Zuo Shaoyang took the wine and toasted his father and sister-in-law respectively. Fennel used the excuse to have another glass of wine to eat, and her eyes were smiling with joy.

After a few glasses of wine, Zuo Shaoyang felt much warmer on his body, and the strength of the wine also came up, and said to Hou Pu: "Brother-in-law, I heard that there is an announcement in the yamen to encourage people to open up wasteland and farm, right?" ”

"Well, what's the matter, you want to open up the wasteland and farm?"

"Just ask, is it just to find your own land to clear the wasteland, or what?"

"That's not going to happen." Hou Pu stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth, chewed it slowly, smacked another sip of wine, smacked the taste, and then continued: "This wasteland is cultivated, first tell the local Li Zheng about the wasteland to be reclaimed, and after Li Zheng leads people to survey the wasteland that has not been cultivated, register it and report it to the Yamen House." When the house is approved, it can be reclaimed as wasteland. Of course, a deposit of 100 yuan must be paid for every 10 acres of land. Tax exemption for the first three years of reclamation, and half of the tax for the second three years......"

"Huh? Do you have to pay a deposit? ”

"That's right, if you don't pay the money, everyone will register randomly, isn't that messed up? If the wasteland can be reclaimed and planted for three consecutive years, it can be reported to the yamen, and after the yamen verifies that it is true, it can issue a deed of land property. At that time, the 100 yuan can be returned to me. Of course, if the family is really difficult and can't afford to pay this 100 yuan, it doesn't matter, you can find a guarantor, and someone will be the guarantor. If this is not the case, if the land is reclaimed without verification, the tax will be charged according to the cultivated land. ”

"I see, it's a bit of a hassle. By the way, brother-in-law, do we still have this kind of wasteland outside the city? ”

"What is this, you ask? Do you really want to go to the wasteland and farm? ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled and said, "To be honest, if it is feasible, I want to find a wasteland outside the city to cultivate herbs......"

Everyone was taken aback, and Zuo Gui glared and said, "Grow herbs? ”

"Yes, Dad, anyway, you don't have to pay taxes for the first three years of wasteland, so it takes a little labor, and planting medicinal herbs is not as good as growing food. I see that this is almost a no-brainer deal, and I have done it! ”

Fennel said, "It's not that simple, is it? What about seedlings? Can't buy it? ”

"Seedlings are transplanted from the mountain, this morning I deliberately went to the mountain with Pei Lan to collect medicines, and found that there are still quite a lot of herbs on Qianren Mountain, and many medicinal materials can be transplanted and planted directly from the wild. We started to plant some things that were easy to live and didn't need to be time-consuming and laborious to take care of, and after earning the capital, we planted some more expensive medicinal herbs. Slowly adding up to a lot, I think this is also a way to make money. ”

"What do you think?" Zuo Gui sneered: "Do you think you can make money if you make money?" Have you ever grown medicinal herbs? Do you know how to plant it? ”

"I know some, it's also the old bell doctor who showed me the book......"

Zuo Gui frowned and said: "Planting medicinal herbs is different, can this thing on paper be done accurately?" ”

"If you don't try, how do you know it won't work?"

"Can you try it?" Zuo Gui snorted heavily in his nostrils, and his white eyebrows trembled, "You kid, you just don't do your job, study medicine hard, isn't it better than anything else?" If you want to sell medicinal materials today, and if you want to grow medicinal materials tomorrow, what else do you want to do? Let's say it all together. ”

Zuo Shaoyang lowered his head and did not speak.

Seeing that the scene was stiff, Liang Shi hurriedly said: "Zhong'er, listen to your father, follow your father to practice medicine, this kind of medicinal material is not just to think about, I'm afraid we don't have this ability." ”

Fennel also said: "Yes, brother, go to the village with your father to be a bell doctor, so I wonder about the old bell doctor's prescription to teach you, this is what you have to do, where is the time to grow medicinal herbs?" You can't chew it if you are greedy! ”

Zuo Shaoyang lowered his head and muttered: "Thinking about the doctor's prescription, going to the village to be a bell doctor will not affect the cultivation of medicinal materials." Medicinal herbs are not like crops, and they don't need to be taken care of too hard......"

"You know!" Seeing that his son was so stubborn, Zuo Gui became angry, and slapped his chopsticks on the table, "Planting medicinal herbs is really as simple as you think, people have already planted them, and they are still waiting for you?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang muttered: "They don't know how to plant, so no one plants!" ”

"How do you know people don't?"

Zuo Shaoyang raised his head and said: "Dong Fatzi, a wholesaler of medicinal materials in Washi, said that almost all the medicinal materials they wholesale are picked from the mountains by people from all over the country, and there are almost none of them grown by themselves. Moreover, these days, we go to the villages to practice medicine, and I haven't seen any medicinal herbs along the way, which is a good proof! ”

Zuo Gui was stunned for a moment, and after a little thought, it was really like that, and he really didn't see a place to grow medicinal herbs on this road. Of course, he would not admit defeat in front of his son, and snorted: "They won't, will you?" Have you planted it? ”

"No, but I know how to grow it, so let me try the head office, right?"

"No way!" Zuo Gui said categorically, "The family has become like this, you don't want to think about how to learn medical skills, make money to support your family, and engage in these crooked ways, do you really want to die for your father?" In the end, his voice was a little hoarse and choked.

"It's not a crooked ......"

"Brother!" Fennel pulled Zuo Shaoyang, "Don't say it!" ”

"I'm going to say!" Zuo Shaoyang put down his chopsticks and said like a cannon: "Dad! Mother! Going to the village to be a bell doctor, earning the money of the poor people, they themselves are so poor that they are tinkling, how can they have more money to buy medicine to cure diseases? If it weren't for the fact that he happened to meet Master Jia in the past few days, it would be difficult to barely make ends meet just by treating other people's diseases, and he could still spread such a big medicine? The so-called 'poor is thinking about change', our pharmacy is now poor like this, and then thinking about making money, how can this go on? Even if Zhao Sanniang relented and let us pass the fifteenth rent, we won't be able to make money and pay the rent in the future, and sooner or later we will have to be swept away! ”

Zuo Gui was stunned, he couldn't imagine how his son, who had always been honest and even a little wooden, could become so stubborn? can think about Zuo Shaoyang's words, but it can't be said that it is unreasonable, I wanted to say a few words, but I didn't know where to speak.

Hou Pu coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Uncle Yue, don't be angry first, I think Da Lang's idea can be tried." Anyway, if you can't do it for three years, the land will be abandoned, and you will lose a deposit of 100 yuan. There is no problem in terms of procedures, I have me in the yamen, as long as I look at the wasteland, I will do the rest, and I don't have to worry about it! This deposit, I'll be the guarantor for Da Lang, and I don't have to spend a penny, I didn't run after the three-year period, let's pick a pick, and even a hundred yuan won't be wasted, it's a big deal that I will be scolded. Hey hey"

Listening to the son-in-law speaking to Zuo Shaoyang, the son-in-law is a yamen scribe, although he is only a small official, not an official, but he still has some weight in Zuo Gui's heart, so he stroked his beard and nodded again and again.

Hou Pu saw that his father-in-law heard it, and the smile on his face became even happier, and said: "I don't know how to plant medicinal materials, but I know that Dalang people are very sincere, he is not the kind of person who talks big, since he said that he knows how to plant, he must be somewhat sure in his heart, he also said, this seedling can be introduced from the mountain, then it won't cost much money, anyway, there are not many things in the pharmacy, think more about a road, one more rush, this is always good, if it doesn't work, just take it as a joke, laugh it, if there is some income, Wouldn't it be an extra way to make money? ”

Zuo Gui nodded, pondering the words of his son-in-law Hou Pu in his heart, and slowly turned his head to look at his wife Liang, who was a person who had no ideas, so naturally he just smiled.

Zuo Gui looked at fennel again. Fennel has always felt sorry for her brother, I heard that her husband supported her brother's idea just now, and it made sense, and now she sees that her father seems to be loosening, she naturally will not contradict her, and laughs: "Dad, I also think that this will not be bad for money and rice anyway, that is, it is a little more tired, my brother is young, and he has the strength, so let him try." ”

Zuo Gui stroked his beard and looked at Zuo Shaoyang again, frowned and said in a deep voice: "What medicinal herbs are you going to plant?" How? ”