The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 375 Humanity and Sophistication
Spring is truly a season when nature thrives and reproduces in abundance.

Birds laying eggs.

Animals are pregnant.

Even the thirty-three-year-old Princess Consort wrote a letter to share the good news.

After reading the letter, Gan Minglan whispered to her husband, "The princess is pregnant; she's been pregnant for five months already!"

Zuo Wenkang genuinely believed that his wife was a person with great fortune.

She actually managed to concoct a medicinal wine recipe that she got from the Hu people.

Two jars of wine were given to the Northwest King as a gift for his legitimate son.

The princess made it very clear in her letter.

More than a dozen doctors took his pulse and all said it was his son.

The State of Bei is different from the matriarchal Phoenix Dynasty.

The legitimate daughter has no right to inherit a title.

The importance of the eldest son is self-evident.

While pleased with his wife's abilities, Zuo Wenkang couldn't help but joke, "General Gan, you're probably going to have another title to add to your resume."

"What's his title? Master brewer?"

"No, it's the Goddess of Fertility!"

Gan Minglan: "."

I do not want this title.

The princess just happened to be pregnant with a son.

If it were anyone else, there would be a 50% chance it would be a daughter.

But the princess didn't think that way.

This medicinal wine isn't the most important thing about its beauty benefits; the key is that it can really help with fertility!
Even the most skilled gynecologists in the capital couldn't prescribe such a remedy.

The letter was written in a very intimate tone, and it even said that if Gan Minglan ever brewed wine of the same quality again, she would buy it all.

She can name her price.

Can such medicinal wine be mass-produced?
Zuo Wenkang tapped the letters on the table:
“Of course it can be mass-produced. My wife, you've acquired such a large vineyard; you can't possibly be looking to eat a few more pounds of raisins.”

Brewing it into wine is the way to maximize profits.

We can't compete with Huozhou's ordinary wines. Snow Lotus Medicinal Wine is much better; you can categorize these medicinal wines into different grades.

The lowest grade, which requires long-term consumption to achieve its medicinal effects, is 30-40% more expensive than the wine from Huozhou. For those who can experience the benefits of medicinal wine within a year or two, we brew only a few hundred catties each year, priced three to five times higher than the lowest grade.

Didn't you say that drinking this wine regularly can improve your complexion and overall appearance? I don't believe those ladies who care about their appearance can resist such a medicinal wine.

As for the fertility-enhancing drink that the princess drinks, which has an immediate effect, brew several jars a year and send them all to her. The further the prince progresses, the more he needs not only a legitimate son but also even more support.

Understand!
It's a form of diplomacy involving wives.

What do the ladies who interact with the princess lack?

Rewarding someone with gold, silver, and jewels is a low-class act.

Don't wives with legitimate sons want a legitimate grandson?

Or it could be a married daughter; having another child to rely on is a great thing.

and so.

Such an incredible medicinal wine, at most we could exchange it for some silver.

Only when someone else takes charge can it truly be put to its purpose.

The couple whispered to each other.

We should still cling to the powerful figures who offer unparalleled support.

It makes its presence felt from time to time, and it works wonders when you need it.

Isn't it incredibly effective?
Gan Minglan sought help from Zhao Muyun for the help of the pattern pullers and weavers who wove the brocade.

The reply indicated that they had already sent their personal guards to Wu and Yue to help find the person.

They also said that once found, they would directly help deliver it to Ganluchuan.

With such efficiency and such connections, isn't that amazing?
Zhao Muyun, however, said to his princess:

"General Gan's abilities are unmatched in the entire Northwest, but she is not competitive or power-hungry. She always puts the overall situation first and cares about the military households and their families in Guanzhong. She has repeatedly made outstanding military achievements."

What can I possibly give her? She single-handedly stormed the Hu people's capital, bringing back enough grain to feed 500,000 people for months! She's been promoted twice in a year. If her rank rises any further, the adjutant generals under General Xiong will likely be restless. I don't even know how else to reward her. What would other generals have said to claim credit for? But she hasn't asked for anything, and instead, she's come to me begging for help, all for a few brocade weavers.”

Princess Jiang gently stroked her noticeably protruding belly, her face as rosy as a blooming rose.

She said softly:

"Your Highness, please remember General Gan's merits. If you truly reach that position, will you still worry about not receiving a title as a reward? Since she now admires the craftsmen of Jiangnan, then find her more! Didn't you want to try planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms? The embroiderers of Jiangnan are also top-notch!"

"The Princess truly understands my heart."

So, you see.

It's not that I don't want credit, but if it's a small task that the other party can easily do, they'll be happy to accept it.

They had just asked the big boss for the Weaver.

Then I went to Hami City.

Ask General Xiong for the people.

General Xiong scratched his head: "The Hami New City project is there, and those immigrants will be busy for the next year or two."

Gan Minglan played the victim:

"As you know, Ganluchuan is located at the foot of the snow-capped mountains. The terrain is too low, and the dugouts are very damp, which is not suitable for the elderly and children to live in for a long time."

But our labor force is currently being used for land reclamation and farming. Those vanguard battalion members can do both fighting on horseback and tilling the land well. For projects like building houses, they can only do manual labor at most.

"I don't need much. Would it be alright to send five hundred bricklayers, five hundred blacksmiths, five hundred carpenters, and five hundred sculptors to work in Ganluchuan?"

Xiong Zhen glared at her:

"Five hundred? There are less than a thousand blacksmiths in the entire Hamiwei, and at most two thousand carpenters, and even fewer sculptors."

Gan Minglan was completely unconcerned about the other party's exasperation, and looked indifferent:
"That means there are the most bricklayers. If there are fewer than 500 people in other trades, we'll fill the gaps by hiring bricklayers."

Xiong Zhen: "." It really is hard to refuse.

I came to Hamiwei.

They not only brought back two thousand craftsmen, but also wheat seeds from 30,000 mu of wasteland, more than a dozen truckloads of grape seedlings, and several large bags of melon seeds.

The other nine garrisons frequently reported reclamation areas of 100,000 mu.

Ganluchuan, despite having such a good basin, only plans to cultivate 30,000 mu of land this year.

However, General Gan stated that the labor force in the garrison was extremely limited, and there were no immigrants available to help with the farming.

Bit off more than you can chew!
General Xiong was helpless against her.

He thought that if more immigrants came to Guanxi to make a living, he would select tens of thousands of farmers to send to Ganluchuan for General Gan.

Scholars are hard to find among the refugees, doctors are hard to come by, and artisans are in high demand from all the major powers.

There must be a lot of farmers who fled here, right?
Yes.

many.

Hundreds of thousands of farmers are now walking along the river corridor.

only.

while walking.

Then the entire village stopped.

The Hexi Corridor still has some plains suitable for human habitation.

However, after the fall of the Seven Guards of Guanzhong, the Han Chinese and ethnic minorities living on these plains began to migrate inland on a large scale.

The immigrants saw dilapidated villages and vast tracts of abandoned land.

"Shall we still head to Kansai?"

"Where to go! The Guan army has kept the Hu people out of the pass, so it's very safe inside. These villages have no officials to bully and oppress, and no displaced people to burn, kill, and rob. Staying here is a good way to avoid all that trouble."

This place is really nice.

Livable!

The village chief agreed, and the villagers did not object.

Ever since.

After the start of the year, more than 100,000 farmers came westward from Jinzhou Pass, but only more than 30,000 remained when they reached Guanxi!

(End of this chapter)