Forced to farm for the princess

Di Rong looked at the noodle soup in front of him, although he was a little curious about what Wei Ruojin said, but it should be something similar to a pound, maybe not as good as a pound.

It was only in the morning that Wei Ruojin found out that the pasta that the palace has been eating all this time was slowly pounded out. This method is laborious and slow, and the only advantage that can be counted is that the flour produced is finer than the one he grinds.

"It's for processing grain." Wei Ruojin took a sip of the soup, the salt was a little weak.

Lin Heng looked at Di Rong, with regret in his tone, "It would be extremely rare for the soldiers to eat this kind of fine grain during the Chinese New Year."

"Hey, let's talk about fine grains, as long as the soldiers can get half full. That old boy Lu Feng owes me so much grain and grass to the soldiers in the northwest. I didn't expect that two of the three granaries were empty!" Di Rong slapped the desk. , the bowls on the table were shaken and jumped twice.

"Lu Feng...doesn't he still have family property?" Wei Ruojin was thoughtful. He has been entrenched in the Northwest for so long, and he probably has quite a lot of property. He can buy a lot of food with it.

"Part of his family wealth was sealed up and escorted to Beijing, and most of the money he earned from the private sale of salt, iron and grain was transferred to Yuyang Lu's and the capital. However, he has accumulated a lot over the years. I originally wanted to directly They escorted Lu Feng back to the capital, and were afraid that the Lu family would protect him, so they had to let him 'die of illness' in the prison." After Lin Heng finished speaking, he glanced at Wei Ruojin and felt relieved when he saw that he didn't show any other expressions.

He still remembers that when he returned to Beijing after five years of fighting abroad, it was rumored that he was cruel by nature, cold and bloodthirsty, and everyone in the capital kept him at arm's length, and he didn't know what Wei Ruojin thought of him.

But looking at it like this, he probably didn't care about those rumors; but speaking of it, if it wasn't for these rumors, he wouldn't have realized that he was the only one who had killed Mr. Shuangyu of the capital.

"Even if you have money, you can't buy grain now." Di Rong shook his head. Now it's time for sowing, and the grain left over from the winter is basically used as seeds. Where can I find grain?

"Just because we can't buy grain, doesn't mean others can't either." Since Lu Feng can sell grain outside, he should also be able to buy grain inside, Wei Ruojin was thoughtful.

"What's your opinion, Mr. Wei?" Di Rong didn't think Wei Ruojin could think of a way, "There is not much food and grass, and the soldiers don't have enough to eat, and there will be spring floods soon, and the common people will have nothing to eat; The grain was sold by that old boy surnamed Lu, if you can't think of a good way, this general will not let it go!"

Wei Ruojin was taken aback by Di Rong's words. If he hadn't thought of a way to solve the current predicament, the old general would not let him go. It's not like Lin Heng wants to control the entire Northwest.

"Grandpa, didn't you agree..." Lin Heng frowned, his face was still expressionless, but the inexplicable Wei Ruojin could hear the meaning of acting like a baby from his words.

He was taken aback by his own thought, that was Lin Heng, how could there be such a thing as acting like a baby.

"Hmph." Di Rong snorted coldly, picked up the bowl of noodle soup without making a sound, and ate it in a few mouthfuls.

"Boy from the Wei family, you haven't said how you want to buy it yet?" Di Rong put down the bowl, picked up the handkerchief on the table and wiped his mouth.

"Of course we look for caravans. If we can't buy things, caravans will definitely be able to buy them." Nowadays, the status of merchants is low, but when it comes to resources, excluding scholar-officials, merchants are the most. They look down on merchants, but they can't do without them. open merchant.

"How could you..." Di Rong stood up abruptly, "How can those businessmen who only know how to speculate and make huge profits deserve..."

Wei Ruojin turned positive. After all, he is not from this world, and he will not look down on merchants. On the contrary, merchants can promote the circulation of money and resources between places. Although the profits of merchants are indeed much higher than those of farmers, merchants bear the burden The risks are also great, especially in this day and age.

"This is indeed the most feasible and effective method at present." Wei Ruojin did not take back her words because of Di Rong's anger, "Businessmen's profits are indeed high, but their existence can indeed solve a lot of troubles."

"We are short of everything now, except money, can we turn that money into food if we keep it?" Wei Ruojin looked at Di Rong.

Di Rong was left speechless by Wei Ruojin's words, indeed, what they lack now is not money, but food!

"Young master Shuangyu, your idea is really unexpected. Heng'er, why don't you leave the matter of raising food to Mr. Wei." A gleam of light flashed in Di Rong's eyes, and he looked at Lin Heng.

Unexpectedly, Lin Heng shook his head, "Grandpa, these should be the affairs of me, the Northwest King."

Seeing Lin Heng's disappointment, Di Rong sighed fiercely and waved his hand, "Okay, I'll talk to Heng'er about military affairs, thank you Mr. Wei for today's meal."

Wei Ruojin stood up with a smile, "Then don't bother the general and the prince."

As soon as he left, the family would enter the room to take away the tableware on the desk, and soon Di Rong and Lin Heng were left in the room.

"Look at your progress."

"Grandpa, Ruojin personally went to the fields to talk to the tenant farmers, and last night we discussed in detail how to change the status quo in the Northwest. He is not the kind of person who thinks too highly of himself." Lin Heng coughed lightly.

"I think you're out of your mind. He actually chose to use a businessman. You're still in control. If you sit there..."

"Grandpa!" Lin Heng interrupted Di Rong's words in an unruly way for the first time, and his cold face turned even colder now, "I will protect him. As for the matter in Kyoto, before I came to the northwest It has ended."

"Hmph, that's because you think it's over, they don't think so; what's more, if you kill Lu Feng this time, the Yuyang Lu family will not let it go, this is their pocketbook!" Di Rong looked sad, Lin Heng has been targeted since he was born, and was taken to the battlefield when he was only 13 years old.

"Grandpa, don't worry, the Northwest is in our hands now, and the Lu family has to ask us to agree if they want to put someone in. What's more, there are more than just the Lu family in this world." Lin Heng bowed to Di Rong , and continued: "Ruojin will help me."

"You..." Di Rong sighed, "Since you have made up your mind, I won't say anything more, just don't forget who you are?"

Wei Ruojin went back to the room and sighed again, didn't she invite Lin Heng's grandfather to dinner, and at the same time renew his old man's favor?How could a few words of conversation turn him into raising food? What went wrong?

He walked to the desk and took out the bamboo slips. Here was the plan he wrote yesterday, and now he had to add another one; but in a short while, where would he go to find a reliable businessman.

Looking at the things on the bamboo slips, Wei Ruojin had a headache. He felt that he was digging a hole for himself, and when he was done, he obediently lay down in it and filled it with soil.He is not good at these things at all.

[It is detected that the host's mentality is depleted. As long as the host raises the Northwest reputation to 1000000, the system will be able to disengage on its own. The host's points will not be eliminated, and they can exchange them for things in the store at will. 】

Hearing this mechanical sound again, Wei Ruojin's hands trembled. He was still thinking about how to separate the system before, but the system can be separated by itself!But last time it was Lin Heng's reputation that went up, why is it now in the northwest? What's the difference?

Lin Heng knocked on the door, but didn't see Wei Ruojin turning his head back. When he got closer, he found him holding a bamboo slip in a daze.

"Ruojin, don't take your grandfather's words to heart. He has always been strict and never meant anything against you." Lin Heng sat down across from him and said softly.

"Ah?" Wei Ruojin suddenly came back to her senses, a little surprised that Lin Heng suddenly sat in front of her, "Aren't you talking to General Di?"

"It's over. What were you doing just now, you didn't hear me when I knocked on the door."

"It's nothing, this is what I wrote to do, take a look." Wei Ruojin handed over the bamboo slips, "It's just a merchant... I'm not familiar with it, if there is a merchant leading the way, we can form a caravan by ourselves. "

At this time, the caravan is naturally better in his own hands; he looked at Lin Heng, he has soldiers, and it is perfect to use the retired soldiers as a caravan.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lin Heng looked at Wei Ruojin staring at him all the time, and he didn't know how to put the hand holding the bamboo slips.

"It's nothing. I'm thinking about buying wasteland. It just so happens that you are the Northwest King. Sign the contract for me." Wei Ruojin couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, I'll let someone do it now." Lin Heng was stunned for a moment, then got up and ran out quickly after agreeing.

Wei Ruojin laughed again, Lin Heng interrupted his train of thought, but also reminded him of one thing, he has points, just to see what he can buy in the system store.

He remembered that the first time he saw it, there were seeds in it. If he could buy high-yield seeds, at least part of the food problem for next year could be solved.I clicked on the page where I found the seeds, and it took me a long time to find high-yield ones. It’s just that many of them have relatively high land requirements, but sweet potatoes and potatoes can also be planted on two general lands.

The desertification of northwest land is not very friendly to other fine varieties, but these two kinds are no problem, but a sweet potato costs 100 points!Although the output is large, it is too slow to wait for the seedlings to be planted in large quantities.

Wei Ruojin slowly pulled it down, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, "It's actually corn seeds. 100 points can buy a pack and give you a planting manual. It's still a good deal!"

Corn doesn’t seem to pick a place very much. Wei Ruojin still remembers that he saw a few corn seedlings on the side of the road, so he pulled them out and planted them in the ground at will. He also pulled out the weeds while taking care of the medicinal herbs. There's some corn.

He ordered the purchase without hesitation, and his points were instantly cleared. There was a pack of seeds on the desk in front of him, and a piece of silk cloth was pressed under the seeds.Wei Ruojin felt cheated, this packet of seeds is so small...

Unpacking the cloth bag, there were less than a handful of corn seeds, so I counted them carefully, and there were exactly 80 corn seeds, no more, no less.

Wei Ruojin sighed, forget it, it's better than sweet potatoes; even if these 80 are not all alive, at least one mu of land can be planted next year.