"Seriously...... Our Yu family has 10,000 acres of fertile land in Qinzhou? ”

Before Yu Yixuan's sickbed, hearing Yu Guozhen talk about the 10,000 acres of fertile land in Qinzhou, Yu Yiqin's eyes suddenly widened.

He knew that his nephew had nothing to say, and this time he returned to Xiang'an after half a year, although he was dark and thin, he spoke with more momentum.

"It's a pity that there is a shortage of manpower, otherwise there are not only 10,000 acres of fertile land, but also 20,000 mu and 30,000 mu. In fact, if we count the paddy fields, dry fields, mountains and forests, and rivers, the nearly 300 tilts around our Xinxiang can be said to be ours. Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "Second uncle, fifth uncle, have you not gone to Qinzhou to see, the weather there is hotter than ours, so the rice can be harvested three times a year, and the rice yield is better than our Xiang'an!" ”

"Three crops a year...... Thankfully, if that's the case, then there is no fear of famine. Yu Yiqin sighed.

Yu Yixuan's eyes are also shining, Chinese characters, as long as the blood remains the same, they can't leave the word "soil". In the steel jungle of the city in later generations, the Chinese descendants always want to get a small piece of land to raise flowers and vegetables, if there is not even this small piece of land, it is an altar bowl and the like, put half of the soil, put it on the small balcony of their own house, you can also plant some green onions, leeks or something, and pinch two when making noodles and put them in.

"The shortage of manpower in Qinzhou is indeed a big problem, we have enough manpower in Xiang'an, there are hundreds of households in Xiang'an, thousands of people, plus children, maybe tens of thousands." He said in a low voice: "It would be nice if we could move the manpower here to Qinzhou - Qinzhou is not a miasma land?" ”

"Naturally not, when we went this time, we were fully prepared, even Lei On, who was recruited in Yingtian City, was an old man in his sixties, and he was still fine in Qinzhou. As long as you pay attention to your diet, you don't need to worry about miasma at all. Yu Guozhen laughed again: "When it comes to food, we often say that the delicacies of the mountains and seas, the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, I am in Qinzhou this time, I am really tired of eating the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, ah, by the way, pickled tiger meat and tiger whip wine, I brought it to the two uncles." ”

"Tiger Whip...... Soaking wine? ”

The two uncles were embarrassed, but at the same time they were excited, and the tiger whip soaked in wine, which is a good thing!

"Ahem, it's rare that you still remember your uncle's ......" Yu Yixuan coughed twice: "It's not in vain that the fifth uncle took this board for you." ”

At the mention of this board, Yu Yixuan knew that he was speechless, and immediately turned around again: "It's only been half a year, and those tens of thousands of acres of fields have been opened?" ”

"Two taels of silver per acre, the local officers and soldiers have all exerted their strength, so naturally they are opened. Before I came, I had told them to plant rapeseed, and then rice, corn, sweet potatoes, and peanuts in the spring of the next year......."

At this time, sweet potatoes and the like have been introduced to the Ming Dynasty, but the cultivation is not yet widespread, and the same is true for corn and peanuts. Therefore, Yu Yiqin's eyes were confused when he heard it, although he didn't know exactly what those were, but he knew about rape flowers.

"In March of the next year, the spring breeze is coming, the mountains are all over the wilderness, and the fields are full of golden rape flowers, the wind blows like waves, and the fragrance hits people...... Haha, it's a paradise, but that's it. Yu Guozhen continued.

"Horn!"

Yu Yiqin slapped the table suddenly, Yu Yixuan and Yu Guozhen both looked at him in amazement, he clenched his fists: "After the New Year...... I'm going to Qinzhou, I'm going to Qinzhou! ”

Then Yu Guozhen and Yu Yixuan both burst out laughing.

"Second brother, if you go to Guozhen, he is going to turn you to Qinzhou." Yu Yixuan said with a smile.

"Yes, not only the second uncle will be abducted, but the eldest uncle and the fifth uncle will also be abducted." Yu Guozhen said happily: "There is wasteland over there in Qinzhou, and I have a lot of things spread out over there, and Cousin Guowei can't take care of one end but not the other." ”

"I'm old and don't have that much energy to take care of things for you, but if there really are so many fields, it's good to manage a few granges." Yu Yiqin looked yearning.

"I won't let the second uncle down." After Yu Guozhen said this, his face became serious: "However, we have to deal with the situation here in Xiang'an first...... I received the news from Erzhu in Luzhou, but the news is not very detailed, two uncles, tell me what is going on. ”

Yu Yixuan and Yu Yiqin glanced at each other, but they still couldn't get around this matter after all.

"Guozhen, I still say the same thing, there are some things that we must endure." Yu Yiqin said: "You can't let your fifth uncle's meal be in vain." ”

"Don't worry, I won't be impulsive, this is Shi Kefa, not a random cat or dog." Yu Guozhen said.

When he was in Luzhou, when he received the news from Gao Erzhu, he was also very surprised, he offended many forces by his actions, but he definitely didn't expect that the one who really made a move to the Yu family was Shi Kefa, a figure who left a great name in history!

I won't comment on the ability, but because of the article "The Story of Plum Blossom Ridge", Shi Kefa is loyal to his name, and he shares it with Wen Tianxiang. Moreover, with Yu Guozhen's understanding of his people, he does not have much to criticize in terms of official and private morality.

In peacetime, he would have been a good official, but alas, he was born in the last days.

"Here's the thing, this Lord Shi arrived at the end of June, after he took office, he intended to rectify military affairs, but found that the entire Anlu Road, there were only 300 officers and soldiers available, so he wanted to train elite soldiers, but the court did not have money and food, and he did not want to increase taxes, so he asked the big families of the four prefectures under his rule for money and grain, and our Yu family also offered 1,000 taels of silver and 300 stone rice."

For a family like the Yu family, one thousand taels of silver and three hundred stone rice are really nothing, but most of the major wealthy families that Shi Kefa begged for him sent him with a hundred taels of silver, and some people were even saying behind his back that he had collected and scraped the people's ointment and embezzled the people's wealth, and the imperial historians of the northern and southern capitals also had voices attacking him.

"If we have more silver than any other family, why should he trouble us?"

After that, he issued a document to select the strong and strong under the inspection department to gather in Luzhou for him to select troops, and sent a document to our Xiang'an, pointing out that he wanted us to send 200 people...... The number of soldiers given by the imperial court to our Xinxiang Inspection Division is 40 archers, and not a penny of food and salary has been allocated so far. When he saw this, he was furious, saying that I was prevaricating and perfunctory, and wanted to punish me with military law, but later learned that I was from a noble background, so that he was spared the humiliation of stripping his clothes in the court, and he was beaten ten sticks in his clothes. ”

Yu Guozhen frowned, this was similar to the news from Erzhu, but the fifth uncle still missed one thing.

"I heard that the person sent by Shi Kefa to our family to herald the order was not an errand officer, but a staff member, and the staff also said about our family's book printing?"

"Yes, said the staff...... Our movable type, far better than the booksellers in Yingtian and Suzhou and Hangzhou, the handwriting printed is bright and clear, such a good thing should be used in the words of the sage to educate the people, the theory of justice of the gentleman, not should be used in the fly camp dog Gou Baht for profit. ”

"Huh."

Yu Guozhen laughed, but Yu Yiqin and Yu Yixuan were familiar with this nephew and knew what this sound meant.

He was angry, and it was the kind of anger that was genuine, the kind of anger that would be remembered for a long time.

If this nephew of his own, if he scolds him twice or rolls his eyes, it will make him angry, but he will not be angry overnight, and he will forget it every three or two days. But if he sneered without comment, it would be true anger, and moreover, true anger in mind!

"Guozhen, you don't have to be angry, with Shi Daolin's official reputation, I don't think it's for this movable type printing to embarrass our Yu family, there must be another reason." Yu Yixuan said.

Yu Guozhen nodded, at this time, there was also printing with movable type, but because the cost of movable type casting is not inferior to that of engraving, and the ink of metal movable type is not good, the printed handwriting is blurred, so it has not become popular in the world. However, there are smart people in the world, and they judge from the publication speed of "Storm Collection", "People's Livelihood Miscellaneous" and "People's Livelihood Express" that this is printed by movable type, otherwise it will take more than half a year to carve only one edition, where can it be time!

As for the other reason, Yu Guozhen was not in a hurry to know, and after comforting Yu Yixuan for a while, he got up and said goodbye.

Since returning to Xiang'an, he has not returned to his Xiliu Courtyard.

Xiang'an Town is now more prosperous than ever, but the sand road makes Yu Guozhen, who has gradually become accustomed to the cement road, a little uncomfortable, and he muttered: "I don't know when this sand road will be paved with cement." ”

"If the petty officials are willing, they can also build a cement kiln here." Qi Niu Road, who was on the side.

"I'd like to, but here...... Some people don't want us to farm in peace. Yu Guozhen sighed.

At this moment, he saw Liu Ruyi.

Liu Ru carried her skirt and walked slowly towards the town, she looked slightly thinner, her face held high, and her face was full of joy and sorrow.

Yu Guozhen also ran a few steps fast, Qi Niu wanted to follow, but was pulled by Tian Boguang: "You stupid cow, go up and join in the fun!" ”

Qi Niu suddenly slapped himself on the head heavily.

Yes, the little official and Miss Liu haven't seen each other for more than half a year, so they went to ...... What's going on!

"Little official!" Seeing Yu Guozhen come to him, Liu Ru patted his chest and gasped.

She is now sixteen, she is in her prime, and her body has grown, and the appearance of patting her chest is not attractive. Yu Guozhen almost wanted to clap his hand, but he still held back.

"If so, you've lost some weight." After looking Liu Ruis up and down, Yu Guozhen said.

Such a simple greeting suddenly made Liu Ru's eyes red. Naturally, he lost weight, and he was half a year apart, and he thought about it every night, how could he not lose weight, didn't Li Yi'an say, "Mo Dao is not **, the curtain is rolling in the west wind, and people are thinner than yellow flowers!" ”

"The little official is doing a big thing, and he still has time to care about me, a little woman?" She was quite aggrieved.

"If it is done, it is also a big thing, if it is not here, how can I rest assured that I can do great things?" Yu Guozhen smiled.

At first, Liu Ru was first contained, half because of his admiration for this legendary woman in history, and the other half was because Yu Guozhen collected the bad taste of historical celebrities, strictly speaking, until Liu Ru was brought back to Xiang'an, Yu Guozhen had no special feelings for her. However, later she sacrificed herself to save Jiang Youzhong, and she faced the heroic martyrs of the Wenxiang Sect, which made Yu Guozhen's heart pound.

"I'll go back, I'm going to wash up first, I'm too tired from the journey." Yu Guozhen said solemnly.

Liu Ruye's face suddenly turned red.

(To be continued)