"Drive, drive...... Oh, drive, you're leaving! No, replace this donkey. ”

In the wasteland, a donkey suddenly became stubborn, and people from other villages who came to work were not good at beating donkeys.

A person from Xiaqiu Village came over, looked at the donkey, and smiled: "This donkey is good, fat!" Brother, have you ever eaten donkey meat in sauce? ”

"I'm struggling to eat pork, where can I eat donkey meat?" The other shook his head.

"Eat at night, let's kill this donkey, and then ...... Look, let's go. ”

Before the people of the village could say the rest of the words, the donkey pushed forward, presumably because it was too tired, and it rested.

The people from other villages laughed: "Okay, if you don't work, you will kill and eat meat, this trick is good." When you have so much land in your village and want to find someone to help you plant it, remember to shout. ”

The people of the village hesitated: "Maybe when you want to harvest rice, a few days later, you don't plant rape and ramie?" ”

The other party pursed his lips; "Plant, plant, when the time comes, I will ask you to rent a big livestock, grit your teeth, get tired, and you will be fine next year."

"Actually, it's not very tiring, and the things we have to grow in our village are less troublesome than rice transplanting."

The people of this village thought of themselves last year, and as soon as they finished harvesting rice, Hanhan let them turn over the land and go to other villages to rent livestock.

In less than a year, there were nearly 400 cattle in the village.

In the evening, the village sent the hired people back again, and they still gave them food.

"Hanhan, the wasteland is blooming, and the fat can't keep up. Will the wheat grow well when you plant it this fall? ”

The long-fried grasshoppers drank and worried about fattening.

"Dig, mud, chase, fat, hey, hey, hey!" Zhu Wentian thought about it and could only do this.

There are many livestock in the village, and a lot can be transported back at one time, and when the wheat is planted and there is time, it will be topdressed.

If you want to buy wheat next year, it will be expensive, and the yield will be low, so maybe it won't be shipped here.

Historical records: For four years, Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi and Zhili Changzhou, Linhao, Beiping, Hejian and Yongping were dry.

The four years here refer to the four years of Hongwu, that is, next year.

The arid areas are in Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, all of which are where wheat is grown, and the people have a hard time.

He had no choice but to talk to Zhu Yuanzhang in person.

Even if he says it, what can Zhu Yuanzhang do? Can you manage God?

Do you need manpower to drill wells, and artificial rainfall? Are you kidding!

……

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was remembered by Zhu Wentian, was also eating at night.

The rice cooked by Queen Ma has vegetables and meat.

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to take a sip of wine today, and he is happy.

"Chongba, why are you so happy?" Queen Ma could see that Zhu Yuanzhang was happy.

"Sister, the question book sent urgently today, Xiaqiu Village in Xuancheng County, Ningguo Prefecture, is planting jute in the paddy fields.

It is said that it is good for the rice to be transplanted after half of the rice is headed, and the jute seedlings planted elsewhere will be transplanted.

This year, Xiaqiu Village harvested an extra crop of rapeseed and ramie, and the previous rock sugar was also the way they came up with. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said the happy event, the people can grow a crop, and then a row of crops.

From now on, there will be no shortage of food, cloth, or oil.

The people of the Ming Dynasty can eat enough, and they can fight whoever they want.

Saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of wine, sandwiched the chicken, and tasted it carefully.

Queen Ma smiled when she heard this: "Since you let people collect brown sugar, now the price of brown sugar has risen, and I heard that foreigners are also expensive to buy our rock sugar." ”

"Two hundred and thirty pounds a pound, hum! Still want to make my money with sugar? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes, the imperial court recently collected brown sugar, and all the brown sugar collected was made into rock candy and sold to foreigners through the city.

Foreigners shouted that it was expensive, and at the same time bought it vigorously, thinking that it would be profitable to ship it to other places.

"Then there are capable people in Xiaqiu Village, Chongba." Queen Ma praised.

"Ability, I have thought of so many good ways." Zhu Yuanzhang agreed.

"But that's not all, you wait, I'll get something."

Queen Ma left her seat, walked to the next position, took a wooden box, and opened it for Zhu Yuanzhang to see.

The box was lined with cotton cloth and four things were placed.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it and sniffed: "This is ...... Soap? How is it not round? ”

Queen Ma pointed to something: "This is not a soap made of honey locusts, it is better than honey locusts."

A merchant bought it from Xuancheng and sold it in Nanjing, and our boss sent it to me.

A piece of such soap sells for 500 wen in Xuancheng, and 700 wen in Nanjing, so it's not easy to buy it! ”

"This ...... So expensive? "Zhu Yuanzhang knows the price, especially the round fragrant soap.

What is in front of you is five times more expensive than soap made from honey locusts, who makes it?

"Who sold it? How could the boss want to buy it? Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and asked.

"How could the boss buy it himself, it was given to the boss by the officials of Ning Guofu, and the boss lent us the boss's hand. Juhachi, guess where this soap came from? ”

Queen Ma shook her head, and when her eldest son asked her to deliver something, she made it clear.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes rolled: "It won't be Xiaqiu Village, right?" ”

"Chongba guessed correctly, Xiaqiu Village sold for 500 yuan for the first time, and sold for 1,000 yuan for the second time.

This soap was tried by the village for the officials of Ning Guofu, saying that they didn't know if it was good or not, so the officials could help use it.

The other has no fragrance, but has a faint fishy smell, and is used to wash clothes. ”

Queen Ma nodded and introduced the origin of the soap, and the officials had no money to buy it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this, and only patted the table for a while: "Where is the trial, it is obviously a bribe."

Tryout? The things that are sent are called trials, and the things that are sent are not called tastings?

Do you want to give money directly and let the officials try to spend it? ”

"Hehehe......" Queen Ma laughed: "That is the crime of eight officials?" ”

"How can they punish themselves if they say it themselves? To cure is also to cure the sin of the hill village.

If you know how to give gifts to officials, you don't know how to give gifts to me, the emperor? Can I still treat them badly? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang complained, he actually doesn't directly care about the people asking for things, when there are good things, they have to pay for them.

"Speaking of which, the officials really went to try it, and the county officials went to the villages to see the people's livelihood, and they used to bring their own dry food.

Now after looking at other villages, I finally went to Xiaqiu Village and ate in Xiaqiu Village, without bringing dry food.

The boss said that the officials wrote a letter saying that the villagers in Xiaqiu Village had meat to eat and wheat. ”

Queen Ma took over and told Zhu Yuanzhang that there was such a powerful village.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head: "Rich people naturally have meat, but who can be said to be the master in the village?" Willing to join the court as an official? ”

He was moved, there are hermits in Xiaqiu Village? It is impossible for ordinary people to make the village have many more ways.

Queen Ma shook her head: "The boss said that the officials didn't know, and when he asked the lieutenant chief, the lieutenant chief said that he had figured it out himself."

Oh! The boss mentioned one thing, and the official wrote in the letter that before the drought, the village had a river, and it took great effort to dig four wells, so the village was fine during the drought. ”

"Hmmm! Well! Well! Zhu Yuanzhang nodded suddenly.

He doesn't care about the fact that the local officials write letters to the prince in private, and the boss wants to rebel? No problem, support.