Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 89 New Ideas
He went back to the inn bored, only to see grandma and Liu Jiaojiao went shopping together.He couldn't sit still because of the gambling hook, so he found the street again, and saw the two of them buying a lot of things in big and small bags.When asked about the money, Liu Jiaojiao didn't hide it from him: "I took the money. Didn't you have bank notes in the saltworks? What are you doing? Why are you not watching you back in the saltworks?"

"I came back to buy things for the saltworks, but I forgot to take the silver ticket. How much did you spend? Give me the rest of the silver..."

"A large salt field in Nuoda needs you, the owner, to run in person to buy things. I haven't got the bank ticket yet. Do you think I just met you? Jinsha, have you started gambling again?" Liu Jiaojiao became vigilant. Get up and insist on not giving him the money.Although Xiu'e didn't interrupt, her attitude was the same as Liu Jiaojiao's.

"I'm waiting to use that, don't delay my business?"

"Ghosts believe you. I used the money to go back to your saltworks to get it, but I forgot to bring it. Are you stupid?"

"Forget it, I don't bother to care about you!"

Jinsha had no choice but to go to Lu Run's warehouse to ask for it. Lu Run got a reward from Manager Zhang last night. Today, he came to borrow money, but he didn't know what he wanted 300 taels of silver for.However, he is cautious by nature, it is impossible to give him money without Jin Yang's permission.

"Cousin, today is unlucky, there is no money on the cabinet, if you use money, it will be enough tomorrow... Can you come to pick it up the day after tomorrow?"

Jin Sha didn't dare to be too impatient, so he could only agree: "The day after tomorrow? Well then, come back tomorrow."

As soon as Jinsha stepped out of the gate of the warehouse, Lu Run wrote a letter and handed it to the messenger to go to Jinfu immediately.In the evening, before it was dark, Liu Fugui, who was training the pigeons, received a letter from Jinyang's carrier pigeon.In the letter, Lu Run was instructed to send him and Wang Hua to the inn where Jinsha was staying to give ten taels of silver, saying, "After Jin Shao's family left, they summed it up again, and they calculated 70 taels of silver for him, which was still too little. I specially gave it today." Wang Hua, who sent twelve taels as compensation, went to send the money, so he and his grandmother and two sister-in-laws told them about the sale of the shares in the salt farm by Jin Yang.

Jin Sha wandered outside all afternoon and returned to the inn. What greeted him was the crutches newly bought by his grandmother, and his two wives were crying.They couldn't live in the inn, and they didn't have the courage to ask Lu Run to borrow money, so the four of them had to rent a carriage to go home the next day.

Back in the capital, fortunately the key to the newly bought mansion that Jin Yang had bought hadn't been returned to the Jin mansion, so they could continue to move in.Xiu'e whispered in Liu Jiaojiao's ear, saying that Jinsha has no career, and it's not a solution in the long run. It's better to let grandma go to find her father-in-law and ask him to give the salt field to Jinyang.

Jinsha was so disappointing that grandma was a little bit annoyed when she saw her son say these words, but there was no other way, so she had to bite the bullet and go find it.

"Mom, do you still want to give him the salt field? Are you not afraid that he will sell the salt field again? He went to the salt field and sold the shares of the salt field in just one day. He also lost his money in gambling. This will make him eat up everything, can you guarantee that he will not gamble in the future, and how much family fortune he has if he indulges in gambling like this is not enough for him to lose?"

"..."

The father-in-law continued: "Mom, do you know how much money Jinsha has lost since gambling? Thousands of taels of silver. Every time I swear and promise, has he got a memory? Where did the money he lose come from?" Yes, part of it was sold privately by our family’s ancestral land, and most of it was earned by Jinyang and Liutao. The shares in the salt field are also their foundation. I just sold it, and I won’t talk about others, Mom, don’t you feel sorry for yourself?”

Grandma's face also had a fever, and she tentatively said, "Why don't you let Jinsha move back to the vineyard and live in the vineyard, so that he can support the family by cooking shrimp and marinated fish?"

"Liu Tao has brought this up, it's okay to move back..."

"That's great. The house is just a few steps from the river. How convenient it is!"

"Mom, Liu Tao said that it's okay to move here, but not now. The grapes are about to ripen now. These grapes are for the royal family. There can't be any mistakes. They dare to dig up the pear trees, and the grapes are hard to guarantee. Sell ​​it secretly, and wait until the grapes are picked in November."

Grandma became angry when she heard this: "Well, this dead child, I thought she was kind just now, but she is still ruining people. It's cold in November, and the fishing fish don't eat, and they can catch fish and shrimps that fart ?”

"Then there is no way?"

Grandma left in a huff, not to mention that Liu Tao was worried that Jinsha's gambling addiction would secretly sell grapes, if there was no old man at home watching, he would probably be able to sell his daughter-in-law.

Jinsha calmed down again this time, and started to go to the fish market to buy small fish. Grandma thinks this is not bad. There are more than 20 taels of silver in every month. In addition to eating, drinking and spending, most of the money can be saved.

Liu Tao's grandparents are worthy of praise during this time. Although they also visit the capital every now and then, they don't touch porcelain anymore.

Su Huan refused to have an idle meal in the Jin Mansion, so Jin Yang arranged her for Mar Hua, and the processing of dairy products was already familiar to Su Huan.Jin Li gave her the demon fox gold medal and asked her to keep it as a souvenir.

The salt fields in the south of Xiaohe River have been put into operation, and together with those in the north, they produce more than 3000 taels of silver every month. The salt in Jinfu is sold for two taels of silver and ten catties in Yantian.Now they are all sold overseas, and the price of ten catties of salt transported to Luocha country is two or two cents of silver.In order to reduce the impact of Yantian salt on the national salt industry market, to reduce the jealousy of peers, and to sell high prices, most of the salt was sold to marine merchants.But the problem of insufficient productivity emerged sharply again. The two went to Yantian to find ways to increase production because the grapes were not ripe enough.

The four-wheeled foreign carriage came, and everyone knew that it was the two masters who came to inspect it. Passing by the salt fields and those newly reclaimed wastelands, people kept saluting their carriage.They saw that by the nameless river, Xiao Shunzi led a group of people who seemed to be exploring, intending to build a bridge over the river.

Jin Yang praised: "Well, Xiao Shunzi is thoughtful, it's time to build a bridge over the river to facilitate travel."

Because it had just rained a few days ago, the small river and spring were much larger than the water volume, when they got off the car by the river, Xiao Shunzi hurriedly left those craftsmen to see him.

Liu Tao and Wu'er went to find Marlan, and Jin Yang and Xiao Shunzi also came to the river. The craftsmen had rowed a small fishing boat into the water to measure, and planted more than ten bamboo poles in the river as a bridge. direction mark.Jin Yang chatted with a man by the river who looked like an old master.

The old master is also surnamed Jin, and after talking with Jin Yang for a while, he became acquainted with Jin Yang. He sighed to Jin Yang: "This place is also close to the north. If it was in the south of the country, this river would have been used long ago. Hey, running a boat in the river is more convenient than driving a car on the road. If the boat goes smoothly, it can run faster than a horse-drawn cart."

Jin Yang had never been to the south of the country, so he tried to ask: "Old man, the waterways in the south of the Yangtze River are well developed, and those water networks are all formed naturally. In the north, the water network is not so dense, and many rivers are not connected... . . . "

"Shaodong, you are wrong. The water network in the south of the Yangtze River was not connected from the beginning. Many places are connected by small canals dug by hand. The water network extends in all directions, which facilitates the transportation. Therefore, many farmlands have also benefited. , because the area of ​​the water network is huge, water storage and drainage are very convenient, and droughts and floods are avoided. If the water source is not sufficient, rice cannot become the main crop in the south.”

"Yeah, why didn't I think of the canal?"

"For example, here is far away from Liangshan Port. If there are cargoes to be loaded or unloaded here, seagoing ships can also be docked in the small river. We have measured the water level of the small river, and it is above the height of a person's hand. "

"Hi" It's really like this. When Xiao Shunzi sells salt to sea merchants for shipment, he always transports the salt to Liangshan Port first and then asks the tax department to pay the tax before loading the ship. It's not too far, but it's very troublesome to load and unload the car and then ship it.When loading salt in the future, it would be nice if the merchant ship brought the tax officer to directly count the loads for loading.

Here, the width of the river is more than 100 meters. The few people on the boat are the master's apprentices. They measured back and forth several times and then parked the boat on the bank.After a middle-aged man came to pay respects to the golden seedlings, he was disappointed and said to the master: "Master, this place is not suitable for building a bridge. We measured the water level and the center of the river is about two feet deep. It's too difficult..."

Jin Yang suddenly thought of the chain bridge. The chains could be smuggled in by Captain Venus.

The old master said in embarrassment: "Both sides are land. If the cliff is similar, it is not impossible to build such a bridge on the land, but the bridgeheads on both sides must be raised. The huge project is not worth the loss!"

"Well, then there is no need to build a bridge."

"Young Master, if this is the case, the bridge will not be built. You can only continue to ferry back and forth in small boats. Look at this..." The old master said to Jin Yang in embarrassment.

"Old man, it doesn't matter. See if you can explore this section of the river for us. If, as you said, sea ships can dock, wouldn't it be great?"

"You are talking about building a small dock. That's nothing. We've built many docks. Besides, there are stone cliffs here. Even the stones can be made from local materials..."

After their further exploration, they chose the location to build the wharf, and agreed on the approximate cost, and the matter was settled.

Looking at Xiaohe, Jin Yang had a new plan in his mind, and he said to the old master: "Master, if you have time, please continue to conduct a comprehensive survey of this small river, and see if it leads to the Xiaojin River in the south of the capital. , How many shallow waterways and canals need to be dredged in the middle, draw a detailed map at that time, and mark the parts that need to be dredged and excavated... "

They negotiated an approximate cost, and when the exploration was completed, the cost would be directly collected from the Jin Mansion.Because the Jinfu is for exploration, and it goes straight to the end here.

　Our protagonist is going to work hard to make money, and this book can be regarded as the end of the book.There are two more chapters today, and the next chapter is estimated to be uploaded later.

　　
　
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