1301
With access to the water source, Fu Zhiwen fulfilled his promise to the people by distributing the hundred or so acres of land he acquired from Gu Shengting, along with the large tracts of land reclaimed with the help of convicts, to the populace on a per capita basis.
Xiao Ruo noticed that many of the people had originally been helping landlords farm the land, making it difficult to juggle once the county government's land was distributed. So, she rented the plots that couldn't be managed, accumulating dozens of acres in total.
Yuan Bao and Yuan Xiao happened to return to Fungdi County. Xiao Ruo asked Yuan Bao to go outside Jinzhou City to hire some farmers to help in Fungdi County.
Yuan Bao found quite a few people, but as soon as they heard it was for Jinzhou, they immediately refused, given Jinzhou's famous poverty.
