In the gazebo of the West Mountain Annex.

Dong Shulan came here after bathing and changing clothes.

Yan Xiwen was boiling a pot of tea, and Chunxiu brought a bowl of ginger soup to Dong Shulan.

"I heard from the people of Xishan Express that you came to Xishan, and I thought to myself, Brother Fu...... I'm afraid you know the news of Brother Fu, I just want to ask you, when will he come back? ”

Dong Shulan took a sip of ginger soup and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" If he doesn't come back, could it be that I, the young grandmother, won't be able to handle those things? ”

Yan Xiwen smiled awkwardly, poured two cups of tea and handed over a cup, "Back then, you were a famous talented woman in the capital...... I'm afraid you don't know that you still have a comment among the students of the Academy. ”

"Tell me about it."

"They say, 'If you were a man, my father's position as the secretary of the household would fall on you.'"

Dong Shulan pursed her lips and smiled, and shook her head, "Wu Ling'er of the Wu Dynasty can also ascend the throne as the emperor and become the first empress in history, as a daughter, it is difficult for me to be able to do the household Shangshu?" ”

"That's not the same, if it weren't for Emperor Wen's son......" Yan Xiwen stopped, he wanted to say that if it wasn't for Emperor Wen's son to die, he suddenly remembered that Fu Xiaoguan was also Emperor Wen's son, and whether Fu Xiaoguan was dead or not, but now it is a matter of two things.

The Wu Dynasty has already announced the death of Fu Xiaoguan, which is the will of the empress herself!

But the people of the Yu Dynasty seem to find it difficult to accept that Fu Xiaoguan died at the foot of the Snow Mountain, and now neither Emperor Xuan nor Empress Xuan nor his grandfather Yan Beixi have kept their mouths shut about it.

For Yan Xiwen, of course he hopes that Fu Xiaoguan is alive, because he still has many things that need to rely on Fu Xiaoguan to help him - such as the Yaoxian wharf that is being built.

"Brother Fu brought me a letter last time, saying that he wanted to expand the dock in Yao County, and to build a dock, I specially consulted the shipwright for this dock, if it is a three-masted sailboat, this dock does not need to be too big, but what Brother Fu said means is the ship's ......."

Yan Xiwen looked at Dong Shulan, "The ship is not available in the Yu Dynasty, I don't know how to do it, so I want to ask you about his news." ”

When Dong Shulan heard this, she was also confused.

Fu Xiaoguan never said anything about this, and she didn't know what the ship was like, so she put down the ginger tea bowl and thought about it very seriously, "I'm afraid you will have to wait for a while for this matter." ”

Since Dong Shulan didn't mention Fu Xiaoguan, Yan Xiwen didn't ask, but she had a bad premonition in her heart, it seems that Fu Xiaoguan really had an accident, otherwise how could Dong Shulan come to Xishan, and how could she go down to the field.

There was already His Majesty's marriage letter between them, and Yan Xiwen knew about this, because his cousin Yan Xiaolou was also one of Fu Xiaoguan's fiancées.

If Fu Xiaoguan really has three longs and two shorts...... Could it be that Dong Shulan is so lonely and guards this property for him for a lifetime?

Yan Xiwen did not persuade him, because he knew what kind of person Dong Shulan was.

"Yao County's industries are on the right track, but the cash cow, one guy will solve my Yao County's financial and tax problems, you don't plan to take a look?"

"The plan is to go and see it in three days, and now we have to see the weather......

Dong Shulan's eyes suddenly lit up, she looked at Yan Xiwen, and said, "My father-in-law got some good things again, but are you interested in people's livelihood?" ”

Of course Yan Xiwen was interested, he was the best at understanding the things that Fu Xiaoguan was messing with, so he nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "After all, we are classmates, besides, I have really had a crush on you for many years, and this has a good thing, of course you have to give me that place to use first." ”

Dong Shulan glared at Yan Xiwen, "The field just now is the new rice seed that my husband was working on. Let me tell you this, the yield of this acre of land is at least double that of the past! ”

Yan Xiwen was shocked, "This is impossible!" ”

"Is it possible that it doesn't matter, what I want to tell you is that although Yao County has a lot of land in my family, there are also a lot of official fields. We can sign a contract, if my family's rice seeds are not twice as much as before, I will not take a penny, if it is doubled, the price of this rice seed is two hundred yuan per catty, you may accept it? ”

Yan Xiwen was taken aback, "You're simply blackmailing me!" A pound of rice does not exceed 12 wen, and you sell me 200 wen...... This is clearly a robbery! ”

Dong Shulan laughed, "I'll calculate this account for you, the average harvest of one mu of land is about two hundred and forty catties in two stones, and if you use my family's rice seeds, it will reach at least four hundred and eighty catties!" ”

"Rice is counted as 12 wen per catty, and 500 catties of rice is 6,000 wen. An acre of land only needs five catties of grain seeds, and it is only 1,000 yuan, and the income reaches 5,000 yuan. ”

"Counting the grain seeds in the past, one mu of land produces 240 catties, and the total output is only 2,800 wen, even if the cost of rice seeds is not counted, one income is 5,400 wen, and the other income is 2,800 wen...... I'm selling you cheap! ”

When Yan Xiwen heard this, he looked up at the old butler standing beside him, but the old butler frowned in disbelief.

He looked at Dong Shulan again and asked, "Can you really produce about five hundred catties?" ”

"The contract is written in black and white, and everyone signs and seals the dignified and honest business, I am not afraid of giving it away for nothing, what are you afraid of?"

"Deal! I'll settle a contract when I go back, and we'll sign it when you come to Yao County!" ”

"Done, in addition...... There is another magical thing in my father-in-law, you haven't even seen it, do you want to plant it in your Yao County first? ”

Yan Xiwen felt strange, what kind of person is this Fu Xiaoguan? Why was he able to come up with all this new thing?

"Of course, you can talk about it."

"It's called a sweet potato, and it's planted in the ground, and it doesn't pick the ground, and it can grow even in the poorest of the fields, and the yield is ...... According to my father-in-law, the yield per mu can reach ...... More than 2,000 pounds! ”

In fact, at that time, Fu Xiaoguan said that if the soil quality of this thing was better, the yield per mu could be more than 5,000 catties, Dong Shulan was worried that Mo would scare Yan Xiwen, so she said a lot more conservatively, but this still scared Yan Xiwen!

"Two thousand catties per mu?" Yan Xiwen's eyes widened, "This thing may be used as food?" ”

"Of course I can, I've tasted it, it's soft and glutinous and sweet, and I'm sure everyone will like it."

"Can you give me a taste?"

"Now there is no more, they are all bred, and the minister said that it will mature around October, and I will send some to you at that time."

"Is it good to plant?"

"I don't know about this, I don't think it will be troublesome, I can provide you with technical guidance at that time, but you have to pay him a salary."

"Tell me, what's the price of this thing?"

Dong Shulan didn't know how to sell this thing, so she thought about it, "This is not in a hurry, let's wait a few days." ”

Yan Xiwen thought that Dong Shulan would definitely hang his appetite and sell it at a high price when the time came.

And the fact is that Dong Shulan hopes that Fu Xiaoguan can come back, but she really doesn't know what price this thing should be sold for.

At this moment, Fu Xiaoguan is on his way back, and he has already arrived in Xuanzhou in Jiangnan West Road.

He chose to take the waterway, boarded the boat in Xuanzhou, and went up the Yangtze River, which took about ten days to reach Linjiang.