"Yes, yes, look at my carelessness. Rest assured, I will definitely take care of this matter. Is it going to start tonight? I don't know when my younger siblings will go back, so I'm ready to get ready and I'll go over later. ”

"It's starting today! I still have some business, I have to go back early tomorrow morning, and the adults can bring someone over later. ”

Xu Chongguang, who was in a good mood, swept away his previous malaise, and replied with a happy smile on his face: "Then brother and sister, you are busy, I will call someone to prepare." ”

Li Yuan didn't leave immediately, but directly suggested: "My lord, when you supervised spring plowing before, you also knew that the same thing, planted in different places, will have a little difference in yield per mu. Therefore, the yield of sweet potatoes in our Lijiaao can be appropriately reduced when you report it later. For example, if the yield per mu is 3,500 catties, you can quote 3,000 catties or 2,800 catties. ”

Xu Chongguang's not very smart brain didn't understand why he did this for a while.

Since it has to be reported to the imperial court, isn't it better to report as much as possible, why do you report less?

Master Bai knew more about Xu Chongguang, and when he saw that he was puzzled, he nodded at Li Yuan and said hello.

As soon as Li Yuan left, he explained softly: "Lao Xu, brother and sister, this is for the good of both of us." No, for your own good, to be exact. Do you think that if the yield of one acre of land is 3,500 catties, and you say 4,000 catties, then the designation will not work. We took this, and we were going to hand it over to the imperial court. However, although the imperial court is happy, it will not be promoted immediately, but will first let Si Nong Si cultivate first, and after it is determined, it will be promoted. In this case, if you report too much and the yield you plant is insufficient, it must be your fault. And if you report less, the boss will not have this idea, but after knowing the real situation, it will be more happy. ”

Xu Chongguang thought about it carefully, felt that this was the reason, and then thought of his political achievements, so he clapped his hand and said: "Lao Bai, I'll go eat something and change clothes, and you go and call someone." The prefect of Zeng may be the person of the eldest prince, so we have to send these things and letters six hundred miles to the urgent before he arrives in office. Otherwise, as soon as he arrives, we will have to take a turn from him, and when we really send it to the capital, we don't know if it is the Year of the Monkey. I won't do this thing of giving people political achievements in vain! ”

"Okay!"

Seeing that Master Bai walked out after saying this, Xu Chongguang hurriedly shouted people again.

"Lao Bai, you can write this piece. Remember to write a little better, and then write clearly the Li clan people in Li Jiaao that you said. In addition, I also understand that it is not easy for ordinary people to cultivate these days. The people of the Li clan looked at the face of Brother Shao'an, and sold me well, so I couldn't help but express it. Did you send the silver that sells watermelons at home over there, if you send it, then give me a hundred taels first, and when the time comes, it will be given to the people of the Li clan, and it will be regarded as the travel fee sent to them by the official. ”

"It's been sent, and I got it just before. Lao Xu, didn't we discuss the 5,000 catties of watermelons that were shipped back to the capital before, and sell them to my family with 20 percent? I received a letter that the watermelons in the capital are now sold for fifty taels and have not yet been sold. Here in my house, 1,000 catties is about eight. Ninety, one sold for thirty taels, and got a total of two thousand six hundred taels. ”

When Xu Chongguang heard more than 2,000 taels, his eyes widened suddenly, and he was not in a hurry to eat.

"One really sells for fifty taels? We were just joking, how did it come true? So is this watermelon or silver? ”

Master Bai didn't think that he was joking at the beginning.

Since ancient times, it has been rare and expensive.

The watermelons grown by the Li family are really delicious, and they are also juicy and sweet.

This thousands of miles to the capital, don't look at the number of catties and feel a lot, but a big one has fifteen or sixteen catties, and the small one is nearly ten catties, and the number is limited.

There are many people in the capital, and there are also many dignitaries.

They don't lack money at all, they only lack rare things, not to mention that they have borrowed the hands of the third prince.

The price of this thing is not high!

Thinking about it this way, Master Bai explained: "Lao Xu, you also know that the Queen Mother has a hard summer every year. After the third prince got the watermelon, he sent ten to the palace while the queen mother did not go to escape the summer, of which the queen mother gave three. When the Queen Mother ate it, she praised on the spot, 'This watermelon is so sweet and juicy, it is really a holy product to relieve the heat'. After this word was spread, when the emperor was discussing with those ministers, he asked the eunuch who was close to him to cut two watermelons. No, even the emperor praised this thing as good. Those people, don't they just follow suit? ”

When Xu Chongguang heard this, his eyes couldn't help but show regret.

"Heaven is not beautiful, otherwise this official can rely on this watermelon and sweet potato, not only to make a lot of money, but also to make dazzling political achievements. It's a pity that the Li clan is moving away now, and we only have this wave of watermelons this year. If you want to have it again, you have to wait until next year. ”

As he spoke, he sighed deeply and cheered up again: "Fortunately, the Li clan looked at Shao'an's face, and before leaving, they specially informed the news of the high yield of sweet potatoes, and also took the initiative to say that they wanted to pay taxes. If they have selfish intentions, they can take it to Luyang Mansion to plant, and then talk about it. But at that point, it didn't have anything to do with me. ”

Master Bai nodded, and his eyes also showed a look of pity: "It's not!" The Li clan is good, very kind, and worthy of being the wife of Shao'an's virtuous brother. ”

When the words fell, he changed his words: "Lao Xu, the more than 2,000 taels were given to your family 800 taels, my family 500 taels, and the remaining 1,300 taels were sent to us." Among them were three hundred taels of silver ingots, and one thousand taels of silver tickets. Do you want to give a silver ticket, or a silver? ”

"All my money is on you, so what's the difference between asking for silver and a silver ticket? In this way, Aunt Han's side, you will give one hundred and two families. And with the rest, you will take out a part of it to be the treasury of the county government. At this moment, Lord Xu and Lord Zhao, as well as the third class and six rooms, are still holding on and not leaving, so we can't treat them badly. Everyone sends a Bing tribute, no matter how much, it should be the intention of the official. ”

With money in hand, Master Bai was happy to see him use silver to buy people's hearts, and immediately gave his hand and said: "Your Excellency!" ”

Xu Chongguang liked to hear this kind of words, so he got up and left with his hands behind his back and walked away.

He still has to hurry up to wash and eat, and then go to Lijiaao to do serious things!

Li Yuan, who had just come out of Cao Zhi's house, didn't know that their watermelons were praised by the queen mother and the emperor in the capital, and they were also sold at sky-high prices.

At that time, she was driving the carriage, and her underwear was already sweaty, and Wang Can who was sitting in the carriage was the same.

The two of them are like fish out of the water, and they can't wait to get back in the water.

As soon as the carriage arrived at Banyan Lane, Li Yuan knocked on Huang Xiuniang's door.