Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 204 Building a Wine Shop

Jinghan and Zixuan spent an unforgettable night here, and even experienced the enthusiasm of the shepherd.

At night, everyone built a fire in the open space outside.Everyone drank kumiss and ate mutton with their hands, and then listened to the melodious melody of the matouqin, and enthusiastic girls and boys were dancing around the fire.

Zixuan was handsome and Jinghan was pretty, which made all the girls and boys from the nomads come to invite them to dance.The two couldn't help everyone's enthusiasm, and followed them, holding hands and dancing together.People sang and danced until midnight.

Everyone arranged a separate yurt for Zixuan and Jinghan. It was a novel experience for the couple to live in this kind of yurt for the first time.Riding horses this day and dancing just now, both of them were a little tired, so naturally they didn't make any more noise, but hugged each other and slept until dawn.

The next morning, Zixuan and Jinghan had to go back after breakfast.These enthusiastic herdsmen tried to persuade them to stay, but Zixuan was on official business and couldn't stay outside for too long, so he had to bid farewell to everyone.Batu and the elders in this small tribe kept inviting Zixuan and his wife to come back when they had time.

When Jinghan came, she had prepared something, and now she ordered Anfu to share the things with everyone.Naturally, what they brought was not gold and silver, but brocades.For these herdsmen, the beautiful brocades of the Central Plains are something only nobles can afford.The hostess Wu Ya touched the smooth and gorgeous silk on her hand, excitedly not knowing what to do.

Jinghan looked at her, and took off an emerald bracelet from her wrist, "Sister Wuya, we hit it off right away, and I have nothing to give you. Keep this bracelet as a thought, and wait for it When I have a chance, I will come and see you again.”

The bracelet is emerald green and clear, it is not ordinary at first glance, Wu Ya will not accept it. "The brocade from Madam is already the best gift, this Wuya can't accept it."

Jinghan forced the bracelet to Wu Ya, "Sister, we also have rules, if people don't accept the things they send out, they will look down on me." Jinghan likes the innocence and simplicity of these people, so she just said that.

Wu Ya had no choice but to accept it, and then thanked him repeatedly.

Zixuan helped Jinghan get on the horse, and then went up by himself, "Thank you for your hospitality, I will come to visit you again when I have time." After finishing speaking, Zixuan rode the horse and walked all the way back.

The herdsmen waved in the direction Zixuan and the others were walking until they were out of sight, and then they went home happily with the brocades Jinghan sent them.

Zixuan and Jinghan walked all the way to the county and returned to the county government in the afternoon.Ruyu and the others were very happy to see Jinghan. "Ma'am, you're back. We're still worried. It looks like it's going to rain today."

Jinghan looked up at the sky, and it was really gloomy, and it looked like there would be rain at night. "Okay, hurry up and prepare some food. We ate some dry food on the way, and we will have an early dinner later." Jinghan was quite satisfied with these girls. "Ru Xue, go and get me some hot water. I want to take a shower. I haven't showered for two days. I feel uncomfortable."

Ruyu hurried to the kitchen and told the women about having dinner early.When the women heard this, they immediately started cooking.Ruxue and Rumei hurriedly got hot water for Jinghan to wash.

After Jinghan finished taking a shower and changed, the meal in the kitchen was ready.Just when Zixuan came back from the front, the two had dinner together. "How was it? Did you gain anything from going out this time?" Zixuan asked with a smile as he looked at Jinghan who was dressed in a refreshing outfit.

Jinghan tilted her head, "How should I put it? Anyway, I think the life of these herdsmen seems to be okay. But it may be because we went, people entertain guests, they always have to bring out some good things. I In my opinion, the grassland is really big, but there are too few herdsmen, and they didn't take advantage of the grassland's advantages. Furthermore, their use of wool is too simple, and there is a lot to be said for this. I think we can start from this, let the herdsmen expand the number of breeding first, and then find a good market for them.”

"Also, Sister Wu Ya said that the beef they raise is very delicious and grows fast. But since it was returned to the imperial court, the imperial court has a decree not to kill cattle, so they dare not raise so many. It’s a cow. Well, I wonder if you can tell the court that this kind of cattle is not the farm cattle we usually use, it is a kind of meat cattle. If it can be raised on a large scale, at least it can be used on the dinner table It’s more cost-effective to raise cattle as an extra meat, and you don’t need to feed grain.” Jinghan first told Zixuan what she could think of.

"As for the future, there are still many things that can be improved. In addition, I plan to go to various places to see for myself. Some of them just listen to what others say, and I always feel that I can't understand them." able to make accurate judgments.

"It's not a problem. I'll take you out to have a look when I'm resting. If you want to go out on weekdays, let Anfu accompany you. It's just hard work for you." Zixuan looked at Jinghan's beautiful face, My heart is infinitely satisfied.

"It's okay, I can still do these things. Let the people live a good life. This is definitely not something that can be achieved overnight. It must be persisted to the end. The emperor's intention is to let you stay here for a few more years, and we will slowly Come on." Jinghan likes this feeling, but she actually just likes the process of making money, which is a challenge for her.

After the two of them finished their meal, the maids packed up all the food, and then the couple each took a book and read there.They didn't rest until late at night.The two of them were resting outside last night, and they couldn't be together. Tonight, Zixuan got excited and pestered Jinghan to make out.

The two of them were newly married not long ago, and they were both young and full of vigor, how could they bear it for a long time?Jinghan naturally likes the feeling of being with Zixuan, so she cooperates very much.The two tossed until midnight before falling into a deep sleep.

In the following days, Jinghan became busy.Every now and then, he would go out for a walk, and let An Fu accompany him wherever it was convenient.If you go farther, wait until Zixuan takes a rest, and the two of you will be together.

After almost turning around the entire county, Jinghan discovered a new problem.Although the population here is not too large, the food production is still quite high.In the central plains, almost every household owns hundreds of acres of land.But there is a problem, that is, after planting these lands, there is really no use for them except for eating at home.At most, it was just exchanged for some things with others, and the food could not be sold.

It was only gradually found out later, because this place used to belong to Beiyuan Guo.Although the imperial court has taken this place over, there is an instinctive fear and disgust towards the people in some nearby places, and they are unwilling to do business with them.So even if people grow a lot of food, they can't turn it into money.In many places, barter is still used, and currency is actually something that rarely appears.This phenomenon is not too obvious in the county town, but in the villages a little further away, people rarely see copper coins.

This discovery makes Jinghan a little angry, but also a little relieved. Since the food production is good, there is no need to worry about not having enough food in the future when there are too many people.But there is too much food produced, so we have to find a way to consume it.Building a winery became Jing Han's first choice.

So Jinghan led people to find a place in the upper reaches of Tao'er River and started to build a winery.In this season, there are still a few days before the autumn harvest, so it is relatively easy to find manpower.As soon as people heard that they could get paid to work, many people came here at once.

The winery was built relatively smoothly, and it took about ten days to build all the big frames.Next, people will have the autumn harvest, so Jinghan temporarily stopped the project of the winery, but let people spread the word that they will buy grain this year.Now, people are happy. In the past, when they planted land, they were worried about selling it because they couldn't sell it.Now the county magistrate sent people to say that they need to collect food, and many people quickly collected the new food, and then sold it out after processing it.Jinghan learned that each family may still have some old grain from last year, so she asked people to collect the good old grain from each family first.Now, people are even happier. Many people have kept food for their families for next year, and the rest will be sent to the grain collection place.

It just so happened that the court's decree also came down, and it was agreed not to collect any taxes from here within two years, so that the people here can take a good rest.This is very good news, people rushed to tell the news, and for a while, the people were very grateful to the new county magistrate.

By the end of the autumn harvest, Jinghan had already harvested tens of thousands of catties of grain, and it was imminent for the winery to start work.It happened that the farmers had already collected all the grain, and some of them had sold out their grain, so it was time to be idle.Jinghan put up a notice, saying that the winery needs to recruit workers, and they will only work for half a year, and they will stop working before planting next year, so that farmers will not be delayed in farming.Now, there are a lot of people coming to work.Anfu was the best at these things, and picked out a hundred strong young men to work in the winery.And let out the word, if anyone does a good job, he can be promoted to be in charge, and even if he doesn't come to work during busy farming seasons, he can still receive wages.Now, these boys are working hard.

On the other hand, Jinghan also wrote a letter, asking the Xu family to prepare [-] duck eggs and [-] goose eggs for herself next spring.What are those swamps and wetlands left for?Of course, it is better to quickly raise ducks and geese. The sooner you raise them, the sooner you can make money, right?
(End of this chapter)