Chapter 461: Joys and Sorrows
Even if you are a simple farmer who has been honest all your life, you can understand the reason why you are so respected, including nephews and nephews.
On the ninth day, Ah Yuan and Lu Liu agreed to go, and they would help inform Hu Fu, as well as several brothers of the Bai family, and when the time came, they would add some joy to Uncle Bai.
"Life is better in our village now, the villagers all say that it is thanks to the blessing of the county lord, this year's red persimmons have a bumper harvest, not only sold to Zhuyang County and Qiyang County, but also other places around, I have heard that there are rare things in our confusion, and the persimmons are easy to preserve, as long as they are not crushed, it is no problem to put them for more than ten days, and there is a lot of silver left by every family!"
Uncle Bai continued to talk about the Confusion Formation while walking out, and at the end, he added: "The villagers in the village are looking forward to you going back to have a look, and Li Zheng also wants to discuss with the county lord, can you also plant some fruit trees on other wastelands in the Confusion Formation, your cherry trees have produced so many fruits in the second year, everyone is greedy!" ”
The reason why he was embarrassed to say this before leaving was because he was worried that Ah Yuan would be angry because he was red by the villagers again, right? As everyone knows, at this time, the county lord has already stood at the height of the owner of the fief, and the people in the two county towns should be called her people, of course, they will no longer care about their ideas being remembered by others.
In fact, when Elder Bai was first arranged to plant a variety of fruit trees, Ah Yuan once suggested that Uncle Li let everyone plant together, but unfortunately, at that time, there was no way to respond to all the calls, and the villagers were all like monkeys, and they didn't see rabbits, so they refused to scatter eagles at all.
Now I see fruit trees growing. Cherries are also the first to bear fruit. The price is several times higher than that of red persimmons. Demand is also in short supply. Elder Bai had been chattering in the village all day long with the appearance of being underwhelmed, and now no one laughed at him for not doing his job properly.
Only then did he have the idea that he wanted to get a piece of the pie, Elder Bai was employed by Ah Yuan, and he refused to be the master of the saplings for everyone at all, so Uncle Bai had to come with the wishes of most people.
"Okay, go back and tell everyone that more fruit trees are indeed a way to make a fortune, and when it is time to make a living for the children. I'm going to talk to Lee. ”
Uncle Bai was very relaxed when he left, because the two most important things had been done, Ah Yuan was not angry, and from beginning to end, the smile on his face was full.
Lu Liu followed behind Ah Yuan, holding his waist and smiling: "Sister-in-law, it is rare that the villagers who are confused all want to make a fortune, unlike before, there are some people who go to the east and the west to make a fortune, and they don't do anything serious all day long." ”
It was too poor at that time. The poor have no ambition, and everyone compares with the word "poor". A lot of lazy masters use their brains to think about how to take advantage of others, and slowly they will bring bad wind.
Now, everyone has a head, knowing that hard work can get rich, whether it is to concentrate on planting land and vegetables, or to work in the brick kiln factory and processing factory, you can earn a lot of money, who can not work hard?
Everyone estimates that the exclusive trade of tomatoes can continue for another year, after all, the planting method is not familiar to other villages, and when all the planting is universal, when the time comes, you can think of other businesses.
Every time Wan Chongyang comes to Zhuyang County, he has to compare with Hu County, and now Qiyang is also terrible, the output of the brick kiln factory is higher than that of Zhuyang, and there is a low-cost and high-income glass processing factory, which has brought up a series of emerging merchants, and the soldiers are also self-sufficient, although they did not reclaim the land as Ah Yuan suggested at the beginning, but the "solar" bathing appliances have been studied maturely, and now, in addition to training soldiers and tasks, they also take turns to work hard in the workshop, Qiyang has no military salary. With only one salary, the soldiers can often buy things for their families and bring back silver.
Hu County's order is not simple, don't look at the demeanor that can't catch up with Wan Chongyang, compared to the wealth of the county, he has never been convinced.
Zhuyang County has the largest tricycle and two-wheeled vehicle production base in the Great Song Dynasty, even if it is still a wheel made of cork, it still expands the trade to Tiannan and Haibei, and now the expanded workshop employs more than 2,000 people.
What's more, most of the women in Zhuyang County have learned to make shoes and knit socks, and every once in a while there are special people to the villages and streets to receive the goods, and then sell them to other counties.
Not to mention that the problem of saline-alkali land has been basically solved, and Qijiazhuang's "salt washing" method has been promoted step by step, and Hu Xianling has no way not to be tough, after all, there are more mountains in Qiyang, and it is not as convenient as Zhuyang to grow crops.
However, Wan Chongyang still has the treasure at the bottom of the box, and the tax sent to the county lord's mansion at the end of the year is not less than that of Zhuyang County, because although his mountains are long and the crops are sluggish, but after the mountain goods trade is developed, the silver is also earned.
It should be said that the merchants of the two counties have worked hard, and their footprints are all over the Great Song Dynasty, bringing the special products of the two places to every corner, which is why there is a prosperous life in Zhuyang and Qiyang today.
The people are rich, the sense of belonging to the county is stronger, and every decree of the county government is being implemented more and more smoothly.
After being poor, whose parents don't want their daughters to find someone they like to marry? It's not uncommon to sell the bride price of the girl, who doesn't want the girl to marry a good family, and after getting married, she can live with Hemeimei, and she can often go back to her parents' house to see?
Sometimes you should believe in a law that the more prosperous an era is, the more avant-garde the women of that era are, including thinking and dressing.
Similarly, the more backward and barren an era is, the more women in this era are devastated by feudal thinking, and even from the color and style of clothes they wear, it can be seen.
The poorer you are, the more conservative you are, and you can't wrap the woman's neck, hands, and face, and then you can't go out easily, and you can only feel at ease when you are firmly locked in the house.
And now the women of Zhuyang and Qiyang County can already shuttle through the streets and alleys unscrupulously, they are wearing colorful clothes, and the hair on their heads is all kinds of buns, they refuse to go out with the curtain, and their laughter can be spread far away......
Why not? Women earn money for their families, as long as they don't like it, no one can decide their fate casually, and the owner of the fiefdom, the lord of Furui County, is their role model!
Even, Zhuyang County is now a little off track, in the county government loudly announced to each other "I do" men and women, after marriage, when men habitually want to take concubines, there are many of them who have been opposed by their wives, from the beginning of the persuasion, to the most reluctant, to the most reluctant, to rather and divorce than agree!
The reasons are all ready-made: "Have you seen General Bai of the county lord's family take a concubine?" Have you seen Hu County's concubine? Have you seen Wanxian Ling's concubine? Have you seen Bai Er's shopkeeper taking a concubine? ”
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Unexpectedly, the bosses in the two counties are only guarding one daughter-in-law to live, and people are living smoothly and happily, why don't you learn from others?
Who dares to say a negative example, such as Mr. Lu Qian, doesn't he have a bunch of warblers and swallows at home? That's right, the current Lu Qian basically doesn't live in the Lu Mansion in the county, and he goes back to the "Happiness Garden" to live with his wife every day. The last time I went home, I heard that I was going to deal with the problem of a concubine who couldn't bear to be lonely and stealing people, and you also want to learn?
When the county lord and his entourage came to the confusion array, in addition to being warmly welcomed by the villagers, after sitting down, they heard similar to the previous gossip remarks, not to mention that this was gossip, all of them were depicted in real things, with noses and eyes.
Luo Niang is still very weak, and it took a lot of effort to give birth to this child, but her expression was happy and satisfied, and her eyes when she looked at the child revealed infinite joy.
Her hands were much wider and rougher than before. In this family, the people who suffer hardships are probably her and the uncle of the Bai family.
The obese aunt is still obese, and even more and more sloppy, which may be the reason for Luo Niang's birth, her clothes have not been washed for a while, exuding a smell of sweat and oil, but she is unaware.
When Ah Yuan and Luliu Cailian walked into the inner room to visit Luo Niang, they said a few words, and before they could step forward to see what the little baby looked like, something happened.
The fat body of the eldest aunt walked into the inner room, stretched out her hand majestically, and asked Luo Niang for a child: "The guests are all here, give me the child, and take it out to let everyone see, our old Bai family, there is a queen!" What about you, after giving birth to a child, there will be nothing to do, hurry up and raise your body for two days, do what you have to do, and see what is going on in this house? I can't always keep you for nothing, right? ”
Behind him, two women who were also very plump, their eyes were shining, as if they were pressing for the eldest uncle, obviously, it can be judged from their appearance and posture that these two are the two eldest daughters of the uncle's family.
Luo Niang immediately became vigilant, and her upper body stood upright, covering her son who was still sleeping inside: "Sister, the child is sleeping, wait until you wake up later, and then let the child's father take it out!" ”
At this moment, Uncle Bai was talking nonsense with the men outside, and finally had a son, a man in his forties, who really couldn't control his desire to show off. (To be continued......)
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