Villager of Daming

Chapter 889: Income is more than Jing’s smile

Zhu Fang was really not in a hurry to meet with the people. The team came to rest first, but the officials had to come to meet first, such as the local magistrate of Jiang County and Fan County Cheng, plus Chief Li.

The three people reported on the situation in the county. The development of the county was good. They made sour plum powder and exported plums and hawthorns.

There are also walnuts, including walnuts from Shangzhou, where workshops have been built to extract oil, and the oil is also sold outside.

These things were arranged when I came here last time, and now they are all done. Together with the inn and other aspects, the people have made a lot of money.

They use the mountainous areas to develop a variety of farming. The walnut residue after pressing for oil is used to feed livestock and poultry.

However, the fuxin wood in the walnuts will remain and be sold to the court to replenish the herbal medicine library and Huimin Pharmacy.

It wasn't until the team was properly arranged and the horses and mules were all fed and drank that Zhu Fang and others met the people. The people knelt down and happily called each and every one of them, "Your Highness."

"Everyone, get up! You have changed into new clothes. Don't get them dirty. They are actually made of silk. If you want to wear them for the holidays, change them when you need to. Don't touch the soup while eating."

Zhu Xi saw a large number of people kneeling there. The people were all wearing silk clothes. They were so happy that they could only buy them if they had money.

People make fine clothes and wear them during festivals such as worshiping their ancestors. They usually wear ramie clothes or more comfortable cotton clothes.

They were wearing hemp clothes when they were working just now and were patched, but they looked better than the last time they came here. The people were in good spirits and the children no longer had angular stomatitis.

The people stood up happily and looked at Zhu Ping with a bright smile, which came from the heart.

"What's for dinner?" Zhu Xi didn't want to say anything else, just served dry food and eaten, he was hungry.

A steward of the palace who came in advance replied: "Your Highness, the local people have invited us to drink mutton soup. We are ready to have a banquet at any time."

"Invite us?" Zhu Xi understood the meaning of the words.

"The sheep provided by the common people will not let us spend any money this time. The last time His Highness came here, he invited the common people to drink sheep soup.

As a result, they fell in love with mutton soup, raised a lot of sheep, and drank mutton soup during festivals.

But they said they usually don’t put pepper in it because it’s too expensive, and they only put pepper in it. Today they have pepper, but not much. "

The steward of the palace nodded vigorously, and did not say that the people would make offerings. There were only a few people to make offerings to, so please invite them all.

The people of Luonan and Shangzhou supported the team of 15,000 people. In addition, the people themselves also ate, so at least 1,500 adult goats were needed.

The people didn't show any distress, which proves their income...

Zhu Xi looked at the sky, thought for a while, and asked an older man nearby: "Old man, how many people are in the family? How much is the monthly income?"

"Go back to His Highness the King of Qin and ask, old man, I have two sons, both of whom are married. Plus my mother-in-law, three grandsons and two granddaughters, I have eleven mouths!

Money! It's hard to calculate on a monthly basis. Some months have more and some have less. Last year, the family only made 60 yuan.

The child is young and cannot do heavy work, so he wants to study, which will delay making money. There is nothing you can do. Your Highness, please order someone to send you a dictionary and a book on how to read and read pictures. We must learn.

In the first few months of this year, I sold sour plum powder and last year’s walnut oil, and I made a lot of money!

Seeing that they are ready to harvest, I have planted a lot of perilla on the mountain, and the plums will mature one after another in two days.

If there are no natural disasters, I will work hard this year to raise a lot of pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese, pine nuts and chestnuts from the mountains, and the medicinal materials in the picture.

It's possible if you think about it, it's just a hundred guan, and our family has eleven mouths!

There are a lot of people coming and going, so we provide them with food and a place to sleep. Isn’t that all money? "

The not-too-old old man smiled and talked about his family situation. Once the roads in Lantian County were connected, the transit economy was great!

Four people, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and Zhu Xi, said at the same time: "..."    Does the old man and the old lady count? Does five children count? This is Luonan, not Nanjing. Calculated based on the family's labor force, the old man's family actually has a higher income than many Nanjing families.

Last year it was sixty guan, this year it will be 100 guan. No wonder the people dare to unite and treat such a large team to drink mutton soup.

With such an income, it is easy for a family to raise one sheep, not to mention that there is not only one sheep per family, there is a state over there and a county over here.

……

While waiting for dinner, I discovered that there was indeed not only one sheep per household, but also pigs!

People kill pigs and stuff the pork with sausages in pig casings and sheep casings, which are just made into sausages, and the remaining sheep and pig skins are used for other things.

The team brought out the seasonings, and the people were not allowed to take the pepper. It was not enough, so keep it for yourself!

The children had sorghum rice popcorn sticks again, and rice was brought over to pop in another popcorn pot.

Zhu Xi's face was filled with a happy expression, but then he calmed down. The third brother looked at him and his mood was not very high.

As soon as the first and second brothers entered the fiefdom, the people were living in their own fiefdom...

After taking a few sips of the mutton soup, Zhu Fan felt better again and drank the warm medicinal wine with everyone.

"Third brother, what are you..." Zhu Fang was puzzled when he saw his brother's sudden change.

"With Xiaqiu Village following us to Taiyuan Prefecture, we believe that the people of Taiyuan Prefecture will be able to live the same life in the future."

Zhu Fan gave an explanation, why was he happy? Because I’ve seen actual results.

The people in Luonan have an income of almost ten guan per person this year. They don't care if they are invited to drink mutton soup. People in ordinary places are reluctant to part with it, and they can't pay for it even if they are willing.

Such a big sheep costs 500 coins each. If the army had not been invited to eat, there would not have been 1,500 sheep. There were also common people eating together, plus the pigs, it would be enough.

The staple food is pancakes, which are deep-fried and fried one piece at a time in a large iron pan. They are cut into portions with a knife.

Zhu Cang nodded: "Three brothers, that's all. Let's speed up tomorrow. Calculating the distance, we will arrive at Taiyuan Mansion in about ten days.

Let’s harvest the wheat there first. Don’t be busy with the rest. The land needs to be plowed. It depends on how the village arranges it.

The main thing is roads. There is a road from Taiyuan Prefecture to Beipingxing Province that passes through the Taihang Mountains. Once the road is repaired, there is no need to worry about money. "

"It just so happens that my land is connected with my third brother's, so we can build a road together. It's best to build a railway, and save money from Beipingxing first.

When the money is made in the future, the third brother's Taiyuan Mansion will make up the money, remembering to ask for interest.

Things from your side are shipped over, and things from mine are shipped over, and the taxes collected from each other are all our own. "

Zhu Di wants to help. The third brother's place has not yet developed, and some places in Peiping are no worse than Luonan now.

His own fief will advance money to build the railway and pay it back later with interest, so the third brother should not feel embarrassed.

"Your Highness, King Yan, can actually take a loan from a bank to build the railway, and then repay it in installments according to the loan period and interest."

The village manager suggested a better way: Don't pay alone and get a loan together.

"Okay!" Without waiting for Zhu Di to answer, Zhu Fan said, loan, borrow money from the court, and then pay it back bit by bit from his own fiefdom.

(End of this chapter)