Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 373 Making money every day

   At this time, in this thousand households, the original monarchs and ministers were drinking tea in a harmonious atmosphere!

  But soon, everyone became worried about the upcoming North Korean affairs.

  Liu Jian's heart ached, and he was reluctant to give up money and food.

  The North Korean war is actually meaningless. Once the war starts, so many soldiers and civilians will die for righteousness?

   Don’t fight, but it’s not going to happen. The arrow is on the string and has to be fired. The vassal states are all watching the Ming court.

  Faced with Li Long's insanity, if the court doesn't do anything!

   Then, it is bound to be dissatisfied.

  Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, is sitting here, looking very unconfident. In the regulations he reported, the money and food needed are countless, and 70,000 troops are needed!

  In order to supply the 70,000 troops, North Korea is far away from the pass, so at least 300,000 civilians need to be mobilized to deliver food and grass and guard the rear.

   Three hundred thousand.

  Spring is coming soon, and 300,000 young adults have delayed the farming season. This is a terrible thing.

   Li Dongyang also came here today, and he has never made a sound. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Households, but he has no thoughts at all when he comes to Xishan. The money, food and civilian husbands proposed by Ma Wensheng are not acceptable to the Ministry of Households.

At this time, Li Dongyang finally couldn't bear it and said: "Your Majesty, there is really no food here in the household department. In order to go to the West, several large warehouses in the capital have suffered a deficit. It is not easy to make up for this deficit. Now we have to Allocating so much money and food, it is not because the minister does not know the difficulties of the Mabutang, it is really hard for a clever woman to cook without rice."

  Emperor Hongzhi pondered and felt a headache.

He thought of Fang Jifan's memorial. Fang Jifan believed that Li Long was already angry in North Korea. Many soldiers and horses in Seoul were dissatisfied and resentful towards Li Long. As far as the Korean clan and nobles in Liaodong entered the dynasty, with the impetus of this external force, those guards who were dormant in Seoul were bound to attack! But…

  Is this reliable?

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head in his heart, not because he didn't believe in Fang Jifan, but thinking about it, if he put forward this point of view, all the ministers present would think that the feasibility is not high.

   After all, all Fang Jifan’s theoretical foundations are based on the premise that Li Long is a fool. Otherwise, how could he dare to do such a thing under the premise that he has not even controlled the army and horses in Seoul?

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said, "This year is really sad."

   After taking a sip of tea and expressing his emotions, he really felt that although he had spent a day of leisure in this Xishanfeng, he soon discovered that he was still burdened with a lot of troublesome things this day.

   All the ministers were speechless.

The so-called state affairs, in fact, are about money and food. There are mouths everywhere in the world, waiting for the rain and dew from the court. The more relief, the less war, and more voyages to the West. , the other places are a little more even.

   But when it comes to money, it's not easy to say.

  Everyone just sighed in their hearts.

  Seeing that the sky was getting late, Emperor Hongzhi was about to drive back to the palace!

Fang Jifan took a few disciples with him, carrying potatoes, fish, melons, and pork, and wrapped them all up, divided them into portions, and stuffed a few portions for Emperor Hongzhi. Others sent them one after another, and each gave two catties of meat , a few catties of potatoes, a fish, a melon, and some rare melons and fruits from Xishan.

"It's all worthless things." Fang Jifan tried his best to show a free and easy look: "And they are all dug out and caught by the big guys themselves. If you can't finish eating, you should take them back. It's not easy for everyone. Some Come often when you are free."

  Well, the key point is the last sentence, come when you have time.

  Of course, Fang Jifan really wanted to say, the next time we come, our farmhouse will have to collect money.

  Fang Jifan was about to suffocate this sentence with internal injuries, but he couldn't help it after all, and didn't say it.

   It doesn't matter, let's talk about money next time when we come here, it seems too vulgar to say it now, and it's hard for these old men to be served so happily that they can't spoil the scenery.

Fang Jifan's harmless appearance to humans and animals touched many people: "Well, well, this place is indeed a place for leisure, which is very beneficial. Don't worry, Uncle Xinjian, he will come. The useless children in the family should also be allowed to come and experience them. .”

   "Slow down, slow down!"

Everyone was happily carrying these worthless gadgets, as if they were touched in some way. Maybe it was because they were digging out, plucking, and catching things by themselves, so they cherished them very much, even though there were many troubles , but thinking of today's harvest, after being tired, the things in his hands feel very precious.

  Everyone put their troubles behind them again, and all of them were smiling.

  For many people, it finally dawned on them that potatoes are dug out of the ground and watermelons grow on the vine. It is said that even if you have never eaten pork, you have not seen a pig run?

   But in fact, although they often eat melons on weekdays, after the potatoes come out, they feel that they are rare, and they also ask their servants to buy a lot to eat, but if they have not seen it with their own eyes, they have never seen it like this.

   "In the future, there will be more and more agricultural products here. In a few days, I will try to grow grapes in a greenhouse. Then, please come and pick grapes!"

   "It will come." Liu Jian looked at Fang Jifan with a smile. This guy is actually quite sensible. He misunderstood him last time and thought he would send his son to die. Now that the misunderstanding has been clarified, Fang Jifan has to look at him differently.

Both Zhu Xiurong and Empress Zhang got into Fengjiao, Empress Zhang didn't ask about seeing a doctor, but Zhu Xiurong took out the cleaned plums from his sleeve and said: "Mother, the empress mother picked these by herself, and the minister washed them clean. I also brought it along the way, and gave it to my mother to eat on the way."

  Queen Zhang smiled and said: "What a good and obedient child."

  She tasted one: "I picked it myself, but it is different. This Fang Jifan is a man with real skills. You have to keep some and send some to the Empress Dowager."

   "Yes." Zhu Xiurong said with some regret: "It's a pity that my great-grandmother's health is getting worse. Otherwise, let her come here for a walk, she will also like it here, and she will be in a good mood."

  Queen Zhang said thoughtfully: "Yes, she is old..."

  Queen Zhang didn't continue talking.

  ...

  Nongjiale, such a vulgar word, is now very popular in Beijing.

  In the early morning of the next day, many people rushed to go. This is the place where His Majesty has lived. Even His Majesty agreed, can it be good?

  The rich and noble families in Beijing are like crucian carp crossing the river. There are many people who come here. These aristocrats who can't carry it on their shoulders or hands are now proud of digging out potatoes in Xishan.

   Even, in the farmhouse compound in Xishan, there is a blackboard specially hung, which records the rankings of the guests fishing and picking vegetables.

  Each activity takes the top ten, and the list is updated at any time. One of them caught 35 fish in a frenzied manner. This record has not been broken for half a month.

   Next, there is the reward for breaking the record. Anyone who can break the record will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver.

  Twenty taels is really not much, because if you want to come to Xishan, you have to pay three taels of silver, but many people never tire of it.

In fact, for many people, what they care about is not a few potatoes, not a few out-of-season watermelons. These things are really nothing to them. What comes out, tastes in the mouth.

  At the beginning, everyone was so exhausted that they were out of breath, and they even cursed and spent money to make things happen.

  Of course, in the farmhouse, many people also have the capital to brag about. After all, which of these wealthy sons has no land?

   As for the two brothers of the Zhang family who came the most times, the two brothers heard that they only need to pay three taels of silver, and they can take away as many fish and sweet potatoes as they catch.

   All of a sudden, going crazy.

They came early in the morning, the morning mist had not cleared, and the weather was cold. They were shivering, paid their money, and rushed into the potato field. They were as tired as dogs, and finally dragged and dragged. Get into the car with sacks of potatoes, and pull away the carts.

   With a happy face, he didn't bother to calculate the profit and loss. When he thought that his family would not be able to eat all the food, he was very happy.

As a result, on the record board of digging sweet potatoes, Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo have always been at the top, and the two broke the records of their brothers. It has become an unattainable mountain like Everest in the eyes of countless tourists, and no one can hold it back.

  In this way, these become conversation materials. With conversation materials, people who don’t like to come have to try it out, otherwise they won’t even be able to talk to relatives and friends in the future.

   During the peak period, around the end of the new year, the number of tourists actually exceeded 700.

  The ticket price alone is as high as two thousand taels. After excluding all kinds of expenses, sufficient income is guaranteed. However, apart from the Fang family getting a part of the net profit saved by the tickets, the staff will also give some to the thousands of households in the village!

  Although it is not much, for many people, it is just pocket money, but it also makes many people smile.

  They worked **** the fields, and the farmhouse has so many things to pick, thanks to these captains and wrestlers.

  As far as Fang Jifan is concerned, it is not tickets that really earn money.

   With tourists, especially a group of the best tourists from the Ming Dynasty, which one of these people doesn’t have a thousand hectares of fertile land at home and a cloud of servants?

  Even if these sons and brothers don’t come to the farmhouse in Xishan, they will spend a lot of money in the golden cave!

   Now that there are tourists, the souvenir shop here in Xishan has also opened, selling some handicrafts, the price is... black, very black, all kinds of wooden figures carved by a carpenter are priced in silver.

  Of course, I have come here, and I will inevitably regret it if I don’t bring some unique things back.

   In addition, various wine shops and inns have also sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

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