In this way, when Gui Er returned to the city, he not only came back with his whole family, but also brought the hope of many people in the village.

It just so happened that Gui Yuxia came back early to prepare because she got married in two days, and when she heard her brother's statement, she couldn't care about her own affairs, so she hurriedly went to Xia He to talk about it.

Xia He told Wen Hui about this when Wen Hui went home for dinner. Wen Hui has been busy settling the craftsmen these days, as well as settling the 200,000 people that the emperor exchanged, and she also took the time to go to Master Qiu this day.

The things in the painting hall are almost done, Wen Hui donated all the picture scrolls rewarded by the emperor to the painting hall, Master Qiu was very happy, and I heard that another female apprentice in the palace, Shi Guiren, also donated the picture scroll, and I was even more pleased, I really found a good apprentice.

Master Qiu's family has been arranged very properly, and the painting hall has also been done well, Chen Wenhui is very attentive to the brothers, and Master Qiu's sons are also very well taken care of, and they are also very pleased, it seems that although he is going to Nanyang for a few years, he doesn't have to worry about the painting hall at all, these people should be able to do well.

In the evening, as soon as Wen Hui returned home, Xia He talked about Yuxia's side. Chen Wenhui asked: "Is this Yuxia's marriage an acquired matter?" ”

Xia He said, "Yes." Everything was prepared in the shop, and a lot of furniture had been placed in Gui Yuxia's yard. It's all good stuff. ”

Wen Hui nodded and said, "Tomorrow, you will also send the one hundred taels of silver to the bottom of the box." ”

Xia He hurriedly agreed.

Wen Hui said again: "Do all the people in their family live in that courtyard now? ”

Xia He said: "Sister Yuxia told me that not only do all the people in the family live there, but her two younger brothers also want to learn crafts from those craftsmen in the house, the eldest wants to learn from the carpenter, and the second wants to learn from the carpenter. I see that as soon as I come in, I will be able to work for the house. ”

Wen Hui said happily: "It just so happens that those craftsmen also think that the more apprentices the better. It's a good way to get a little more pay. I'm not afraid of extra wages, and the more people who know how to trade, the better. ”

Xia He saw that the girl was very interested in this, so he said a few more words and said: "Those craftsmen are very willing to accept Sister Yuxia's brothers, because there are many female relatives there who want to learn embroidery from Sister Yuxia, so that they can also get the wages of the house, which is just right." There is a lot of work for those clothes in this workshop. Should we take it all or not, let these people do the work first. Learn and do as you go, plus. It is impossible for so many people to go to Nanyang all at once, so they have to go in batches, so that they can have more time to work and learn at the same time. Also, when they get on the boat, they can continue to learn. If you don't delay, when you get to Nanyang, you will be a person with a lot of craftsmanship, wouldn't it be better. ”

Wen Hui thought about it and said, "This is a good way." So be it. It's just a few more wages, and we still don't lack money in our hands. ”

Xia He was busy. Wen Hui said again: "I remembered one thing, we went to Nanyang. Lack of manpower. There are many places to employ people. These people want to learn a trade and buy a field. Let's just tell these people who are going to Nanyang that as long as they want to buy a property, even if they don't have money in their hands now, there is no problem, as long as there are people in our family's workshop as a guarantee, they can take out a loan in our family's bank, and each person is limited, and the maximum loan is only 500 taels of silver. Five hundred taels per person, a family can have a few thousand taels, enough for them to buy a manor. In this way, they can work and grow their own fields, or they can hire people to farm. We can also lend money from our banks and make some profit. Agriculture in the South Seas can also develop faster. We are not afraid that they will not be able to pay back the money. The land in Nanyang is so cheap, the climate is good, and the yield must be very high, and they can repay the loan in a year with interest. Even if there are a few who can't pay it, we are not afraid, and our craftsmen are the guarantee, just take the wages to pay for it. What a good business it is. ”

Xia He hurriedly said: "This is good. Sister Yuxia told me a lot just now. She said that because she was getting married, her two younger brothers were reluctant to ask for her settling-in money. said that she would let her eldest brother buy an estate, and as for her mother's property, it would be earned by the two brothers. Sister Yuxia said with tears in her eyes. I am also very touched by my sister for their brothers, with all my conscience. However, the two brothers of the Gui family did the right thing. It's just that with the salary, I'm afraid that it will take a few years to save a small family business of more than ten acres or dozens of acres, and I can't become the owner of the manor. In this way, as soon as the girl allowed them to take out a loan, the two brothers could also take out a loan, but wouldn't they be able to buy a family business immediately? ”

Wen Hui listened and said: "These two brothers are very conscientious. Well, you can tell them tomorrow. By the way, last time, I seemed to hear Yuxia say that her second brother and third sister are going to get married, is this still a marriage? ”

Xia He said: "This Sister Yuxia also told me that her younger brothers and sisters were going to get married, but now when they heard that they could go to Nanyang, they all went together, and they were all together anyway, so they waited until they came to Nanyang in the future to get married." In this way, it would be better for the brothers and sisters to earn more money, more dowry, and more dowry, and to make their own money for their own marriage. ”

Wen Hui was very happy to hear it and said: "The people of the Gui family are really good, and they are not poor. This is a wake-up call. You remember, Xia He, we told all our people who went to Nanyang that as long as they went to Nanyang to get married, every newcomer who got married, our city lord would reward two taels of silver. In the future, if we give birth to a child, we will reward five taels of silver for each child we give birth. ”

Xia He was dumbfounded and said, "Isn't it the same for the people in our house?" ”

Wen Hui said: "It's all like this. Aren't we less crowded? Isn't Nanyang a big place? Although we used various methods to get people from Dachu, buy prisoners of war, and buy people from Wa, Goguryeo, Silla, etc., we were not as good as the people we had cultivated. We encourage production. In this way, more than 200,000 people are married, all have children, and in more than ten years, the total number of this population will not be doubled? Wouldn't we be short of manpower? If we have more people, can't we build more cities? In the future, we will build ten or even twenty cities on the island of Luzon in the South Seas. That's what really is your own inheritance. ”

Xia He couldn't help but admire the girl in her own family, why was she so far-sighted and far-sighted.

The next day, Xia Hewenhui's meaning was conveyed. All the people were happy. Especially Gui Yuxia's family. Old man Gui said: "The county lord is really a good person, how can he think so thoughtfully." When we arrive in Nanyang, we will be able to have two taels of silver when we become a parent, what a good dowry this is. There are also three girls who are married, and they can also have more dowry, so we can come whatever we want. ”

Gui Yuxia said: "Yes, I am in charge of affairs in the house. can give a guarantee to the brothers, as well as the second girl's family, and each family can borrow 500 taels of silver, can't they also buy hundreds of acres of land, and also buy an industry? ”

Old man Gui hurriedly asked, "Can you guarantee so many people?" ”

Gui Yuxia said: "It should be possible, not only can I guarantee our families, but I also want to protect my in-laws." For example, Gui's father-in-law's family, Gui's second father-in-law's family, and the third girl's mother-in-law's family are all guaranteed, and each family guarantees five hundred taels of silver, isn't it a big inheritance? ”

Old man Gui thought about it and said: "It's good, but I know all of them, and they are all people who do their duty, and they will definitely be able to plant the fields well, but what about our family?" Our family Gui Da and Gui Er have to go to work, where can I have time to do crop work? ”

Gui Yuxia said with a smile: "I know a lot of stewards in the workshop. I heard them say that we don't have to plant crops when we go to Nanyang. Each family has hundreds of acres or thousands of acres of land, all planted with crops, and they are not tired to death, and they can plant fruit trees. Fruit trees, they began to plant them in Ancheng, Huzhou. Fruit trees are not as troublesome as crops, they have to be tended every day, once the fruit trees are planted, that is, watered, fertilized, when it is time to suppress, suppress, it is very easy, especially in the first few years, there is no output, and there is no work to do. It's okay for us to all go to work, anyway, we earn enough money to feed our family. This fruit grove is waiting, once it bears fruit after three years, but the loan will be repaid with interest, and in the future, the fruit will be better every year than planting crops? ”

Old man Gui thought about it, he also planted fruit trees at home, but they were all one, two, the first three years did not bear fruit, once the fruit was born, the benefits were still good, the fruit was much more valuable than the crops, and it was very easy to serve. One person can't grow a hundred acres of crops, but one person can take care of a hundred acres of fruit forests. Especially in the first three years when there was no fruit picking.

Old man Gui said again: "Then if everyone grows fruits, the fruits are not cheap?" Can't even sell it? After all, there are not as many people who eat fruit as there are those who eat crops. ”

Gui Yuxia said: "It doesn't matter, a steward told me that in Ancheng and Deqing City, there are preserved fruits and juice workshops opened by the county lord's family, and the fruits that can't be sold can be sold to the county lord, and the preserved fruits can be made into juice, and they can be bought back to Da Chu, and there are so many people in Da Chu that they can always be sold." All we have to do is plant our land. ”

Old man Gui said: "However, we are all croppers and do not know how to grow fruits, especially the fruits of Nanyang, and I think that they are different from the pears and dates we usually grow. ”

Gui Yuxia said: "Daddy, don't worry, that steward is also going to Nanyang, she told me that when the time comes, the county lord will send someone from the Black Family Alchemy Hall to tell us how to farm the land and how to plant fruit trees." Those are all skilled people, by the way, the one who cured Brother Niu was the person from the Black Family's Alchemy Hall. ”

Old man Gui came to the capital to see the big cow that could walk, but he was surprised, and he admired the doctor who cured the big cow, so when he heard it, it was these people who taught everyone to plant the land and plant fruit trees, and he was immediately relieved.

The people of the Gui family suddenly felt that the prospect was too wonderful. (To be continued)