Nalan immediately understood what he meant, and when he thought about the fact that the prince was selling goods in the department store of Yulong Buzhuang and his younger brother, many people knew. *With *dream* small* said wwwlā and the emperor once introduced his imperial brother's Gao Feng Liangjie to the civil and military officials in the court, why did he hide it? So he said: "Last year, the prince of my family took Fang Fujin and this Tian guard to a place called a foreign land, and bought back a little bit of the goods over there to sell back. After getting the silver, it was handed over to the emperor and sent to the treasury, and the two of us came out to try it out on the order of the prince. It is said that it is a ruler, and it is all new cloth. The prince of my family is a student of Buddhism, and his heart is charitable, saying that the money in the hands of the people in the county town is not as much as that in the city, so he sells it to the people in the surrounding counties of Beijing at the price of the ruler. Didn't you just come and run into the order of the county magistrate's parents? We didn't do anything, so we sent a lot of them, and they had to arrest us in the county government and beat us for forty boards......"

"Lord Nalan hurry up and calm down, don't deal with the old lady of the county master's Lingtang. I'll talk to the magistrate and ask him to persuade the old lady. You're not going to punish her for saying a few inappropriate words, are you? After all, it's that old. I have been in the countryside all these years, and this horizon is not wide. You said that Prince Rui sold the things he brought back and handed them over to the emperor to send them to the treasury, which is too high-spirited, right? A feat that seems not to have been performed since ancient times? ”

"My prince has been idle since he came down from the battlefield, he has no position or power, and he also wants to do something for the emperor to repay the emperor's kindness."

"Admire, admire, even if the prince has no position or power, he also has the title of a prince, right? A year's worth of silver is 10,000 taels, but ordinary people can compare? Come to me if you have anything in the future, after all, we have worked together. "This one is starting to get close to Naranla. But it seems that the person is not bad, and the matter is calm.

Nalan and Tian Liang would not have anything to do with an old lady at all, they have seen a lot of people who bully people like this, not to mention that they have not been bullied, so they don't bother to pay attention to her.

There are more and more people who stand in the row to buy rulers, and those who buy rulers must show off when they see acquaintances

"Do you see how wide the ruler I bought? We don't have it in the Qing Dynasty! ”

When the three of them bought the fabric, they knew that the width of this format would definitely attract many people to buy it. Sure enough, the people in the county are so recognized, let alone those in the capital.

Tian Liangxin said: "This cloth head is so popular, I have to open a few branches selling cloth when I go back." If there weren't so many fabrics, not to mention thirty years, even fifty years wouldn't be able to sell them out, and there were a lot of other goods, so I really had to speed up the sales process.

Tian Liang and Nalan's cloth cart was parked near a stage in the center of the county. It is surrounded by tall aspen trees. The distance from the cart is about 30 meters. Tian Liang noticed that under a poplar tree stood a young woman holding a child, with a beautiful face, who looked less than twenty years old. That dress is so torn that it is very appropriate to call it uncovered. Just watched from afar, and didn't come to me. Many women, even if they didn't stand in line, came to see the excitement and had a good time. But the woman looked at it from afar, probably thinking that she was too torn to show her face.

At this time, Nalan had already introduced Tian Liang to Wang Zhutou, and the two of them hugged their fists and saluted and exchanged names. Wang Zhutou is already thirty years old, Tian Liang and Nalan call him "Brother Wang", and it seems a little distant to call him Zhutou. Tian Liang knew that there would be more things to do in the countryside in the future, and it was better to have someone he knew than to have a black eye. There are a lot of cloths, and the prince also said that if you can make friends, you might as well send a few pieces of cloth, but you can't send them big, otherwise you will be suspected of bribes.

Tian Liang found two pieces of fabric suitable for Wang Zhutou's woman from the cloth he brought, and wrapped them in a piece of paper: "I'm sorry, there is no meeting gift for the first time, take these two pieces of cloth back and make two gowns for my sister-in-law to wear." ”

"Don't! How embarrassing is that? ”

"Count it on my personal account. At first glance, Wang Zhutou is the kind of person who treats people sincerely, how about making friends? Are you willing to appreciate your face? ”

Wang Zhutou hurriedly clenched his fists and saluted: "You can say that you are really raising your subordinates." Of course, the subordinates are willing to make friends with the two guards. He took the two pieces of cloth and put them in his arms. As soon as Tian Liang took it out, he fell in love, and the two pieces of flower cloth were particularly smart. His woman is ten years younger than him, which is the age of beauty. How can there be such a good-looking, wide-format flower cloth in the Qing Dynasty.

"Brother Wang, go back and tell your sister-in-law that this kind of cloth is afraid of heat, so it can't be scalded with boiling water, and it can't be baked in front of the stove, otherwise it will shrink and deform. However, it is a big advantage that it is strong and durable, does not shrink, and does not fade. ”

"Thanks for the reminder, then I'll send my parents' wife back?"

"Brother Wang stayed. Do you know the woman under the tree over there? ”

"Oh, that woman's name is Xiaohuan, and she is the only daughter of Uncle Qi, the old family here, and the father and daughter depend on each other. Two years ago, the second brother of the parents' official fell in love with this girl and wanted to marry her back as a concubine, but neither father nor daughter agreed. As a result, when Uncle Qi went out to sell fritters, the second young master broke into someone's house and ruined the girl, and there was that child. Xiaohuan's father went to his parents to reason, and it was this old lady who said that Lao Qi had blackmailed them for money and broke his leg. The family has no livelihood. Originally, it was a girl looking for death and life, but when she thought that her father had died and had no children, wouldn't it be even worse in the future? survived and gave birth to that child. This incident was originally an evil deed in the second ya, and the old lady also preached everywhere that she would punish this vixen who seduced her son. may also feel that it is a loss, and forget it after yelling for a while. But the child said that she didn't admit that it was her son, so that the girl of the family was charged with being pregnant unmarried and not a serious woman, and it was not even easy to find a mother-in-law. It's pathetic. was originally a decent family, but because she treated her father's injuries, she fell into ruin. Now this home is supported by Xiaohuan, and it is rare for her to come out to see, usually she doesn't go out, but does needlework and laundry for others at home. ”

Nalan and Tian Liang both felt that this girl was too pitiful. He picked out an inconspicuous one large and one small from the big bag of cloth he brought and handed it to Wang Zhutou: "Please ask Brother Wang to hand over the girl, it seems that she is only a teenager, quite pitiful, it is inconvenient for us to talk to her and give the cloth, so please ask Brother Wang to ......"

"Well, I should go back too, and I'll give her these two pieces of cloth right away."

As he spoke, he took the cloth and called an old lady over, "This Xiaohuan that asked Aunt Sun to hand it over there was given by the two shopkeepers who sold the cloth, and it has nothing to do with me." "Not to mention, this king catcher is very shrewd and knows how to avoid suspicion. didn't let the old lady see the "first test".

Mrs. Sun happily took it, tucked the cloth under the placket and walked towards the poplar tree.

"Huan'er, this is for you from the two shopkeepers who sell cloth over there, don't make a noise! Hurry up and take it, people are kind, see that your mother and son are pitiful, take it back to make a gown to wear, I haven't seen you make a new dress for several years. ”

The woman named Xiaohuan choked up suddenly, quickly took the cloth head, and stuffed it into the small quilt that wrapped the child. Said to the old lady, "Aunt Sun, thank you very much." ”

"Go back, thank me for what I did, I didn't give it to you." Aunt Sun was very cheerful, pulling Xiaohuan to go home, and on the way, she also told Xiaohuan not to scald the cloth with hot water and roast it on the fire.

In half a morning, more than half of the cloth was sold. Due to the limited supply mentioned in advance, each person only sells two yuan, or they can be coaxed and robbed, or they can be resold by those who have a heart. We don't have you to sell at a high price? Isn't it that the prince is kind-hearted and can take care of the common people and buy it? In the afternoon, the denim cloth head is sold, which used to be called youth cloth and labor cloth in the foreign land, which is the cloth worn for work, strong and wear-resistant. They are all wide fabrics with a width of one meter and five, and one meter and a little is enough for an adult man to make a pair of pants. This kind of cloth is not as effective as pants, and there are many people who wear jeans in foreign countries. It was sold out in half an afternoon, and the next thing was to investigate fruits and produce, and it looked like it was going to have to spend the night in the car. Fortunately, the prince has always been very thoughtful in his thinking, and gave Tian Liang and others exotic military supplies, sleeping bags, and canvas tarpaulins in case of rain. One side is made of plastic film, which is impervious to rain, and even the horses have prepared tarpaulin.

It's not that the prince doesn't let Tian Liang and the others stay in the inn, it's that there is no place in the inn where four horses and carts can be put down. Wang Zhutou said that he arranged a place to eat and stay, but Tian Liang and Nalan politely declined: "It's summer, and it's not cold, why don't you just stay overnight?" ”

"No, there are a lot of mosquitoes in the open field, and it's still wet."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's all men, it's not so squeamish, it's not troublesome."

"I wouldn't have done that if I had another palace."

"How's that old lady Lingtang? Deflated? ”

"That old lady has a bad temper, and if she loses her temper, she'll be fine. However, he made enemies for his son. Everyone knows that the old lady of the parent official is the old Yanei. ”

Tian Liang and Nalan laughed: "Lao Yanei, this word is good, simple and easy to understand." In fact, the person who bullies others is the most stupid, he thinks that he is very angry when he blows his beard and stares at his eyes, but in fact, he has sold his humanity. ”

"What I said is that this parent official has been impeached, and they all say that loyalty regardless of black and white is foolish loyalty, and the county lord is foolish and filial to his mother. It's no wonder that his father was gone before he was born, and his mother was very young at the time, so she didn't remarry, and she guarded this widow from the age of seventeen, which was chaste enough. It's this temper that has risen since his son became the magistrate of the county. By the way, the two of you said that you want to buy fruits and agricultural products here, you might as well tell your subordinates, what exactly do you need? There are also times when subordinates are not busy and when they are resting, they can help ask. ”

"Thank you so much, Brother Wang. What kind of fruit is produced in this area? ”

"What my subordinates can know is that the entire Zhili produces apples, chestnuts, pears, peaches and grapes."

Tian Liang remembered that the prince had bought a lot of seeds for fruit trees in a foreign land. Excellent varieties such as red Fuji, red banana, white banana and flower cow that did not exist in the Qing Dynasty were not available.

Peaches are big, juicy, and very sweet. However, the seeds of Kubo peaches, nectarines and peaches cultivated in later generations were also bought, but the prince had little land and no place to plant fruit trees, but he could buy land. You can buy land in someone else's name. The main reason is that the water surface allocated by the emperor to the prince is too large, and if he buys land, he is afraid that he will be targeted by the imperial historian.

Cherries are also produced, but not in large quantities; There are also pomegranates, the yield is not large, but there are a lot of planted in the house, everyone can try it, and it is still far from being used to sell it for money.

There are also strawberries, which are already available in the Qing Dynasty, but the planting area is not large, because the field management of strawberries is relatively fine, and ripe strawberries are very perishable. But the prince also brought back the seeds. Strawberries are not grown much in Hebei, only in Mancheng are produced for the concubines of the imperial palace. Women love sweet and sour fruits, especially pregnant women, and almost no one doesn't like to eat strawberries.

The most abundant fruits in Naoli are pears and grapes. In later generations, Hebei, Shandong, Xinjiang, Anhui, and Sichuan all produced many varieties of pears, and the prince brought back a lot of seeds. For example, the Yali pear in Zhili is also the main production area. Anhui has crystal pear, golden pear, snow pear, feng shui pear, tribute pear; The main grape producing area is Xinjiang, which is rich in white grapes, green grapes, and red grapes, and the Huailai area of Hebei Province also has large yields of red grapes and giant peaks. The Great Wall of China Winery is located in Huailai. The main production areas of Jufeng and Rose grapes are in the tea lake area of Tianjin; Shandong's Dazeshan grapes are also famous. There are not so many varieties of fruits that Wang Zhutou said, apples, pears, and grapes are the focus. Fortunately, there are a lot of seeds of various fruits and vegetables brought back by the prince, but the land is relatively small, so you have to think about it slowly.

The prince brought back a lot of fruit varieties that were researched in later generations and suitable for planting in Hebei, such as out-of-season watermelons, which could be planted in greenhouses. There is also cantaloupe, which can also grow and bear fruit in Hebei. There is also a kind of Elizabeth melon, which is mainly produced in Yili, Xinjiang, which was planted in Shandong and Hebei in later generations.

Wang Zhutou didn't know what Tian Liang meant by agricultural products, he only knew that there was grain.

The scope of agricultural products is very wide, roughly including tobacco, hair tea, edible mushrooms, melons and fruits, vegetables, flowers, seedlings, food crops, livestock, poultry, animals, insects, reptiles, amphibians, cowhides, pig skins, sheepskins, light birds, fresh eggs, and even silkworm cocoons, bird's nests, deer antlers, bezoars, bee milk, musk, snake venom, and fresh milk are all agricultural products.

In addition, there are aquatic products, including freshwater products, marine products, and tidal flat aquaculture products;

There are also forest products, including logs, bamboo, etc. Wang Zhutou didn't know much, after all, he didn't specialize in investigating this. In fact, there are not so many agricultural products investigated by Tian Liang, and fruits and vegetables are also agricultural products.

"Wang Zhutou, you will sue us, in addition to those fruits and corn husks......"

"Hahaha, why didn't you say it earlier? This corn husk will be all over the mountains in autumn. What's the use of that corn husk? ”

"We don't want the outer skin of the corn, but the layers of tender skin next to the corn cob, how to use it is only known to the side Fujin of the house." Tian Liang didn't say that Fang Fujin was his sister.

"This is so easy to do, my subordinates just told those farmers. Let them keep the tender skins when they harvest the corn. ”

"That's not good, my prince is a Buddhist, and the most taboo thing is to take other people's things for nothing. In this way, when you greet the farmers, tell them that the corn husks should not be dried, and they should be placed in a cool place to avoid mold, and then we will spend money to buy them. ”

"Hahaha, that's a good thing. Those corn husks can't help but burn when they are thrown into the stove pit, and they are gone after a 'flicker'. It's better to sell for money than anything else. Even if ten catties are given for a penny, it is much better than burning and throwing away. Then tell the farmer that all the corn husks are kept, and the women of the family have ironed them, and when you come to harvest them, they will be ready-made. But wouldn't such good news ......?"

"You're worried about whether what we say is true, I can sue you, we will take as much as you have, just to clean it up and smooth it out. Don't have hairy or spotted ones. ”

"It's not difficult, it's suitable for women to do, and it's not too tiring. Don't worry, your subordinates will do what the two of you instruct. ”

"Then thank you, you won't do this in vain, there will definitely be a reward, as for how much the reward we said, it doesn't matter, there will be anyway."

Wang Zhutou was overjoyed when he heard it. What is the use of his little money, the county magistrate is only forty taels a year, and they are even less pitiful. Who is stupid not to have a decent income now? It's just a matter of paying lip service, and there will be time when the case is over.

Tian Liang also told the king to catch the head, not only corn husks, but also horse lotus grass, pu stick grass, pu stick velvet, vanilla, lavender, etc.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's a matter of a few words."