At this time, the disadvantages of Xixian County, a small place, became apparent - the land is vast and sparsely populated.

The population is so sparse that everything is overstretched, and even the slightest manpower cannot be carried out.

In such a situation, if you want to ensure food production, you have to put more effort into it.

It was at this time that the "Spring Wheat Planting Manual" was slowly popularized in the form of bringing the old to the new, with the method of one person bringing one piece.

"There's too much to do after this wheat is planted, right?" Questions were raised about the contents of the booklet.

"That is, farming, farming, watching the sky and eating, this kind of wheat actually has to be watered once every 10 days, God can give face like this?" There are also those who disagree with the methods in the booklet.

"The princess has said that this is a high-yield and good seed, isn't it just sowing the seeds and waiting for the autumn harvest?" There are still people dreaming.

"There are also methods to prevent and control locusts in this book, and the locust plague is a disaster sent by the locust god, can it be prevented?" Some are even more afraid.

When they heard about the yield of high-yielding spring wheat seeds, they were looking forward to the future, but when they learned that they would need to put in an unexpectedly large amount of labor in the fields, their expectations turned into suspicions.

To add insult to injury, the only grain store in the county began to increase the price of grain from this day.

In previous years, when the grain store will not pick up, this is not unusual, the strange thing is that this year's grain prices have risen rapidly, in the morning the sign is 10 Wen a catty, and in the evening the brand will be replaced by 20 Wen a catty, and the next day to welcome people is not sure what is the high price.

Who can stand this?

Therefore, Ah Tao, who was in charge of the night school literacy class, had to find Pei Qing and report the situation.

"They all complained to me...... None of them can open the pot...... The grain store is too black-hearted...... All the money I got from the last group training was used to buy food...... The whole family is starving to death......"

According to Ah Tao's meaning, the black-hearted grain store owner should be grabbed and whipped and told him to raise the price.

But after the grain store owner came, he was also very aggrieved, and his tears fell as soon as he said it.

"Woo woo, princess Niangniang, the villain doesn't hide it from you, the last time you bought the empty granary, the villain went to the field to collect grain, but the nearest prosperous big city from our former county has to be hundreds of miles, the villain's financial resources are limited, the number of ox carts hired is also limited, and the grain purchased these days is also limited, if it is sold at a flat price, the food that the villain eats at his own house will be gone!"

The cost of transporting grain on the road also includes the loss, the price increase and white-eyed encounter of urgently going to other people's big grain stores to buy goods, and the dredging of the relationship when transporting out of the city...... You need money for everything.

What, let him go a little further south to collect grain? Go to the village to collect it yourself?

The grain store owner cried even harder.

"There is an eighty-year-old mother on the villain, a child waiting to be fed, and the villain's mother-in-law still has one in her belly - the villain doesn't want to die for nothing."

If he doesn't go to the village to collect grain privately through the local Haoqiang, I'm afraid he won't be too hard?!

The local gentry, the local clan, and even any checkpoint can kill him!

"The villain is a small business," the grain store owner cried and begged, "The princess really can't tolerate the villain, the villain closes the store, and begs the mother to spare her life." ”

Crying made Ah Tao feel guilty in her heart, but the princess Niangniang, who was eating tea on the side, did not move.

"If this princess asks you to close the shop, will you really close it?" Pei Qing held the tea, spoke softly, more beautiful than everyone, but the words he said were as sharp as a knife.

She casually put down the teacup and said lightly: "Turn it off." Later, the grain was changed to the official camp of the Rui Wangfu. ”

The grain store owner was momentarily dumbfounded.

Ah Tao was also dumbfounded.

Although the two had different positions, their reactions were surprisingly consistent: they were all hanging for Pei Qing to kneel.

The owner of the grain store couldn't cry, he was about to faint.

"Niangniang, there are eighty ...... on the villain," he wanted to complain.

was stopped by a gesture from Pei Qing.

"In the future, you will also come to work for Rui Wangfu," Pei Qing said with a smile, "There will be a monthly salary and a bonus at the end of the year." ”

What's the matter?

Of course, it is to manage the grain, and to manage the grain cashier.

Before this, it was all the Steward Zhang of the palace who was in charge of it, but there was only one person in charge of Steward Zhang, but he had to take charge of the internal affairs, foreign affairs, finance, and personnel of the palace...... The doppelganger lacks skills, and it is naturally impossible to manage the grain cashier very finely.

Now, isn't it useful to let the grain store owner who is used to tinkering with grain on top?

From a boss to a worker, the grain store left with a confused face.

After he left, he did not go home directly, but went to the house of the commissioner.

"I don't know what to do," he sighed and said to the commissioner, "Father-in-law, look, our former county will change greatly in the future!" ”

The owner of the grain store and the commissioner are in-laws, and the commissioner himself can feel the desolation of the rabbit and the fox, so after he left, the commissioner thought about it and secretly went to the cotton field to find Zeng County.

Zeng Xianling was eating wild vegetable dumplings, which were made of wheat bran, which was very difficult to eat and very throat-pulling, and he had a hard time eating.

Looking at the previous subordinates, Zeng County Ling was a little surprised but not too surprised.

The commissioner secretly stuffed Zeng County Ling with two soft steamed cakes, and Zeng County Ling's tears almost came out.

The person who guarded the Zeng County Order was a native of the former county, and he was very accommodating to the local magistrate, and when he saw him giving food to the "labor prisoners", he also turned a blind eye.

Zeng County Ling listened to the complaints of the committee officials while eating, and when he finished eating the steamed cakes, he suddenly said: "Bring me a pen and paper, I want to write a letter to the adults in the state capital!" ”

The commissioner himself is the cashier of the grain in charge of the official warehouse, and he has a habit of bringing a ledger paper and pen everywhere, but the pen is not very good, and the ink ingot is also very rough, and it takes a little water to dissolve.

Zeng County ordered to write two large pieces of paper with such pen and ink, and the pen was soon full.

In the end, it was his own name.

"The official seal was taken away by Princess Rui." He said to the commissioner sadly, "You send the letter to it, the government knows my handwriting, and you will accept the letter anyway." ”

The commissioner put away the two pieces of paper anxiously, and found that the guards were not looking at them, so he leaned over and asked Zeng County Order in a low voice: "Will the state government take care of the affairs of our small county?" ”

Zeng Xian Ling looked at the cotton field that had sprouted, and said with a hideous face: "Definitely, he just doesn't want to take care of it, and he has to take care of it for me!" ”

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The owner of the grain store left, but Ah Tao was a little worried.

"Princess Niangniang, the food official camp in the future...... Do we have food? ”

Not to mention anything else, the food used by 3,000 people to chew every day is not a small amount, and when you open your eyes, it is hundreds of catties a day, which is still a way to eat while starving.

If you let go of your belly and eat to your heart's content, three thousand catties a day will not be enough.

"We don't have it, but the official warehouse does." Pei Qing smiled innocently and kindly, "Take the official warehouse first, and then talk about emptying the official warehouse." ”

The most difficult thing in the county is only the months before the cotton and wheat harvest, and when the only "cotton" harvest in this dynasty can form a positive cycle.

Now it's just the money-burning stage of starting a business, and it's normal to encounter difficulties.

Tao left worriedly.

Compared with reading books better and better, people understand more and more, although the thinking is not yet out of the small family's temperament, but it is already more reborn than Ah Tao before coming to the county, A Xing's mind is much simpler.

She wants to eat something delicious.

"Mother, there are a few little roosters in the kitchen." Ah Xing swallowed her saliva and said, "Do you still make yellow stewed chicken today?" ”

The implication is obvious.

Pei Qing smiled easily.

"Don't make yellow stewed chicken," she grimaced at the corners of her mouth every day, "Today I want to make fried chicken with sauce and chicken slices." ”

Ah Xing really didn't expect that the princess, who had always been dignified and elegant, would make a grimace, and she was stunned for a while, and when she came back to her senses, she already had a little rooster in her hand.

"Kill the chicken." Pei Qing urged.

She made a grimace just now because she thought of Li Yi, and in the morning he said that he would help her ask about the craftsman, and disappeared for most of the day.

I'm afraid I won't be able to eat in time.

What would be his reaction if he came back and found that she had made something new while he was away?

Ah Xing carefully helped Pei Qing deal with the chicken, and then saw her quickly cut the chicken into diced meat, grasp the sauce well, put a little lard in the pot, and put the diced meat in to fry after stinging.

In an instant, the taste of the sauce being cooked by the hot oil, the burnt aroma of the meat, and the smell of firewood rushed into the nasal cavity, making Ah Xing involuntarily inhale deeply and inhale again.

When the chicken was out of the pot, Pei Qing quickly divided half of it for A Xing.

"Eat quickly." She urged her maid, "Be careful that Guard Li is here and robs you again." ”

Ah Xing was flattered and excited, and immediately squatted in the corner to eat, and her eyes narrowed when she ate.

Then Pei Qing made chicken slices again, which are different from the sauce fried chicken with thick oil red sauce, the chicken slices are smooth and white and tender, like hibiscus flowers lying in the soup sauce, looking beautiful and smelling light.

This dish, Ah Xing didn't ask for it, because it didn't look as delicious as the sauce-fried chicken, so it came ...... The princess can't spoil her anymore, and if she spoils her again, she will go to heaven.

Therefore, when Pei Qing set up the dishes, chopsticks and meals on the table and was ready to start, Li Yi pushed the door in, and found that the dishes on the table were one and a half.

Someone snatched half a dish before him.

And this person obviously won't be Pei Qing who didn't even pick up chopsticks.

"Coming?" Pei Qing raised his eyes, and then continued to pick up the chopsticks, ready to eat.

Li Yi sat down as a matter of course and was not expelled.

He was inexplicably relieved.

"The dish looks good." He said in a relaxed tone, "It's quite a lot." ”

Pei Qing snorted and lowered his head to eat.

Li Yi picked up the chopsticks, didn't touch the sauce and fried the chicken, and went directly to clip the chicken slices, but asked casually: "Why didn't you catch me this time." ”

Pei Qing glanced at him from under his eyelashes, and said with pity: "Don't rush." It's pitiful to think of you, such a big man hasn't even eaten a good meal, so I'll be a beggar. ”

Li Yi didn't stop, but the person glared at her subtly.

However, at this time, Pei Qing had already lowered his eyelashes, and he glared blankly.

After eating two bites of food, he suddenly said: "The craftsman's matter has been settled, the prince befriended a wealthy businessman surnamed Huang before his death, and he promised to help the princess find it, but it is difficult to say how many people can be found." ”

He stared at Pei Qing, pursed his mouth, and chewed the food slowly in his mouth until she was willing to raise her head and give him a straight face.

"Wealthy merchants?" Pei Qing appropriately expressed his surprise, "Well done - how proud is it?" ”

Li Yi swallowed the food in his mouth, the face towel covered most of his expression, and the huge scar covered his barely exposed chin, so that on his entire face, only the bright eyes as bright as stars attracted people's attention.

"His caravans travel from north to south, his goods are varied, and his connections are all over the world—is it big enough?" He asked.

Pei Qing nodded thoughtfully.

The words "going from south to north" and "all kinds of things" touched her.

"So does he sell books?" She asked Li Yi.

Li Yi stopped holding the vegetable and asked in a deep voice, "What book?" ”

Pei Qing replied innocently: "Vulgar script." ”

Li Yi: ......

Seeing that he didn't speak for a while, Pei Qing thought that there was no play, as long as he lowered his head and continued to eat.

However, after Li Yi finished eating, the first thing he asked when he put down his chopsticks was: "Why is it a vulgar script?!" ”

He knew that the Ruiwang Mansion now had its own paper workshop and engraving and printing workshop, and he also knew the few books that were now circulating in a small area in the former county—but those books didn't seem to be scripts, right?

Pei Qingyan smiled, smiling like an elf, but the words he said were very spicy: "Books are a commodity, the audience is only readers, and readers are high-minded, often pretentious, not only will not buy things that they don't recognize, but will also criticize them." ”

The "First Grade Chinese Book of Primary School" and "First Grade Mathematics Book of Primary School" printed here in Xixian County are not at all enlightenment books recognized by the Li Dynasty Readers' Association. The "Spring Wheat Planting Manual" was useless when they bought it, and it was even more impossible to buy it.

Therefore, I can only sell the kinds of books that the audience-the readers of this dynasty will buy, and it is the kind that they will continue to buy if they buy it, and they will work hard to Amway.

The vulgar words are quite in line with Pei Qing's intentions - this kind of book can be published continuously, there is no problem with dozens of books in a series, and the plot is easy to compile, and it does not need to be as rigorous as a test-taking book, similar to fast-moving consumer goods, the picture is a fast money, short cycle, and long life.

There are no specialties in Xixian County at present, so it is good to start with this kind of script.

Li Yi was silent when he heard it.

The princess of his family is really not comparable to ordinary women.

The pattern is too unusual.

After a while, he asked in a low voice, "Who does the princess plan to ask to write this kind of vulgar script?" Are those of your female guards? ”

How many words did they just recognize?

To Li Yi's surprise again, the fairy-like beautiful girl sitting across from him raised her finger and nodded at herself.

"I write." Pei Qing said with a smile.

Then she heard a heavy inhalation.

Li Yi's voice sounded a little hoarse, with an incredulous sigh: "You are even pregnant fake, you can write a vulgar script?" ”

Not only is her pregnancy fake, but he also knows that she is still a virgin.

He seriously doubted that his princess knew what "gaudy" was?