Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 58
The main room of the Gu family was full of joy, the laughter of adults and the noise of children could be heard endlessly.Today, in order to welcome her daughter and uncle, Mrs. Song specially ordered the daughters-in-law to cook a lot of delicious dishes, and the table was full of dishes.Gu Qianhu ordered his servants to place the bells and chopsticks, and everyone drank happily as a family.

Sitting at the table, besides Gu Qianhu and Song Shi, were Gu Yunniang's four elder brothers, and their respective wives, Zhao Shi, Jing Shi, Feng Shi, Fang Shi, etc.There was also Gu Dadao, the son of Gu Yunniang's eldest brother, Gu Shiyin, and the children of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and the seat was full.

Gu Shiyin's wife is the Zhao family. She is about 40 years old this year. She wears a sky-blue satin suit, an official green satin train, and a beaded crown on her head. She is the wife of a thousand households, so she can naturally wear a crown.The other daughters-in-law are dressed in backs or bijia, and silver silk buns on their heads.The women looked at Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang from time to time, laughing and discussing something.Huang Laifu knew without thinking that it must be a gossip among women.

"Come, brother-in-law, have another drink."

Gu Shiyin said to Huang Laifu proudly, while filling Huang Laifu's cup with wine.Today, all the people drank at the banquet were Shanxi Fenjiu, which was naturally a good wine, and it was also a kind of filial wine for Gu Shiyin. Usually he was reluctant to drink it, but today he took it out and drank it.

"Okay, Brother Gu, please." Huang Laifu did not make any gestures, drank a drink with Gu Shiyin, and drank it all down.

"Okay, good drinker." Gu Shiyin laughed loudly, raised his big finger at Huang Laifu, and wanted to take the jug to fill Huang Laifu's glass.

"Brother, you want to get Brother Laifu drunk." Gu Yunniang said coquettishly, reaching out her hand to stop Gu Shiyin's movement.

"Oh, oh... My sister loves my brother-in-law... No matter what, let's eat vegetables, come, Lingbin eats vegetables." Gu Shiyin laughed and persuaded Huang Lingbin who was beside Huang Laifu to eat vegetables.

Seeing Gu Yunniang like this, the daughters-in-law next to her snickered, and Gu Qianhu and Song Shi looked at each other and laughed.Gu Yunniang's face was a little red, and she glared at everyone.

"I didn't expect that Wuzhai Fort developed so well, and my brother-in-law is the best..." Gu Shiyin couldn't help sighing while drinking heavily.After listening to Huang Laifu's Wuzhaibao "development report" just now, everyone felt a little inconceivable.

Gu Yunniang looked a little proud: "Brother, this is because Brother Laifu made various waterwheels and other things, so that the various farms in Wuzhaibao will not have to worry about waterless irrigation. With water, those fields will naturally grow well. .”

Gu Qianhu said: "Indeed, my father has been living in Wuzhaibao for the past few months, and I watched the development of those farms in Laifu. Looking at the current situation, it is certain that there will be a bumper harvest after autumn. "

Gu Shiyin was thoughtful, murmured for a while, and said to Huang Laifu: "Brother-in-law, do you think those waterwheels are really so good? If so, your eldest brother has some fields at home. Look?"

Huang Laifu said: "As long as the elder brother needs it, what is a mere water truck? I will send someone to order, and the water truck and other things that the elder brother needs will be delivered. I wonder how many elder brothers need?"

When everyone was smiling, the third elder brother Gu Shibao sighed and said: "I'm afraid that even if we use water trucks for the fields of our family, the income will not increase much. To be honest, those fields are too bad. I lived with my brother-in-law in Wuzhaibao. The fields are far incomparable."

Gu Shibao is 35 years old this year. Compared with Gu Shiyin, he looks thinner. His face is tanned by the sun, but he is in good spirits. He has been in charge of taking care of the Gu family's fields all these years, so he knows his own situation well .The Gu family has a total of nearly a thousand acres of land in the military settlements of Kelan Prefecture, but most of the fertile land along the river in Kelan Prefecture belongs to private households in the prefecture.

The land of the military households was already very barren. Although the Gu family occupied some of the fields of the military households, even in a good year, the harvest was not much. Now it is a disaster year, and the harvest is three or two a year.Even if you have waterwheels and other things right now, you can at most restore the harvest to a good year, but in fact it is still not much.Gu Shibao has been taking care of his own fields all these years, to be honest, he has become a little discouraged.

The fourth brother Gu Shitong, who is 30 years old this year, has a white face and a beardless body, said: "It is better to have a harvest than to have no harvest. Third brother, what can you do if you don't manage your own fields?" Gu Shitong has been Kelanzhou City operates several shops, so the concept of the field is not very clear.

Gu Shibao glanced at Huang Laifu, but did not speak. He had just heard Huang Laifu's words that Wuzhaibao had reclaimed hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and it would continue to be reclaimed next year. This kind of grandeur surprised Gu Shibao and also touched his heart. Itching, thinking that if he could manage the fields in Wuzhaibao, it would be much better than managing his own small fields in Kelan Prefecture.But he was embarrassed to say this.

Huang Laifu said: "Indeed, on the way to Kelan Prefecture, my younger brother, I have carefully looked at it. The fields in the Kelan army station are barren, and even if they are operated, they are not very interesting, and those more fertile civilian fields are us. No way. But my younger brother has discovered another way of making money, I wonder if Gu Shibo and the brothers are interested?"

Everyone was interested and said: "What kind of money?"

Huang Laifu said: "My little brother sees that there are many pastures in Kelan, they can raise sheep vigorously, the mutton can be eaten, and the cashmere can be made into various things for sale. Less than a few thousand taels, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver, I wonder if any brothers are interested in doing it?"

The prefectures and counties around Wuzhaibao are naturally Huang Laifu's focus, so Huang Laifu also learned a lot about Kelan's information on the computer.Kelan of later generations has the honorable reputation of "Kelan riding on the back of sheep" and "the first county of cashmere goats in Sanjin". It raises nearly 50 sheep and produces 300 tons of cashmere per year.Although the cashmere goats at this time cannot be compared with the high-quality and high-yield cashmere goats of later generations, considering the limitations of history, as long as the number reaches a certain level, Huang Laifu is satisfied.

After these cashmere goats are grown, the mutton is delicious, and the cashmere can be made into sheep shearing products, such as: various carpets, cushions, carriage cushions, gloves, fur coats worn by ladies, etc., which are noble, comfortable and warm. , the market is very extensive.

After hearing Huang Laifu's words, Gu Shiyin and others were dumbfounded. Except for Gu Qianhu and Gu Yunniang, everyone was hissing. Gu Shiyin tried his best to deduct the military salary, and in addition to collecting protection fees from shops in the city of Kelanzhou, he only reaped 300 taels of silver every year.

Gu Shitong opened a few shops in Kelanzhou City, and the annual profit is less than 200 taels. Gu Shibao is even worse, managing some of the Gu family's fields, and the annual profit is less than [-] taels.But Huang Laifu said thousands of taels, or even tens of thousands of taels at once.All of a sudden, everyone was too shocked to speak.

A very tempting opportunity, a tempting prospect, who can resist this temptation?

After a while, Gu Shiyin's wife, Mrs. Zhao, came back to her senses. She smiled and said, "Look, Laifu is Laifu. This move is just a different idea. What else can I say? It seems that Fu is doing it in Wuzhaibao Some of the big things, everything is not bad, he always makes money when he proposes this matter. His father, uncles, what else can you not agree to?"

Mrs. Zhao is a very utilitarian person. Seeing this good opportunity, she naturally wouldn't let her man let her go.Seeing this, several other women also spoke out one after another.

Gu Shiyin came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law's courage really surprised my big brother. I really can't see it. A few years ago, I didn't realize that Laifu is so capable. It's really a big change from a man."

Gu Qianhu stroked his beard and smiled: "It's no wonder you are surprised, but if you have stayed in Wuzhai Fort for a few months, you won't have such thoughts. Speaking of which, Wuzhai Fort is really a good place now. I don’t want to come back.”

Mrs. Song smiled at Gu Yunniang: "I didn't expect my son-in-law to be so promising, and my daughter is the lucky one."

The daughters-in-law congratulated and made fun of Gu Yunniang. Gu Yunniang blushed and said angrily, "If you laugh at me again, Yunniang will ignore you." As she spoke, she gave Huang Laifu an affectionate look.

And some servants standing next to him also looked at Huang Laifu with surprised eyes, thinking: "This uncle is so powerful, he just settled on tens of thousands of taels of silver." Huang Lingbin, who was sitting beside the table, There are also Jiang Dazhong, Yang Xiaolu and other Huang family who are standing not far away. Seeing this situation, they are all very proud.

This matter is settled in this way, and the next step is to discuss the specific details. Specifically, it is a joint venture between the two companies. Zhaibao deep processing, after earning money, according to a certain proportion of sharing.There is also mutton, which of course Huang Laifu needs.

The discussion among the people was very heated, what should be done, and what should be paid attention to. Gu Shiyin finally said: "Money is easy to handle. My brother-in-law is rich and powerful, so my brother-in-law pays for the bulk of the money. It's easy to say labor, just let the military households under him do it. At most, recruit some refugees. Now there are a lot of refugees in the city of Kelan Prefecture, as long as each person is given a few buckets of rice every month, they will all rush to do it. There is a problem, most of the pastures in Kelan Prefecture are under the jurisdiction of Zhizhou , If you want to use these pastures, you need to inform and discuss with the Zhizhou adults, and you will have to send money again."

Gu Qianhu said: "It's easy to talk about Zhizhou. The commander made Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhizhou befriend each other, so the old man sold his face and entrusted Mr. Liu to talk about the matter. However, it is inevitable to divide Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhizhou in the matter of pasture cashmere sheep. One for adults."

Everyone said: "It would be great to have Master Liu and Master Zhizhou participate. Although the money earned will be less, it is safe."

Gu Qianhu said to Huang Laifu: "Nephew, tomorrow you and I will visit Mr. Liu."

Huang Laifu bowed his head and said: "Uncle Gu, my nephew is going to pay a visit to Commander."

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