Ten days later, Yu Xianyao arranged for the merchants to go to the cities and counties of Chen State to purchase the Southern Snake Vine, and he himself brought people to Wanqiu City.

Yu Xianyao took a few men to set up a stall in the market in Wanqiu City, and then raised a curtain, on which were written four big characters, "Collect Southern Snake Vine".

"Collect the southern snake vine! Collect the southern snake vine! As many as you want! As many as you want! The guys shouted at the bustling crowd.

Soon, many people came to watch, and everyone talked about it, but no one stepped forward to ask what was going on.

At this moment, two peasants rushed forward, one carrying a hoe and the other carrying a rake.

The hoe asked Yu Xianyao, "You accept this thing?" There is one by the river in front of our house. ”

Yu Xianyao replied: "Really? Then you go pick some and bring them over, dry them in the sun, and I'll buy as many as you want. ”

The rake pulled the hoe, "What is the southern snake vine, why haven't I seen it?" ”

"It's the kind of rattan grass by the river, a large patch of it, and it bears small yellow fruits in the second half of the year, you know?"

"Oh, got it, got it, that thing doesn't work, who wants that? Liar, deceitful. ”

"That's right, it must be a lie, it's all gone!"

Yu Xianyao hurriedly said: "Fool someone!" We pay the most attention to honesty in business, and we say nothing! You go dig it, pick the leaves, bring the dried vines, and I'll buy as many as you want! ”

The hoe snorted and asked, "Really?" How much to charge and how much? So tell me how to collect it and what price? ”

"Dry it, three copper coins per catty, collect as much as you want, whoever comes will take it!"

"How much! Three copper coins in a catty?! How could that be so valuable!? ”

"It's true! Collect as much as you want! ”

"Good! Then I'll go home and dig it! If you don't accept it, I'll smash your stall and send you to the government!" ”

"Good! Deal! We'll be here for the next two months! ”

When the rake saw that the hoe was on the bar, he hurriedly pulled him and said, "What are you doing?" What if he plays tricks? You're busy with spring plowing these days, how can you have the effort? ”

"Try it, if you really give money, digging thirty or forty catties will be enough for a year's grain tax!"

"That'...... Why don't I go back and dig a few pounds first? ”

"Let's go!"

With that, the hoe and the rake turned away.

Three days later, the two men arrived at the market early in the morning, each carrying a large bamboo basket filled with sun-dried southern snake vines.

Yu Xianyao recognized the two of them, and when he saw that they were each carrying bamboo baskets, he beckoned: "Two, how is it?" Is it sun-dried? ”

"It's done! You see! With that, the two of them pushed the bamboo basket behind them to the ground, and poured the southern snake vine to the ground.

At this moment, the pedestrians of the street gathered to wonder if these strange merchants would really pay a lot of money for this rare dead vine.

Yu Xianyao picked up a vine grass, observed it carefully, and said with a smile: "Well, it's enough to do." ”

"But no, two sunny days, even baking and baking, I didn't care much about plowing the land, there wasn't much left after picking the leaves of this thing, don't look at just two baskets, we dug for two whole days!"

"yes, I'm tired! A basket of twenty pounds! You weigh it! ”

Yu Xianyao said with a smile: "No need to weigh it, twenty catties is twenty catties, man, give money." ”

So the man took out a hundred and twenty copper coins and gave them sixty each.

The two farmers were still suspicious just now, but when they received the money, their faces bloomed with joy, and they hurriedly asked, "Do you still accept it?!" Do you still accept it?! ”

Yu Xianyao sold a pass, turned around with a smile, raised the dried rattan in his hand, and shouted at the onlookers: "Collect!" As long as you bring it to the sun, you can take as much as you want! Whoever comes will take it! ”

These words exploded in the crowd, and people talked about it.

"Huh?! Really give money?! Someone really wants this thing! I've got to dig it too! ”

"Now is the busy time for spring ploughing, digging vines, picking leaves, and then drying them, so there is no time to do farm work!"

"Huh! A pound is worth three copper coins! How much can I earn in a year? It's not as good as digging a moon vine! What kind of fields are you planting?! Hurry home and dig vines! ”

"That's it! If you don't dig anymore, it's gone, and I see that many people in the village have already started digging by the river! ”

"What's the grind! Hurry back and dig up! ”

The crowd boiled, some people looked at the money and blushed, some were still weighing the pros and cons, and some hurried home to collect vines and grass.

From then on, every day, a large number of people carry sun-dried southern snake vines to exchange money, people's faces are filled with excited and happy expressions, everyone wants to take advantage of the God of Wealth to make more money, after all, this money is much easier than farming.

On this day, Chen Guotai Shi Jugu came to the countryside to play, which is his habit every year, one to go out and enjoy the scenery of early spring, and second, to see the cultivation of farmland.

Jugu sat in a carriage and traveled all the way along the Panshui River. In the fields, the green grass pokes out of the land first, dotted with various wild flowers, filled with the breath of spring returning to the earth.

When the car reached the river embankment, Jugu stopped the carriage.

"Stop."

"Appeal ......"

The horses stopped, Jugu stepped off the carriage with the support of the coachman, he came to the embankment, only to see that on both sides of the Panshui River, the weeping willows had spit out delicate new shoots, and the wind blew, raising sparkling waves on the water surface, Jugu took a deep breath, and suddenly felt relaxed and happy.

Jugu pointed to the water and said to the coachman: "There is a saying that the spring rain is as expensive as oil, but fortunately there is plenty of rain this year. ”

"Your Excellency is right."

"We, the people of Chen Guo, are hardworking and civilized, and as long as the heavens are beautiful, we will definitely be able to achieve a good harvest."

"Hmmm! It's just ......" the coachman stopped talking.

"Just what?"

"I don't know if the adults have noticed, but there seems to be no one in the field all the way? This should be put in previous years, to catch up with spring ploughing, it is the time to be busy. ”

"Sizzle......" Juya gasped and said, "When you say that, it seems that it is true, just now I felt that something was not right. ”

"The villain didn't look carefully, maybe I just looked at the scenery and looked away."

"No, no, there are fewer people in the field, and it is spring ploughing at this time, how can there be no one in the field?"

After that, Jugu walked around to the other side of the carriage, pointed to the cultivated land in front of him and said, "Look! What about people? Where is anyone?! ”

The coachman muttered tremblingly, "Have you all gone home to rest?" ”

Jugu trotted to the edge of the nearest farmland, took a closer look, and was immediately furious, "Whose land is this!" Seeing that the time for sowing is almost over, how can this land not even be ploughed! This is fertile land! ”

"Your Excellency is angry."

"You! Check it out! Isn't the land around here uncultivated? ”

"Whoa!"

When the driver looked around, he found that several fertile fields in the vicinity had not yet been cultivated.

"Your Excellency, the land in the vicinity has not been cultivated."

"Diao Min! Dare to make a fool of the people! Look around and bring me people when you see them! I'd like to ask what this is all about! ”

"Whoa!"

After a while, the coachman ran back and said helplessly: "My lord, I have run around here for a long time, and I haven't seen a single ......."

Ju Gu was angry, and said sharply: "Go home!" ”

The coachman hurriedly drove back, and after walking for a long time, the coachman suddenly saw that the embankment was crowded with people, so he hurriedly turned to Jugu and said, "My lord! Look, my lord! The river is full of people! ”

Ju Gu hurriedly opened the curtains, leaned out to look, and sure enough, the banks of the river were densely packed with people, and those people were doing something in full swing.

"Let's go! Let's take a look. ”

The coachman helped Jugu down the embankment, and then called a villager for questioning.

The villager was carrying a basket of green vines, and when he saw that the person who came was wearing an official uniform, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "The grass people meet your lord." ”

"Get up and speak."

"Master Xie."

"Let me ask you, do you have any land?"

"Yes, a little."

"Where?"

The villager pointed and said, "It's not far over there." ”

"I ask you, is your land plowed?"

The villagers were a little flustered and said hesitantly: "The land ...... Well...... Ploughed some ...... Also, also ......"

"Is it ploughing or not ploughing!"

The villagers were so frightened that they fell to their knees, "No...... I didn't finish plowing, I only ploughed a little a few days ago. ”

"Why not farm? What should I do if I miss spring ploughing? Also, what are so many of you busy with by the river! ”

The villagers didn't dare to squeak, and looked at Jugu tremblingly.

The coachman interjected, "Your Excellency asks you!" You mean! What are you guys doing here? Yes? Why don't you go to the farm? ”

"Big ...... My lord, we're digging vines here. ”

"What? Digging vines? What vine? ”

The villagers hurriedly took out a rattan from the basket and handed it to Jugu, "My lord, this is it, it seems to be called a snake vine, oh!" By the way, it's the Southern Snake Vine. ”

"Southern Snake Vine?" Juya took the rattan in front of his eyes and observed it carefully, "What are you digging this for?" ”

"Some businessmen collect, dry and dry, three copper coins a catty, everyone has been rushing to dig vines recently!"

"Oh? Is there such a thing? ”

"It's true! In the past three or five days, I have sold more than 100 catties! ”

"Then you won't plow the land!? What do you eat without growing crops?! ”

"Buy...... Buy food and eat ......"

"The land is desolate?!"

"The lesson of the adults is that I will go back to ploughing the land in a while, my family has little land, and I can finish it in three or five days, but I am afraid of ......"

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid that after ploughing the land, the vine will be robbed by the tenant farmers, and they will have no land......"

"If you don't have land, you don't want to work for the landlord's family? Is it possible to starve to death? ”

"Dig ten days of vines, you can catch up with the harvest of the previous year, not to mention that those who have no land are unwilling to plough, my family has land, and I don't have the heart to plow......"

Jugu nodded thoughtfully, then waved his hand and let the villagers go back.

"Let's go! Go meet the king! ”

"My lord, why don't you go home first?"

"Go straight to the palace! Fast! ”

"Whoa!"