Ziyu looked at it and said with a smile: "This is a kind of Chinese medicinal material, there are many people in the local area who plant it, called Daqing root, if people have a sore throat, just eat the water boiled by this root and leaves." ”

Wen Hui immediately understood that this was the Chinese herbal medicine Banlan root, which was very popular in her previous life. This medical treatment is very extensive. It has great economic value, and in previous lives, there were many farmers who specialized in cultivating this as a cash crop. This reminded Wen Hui why more than 10,000 acres of land should be planted with wheat, and some cash crops should be planted. Right now, this Chinese herbal medicine is a good choice.

Wen Hui immediately began to ask Ziyu to come. Ziyu is really a professional who is proficient in agriculture, and she also has some research on the cultivation of herbs, and after listening to Wen Hui's words, she also thought it was a good idea, so she hurriedly asked the little maid to get a pen and paper and an abacus. After a while, Ziyu excitedly said to Wen Hui: "Girl, if we can find a buyer for planting these big green roots, one acre of land can earn half more than planting cotton, corn and sweet potatoes." ”

Wen Hui guessed that this was also the case, after all, medicine is always more expensive than food. He said, "You don't have to worry about this buyer, have you forgotten?" Sister Mingzhu has a pharmaceutical workshop, and this pharmaceutical workshop is now famous, and it won't be completed in another three years if there are many orders. Sister Mingzhu has recently opened a larger pharmaceutical shop in Qingyang City, which will definitely require a large number of Chinese medicinal materials every year. Why don't we give priority to buying what we grow ourselves? ”

Ziyu laughed: "Yes, Miss Mingzhu was originally our own person, of course, the fat water does not flow to outsiders." So let's set aside some land to grow big green roots, right? It can't be more, after all, this is not a meal, too much will affect the price. ”

Wen Hui smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, we can have a variety of kinds, like this big green root, and small chrysanthemums, don't we often drink chrysanthemum tea?" Little chrysanthemums can also be used in medicine, and I often use this medicine when I see her prescribing prescriptions from Aunt Hu. There are also Coptis chinensis, Forsythia, and honeysuckle. There are a lot of mint and the like, you can study and see what we can grow here, we have a variety of several, we should choose the ones that are well cared for, the ones that are well planted, those that are suitable for the climate and soil of Heyang Prefecture, and the commonly used medicines. ”

Ziyu pondered. Wen Hui said: "Sister Ziyu, this is not in a hurry, and it will be planted after the wheat harvest." And I think that by then, all three Zhuangzi will grow these. We're ready now. Now the top priority is to plan the Zhuangzi well and plant all the wheat. ”

Ziyu nodded. The two of them discussed again. A few days passed. Li Huan recruited people. Sure enough, the people who came to apply were very enthusiastic, first, the Chen family had a good reputation in Heyang Prefecture, and Wen Hui and Mingzhu provided disaster relief. The free clinic made the people trust them incomparably. Second, after the catastrophe, I can't even support myself, so who doesn't grasp the opportunity to be a long-term worker now? Although the government has cash-for-work to help them survive, the cash-for-work is to build roads and canals, rather than farming. It's a lot heavier, and it's mostly done by men. Thirdly, this long-term worker is assigned a small house, so that the husband and wife or children can work together. And also find a job for his wife, so that the husband and wife can make money. It's much easier to feed your children. That's why people are very motivated to apply.

However, Li Huan's eyes were very poisonous, and the conditions were very harsh, and it took two days to recruit 600 satisfactory long-term workers.

Wen Hui looked at these six hundred people, all of them are good laborers in their twenties and thirties who are in the prime of life, and they look like they are all honest, I heard Li Huan say that most of these people have wives and don't have many children, after all, if there are too many children, and the wife is busy doing housework, where can I come to the workshop to work.

Wen Hui was very satisfied with Li Huan's thoughtfulness, and at this time, the livestock and tools that Li Shou went to buy were also ready. Wen Hui saw that there was nothing to do, so she explained to Li Shou and asked Li Shou to manage these people and take them to plant wheat quickly.

Wen Hui and Ziyu went to two Zhuangzi. The other two Zhuangzi, one in the Tingfeng Manor next to Liyang City, has more than 15,000 acres of land. The other is Caiqinzhuang next to Yingshui City, with more than 14,000 acres of land.

Wen Hui went to Tingfeng Manor to see, sure enough, the style of Zixiazhuang is different, gray walls and white tiles, there is no gorgeous appearance but there is more elegant charm, there is a lake in the Zhuangzi, sparkling, very beautiful, the center of the lake also built a pavilion full of wild interest made of pine trees. At this moment, Ziyu was barely satisfied. Wen Hui said with a smile: "This Zhuangzi is not small, and there are fifty or sixty houses. It seems that the previous owner was an elegant person? ”

Ziyu said: "Yes, girl, this is the Zhuangzi of the prefect of Liyang City, he has been the prefect for seven or eight years, and the ground has been scraped three layers. This Zhuangzi is quite ordinary, and the house in his city is exquisite. This is where he came to live during the summer, and it is relatively simple. When he raided his house, he copied out a lot of gold and silver treasures, and it was really difficult for him to be greedy. By the way, he likes vassal elegance very much, and when he copied his home, he copied out a lot of celebrity calligraphy and paintings, as well as some precious antiques. We bought this Zhuangzi and connected the house. His shops and houses in the city were bought by other people. Those precious antiques and celebrity calligraphy and paintings were all bought by a mysterious person, and the rest were generally bought by some people with heads and faces in Heyang Prefecture. ”

Wen Hui sneered and said, "Hmph, why are you so greedy? It's not like I've lost my head yet. However, it can be seen from these that this white thorn is really good at being a person, so he doesn't spend his own money, and gives the well-known people in Heyang Prefecture a chance to buy these. That's smart. But we can't control that, but this house is good. Let's hurry up, hurry up and let Li Cai, who is in charge, come over, and we discussed together how to plan farming, digging canals, building houses, and quickly letting Li Huan go to find long-term workers, this time it's going to be more, this more than 15,000 acres of land, it is estimated that 800 people will be recruited, right? ”

Ziyu nodded, and hurriedly instructed Li Huan to recruit people, and Li Cai to buy livestock and farm tools. Wen Hui and Ziyu took the map and studied it.

After some research, Wen Hui said to Ziyu and Li Huan: "The wheat we planted this season is very important, we use new farm tools and oxen to plow the fields. There is also the use of composting technology. When building a house and building a livestock pen, you need to think about how to collect these animal manure conveniently, so that you can use more composting technology. Also, we have so many fields that these fertilizers are not enough. When the wheat is planted, we will pick a sunny day in winter and turn out all the mud from the pond and lake in our village, which is very fertile and can be used. And it's also better to keep fish in these ponds. Seed selection is also the key, and you must select the best seeds according to the method I gave. We are to plant the wheat with the highest yield per acre. ”

Ziyu and Li Huan nodded hurriedly and said, "I understand, we all do what the girl says." ”

In this way, Wen Hui quickly arranged the affairs of Tingfeng Manor and Caiqin Village, and returned to Qingyang City by boat. Ziyu and Li Huan were still watching the three Zhuangzi plant crops in Heyang Prefecture, after all, this season's wheat could not be delayed. After these are done, they will also organize the repair of water canals, build houses, and repair the roads in Zhuangzi. There are a lot of things to do, and it is estimated that I will not be able to come back until the Chinese New Year.

As soon as Wen Hui returned home. Unexpectedly, I found that my father had also arrived home. I was surprised. Asked, "How did my father come back so quickly?" Aren't you going to visit relatives and friends in the capital? ”

Chen Yuanheng smiled bitterly. Thinking back to the experience of the capital, it is really a sword and a sword, and the dark waves are turbulent. I told my daughter in detail. After hearing this, Chen Wenhui thought to herself, this emperor is really a talent, so black-bellied. One sentence mixed up a puddle of water in the capital. And her eldest aunt, this strange woman, what does she think in her heart. If it was an ordinary woman, she must have taken this opportunity to pull the queen and the prince off the horse, this is only one step away from the queen's throne, so close, you can touch it with your hands, she actually chose to back down. This is a man of great courage and wisdom.

Wen Hui thought about it and said, "It's good that my father is back." We really can't afford to touch the people in the capital now. ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "This time I went to the capital, I found out that I was too smooth in Jiangnan, and I had been away from the open and secret fighting in the capital for too long, and I lost my vigilance. From now on, I'm going to develop my own power. ”

Wen Hui asked strangely: "How do you develop your own power?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "The development of forces is nothing more than four paths. One is wealth. Needless to say, we have so many shops at home, this money is enough to spend. One is a soldier. We're pretty much equal to none of that. Even the guards we should have have are very few, because we have always lived in the official office, so we don't pay attention to this aspect. In the future, I will spend more money to raise some people in this area. Madam, can you take out 100,000 taels a year? ”

Bai said: "There is no problem with this. Our annual income, each shop pù, wine shop, land, shop rent, these are calculated, 300,000 taels a year. ”

Chen Yuanheng was also a little surprised: "Oh, why are there so many, I don't know." However, more is better than less, so I will take out 100,000 taels a year, and I will entrust someone to support our own escort team. ”

Wen Hui thought, this is a money-burning thing, it seems that she will have to work harder to make money in the future. Chen Yuanheng said: "There are two other points, one is power, and the other is friends. Power is to have an official position and a backstage. A friend is a friend who can do business, someone who can support him with 18 million taels of silver at any time, and there must be friends in the officialdom who help each other and help each other, so that they can be regarded as developing forces. ”

Wen Hui thought about it and said: "We can use the new cotton textile technology to control the cotton textile industry in our own hands, and leave this aspect to the Lan family." We just hold the shares secretly, so it's easier to weave a network of relationships without showing the surface. ”

Chen Yuanheng nodded appreciatively and said, "Yes, that's what I thought." There is also the Wang family's bank, originally we also secretly held shares, which we kept very secret, that is, we borrowed money and gave interest on loans, so that we could control many industries through the Wang family's bank, and more businessmen would get on our ship. ”

Wen Hui nodded, this is a bit like those financial oligarchs in the previous life.

Chen Yuanheng continued: "There is also the fact that we want to get married. ”

This scared Wen Hui, in ancient times, what Wen Hui was most afraid of was political marriage, how good is this, does Dad want to use her marriage with her brothers as a tool?

ps：

Are there still tickets?