Rise of Nongmen

Ye Chen was busy with his business, and just as he was free, he was called into the upper room by Mrs. Bai.

"Mother, you are so mysterious, what is this?"

"Chen'er, girl Xue is seventeen this year, and she hasn't taken a fancy to her yet. If you delay, she will become an old girl. What do you think?" Bai's voice was very low.

Ye Chen frowned, and asked back: "Isn't there still a sister-in-law?"

"The elders are all confused." Speaking of this, Bai sighed, "Our family is not high enough or low, that's the problem. In the past, things were easy to handle. Find a farmer with a similar family background to marry It's fine, as it is now, I'm afraid it's not good to marry a farmer, but if you don't marry a farmer, who is not three wives and four concubines? What a girl is being abused like this, not to mention the elders, I, a grandmother, feel distressed when I see it."

After a little thought, Ye Chen gave a clear attitude: "Xiaoxue can marry if she wants to, it doesn't matter who she is, as long as the other party is willing. As an uncle, the worst thing I can do is make peace with her, and when the time comes, I will take her home, and the family will not lack a bite of food for her, not to mention Xiaoxue has her own earning skills, and if she doesn't have enough, she can use it to make up for the family. "

Ye Chen's words were beautiful, and the sorrow on Bai's face was instantly swept away. After waving Ye Chen away, he immediately shouted out at the top of his voice, and Song Shi responded.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law muttered in the room for a while, and Fang Shuangshuang pushed the door out with a smile.

Ye Chen originally planned to return to the Northern Wilderness after finishing his work. With this incident, he simply decided to stay for a few more days. Needless to say, the large amount of seeds he bought would be transported back to the farm by the accompanying guards.According to the information he has, Jinmin County is still relatively calm, and these soldiers are enough to escort them.

Ye Chen couldn't get involved in showing Ye Xuexiang this matter. During this period, he only needed to show his face from time to time to show how much he valued his eldest niece. He didn't need to stay at home all day. He went to Xu's house in Dongfu when he was free. Take a trip.

"Brother Ye, I haven't seen you for a while, why do I see you getting more and more energetic?" Xu Yanqing said jokingly.

"To each other." Ye Chen was not a thin-faced person either, he was not at all afraid of what Xu Yanqing said, and immediately responded back.

The two just came and went like this, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two sides quickly got to the point. The main point was self-evident. It was related to the flame wine, and the tofu business was relatively late.

Xu Yanqing gave an overview of the current situation, and finally sighed: "The impact of spirit wine has diminished, and the sales of flame wine have begun to pick up. After all, it has been affected. Not to mention high-end flame wine, even the sales of mid- and low-end wines have declined compared to the beginning. .”

"Why?" There were ready-made people to ask, and Ye Chen didn't bother to think about it.

"Well, not only the business we cooperate with, but also other businesses." Xu Yanqing sipped his tea and explained the cause and effect.

It turned out that this was caused by the frequent occurrence of abnormal phenomena in various places, and the cultivation materials gradually came into people's sight.

When everyone knows that practice can really prolong life and not be invisible or intangible, everyone from the nobles to the common people will set aside a certain amount of money for the purchase of cultivation-related items, and it will be natural to spend on other places reduce.

The decline in demand for non-essential products such as flame wine is inevitable, and there is no substantial reduction. It also depends on the unique taste of flame wine itself, which is a monopoly operation, and the competition for other similar products will only become more intense.

This is not difficult to understand. Ye Chen quickly understood the reason, pondered for a while, and asked, "Have you sold all the extra grain?"

Xu Yanqing nodded his head lightly.

"Before everyone realizes it, charge more when new grains are released. Don't stockpile grains these few years. As long as the year is good, clear the warehouse before the next summer harvest, and try to replace old grains with new ones every year." Ye Chen reminded.

Xu Yanqing didn't understand why, after some consideration, he finally agreed.He is not someone who has never seen the world, and he has always been happy to cooperate with Ye Chen. The other party has no reason to stumbling over him. It may only be related to the recent vision.

The Xu family is too far behind in this regard, and currently they can only rely on Ye Chen, the only one Xu Yanqing can get in touch with and who is used to being reliable.

Mentioning this, Xu Yanqing thought of the idle Yuanyu in his hands, and couldn't help asking eagerly and mildly: "Brother Ye, when will I be able to enter the Chuangong Pagoda?"

"We'll have to wait a few more months."

Xu Yanqing looked disappointed, but soon cheered up.He could tell that Ye Chen wasn't lying to him, so the other party's request naturally had his reasons, but it was not convenient to tell him for the time being, emotional loss was inevitable, but reason told him that he believed the other party was right.

At the beginning, Xu Yanqing cooperated with Ye Chen with stinky tofu based on his eyesight and intuition. Who would have thought that it would be out of control since then, not to mention the closer business relationship, and finally won the flame wine in one fell swoop.

Since then, the power of the Xu family in the East Mansion has begun to recover rapidly. Although it cannot be compared with the glorious period, the speed of wealth accumulation has made many local wealthy households envious. I'm afraid I can't keep it.

And such a powerful background is Ye Chenyue's family. Even Xu Yanqing, who has seen the glory, can't help but sigh the strength hidden behind Ye Chen's good luck. Although he doesn't know why Ye Chen relies on it, this conclusion is probably correct. , he still has this point of judgment.

Xu Yanqing is not a person who can't hold his breath, and he often shows his true nature in front of Ye Chen, but because of the friendship between the two, he doesn't bother to hide his emotions.

Ye Chen naturally reciprocated, anyway, the appearance of Xu Yanqing, a good partner, saved him a lot of trouble, otherwise, if he wants to have the current wealth, the time it takes will only be a little bit longer, or even doubled.

After some deliberation, Ye Chen suggested: "Brother Xu, jade is in short supply now, and it will be half the effort if you collect it again. It's not worthwhile. You might as well send someone to collect some weird items, such as strange flowers, plants and strange stones that no one knows." etc. Well, these are best kept in a jade box, if you don’t have them, send them to me as soon as possible, and I’ll buy them at the best price.”

Xu Yanqing's eyes lit up, he got up and hugged Ye Chen, and said solemnly, "Thank you!"

"There is no need to be so polite." Ye Chen didn't avoid it, but he didn't feel complacent because of it. He felt that he was superior to others, and there was nothing to worry about when getting along with friends.

Speaking of which, after more than two years in this world, Xu Yanqing is the only one who can truly be called a friend. After Ye Chen realized this, he didn't think about changing it. , it is not as good as treating each other sincerely. There is no need to force this aspect, just let nature take its course.

Xu Yanqing was not hypocritical, after thanking him, he chatted with Ye Chen all over the world again. While talking, he suddenly remembered something: "Brother Ye, wait a minute, I'll come as soon as I go."

"Go on your own." Ye Chen wasn't polite to Xu Yanqing, and just took tea by himself, feeling very comfortable.

The main courtyard of Xu's East Mansion.

As soon as he entered the side hall, Xu Yanqing asked: "Madam, are those strange ginseng still there?"

"Strange ginseng?" Mrs. Li didn't think about it for a while, and it took a while to realize, "You mean the five-color ginseng?"

"Yes, those colorful ginseng."

"Yes, yes, it is..."

Xu Yanqing's heart hangs: "What's wrong?"

"Didn't you let me keep it casually? At that time, Jane came over to me, and seeing the bright color of the ginseng, she grabbed it and played with it. I saw that you didn't care about these strange things, so you didn't stop it. Others It's nothing, but a lot of roots have been broken." For some reason, Li Shi felt guilty for no reason, and didn't know why.

Xu Yanqing relaxed his mind, and said with a smile: "It's okay, you just take it all out." Perhaps there might be unexpected gains based on this.It's just that he didn't say the second half of the sentence, so as not to be happy in vain. After all, even in the past, there are too many strange things, and it's not just a new thing that can come in handy.

After getting the five-color ginseng, Xu Yanqing didn't let the servants carry it, and rushed to the study in the front yard with a stack of brocade boxes by himself.

"Brother Ye, take a look, are these useful?" As soon as Xu Yanqing put down the brocade box, he pushed them towards Ye Chen.

"What is it?" Ye Chen asked curiously.It was delivered so quickly, it must not be the current acquisition, it is probably received inadvertently in the past.He hadn't heard of any obvious weird phenomenon in Jinmin County, so it could only come from other counties.

"I look like ginseng, but it's colorful, no one dares to use it." Xu Yanqing said truthfully.

"Oh?" Ye Chen became interested, raised his hand to open the lid, and a red ginseng plant jumped into view.He lifted the lids of the other brocade boxes, and immediately green, gold, blue, and khaki filled his eyeballs, and there was no room for other colors.

Ye Chen exudes soul power and feels meticulously, and the loss of vitality is not obvious. This does not seem to be from a historical site. On the contrary, it is similar to the evolution of Bijaponica rice from ordinary rice Chaoling rice in the Juyuan array, but the direction of derivation of the five-color ginseng Weirder and rarer, and stronger in magnitude.

"It's a good thing, suitable for ordinary people." Ye Chen didn't hide it, and said bluntly, "Where did you get it? Don't say it's inconvenient, just get me some ginseng seeds."

With an obvious smile on Xu Yanqing's face, he readily responded: "It's not inconvenient. My family first started with medicinal materials, but later they managed a world of restaurants and restaurants, so they withdrew from the medicinal material industry. Withdrew, and there are still a few small pharmacies. These were sent by the Xuji pharmacy in Hongyuan County, some were provided by the exclusive herb pickers of the shop, and some were purchased from other people."

As for why the Xu family in the East Mansion does not have a medicine shop in Jinmin County, the ancestral home, I also know that it has something to do with the Xu Family in the West Mansion. Is it a lot?"

"Well, the goods just arrived, so far, the pharmacy over there has received only seven of these." Xu Yanqing said in affirmative tone.

Ye Chen suddenly realized, no wonder he didn't hear the news. First, he just found out that the distance between Hongyuan County and Jinmin County is not too close. It is about the same distance as Jinmin County and Zhenbei Prefecture. There are hundreds of miles away, and the news cannot be transmitted. It is convenient, and the second is that the number of occurrences is small, and there are not many people involved, so it is easy to seal up, which is not conducive to the spread of news.

Ye Chen rubbed the green ginseng thoughtfully.He remembered that in one of the storage rooms of the Qiankunzhu Manor there was a book called The Encyclopedia of Lingzhi, but unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open that book, but no matter how much soul power and origin power he sent in, he would never refuse it.

This is not the time to think about these things, but after a while, Ye Chen collected his mind and took out five ginseng sticks, exactly one for each color.

The five-color ginseng Li Shi casually said was really correct. She didn't know, but Ye Chen understood that these five colors represent the five elements, and he didn't know the specific effect, but the general effect was clear. It is a good product for nourishing qi, and it is milder than ordinary ginseng , the effect of the medicine is still strong, as long as it is not extremely weak, you can eat it with confidence.

However, there are obvious restrictions. Since the five colors represent the five elements, you can't eat them indiscriminately. They must correspond to your own five elements.Most people have all the five elements, but those who are completely balanced are extremely rare, and they are more or less biased. For example, Ye Chen is good at two kinds of energy, gold and wood, but this does not mean that he can only take two kinds of gold and wood. Five-color ginseng, but what is lacking, what is missing. As long as the amount of golden ginseng and wood ginseng is not excessive, it is naturally better to have more, and the same is true for the rest.

After pondering for a long while, Ye Chen released the golden energy to divide the seven ginseng into two, put half of it back into the brocade box, and put the other half in front of him, the meaning is self-evident.

The corners of Xu Yanqing's eyes twitched as he watched. His business partner and friend really didn't understand politeness, but he couldn't feel a trace of resentment in his heart. He had seen too many intrigues in shopping malls, and he was short of someone who spoke straightforwardly and didn't make detours.

What is even more commendable is that Ye Chen is not really such a straight-hearted person, Xu Yanqing is like a mirror in his heart.Therefore, seeing Ye Chen's behavior like this, he didn't feel anything strange except that he didn't see it, but his eyes kept falling on the opposite side, quietly waiting for the other party's next move.

Ye Chen didn't whet anyone's appetite, so he said directly: "Brother Xu, I remember that your grandfather's father was not in good health, and this stuff is very nourishing. You can take these five-color ginseng and cut them into pieces, and stew each one separately to make a tonic for them. If you feel comfortable, give them some food every few days, and stop using it if you feel uncomfortable, I can’t tell you about your grandfather, but your father will be able to get out of bed and act as usual.”

Hearing this, Xu Yan stood up vigorously, with an excited expression: "Brother Ye, is this ginseng really as miraculous as you said?"

"Well, this is five-element ginseng, which contains vitality. It is different from ordinary ginseng. It is very warming and nourishing. Not only the weak, but also normal people can eat it. The usage is the same as above. As long as you feel unwell, you can stop using it immediately. Other times you can eat it. Eat as much as you want, it is especially suitable for the weak, the only thing that needs to be noted is that it is not suitable for people with less intake and more exhaust, uncle is not so weak, right?"

"No, my father just can't go out, and it's not a problem to get out of bed occasionally." At this moment, Xu Yanqing's eyes were frighteningly bright, and there was a light called hope in them.

Regardless of the old man Xu or the old man Xu, they are not ordinary people. Let alone the old man Xu, if he hadn't suffered a stroke, for the Xu family, he would be a person who is like a needle of the sea. Jinglun may not be good at doing business, but he can help a lot in other aspects.Even if the two of them do nothing and appear in front of everyone properly, people will be more afraid to act rashly than Xu Yanqing is now alone.

The three generations of the Xu family in Dongfu, the old, the middle and the young, are all too sick to go out. It is well known that they suddenly appeared in front of people. If nothing else, there is a famous doctor behind the Xu family. These are rare resources.

One must know that Eldest Master Xu fell ill after his family's defeat, and no one could be cured. Everyone was not surprised. Elder Xu was weak since he was a child, but the older he got, the more serious his symptoms were.

Just imagine, the Elder Xu's weakness was not cured when Xu Fu was in full bloom, but he recovered when his body became weaker. How can this not make people daydream?Don't forget, now is the time when there are so many visions, as long as the Xu family doesn't say it clearly, many people will probably think of alchemy.With such suspicions, if others want to touch the Xu family, they have to weigh it carefully.

With this reliance, the Xu family might not be easily targeted again. How could Xu Yanqing not be excited about all these things!

"Take care of the patients first, and give those who have more to use for those selected to enter the Chuangong Pagoda. By the way, these ginseng are best kept in a jade box, and the wooden box will lose vitality." Chen didn't stay any longer, and got up to say goodbye.

Xu Yanqing didn't ask him to stay politely, and took another brocade box to wrap the half of the five-color ginseng that Ye Chen wanted to leave. After delivering it to the door, he hurried back to the study room, carried the seven brocade boxes to the upper courtyard, and then entered the courtyard where his father lived.

When he stepped into the front yard, it was already noon, and a round of bright sun hung high above his head, obviously quite drying, but Xu Yanqing only felt warm and relaxed.

What Ye Chen said is not bad at all, and the effect is even better. Not only the Eldest Master Xu, who was confirmed to be cured by the other party, has achieved obvious results, even the Eldest Master Xu, who has suffered a stroke, has no facial features as crooked as before, and his eyes are more. A little bit of anger, even if it still cannot be cured in the end, if you can speak and move a little bit, it will give the Xu family another backbone.

Grandpa Xu is different from Grandpa Xu. He personally continued the prosperity of the Xu family and experienced its decline. He is far more experienced and knowledgeable than Xu Yanqing. Divide momentum.

Naturally, Ye Chen didn't know about these things about the Xu family. After leaving Xu's mansion, the idea that was only a vague outline before became clearer, and soon he made a decision. He planned to wait a few days, and Ye Xue's marriage would probably be settled. After eyebrows, take a trip to Shanyuguan.

At this time, Ye Chen really felt the inconvenience of living in ancient times.The traffic is okay. After all, he doesn't need to travel long distances frequently. He just runs for hundreds of miles. With Liuyan, he will arrive in a day or two at most. Communication is the real trouble. For ordinary things or just passing news, send someone Just a notification is enough, if it is a little complicated, he has to go there in person, which is really a waste of time.

But facing Xiao Jinyan, this problem naturally does not exist, Ye Chen can still take the opportunity to get along with him more, and then ask for some benefits that can only be obtained between husband and wife, so what about other people?

Ye Chen has his own social network, it is impossible for him to only associate with Xiao Jinyan and Xu Yanqing all the time.It seems that he has to get a communication technique or magic weapon, and it will be convenient to contact him when the time comes.