After walking a short distance upstream along the Qinhuai River, she saw a big fish, she lay quietly on the surface of the water and did not move, slowly rising and sinking with the river.

"Big fish!" Ma Du shouted nervously, and saw the big fish raise his head and shouted happily, "Brother." ”

Ma Du's heart fell into his stomach, just now I thought she was drowning, but if you look closely, it turns out that there is Xiaobai under her, this girl is really good at playing.

Xiaobai heard Ma Du's voice, and suddenly the big fish was thrown into the river, and the splash swam over.

"Stinky fish!" The big fish took a sip and giggled and swam to shore.

Xiaobai's body jumped to the shore, obviously overexerted, and the fat body ran aground directly, Ma Du hurriedly went down to the river to put it back in the water, and pulled the big fish up, "It's autumn, the water is cold, and I'm not afraid of getting sick!" Hurry home and change your clothes! ”

The big fish stuck out his tongue and ran home with a smile, Chang Mao looked at the back of the big fish, and then looked at the little white in the water, and asked enviously: "Can you let me ride it too, it looks fun." ”

Ma Du looked at his iron-like body and replied directly: "Get out!" ”

Chang Mao pursed his lips disdainfully, "Stingy! ”

Xiaobai kept rubbing Madu's feet with his long beak, squeaking and squeaking very often, it seemed to be happy, Madu kept stroking its head and smooth body.

Xiao Yu'er and water chestnut took the snack and stuffed it into Xiaobai's mouth, but they didn't expect it to really eat this kind of sweet.

"It's itchy!" was rubbed by Xiaobai's palm with a sharp mouth, and Xiao Yu'er quickly retracted his hand.

Seeing Xiaobai in the Qinhuai River, Ma Du was naturally happy, but he couldn't help but worry, because this place was not suitable for it to survive at all, just like the old loach said, even its food was not enough.

In winter, the Qinhuai River may freeze, and the water temperature will become very low, you must know that it is not a fish, it is a mammal, in addition to the water temperature requirements, it will also need to be ventilated frequently.

Even now it is in danger, and the fishermen's nets and shoals could cost it their lives at any time, and the Yangtze River or Poyang Lake should be its home.

Ma Du asked, "Little turtle, where do you usually fish?" ”

The little turtle stammered: "Everyone usually fishes under the bottom, but they don't come to the top, knowing that Xiaobai is here, Xiaoxiaobai is also smart, not going down there, and usually not coming to the shore, today Ken must have met his brother, so happy, he came to the shore." ”

It was really embarrassing for him to say so many things at once, and the poor child had to be laughed at by unscrupulous gentlemen.

"Xiaoxiaobai is also smart...... Ha ha...... Is your tongue knotted, and it's really a rush to speak. ”

The little turtle's face turned red, and he immediately drooped his head and walked home silently. Ma Du glared at Chang Mao fiercely, "You came to my house as a guest, you embarrassed the master like this, today is the second time, if you don't make my brother happy now, I will let people tie you home." ”

"Good! Good! I can't coax him! Chang Mao got up from the ground and reluctantly chased the little turtle, and when he came back, the jade pendant on his waist was gone, "Your little brother looks like a stuffy gourd, but his appetite is not small, so he ate my jade pendant at once." ”

Ma Du accompanied Xiaobai to play with half a pillar of incense, and was dragged into the river by it, it was really cold and unbearable, so he hurried home to change his clothes.

Ma Du didn't have much hope for finding books, but as soon as Da Yu'er heard that his brother was looking for two thick books, he hugged his pillow. When I opened the baggage, the two crumpled books that appeared unexpectedly were not encyclopedias.

Da Yu'er explained: "I found these two books in my leather bag, I dried them on the stone and it became loose, so I used it as a pillow to press it when I was sleeping, and then I forgot to give it to my brother, but I didn't expect the pillow to be wrinkled for almost a year." ”

The diligent and sensible little girl, compared to the greedy little fish difficult water chestnut, the big fish did not know how much more well-behaved, Madu took her a cute cloth tiger pillow, she hugged it in her arms and kissed it, and ran back to her room happily.

Da Yu'er has the potential to become an excellent little housekeeper, and he doesn't need to worry too much about the family at that time, but she needs a good teacher, and Ma Dajia is the most suitable.

But how much is the difference between the palace of Wu and the palace, the surface is calm but the undercurrent is turbulent, Ma Du is not interested in digging into the pickled things inside, just the changeable faces of those maids, servants and stewards are enough to make him lose his appetite, obviously just now he was full of laughter and talking to others, and the expression of turning his head was eager to strangle the other party.

Ma Dajia has a lot of things to do, and she is already very busy and hard, and Ma Du doesn't want to trouble her anymore. Ma Du recorded this matter in his heart for the time being, thinking about meeting a suitable teacher.

The old loach finally listened to a word of persuasion, and let the four little ones change into new clothes, which were sent by Ma Dajia before, they are all made of good clothes, and they fit well on the body, with double buns, the three little girls are so cute that they can't do it.

Except for the little turtle, this child is sloppy, from May to August every year, he has been shirtless, and he is uncomfortable walking with his clothes on, and the jade pendant from the pit from Changmao is hung around his neck, and he walks swaying, for fear that others will not see it.

In the evening, the guards were asked to bring grain, cloth, salt, and candy for the children, and the whole family went out to distribute them to the villagers, who were naturally full of joy and couldn't even bother to eat dinner.

Uncle Qin carried half a bag of grain on his shoulder, happily showing a mouthful of yellow teeth, "I'll just say it...... The petty officials came out of the palace, and they were generous. ”

The old loach scolded with a smile: "Old Qin, you are saying that I am stingy and poor." ”

Uncle Qin replied: "You old loach has never been slippery, and since you called, you have divided some food, and it is really worse than a star and a half compared with the petty officials." ”

The old loach didn't mind, just smiled, it seemed that the title "old loach" was much more pleasant to the ear than "old lady".

Ma Du played a round game, "Uncle Qin, you misunderstood, since I entered the city, my grandfather asked me to prepare things for everyone, but it was really delayed because I was sick, and it was not sent today." ”

"Don't take care of his face for the little official, we have lived with him for several years, and we don't know him yet." Lao Qin said in a loud voice: "Everyone listen to me, since we moved to Yingtian, the old loach will look down on us poor folks when he becomes a landlord, and we can't give him a look." Cloth and salt should be regarded as his help to us, anyway, we used to help him a lot, and the candy and snacks should also be given to children by his elders. But when the grain is harvested next summer, it will be returned to him with the rent! ”

"Good! You can't give the old loaches a look! ”

"Yes, the richer the old loach is, the more he deducts the door!"

……

The villagers coaxed one after another, and the old loach smiled, "Lao Qin, you old thing, you will make up my mind, when did I say that I look down on the villagers, if you want to say that I can't compare to you Lao Qin, I am reluctant to put salt when cooking, and I will lick a meal with a salt lump......" The old loach and the villagers laughed and scolded, and it seemed that they had returned to the past.

Ma Du turned his head and asked, "Lao Liu, don't you have any family members in Wuliu?" If it's not far away, you can take it, and then I'll build a big mansion here, and you two will settle down here. ”

Both of them are now removed from the military, but they are still working for Lao Zhu, mainly helping to grow sweet potatoes in the palace. Lao Zhu has a vision in the end, he looks at sweet potatoes so tightly, and he is in the same yard as his study, this thing may not be able to keep the Ming Dynasty in the future, and it will always be better to dig in the field haha.

Lao Liu Xi said: "The two of us are waiting to be the nursing home for adults." The villain's hometown is in Haozhou, only his wife and daughter, and later in Chuzhou, he has been doing some small business in Chuzhou, and he has old knowledge in the army to take care of him, and it would be best if he could pick him up. ”

"Where's your house?" Ma Du asked Zhang Wuliu.

Zhang Wuliu said with red eyes: "My family is from Hezhou, and there is a grandmother in the family, and later I joined the army, and my grandmother lived with my aunt, and I haven't seen her old man for several years." ”

"Don't cry, since you want to panic, hurry up and pick it up, and I'll send you a coil when I go back."

Zhang Wuliu shook his head, "Don't worry, your big mansion hasn't been built yet, and there is no place to live in it, and renting a house in the city is expensive." ”

This kid will tell the truth, this will Ma Du really doesn't have much money, although he received a lot of gifts, but most of them are in kind, among which there are mostly medicinal materials, medicinal materials are very expensive when they are bought, but they are not worth a few dollars if they are sold. The sum of the current silver is only a few hundred taels, which is still a lot of money short of the luxurious mansion that Ma Du expected.

However, the predecessors have pointed out the direction to Ma Du, he is not a concubine who was divorced in the bloody plot or a poor sour talent who was robbed of his fame, he has the capital behind the palace, and it is better to find a piece of tofu and die if he can't earn silver.

Ma Du patted his chest, "You two just take a look, in less than half a year, my big mansion will definitely be able to be built." ”

While he was talking, the old loach and Uncle Qin came over, and the old loach was smiling and in a good mood, "Xiaodu, you Uncle Qin still have something to discuss with you." ”

"Uncle Qin, if there is anything you can say directly."

Lao Qin smiled embarrassedly, "This matter is really going to trouble you, seeing that autumn planting is about to begin, we want to get some iron farm tools, sickles, hoes, and plowshares, if we can get a kitchen knife for each family, it would be the best." ”

"Iron farm implements? Kitchen knife? Madu scratched his head, "Aren't there any groceries in the city that sell them?" "Lao Zhu didn't do the same thing as the Mengyuan Imperial Court, but he didn't do the kind of thing that ten families used a kitchen knife.

Lao Qin shook his head and said: "No, even the blacksmith shop is closed, and if you find someone to sell it by chance, it is also expensive and scary, and you dare to ask for eight hundred wen for a sickle." ”

"It's fucking black!" Ma Du couldn't help but scold. In troubled times, food, salt, iron, and cloth are all strategic materials, which must be more expensive, but they are not so outrageous. In the past, when everyone was fishing in Poyang Lake, it was only a few pennies to sell to the pickling store for a day, and a sickle of 800 wen was absolutely black.

When Lao Liu heard this, he pulled Ma Du to turn his back and whispered: "My lord doesn't know, many blacksmith shops in the city have closed because they can't buy pig iron, it's been almost a year, this price is not unusual at all, even if it is priceless." ”

Why is that? At such a high price, those merchants will not come and sell it? ”

"Of course, I came to sell it, but I was bought by the palace before I entered the city."

Lao Zhu is conquering everywhere, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more soldiers, and more armor and weapons are naturally needed.

However, at this time, the main production area of pig iron was mainly in Hebei, which was the core territory of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and the outflow of pig iron would naturally be controlled. However, the Great Yuan court was already corrupt, and the merchants could pass the customs with a little more money, and they could easily earn high profits by going south by sea without inventory.

However, the quantity is limited, and the price of pig iron in Jiangnan has also risen again and again, until after returning from Jiangxi last year, Lao Zhu began to make a large number of firearms. Although the barrel of a gun weighs only three catties, it is fine iron, and a few catties of pig iron only produce one catty of pig iron. For Ying Tianqi's lack of pig iron, Ma Du has a certain responsibility, who told him to make an arquebus.

Lao Zhu almost bought pig iron, but it had little impact on ordinary people, and for farmers, a hoe or sickle might be used for a lifetime, even if it was broken, it could be remade after it was taken to a blacksmith shop.

It's a pity that these villagers who moved from Jiangxi don't have farm tools, even if they usually kill fish, they also use a thin iron sheet, and it is indeed a difficult thing for them to get a new set of farm tools for each family.

Ma Du frowned and asked Lao Liu, "Have you always used pig iron from Hebei?" Taiping Province obviously also has iron mines. ”

Lao Liu shook his head, "The villain has never heard of an iron mine in Taiping Mansion, Taiping and Yingtian are so close, if there is, he must know." ”

Ma Du slapped his thigh, Lao Tzu is going to send it!

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