The summer heat makes the birds in the mountains and forests no longer chirp.

Zhang Yang looked up at the sky, the sky was blue and there were no clouds, the scorching sun made the ground hot, and he stepped on the ground in straw shoes for a long time and burned his feet.

It is the most important time to harvest wheat, and Lishan harvests wheat earlier than other counties, so it is necessary to plant rice before autumn.

In the grain harvest, the villagers did not dare to delay any time, and everyone braved the scorching sun to harvest the bundles of wheat in a hurry.

Looking for ears of wheat in the finely broken straws, uncovering them with both hands, gently shaking them off, and the ears of wheat drifting away, this kind of scene is pleasant just to look at.

On this day, a big deal was negotiated on the grassland, and 13,000 hectares of pasture were bought for 8,000 yuan.

Li Yue and her two aunts sat in the shade of the trees, looking at the harvested scenery in front of them.

Zhang Yang sat on the edge of the ridge and listened to Li Tai's narration.

"Brother-in-law, there will be a lot of sheep and horses sent in the future, and we are going to get rich."

For the herdsmen on the grassland, the quality of their pastures can only depend on the time of day, and the year in which cattle and sheep freeze to death, most of the profits are often lost, which is too risky for them.

By contracting to Lishan, they can not only get a stable income, but also avoid risks, and at the same time use the cattle and sheep on the grassland to increase the income of Lishan.

The asymmetry of information makes them wonder how valuable wool is.

Sure enough, reading more books is beneficial.

At the current scale, the ranch contracted by Lishan is also large enough.

Zhang Yang looked at the map handed over by Li Tai, and several of the most fertile pastures east of Monan were also in hand.

"These things are all done by the people in the hands of King Wei?"

"How? Isn't it beautiful? ”

"It's really beautiful, it's a little too pretty."

Listening to his brother-in-law's words, Li Tai lowered his head again, "I knew that I couldn't hide it from my brother-in-law, when did I start to suspect it?" ”

Zhang Yang put away the map, "Start with the milk powder business." ”

Simply sat down cross-legged by the river, Li Tai said wistfully: "Don't hide it from my brother-in-law, in fact, in addition to the Wei Wangfu's own people, there are also several clan relatives, in the early years ago, they were working in their father's Qin Palace, and they have been taking care of the people in the clan since their father ascended the throne." ”

"Since the soap business was discovered by my father, my father handed these people over to me, and I arranged them in the grassland."

Li Tai whispered, "The soap business began, and the people who followed this king were all trustworthy people in the Wei Wang's mansion, they grew up with this king, and I treated them like relatives, these people are all trustworthy, but I don't know how much my father knows about things on the grassland." ”

Li Yue took the account and looked at it carefully, "Even if my father knows, as long as there is no problem with the account books in our hands, we don't have to worry too much about it, just do things well." ”

Zhang Yang pondered, "The grassland is handed over to your people to take care of, the loss is the business of our two families, as long as you think you will not lose, let go as much as possible, if there is a change, this loss can only be eaten by yourself, it is a lesson, we can still afford this money." ”

Li Tai smiled and nodded, "Brother-in-law, don't worry, the imperial sister." ”

Li Tai is in charge of tens of thousands of transactions a year, and his business ability must be slowly exercised, and now these businesses are taken care of by Lishan, and he can also help him complete them.

In the future, the trade will only get bigger and bigger, and it will not be just a thousand times at a time.

Seeing Li Tai leaving, Zhang Yang looked at his daughter-in-law, "To cultivate King Wei, our family still has to pay a lot of costs." ”

"Qingque has been very intelligent since he was a child, and now his heart is really high, and he will understand it by eating some lessons in the future."

Li Yue confirmed the accounts and handed them to Aunt Yang, "Please ask Auntie to go to the treasury and take out 8,000 yuan and hand it over to His Royal Highness King Wei." ”

"Whoa."

"More than half of the family's money was spent, and the profits of the cotton cloth business were spent in the past six months." Li Yue sat on the ground with his back against the tree, stroking his lower abdomen and squinting to enjoy the leisure and coolness at this time.

Noticing her husband's gaze, Li Yue hugged Zhang Yang's arm and put the weight of her body on her husband's shoulder, "Why does your husband look at me like this?" ”

"If you put it in the past, you will take out 8,000 runs, and you will jump and turn your face with your temperament."

Li Yue whispered, "We have so much family property, and we will definitely take out more money in the future." ”

Zhang Yang held her back, her daughter-in-law's back is actually very good-looking, since she was a child, she has been taught to sit and walk posture, and she usually walks and sits upright with her back.

This makes her back look good, her back is straight, and her shoulder blades and delicate twill muscles are straight.

The sitting and standing postures taught since childhood have given her a near-perfect posture over the years.

This is also a habit of life taught in the palace.

Especially when she ties her hair, that dignified temperament makes people very comfortable.

"My daughter-in-law is so open-minded."

Feeling her husband's movements, Li Yue grabbed his hand and hurriedly pressed the bad move.

Zhang Yang cleared his throat, "Then since we have to come up with a lot of silver money in the future, can my pocket money also go up in the future?" For example, twenty wen a day. ”

Li Yue immediately straightened his face, "No! ”

Zhang Yang pondered, "There is no salt at home, I plan to buy it and give me money." ”

"I asked my aunt to buy it, I don't have to worry about it, the family's money has to be planned for the children, and the new home also needs money, it costs money to buy furniture, it costs money to hire maids, and the wood in our house is not good, if you want to make furniture, you have to buy good purple wood."

Li Yue was thinking about it and said, "Save all these silver coins first, and then my husband and I will spend them slowly." ”

Zhang Yang kept shaking the fan in his hand, and it was a very unflattering thing to bargain with his daughter-in-law.

When it comes to the money in her account, it is more difficult to get more than to ascend to the sky.

The couple sat by the river for a long time, until the fish bit the hook and put the fish in the basket, and then the couple left.

On the other side of the village, Li Yuan is in good physical condition now, playing Tai Chi with Sun Simiao every morning, often playing with the children, and chatting with the old people in the village.

As an old man who has sat on the throne, Li Yuan has also successfully become the backbone of the old people in the village.

Both physically and mentally, since arriving in the village, all this has been going on a positive note.

At this moment, Li Yuan was facing the torture of his granddaughter, "Grandpa Huang, you just drink this bowl of wort." ”

This wort was drunk once last year, and Li Yuan kept waving his hand.

"If Grandpa Huang doesn't drink, I won't bring the slave and Xiao Wu to see Grandpa." Li Li's words threatened.

Lizhi has also grown a lot taller in the past two years, although her eyes and cheeks are still childish, she is tall very quickly, and there are seven points of Li Shimin's charm in conversation.

Hearing this threat, Li Yuan sighed, picked up the bowl of green wort, closed his eyes and raised his head to drink it all.

Li Lizhi took the empty bowl and said happily: "That's good." ”

She took the slave by the hand and left with the bowl.

Li Yuan, who drank a bowl of wort, rinsed his mouth with boiled water again to remove the grassy smell in his mouth.

Zhang Gongjin sat on the side and said with a smile: "You can drink it in this season a year, and don't disappoint the juniors." ”

Li Yuan sighed: "I want to drink ale now, and I don't know how much this year will brew." ”

Zhang Gongjin looked at the tea in his cup again, "This tea is really low to drink." ”

At the other end of the village, Li Shimin watched Li Tai let boxes of copper coins move out.

Just looking at these copper coins, the emperor's heart was sour, and the palace was nervous.

The concubines in the palace have to rely on their mother's family to help.

Watching Qingque let people move these silver coins, it sounds like eight thousand guan is really not much, seeing is believing, it's really scary.

Aunt Yang and Li Tai finished checking, "Next, I will hand it over to His Royal Highness King Wei." ”

Li Tai also held an account book in his hand, "Auntie, don't worry." ”

After handing over to his aunt, Li Tai shouted to his guards: "Send it to the grassland, if you lose a penny, this king will cut off your hands!" ”

"Whoa!" A group of guards replied loudly.

Boxes of copper coins filled two carriages, Li Shimin watched this scene silently, if I had been a general of Tiance before, I would have robbed this box of silver coins.

Twenty guards escorted them, and the two carriages departed.

When Li Tai walked back, Li Shimin asked again: "Zhang Yang is so relieved that you will transport the money out." ”

Li Tai collected the accounts and lifted his trouser belt, looking naïve, "Father, don't worry, this is not the first time." ”

Li Shimin raised his head and looked at the soldiers and horses in the distance, "I think it is too child's play for twenty guards to escort eight thousand guan, do you think that there are really no mountain bandits in Datang who can not close their doors at night, or do you think that Zhang Yang will not feel distressed even if he loses these eight thousand guan." ”

Li Tai smiled awkwardly, "So far, nothing has happened, and the more money Lishan can earn, the more taxes his father will pay." ”

That's right, the more money in Lishan, the more taxes the court will receive, and I tasted this sweetness last year, and I am waiting for the autumn to calculate another tax.

"The minister made the ale wine first, and this year he specially prepared more, and it was not too late for the father to return to the palace after drinking the ale wine, and he would stay in Lishan for a few more days."

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

Holding the ledger in his arms, Li Tai walked quickly to the village, and what he didn't say to his father was that the escort of the silver money was of course not only these twenty guards, but every time these silver money was sent out, Cheng Chumo's manpower was in the dark to protect it.

Just follow from a distance, if there is an accident, you can also rescue in time, there are people protecting you one after the other, it seems to be far away, but as long as the people and horses in front of you notice that something is wrong, you can also inform the rear in time.

Most of the strong men escorted by these escorts are rangers, and they are also paid, and there is cotton in the Western Regions that is escorted by the manpower of the king of Hejian County.

With Chang'an City as the center, the east and west sides are the braised pork gang of Chumo and the old subordinates of the king of Hejian County.

I don't know what the transportation industry is like that my brother-in-law said.

Li Tai's steps were very fast, and he rushed to collect the wheat at this time to make ale wine and drink.

The wool and cotton cloth of the village was made for the second time, and the women handed over the cotton cloth to Aunt Wang, and the women of the village also listened to the arrangement of the two aunts.

At night, this foot cloth fell into Li Yue's hands.

Zhang Yang listened to Aunt Yang's narration while eating, Xiao Wu has been living at home these days, and Xiao Xiong has also followed her, but it is a lot cleaner.

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Aunt Wang whispered, "The weaving thread made of wool as a fleece mouth looks very thick, but if it is thin, the weaving thread made of wool is thinner than silk and easy to break, they use cotton thread as the core and then use wool as fleece, wool and cotton thread are mixed together, so that there is the softness of wool and the toughness of cotton thread." ”

Li Yue looked at the cloth, "Well, the cloth does look more comfortable than the cotton cloth, and those women will be rewarded with consistent money, and in the future, if they can improve their craftsmanship and weaving methods, they will be rewarded with silver money." ”

After saying this, Li Yue added: "Let them make the best recipe for mixing wool and cotton threads, and weave the cloth in this way at that time." ”

"Whoa."

Li Yue was satisfied and handed over the ruler.

Zhang Yang took the wool cotton cloth and carefully felt that the cloth was indeed much smoother, but the cotton cloth was not so smooth, "In fact, technically we have to solve the spinning link, which they make by hand." ”

"Well, it's not easy for them to get to this point." Li Yue poured a pot of tea.

These two pieces of cloth are a little worse than the fabrics of later generations, more like a handkerchief, and a little coarser.

Zhang Yang pondered, "The spinning stage needs to be adjusted again, it seems that another weaving factory will be built, and the equipment used in cotton yarn is not suitable for wool, so I will go to the factory early tomorrow morning to have a look." ”

Li Yue held the teacup and nodded.

The meals at home are also very simple, a plate of stir-fry vegetables and a bowl of fish soup.

After eating, the couple sat at home, each holding a book in his hand and looking at it.

Li Yue has been looking at astronomy-related books these days, and now she is looking at a volume of astronomical numbers, written by Zhang Heng, who was famous in the Han Dynasty.

It can also be found in the treasury of the former Sui.

Zhang Yang's eyes looked at a box in the corner of the house, and he had read most of the books in this box, and when he finished reading, he would go to the palace to find suitable books.

"It is said that stargazing knows the calendar, when Zhang Heng compiled the calendar, how did he speculate based on the celestial phenomena."

Zhang Yang put down the scroll in his hand, "This is to understand the movement of the sun, moon and stars, as well as the perception of the alternation of the four seasons and each day and night, this is a very large narrative project, usually it takes several years to describe it like a day, such as how many solar terms a solar year is divided into, and compare it with the second year, year after year." ”

Li Yue sat and looked at the scroll in his hand, and was in awe of Zhang Heng.

Recently, my daughter-in-law has stopped specializing in derivatives, and topics such as derivatives have been bothered, and it is difficult to speculate and understand Li Yue's current realm.

It's like one step away from the Dacheng realm, but you just can't take the last step.

Zhang Yang frowned and thought about it, it is said that the first half of his daughter-in-law's calculation steps were correct, but the second half was wrong, did she understand it wrong, or did she make a mistake?

It's not right to think about it again, and I obviously calculated it when I came up with the question.