"They all say that rice grows very well."

"It's good-looking." Wen Jin began to settle the accounts, "The output of one mu of land will not exceed 1,000 catties of rice, 500 mu is 500,000 catties, distributed to 10,000 people, an average of 50 catties per person, plus sea products and vegetables, enough to eat for two or three months." ”

Qian Jun was dumbfounded, it turned out that such a large piece of land could not feed 10,000 people, he not only sighed with emotion: "This person's mouth is too edible." ”

"No, we have to clear new land as soon as possible, and before winter comes, it's better to have another season's income."

Qian Jun was in a hurry, and ordered his subordinates to quickly reclaim new farmland, which was uninhabited at all, and the method of cultivating the fields was also particularly rude, first burning the wasteland, whether it was grass or trees in the field, burning it directly, and then reclamation and planting, high temperature can kill pests and viruses and bacteria in the field, and there can also be a large number of grass and trees to fertilize the field, so the crops in the first season grow better.

Although Wen Jin knows that this is not environmentally friendly, the first task is to stand firm, not to mention that the yield per mu here is not so high at all, and it is still facing the attack of typhoons at any time.

In addition to farming, Wen Jin also had a lot of fruit trees planted, and she asked the fruit farmers to knock off the top buds of the trees, making the fruit trees shorter and better for wind.

The days passed in a hurry, and the weather was finally not so hot and unbearable, Wen Jin calculated the time, and the capital had entered winter: "The vegetables we planted this season can be transported over." ”

Qian Jun was dumbfounded: "You grow so many vegetables, I thought it was because I was afraid that there would not be enough food to eat, but I wanted to transport it back?" On such a hot day, it was stuffy halfway through. After speaking, Qian Jun suddenly blinked his eyes, "Are you planning to make canned food?" How can you fry it? ”

"Look, I've been experimenting these days, and I've found a way."

In fact, Wen Jin's method, that is, to keep vegetables fresh and chilled, she has ordered people to buy a large amount of saltpeter from the mainland, when saltpeter dissolves in water, it will absorb a lot of heat, so that the water freezes, fresh vegetables are picked from the ground, sprinkled with cloves, cinnamon, pepper, Baibu, ginger, knotweed and other Chinese herbal medicine powder antiseptic, and then sew the waterproof leaves into large pieces, wrap the vegetables and put them in a wooden box, and put small porcelain bottles filled with ice cubes around them, and put oil paper on the bread to waterproof, and then cover the duvet to insulate the heat.

"See? This box of vegetables and fruits, I have been putting it for a month, it's fine, this is going to the capital, it is getting colder and colder, it will definitely be kept for a longer time and will not be broken, more than a month is enough to be sent to Beijing by five-masted clipper. ”

"How much do these vegetables sell for when they are shipped to the capital? We're losing too much money to be cheap. ”

"It's ten times the usual price, who has ever seen such fresh leeks, parsley, garlic moss, eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes in winter? Especially this cucumber, which is the best to sell. ”

"Hundreds of thousands of catties of vegetables, have the people of the capital eaten them?" Qian Jun's meaning is not that people in the capital can't finish eating, but that they can't afford to eat, after all, there are only a few rich families who can spend ten times the price to buy vegetables.

"Not only to supply the capital, starting from the south of the Yangtze River, all the way to the north, those rich cities, rich people send hawkers to ask, order first, otherwise, they will pick up the door and pick it up, and it will be broken when they are tossed."

"Oh, that's why you asked people to prepare in advance?"

"Uh-huh."

Qian Jun looked at his wife's confident expression and didn't say anything, he was dominating the battlefield and looking down on the world, but when it came to business, he was still inferior to Wen Jin.

"Then you say, what can I help you?"

"Command people to collect the vegetables, then pick them clean, do not wash them, sprinkle the medicine powder one by one, and then stack them in the box, and give me dozens of people to put ice and pack them."

"Okay!"

The weather was cold, Jin Jin and Qian Qian began to study around the clock, the newly hired gentleman was an old pedant, and he was extremely strict with their homework, far greater than Jin Jin's task in Zongxue, he was a scholar type, but fortunately, Qian Qian couldn't stand it anymore, and complained twice in front of Wen Jin.

"Persistence is victory, money, you can see my brother."

"But mother, I have prickly heat on my buttocks."

"Okay, money, my mother knows." Wen Jin quickly bought rattan chairs for the children, and asked them to wear cotton clothes, and used prickly heat powder after bathing every day, and at the same time, discussed with Mr. to go to and from class regularly, and sure enough, the situation was much better.

Hundreds of thousands of catties of vegetables sound a lot, but there are more than ten medium-sized cities along the way, Wen Jin also only selected seven to do the pilot, the sales situation is really very good, those rich people, one or two silver and a pound of vegetables, although the mouth is expensive, but the shot is very generous, do not hesitate to buy, especially in the capital, into the ice and snow season has been two months, the green vegetables stored in the vegetable cellar have long been eaten, no matter how rich, you can only eat dried vegetables, pickled vegetables and radish cabbage and other winter storage vegetables, I heard that there are fresh cucumbers, leeks, Parsley, eggplant, greens, they did not hesitate to order the housekeeper to send someone to buy, and there was even a rush to buy, the news was sent back through the flying pigeon, and Wen Jin immediately arranged for the second batch of vegetables to go north.

"Do you buy all the rice and grain you get from selling vegetables?" Wen Jin looked at Qian Jun.

"No, most of it is still silver, don't you want to buy ploughing cattle? In addition, money is needed to build houses, roads, dams, and drainage canals. ”

"Hee-hee."

"What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at you, it's only been more than half a year, and you're like a bookkeeper, you can settle accounts when you walk." Wen Jin regretted his words, her husband was an eagle flying in the sky, but Emperor Yongchang trapped him in this desolate and remote place, he was useless, why did he still laugh at him?

Qian Jun smiled disappreciably, maybe before, he would be sad and sad, but now, after so many hardships and dangers of life and death, he has already thought about it, to be with his wife and son, to watch the water flow eastward, to watch the sun fall in the twilight, although the days are dull, but quiet and warm, to calm the restlessness and resentment in his heart, not to mention, commanding these ordinary people, turning a barren land into a rice grain river, is also an achievement. Wen Jin saw that the man was very calm, and knew in his heart that he had let go, so he no longer worried, but continued to arrange the rest of the matter. Before the Chinese New Year, Qian Jun arranged for people to stay behind, and the rest of the people were willing to go home, they could follow them back on a big boat, and the vegetables in the field were sold except for what they kept to eat, and this income basically offset all the investment they bought when they came over to buy farm tools and grain and hired, and there was a small surplus, Qian Jun couldn't help but be confident, the emperor gave this king of the South China Sea, he could do it, and there was no need to ask him to change his words.

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