There is Room For the Poor Daughter - Chapter 418

[Chapter 418, Harvest (two in one chapter)]

Looking at Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai who were devouring, Daohua silently served them a bowl of soup: “Eat slowly, don’t worry.

” She puffed her cheeks and said, “Big sister, do you know how long we haven’t eaten?”

Before Daohua could respond, Yan Wenkai continued with a sad face: “Since the day we were knocked unconscious and thrown into the deep mountain Since Lao Lin, we haven’t had a regular meal. ” Daohua

: “Then what have you been eating these days?”

Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao’s hands holding the food paused, their faces were a little weird, and they lowered their heads Plane rice without saying a word.

Daohua still wanted to ask, but Xiao Yeyang tugged at her sleeve.

Daohua looked over with a puzzled face.

Xiao Yeyang hooked his fingers, motioning for Daohua to get closer.

Daohua turned her ear, Xiao Yeyang said in a low voice: “In the deep mountains and old forests, there is no fire bag, what do you think you can eat?” Daohua’s

eyes widened immediately, and after a while, he said angrily: “It’s too bullying. How can it be like this? Eating raw food will damage your stomach.”

Before they finished speaking, Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao rushed out of the house, and after a while, there was the sound of vomiting in the yard.

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua with a smile: “They vomited you just now, but now you vomited them, and it’s just clear.” Daohua gave

Xiao Yeyang a blank look, then looked at the dishes on the table: “No wonder the third brother and the fourth brother didn’t eat a piece of meat.” He said, showing worry, “You said, they won’t have any shadows in their hearts in the future, right?”

Xiao Yeyang smiled: “As long as you don’t stay with them all the time, I mentioned in front of me that after a while, it should be fine, and there are quite a few soldiers who have eaten raw food in the barracks.”

Daohua was silent for a while, and called Wang Maner: “Go to the greenhouse and pick some tomatoes.”

When Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao returned after vomiting, their appetites dropped significantly, and they stopped eating after two mouthfuls.

At this time, Wang Man’er brought the washed tomatoes.

Daohua smiled and pushed the tomato in front of her two elder brothers: “Third brother, fourth brother, try it quickly.”

Yan Wenkai picked up a tomato: “Eat directly?” Daohua

nodded: “Yes.” After finishing speaking, She also took one and took a bite.

Seeing that the rice flowers were eaten, Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao started to eat. They took a bite and felt good, so they speeded up their eating.

Seeing Xiao Yeyang sitting still, Daohua handed him one.

Xiao Yeyang took it with a smile, took a sip, and nodded: “I didn’t expect this red fruit to be really edible. It was a waste to just use it for viewing. By the way, is this a kind of fruit?”

Daohua: “It is both a fruit and a vegetable. , tonight I will make scrambled eggs with tomatoes for you to eat.”

Xiao Yeyang: “Okay, if it tastes good, I will send some back to Uncle Huang.”

Daohua was silent for a while: “Pick the tomatoes planted in the greenhouse this year, I want to keep them as seeds. If you want to give them away, I will give you two baskets at most.”

Xiao Yeyang thought for a while: “Give me a cart. The tomatoes you pick and plant next year will definitely be sold. The emperor likes it, and I guarantee that your tomatoes will sell well.”

Daohua’s eyes lit up: “Yes, what kind of publicity can compare to the emperor’s liking. Okay, I will give you a cart, I still have a lot of things about tomatoes How to do it, I will write it to you later, to ensure that the emperor likes it.”

“The food that the emperor likes to eat must be easy to promote.”

Seeing Daohua’s bright eyes, Xiao Yeyang smiled silently.

After a while, the few tomatoes that Wang Maner picked were eaten up.

Yan Wenkai looked at Daohua eagerly: “Big sister, I still want to eat.” Daohua

directly refused: “I will eat it tomorrow. It is not good to eat too much of everything at once.”

Yan Wenkai didn’t continue to pester, but asked: “Where are those gold thieves gone?”

Xiao Yeyang glanced at Yan Wenkai: “It seems that you haven’t learned enough of this lesson.”

Yan Wenkai’s face froze.

Yan Wentao asked, “Are they court officials?”

Dao Hua nodded, “Yeah.”

Yan Wenkai immediately looked over sadly, “Then why did you say they are bad people, big sister?” As a result, they were dealt with badly.

Daohua smiled sheepishly, pointed at Xiao Yeyang and said, “He misled.”

Xiao Yeyang glanced at Daohua and said nothing.

Yan Wentao looked at Xiao Yeyang solemnly: “Those people are looking for gold mines, are you okay?”

Xiao Yeyang shook his head and said: “It’s okay, they are following orders.”

Daohua took the words: “Now they seem to be recruited back again , The gold mine has not been found yet, Xiao Yeyang said, finding the gold mine is a great achievement, third brother, fourth brother, we have to find a way to find the gold mine.”

Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao looked at Xiao Yeyang together .

Xiao Yeyang smiled and said: “The gold mine must be found, but I have to wait for Uncle Huang’s reply, and then I will see what to do next.”

He knew too little about the gold mine, and the Jiang family was also there Looking for it, if he really sends a large number of people out to look for it, it is very likely that he will meet the Jiang family. He still doesn’t know what the emperor’s uncle means, so he has to wait for the order.

Daohua: “That’s all right, tell me when you have a letter, I’ve been out for a few days, it’s time to go back.”

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua, feeling a little regretful in his heart. gone.

Originally, Daohua planned to return to Yan’s mansion the next day, but unexpectedly, that afternoon, Yan Zhiqiang came over with Mrs. Yan, followed by Master Xiao.

Xiao Yeyang didn’t want the Yan family to know that he still had a relationship with Daohua in private, and Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao didn’t want their family to know that they hadn’t been to the military camp during this period. The three of them looked at each other and quickly slipped away through the back door of Zhuangzi.

“Grandmother, Third Uncle, Master Xiao, why are you here?” The

old lady Daohua Fuyan sat down and quickly poured a cup of tea for each of the three.

Yan Zhiqiang said with a little excitement: “During this time, the yams in the field can be harvested. A few days ago, I asked the tenants to harvest a few acres, and found that the yield per mu was as high as more than ten stones, which is very impressive.

” The elder brother was very excited when he heard the news, and after discussing with Mr. Xiao for a while, he decided to let the officials of the Ningmen Mansion come and see for himself.”

Master Xiao smiled and said, “There are a lot of people in the Ningmen Mansion. Most of the sandy soil land is left unused, and it would be a waste not to plant it, and your lord wants to spread the yam.”

Saying that, he glanced at Yan Zhiqiang.

“The third master said that the yams in the eldest girl’s village grow better, so I suggest that you come here. I came here first to check today.”

Daohua nodded, and said after a moment of silence: “Master Xiao, the yield of yams The height is high, but it is not as easy to preserve as rice and wheat, so after harvesting, you must sell it as soon as possible except for your own food.”

“Father wants to promote yam, so he has to solve this problem. Otherwise, if the things that the common people have worked so hard to plant fall into their hands, something will happen.”

Master Xiao looked serious, and kept this question in his heart, and was about to go back and tell Yan Zhigao, and then he smiled and said: “When I was in Xingzhou, because of the sales of watermelons and grapes, the yamen had contacts with merchants from all over the world. As long as the quality of the yam we grow is good enough, I think this problem should not be difficult to solve.”

Daohua nodded, and then Said: “Also, the fertility of the sandy soil is not high, and yams cannot be planted one after another. This point must be made clear in advance.”

Master Xiao nodded again: “Miss, is there anything else that needs to be paid attention to? ”

Daohua pondered for a while: “It’s my first time planting too, so I just thought about it. I’m afraid I won’t know about other problems until after planting.”

Master Xiao smiled: “At the beginning when we promoted the planting of watermelons and grapes, my lord It was also done slowly, and this time I called Ningmen Mansion officials to watch it, and I didn’t want everyone in the jurisdiction to plant it. I just let them know about it. Next year, only Sha County will encourage planting.”

Daohua said with a smile: “Even if If you want to plant in other counties, it depends on whether the soil is suitable, and there are not many yam species.”

Master Xiao nodded with a smile: “Indeed, I have been to some places when I was young, and I have seen others plant yams, but The yield is not very high.”

Daohua lowered her eyes, the reason why the Yan family’s yam yields are high is because the yam tubers planted come from space.

Immediately, Daohua pretended to sigh and said: “It seems that I can’t make any money this year. In order to support my father’s work, I have to donate the thousands of mu of yams I planted to him as seeds.”

Master Xiao laughed quickly: ” That can’t be avoided, although the government office is not rich, it can’t take things for nothing, but the eldest girl may indeed earn less.”

Daohua smiled heartily: “Earn less if you earn less, as long as you don’t let me lose money. ”

Master Xiao smiled and picked up the teacup, and took a deep look at Daohua.

My lord really gave birth to a good daughter. May I ask whose girl can relieve her parents’ worries at such a young age and contribute to the prosperity of the family?

Seeing that the two had finished talking, Old Madam Yan said with a smile: “Girl, if your father wants to bring people over for a visit, I’m afraid you will use this place to receive everyone.”

Daohua nodded: “No problem, but There are few things here, so I have to ask someone to buy some cups and utensils.” The

old lady Yan said with a smile: “You don’t have to worry about it, your mother is ready, and I will send someone to carry it on the boat later.”

Master Xiao stood up: “I’ll go and have a look in the field right now.”

Mrs. Yan looked at Yan Zhiqiang, who immediately took Master Xiao out.

“Let’s go, go to the mountain to see old sister and your master.”

The second day after Mrs. Yan came, Peach Blossom Village began to be lively, and people came over one after another, wandering around the fields planted with rice flowers and yams, The tenants thought that there was going to be a thief, so they patrolled and watched closely every day.

On the fifth day, Yan Zhigao Haohao Tangtang brought a group of people to Taohua Village.

There were officials, respected elders from all over the jurisdiction, many veteran farmers, and some ordinary people followed behind to watch.

In addition, many well-informed businessmen from various prefectures in Zhongzhou also came.

Merchants seek profit, and the sales of watermelons and grapes in Xingzhou have made a lot of money for them. Now that Zhifu Yan wants to promote something new, he always comes to take a look.

Yan Zhigao knew that if people were not allowed to see the yield per mu of yam with their own eyes, others would not believe what he said: “Third brother, take someone to dig, and Fan Tongzhi and I will personally weigh the yield per mu later.” How many?”

Yan Zhiqiang nodded, and found a dozen or so tenants with outstanding farm work to start digging yams.

“Everyone dig carefully, don’t dig it out, it’s not easy to preserve it.”

Seeing that the yams dug up are three or four fingers wide, long and thick, everyone’s heart is burning.

After a while, an acre of yam was dug.

Yan Zhigao beckoned the officials around him to weigh in.

“Can you figure it out? How high is the yield per mu?”

An excited voice sounded: “My lord, there are fifteen shi!”

Hearing this number, everyone was elated.

Yan Zhigao saw that everyone was in high spirits, and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: “My family’s yam is because it is well-served, and other people’s yams may not have the same yield.”

Fan Tongzhi said with a smile: “Even if it is less, just ten stones, it is also a high yield. ”

You know, the value of yam is much more expensive than ordinary grain.

Yan Zhigao smiled: “Everyone has seen the production of this yam, but we don’t know how it tastes. So, I invite everyone to have a yam soup at noon today to taste the taste.”

Fan Tongzhi laughed immediately: “Then we can taste it.” I have taken it orally.”

After eating the yam soup, some businessmen immediately expressed their willingness to buy yams in the coming year, and at the same time, many officials also expressed their desire to pick and grow yams within their jurisdiction.

Yan Zhigao listened with a smile on his face, but did not respond immediately.

After everyone tasted the yam soup, Yan Zhigao led them around the field for a few more times, and then returned to Fucheng.

The next day, the government issued an announcement stating that only people with household registration in Sha County could go to the government office to receive yam seeds.

All of a sudden, those people who moved out of Sha County began to move back. At the same time, some refugees without household registration also rushed to settle in Sha County.

Looking at Yan Zhigao who never broke his smile, Mr. Xiao said with a smile: “This time, the refugee problem should be completely solved.”

Yan Zhigao smiled and shook his head: “It’s not that easy to solve it completely, but it’s easy to solve most of it. Yes. Master Xiao, tomorrow you will go to Sha County in person to supervise the implementation of the resettlement of refugees by the county magistrate of Sha County.”

“Everyone can see the profit of yam, even if it is produced every two or three years, the income is considerable. They are all rushing there, we have to keep a close eye on them.”

“The purpose of providing yam seeds to Shaxian County is to help the common people and refugees, and don’t end up taking advantage of those rich families.”

Master Xiao nodded: ” Don’t worry, my lord. A lowly position must not disgrace the mission.”

Yan Zhigao pondered for a while, and then said: “This time, Wenxiu is also brought along, no matter what, he is now a juren, and it is time for him to see more about the suffering of the people’s livelihood.” He said, laughing Looking at Master Xiao.

“When the time comes, I would like to ask Master to give you some pointers.”

Master Xiao immediately said: “Your Excellency is serious, the Eldest Young Master and the Eldest Young Lady are both dragons and phoenixes, even if there is no outsider to point them out, they can see through the essence of various common affairs.”

Seeing Master Xiao mentioning his two children, Yan Zhigao showed a bit of complacency on his face, but he still said modestly: “Children can’t help boasting, Master has to take more care.”

Master Xiao agreed with a smile.

Peach Blossom Temple.

“What did the emperor say?”

Seeing Xiao Yeyang holding the letter in silence, Daohua couldn’t help asking.

Xiao Yeyang put away the letter and said with a smile: “Uncle Huang asked me to search for the gold mine in private and not make any noise. He also said that if you help find the gold mine, I will allow you to be the head of the county.”

” Really?!”

Daohua stood up excitedly.

Seeing her so happy, Grandma Gu and Gu Jian looked at each other silently, with smiles in their eyes.

Daohua became the county head, so there was no big problem with Yang’er.

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua with a smile, but he was thinking about something else in his heart.

Uncle Huang knew that the Jiang family was looking for gold mines, but let him ignore it, what does this mean?

The power held by the Jiang family as foreign relatives is indeed too great. Uncle Huang’s fear of the Jiang family has actually been noticed since he was a child.

Thinking of the fate of his relatives in history, Xiao Yeyang’s heart skipped a beat.

One day, will Uncle Huang attack the Jiang family?

Two chapters and together Ha!

(end of this chapter)