The story of Princess Lenggong's farming

Chapter 227 Captain Zhao

In the border town, he won the hearts of the people.If he wins the battle this time, many things will be unstoppable even if he wants to.

But Han Ji wouldn't be so foolish as to immediately win the battle and then be recalled by that person to make him empty, he would naturally wear out slowly...

After spending seven or eight years on him, maybe... things will turn around.

It can be said that the master and the servant rushed to the border town with the stars and the moon, and the mood that had been depressed for four years finally turned around.

The Zhong family is now digging lotus roots. After all, there are only a small amount of lotus roots. After all, there are only two ponds in the family. Therefore, it has become popular in the border town again. Although Han Ji has been away from the border town for many years, his talent has long been known. The famous Yu Dynasty, especially the people in the border towns, are all very proud. This is the second batch of lotus roots dug by the Zhong family this year, and the four servants of the family are also working today.

Zhong Gensheng and Dabao stood by the pond, cleaned up the mud on the lotus root, and said with a smile: "Many people come to our village to see the lotus this summer, and many scholars are painting, but they heard that Without the strong posture of General Han, the painting doesn’t look like it, and I can’t understand it. I think these literati are also quite strange...but they made our family earn a lot of money. Niu made chicken out of lotus leaves, made glutinous rice, and sold it for five taels of silver per person. They were unambiguous, and happily paid for it, and burst into tears as they ate it. The lotus leaves are beautiful..."

Zhong Gensheng said with a smile, "I said five taels of silver is too expensive. You know what your sister said, she said that they are not short of money, and what they eat is the atmosphere. If it is not expensive, it will not show the atmosphere... ..."

After hearing this, Dabao laughed and said, "Father, you don't understand, even if I explain it to you, you don't understand either. The second treasure and the third treasure understand, but they won't be fooled. As for the body, some hairs can be plucked... Those literati are not eager to eat, are they, father?!"

"Yeah, the local girl said there is a limit, and that the lotus leaves can't be picked randomly, so they all scrambled for it. Later, they made lotus leaf porridge and ate it. They added a little shredded chicken, a bowl of one tael of silver, and then Mix a preserved egg, a small plate, and you have to charge two hundred Wen, and they are very happy to pay, these people really know how to burn money..." Zhong Gensheng said with a smile: "Why do you say that this preserved egg is a literati? Stuff, it's really strange, it made me laugh, I watched Tu Niu earn a lot of money, when the water chestnut came up, she cooked it and sold it, because it was rare, it sold for two taels of silver One catty, I really have nothing to say, but the water chestnut is really delicious, tender and sweet..."

Dabao also laughed when he heard it, and said: "This batch of lotus root is also a lot of money. The first time I sold the lotus root, it was still cheap. From the second year onwards, the local girls just raised the price to sell it. But the supply is still in short supply. It is not wrong to sell it at a high price. People don’t care about the money. Dad, don’t feel sorry for them. Those who can afford it are rich people. What they pursue is literati integrity and character. You don’t understand ..."

"I don't understand, I want to understand, and I am reluctant to spend this money on this expensive and sad thing..." Zhong Gensheng said with a smile: "It's a good thing that the second treasure and the third treasure didn't read their brains like theirs, otherwise I would still I'm really going to be pissed off..."

"Second Treasure and Three Treasures are smart, they are pragmatic..." Dabao laughed.

"This is really..." Zhong Gensheng laughed after thinking about it, obviously extremely satisfied.This year, Han Ji's paintings will be exhibited in Tianxianglou again, until the end of the lotus root sale. Every year at this time, border towns will be popular, and it has almost become a rule, especially some literati from other places will come to border towns at this time of year. Come, to eat lotus root, and secondly, to enjoy, the characters, the paintings...

At this time, it was quite popular, the border town was quite lively, and with the caravans coming and going, it was even more lively, and the Zhong family naturally made a lot of money...

"Father, you said that General Han will arrive..." Dabao said in a low voice.

"It should be soon..." Zhong Gensheng said with a smile: "I think before General Han arrives, the frontier city must be able to hold, otherwise these frontier generals would be vegetarians?! So we just need to rest assured, don't I escaped, with General Han's illustrious reputation, we ordinary people can also live a life of peace of mind..."

"That's right..." Dabao said, "Now all the caravans, goods dealers, and big merchants are raising funds to support the armaments. No matter what, they must defend the border town..."

"Yeah, you vote for some too. You can't just rely on the imperial court..." Zhong Gensheng also sighed, "At this time, we still need strong generals, and I don't know what happened to the Four Treasures. Hey, there hasn't been a letter for so many years." letter back..."

Dabao said in a low voice, "Maybe it's busy. Communication may not be allowed in the army. I think that place must be quite strict..."

"That's true..." Zhong Gensheng sighed and stopped mentioning this matter.

Naturally, this year's lotus root was a big hit again. After the end, the shopkeeper of Tianxianglou sent back the painting with great gratitude. The expression of gratitude made me laugh out of contemplation.

In the past few years, the shopkeeper Cheng of Tianxianglou has indeed made a lot of money, not only money, but also reputation, and once the period of selling lotus root is over, Tianxianglou will be popular for at least one more month.

After harvesting the lotus root, Shen Sisi brought up some fish from the two ponds, sold some and went to the hot pot restaurant, and pickled some salted fish for the rest, and kept some fresh ones in the pond for slow cooking in winter. eat slowly.

In the past few years, the fruit forest in my backyard and the fruit forest in the workshop have ripened several times, and the grape and jujube trees have grown up, and this year they finally bear fruit.

The villagers have never seen such a rare thing as grapes, and they are quite puzzled. It can be seen that the native girl of the Zhong family actually sold this to the hot pot restaurant as a snack in the restaurant. It is just such a small bunch, and it costs two taels of silver...

The villagers who watched it were really speechless, but not all hot pot restaurants have them, only the two hot pot restaurants in the county town and the border town. Some of the raisins were sun-dried, and some wine was made, and it was gone.

No matter how rare something is, even if it can be sold for a sky-high price, Shen Sisi will not be able to make this money. She is not short of money now, and she mainly depends on her own needs, so she keeps more than half of it for food at home. No one ate anything, but they all thought it was very sweet, and they liked it very much.

I made some jujube paste cakes with dates, and dried the rest. In winter, I can cook porridge and drink it, which can nourish Qi and blood.

The life of the Zhong family is quite leisurely. Shen Sisi even taught the villagers how to grow grapes. When they are ready for a good harvest, they will buy them and sell them to various places. If the fresh ones cannot be transported, they will be dried into raisins. After making wine and selling it, the villagers followed Zhong's family long ago. When they saw that their family was promoting this, they were all overjoyed, so they all cut off the branches and went home and planted them in the open land. Water, take care of it carefully, people from other villages are used to buying seeds from their house, now seeing their house doing this, many people from ten miles and eight villages have come, and they all cut the grape branches and went home...

All of them are holding them carefully. Back then, they bought seeds and went home to grow seasonings. Later, they kept the seeds themselves. The harvest was not as good as that at the Zhong family. The reserved seeds are carefully reserved for the more active ones, so everyone bought seeds from Zhong’s house, and sometimes came to ask questions about how to plant them. Now I have asked clearly about the habits of the grapes. How to take care of it, and then remember to go home. They all know that this thing can be sold for two taels of silver in the border town, so the Zhong family's collection is definitely not cheap... Everyone is happy of.happily left.

Taking advantage of the cold weather, Shen Sisi started to grow vegetables in the greenhouse again, and she lived a very nourishing life every day, and she also became whiter, taller and tenderer day by day.Seeing the changes in herself made her very happy.

But the border town has already begun to fight, and Han Ji has already arrived at the border town, but he didn't have time to come, but he sent a letter, saying that he would come to Zhong's house to visit after he finished his work, and there were many people from the capital following the letter. As a special product, there is a small box named for contemplation.Shen Sisi was a little depressed, but she still picked it up. She thought about it, but her family didn't think much about it...

Zhong Gensheng also asked the soldier, "Did the general mention the Four Treasures and come back to see when!?"

The soldier was a little puzzled, and said: "There is no one named Four Treasures around the general..."

"What?!" Zhong Gensheng was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why is there no one named Sibao? He is your general's apprentice..."

The soldier was startled, drank a cup of tea with a smile and said, "Are you talking about Captain Zhao?! Our general does have an apprentice named Zhao Chengxu, but not Four Treasures. This is his nickname, right? Lieutenant Zhao was sent by the general to the coastal area to destroy Japanese pirates. In just three or four years, he has already made military achievements and was promoted to captain. He is very powerful. I didn't expect it to be someone from your house..."

"Zhao Chengxu?!" Zhong Gensheng was a little puzzled.

When Shen Sisi saw it, she said, "Father, the name of the Four Treasures is Zhao Chengxu..." She turned her head and said, "Have you letter from Captain Zhao?!"

The soldier shook his head and said: "I don't know about this, but he seldom communicates with the general, and occasionally he writes a letter to the general. It's not easy for us to ask about the general..."

Shen Sisi thanked him with a smile, but wondered in his heart that Sibao had written a letter and was detained by Han Ji? !

(End of this chapter)