Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

The waiter quickly filled everyone's glasses with wine.

Chen Xianming couldn't wait to taste it. He took sip after sip, and the rich fruity flavor spread in his mouth.

"How did you do it?"

Lin Yinan picked up the wine glass, stared at him silently, with a faint smile on his face all the time.

"Sorry, I overstepped my bounds." Chen Xianming cursed himself for being too hasty.

After everyone tasted the wine, they all praised it.

Deng Kang asked, "City Lord Lin, could you sell me some lychee wine?"

Upon hearing this, the others looked at Lin Yinan expectantly.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on her, Lin Yinan cleared her throat and said, "We just arrived this year, and when we found the lychee orchard, the fruits were almost gone. We didn't pick many fruits, so naturally we didn't make much wine either."

Everyone couldn't hide the disappointment in their eyes after hearing this.

"However," Lin Yinan continued, "For the distinguished guests who come to Longtan, we will give each of them a jar when they leave. Of course, when the lychees are harvested this year, we can buy them from you. If you are willing to cooperate with us."

Patriarch Zhong nodded his head rapidly, "Yes! Of course! That couldn't be better."

There are many mountains in Huaizhou City, and the annual lychee production is higher than other places.

Chen Xianming and Deng Kang also nodded repeatedly, thinking that this suggestion was very good.

Wu Xingwang was delighted, thinking that the Longtan Winery could be opened this year.

The meal was enjoyed in a harmonious atmosphere and all the guests enjoyed it very much.

The investment promotion conference was held as scheduled in the lobby of the county government office. As many as one or two hundred merchants, both large and small, came to Longtan in search of business opportunities.

The purpose of attracting investment is to present Longtan to the world again and to increase the number of visitors and employment opportunities in Longtan.

As the host of this investment promotion conference, Wu Xingwang first took the stage to introduce to everyone the current population and land of Longtan, as well as the construction of shops and residential areas in the city.

At the same time, Lin Yiheng and his team distributed booklets of printed blueprints of shops and houses to the participating merchants, with the starting prices marked on them.

Chen Xianming did not participate in the bidding for the auction of shops and houses. He came today mainly to support Longtan.

The head of the Zhong family, who was sitting next to him, was holding a booklet, frowning and reading it over and over again. He and Chen Xianming came early and had been wandering around the city for the past two days, but they had not yet chosen a shop that suited their taste, let alone a house.

Finally, Wu Xingwang glanced at everyone present and said loudly, "One more thing. All the shops and houses in Longtan are not allowed to be used to operate gambling houses and brothels. Once discovered, they will be expelled from Longtan and severely punished!"

After he said that, the bidding process officially began, and the highest bidder won.

At this moment, a questioning voice appeared in the crowd, "Your Longtan is vast with few people, and you only have one industry, salt. Even if the shops and houses are newly built, I don't think they are worth the price."

As soon as he finished speaking, people around him started talking.

"There are so few people in the city. Even if they have a tax-free policy, who will you sell your goods to?"

"This place is so close to Xihe River, the Japanese pirates could come at any time, and the city wall might be just a useless decoration."

"I'm scared when you say that!"

"It looks very professional, but I walked down the street and didn't meet anyone for a long time."

Deng Kang, who was standing next to him, twitched his lips when he heard this. He sneered and shook his head, "Money is hard to earn, shit is hard to eat. If you want to make money, you have to pay something."

Too lazy to listen to the nagging of these cowardly small businessmen, Deng Kang, as the salt agent of Cangwu County, invested in three shops, two mansions, one halfway up the mountain, and one exquisite mansion.

"Who is that idiot with lots of money?"

"Hush! I think the person next to him is the steward of the Deng family in Cangwu County."

Two families recognized that the person who had just bid was Deng Kang. They also bid prices while whispering to each other and took over two shops and a small house.

The head of the Zhong family was still tossing and turning and hadn't made up his mind. Seeing him so conflicted, Chen Xianming, who knew the main business of the Zhong family, pointed his finger at the booklet.

"These two on the main street are good, and the two over here are also OK."

Seeing that he was calm and composed, the Zhong family leader asked curiously, "Why don't you choose?"

Chen Xianming sighed and pointed at the booklet, "These shops belong to our Chen family."

"Ah? When did you get the shop?"

“Before it was built.”

Thinking of the relationship between Chen Xianming and Longtan, the Zhong family master suddenly realized, "What about the house?"

Chen Xianming had no choice but to point them out to him one by one. The head of the Zhong family immediately decided to choose a villa and a house next to the Chen family. He would go wherever he was.

After spending a few days together, he found that Chen Xianming was much smarter than him.

After the head of the Zhong family shouted out the prices and bought several shops and houses, the discussions in the lobby became louder.

"Isn't the Zhong family a lackey of the Yu family? Why are they joining in the fun?"

The head of the Zhong family was so angry that he said, "Your whole family are lackeys."

Some people began to get anxious.

"What should I do? If I don't choose now, all the good positions will be taken by the big families."

Some people are calm and know everything.

"Who knows if this is a game played by the big family to lure us leeks into action and then reap the harvest."

Wu Xingwang narrowed his eyes and glanced at the people in the audience who had not yet made a move. He then gave a wink to the manager standing in the corner.

The people in the audience saw the manager coming up with a few people holding trays.

"I will now introduce our Longtan specialties. If you are interested, you may also try them."

"This is Yuanbao brown sugar, made from sugarcane using traditional production techniques. It has the effects of replenishing qi, soothing the stomach, helping the spleen digest food, replenishing blood and removing blood stasis. It also has the effects of dispelling cold and relieving pain. Last year, we built a sugar factory in Longtan, and this year we will increase production and put it into markets across the country."

Then the waiter walked around the lobby with a tray and cut a small piece for each participant to taste.

Before the sweet brown sugar had completely melted in the mouth, a strong aroma of wine wafted over everyone's nose.

Wine! They actually know how to make wine?

There were those who were greedy for wine and did not even bother to swallow the candy in their mouths. They just greedily and intoxicatedly sniffed the aroma of wine in the air.

"Mmm! It smells so good!"

If he still had concerns before, at this moment the drunkard would stay in Longtan no matter what for the sake of the wine.

So, although he had originally planned to only take pictures of one house, he gritted his teeth and took pictures of two shops and a house.

Next, the auction went extremely smoothly. Within an hour, the first batch of shops were sold out.

After this incident, Longtan’s reputation became famous throughout the southern region.

Nanzhou Prefecture, Yangjiao County, Hemawo Village.

Aunt Liang sat on a big rock in front of her shack, holding a needle and thread in her hand, looking at the patched clothes in her hands that she dared not rub even after washing, and sighed deeply. If she patched them, there was no place to sew, and if she didn't patch them, her flesh would be exposed, and she couldn't even hide her shame.

"Aunt Liang, are you mending clothes?"

She raised her eyelids and took a look at the person who came. It was Chen Dazui who had fled here with them. Aunt Liang just nodded and started thinking about how to insert the needle from the inside.

Chen Dazui, as the name suggests, comes from the fact that she has a big mouth.

Chen Dazui didn't care about Aunt Liang's coldness. Life was so hard, who could smile every day? Thinking of what she heard, she felt excited.

"Have you heard about what happened in Longtan County?"