Chapter 10 Hole Cards
Xu Nankui has no intention of making fun of Xia He anymore, and now the people in the house are afraid that they can't wait, whether it is the person from the old Taijun's side or the person who snooped on the tiger talisman.
Xu Nankui called the spring equinox in front of him, reached out and touched the face of the spring breeze, the young girl's face was no longer smooth, a little rough, and then looked at the palm of the spring equinox, which had already worn out calluses.
Xu Nankui said with a wry smile: "In the end, I can't help you, you can only come back in a hurry every year for the past three years, and then go out again, where is there still a girl's house." ”
The spring equinox put Xu Nankui's hand back into the quilt, rearranged the quilt and said: "Where is the madam, this is what the spring equinox should do, besides, how many women can travel around the world like me?" ”
Xu Nankui stretched out her hand from the quilt again, smoothed the wrinkles on the forehead of the spring equinox and said, "You, I can't afford it anyway, remember to be a master in the future." ”
The spring equinox took out two things from his arms, one was an account book, and the other was a cloth bag, and these two things were placed in front of Xu Nankui's bed.
Then he took a small step back, bowed his head and said: "Madam, the spring equinox is fortunate to be not dishonored, the things you explained have been done, one is the account book purchased this year, and the other is the latest new grain." ”
Xu Nankui couldn't help laughing, patted the bed vigorously and said, "Good, good, good!" Since then, you have followed me, you don't have to go out again, with these two cards, the world is stable. ”
Xia He, who was on the side, heard the new grain, stepped forward and took the bag, reached out and grabbed a handful from it, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, frowned and said, "Madam, this year's new grain is not in good condition, why are you still happy?" ”
The four girls around Xu Nankui, only the spring equinox has been going south and north, but they laughed when they heard it, pinched Xia He's face, and pretended to mock: "Sure enough, it is a golden noble person raised in this mansion, so you naturally don't look down on it." ”
Xia He teased her again until the spring equinox, but seeing that Xu Nankui was so happy and fruitless, she naturally scratched her heart with a hundred claws, so she had to ask Xu Nankui for help, and said coquettishly: "Madam, you see the spring equinox playing tricks on me, tell me quickly." ”
Xu Nankui got up and grabbed a handful of grain and said: "Xia He, what is commonly used in our house is the best tribute, and the new rice this time is indeed not very good, but it can reach a yield of six stones per mu, so it is a sharp weapon in my hand." ”
Xia He didn't understand a little, and looked at Xu Nankui and the spring equinox suspiciously, Xu Nankui was on the rise, seeing that Xia He didn't understand, he naturally wanted to explain again, but he was stopped by the spring equinox, and said: "Madam, you should rest for a while, when I came, I already saw the housekeeper waiting outside the first floor, I told Xia He." ”
Pressing Xu Nankui, the spring equinox turned his head to Xia He and said: "It doesn't sound like much, but in the whole Great Xia, the general output is also about 4 stones, and at the same time, it still needs to be Nakata, can you understand what this means?" ”
Xia He calculated for a moment and said, "In other words, now it is twice the output than before?" ”
Xia He's eyes widened after he understood, and he exclaimed with his mouth wide open.
The spring equinox nodded and said: "One acre of land is doubled, ten acres, one hundred acres, a thousand acres, and even the entire Great Summer is planted with this grain, it is different." ”
After the surprise just now, Xia He softened slightly, twisted a seed and put it in his mouth to chew, and said after a while: "But madam, when the prince had dinner before, the Zhuangzi lady seemed to taste even better than this. ”
Xu Nankui understood what Xia He meant, although the yield has risen, this kind of grain is not as good as fine grains, and it is better than coarse grains.
But Xia He didn't know how many people in the world were still striving for food, and how many people were helpless in the face of natural disasters and military chaos.
Xu Nankui still remembers Li Sanniang's conversation with her before.
That night, she had a heart-to-heart talk with Li Sanniang, and when she talked about the bandits and bandits in their area, Li Sanniang drank a large jar of spirits in one go, blushed, and said in a throat: "Do you think anyone in this world wants to be a bandit?" It's not that life can't go on, and why do you think that when there is a natural disaster, some mountains go back to slaughter the village. ”
At that time, Li Sanniang had more compassion and helplessness, and continued: "If you don't really have nothing to eat, how can you rob the village with the least money, but when others deprive you of hope of survival, you can only stand up and resist, so they won't give the people the strength to fight back." ”
But Li Sanniang couldn't do it, and she couldn't do anything like that, she took her subordinates to kill the bandits who went down the mountain to rob grain, and finally was wanted by all the bandits in that area, and had no choice but to enter the military camp.
At that time, Xu Nankui understood that Li Sanniang didn't know whether she was right or wrong, and she didn't take away the hope of another group of people to live.
Xu Nankui came back to his senses, smiled, it was over, and now it was different, and said to Xia He: "You have been with me since you were a child, and once again you are eating expensive food that others can't hope for, so you don't understand, the most important thing is to be able to eat enough, and how many people in the world are reluctant to eat a bite of the rice they planted." ”
Xia He said unconvinced: "Why? You can't eat what you grow yourself? Then they all eat like people in the Zhuangzi?"
The spring equinox until Xia He said that Zhuangzi, nodded and said, "No, maybe it's worse, but why?" As if thinking of something, the spring equinox took a deep breath and said, "To live." ”
Yes, the Son of Heaven is thinking about how to keep the throne, how to keep the country forever, how to rise step by step, how to make political achievements, how to make profits, how to make profits, only the people who are shaving in the field are thinking about how to live.
Before Nan Kui wore it, she had seen a big flood and a big drought, and if the country was sluggish at that time, how many people would be affected, but at least where she lived, there was no need for taxes, no tenant capital, and subsidies.
Today's Daxia can't do it, and today's Xu Kangdi doesn't have so much money.
Xu Nankui held the bag of new grain tightly, clenched it hard, until light tendons began to appear in his hands, looked up and said to Xia He and the spring equinox: "Okay, now we just have to wait, waiting for that group of people to send their necks to me!" ”
Xu Nankui looked at it and picked up the account book to flip through it, the more he saw the end, the more his brows wrinkled, and after reading it all, he put down the account book and asked seriously: "The treasury has become empty like this?" ”
In the entire account book, the business of the spring equinox is actually very good, and it has formed a business network covering the entire Great Xia, but only the business with the royal family has always been on credit, and the longest payment is still three years ago.
The spring equinox nodded and said, "Madam, the treasury has been empty now, and half of the granaries in the entire Great Xia have not yet been filled. ”
Xu Nankui felt that something was wrong, even if it was a war, but how could three years of recuperation have no effect at all.
Puzzled, he asked, "But is someone embarrassed by you?" If there is, it doesn't have to be the usual thing, now is the time to ask for money. ”
The spring equinox shook his head and said: "No, it's not just us, except for the imperial merchants who are in urgent need of money, basically nothing else has gotten the money, if you are in a hurry, the trade route in my hand can be sold." ”
Xu Nankui pondered for a while and said: "Since this is the case, don't expect this, you go to Qiu Feng, contact the first floor, release the news everywhere, you can donate officials, and I will make a decision after discussing it with the emperor after I enter the palace, and by the way, I will start to purchase grain, and fill up all the granaries that have not been replenished." ”
After finishing speaking, Xu Nankui solemnly looked at the spring equinox and said: "As for your trade route, it is your own hard work, and you are not allowed to move without my permission." ”
The vernal equinox nodded yes.
There was a knock on the door, and a childish voice came in: "Aunt Nankui, Sanniang asked me to tell you, the housekeeper has been urging outside, Sanniang has passed, and the Buddha has jumped over the wall and the back kitchen has been prepared." ”
Xu Nankui replied: "Tuan Tuan, auntie knows, auntie will come out after changing her clothes." ”
"Oh! Tuan Tuan got it. There was a hint of loss in his tone.
Spring equinox and Xia He served Xu Nankui to put on clothes, after half a cup of tea, Xu Nankui was finally dressed, as soon as Xia He opened the door, Xu Nankui saw Tuan Tuan squatting on the side and drawing circles.
This is the girl adopted by Li Sanniang on the way to Beijing three years ago, and now she is six years old, and she is also chubby, as soon as she saw Xu Nankui come out, she hugged Xu Nankui's thigh and called her aunt sweetly.
Xu Nankui had a back injury, she couldn't squat down, she couldn't get to that chubby little face, she could only bend down a little, touched Tuantuan's head, and said, "What about waiting for your aunt outside?" Do you miss your aunt? ”
Xiao Tuan Tuan raised his head, looked at Xu Nankui with big flickering eyes and said, "Yes, Tuan Tuan misses Auntie, but Aunt Tuan Don't make Tuan Tuan's hair in the future, Tuan Tuan is a big girl now, and she doesn't look good." ”
Xu Nankui didn't know what this little girl was paying attention to, and said in surprise: "So that's the case, so what can I do?" The aunt was originally going to take Tuan Tuan back to eat Buddha and jump over the wall together, Tuan Tuan is now a big girl, but she can't eat it, otherwise she will become a little piglet. ”
Tuan Tuan saw that the abacus was about to fail, the Buddha who had been hungry for a long time jumped over the wall, and the food cooked by Sister Xia He, how could he just let it go.
I saw Xiao Tuan Tuan standing on tiptoe, rubbing Xu Nankui's hand with his little face, and said, "Auntie, you see, Tuan Tuan is not fat, and Tuan Tuan is still small, I don't care." ”
It is called a righteous face, and that is called an innocent person.
Xu Nankui didn't tease her anymore, and said, "Okay, that Tuan Tuan will go with her aunt today, okay?" ”
Tuan Tuan smiled and showed two small dimples, and said sweetly: "Okay, Auntie is the best." ”
Xu Nankui restrained Tuan Tuan and went downstairs and came to the door, Li Sanniang only glanced at it, and knew what the little thing in her house was paying attention to.
Before she could reprimand, she was instructed by Xu Nankui to take Xia He into the car, Li Sanniang had no choice but to turn her head and say to Xu Nankui: "You said you too, so many things to deal with, don't you make trouble with her?" She's just a little bastard. ”
Listening to the complaints, but with a spoiled face, I couldn't see the blame at all, but complained a little bit about Xu Nankui.
Xu Nankui leaned into Li Sanniang's ear and said, "It's okay, I'm afraid the house is in a mess now, I asked Xia He to put the laxative in the palace into the tea they gave them." ”