Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 332 Three years later

In the past three years, Xu Xiaomi's fleet has been very successful in the wind and rain in the sea.

Under the leadership of Xu Xiaomi's second uncle, Zhou Jingtao, they went to many countries in Asia, and later to some countries in Europe.

They took the wine, silk, and tea brewed by Dazhou Xu Xiaomi to those places to talk to the locals, and exchanged them for what Dazhou didn't have.

Xu Xiaomi asked them to go to a country and buy some local seeds there.

If there are spices, it is even more necessary to bring some back.In this way, in three years, the fleet not only made a profit of several million taels of silver.There are also many kinds of spices brought back.

Xu Xiaomi saw that fennel and ageratum had seeds, so he sowed those seeds in the ground in the spring of the next year to see if they could grow out?

Unexpectedly, they all sprouted. Seeing the fennel and ageratum, Xu Xiaomi thought to himself: This time, the taste of fish should be even more delicious.

In this way, hundreds of seeds were brought back by the fleet, and Xu Xiaomi also asked the people of Dazhou to plant them according to the local conditions.

She also asked the people of Dazhou to vigorously develop sidelines such as planting mulberry and silkworms.In the mountains, mulberry trees are planted, and silkworms are raised with mulberry leaves.Mulberry wine.

For those close to river ditches, running water farming is adopted.

Those near the river will develop cage culture.

As a result, there was an unprecedented scene of prosperity in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The people are rich, and the national treasury is also full. It is no longer like when Xu Xiaomi first entered the palace, he had to pay for everything himself.

Today, three years later, Xu Xiaomi is already the mother of two children.The second one gave birth to a daughter who looked nine points like Qiu Yongzheng.

She is very busy every day, so Qiu Zhongxiang and Qiu Qiming will take care of the child.

Qiu Zhongxiang has now given up the throne to Qiu Yongzheng, who is busy all day repairing water conservancy projects.

Now, the people of Dazhou, if they have money, they should let people sort out the ditches and build water conservancy.

Xu Xiaomi designed a water conservancy project on the Yunzhou River.It can irrigate large tracts of land in Yunzhou.

Qiu Yongzheng and Wu Yang also built water conservancy projects downstream of Xujia Village, and built river embankments along the way.

In this way, as long as it is not a dry season, people can travel by water from Jinquan County to Xujia Village or Qinglong Town.

On the other side of the Ganges, several water conservancy projects have also been built, so that Dazhou will no longer be troubled by drought and floods.

At this time, Xu Xiaoting was also 17 years old. She ran a cloth art workshop in the capital, and her business was very good.

I invited more than a dozen embroiderers, but none of them were too busy.She had no choice but to go back to the palace to find her sister.

Xu Xiaomi knew that the reason why her shop was doing well: first, because she was the queen's younger sister, and many dignitaries wanted to curry favor with her;All done beautifully.

At the moment her business is too busy, and she is too busy every day.

So, after much deliberation, it finally reminded her of a foot-operated sewing machine used by her grandmother in her previous life.

Mom didn't use it after grandma passed away.At that time, she said that it was too far away, so she took the sewing machine apart one by one, and sold it as scrap.

Now, it's a shame to think about it.But fortunately, I was 14 years old at the time, and I was already in the second year of junior high school.So, she still remembers those screws, wheels, and needle ports.

It's just that I may not remember too accurately.I can only give uncle an approximate figure.

Xu Xiaomi was afraid that his uncle would not understand, so he drew the whole sewing machine, and then drew it one by one.Ask Xiaoxiang to take the blueprint to uncle.

As a result, after so many years of exploration, Zhou Jingtian knew the size of these mechanical things at a glance.

Two or three days later, one was made and sent to the capital.

Xu Xiaomi saw it and was very happy, so she said to the delivery person: "You ask my uncle to make dozens of machines like this first."

Now, Xu Xiaomi's uncle, Zhou Jingtian, is well-known in Jinquan County.In addition to being the uncle of the empress, he is also a skilled craftsman recognized by the Ministry of Industry.

Xu Xiaomi used the money from the treasury to open a forge in Daqingshan, mainly for iron and copper smelting, using semi-automatic processes.

Now, Da Zhou's iron tools are not so tense, but it is impossible to take a step forward.

Xu Xiaomi thought that he had to build a power station as soon as possible to help him.

So, she has been thinking hard, but she hasn't found out yet. After the water conservancy machine converts the water flow into energy, how can it be used as power or lighting?

However, the only thing that comforts her is that under her leadership, the common people have lived a prosperous life.

She asked the common people to plant mulberry and raise silkworms in every household, so the silk in Dazhou also increased.

She asked the carpenters in her family to make some looms that she imitated from the Qing Dynasty.She improved it again, and wove the silk into patterns.

In this way, when there is more silk, she buys it according to the price, and then ships it overseas to sell.Then the price will be higher.

Time passed day by day, and under the repeated urging of the Wu family, Xu Xiaoting was finally going to marry Wu Yang.The day is set on the twentieth of the winter month.

Xu Xiaoting because she learned the sewing machine that her sister got, and she had to teach the employees to get out.Seeing that the day of getting married is only about half a month away.

So, recently, I have been busy day and night in the backyard of the store, busy bedding with sewing machines.

Since I got the sewing machine, the work has become much easier.In the past, it took one person three or four days to sew such complicated quilt covers to make a bed.

Now, she can make several beds a day by herself.Therefore, no matter how much work there is, it will not be difficult for her.

Whenever Wu Yang has time, he will find time to visit her, because when she gets busy, she even forgets to eat. She is a real workaholic.

So, even at this time, it was almost dark, and she was still busy with her life alone.

Today, just as Wu Yang came back from Yunzhou, he came to her fabric workshop non-stop.

The embroiderers were cutting the thread in front, and Xu Xiaoting was still in the backyard alone, stepping on the sewing machine with the seven-heart lamp on.

Wu Yang has not seen her for a month.When he saw his beloved girl working hard under the light, his heart ached.

However, when he saw Xu Xiaoting sitting there, stepping on the sewing machine with his foot, he felt that this thing was new.

When he got closer, he saw that this sewing machine sews things really fast!It's a long way to step on it.Moreover, the stitches are finer than those made by hand.

After looking at it, he asked, "Xiaoting! What is this?"

His sound frightened Xu Xiaoting, who was concentrating on it, and almost sprained the needle all at once.

Shouted: "Ah--Brother Wu Yang, why are you scaring me?"

Wu Yang saw Xu Xiaoting covering her chest with his hands, and he also wanted to reach out to rub her, but his face turned red just thinking about it.

I can only say apologetically: "Ah! I'm sorry! Ting! I didn't do it on purpose. I only saw you stepping on this one just now. It works very quickly, so I wanted to ask you what it is?"

"Oh! It's a sewing machine. My sister newly designed it and asked my uncle to make it. She also said that the dowry is only a dozen sewing machines!"

Xu Xiaoting was shocked and said.

Wu Yang heard from Xu Xiaoting that Xu Xiaomi's dowry to Xu Xiaoting was just a dozen sewing machines, and he thought it was pretty good.

Because, in this era, this is very novel!At this time, Wu Yang felt that Xu Xiaomi was an amazing woman.

Seeing that it was getting dark when Wu Yang came, Xu Xiaoting asked him to accompany her to Siweizhai.Now, it is winter, and the gate of the palace has long been closed.

Wu Yang accompanied Xu Xiaoting, and the two went to Siweizhai talking and laughing along the way.

Siweizhai's business in the capital is getting better and better.Later, Xu Xiaomi was next to him, bought a house, and opened up the walls on both sides, so that the guests could barely wait too long.

Now, Xu Xiaoting and Wu Yang have arrived at the entrance of Siweizhai, and saw a row of carriages parked at the entrance.

There is a waiter standing at the door, saying to the guest: "Guest officer! I'm sorry! There are really no more private rooms. If you want to sit in the private room, please wait for a while!"

If you would like to sit in the lobby, there is now a seat.you see? "

"That's fine! Just sit in the lobby! Come earlier next time!" The guests compromised.

Xu Xiaoting saw that there were no seats left.He said to Wu Yang beside him: "Brother Wu, let's go through the back door! There are too many people in front!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Yang hurriedly replied, "Okay!"

In fact, he also wanted to go through the back door, lest he meet acquaintances and let himself have a drink or two.This Siweizhai's wine is not in vain, it can make you drunk once you drink it.

Xu Xiaoting led Wu Yang to open the back door, the waiter saw that the second lady had come, and hurriedly asked, "Second lady, have you eaten yet?"

"no!"

Xu Xiaoting asked the buddy to make meals for her.It's rare for two people to eat together alone, so it's not used to sitting together at this time!

When Wu Yang saw his goddess, she sat very shyly across from her, so she stood up and helped Xu Xiaoting pick up vegetables.

"Come on! Xiaoting, eat quickly! It won't taste good if it gets cold!"

Xu Xiaoting still lowered her head, picking up the chopsticks in front of her coyly.He didn't even dare to look at his fiancé.

Just focusing on eating, Wu Yang saw her embarrassment, and said softly while eating: "Xiao Ting! You don't even look at me while eating, am I ugly?"

Xu Xiaoting has a gentle temperament and was originally simple. Hearing what he said, she felt nervous and choked on the food in her mouth.

"Pfft, cough cough..."

This time, Wu Yang saw that she choked up tears because of his own words.He hurriedly got up and walked behind Xu Xiaoting, and patted her on the back gently.

When Xu Xiaoting stopped coughing, she went to get her another cup of hot tea for her to drink.

(End of this chapter)