To Rule in a Turbulent World

You Miao was thinking about the kindness these uncles treated him, so she went to the door in person, gave the fur to those houses, and had a conversation with the uncles and brothers. For each business, You Miao toasted with a smile, and then talked about Jiangbo Villa.

A cousin said: "I said that Boy You is not just waiting to die, look at it, look at it?"

All the uncles laughed. You Miao was clever by nature and could act like a baby. He was favored since he was a child, and his cousins ​​liked him very much.

You Miao said: "There is no one planting the land now, hey, we have to find a way after the spring begins."

Another cousin said: "It's not easy to find a human race? You go to the Yangzhou mansion and tell the magistrate of Zhizhou that if there are people who want to do business in the spring of the coming year, they will be sent to your villa. Either find Your uncle from Shaoyuan Tea House, what are you calling?"

"Qiao Jue," someone said.

Several people nodded, and my cousin said again: "That guy Qiao Jue is an adult, and he is a good bargainer. If you come to look for him, he will definitely take you to the city where there are many prostitutes." Those who make a living, give some money, buy some people to go back, hire long-term workers, recruit tenants, they are all there, just go there, it is not easy to find people? The difficulty is that you can get enough food to support so many mouths !"

You Miao nodded, and the uncle said slowly, "Since you have come out, you have to do something for your father to see. I also said that Miaozi is not that dull."

You Miao said: "Second Uncle write a letter for me, I'll take it to Yangzhou Mansion and knock on the door."

"That's natural." Tang Bo said: "After the first lunar month, I will write a letter and send it directly to Yangzhou Mansion, so you don't have to worry about it."

You Miao finally felt relieved, and asked about the current business. Half of Yangzhou Youfu has land, and half is for business. There are more than 300 hectares of good land handed down from the ancestors, planting tea and mulberry, silkworm brocade, and castor. , Meizi... Some clansmen are sitting on fertile land and hiring people to farm it.The clever ones in the other rooms took their goods and sold them.

Youfu's green plum wine is well-known in the south of the Yangtze River, and the court tribute is also this kind of good wine, not to mention Yangzhou embroidery.

The Youjia in Liuzhou is from the place where You Dechuan was born. He owns dozens of hectares of salt fields. He mainly sells salt, hires people to transport fish, shrimp and seafood, and resells imported seafood.What corals, pearls, seashells, agarwood, etc.

You Miao just wanted to know what makes money. After asking around, all the cousins ​​said: These days, as long as you know how to do business, you can make money from anything.

You Miao said: "But I have to choose something."

"Grow tea to make money." My cousin who played well with You Miao since childhood joked: "Look at your father, one tael of tea leaves and one tael of gold, and the best Jasper and Qingfeng, don't you make money? Junshan Silver Mist, two taels of silver A tea or two..."

The young uncle said: "Miaozi wants to grow tea, so why do I need to find his father? Look for Shaoyuan Tea House."

"No." Someone said: "Shaoyuan Tea House has good tea seedlings, but they can't sell them. In the past few years, hey..."

Yu people signaled him not to speak too much, since it is also You Miao's uncle's house after all, but You Miao's heart moved, and he asked his uncle's house for some tea seedlings, and it would be fine to plant them in his own Jiangbo villa. Isn't the water and soil in the Jiangbei area just right for planting trees? ?

"Planting mulberry is also good." A cousin said: "Silk was expensive ten years ago, and several landlords in the south of the Yangtze River cut down the fruit trees to plant mulberry. As a result, the price of silk plummeted a few years ago, and everyone lost their money, so they had to I also cut down the mulberry trees to plant tea, and after careful calculation, the price of silk has to rise slowly again in the past few years."

You Miao thought it was reliable, and said, "Where's the oil?"

"Rapeseed." Someone said: "This one is quite successful, but the fields here in Yangzhou are foggy all day long, and it is raining yellow plum rain, so it is not easy to plant."

"Oil has been expensive these past few years." Uncle Tang said, "Miaozi, you might as well grow some rapeseed. I will collect it and sell it to you for [-] cents."

"Success." You Miao said straightforwardly: "Spring is about to start, and it will be planted in February. Then I will hire a few workers, and after planting this stubble, the ground will be leveled, and then I will think about planting something else."

The first cousin said again: "You raise some more bees, teach others to collect honey, and eat some rape nectar."

You Miao really admired these uncles and brothers, and said with a smile: "All right, I'll go buy seeds after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"I'll point you to a place." The cousin said again: "You passed Liuzhou and headed towards Cangzhou in the northwest. There are a lot of vegetables grown there. If you don't ask anything else, just ask Yibao County in Cangzhou and pretend to be a Liuzhou. The compradors in the state buy rapeseeds for oil extraction in the autumn of the next year, and pick fat rapeseeds to buy. If they have not been fried, buy two thousand catties, and come back to dry the seeds. Take one part of urine and nine parts of water to soak After two days and two nights, the soil was filtered and dried."

You Miao nodded again and again, remembering what was said in "Qi Min Yao Shu", and asked again: "Where can I find beekeepers?"

"There are everywhere." Uncle Tang said: "In the mountains where camellias bloom, go for a walk by yourself. There are many beekeepers who are worried about not having flowers. You can find some. If you want flowers all year round, how many can you raise?" In the villa, it is a good thing, not for making money, it is also good to have honey to drink."

You Miao said: "Okay, I'll have someone look for it then."

After sacrificing ancestors and eating New Year's Eve dinner, the clansman stayed with You Miao for the night. You Miao was too busy thinking about her family. When she came out, the driver was setting up the car. You Miao looked around and asked, "Where's Li Zhifeng?"

The little servant said: "Returning to the young master, the servant said he went out after eating, and he hasn't come back yet."

You Miao waited at the door for a while, and there was a light snowfall in the sky. This is the coldest time of the year, and it finally snowed in the south of the Yangtze River. I just don't know how the beautiful scenery will be born tomorrow with the remnant snow on the broken bridge.

He wanted to go back a little bit, and wanted to go for a walk in Yangzhou with Li Zhifeng. After waiting for a long time, he stomped his feet in the cold with a few cousins. Some relatives teased him, saying: "Hey, the other family is full of servants waiting for the young master. Look at you. If you are the young master, you have to wait for your servant."

As soon as the words came out, all the brothers were laughing, and You Miao spat: "You don't know, Li Zhifeng is just like my brother, other servants are different from your servants."

"Is it you who kept it in the house?" Another cousin made fun of You Miao, hugging him in his arms and pinching his face.

"I think he looks like this, he must be kept in the house by a servant!" Another cousin teased, which caused everyone to laugh, and You Miao said seriously: "If it weren't for Li Zhifeng's help, I wouldn't be here now. Do you know where it is? Didn’t you see that in Biyu Mountain Villa, my father added a brother to me for no reason. I never recognized him. This Li Zhifeng is my brother. He treats me wholeheartedly. ..."

While saying this, Li Zhifeng turned around from behind the alley, You Miao was a little embarrassed after all, and said, "Where did you go?"

Li Zhifeng showed You Miao a paper bag and said, "I'm going to buy something fun for you."

You Miao said: "Well, let's go."

This time the cousins ​​laughed even worse.