The cannon fodder of fast wear, she chooses to farm

Chapter 59 The Female Matchmaker Chooses Farming (8) (First Order!)

At the same time, the convoy of Prince Jinnan's Mansion finally entered the border of Baigui County before nightfall, and stayed in a nearby small village called Yunshanzhai.

The houses here are all bamboo buildings.

Xu Yin had never lived in a bamboo house before, so it was a novelty.

There was no glass in this era. The windows of the inn I lived in before were pasted with yellowed rough paper. The villages at the foot of the strange mountain and the bamboo buildings in front of me used curtains, hand-woven grass curtains or bamboo curtains.

Maybe it's because it's located in Nanban, where the humidity is heavy, and the paper-pasted windows are prone to damp and mildew.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the price of paper is too expensive, and the local people can't even eat enough to eat, so naturally they can't afford it.

Xu Yin stroked the tip of her chin, she had a glass formula, and she gave it to the current emperor anonymously when she was a peasant girl.

It's just that Yanhua's emperor doesn't seem to be very good.

Less than a year after the first empress passed away, she promoted the eldest prince's biological mother, the favored imperial concubine, to become the successor empress.

If the prince hadn't won the hearts of the people at that time and had military exploits, he might have been abolished ten years ago.

Although he still has a title and a fief now, that is the illustrious military exploits he has accumulated over the years, so that the emperor really can't find enough excuses to push him to the end all at once.

King Jinnan is also her nominal husband. If the emperor treats him like this, if her wife still presents the glass formula, it is not the same as being slapped on the left cheek and stretching the right cheek forward. Is it the same as continuing to fan?

It's better to find a chance for King Jinnan, so that the fat will not flow to outsiders.

While pondering, Xu Yin leaned against the window to watch the evening scene outside the bamboo building.Behind the buildings, there is a sea of ​​bamboo, and to the north, there is still the Nanling Mountains, which are more stretched than Baiyue County.

This bamboo forest is like a natural barrier, blocking the wanton miasma in Nanling.

"Is it because it's far away from the strange mountain, so the popularity here is relatively better? Because there is less fear?" Xu Yin asked Mother Feng.

Mother Feng hesitated to speak.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

"The old slave also hears it." Feng Nao leaned into Xu Yin's ear and told the gossip she heard from the guards, "It is said that the tax in Baiyue County is higher than that of other counties, and the life of the people is more expensive than other counties. Counties are tough."

Xu Yin asked in surprise, "Aren't the taxes unified?"

"The old slave also heard about it."

Xu Yin pondered: "You can hear it, and King Jinnan must have heard it too. I don't know how he reacted. Maybe I'm looking for a local to inquire about the tax situation..."

Yan Kejin was indeed as Xu Yin guessed, summoning the village master of Yunshan in his tent.

The village owner didn't know Yan Kejin's identity, he only said that he was a nobleman from the Central Plains, and wanted to go to the prefecture of Baigui County. Hearing him ask about the situation in Baigui County, he naturally told everything he knew.

After the village owner left, Yan Qi expressed his opinion: "The sheriff of Baigui County sounds pretty good."

Rubbing the clear white porcelain cup with her fingertips, Yan Kejin chuckled, "It's not bad if you don't eat the inside out and increase the tax randomly? Your requirements are a little low."

Yan Qi bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "This subordinate has exceeded the distance."

Yan Kejin waved her hand, and asked casually: "How is her side? Is everything settled?"

The implication: Didn't make any trouble?

Yan Qi: "Speaking of which, the concubine seems quite satisfied with the house here, she took her maid upstairs as soon as she arrived, and has never come down."

Xu Yin was more than satisfied. Before dinner time, she took a charcoal pencil and listed the uses of the bamboo forest, thinking about the bamboo industry.

Different types of bamboo shoots in different seasons can be eaten fresh, dried or canned.

There are also bamboo stalks, and the chicken soup with bamboo stalks is so delicious.

Bamboo itself is also very versatile. In addition to building houses and making furniture, handicrafts and daily necessities can also be made of bamboo.

Burning bamboo charcoal can also be made into activated carbon powder packs, handmade carbon soap, etc...

Listed in this way, the entire bamboo mountain behind Yunshan village is like a cornucopia.

In Xu Yin's writing and painting room, the maids went upstairs with food boxes and earthen pots, and it was time for dinner.

"Girl, these dishes were made by the chef of the palace, and these dishes were sent by the host's house. Do you think it suits your appetite?"

Xu Yin saw it and was happy.

Isn't the chicken soup with bamboo fungus that she just craved just now in the crock.

The chicken is a domestic chicken raised in the bamboo forest. It is stewed with bamboo fungus, which is super delicious.

There is also a special feature in the village - fragrant rice in bamboo tubes.

The other few dishes were meals sent by the prince, and they were all Beijing-style dishes.

Xu Yin couldn't help but feel her taste buds twitch, and immediately asked Nanny Feng and the maids to eat together.

After eating and drinking enough, Madam Feng picked out a few cotton cloths and gave them to the women in the village as a thank you gift.

"Besides, Mammy, ask them for me if they would like to take over the business."

She wanted to order a batch of bamboo products: bamboo plaques for silkworm rearing, baskets for grain storage, mats for drying fruits and vegetables, dustpans, baskets, bamboo rakes and other agricultural tools.

There are a lot of them, if Yunshanzhai is willing to take this job, they will not treat them badly in terms of money.

After returning, Mother Feng reported: "Girl is very kind! Everyone in Yunshan Village is very happy to take this job. It's just that they don't want money, they just want to change some seasonings such as fabrics, sugar and salt. Look..."

"What kind of embarrassment is this, as long as they agree." Xu Yin heard that it was such a small request, and she felt no pressure. She didn't want to stock up too much fabric and seasoning. "After signing the contract, what kind of fabric and what kind of fabric do you want?" Several seasonings, let them choose by themselves."

In terms of supplies, there is no need to divide the deposit and final payment, and when it is paid in full, it can also reduce the burden on her huge team of mules and horses.

"Let them pick after signing the contract? Don't you wait for the delivery?" Mother Feng said in surprise.I was worried that my master would be deceived.

Xu Yin smiled: "Do you think they have the guts?"

Naturally there is not.

To be able to do business with such a reasonable and noble person is something everyone in Yunshan Village can only wish for.

If the nobles are satisfied, just give them some rewards, which may be their income for a year of hard work.

Even if no rewards were given, the amount of this order was not small, and the cloth, seasonings and other materials exchanged were enough for them to live a good year.Representatives were elected immediately to sign the contract.

After Yan Qi heard about it, he immediately reported it to King Jinnan.

Yan Kejin couldn't help pondering the deep meaning behind Xu Yin's move: "What are you ordering so many bamboo products for? Just because they look good and put them away for appreciation?"

But the picture looks good, why not a batch of bamboo carving ornaments?Aren't those more pleasing to the eye?What to do with the daily necessities that these farmers can only use?
Suddenly, his heart moved.

Thinking of the grain and vegetable seeds, spring silkworms and poultry she sent people to buy along the way, could it be that she is preparing for these?

So, when she arrives in Fucheng, is she really going to let people plant and breed wildly?
King Jinnan guessed the direction roughly, but not completely.

Xu Yin not only wants the people below to reclaim and plant, she also wants to go to the field herself, otherwise how can the high-yield and high-quality top-level seeds produced by the system be mixed with the bag of exotic seeds bought by Hu merchants without anyone knowing? What about trial planting?

(End of this chapter)