"Jixiang, this kid is very well-behaved and obedient, I have already come to see it as my own grandson, brother." The village chief was smoking a cigarette while happily sharing the trivial things on weekdays with Mr. Yao, and two people of the same age stayed together, but they really had the feeling of an old child.

Mr. Yao and the village chief chatted with interest for a long time on the side, until Mr. Yao had something to do and couldn't continue to delay any longer, so he didn't come, and he felt like an old friend for many years.

Old Man Yao came over this time, in addition to bringing secret decrees and rewards, he also took away most of the sweet potato seedlings cultivated by Si Si, and he left some for Si Si.

"I'll take these with me." Old Man Yao said to Si Si and Lu Yan: "The emperor has already given you a round, if you want something in the future, you can take this token and ask the emperor for a favor, he will remember your credit." ”

"However, it can't be too much, the emperor's mind can't be guessed, this kind of truth should not need me to tell you again!" After giving some instructions to the two of them, Old Man Yao got into the carriage, took those sweet potato seedlings, and left here, he still had a very heavy task next, to distribute this group of sweet potato seedlings to various places.

"Although I feel like I've done a good thing." Si Si held his chin and said, "But the seedlings that I worked so hard to plant were taken away like this, and I am still a little unhappy!" ”

"It's not just over there, it's okay to have more in the future." Lu Yan said with relief.

After the two of them returned home, they couldn't wait to take out the emperor's reward.

"Wow!" Si Si looked at the glittering jewels in front of him, his eyes lit up, "It's really generous to go at night, I actually want to eat so many things, and that token, pure gold!" If you sell it, I don't know how much it will sell! ”

"Nonsense." Lu Yan gently knocked on Si Si's head and said: "This is the emperor's token, if you see the emperor himself with this token, it can be said that it is priceless, you actually want to sell it, and selling the royal gift is a crime of defrauding the king, and it is to kill the head." ”

Lu Yan shook his head and said: "But it is also possible that only you, a little money fan, would think of taking out such a valuable thing and selling it, this is the first time since the opening of the Ming Dynasty!" This shows the importance of this gold medal. ”

"Isn't that just thinking about it!" Sisi stuck out her tongue at him and grimaced.

The emperor let out the news that he had found sweet potato seedlings that could yield thousands of catties per mu, and sent a certain amount of sweet potato seedlings to various places, so that the people could plant some sweet potatoes first in the days when they could not grow food, and they could eat them when they grew up.

It takes more than two months for sweet potatoes to grow faster, and during these two months, most of the people survived by relying on the relief grain from the imperial court, as well as some coarse grains such as potatoes and corn that are easier to grow.

Now it's finally over.

The familiar but unforeseen light rain fell all day, and in the evening, the temperature was slightly cold.

Anyway, it has passed, and the sweet potatoes planted by the people everywhere have also been harvested one after another, and this batch of sweet potatoes has saved a lot of people and relieved a lot of pressure on the imperial court.

The imperial court also promulgated the method of how to cultivate sweet potato seedlings, and now many people generally plant half of the rice to pay taxes in the winter, and half of the fields are used to grow sweet potatoes.

The shop opened by Si Si and Qi Zhaodi together made a lot of money. Twelve Literary Network

Therefore, they did not raise the price of grain during the drought, and insisted on selling at the original price, and also restricted the purchase, which moved many people, and at the same time, their reputation was greatly enhanced, and their business also improved a lot.

On the other hand, the Zhou family did not have such good luck.

Because the Zhou family repeatedly raised grain prices at the beginning of the drought, and closed for a period of time in the middle, even if they reopened later, they were unable to win back many customers.

Moreover, because Zhou Zimo wanted to save the reputation of his shop, he posted a lot of private money but lost all of it, and at the same time he was angry and heard the reputation of "Garden of Eden", and his heart became more and more unhappy.

'Hey, if it's just an ignorant woman and a child, what can you do?' Until now, it wasn't all down to my own luck. ’

Zhou Zimo gritted his teeth and thought, although he knew that Si Si had real skills, how could he dare to admit his failure at this time!

"Si Si, I really wanted to invite you, since you are so ignorant of current affairs, then don't blame me for being ruthless." Zhou Zimo swept the things on the table to the ground with hatred, and his hideous face was full of hatred.

"Sister, after this drought, our business in the store is getting better and better!" Si Si calculated the accounts in his own store, and said happily: "Why don't we take advantage of the current fame and open a few stores in Mingzhou?" ”

Si Si's idea didn't come up on a whim, she had actually been thinking about it for many days.

In two days, it will be auspicious to take the children's exam, and if you can successfully pass the Xiucai exam, you will go to the academy to study.

And the people of the Ming Dynasty know that the best academy should be the White Crane Academy in Mingzhou, the White Crane Academy has the top three people almost every year, and most of the people in the Chaoshang Hanlin Academy are from the White Crane Academy.

This is enough to show the great reputation of the White Crane Academy.

Si thought that if he could, he would send Jixiang to study in the White Crane Academy, and his family would open a few shops in Mingzhou, so that doing business there would also save Jixiang from the pain of running back and forth, and he could also take better care of Jixiang.

It's just that I haven't been able to find an opportunity, and now the opportunity is in front of me.

"That's a good idea." Qi Zhaodi nodded and said: "Our reputation has been beaten out now, and it is indeed a good choice to go to Mingzhou to expand our business at this time." ”

Qi Zhaodi looked at Si Si, and when she saw that she was nodding all the time, she couldn't help but laugh a little, smiled lightly, and then said, "Since you want to go to Mingzhou like this, I'll leave this matter to you!" ”

"Okay, I see, thank you, big sister." Seeing that Qi Zhaodi agreed, Si Si immediately accepted it and hurriedly ran to the study, she now needs to think about the details of this matter.

After all, it takes a lot of effort to turn an idea into a reality.