Crossing the Qinghe Landlord GL MTL

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Xia Luosi's herbal medicine shop is on the edge of Changping Street near Ximen, and a few streets behind is Yuan Jiulang's herbal medicine shop. However, the rent of shops on Changping Street is cheaper and smaller. Xia Luosi rents a small two-story house, with his residence upstairs and a herbal medicine shop downstairs.

　Xia Luosi placed two seven-star chests in the shop. Next to it was a place for collecting herbal medicines and a table for taking medicines. There was not much room for people to rest.

　In the first three days after the opening, almost everyone in the Xia family took turns to join in the fun. Zhang He and Xia Jiniang also rushed over from Qinghe Village to give him some gifts and went to find Qiu San.

　Qiu San had previously sent the gears made by the blacksmith he mentioned to Qinghe Village to show her. The teeth of the two gears could mesh, which surprised Zhang He. After all, this could be done without the processing of gear hobbing machines and other tools. Zhang He was amazed by the wisdom and ability of the working people.

　Qiu Sandao: "These are all made by old blacksmiths after careful consideration. Each one costs more than two hundred yuan!" Now he doesn't feel sorry for this little money at all. After all, Fuzhou Governor Tong Liyu has already turned his money upside down. Reported to the Ministry of Industry.

　The Ministry of Industry plans to send Zhu Ye, a supervisor under the Shaofu Supervisor in charge of weapons and agricultural equipment manufacturing, to build a water-rotating rollover according to his instructions for trial use near Gyeonggi. Although his name could not reach the ears of officials at the Ministry of Industry, Tong Liyu remembered him. The exams next year will also be credited!

　"What about the remaining chains and the rods?" Zhang He asked again.

　"I still need to discuss with people a lot before I can figure out how to make what you spent." Qiu San touched his head.

　Zhang He understood. After all, in addition to gears and axles, there are also transmission shafts, tie rods, chains, return springs, etc., which are difficult to make purely by hand. However, she does not need to be as precise as modern ones. If the parts are larger, although it will be difficult to move, it will be easier to manufacture.

　"If you come back to me in six months, I will make them produce the gears, shafts, and rods you requested."

　So after leaving Xia Luosi's herbal medicine shop, Zhang He went to find Qiu San. However, Qiu San was not here, and Shi Qing was working in the Yamen. When he saw her coming to the Yamen for the first time, he thought she was going to report to the official.

　"Why did Erlang come to the Yamen today, but what happened?" Shi Qing asked.

　"Brother-in-law's herbal medicine shop has opened today. I came to congratulate him and stopped by to see Qiu Zuoguan."

　Shi Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Someone from the Shaofu Prison has come. He is now watching the water with the Shaofu Prison. Turn over the wheel."

　Zhang He felt a little regretful, but Shi Qing said: "If Erlang has something important to do with him, you might as well leave a message. When he comes back, I will have someone tell you." "Thank you, Brother Qingshan." Shi Qing finished talking to her

　. When it was time to get down to business, he happily took her and said, "Erlang will not deceive me. Those thirty acres of rice are growing brilliantly. Not to mention three stones or five buckets of rice, I'm afraid it won't be a problem for four 　stones

　!"

Well, that must be taken care of well by Brother Qingshan."

　Shi Qing smiled, this was related to his official career, so he naturally had to have someone take good care of it. Thinking that Zhang He was about to harvest the rice, he asked: "When will Erlang harvest the rice? I have to prepare the money to buy the rice seeds before planting the late crops." "In two days, we will be ready to hire people to harvest the rice. It's only July.

　We have to plant late rice. Can Brother Qingshan have time to transport it to various places?"

　Not to mention how many people are willing to plant late rice, even those who are willing to plant it keep their own grain seeds. Although Shi Qing can persuade people to buy it, Grain seeds may not have much effect.

　Shi Qing said: "I have already persuaded some people, and they are all willing to buy green seedlings. Erlang does not need to worry about this." Shi Qing's "persuasion" is not the same as what Zhang He thinks of as "persuasion". He just used his wording in a tactful way

　. In addition to those families who voluntarily loan money for young crops, the government will inevitably force some people to buy young crops.

　However, before the common people see the advantages of high-quality conventional rice in the early stage, it is impossible for them to take the initiative to buy young crops. In the short term, some people will also complain, and the Linchuan County Yamen will also have to bear such pressure.

　There are gradually more and more cold drink shops and vendors carrying cold drinks and selling them in the streets and alleys in Fuzhou City. June is the hottest summer season, and it is also a period prone to droughts, floods and other natural disasters. The common people want to harvest and plant seeds, and the government also sends people to patrol the mountains, forests, rivers and dams to guard against flash floods, floods, etc.

　Zhang He planted thirty acres more rice fields today than in previous years, so he had to hire a few more people to help. Together with Liu Dashan and the Song family, there were fifteen people in total. Last year, because Zhang He avoided the summer harvest, Aunt Li and Li Qingshi were able to come and help out. This year, the Li family also had to take care of their own fields.

　Zhang He considered that late rice would be planted in July, so he asked his employees to work as hard as last year. It took three days longer than last year to harvest all 60 acres of rice fields.

　Since ten acres of 30 acres of hybrid rice are in the fields, the yield is only five dan, and the rest is basically between six and seven dan. Thirty acres of high-quality conventional rice generally costs around five dan.

　Whether it was hybrid rice or high-quality conventional rice, the yield was so eye-catching that Zhang He still ran under the scorching sun to collect one-third of the rice into the system warehouse. But despite this, a total of more than 330 stones were harvested from the sixty acres of rice fields. In addition to the more than 100 stones that Zhang He took into the system warehouse, there were still more than 230 stones.

　As for the Li family and Gao Dalang's family, after planting the high-quality conventional rice mixed with traditional rice given by Zhang He, the yield per mu reached three stones and seven dou. This made everyone envious and jealous, and they all asked why they could grow So much for Stone Valley to come.

　Aunt Li was so happy that she couldn't help but tell them that this was the grain given by Zhang He. After the Gao Dalang family finished harvesting the rice and paid their employees, they originally planned to sell the rice to rice merchants, but when the government learned about it, in addition to buying Zhang He's grain seeds, they also bought some from each of the two families.

　Now everyone knows that it is because of the grain seeds from Zhang He's family. After all, the families who used the grain seeds she gave them last year produced three stones and five buckets of rice, and this year it seems to be more than last year! So someone came to ask the three of them to borrow grain seeds.

　Relatives of the Li family also came to ask Aunt Li about the grain seeds. Aunt Li borrowed a few stones out of favor with her relatives. Gao Dalang's closest relative is his younger brother Gao Erlang. Although the relationship between the two brothers is not as close as before because of the separation, Gao Dalang is still willing to lend him some grain seeds.

　As for Zhang He's family, they had the most visitors, but Zhang He's rice was sold to the government, except for the 50 kilograms of hybrid rice that was kept for the family to pound into rice.

　Seventy percent of the rice she gave to the government was high-quality conventional rice, and the remaining 30% was hybrid rice. This way, the yield per mu could be controlled at about three stones and five buckets.

　Many people thought that she was still hiding something from the government. Zhang He thought that they were right. But not to mention that the government didn't know, she was the only one in the world who knew.

　Moreover, even if she had extra grain, she was unwilling to lend it out at will. After all, most people's idea was that they borrowed her grain seeds, but what they got back was their own grain seeds. She is only willing to sell one or two stones to people on Zhang He's white list.

　There were also people who were curious about Zhang He's rice seeds, so they asked her: "Why does Mr. Zhang's rice grow so well and produce so many grains? I won't tell you this year, but it was the same when I picked it last year!

　" He thought for a while, if it hadn't been for Xia Jiniang, she would still be living in a mess, and said, "Because I have a virtuous family!" Everyone was speechless, what does her marrying Xia Jiniang have to do with Guizhong

　? Moreover, in April last year, she had not yet married Xia Jiniang, and she was not tired of talking about Xia Jiniang all day long!

　Seeing that she didn't want to tell the secret of the grain seeds, no one could force her. However, when Li Xun heard that Zhang He's field had produced more than three stones and five dou, he said, "He bought the grain seeds from me back then!" He successfully attracted many people who were unwilling to buy young crops from the government

　. I went to buy them and sold all the grains that were about to go moldy at home. When these people heard about the true yield reported by the tenant farmers who had used Li Xun's grain seeds, they discovered that they had been deceived. However, this was a voluntary transaction between both parties. They had made a contract and would not be ignored if they went to the government.

　Shi Qing harvested a total of more than 300 shi of grain this time. Including the 30 acres he had people plant in official fields, there were about 500 shi of grain. Originally, the county magistrate and others opposed him doing this. After all, the county government still had 30,000 shi of grain in the main warehouse. He gave up the grain in the main warehouse and spent money to buy it. If the court questioned him, they didn't know how to explain it.

　However, they personally calculated the thirty acres of official land, and heard that the only family that used Zhang He's grain seeds had a rice yield of more than three stones and five buckets, so they acquiesced in his doubts and allowed him to do this. What's more, Liu Canjun seemed to be looking forward to this very much. It was because of his help that he found many people who were willing to buy young crops.

　Five hundred stones of grain seeds can be used to plant more than 8,000 acres of land. Shi Qing loaned most of the grain seeds to middle- and lower-class households out of consideration for improving their plight. Some upper-class households did not need to borrow young crops from the government, but Liu Canjun also mentioned this, so those households also borrowed some.

　After borrowing the grain seeds, the government still had to urge them to sow seeds around mid-July. Shi Qing and his assistant officials and petty officials could not take a moment to relax. When they returned to the Yamen, they were all dark.

　Zhang He is also busy planting late rice, but she only plans to plant fifty acres of late rice. The summer soybeans she grows cannot be harvested until August or September, so she has to set aside ten acres of land to plant autumn soybeans. As for July, it was also the time when the candelas she planted had grown. This time, because Sun Ningzheng's shop also asked for silver eggplants, Zhang He planted all white eggplants.

　In the past few months, in addition to a lot of income from crops, there was still a lot of income from renting out cattle, donkeys, farm equipment, stone mills, etc. Even though it cost a lot of money to hire workers, overall, I still made a lot of money.

　After Xia Jiniang settled the accounts, Zhang He went over to take a look, and immediately said happily: "Jiniang, let's expand the backyard?!" Last year, Zhang He was obsessed with building a cowshed, and this year he wanted to expand the backyard

　. , so she can build a garden in the backyard. Xia Jiniang believes that there is no need to expand the backyard at the moment. After all, unlike the cowshed, the backyard is enough to meet their daily activities.

　"Besides, doesn't Erlang like to play on the swing with me the most?" Xia Jiniang said.

　"Yes, swinging with Ji Niang is the happiest thing!"

　Zhang He was just on a whim, but after Xia Jiniang said this, he gave up the idea. She can live comfortably in a modern house of thirty square meters. With such a big house now, what else could she be dissatisfied with?

　"Is it the swing?" Xia Jiniang asked.



　Zhang He suddenly felt that there was a hint of cunning in her eyes, and he immediately felt ashamed, and said: "When I am with you, no matter where I 　am, it is the happiest thing!" There was nothing she could do.

　Xia Jiniang said, "Starting from this month, how about increasing Erlang's monthly salary?" "

　How much?" Zhang He asked with a smile. Since she sponsored Qiu San to develop farm equipment, her private money has been gone.

　"An increase of two hundred cents." Xia Jiniang said.

　"Oh."

　"Erlang thinks it's missing?"

　Zhang He hurriedly shook his head. Xia Jiniang knew that she didn't think so, so she said, "Did Erlang forget that the security chief told us a while ago that it is our turn to hold the Autumn Society Festival this year? ?"

　Zhang He was stunned for a moment, then scratched his cheek guiltily: "No, I didn't forget." "Although

　the village will provide some money, each family also has to contribute some rice, preserved wax, etc. to hold community sacrifices, but our family You still have to post some money."

　Last year's autumn society coincided with Xia Jiniang's death, so Zhang He directly sent preserved bacon and other items to Zhang Hui's family, who was hosting the ceremony. She didn't know how to prepare the society ceremony. However, the Xia family had held community sacrifices, Xia Jiniang was quite familiar with this, and Aunt Li was also waiting to help, so Zhang He didn't take it to heart.

　"How about not raising the monthly salary?" Zhang He said quickly.

　"I have already included the cost of the sacrifice. I still have enough money to give you a monthly increase." Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief. She took away the lamp on the desk and said, "

　Today It's very tiring to go see them planting rice. It's getting late, so take a rest!"

　Even the only lamp for lighting was taken away by Zhang He, so Xia Jiniang could only put down her brush and had to let her rest.

　When Zhang He's rice field was about to be planted, she began to prepare for the community sacrifice. However, Xia Da, who should have been busy with farm work at home like them, came to the door at this time with a sad look on his face.

　"My father-in-law, what's going on?"

　The author has something to say:

　There are too many things to reflect on in instant noodles recently. Let's eat a few duck tongues first and then read the outline and reflect!