In the carriage, Molly rubbed her eyebrows with a distressed expression on her face.

When Mia saw her like this, she asked, "Sister, is it troublesome about the quarry?"

Molly shook her head and said: "The matter of the quarry pit is not troublesome, it is the matter of the territory, the quarry is closed, and the territory will have one less workshop that can make money, and it is also troublesome to arrange those quarrymen." ”

Anna said on the side: "Your territory is not bad, after a year of shaving the salaries of the workers and servants, as well as the expenses of the barony, there can be a surplus of about 1,000 gold coins, which is already richer than most barons, and the Barony of Borden has no resources, when you are not married, it is already good if you can not post it upside down in a year." ”

Ades also said on the side: "That's it, your baroness doesn't need money for food and clothing, and you alone will spend a lot of money a year." ”

Molly put down the hand rubbing her eyebrows, glared at Ades, and said, "I don't spend much money, if I don't go out, I'll save money when I'm in the territory." ”

Ades pursed the corners of his mouth and said, "I don't believe it, I was in your shop that day, and I drank the best black tea, and the teacup was made of sterling silver." ”

"It was only taken out by entertaining guests, that black tea is usually reluctant for Anna and I to drink, and I took it out for you to drink that day, and now you actually say that I am extravagant, and I would have given you water to drink that day!"

Anna and Mia covered their mouths and snickered, they understood that Adès was deliberately saying that Molly was extravagant and joking. Cheer up Molly's mood.

Seeing that Molly was angry, Ades hurriedly admitted defeat, raised his hands and said, "Okay, good." You're kind to me and good to me, okay. ”

Molly raised her chin and said, "Of course, if it weren't for the director of the store saying that someone said that you have a supply of goods in your hands, you don't see if I will give you black tea." ”

A few people chatted in the carriage, and soon the quarry arrived.

When Ades got out of the car, he saw that the quarry was on a small hillside. The top of the hill was dug up, and the workers of the quarry saw that it was the baron's carriage coming, and had already come to the edge of the pit. Waiting for the arrival of the Baroness.

The archon and the director of the quarry got out of the carriage and reported the situation to Molly, who waved her hand and led everyone up the gravel road of the hillside. I'm going to see the situation in the stone pit.

As he walked the quarry, the director explained to Molly, "Ma'am. This quarry has been excavated for decades, originally this hillside is more than twice as high as it is now, now it is basically dug up, our workers dig all the way down along the stone veins, now the stone is basically dug up, and because the hillside is hollowed out half, the underground spring water gushes out, and the bottom of the pit has been flooded by the spring water. ”

Come to the edge of the pit. The worker stepped forward to salute his lord with some fear, and Molly went up to comfort the worker. Saying that he would definitely find another job for everyone, and that he would not make everyone unemployed, the workers thanked the Baroness happily, and when the supervisor saw that Molly had finished saying good things, he waved his hand and let the foreman disperse with the workers.

Ades came to the edge of the pit and looked down, this is a very large quarry, at least three or four hundred feet in diameter, a pit was dug on the edge of the stone wall, and a plank road was built with wooden planks to the bottom of the pit, Ades turned around and asked the supervisor of the stone pit: "How deep is this stone pit?"

Seeing that Adès had arrived with the Baroness, and knowing that it was Madame's guest, the director of the quarry had nothing to hide, so he replied directly: "It's almost a hundred feet deep, but the day before yesterday I dug a spring, and although the amount of water is not large, there is no way to stop it." ”

Ades nodded, walked up the boardwalk, and observed the stone walls, which had been dug out by the quarrymen, which were the traces of the iron chisels used in quarrying.

In addition to these tunnels on the stone wall, you can also see the texture of the stone, but it is obvious that these are the edges of the stone field, the stone quality is not good, the impurities in it are very obvious, it seems that it is not possible to dig in other directions.

Adès turned to the quarry supervisor and asked, "The spring you dug is a lot of water?"

The director of the quarry nodded and said, "It should be quite large, our workers only dug a small opening, and the water gushed up. ”

Ades turned to Molly and said, "Why don't you ask the workers to dig up the spring and tear down the boardwalk, then this place will be used as a fish pond." ”

Molly blinked, not understanding what Adès meant by what he suddenly said, so she asked him, "What's the use of making a fish pond? It's so deep that you can't catch fish." ”

"It's okay not to raise fish, store the water, and use it directly as a reservoir, you see that the water outlet is made in a low position here, and then a canal is dug and flows down the hillside, so that the hillside can be transformed into a place to grow things, and there is no need to carry water for irrigation." Adès pointed to where they had come up and said to Molly.

"This is a rocky mountain, and there is no soil, what can be planted?" Anna had already observed the hillside, retorting to Adès's opinion.

Adès beckoned everyone to follow him, came to the edge of the hillside, pointed to a bush of plants, and said, "Just plant this, and I don't want you to plant farmland." ”

"What is this?" Molly and Anna are both nobles and don't understand what this plant is.

However, Mia knew what this was, so she said to the two noble ladies: "This is a wild grape, which I often found and ate in the woods when I was a child, and it was quite satisfying. ”

As soon as they heard that it was grapes, the eyes of the two ladies suddenly lit up, and they hurriedly asked Ades, "Is this a grape?"

Ades looked at the nervous expressions of the two noble ladies, and couldn't help but smile and said: "The flesh of wild grapes is very small, even if it can make wine, the yield will not be large, and the taste is not good." ”

Molly was immediately deflated, slapped Ades on the arm and said, "What are you doing here? ”

Ades shook his head and said to Molly: "But as long as you dig all the canals, let people slowly find some more fertile soil to pick up, and then use gravel to form a flower garden, find some people to manage it, and the production of wild grapes will increase greatly, although the wild wine produced is not as good as the authentic wine, but it is enough to sell it to the common people, and you are not asked to make high-end wine." ”

"Is that kind of grape for winemaking?" Anna asked him directly, grabbing Adès' arm.

Ades shook his head and said: "Definitely not, the climate here can grow live wine grapes, but the temperature difference between day and night does not change much, and the rainfall is still very abundant, no matter what kind of wine grapes are planted here, the wine produced will not taste good." ”

Anna was also immediately deflated, she couldn't make high-end wines, and everything was in vain.

Adès was really convinced by the two women, and without turning a corner, he explained in detail: "You two, stupid, let me explain to you, you build a winery here, and then don't you say that there are three knights' territories that are all hilly and unsuitable for farming? ”

Molly glanced at him and said: "It's useless to brew it, I remembered what you said about wild wine just now, there have always been people who make this wine, but the value is very low, basically self-brewed and drunk, can't be on the table." ”

Ades pursed the corners of his mouth and said, "That's their stupidity, let me tell you, if we form a scale, and then we distill it twice, no matter how cheap it is, we can sell it at the price of rum, right?"

"Rum isn't expensive. Anna said as she spoke.

"There are a lot of wild grapes, they are all over the mountains, and they don't need to be managed, and they can be harvested every year, even if they can't make any money, at least they can feed a group of workers for you." "Adès can't wait to smash the heads of these two noble ladies, this is not to make a lot of money, but one more output of the territory can feed some more people.

Molly's eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands and said: "Yes, there are thirty or forty people in a winery plus planting management, and this kind of wine does not require any technology, an ordinary person who can make wine can brew it, the key is to have one more output." ”

Ades pulled Molly to his side and whispered into her ear: "If you take back the viscounty, such a large area of land, as well as the various lords under your jurisdiction, you can buy wild wine from them, and then you distill it a second time, the scale has increased, and the energy has been continuously supplied to the market, which is a long-term output, and the people at the bottom will benefit, the lords under you will benefit, and you will also have income, this is the key." ”

Molly smiled, her depressed mood from the need to close the quarry improved, and she didn't even care about the fact that Adès spoke in her ear, causing half of her body to go numb.

Seeing the upturned corners of her mouth, Ades knew that she was happy, but there was something to say, so he continued to say in her ear: "But the price of this purchase, and how to control whether the lords under Zhan Zhi will not brew by themselves, is what you have to think about." ”

With these words, Molly's mood calmed down at once, yes, there will be competition for this.

Seeing her frowning and thinking, Ades continued: "This is a matter for the future, you can deal with the barony first." ”

It's also said, whether they can take back the viscount or not.

Immediately, Molly gave orders to the consul and the quarry manager, and did as Adès had just said, enlarging the springs, demolishing the boardwalks, digging canals, and paving the fields with the remaining stone and gravel.

Anna listened to Molly's orders to the consul, and kept looking at Adès, this young man is not simple, he came up to the quarry and looked around to help Molly think of an idea according to local conditions, and it is still feasible, it seems that it is necessary to increase the attraction of him. (To be continued!)

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