Infinite Immortal Ship

Chapter 3 Get the dowry
After breakfast, everyone was worried.

Lu Hongtie and his son took a donkey cart and went to the countryside to collect pigs. Before leaving, in addition to the "fried brown sugar millet cake" prepared in a cloth bag, they also brought roasted and cooked pork jerky as dry food. .

The woman went to the backyard to take care of the pig pen. In order to prevent the pigs from not being received for several days in a row, they kept a few pigs at home.

After Lu Wansheng put away the dishes, she originally wanted to talk to Erlang, but after she saw Erlang meditating with his eyes closed from the window, she sighed and went to the kitchen to make barbecue dry food.

As the daughter of a butcher, Lu Wansheng is very beautiful. Rich families look down upon her status, and there are few suitable people from ordinary families. As a result, she is 18 years old and has yet to find the right person.

Her mother was responsible for butchering pigs and selling fresh pork, and she was responsible for making pig blood and baking dried meat. As her skills got better and better, the dried meat was also favored by traveling merchants, and she saved a lot of money to stay there. Make a dowry.

Seeing the pieces of semi-dry meat gradually becoming dull and hard after being burned by the smoke of the stove, she worried about Erlang's future life.

Erlang is now handsome and strong, but once he returns to his hometown to farm, he will be exposed to the wind and sun, and his skin will become dark and old, just like the dried meat that fresh meat becomes after being dried, roasted and smoked...

Thinking of this, Lu Wansheng couldn't accept it.

Soon, there was a call from outside. She took the dried meat aside, put a clean pot on the stove, added a few ladles of water, and carried a wooden bucket to the backyard.

...With a scream, streams of bright red blood flowed into the wooden barrel. After the slaughtered pig had drained its blood, Lu Wansheng carried the pig's blood to the kitchen, and then skillfully made the pig's blood.

By the time she had turned the bucket of liquid pig blood into lumps, her mother had already cut the pork into pieces, and the mother and daughter began to transport the pork and pig blood to the shop on a cart.

After spending a lot of time arranging the pig blood, pork and dried meat in order, he opened the front door of the pork shop and started doing business.

The busy time always passed quickly. At noon, when the business was a little less, the mother and daughter simply ate "fried brown sugar millet cakes" and pork jerky, and then continued to work.

As for Erlang, whose cat is "cultivating blindly" in the house, they don't need to worry. For such a big person, they will naturally go to the kitchen to find food when they are hungry.

At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, a donkey cart passed by the shop in a dusty manner. After saying hello with a smile, the visitor made a short circle to the backyard.

Lu Yansheng drove the two pigs into the pigsty and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Boy, we're back!"

Lu Hongtie changed his expression and said excitedly in the yard: "Erlang, come out quickly, I have brought you good news!"

After leaving Lu Wansheng to look at the shop, the woman also rushed over. Seeing the uncontrollable joy on the faces of the father and son, she felt curious in her heart.

When Lu Yuanying walked out of the room with a puzzled look on his face, Lu Yansheng said excitedly:

"I heard this morning that you, my second brother, are going back to your hometown to farm. My father and I were worried. If you want to farm, you must have land. Our family only has [-] acres of dry land and thin fields. My grandparents and uncles and aunts farm it all year round. I can’t make much money, so dad and I discussed it. Rather than letting you go back and increase the burden on your hometown, it’s better to buy you some fertile land.”

Lu Yuantong was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that his delaying strategy would actually cause his second uncle and his son to have these worries. Looking at the current situation, it seemed that his second uncle had really bought him some land.

As expected, Lu Hongtie took the conversation with a smile and said with a contented look on his face: "So we paid attention when purchasing the pigs and asked several people, and we really came across a good thing. A wealthy gentleman named Wu wanted to buy an official position for his son, so we I plan to sell fifty acres of paddy field next to Yang Lake."

"After asking some acquaintances, I learned that those paddy fields are fertile fields. Canals can be dug to divert water for irrigation during droughts. Normally, they just overflow the land. When they are full, dams can be built. In addition, with the Dragon King regulating the wind and rain, there will be no water at all. Seedling drowning happened.”

Lu Yuantong couldn't help but feel moved. According to the level of agriculture in this world, local paddy fields are limited by seasonality and land fertility. They can only grow rice once a year, and spend the rest of the time fertilizing.Rice is grown once a year in the paddy field. Although the yield is only over 400 kilograms, it is considered fertile land.

Crops such as wheat, beans, millet and millet grown on dry land are grown three times in two years, with an average of just over 300 kilograms per acre per year.

As for those thin fields with poor soil quality or lack of water, the annual yield is only about [-] kilograms.

The reason why the yields of paddy fields and dry fields differ by [-] kilograms is because of fertilizer. The paddy fields use river mud to fertilize straw, weeds, etc., while the dry fields lack river mud and only use simple compost.

The yield of Susukada is only half of that of good farmland. The main reason is lack of water or poor land.

Overall, crop yields are very limited by land fertility and water power. For Lu Yuantong, a man who has received a scientific education from Blue Star, this is not a problem at all.

Let’s talk about fertility first. He studied applied chemistry. As long as he can find the right minerals, he can make Blue Star’s technological product-fertilizer.

Regarding water problems, Yanghu Lake has many tributaries. Water-powered waterwheels or animal-powered waterwheels can be used to solve the problem of water shortage in the land.

In addition, smart people are indispensable among human beings. As long as they make a good start and give people a little inspiration, the rest can be left to their own devices.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuantong suddenly sighed. If the fertility and water power were upgraded, the value of the land would at least increase accordingly. If there is a chance in the future, he must let his relatives buy more land.

"There are a total of fifty acres of paddy fields. How many acres did you buy for Erlang?" A voice came from the woman next to him, seemingly questioning.

You know, an acre of paddy field is worth at least ten taels of silver, and the fertile land Lu Hongtiekou mentioned may be even more expensive by several taels per acre.

With such a small amount of money, how could she not feel distressed if she bought too much?
"The wealthy gentleman was in a hurry for money and offered ten taels of silver per acre. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Dalang and I put our heads together and signed the contract for ten acres!"

As he spoke, Lu Hongtie took out a clean sweat towel from his arms, and then carefully unfolded the parchment inside. The first line on it clearly read "Ten acres".

Ten acres?

100 taels of silver!

... The gods and immortals can all see it, and heaven and earth can learn from it, so no breach of contract is allowed.

Seeing the words on the parchment, the woman sat down on the ground as if she had been struck by lightning.

The average cost of harvesting a pig is only seven to eight hundred cents, and selling the clean meat only costs about that much. The money earned is the profit from pig blood and pig water.

Making dried meat is time-consuming and labor-intensive. The salt required for pig blood is very expensive, and the warm and smelly water is sold at a low price. This shop has only saved more than 82 taels of silver over the years.

It cost 72 taels to activate Erlang's bloodline a few days ago, but now there are only [-] taels left. Most of them were originally intended to buy forging tools for her son, but now she doesn't even have enough money to buy land.

"Lu Hongtie, are you planning to give our daughter Wan Sheng's dowry to your nephew as well?"

(End of this chapter)