Blessed Daughter

"Mother, please tell me." Wei Ruo vaguely guessed something.

"It's like this. Recently, Taizhou Prefecture and even the whole of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have suffered a sudden drop in temperature, and many crops have been frozen to death." Yun said with a sigh, with a gloomy face on his face.

"Daughter has heard something." Wei Ruo replied.

"Yeah, you care about farming the most, so you know about these things." Yun said.

Wei Ruo didn't answer, and waited for Yun to continue.

Yun looked at Wei Ruo, thought for a moment, and then said: "Our family has two properties in Taizhou Prefecture, one is in Xingshan County, as you know, I planted sweet potatoes in that mountainous area, and the other is in Xingshan County. One is the land that was bought after coming to Fucheng, and now it has been affected, and the two places have been discounted by 30% each."

I don't know if it's because of the mismanagement of the people under the Yun family or what, but the percentage of crop damage on the Wei family's field is higher than that of Wei Ruo's own field.

Wei Ruo is not surprised by this. After this wave of cold wave, it is considered good to be able to save 70% of the people in Taizhou Prefecture.

Yun then asked Wei Ruo: "Ruo'er, is there a way to get some more seedlings now?"

Sure enough, he was looking for her for the matter of rice seedlings, Wei Ruo guessed right.

"Mother, I have no place to get you seedlings at this time. Even if there are seedlings that have not been divided, they must have been frozen by now." Wei Ruo replied.

She really didn't have any extra seedlings. The batch on Fucheng Zhuangzi was already the last batch, and they were planted so late in order to wait for the wheat to be harvested.

Those batches that are not enough to grow in their own fields cannot be allocated to others.

Wei Ruo still had rice seeds, but Yun didn't ask her about them, so Wei Ruo didn't mention them.

Hearing Wei Ruo's answer, Yun's eyes flashed with disappointment.

"Hey, there is no way to do this." Yun sighed.

"Um."

Yun said again: "If you know, is there any remedy for those sweet potatoes? Is it too late to divide the vines and plant them now?"

Sweet potatoes don’t need to grow seedlings in advance like rice, they can live by cutting vines, and sweet potatoes are not short of vines. Yun knew that the earliest sweet potato planters in Xingshan County often cut vines to sell. It can be seen that cutting off some sweet potato vines had little effect on growth.

I just don't know if the vines cut now can still grow as well as those cut earlier.

"It shouldn't be a problem to manage well." Wei Ruo replied.

The sweet potatoes she planted on Xiaoyang Mountain were the same as those recently planted on the sand near Shitou Village. Some were damaged. The reason why it didn't become a problem was that Wei Ruo knew how to remedy it.

With Wei Ruo's remedial measures, as long as the subsequent weather is normal, the sweet potato harvest will basically not be greatly affected.

Hearing Wei Ruo's affirmative answer, Yun was a little relieved, and she said frankly to Wei Ruo: "Ruo'er, the cold wave of these few days has had a great impact on Taizhou Prefecture and even the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. The court attaches great importance to it. Said that the imperial envoy was specially sent to inspect."

"Yeah." Wei Ruo's expression was flat, and his answer was very simple.

"According to this situation, my mother is very worried that this year's schedule will not be better than last year's. By then, the grain harvest will not be harvested, and I am afraid that there will be trouble again." Yun's face was full of sadness.

On one side is the war that may resume at any time, and on the other side is the unpredictable weather.

If this tossing continues, not to mention that ordinary people can't stand it, even people like them will be hit hard.

"Um."

Of course Wei Ruo knew what Yun said. Last year's season was not good, and the lack of grain harvest was only due to the low temperature throughout the year, insufficient sunlight, irregular wind and rain, and extreme weather only appeared after the autumn harvest.

However, just after the Dragon Boat Festival this year, an extreme situation occurred, which directly had a huge impact on agriculture. This is not a good sign.

But facing Yun's, Wei Ruo didn't say much.

Looking at Wei Ruo's indifferent face, Yun said, "Ruo'er, you have always had a lot of ideas in this regard, do you have any good ways to help everyone increase food production?"

"I don't know too much, and I don't have a particularly good way for now." Wei Ruo declined.

"That's right. This is a natural disaster. It's a big problem that the imperial court can't solve. How can you, a woman, say that you can solve it? Mother is thinking too much."

Yun's was a little disappointed, but she also felt that it was reasonable. It was already a very lucky thing for the eldest daughter to be praised by the Seventh Prince for improving the soil, and there may not be a way for everything.

Thinking of this, the Yun family didn't want to keep Wei Ruo any longer, "Forget it, let's think about this matter yourself, you must be tired just after class, go back to Tingsongyuan to rest first, and come back later for dinner .”

"Um."

Wei Ruo left Cangyun Garden and quickly returned to Tingsong Garden.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the courtyard, Wei Ruo told Xiumei: "Meimei, please help me ask Mr. Wang for leave tomorrow morning, I plan to buy another Zhuangzi."

"Miss is going to buy Zhuangzi again?" Xiumei asked.

"Well, in the past few months, Sibaozhai, Lomei Shop, Grain Shop and the cooperation with Zuixianju have earned me a lot of money, which is enough for me to buy another Zhuangzi." Wei Ruo said.

As soon as Wei Ruo saved one thousand taels, he wanted to exchange it for land so that he could grow more crops.

One is because it is easier to buy Zhuangzi at this time, and secondly, buying Zhuangzi at this time still has a chance to get more grain. Wei Ruo feels that the worse the age is, the more he should find a way to produce more grain. Come on, it's not just money, it's life!

"Miss, it's no problem if you want to buy the farm, but the slaves are afraid that you won't be able to manage it. It's enough for the manager Yu to take care of the two thousand acres of land. The nanny and Uncle Xu have to take care of it too. No matter how much you have, you have to find someone else. " Xiumei said.

"This time, Zhuangzi, we don't hire long-term workers. Like most other Zhuangzi, we use tenants and collect rent." Wei Ruo said.

The way of hiring permanent workers is relatively troublesome to manage, but Wei Ruo can change the crops to be planted at will, which is convenient for her to do trial planting and experiments on Zhuangzi.

It is relatively simpler to collect rent directly, and it is also easier to manage. Many large families and those with a lot of land use this method.

"That's fine, as long as you don't tire the lady, you can do whatever you want." Xiumei never questioned Wei Ruo's decision, she was just worried that Wei Ruo was too tired.

"Don't worry about that. Miss your family, I love money, but I cherish life even more. You have to save your life to spend money well. The greatest tragedy in life is that money is still there after death. I am not such a stupid person." Wei Ruodao .

"That's good!" Xiumei laughed.

In the evening, Wei Ruo stretched after reading the account books of the past few days, and when he looked at the dim oil lamp at the corner of the table, Wei Jinyi suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

With a handsome and beautiful face, a cold and distant expression, but a pair of gentle eyes.

I don't know how the second brother is doing now.

After thinking for a while, Wei Ruo took out the letter paper, picked up a pen and started writing.