Last year, when the Lin family came back, Zhou Tingshi accidentally did something stupid, and he has always regretted it, and today he finally found a chance to sell it in front of Lin Qingwan, so he found out the news from the official who delivered the official document and came over immediately.

Lin Qingwan is now the highest status in Suzhou, although she has no real power, she can go directly to the sky, and looking at today's official documents, the emperor is very tolerant of the Lin family, so she still has to do a good job.

And Lin Qingwan had no intention of having a bad relationship with Zhou Tingshi, after all, he was an official of his parents in Suzhou, so she took his overtures, kept people to eat, and gave the other party a jar of bamboo leaves collected by Lin Jiang.

Literati and scholars love wine, and Zhou Thorn History is no exception, and Zhu Yeqing is not only mellow and sweet, but also has health care effects, and the taste that can be collected by Lin Jiang is naturally not too bad.

Zhou Tingshi knew that last year's welcoming spirit was over.

The knot that had been held in his heart for more than half a year was finally over, and Zhou Tingshi breathed a sigh of relief, so he had the heart to pay attention to the surroundings.

Seeing that the Lin family's Zhuangzi was still busy at this time, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lord Lin, is fertilizing the ground at this time?" ”

Lin Qingwan, who sent him out, nodded, "The last top dressing." ”

Zhou Tingshi squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, and asked, "Jue Tian has opened so much?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "Manpower is limited, there are not many plants this year, and there may be more next year." ”

Zhou Shushi nodded, expressing his understanding, this land used to be a wasted land, and the time of famine was long and short, and it was good that the Lin family could open up so much wasteland so quickly.

"I see that there are few livestock in the fields, and the manpower is limited, so I can buy more livestock." Zhou Tingshi hinted: "One livestock is worth two strong laborers, and it is more capable than a human." ”

Lin Qingwan is young, and she is the eldest lady, she may not know these inside information, but she is afraid that she will be fooled by her subordinates, and Zhou Tingshi will sell well, so she reminded her.

But seeing Lin Qingwan frowning in distress, he said: "It's a pity that it's difficult to buy, since I returned to Suzhou last year, Steward Lin began to send people to buy cattle, but now I have only bought twelve." There are few people in the market who sell the bullock, and the Lin family can't wrap the market around, so often the bullock is bought before the Lin family rushes out. ”

Zhou Tingshi was surprised, and became even more solemn, the Lin family now looks at Ronggui, but in fact, the foundation is not a star and a half worse than Lin Jiang's, just like a boat floating on the water, an unstable boat may capsize.

Whether the ship is stable or not depends on whether Lin Qingwan, who is at the helm, can stabilize it, I thought that no matter how smart a little girl who was only fifteen or sixteen was, she would suddenly be crowned the lord of the county, and she would be a little carried away as the head of a house.

Who knew that she was not even willing to buy cattle and take it from the people, such a smart and cautious person with good character was afraid that she could really pass on the prosperity of the Lin family.

Zhou Tingshi increased Lin Qingwan's weight in his heart, but Lin Qingwan didn't know that he thought so much in an instant, and his mind was still on the cow.

There were so few cattle in this era that I tried my best to buy twelve of them, and gave them four to the tenants, and only eight of them could be used on the farm, but fortunately there were five cows on the small farm before, otherwise there would be even more shortage.

But that's it, when the farm was busy, the field still mainly relied on people to pull pears, which was very hard.

Seeing her distressed appearance, Zhou Tingshi couldn't help but touch his beard and said: "Livestock are rare, and there are indeed few people who buy and sell, but it's not nothing." ”

Lin Qingwan was overjoyed in her heart, "Please also ask Zhou Tingshi for advice." ”

Zhou Tingshi said with a smile: "There are few livestock in the south, and the supply has always been in short supply, so there are often merchants from the north who will bring some livestock when they go south, but they will often be robbed by various families as soon as they arrive in Suzhou, and they will not have time to pull them to Fang City." Therefore, the county wants to buy, and you have to find those big merchants from the north. ”

"We don't have any familiar merchants, but I'm afraid that they will be sold out before we can find them."

Zhou Tingshi shook his head slightly and said: "These merchants are very shrewd, no matter whether the goods in their hands are in short supply or not, they will keep some in case they leave, and they will definitely give it when the county lord comes to the door." ”

That's how convenient her identity is.

Lin Qingwan smiled and thanked Zhou Tingshi.

When the people were sent away, they brought Steward Lin and Steward Zhong to discuss.

The purchase of livestock was a big expense, but this time neither of them objected, the farm was very large, and both livestock and people had to buy it.

However, my aunt and grandmother were more inclined to hire long-term laborers and tenants, and were not willing to buy a large number of slaves.

However, the money for livestock cannot be saved, and now the reclamation still mainly depends on manpower, which is not only tiring, but also costs a lot of manpower.

But with livestock, it is different, one ox can pay two strong laborers, and cattle are much cheaper than people.

"How many cows does my aunt want to buy?"

"Buy as much as you want."

Steward Lin was silent for a moment and said, "Grandma, although we need livestock, we don't have to buy too much, just enough." ”

Lin Qingwan turned around and took the map, pointed to the ten acres of land on the other side of the mountain and asked, "When do you think we can plant the land here?" ”

Steward Lin and Steward Zhong were silent.

Lin Qingwan sighed, "I thought that it would not be difficult to rent out the land or hire long-term laborers to cultivate it for forty years in the south of the Yangtze River, but from the situation in the past six months, we are still too optimistic." With the manpower we can hire now, let alone three years, even five years can't do it, so a large piece of land will be wasted there? ”

"So my aunt wants to ......"

"I want to raise livestock there, not only cattle, but also sheep," Lin Qingwan pointed to the map and said, "When the time comes, I will ask someone to bring some grass seeds from the north to scatter them and breed them on a large scale." ”

Chief Steward Zhong was surprised, "Grass and seeds?" ”

Steward Lin also looked at Lin Qingwan in surprise, and asked hesitantly, "What kind of grass seed is my aunt talking about?" ”

Lin Qingwan blinked, remembering that the grassland is still nomadic now, and it seems that pasture grass has not been planted, she coughed lightly and said: "Rice has rice seeds, and wheat has wheat seeds, so I thought that pasture grass also has seeds, why, no?" ”

Steward Zhong and Steward Lin: ......

"It doesn't matter if you don't have it, you can collect it," Lin Qingwan said indifferently: "The grass that cattle and sheep on the grassland love to eat the most, and the grass that is most likely to make them fat, pay attention to it, and when they have grass seeds, they will take some and bring them back to plant." ”

Steward Lin thought for a moment, "It's not difficult, when the servants go to meet the merchants, mention it to them, and ask them to ask the herdsmen over there to help collect it, and we will pay for it when the time comes." ”

"In that case, then book some more cattle and sheep, and when the time comes, let go of the land reclamation first, and build a cow house and a sheep house over there." Lin Qingwan hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that the money in our house is still enough?" ”

Steward Lin, who has always been stingy, smiled and comforted her: "Auntie, don't worry, it will take three or four months for the merchants to go back and forth, and then the grain for the autumn harvest will come down, and the grain will be hired with the grain." As for the money to buy cattle and sheep, don't worry, compared to money, those merchants love silk cloth more, this year our Lin family has a lot of silk, let the weavers rush to make a batch. ”

In this way, they barely use their cash.

Lin Qingwan breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Uncle Lin and Uncle Zhong still have a plan in their hearts. ”

No wonder he suddenly became generous, it turned out that he didn't have to use cash.

Steward Lin went to talk about business personally, he was not familiar with Suzhou, and he didn't know where those merchants were, but Uncle Lao Zhong knew.

Lao Zhongbo guards the old house, and the grain and cloth produced by the old house every year are also sold except for a part of the inventory, so he is familiar with the merchants in Suzhou.

Steward Lin went to the old mansion, took one of Lao Zhongbo's deputies and left, and then touched the inn where the merchants lived.

As soon as the post was handed over, someone came out to greet it.

The transaction went on quickly, and Steward Lin exchanged some of the cloth stored in the storehouse for fifteen cows, including three-year-old cows, one-year-old calves, and two cows.

This batch of goods was made up by the four merchants, and they originally kept it for other purposes, but as soon as Steward Lin came to the door, they took it out without thinking about it.

The Lin family is the number one family in Jiangnan, even if Lin Jiang is not here now, and their status has declined, no one dares to pull them down from the first position.

In the past, they wanted to see but couldn't enter, but now that they have the opportunity, they will naturally not let it go.

So they not only took out all the cattle in stock, but also promised to bring them more cattle and sheep when they came back in the fall, and even more pasture seeds and so on.

Steward Lin was happy, so he said that their Lin family had planted a lot of mulberry trees, and a large number of silk silk cloth might come out next year, and if the price they gave was right, the Lin family could give priority to cooperating with them.

The four merchants were even more happy when they heard this, and ran back to the north as soon as the goods were cleared, next year or something is too far away, they have inquired, the Lin family's new Juetian is too late, but the previous two old Zhuangzi have also planted a lot of mulberry trees, and the silk will definitely not be less.

And the weaver and embroiderer of the Lin family are notoriously good, if you can get that high-quality silk, then this year will be worth it.

There is a weaving bureau in the south of the Yangtze River, which is located in Suzhou, which is in charge of weaving, and the weavers in charge are all good, and most of the tributes to the palace come from their hands.

There is also a small half from the major families, as the first family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Lin family naturally also raised a group of weavers and embroiderers.

As a type of technical work, Lin Jiang has always been courteous, and the treatment given is not the best in the whole beam, but it is definitely the most lenient.

Last year, except for a small number of people who chose to leave, most people chose to stay.

Because they know that after changing their nationality, they are also craftsmen, and the state is very strict in the management of craftsmen, not to mention restrictions on coming and going, only the annual labor makes them unbearable.

For example, carpenters, once the court recruits, they have to leave their homes, although the law only stipulates that they serve three months of labor a year, but in the event of a major event, the court can continue to recruit them.

Don't talk about it when the time comes, you won't even hold life and death in your hands, even if so, it is better to stay in the Lin family, at least the main family is merciful and the treatment is not low.

And the more skilled you are, the more you have to stay, otherwise once you leave the Lin family, who knows who will rob you?