Second spring

"Is the old lady feeling better today?" Lin Yijia asked.

Lan Tian shook his head, and replied in a low voice: "I heard that the maidservant had been tossing around for a while last night, and she couldn't get up in the morning. She said that it was very cold and fell asleep all the time. The old man said that the old lady needs to rest, and said that he would not let everyone go to pay her respects." excuse me."

Although Mrs. Lin's health has been poor and she seldom gets up and walking gradually, her mental strength has never been bad, and she always refuses to raise it quietly. The old man quarreled with the masters and daughters-in-law of the Lin family, especially Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Li, insisting that they couldn't tolerate Lin Yuan'er, and drove Lin Yuan'er out of the Lin residence.And when Mr. Lin was around occasionally, the old lady would be more violent and dare to say anything.

She is also confused.My married daughter is messing around with a foreigner, even if the foreigner is ninety-five years old, is it something worth showing off?

Fortunately, Mrs. Lin was strict in running the family, and arranged reliable people in Rongxi Hall, so that the scandal would not spread from the Lin family.

Since she doesn't have to go to Rongxi Hall to pay her respects, Lin Yijiale is at ease.

She felt the temperature of the warm smoked ball in her palm, and asked again: "Is there anything Sister-in-law Aqing has to say?"

A flash of admiration flashed in Lan Tian's eyes, and he replied: "Miss Hui, yes. A Qing's sister-in-law said that the weather is abnormal today. It was warm early in the past few months, but now it is a severe cold. I am afraid that there will be natural disasters in the future. Miss, please prepare early."

"Yes." Lin Yijia nodded.

This spring, after the severe cold has passed.Then it was sunny, and there was no rain for three consecutive months until midsummer.The crops planted with the help of snow water can only watch as they are dried up, without any harvest.Daxian has established the country for more than [-] years, and God blesses him, and the weather has always been smooth.Before changing to last year, the imperial court had absolutely no difficulty in dealing with this drought, but last year's spring.The Xiliang Kingdom in the northwest and the Korean people in the northeast suddenly united to attack together, catching Daxian by surprise.

Especially on the border of Great Liang in the northwest, Prince Heherido of Xiliang raided Liuhe, a small town in the northwest, and even blocked the old Marquis Wu Xinghou who was patrolling the Northwest military defense in light clothes in Liuhe Town!In the bloody battle, the old Hou Ye was outnumbered and died in Liuhe!When someone found him later.He still stood upright and pulled out more than 100 arrows from his body!Extremely tragic!

When the news came, the whole country was shocked!

The Prince of Xiliang took advantage of the Northwest Army's unresponsiveness, and immediately after withdrawing from the border of Daxian, he raised heavy troops to invade. He defeated the Northwest Army, which had lost the old master's command, and took several places in the Northwest. An important town!

This is an unprecedented defeat since Daxian founded the country!

When the news reached Shengjing.No one even believed it!Even the soldier who reported the letter was almost sent to prison for spreading rumors!But immediately, a steady stream of messengers rushed back to Beijing.The war broke out in an all-round way, and it was caught off guard!

But Daxian was in its heyday after all.

After the initial defeat, the six ministries quickly mobilized, countless food supplies were transferred from all over the country to the north, and countless men were conscripted into the battlefield.

The fighting situation was quickly contained, even if Great Liang and Gao Li joined forces.Immediately, the war fell into a stalemate.Especially the Northwest.Under the command of Prince Xiliang, the Northwest War has always been in a very unfavorable state for Daxian.The tragic war has lasted for a whole year, and I don't know how long it will last!

In times of great war, every grain is precious.If there is a famine at this time, where will the household department have extra food for disaster relief, and how dare they waste a lot of food on the mouths of the victims!

"How much food do we have?" Lin Yijia asked as he walked.

Lin Huijia handed over the word, saying that she would return to her mother's house with the child today.Lin Yijia reckoned that it was almost time for her to arrive.

Speaking of food, after the draft, Lin Yijia started a grain shop under Mrs. Lin's name as a trainer for her own business.This grain shop named "Qing Yu Nian" is not small in scale, and has branches in more than ten places across the country, but they are not very conspicuous, and they are only operated in a low-key manner.From then on, she began to instruct the shop to slowly but continuously buy and stockpile food, and slowly transport it to Shengjing.

It is to deal with the current disaster.

"Miss Hui, there are about a million shi in our warehouses in Shengjing City. A Qing's sister-in-law said that these grains are almost enough to deal with a small-scale disaster. Moreover, after more than a year of billing, the surplus grain of the court is almost gone. I’m afraid that we will issue an order soon and collect from various grain banks. Given the size of our grain bank, it is estimated that we will have to hand over about [-] shi.”

"Let sister-in-law Ah Qing follow the procedures, but don't miss the bottom line." Lin Yijia said, "I'm still counting on these grains to make me a lot of money."

Lan Tian's eyes darkened, he hesitated a few times, and finally asked: "Miss, are you going to hoard strange things? Miss, the common people are already suffering enough from the disaster. I don't know how many people will starve to death. How many people want to buy and sell their daughters..."

Didn't she and Lan Yu have to sell themselves as slaves because they couldn't survive the disaster?

She still remembered that one tael of silver could buy hundreds of catties of high-quality grain, but in that year, she could only buy thirty to fifty catties of coarse grain...

Lin Yijia glanced at her, sighed, and said, "Where do you want to go? Even if I wanted to, my mother would not let me do such inhumane things. It's just that the price of food must be higher than before. I estimate that it will be three to five times longer, that is, about [-] to [-] yuan per catty of rice. This price can be accepted by a hundred ordinary people, and those merchants who have grain in their hands can also accept it. Sell ​​the food in your hand. Otherwise, all the victims of the disaster can be saved just by celebrating the more than one year? This is enough, although this year is a bit difficult, the vast majority of ordinary people should be able to pass safely..."

Preparations were made early in the year of Qingfeng, and the price of grain purchases was very low.In this way, you can really earn a lot of money, and it's not like you've lost your conscience.On the contrary, Qingfengnian has done a good job by stabilizing grain prices at a level acceptable to both parties.

Think about it, in the past disaster years, even if there are repeated orders from the court, which time the increase in food is not ten times higher?The price of one tael of silver per catty of rice is not unprecedented!

"It's really unaffordable, there is also a porridge shed for relief." Lin Yijia said: "In order to accumulate blessings for the old lady, the porridge shed in Lin's mansion will definitely continue to open."

Lan Tian was ashamed, followed Lin Yijia for a while with his head down, and then asked again: "Miss, do you have any instructions?"

"Go and tell sister-in-law Ah Qing that this battle will not be fought for a while, and our shop should go to Nanyang to have a look. Didn't we put a deposit on those people before? The south is ripe three times a year, and the food should be It's almost mature." Lin Yijia said: "There's nothing else, just let her and her master decide how to deal with it. I know very little and have no experience, so I don't need to ask for instructions on everything."

"Miss is humble." Lan Tian said, beckoning her other servant girls to come over and follow Lin Yijia to the front for her, and go about her own business.

Lan Qiao is already married.The one who married was Qing Yunian's second shopkeeper and now the big shopkeeper, the sister-in-law Ah Qing whom the two had mentioned just now, who took care of her only property for Lin Yijia.

Lin Yijia's personal servants, besides Lan Tian and the soon-to-be-married Lan Ling, and the newly promoted Lan Xin Lansi, all grew up in Lin Yijia's yard since they were young. have to use.

At this time, because she was at home, only Lan Xin followed her.

Lin Huijia married into Rongjun Wangfu for more than two years, and her co-son Zhao Shiyan is considered to be affectionate.Moreover, not long after passing through the door, Lin Huijia became pregnant. Although Shiyue was not a son, she was the first child of the Rongjun Palace and was very much loved.After seeing her lovely great-granddaughter Yuxue, the princess of the old county entered the palace on the same day, and she was given a title of Gege like the queen mother, and she was named Junyu, for Junyu Gege.

Of course her daughter, Lin Huijia, liked her, but as the eldest concubine of Rongjun Palace, it was more important to have the eldest son by her side.However, Lin Huijia followed Mrs. Lin's advice and insisted on recuperating her body for a whole year. She stopped the decoction after Little Gege was one year old.God also helped her, half a year after she stopped the medicine, she became pregnant again.At this time, she was just over three months old, and she was still able to go out and walk around.

Zhao Shiyan led the army to the northwest front line years ago.

This time, it was Lin Huijia who brought Junyu Gege and his wife over.

When Lin Yijia thought of her clever and cute little niece who was as cute as a Persian cat, her mood immediately improved, and a smile appeared on her lips.Come to think of it, Mother might stay with Eldest Sister for two days, and the Lin Mansion would be quite lively.

Lin Minjia also married far away to Guangzhou at the end of last year.

When she was about to get married, she was not sad at all, and comforted Mrs. Lin and the others: "...Don't you know that I am most afraid of the cold? I have only spent two winters in Shengjing, and I am already very afraid. I don’t want to think about the third one at all. Going to Guangzhou is exactly what I want! It’s okay if none of you are happy for me, look what faces you’re putting on?”

Everyone who said this was dumbfounded.Especially Mrs. Lin, she caught Lin Minjia and laughed and scolded her fiercely before letting her go.But in the end, the sadness of parting has been washed away a lot, and the rest is full of joy.

Kang Yongtong won the champion of martial arts as he wished, and when the war started, he was cast in the Northeast Navy. After a few battles, he was lucky and made a lot of credits, and became a school lieutenant after a lot of hard work.Finally got a three-month vacation, and Feng Feng married Lin Minjia.

Brother Kang is afraid that he will go back to the frontline navy again. I don't know if the third sister will be as lucky as the eldest sister to have a child all at once.Lin Yijia thought.If you have children and have sustenance, life should be able to pass faster.Otherwise, how difficult would it be to worry about it day by day? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)