Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 170 Solved the problem

After Yun Fuling finished speaking, she saw that Xiao Jingyi did not respond for a long time, and she felt worried for a moment.

"Xiao Jingyi, did I say something wrong?"

"Is there any taboo in the army that prevents retired soldiers from being hired by me?"

Xiao Jingyi seemed to have just come to his senses. He shook his head, but his eyes were surprisingly bright.

"Fuling, you really helped me solve a big problem."

"I'm worried about how to place these disabled veterans!"

Soldiers were injured on the battlefield, especially those with broken arms and legs. Their combat effectiveness would naturally be greatly reduced and they would be unable to continue fighting on the front line.

However, the imperial court had limited military pay, so it was naturally not cost-effective to support a disabled soldier.

Therefore, every once in a while, old and disabled soldiers would be cleared out, and new soldiers would be recruited from all over the country to replenish the manpower supply.

As for these old and disabled soldiers who were dismissed, the court would give them a pension and let them return home.

But the money is not much, and many soldiers who are discharged due to injuries return to their hometowns. Because they have lost most of their labor force, they are not liked by their families and are considered a burden.

These veterans all live a miserable life.

Although Xiao Jingyi is a prince, he is not the kind of person who is high and mighty and ignorant of the sufferings of the people.

The five years of life as a border soldier allowed him to come into close contact with the grassroots soldiers and understand the sufferings of the people.

To him, every member of the Northern Army is a hero, and every wound on their body is a medal of protecting their country and their people.

However, he has been struggling to come up with a good solution for the resettlement of the old and disabled soldiers.

The only thing they could do was to write to the court and ask for more pension for them.

However, what Yun Fuling said opened up a different path.

Xiao Jingyi held Yun Fuling's hand, his eyes half filled with joy and half excitement.

"If you can provide them with opportunities and enable them to be self-reliant, that would be great."

In Yun Fuling's previous life, all the companies of the Yun family would provide some welfare jobs for the disabled and veterans. It was because she thought of this that she associated the fact that there must be many veterans in Xiao Jingyi's Northern Army.

These veterans may be facing livelihood issues.

After learning the details from Xiao Jingyi, she realized that the situation of veterans in this world was even more difficult and miserable.

No matter which world she is in, Yun Fuling has respect for soldiers in her heart.

She became more determined in her mind.

Not only did she gain manpower, but the retired soldiers would also be able to earn a living and support themselves. Of course, she had to do such a win-win situation.

She patted Xiao Jingyi's shoulder and said with a smile: "Then I'll leave it to you to arrange it. The more people the better, and we won't refuse anyone who comes!"

Xiao Jingyi raised his eyebrows, "Can you arrange it?"

Yun Fuling counted on her fingers and said, "Both the pharmacy and the medicine garden need manpower, especially the medicine garden."

"Didn't I take back a lot of the Yun family's assets from Yun Gansong? Some of the land among them, I plan to turn them into a medicinal garden."

"Just the staff in the medicine garden alone would require hundreds of people."

"I plan to find some time to sort out all the industries I have brought back. Many of them must have employed Yun Gansong's people. I will replace all of them."

"As for Jishidi, the Jishidi in the capital has been sorted out, but the Jishidi branches in the provinces below must be opened gradually to squeeze out all the fake stores opened by Yun Gansong."

"So you know how short-handed I am?"

Xiao Jingyi smiled and nodded, "Got it."

Yun Fuling suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, if the retired soldiers have families, they can bring them here if they are willing. I also have work for women to do."

Xiao Jingyi felt very proud when he saw how thoughtful and considerate Yun Fuling was.

If his subordinates knew that he had married such a kind and capable princess, they would probably be happy for him.

After the two finished talking about the retired soldiers, Xiao Jingyi said, "I asked someone to select a few children from the farm below. You can take Jing Mo to see them tomorrow morning."

"If there is anyone you like, please stay and be Jing Mo's playmate."

"Let them get along for a while first. If they get along well, keep him as your personal servant. If not, replace him and choose another one."

Yun Fuling understood that the people who served the noble children of this era were basically selected from childhood.

Xiao Jingyi is also going to start assigning staff to Jingmo.

Yun Fuling had already decided to adapt to the local customs.

Besides, she has her own things to do, and can't stay with Jing Mo all day and revolve around him alone.

Therefore, it would be a good thing for Yu Jingmo's growth if he could have playmates of the same age.

The next day.

Yun Fuling's family of three were having breakfast when Tian Quan came to report that the selected children had arrived.

Xiao Jingyi nodded when he heard this, "Let them wait in the front yard."

After finishing breakfast, the three of them went to the front yard hall.

The selected children were already lined up in front of the hall in the front yard.

Yun Fuling took a quick look and found that they were all children between six and ten years old.

And there are more than a dozen of them.

She glanced at Xiao Jingyi. Is this what he meant by choosing a few children?

These children had obviously been taught the rules, and when they saw Xiao Jingyi and Yun Fuling coming over, they immediately knelt down and saluted.

Xiao Jingyi and Yun Fuling sat upright, while Yun Jingmo sat on the low stool below Xiao Jingyi.

Xiao Jingyi didn't call out, but said to Yun Fuling: "You will be the one who decides who to choose today."

After saying this, he picked up the teacup and drank tea leisurely.

Yun Fuling didn't hesitate to stand up and walked around the children, looking at them carefully.

Xiao Jingyi had already selected these people in advance. Each of them had straight eyebrows and eyes, and was very energetic.

Yun Fuling waved to Jing Mo, "Mo'er, come here."

After Jing Mo came up, she held his hand and said, "Mo'er, listen and watch carefully."

After that, he said to the children, "Tell us what your name is, your family situation, and what you can do."

She pointed to the little boy on the far left and said, "Let's start with you."

The little boy bowed and saluted, then spoke clearly, "My name is Ma Rong, and my family is a tenant farmer on the prince's farm. In addition to my parents, I have a younger brother and a younger sister. I can mow the grass, sweep the yard, climb trees, and swim..."

"My name is Zhao Dong..."

"Reply Princess..."

"Reply Princess..."

A row of children introduced themselves one by one.

Yun Fuling shook Jing Mo's hand and said, "Go pick one from them. Pick whichever one you like."

Jing Mo looked up at Yun Fuling, "Mother, can you only pick one?"