Time flies, and soon it is the end of April in early summer. The construction of Qingchun City has begun to take shape, with rows of houses and streets. The streets are also paved with bluestone slabs, which are clean and tidy. There are already shops in the city that specialize in commerce, and many merchants have bought residences and shops here. And some of the people of the city also produced some merchants, big and small. They also have a lot of shops.

The construction of the city wall has already begun, so you can hear the sound of the construction site shouting and the sound of construction throughout the day.

Da Niu was very happy in his heart, because today is a bumper harvest day, and the 500 acres of sweet potatoes planted a year ago have all been harvested today. The yield of these 500 acres is not high. Because since the first planting, Da Niu has rarely taken care of these lands, and most of the time, he has been leading the Japanese slaves to clear the land in farther places. Now he has twenty Japanese slaves, and he has been with these Japanese slaves for a long time, and many of the Japanese slaves who came earlier can already speak some big Chu words. In this way, it is much easier for everyone to communicate.

Da Niu was not stingy, for these Japanese slaves, he took care of food and housing, had their clothes washed, their houses cleaned, and they were given clothes, and they were paid monthly money on time. These slaves are having a good time. However, these slaves were very thrifty, and after the wages were paid, most of them saved up to prepare for sending money home. I heard from them that in the Wa Kingdom, their families lived very hard, and they might even starve to death at any time, so they were counting on them to send money home.

Da Niu is very glad that he is not a Japanese national, and it is better to live in Dachu. No, to be exact, the good days began after Gui Yuxia returned from the palace.

Gui Yuxia is very busy every day now, and she has to take care of the embroidery workshop. and also take care of the yamen. Today, all the female workers in the city's industries belonging to the lord's mansion are under her management, and they are very busy. I had to come back late every day.

Da Niu is very considerate of Gui Yuxia's busy work, he is also working hard every day, his wife is already an official, and as a man, he can't be pulled down too far. Because of his vision. Decisive investment. After taking out loans, he now has 500 acres of land outside the city, and 3,500 acres of land in a distant place. Da Niu thought. After this crop is harvested, according to the Hei family, the 500 acres in the urban area can be planted with paddy fields after planting a season of sweet potatoes.

Rice cattle are not very good at growing. He lives in the north and has spent his life growing crops such as wheat and beans. But. His Japanese slaves said they were the best at growing rice. Because in the Wa country, most of the farmers planted rice.

Now the big bull is relieved. Originally, because Qingchun City developed rapidly. More and more products are produced, so many merchants come to Qingchun City to buy a shop. These wealthy merchants saw that the land outside the city had been reclaimed into mature land, and they all wanted to buy land here. Someone has already bid a tael of silver for an acre of land with a big cow. I want to buy these 500 acres outside the city.

Gui Yuxia was very happy, it really made Da Niu right. Back then, these 500 acres were bought for one tael of silver and two acres of land, and now they can be sold for one tael of silver and one acre of land, which is to earn back double the price. If this is sold, they will have more than 3,000 acres farther away. This sale is five hundred taels of silver, plus the money from selling sweet potatoes, as well as the money from the previous land reclamation and selling timber and herbs, and Gui Yuxia's monthly salary, you can repay the one thousand taels of silver that you borrowed from the bank before, and even the interest is enough. When the time comes, they will be debt-free. There is no debt, but there are more than 3,000 acres of land outside the city, and there is a real estate in the city. What a joy it is.

However, the big cow did not sell it, and he chose to grow rice. He believes that if after a period of time, Qingchun City will develop faster, more businessmen will come to Qingchun City, and more people will buy land, the price of land will definitely rise, and the price of 500 mu of dry land and 500 mu of paddy field can be compared? When the time comes, he'll have to sell it for more money. Anyway, now the family is not short of money, and he has bought another 1,500 acres of land, which is connected with the 3,500 acres of land. When the paddy fields were all made and the rice was planted, he took the Japanese slaves to continue to open up the wasteland.

It is estimated that after this 1,500 acres of land is cleared, there will be a few hundred taels of silver that can be sold for timber and other things, and at that time, Gui Yuxia can once again take out half a year's worth of money at once, and she will be able to pay off the debt of 1,000 taels of silver with interest. When the time comes, they will be debt-free and light, and they will have 500 acres of land outside the city and 5,000 acres of land in the suburbs, and they will really be out-and-out big landlords.

At that time, he was going to sell the five hundred acres of land again, and then use the money to start a small business, and now Qingchun City is full of opportunities, and it is a good time to make money.

Da Niu was settling accounts at home this day, how much money was sold for sweet potatoes, how much money was still at home, and he was making plans, Gui Yuxia came back.

As soon as he entered the door, Da Niu saw Gui Yuxia with a happy face and asked, "Why did you come back so early today?" Have you eaten? Tired or not? ”

Gui Yuxia went into the inner room, changed into homely clothes, and sat down opposite Da Niu, who had already brought her a cup of tea.

Gui Yuxia said: "There is a happy event today. So, come back early. I've already eaten in the yamen, have you eaten? ”

Da Niu hurriedly said: "I also came back early today, and the sweet potatoes in the field have all risen, and some of them have been left to dry, kept to eat, and the rest have been sold." How did the county lord's workshop buy so many sweet potatoes? This thing is easy to break, what if it breaks when you buy so much? ”

Gui Yuxia said: "You don't know this, the county bishop has a lot of houses that make this sweet potato, which can be dried and made into vermicelli, and these sweet potatoes are all in the county lord's workshop, and naturally there are people in the workshop to clean up." Now the dried sweet potatoes produced in our Qingchun City are very famous, not only sold to the people in the city, but also sold to several other cities, and also sold to Dachu, as well as Yizhou Island, and the Wa Kingdom. ”

Da Niu smiled and said: "The county lord is smart, and he can think of such a method." Thou hast not yet said, What is the joyful event? ”

Gui Yuxia said: "Today, Yinxia has passed the assessment and has become a first-class embroiderer. Moreover, what she and Jin Xia have learned, they have already trained some apprentices at home, and now as soon as they become a first-class embroidery girl, they introduced these five apprentices to enter, and they have all passed the assessment, and now Yinxia is already a small steward, and she takes five taels of silver every month. ”

Da Niu smiled and said, "It's better to be the apprentice you taught." Jin Xia became a small steward before, and last month she became a big steward, taking ten taels of silver every month. Now Yinxia has become a little steward again, this is a famous teacher and a high apprentice. ”

Gui Yuxia smiled and said: "You go to night school to study, it's really useful, famous teachers and apprentices know it." ”

Da Niu said embarrassedly: "Actually, the night school is very good, I not only learned to read, but also learned to settle accounts." Isn't that just the settling score? The more I calculated, the happier I became. ”

Gui Yuxia said: "You were unwilling to buy the 500 acres of land before, and you are ready to buy another 1,500 acres of land to build a 5,000-acre farm in the suburbs, is this money enough?" ”

Da Niu said: "Those places in the suburbs are mostly mountainous, so the land is even cheaper, one or two silver acres of flat land, three acres of mountainous land. This 1,500 acres doesn't cost much. At the moment our family has enough money. When the time comes, we will build a large mansion on that 5,000-acre farm and ask the people of the Black Family to design it. We'll be really rich then. ”

Gui Yuxia smiled and said, "This is all the fruit of your hard work." I didn't help at all. ”

Da Niu hurriedly said: "Why didn't I help, it's not you, how can I take loans again and again, without loans, where can I develop so fast?" ”

Gui Yuxia smiled and held Da Niu's rough hand.

Da Niu suddenly remembered something and asked, "My sister's eldest girl seems to have participated in the assessment this time, right?" What do you think? ”

Gui Yuxia hurriedly said: "Oh, I forgot, the big girl is very obedient, but she is younger and learns slower, unlike Jin Xia, Yinxia They originally have a foundation." Therefore, she has always been a third-class embroiderer. Living in the workshop, there is food and drink, and the wages are not spent in a wasteful manner, all of them are saved. Now this time the assessment has finally passed the second-class embroidery. Next month, I will be able to get 800 months' wages. ”

The big cow smiled.

Gui Yuxia said: "After she became guò, she was very happy, and she also wanted to move out and buy her own house. I asked her, and the wages she received were about four or five taels of silver. You can buy a small three-room house. However, how can she live alone as a child? How unsettling this is. Well, if only her parents had come along. ”

Da Niu said: "How can that work? A girl's family can't go out and live alone. By the way, why did she go out and live alone? ”

Gui Yuxia said: "It's not that I looked at Jin Xia and Yin Xia, after becoming a second-class embroiderer, I taught my apprentices at home, and when I became a first-class embroidery girl, I suddenly became a little steward." can get five taels of silver a month, which is worth the money she earns for most of the year. However, she didn't think that Jin Xia and Yin Xia had a foundation, and their talents were relatively high. Actually, it's better than my understanding. Therefore, the second-class embroidery girl to the first-class embroidery girl is very fast. However, ordinary people, where can they be so fast. Back then, how many years did I get to this level? I see, she has to work hard for two or three years from second to first, and she will move out now, where can I rest assured. (Want to know more?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "wang", follow the official account, and never miss every update again! (To be continued)