Chapter 997: Quietly Observing the Changes

"It must be about the fiefs."

Baifeng was too lazy to blame his son for this matter, but if he had any requests, he should have brought them up himself, so Baifeng only said: "You ask what you already know."

Yulong gave a chuckle and followed the thread of conversation, continuing: "Father, then what do you think these Nobles will do for their own fiefs? How many people do you think understood this policy today? My Uncle Yishang and Uncle Ben even came specifically to ask me whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. I told them it was a great thing."

"It is a good thing, a Heaven-sent good thing. For everyone in Huaxia, it is a good thing. And after those fiefs are developed, our treasury will even be able to have a portion of the income."

Baifeng picked up a slice of meat, put it in his mouth, and continued chewing. Only after swallowing did he continue: "As for them, I really can't think of what they might do right now. If they can come up with some good methods, that would be quite good. At least they would know how to use their brains, even if it isn't for proper business, it still counts as a bit of progress."

"Then Father, will you let them have their way?"

Baifeng said indifferently: "As long as it doesn't affect the interests of Huaxia, doesn't affect my interests, and doesn't affect our comprehensive layout for the future, I won't stop them in this regard. I just don't know what kind of methods they will be able to come up with."

Lan, who was taking care of the baby, was very happy to face people from her maiden family, but hearing the implications in their words, she felt a bit lost. She didn't know anything about the fiefs at all, and her own husband rarely took the initiative to tell her about these matters of the Government Affairs Department. She knew what position she was in, so she did not look at what she shouldn't look at, did not ask what she shouldn't ask, and would not use her status to seek any convenience.

Therefore, Lan's answer was: "I don't know, I don't know about this either. Wait until I ask Yulong, wait until I ask Wang..."

She had been exhausted by Lan's family all evening and hadn't even managed to eat. It was only with great difficulty that she sent her maiden family away, and by then the food had gone cold, so she had to have someone reheat it.

The baby was already fast asleep, so she hurriedly let the confinement nanny take over so she could catch her breath. In Huaxia, there had already emerged confinement nannies who specifically cared for infants and young children. By learning from the Pediatrics Department doctors, plus having the experience of having given birth to several children themselves, they couldn't do heavy physical labor, so they were just right for taking care of babies for Noble families. Although the market wasn't large, as long as there was one, they could earn enough food.

Those who could take care of Baifeng's grandchildren were naturally carefully selected. As for why they were called confinement nannies, it was also because Baifeng was accustomed to "takingism"—there was no need to think of a better-sounding name.

Moreover, the custom of "sitting through the confinement" had already spread in Huaxia. Poor families might not have such good treatment, and once the lochia disappeared, the confinement was considered over. But those who wanted a slightly better life were bound to sit through the confinement. The more Noble they were, the more particular they were, as if this could distinguish them from ordinary people.

Yulong saw his wife was so tired and hadn't eaten yet, and he felt a bit pained. Lan also began to complain: "Yulong, my maiden family came, and they kept talking to me about the fiefs. I feel they are so annoying. Does Father have any instructions? Just say something I can tell them so I can send them away. I really can't stand it; they actually don't know how to think for Huaxia and only think about their own affairs."

Yulong hugged his wife generously: "You don't need to worry about this. Father just told me about this earlier. This matter, I suppose I had a discussion with Father about it before. Overall, for those who have fiefs, it is a great thing. The sooner a fief is developed, the luckier it is."

"Father also said that those who have ideas can naturally bring them up; he won't stop them. But he himself doesn't know what those Nobles will come up with. How to handle and arrange things when the time comes is something to be decided step by step. You tell your father too; I think as long as it doesn't affect the overall interests of Huaxia, then whatever he wants to do is fine."

Lan nodded: "Alright, I'll have someone send a letter tomorrow morning. If they come over every day like this, I can't stand it either. Otherwise, these days would be too hard to get through."

Other Nobles were also thinking of ways. A complete copy of that day's meeting minutes was sent to Lema City. After Yu finished reading it, he couldn't help but marvel at Baifeng's great ability. Moreover, this was also a good thing for Lema City, because these few New Towns were in the vicinity of Lema City.

The population was huge, and the impact on Lema City would certainly be significant. Furthermore, according to administrative management, these few towns should also be under the jurisdiction of Lema City because it was convenient; if they were under the jurisdiction of Huaxia, it would instead waste too much manpower and material resources.

As City Lord, he naturally paid attention to information related to Lema City first. The construction of the New Towns absolutely could not be separated from the support of Lema City. And after his nearly one year of management, the appearance of Lema City had changed in an instant.

Although the population of Lema City was not as large as Huaxia's, its grain reserves had already exceeded Huaxia's. This meant that the food in the homes of Lema City's people was more than that of the people in Huaxia City, and the food in Lema City's National Treasury was also more than that of Huaxia City.

However, the situation where grain was the priority led to a lack of industrial capacity. Currently, Lema City only had two heavy industrial projects: Brick and Cement. The scale of its handicraft industry could not be compared to Huaxia City.

Yu had already recognized the advantages and disadvantages of Lema City. After taking office, he believed that Lema City did not need to vigorously develop industry, but should instead develop agriculture, using Lema City to provide grain to Huaxia City, while Huaxia City provided industrial products to Lema City. His policy was not understood by some officials in Lema City until a document titled "Development Advantage Industry Requirements" was issued to everyone, and then everyone understood how astonishing the ability of this child, who had been raised by Wang, truly was.

And after Yu finished reading the things related to Lema City, he thought of this issue of the fiefs. He also immediately understood Baifeng's intention: developing the fiefs was also a way to supplement the missing regulations on the fiefs.

Huaxia's laws had major gaps in these areas; it seemed that this time, he was prepared to completely fill them in. And Yu had already thought of many good ways to develop his own fief.

But he was too lazy to implement them. He didn't have a large family; his whole family only had three people. His family was pitifully small, yet the fief was terrifyingly large. What was the point of having so much income? He didn't have that many mouths to feed. This was something those large families should consider; he would just watch the changes quietly.