Chapter 7: Crazy Vegetables
readx;?海升平! It can be used to describe the recent situation of the Great Song Dynasty, since the Great Song Dynasty, the war on the northern frontier has been extinguished, the two most threatening enemies are gone, the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty have shifted from external enemies to internal affairs, and the internal struggle within the court has begun a long recovery period with the end of the new policy, with the departure of Fan Zhongyan and others, at least thirty percent of the officials in Bianjing have been replaced by newcomers who arrived in Bianjing for the first time, in this case, the big political conflict has almost disappeared, and the small-scale conflict can not even affect the imperial court, let alone the people of the world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoqb5。
After all the internal and external troubles were solved, the Great Song Dynasty entered a period of stable national strength, although the new deal failed, but the impact of the new policy was not eliminated, a large number of officialdom moths were knocked out by Fan Zhongyan, the atmosphere of the court was clear, the war consumed the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it took a long time to recover, and during the recovery period, peace and development became the theme of the Great Song Dynasty policy.
Road repair may be the simplest way for the Great Song Dynasty, so when the court officials finished dealing with the political affairs in their hands and had nothing to do, all eyes were focused on the road repair project of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute, and Zhao Lei, who was the general leader of the road repair project, also became the object of attention of most officials in the imperial court.
In the early winter of November, the weather is getting colder, and although it is not yet time for snow, the cold north wind already makes people feel the coldness of winter.
Qinghe Town is now depressed, all the trees have turned bald and dry, except for a few green pines, the whole world has become yellow, and there is no green feeling.
The weather is very cold, and the people of Qinghe Town are already wearing cotton clothes, shuttling through the greenhouses on the 100 acres of land in the south of the town, some are helping, some are curious, and there are places to learn from experience.
Da Song's glass manufacturing technology is not yet able to make large pieces of transparent glass, Zhao Lei ordered the glass. Most of them are small pieces of glass of one or two squares, and a wooden frame must be added before they can be used in the greenhouse.
The greenhouse designed by Zhao Lei is very low, surrounded by a two-meter-high earthen wall, and the top of the greenhouse is a two-sided inclined glass roof, and the lighting performance of the greenhouse is very good because of the huge frame above the glass block, plus the roof beam made of more than a dozen giant trees, even if it snows heavily, the greenhouse can also stand up to clean up the snow.
The temperature outside the greenhouse is very low, and it is already approaching freezing. Inside the greenhouse, there is definitely a constant temperature of more than 20 degrees, Zhao Lei took off his cotton clothes when he walked into the greenhouse, and wore a single robe to observe the growth of vegetables in the greenhouse.
Zhao Lei's whim to make the greenhouse, has attracted the attention of the imperial court and the people of Bianjing, and the official Zhao Zhen asked the manager of Xifu Huangzhuang to come to Zhao Lei to learn the experience of greenhouse vegetable production, but also aroused the curiosity of the imperial court, Bianjing can supply very few vegetables in winter, and not fresh enough, if Zhao Lei can really supply winter vegetables. The profits in this make many businessmen tempted.
Zhao Lei's greenhouse has been built for nearly two months. All the vegetable seeds that can be found have been planted, and as for how many seed sprouts can be made, this is the purpose of Zhao Lei's observation now.
"My lord! I've seen all the other greenhouses, and all the seeds have sprouted, and the growth momentum is good, according to the growth period of those vegetables, they will definitely be ripe and eaten at the end of the year. With a frosty face, the old Qin Tou walked into the greenhouse, came to Zhao Lei's side, and said respectfully.
Lao Qintou is a vegetable farmer, and he is a tenant of Zhao Mansion, but all the land rented by Lao Qintou's family was recovered by Zhao Lei. Now Lao Qintou's family is helping Zhao Lei manage the greenhouse, he is less than 50 years old, he has 40 years of experience in growing vegetables, with these experiences, Lao Qintou has become Zhao Lei's manager of 100 acres of greenhouses.
"Can you be sure that these vegetables must be ripe at the end of the year?" Zhao Lei heard Lao Qintou panting and replied. asked Lao Qin Tou very solemnly.
"My lord! I have been growing vegetables for 40 years and am familiar with the growing season of these vegetables, so I am sure that these vegetables will mature before the end of the year. Old Qin replied to Zhao Lei with a confident face.
"Good! If these vegetables can be marketed before the end of the year. Old Qin, you will have an annuity of ten taels of silver, which is enough for your family to have a good year. Zhao Lei said with a smile to Old Qintou.
"Thank you, sir!" When Lao Qin Tou heard the ten years of silver promised by Zhao Lei, he replied ecstatically that he had already begun to think about adding something for the New Year.
"Lao Zhao! How about the greenhouses over there? Zhao Lei turned his head and asked a forty-year-old man behind him at this time.
Lao Zhao is also a farmer, is one of the vegetable farmers in Xifu Royal Manor, when the official Zhao Zhen asked Xifu Huangzhuang to plant greenhouse vegetables, Lao Zhao was ordered to be stationed in the greenhouse in Qinghe Town, learn how to build a greenhouse at the same time, but also learn how to serve these winter greenhouse vegetables, and every time Zhao Lei comes, Lao Zhao follows Zhao Lei's side, silently learning Zhao Lei's ideas about greenhouses.
"Hui Yu, yesterday I heard the people from Huangzhuang come to report the good news, the greenhouse vegetables in Huangzhuang are growing well, and Lao Qintou came to the same conclusion, the greenhouse vegetables will definitely be able to mature before the end of the year." Old Zhao Han replied with a smile Zhao Lei said.
If it can be ripe before the end of the year, then the matter of selling vegetables should be considered quickly, fresh vegetables in winter, more directly on the market to sell, but this year a total of only 100 acres of vegetables, if the market can not make much money will not offend people, it seems that it is necessary to plan a good plan to sell vegetables. Zhao Lei thought of the output of 100 acres of vegetables, and then thought about the digestion ability of millions of people in Bianjing, and couldn't help but start thinking about selling vegetables.
If it is an ordinary vegetable, Zhao Lei doesn't need to think about it at all, but fresh vegetables in winter are sought-after goods, and they come from Zhao Mansion, these two conditions together are enough to make selling vegetables rise to a political height, if Zhao Mansion sells it casually, those officials who don't buy it
will definitely hate Zhao Lei, and if the person who buys it has no power and power, it will definitely provoke Zhao Lei's greenhouse vegetables have been targeted by hundreds of officials in the imperial court, this kind of thing vegetables are no longer vegetables, they are already a symbol of status, how to deal with mature vegetables, Zhao Lei needs to think carefully.
"Lao Zhao! All the vegetables in the Imperial Village are forbidden! Su Xun, who was beside Zhao Lei, suddenly asked Lao Zhao.
At this time, Zhao Lei thought that there were still 100 acres of greenhouse vegetables in Huangzhuang, even if these vegetables were forbidden, there were not many people who were qualified to eat them, and they would definitely not be able to digest so many vegetables. The official family will definitely take out a part of the reward, and maybe the vegetables of the Zhao Mansion can be distributed according to the official reward.
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Time flies quickly, a month passes in the blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching, the road repair team of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute has also begun to stop, and Zhao Lei has completely relaxed, and Tian Lan, Bai Xinlan and other Zhao Mansion hostesses, with Zhao Feng and other four children, back and forth between Xifu and Bianjing.
The greenhouses in Qinghe Town are full of spring, and the warm little world is full of green vegetables and fruits. Let the people in Zhao's mansion linger.
Zhao Lei took Tian Lan, Bai Xinlan, Shengguo and other women and four children around him to hide in a greenhouse where cucumbers were grown.
Seven-year-old Zhao Feng is half a head taller than his sister Zhao Jin, among the four children of the Zhao family, Zhao Lei's favorite is the personal little cotton Zhao Jin, and the most headache for Zhao Lei is the naughty eldest son Zhao Feng.
"Little sister! Look at that cucumber so cute! Zhao Feng, who had been stealing his mouth, reassured the Zhao family, so he specially sent Zhao Jin, a persistent cutie, to spy on his brother, and Zhao Feng looked at everyone's eyes when they were not there, and his eyes turned slyly. Suddenly pointed to a cucumber in the distance and said to Zhao Jin.
"There!" Zhao Jin knew about his brother's conspiracy, and turned his head innocently and cutely. Behind her, Zhao Feng quickly grabbed a cucumber that grew very low, didn't break the melon vine, wiped it on his clothes, and directly began to gnaw on it.
"Daddy! Ma'am! The eldest brother ate it again. Zhao Jin heard the sound of gnawing cucumbers, turned to look, pointed at Zhao Feng and said loudly.
"Little naughty! This stuff is very cold, and if you eat too much, you will have a stomachache. Cui'er walked over at this time, and said dotingly twisting Zhao Feng's face.
"Got it, mother, the last one." Zhao Feng said with a grin that didn't care at all.
The sons and daughters steal cucumbers there to eat. Zhao Lei, the old man, is having a headache in the sales of vegetables, and Zhao Lei's greenhouse vegetables in Xifu have already been spread, not only in Bianjing, but also in the entire capital. What's even more terrifying is that a few days ago, Zhao Lei sent a batch of early-maturing vegetables to the palace, and was rewarded by the official family to the civil and military officials, although the hundred officials only received a little. But the rumors that Zhao Lei planted winter vegetables were confirmed, so a group of businessmen began to place Zhao Mansion, seeking to buy Zhao Mansion greenhouse vegetables in Qinghe Town, one by one very loud, directly asked for the whole package, and the most arrogant businessman has already offered the price to 100,000 taels of silver, which is already the total amount of Zhao Lei's investment, if Zhao Lei agrees, the 100,000 taels of investment to buy glass can be recovered, and it will be a pure profit in the future.
Is Zhao Lei short of money! Of course, there will be no shortage, 100,000 taels of silver is just a small number for Zhao Lei, so those merchants who want to buy are doomed to be disappointed.
Zhao Lei inspected the cucumber greenhouse, and now most of the cucumbers have ripened, and it is time to harvest.
"Call Lao Qintou to come over, harvest all the ripe vegetables, divide them into a thousand portions, and pack them in wooden baskets." Zhao Lei guarded the tenant in the cucumber greenhouse and commanded loudly.
"Divide into a thousand, why divide into portions?" Tian Lan didn't know the way to distribute vegetables discussed by Zhao Lei and Su Xun, so when he heard Zhao Lei's words, he asked suspiciously.
"Wolves have more meat and less meat! A few days ago, the housekeeper of Lord Ye of the three divisions found Houshan and asked to order a batch of vegetables in advance, after the news spread, all the officials of the imperial court ran away to order vegetables in advance, and the hundred acres of vegetables seemed to be a lot, but the officials in Bianjing were definitely not enough, so I discussed with Brother Mingyun to divide the vegetables into 1,000 portions and sell them to various ministers of the imperial court according to the official grade, each with a hundred taels of silver. Zhao Lei explained to Tian Lan with a smile.
"One hundred taels of silver! A thousand copies is 100,000 taels, can it be sold? Bai Xinlan heard Zhao Lei's words and asked in surprise.
"Except for the two hundred shares I reserved for the Zhao Mansion in advance, all the rest were sold, and they had already prepared 80,000 taels of silver, and we would pay for the food when it was delivered." Zhao Lei picked a cucumber and said to Bai Xinlan.
"Daddy steals food!" Zhao Jin was by Zhao Lei's side at this time, and when he saw Zhao Lei stealing cucumbers, he immediately pulled Tian Lan's innocent and cute complaint and said.
"Good Jin'er, let's steal food together, okay." Zhao Lei picked up his daughter lovingly, stuffed a piece of fresh cucumber into his daughter's hand and said with a smile.
One hundred taels of silver is still bought for vegetables, is it crazy or crazy! Bai Xinlan didn't understand the puzzle thought.
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