"The rotten branches of the oak tree can grow very delicious shiitake mushrooms and fungus. These oak trees can be used to grow shiitake mushrooms when sawing sawdust for furniture. If my cousin didn't sell me oak trees directly, wouldn't the money be solved at once? ”

If it was before, someone dared to talk to him about silver like this, but I was afraid that Qiao Tanhua would directly raise his chin and leave. But now he is already a magistrate of the county, and he has just experienced a serious natural disaster, and he needs silver everywhere, and many times he even picks up the east wall to make up the west wall, so Wang Jing talks about silver in front of him, not only does not arouse his disgust, on the contrary, he can't wait to listen more, so that those poor people can quickly get poor with new clothes and live in new houses.

However, he couldn't let his cousin help so much for nothing, this was not his private matter, Qiao Chaoyang decided to do business.

"If I want to ask my sister to help me, what kind of conditions do I need?"

"I'll plant shiitake mushrooms, and how about buying each tree at double the market price if it ensures that a small area of trees is cut down?" Wang Jing asked, "My condition is that the shiitake mushrooms are planted and then given silver." ”

Qiao Chaoyang said: "This cousin is too much of a loss, so let's come at the market price." When will my sister be able to give me the first money? ”

Wang Jing shook her head and said: "I have only heard of this method, and I have not really done it, as for when the first money will be available, this is really not good to answer immediately." ”

Qiao Chaoyang said: "I'm not afraid, it's a big deal that I'll cut down the car tree and send it to you first, and you can just tinker with it slowly." ”

Wang Jing said: "Cousin, aren't you afraid that I won't be able to grow it?" ”

Qiao Chaoyang said with a smile: "You have solved the big problem of people's livelihood in this county, even if you are given a cart of wood as a thank you gift?" I'm worried that you're too little to take. ”

Wang Jing smiled: "If it is used as a thank you gift, it is indeed too light, but since my cousin is willing to trust me, I will remember this favor first, and it will be good when necessary." ”

She said this lightly, even a little jokingly, but in her heart she was very grateful to this cousin.

Thinking that at the beginning, she took a bouquet of artemisia and told him that this thing could cure diseases, but he didn't say a word, and immediately announced in public that he had seen it in ancient books, and directly told everyone that she was a disciple of the divine doctor.

But what if you fail? I'm afraid that the responsibility will also be borne by him, the magistrate. By now, it was rumored everywhere that she had cured the plague, and he retreated to the side in obscurity.

"Let's go back, the sun is about to set." Hongying's words interrupted Wang Jing's thoughts.

Only then did everyone realize that a day had passed unconsciously.

"Then let's go back quickly. I didn't eat lunch again, but I was afraid that everyone would be hungry. Qiao Chaoyang said.

In this earthquake, Dingyuan County not only killed the most people, but also suffered the most, and the granary used for disaster relief also became a lake, and the grain has long been unknown. The people of this county only eat two meals a day, and when Wang Jing and them came, they naturally had to follow the customs.

After the beginning of autumn, the days are short and the nights are long, and when you fall asleep, you forget to be hungry.

"It's time to go, it's too late to walk at night." Wang Jing said.

At this time, the road was full of dirt roads, and even if you sat in the carriage, you would feel bumpy, so you should go back earlier.

Two attendants lifted the basket of acorns, and they all went down the mountain together.

Fortunately, this mountain is not high, but it is a hill, and when he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he borrowed an ox cart from a nearby family and put the donkey that Qiao Chaoyang was riding.

"My cousin is still the magistrate, he doesn't even have a horse, he rides a donkey." Hongying said with a smile, "Officials are like you, but I'm afraid that the common people will burn incense and chant Buddha every day." ”

Wang Jing said secretly: Where is he not a horse, but his horse was given to him a few years ago. I've benefited a lot from him over the years.

A set of donkeys on the ox cart means that Qiao Chaoyang has no leg strength.

"Cousin, let's ride in the carriage with us." Wang Jing called him.

As soon as Qiao Chaoyang heard Wang Jing shouting for him to take the carriage, his smile couldn't stop overflowing from the corner of his eyes.

"My cousin looks so good when he laughs." Hongying said in Wang Jing's ear.

Wang Jing laughed, "You little girl, do you know what looks good or not?" ”

Hongying said unconvinced: "Of course I know. ”

Qiao Chaoyang sat on the carriage amid the chatter and laughter of the two girls.

Because she came to the mountains and forests and did things, Wang Jing did not let the cuckoo and purple kite come with her, but let them stay in the backyard of the county government to sew the kind of rosin bag.

There was no one to serve, and she was in a hurry, Wang Jing didn't even know that there were dead leaves in her hair.

As soon as Qiao Chaoyang came up, he saw the two fallen leaves, he gently stretched out his hand and plucked the fallen leaves for her, "Why did my sister put on the leaves?" Would it be okay for my cousin to accompany you to buy some jewelry? ”

Wang Jing covered her mouth and smiled, "Next year, if you give me jewelry, I guess my cousin will be hungry in winter." I saw that there are still vegetables grown in the county office, so you can't even afford to buy them, right? ”

Qiao Chaoyang smiled bitterly, "I really guessed it, the banknotes of the first-grade officials of this dynasty are three hundred, and the lowest is thirty, and the county order of a low-grade county like me is twenty." ”

Wang Jing said: "Didn't you say that the minimum is thirty? Shouldn't Zhixian be the seventh product? ”

Qiao Chaoyang showed a bitter smile: "The counties of this dynasty are divided into upper, middle and lower grades, Dingyuan is a lower-grade county, and the silver is originally forty, but the imperial court divides people into three, six, nine and so on, and the official salaries of the southerners will naturally be halved." I was afraid that Wang Jing would feel uncomfortable when she heard this, so she hurriedly changed the topic, "Let's get home." ”

A mother-in-law had already moved a stool over and put it where she was going to put her feet, Qiao Chaoyang jumped out of the carriage as she spoke, stretched out her hand to Wang Jing, and helped her and Hongying down.

Liu waited at home for a day, and when he saw his son coming back, he hurriedly greeted him. At this time, night had fallen, and she only saw the official carrying a basket, and said with a smile: "I picked so much rosin!" ”

When I walked over to take a look, I realized that it was an acorn, and I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

What's the use of getting this thing back?

Thought that a few dozen taels of silver a pound of rosin were really so good? If you can't pick it, you should come back early, so that a group of people don't eat and wait! It's all that wild girl, who hooked her son so much that she didn't even want to be an official, and she knew that she was playing with her.

"My son, you're finally back, you've only had a meal today, and you're hungry, aren't you? Even if you have important official duties, you can't skip meals. Liu took Qiao Chaoyang's hand and said.

Didn't a group of people eat at all? Is your son noble? But in front of so many people, after all, you can't let your own mother lose face. Qiao Chaoyang smiled perfunctorily at Liu's and instructed his subordinates: "Fill a big bowl and cook it, and put the rest first." ”

Liu was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "This is an acorn, it is very astringent, and it can't be eaten even if it is cooked, it's just a waste of firewood." If you get sick from eating, you will be in big trouble. (To be continued.) )