Blessed Daughter

The small face is fair, and the eyes are clear.

In a trance, Wei Mingting couldn't help but think about the playful, cute and lively appearance of his daughter when she was young.

It seemed that a little girl with a sweet smile appeared in front of her and ran towards her with a smile, shouting "Daddy" incessantly.

When Wanwan was a child, she was also white, tender and cute, but every time she saw him, she was a little timid and cautious, and she even called her daddy in a small voice.

If it was Ruo'er, she wouldn't be afraid of him, and would act like a baby with him openly.

It's a pity that fate tricked people, he missed these after all.

"Father?" Wei Ruo noticed that Wei Mingting was looking at him in a daze.

Wei Mingting came back to his senses and realized his gaffe.

"Ruo'er, I don't know how to thank you as a father." Wei Mingting wandered warmly in his heart.

"Father doesn't need to thank me for this matter. Yingying and I sent these medicinal materials not only for my father, but also for the whole army and for the good of the people." Wei Ruo replied.

It really doesn't matter whether Mr. Qian is Wei Mingting or anyone else, as long as he is not a villain, Wei Ruo and Xie Ying will give away the medicinal materials today.

"No matter what, the Anti-Japanese Army owes you and Miss Xie a debt, the wounded soldiers owe you a debt, and your father owes you a debt." Wei Mingting said in a solemn tone.

"Father, let's talk about these things after the war is over. I know you are still busy, so I won't disturb you for now. After Yingying and I sort out the remaining medicinal materials, I will send them to you." Wei Ruo said.

"Okay, be careful on the way back."

Wei Mingting exhorted, and then reluctantly watched Wei Ruo walk out of his tent.

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After Wei Ruo gave the medicinal materials to the Anti-Japanese Army, he didn't continue to take care of the affairs of Xingshan County, and set off to Fucheng with Mrs. Yuan.

After arriving in Fucheng, Wei Ruo lived in Tianqin Garden under the arrangement of Mrs. Yuan.

After arriving here, Wei Ruo has no restraint, and no longer needs to come here cautiously like when he was in Xiaowei's mansion.

Early the next morning after staying here, Wei Ruo took Xiumei to Zhuangzi.

Wei Ruo met Xu Zhushan and the manager of Zhuangzi.

The person in charge is a man in his forties, surnamed Yu, with a hunchback figure and thin face, but he looks honest and responsible.

Uncle Xu has been here for a few days, and the person in charge didn't rely on Uncle Xu to be honest and concealed something from him, but instead accompanied him to do business respectfully.

During this period of time, Xu Zhushan has figured out and smoothed out the situation in Zhuangzi.

Wei Ruo called the two to him and asked about the situation of other lands near them.

Then Wei Ruo ordered: "Well, you can help me find out that there are lands for sale and mortgages nearby, and we will take them all."

"Miss, are you going to take over a large area of ​​land?" Manager Yu was a little surprised.

"Well, take over the land." Wei Ruo was firm.

"But miss, the weather has been bad recently, and the crops are in short supply in various places. I'm afraid it's...not suitable for harvesting here." Manager Yu reminded.

"It's okay, as long as the price is right, we'll just collect it." Wei Ruo naturally knew this, but she had already made up her mind to do so.

Now that the grain production is decreasing, it is the time when the land price is low. Wei Ruo plans to take advantage of this opportunity to buy more land and expand the industry.

And Wei Ruo happened to have the one hundred taels of gold in his hand, and he had the capital to buy the land.

"Then... what about manpower? Miss, if we buy the land, we will definitely need more manpower." Manager Yu asked again.

Now these people on the Zhuangzi are only enough to manage the fields on their Zhuangzi. If there is too much land, there will be insufficient manpower.

"Employ those poor peasants who lost their land, refugees." Wei Ruo said.

"Hire poor peasants and refugees?" The manager was a little surprised.

The poor peasants are fine, but the refugees are a little surprised.

Manager Yu thought about it for a while, and then said to Wei Ruo: "Miss, the home of the refugees has no fixed place, it is difficult to find out the details, it is not easy to manage, and it is easy to make troubles..."

"I know that it will take more energy, and the hidden dangers will be greater than only hiring local residents who know the basics, but I am willing to make such an attempt."

Of course, Wei Ruo thought about inviting him out. She must have thought about it if she was willing to do so. Even though it would be relatively difficult to manage and prone to some mistakes, she didn't want to kill all of them with one shot just because she was afraid of such troubles. refugees.

Because these people are the most vulnerable and most need a breadwinner.

"Okay, I'll go to Zhang Luo to make arrangements." Manager Yu immediately started to do it.

Wei Ruo and Xiumei followed Xu Zhushan to inspect the situation in the Zhuangzi. The land that Madam Yuan gave to the Zhuangzi was indeed better than the average ones, and the soil was fertile. Now that the renovation of the soil has been completed, it will be possible to plant the crops brought by Wei Ruo soon. New wheat has been planted.

Regarding the sowing of wheat at this time, the long-term laborers on the village have many opinions. They think that the wheat planted at this time is probably difficult to grow well.

Although they didn't believe it in their hearts, they still did what the stewards told them to do.

Wei Ruo has no objection to this. After all, it is indeed past the normal wheat sowing time. It is natural for them to be worried, as long as they can do their jobs well.

Wei Ruo worked on Zhuangzi for two days, arranged all the things that should be arranged, and then took Wei Ruo to wander around Fucheng Street.

It seems to be wandering, but it is actually picking the right store.

Originally opened a shop in Fucheng, a foreigner with no background like her may not be able to do it even if she has money, but she has the support of Mrs. Yuan, so this trouble is avoided.

Although the sky is high here and the emperor is far away, the people in the Captain's Mansion will not know, but just to be careful, Wei Ruo put on a veiled hat when going out.

After all, as a daughter of a clan, it is reasonable to be concerned about farming, but it is unreasonable to open a shop on the street.

The two walked around for two days, and Wei Ruo finally took a fancy to two side-by-side shops near Zuixianju.

The price of the store is not cheap, but Wei Ruo thinks that the location is suitable and worthy of the price.

Wei Ruo loves money, but as long as it is worth the money, she will spend it without hesitation, and she is reluctant to let her children not be caught by wolves.

One of them, Wei Ruo, plans to open another branch of Sibaozhai.

The four treasures of the study must sell better in places where the nobles gather and there are many students, and the prefecture must be better than the county.

Only in this way, she had to find a way to expand the scale of her papermaking workshop.

The other three items of the Four Treasures of the Study are not produced by Wei Ruo's own workshop, but purchased by other shops that Wei Ruo contacted, and the quantity is sufficient; only this paper is produced by himself, and the output is limited.

Therefore, Sibaozhai has always sold paper in limited quantities, and sold other products as much as possible in order to increase sales.