The story of Princess Lenggong's farming

Chapter 220
Shen Sisi, who was looking directly, had his scalp numb, and frowned, "Sibao, what are you looking at when you're not eating?!" Sibao just came back to his senses, didn't say anything, and ate the food bit by bit. , but also very tasteless.

There was nothing more to say at the dinner table. After the meal, Zhong Gensheng took the children and prepared to go home, but Changsheng sent them outside the city gate before turning around.

Sibao was quite silent all the way, Shen Sisi ignored him, and only discussed with Dabao: "Is there any loss for us to get these grains?!"

Dabao smiled lowly and said: "It's all paid back. Although I didn't make much money, it's not a loss. Now I got 7000 taels back on the account, and the rest are owed money on credit. Those who plan to pay back the food next year are all poor families... ..."

"Well, don't urge people..." Shen Sisi said with a smile: "Drought years are not easy, let them pay it back in two or three years, they are already living on rented land, if they pay it off all at once next year, they can't afford it." What to eat?! We are not short of these grains. If life grows bigger in the future, you can choose some honest and capable people among these people to work in our caravan, and you can also supplement some household expenses. It is better than renting land to farm. good……"

"Okay," Dabao said with a smile, "Tu Niu, you are so kind..."

Shen Sisi just smiled, although this time they took out more than 1 taels of silver and did not make much money after a lot of effort, but their caravan earned more than just money, the reputation alone can be very important. Well, it will help the future business... Moreover, the caravan that came out of this, after getting familiar with it, will be of great benefit in operation. Shen Sisi has already calculated the account, but there are many ideas in his heart.

After returning to the village, the diligent He Axiu and Niu Xiaohua led the servants to clean up the house.

Zhong Gensheng went home to have a look, and then said: "I'll go to the cooking workshop. I'm afraid Wang Tuozi will be too busy to go back alone. I'll go and help him..."

After hearing this, Sibao followed suit, but he was full of worries, looked back at each step and pondered before leaving.

Shen Sisi didn't know what was wrong with him, she always felt that this child was getting weirder and weirder, but others didn't see anything. After Dabao returned home, Niu Xiaohua was very surprised. There was something wrong with their eyes being glued together, and Shen Sisi didn't bother to look at them, so he went to work on his own.

Zhong Gensheng and Sibao came back after a while, obviously relieved, and said in a low voice: "Fortunately, the workshop was bought on the high ground on the hillside, and the house built was relatively high. I used waterproofing on it, but it didn’t get soaked…”

He laughed when he thought about it, and said, "Now I can rest assured. Although the things at home are spoiled, I don't feel bad about anything. If those ingredients are ruined, I will feel bad. These are all Money, how much is it, those are not broken, and those at home can be earned back and bought again..."

He Axiu also breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, is Wang Tuozi okay?!"

"Well, he is also busy cleaning up. The workshop was not flooded, and the water only reached the door, which was almost there, so he didn't have anything to clean up. Come here quickly..." Zhong Gensheng said with a smile.

Only then did He Axiu feel relieved, and asked him again: "Is the border town not flooded?!"

"It's flooded a little bit, but it's not serious, and the county town is also. It's just that some houses may have damaged the foundation and need to be repaired..." Zhong Gensheng said with a smile: "At last, this year, no one died of starvation, and no one died of thirst or freezing. , and no one is sick..."

He Axiu then recited Amitabha, and said: "... from now on, our border towns can be at ease, and we will never have to run away in drought years."

"Yeah..." Zhong Gensheng thought of the escape ten years ago, he went to seek refuge with nothing, but came back in a mess.well.It's really uncomfortable to encounter a disaster year. Fortunately, I will never encounter this kind of thing again after this year. At least if I encounter this kind of thing, I will be like this year, and I don't have to run around.

The entire border town slowly began to enter the recovery period. Fortunately, although it was hot for a long time, when the autumn wind came, the weather suddenly improved again, and it finally started to rain lightly.

Everyone in the village was overjoyed, Zhong Gensheng discussed with He Axiu: "Although it's colder and I missed a season of seasoning, but now I can replant some cabbages and radishes..."

He Axiu also sighed: "The village is alive now, let's plant seeds tomorrow..."

Sure enough, the village got busy, and the sadness on everyone's faces finally dissipated, and there was some joy on their faces, which made them very happy.

After replenishing the seeds, the weather finally returned to normal, and Zhong’s cooking workshop started to work. Zhong Gensheng also filled the big pond there with water according to last year’s method, dug the silt into it, and put the fish fry to start raising. Shen Sisi got some water chestnut seeds and lotus root seeds and planted them. Although they won't germinate now, they can be counted on next spring.

Then, some fruit trees were planted at a distance of 1.5 meters in the temporarily unused land around the workshop, but a wide road away from the village was left, which was supplemented with stones.

The Zhong family is getting more and more grand.

The Fuzi in the county was also opened, and Lizheng's family started to raise chickens, ducks and geese again. Their family had enough hands, so the scale of raising was larger.

Dabao planned to open another side in the border town. He thought about the plan that Shen Sisi had planned for him. Using the caravan, he would slowly serve the hot pot, seasonings, and all the ingredients at home until he had served the entire Dayu. towards……

Because during this severe drought, only their village was not completely destroyed, and they still had some harvests. In addition, this crop material is indeed more cost-effective than growing grain, so many villagers from other villages came to ask, and the Zhong family was naturally willing to sell the seeds. Yes, those people bought the seeds and went home happily.Shen Sisi is also very happy. After all, the demand for seasonings at home will increase in the future. She originally planned to develop this area into their Zhong family's seasoning base. Now that someone asks, it is naturally the best...

Therefore, the Zhong family sold a lot of seeds, and the villagers were eager to plant them as soon as spring came. These plants are drought-resistant, and it is best to grow them in border towns.

The weather is getting colder, and people are taking care of things at home, so it is quite free to meditate. She has long planned to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables and mushrooms. She thought it would not be feasible before, but now it is feasible that's it.

Since there are mirrors in this world, there must be glass, so she went to the border town to find Han Ji and asked him if he had anything similar to that mirror to buy.

Han Ji was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "That mirror is actually very rare, and there were not many in the Yu Dynasty. It came from outside as a tribute, and I got one by chance..."

Shen Sisi was a little disappointed at first, but Chang Sheng said in a low voice: "I seem to have seen the transparent mirror-like things you mentioned. There are some in the capital, but most of them are colored, and they are used by rich people to make windows. Yes, it’s still beautiful to use, and our Hou Mansion seems to have it too, and it’s quite expensive..."

Thinking about it, it seems that there are traversers. Otherwise, if this thing has technology, how could it be so expensive? It must be a monopoly to make it so expensive.

"Can I buy it?" Shen Sisi whispered, "I got it here to build a greenhouse."

"Many people in the capital have built greenhouses, but I don't know if they use them," Changsheng said with a smile, "I'll find a way to bring some over for you..."

Shen Sisi nodded and said, "Thank you, this thing is fragile, so be careful."

Chang Sheng smiled, and thought about giving him money, but Chang Sheng quickly refused, and only said that he would give it later, and now he didn't know how much money it would cost.

After sending Shen Sisi away, Chang Sheng smiled and said: "This is the first time Miss asks us for something, and I have to find a way to get it, General, I will write a letter back to the capital and ask them to buy more." Bring over some more, no matter how much money he has..."

Han Ji nodded with a smile, praised him for his cleverness, and said with a smile: "That girl is a clear accountant. If she wants to give money, don't say no, just accept a little bit of meaning. This thing is precious, but our lord The government can still afford..."

"That's for sure, but I think the young lady is very smart, and I think she is worth a lot. If I charge less money, she will appreciate it..." Changsheng said with a smile: "But we have to owe us another favor, The last time I returned the gift was two pairs of boots, I don’t know what gift I will give us this time, I am really looking forward to it..."

Han Ji then laughed out loud. Although it seems natural to be reciprocal like this, this is the best way for them to appear close. Otherwise, if they are nice to others for no reason, they will be scared to death and will definitely leave. The farther the better.

After a lot of effort, Changsheng finally transported five carts of glass from the capital and brought it to Zhong's house. After seeing it, he was very happy, and put the things carefully in the backyard. Changsheng said with a low smile: " I heard that you are going to build a greenhouse, and these things need professional workers to do them, so I brought two of them here, and when they are done, we will send them back to the capital..."

Shen Sisi thanked him very much after hearing this, Chang Sheng just smiled and said: "You don't have to be polite to me, I ate a lot of meals from you when I lived here with the general..."

Shen Sisi paused, when Chang Sheng gave him the money, he only said a little bit, Shen Sisi knew that this thing was extremely expensive in this rare place, how could it be cheap, but he still didn't say anything, and paid the money according to Chang Sheng's words , but he and Han Ji love him very much.He thought that in the future, when he went to the border town, he would bring more delicious food to Han Ji's master and servant.

(End of this chapter)