Escape from the desert

Chapter 232 The common people are the foundation of the country
"Then thank you Aunt Jiang. This is a deposit of 200 taels. Starting tomorrow, I will arrange people to deliver the goods every day. I hope Aunt Jiang will prepare it in advance."

Shen Xingyuan gave a look, and Fang Ju immediately took out two 100 taels of silver bills and put them on the wooden table. They found out about the transaction between Chang'an Restaurant and Lin's family. Even if the full payment is paid in advance, he has no objection.

Jiang Yan waved to Tao Bai, and Tao Bai immediately prepared a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Jiang Yan wrote a contract with the pen.

"Aunt Jiang, is your wine really out of stock?" Shen Xingyuan asked unwillingly. Chang'an Restaurant didn't have a lot of wine flowing into the imperial city. If he wasn't a prince, he might not be able to distinguish between the two jars.

Jiang Yan put down the brush, thought for a few seconds, and then said: "I'm dissatisfied with Master Wu, I still have a batch left here, originally I planned to keep it for myself to celebrate the New Year, if Master Wu really can't wait until next year, this batch can be given out first. you."

They made a lot of wine, most of which were sold to Chang'an Restaurant. There were still three batches left in the cellar. Jiang Yan planned to keep them for herself. It can also open the market in Linfang County earlier.

Shen Xingyuan looked surprised, even a folding fan couldn't stop his surprised eyebrows, "Really!"

Jiang Yan nodded, smiling quite restrained and polite.

"I want it! I want it all. I'll send someone to pick it up tomorrow."

"No problem. Tomorrow I will ask someone to prepare everything. Fifth Master, feel free to arrange for someone to come and pick it up."

Shen Xingyuan looked at Jiang Yan, who had a generous demeanor and a gentle smile, and felt that this person was not simple, "Aunt Jiang, are you just an ordinary peasant woman? You can make wine, and you can cook some strange and delicious food, and you can read and judge. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes today, I wouldn’t have believed it.”

Moreover, it was not only these that shocked him even more, but the paddy fields that he saw when he entered the village. Although he, Shen Xingyuan, was a charming young man who didn't touch the spring water with his fingers, he also knew how to harvest by eating five grains.

The autumn harvest in this area of ​​Linfang County has passed long ago, and the taxes have already been collected, but Linjia Village still has a rice field. When the wind blows, the golden rice in the field is swaying with the wind. If it weren’t for the cold wind, people would shiver , he almost thought that there was no autumn harvest in Linjiacun.

Shen Xingyuan seemed to be asking casually, but those foxy eyes were staring at Jiang Yan's face for a moment, fearing that he might miss the slightest fluctuation in her expression.

But Jiang Yan’s face, not to mention emotional fluctuations, even the curvature of the mouth has not changed, it is still a standard smile showing eight teeth, “It’s not surprising that farmers will cook some food, I just like to study more than ordinary people. All of these, the brewing of wine is only due to an accident, as for the improvement of farm tools, it is the function of a few children in the family, and the peasant woman dare not take credit for it.”

Jiang Yan pursed her lips, and continued: "The peasant woman can read and write because the children who are studying at home, follow the children to study with concentration, and over time they will know a few words."

As early as when she was guiding Jiang Wen and the Lin family brothers to draw the blueprints, she thought that there would be a day when a peasant woman knew too much, and there would be no big waves in the small Lin family village. He has a good brain, but for someone with a court background like Huafanglou, it's not easy.

"Aunt Jiang, as far as I know, the autumn harvest in Linfang County has passed and the taxes have been collected. Linjia Village should be no exception. I don't know why, but on the way I came here with shopkeeper Fang, I saw patches of rice?" It is gratifying, even if he has never seen such a fruitful harvest in other lands without drought.

Jiang Yan still had the same expression, and said calmly: "Drought and rainy in the past few years, the harvest in our area has not been very good. Wu Ye must also know that after the autumn harvest every year, many people starve to death. , so I thought about planting a variety of one-season late rice, and I was just trying it out, but I didn't expect the harvest to be even better than expected."

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Late rice!Why did the court not receive the news?
Doubt flashed across Shen Xingyuan's face. The imperial court only received news about the severe drought in the north and south and the increasing number of refugees, but never received news about the planting of late rice in Linjiacun. It seems that the county magistrate of this place is not a practical person!

Thinking of this, the hostility on Shen Xingyuan's face gradually increased. He came all the way from the imperial city, and he didn't know how many people died of starvation. If the people all planted this season's late rice, some people would starve to death!
"The county magistrate of Linfang County is quite laid-back. He doesn't even know about important things like planting late rice. Otherwise, there would be so many people who are homeless and starving!"

Listening to his angry tone, Jiang Yan guessed that he must have misunderstood, "The magistrate of our county knew about the late rice because of his approval, and all the people in the village planted it, but it was the first time that the late rice was tried. Whether it will be successful or not is yet to be known, and our Lin Family Village can be regarded as an example. Now that it is successful, the common people can refer to it in the coming year."

His deep eyes looked straight at Jiang Yan without any shyness. Shen Xingyuan saw that the other party was still calm and calm, without any change in expression. With a thought in his mind, he couldn't help but said, "Aunt Jiang is willing to submit to me? Presumably you I also know that Huafang Building is not an ordinary restaurant. The power behind it is the imperial court. Let me tell you that the party I am loyal to will one day be the most honorable person in this Great Hua Dynasty. If you join now, I will give you the best If you are willing, I can also send you to the Imperial City as a post."

He intuited that Jiang Yan was not an ordinary person. If he could be brought under his command, it would be good for him and not bad. For example, this late rice incident. Not only is he able to gain fame, but even all the princes can follow suit.

Food is the lifeblood of the people, and the people are the foundation of the country. Only when the foundation is stable can the country be peaceful and strong. In the Great Hua Dynasty, most of the land has a rice crop every year. Even a barren small village like Linjia Village can grow late rice. One can imagine what a sensation the success of Wandao would be if it was reported back to the imperial court.

And his mission is to bring Aunt Jiang under his command before the imperial city receives this news!
Jiang Yan frowned slightly, and her eyes fell on Shen Xingyuan. The other party's words almost clearly stated that she was a member of the imperial court, and that the party she was loyal to was the ninety-five ruler who would definitely ascend to the throne in the future.

Going to work in the imperial city or joining the Huafang Building is a great temptation for ordinary people, but it is a shackle for Jiang Yan, but now she can't guess the identity of the "Fifth Master", she has some Don't dare to refuse blindly.

(End of this chapter)