be blown away by the wind at any time; my heart is uneasy."

Changle patted Yu on the shoulder: "Why would you think about this? Your roots are in Huaxia. You shouldn't think about that biological mother of yours; you should think about who raised you. I used to always hear you all talk about the earthen houses, the rotten cow sheds, and the white cow from that time. It's a pity I have never seen that white cow; I don't know how obedient it was and how much it understood human nature."

"All the white cows in Huaxia are its descendants. When you see a white cow, it is the same as seeing that white cow from before."

"No, no, no," Changle shook her head and sighed: "Huaxia hasn't had a white cow born for many years now, not even a cow with white spots. Father is even a bit sad because of this. He also said that he doesn't understand genetics and doesn't know if this nature of genetic mutation can be inherited. Anyway, I think it is also a bit of a pity."

Now it was Yu's turn to comfort Changle: "Alright Changle, let's not talk about these things. Let's talk about something happy, such as these houses. You know that many young people who have just split from their families actually don't have much wealth. Do you know how to let them own such a courtyard?"

"I came up with a method myself; I think it's very fun. Even the King said that my idea was thousands of years ahead of its time. Do you want to know?"