Scholar’s Sweetheart - Chapter 442

After the first crop of grass was harvested, it was harvested every month until October. During this period, song Xintong earned a total of five twenty-five taels of silver.

The money did not go into song Xintong’s pocket, but went into the county government’s storeroom, ready to be used to repair the county government and do other infrastructure construction.

This year, the only way to make money is pasture, and other crops such as rice barely bear ears, but many empty ears grow better than grass.

At this point, Lu Yunkai has completely given up planting staple food. If people can make a fortune by planting crops beside them, he is also willing to try.

However, the news has not yet come from the Xu family, and the grass planting issue has not yet been settled. Lu Yunkai does not dare to disclose it, so as not to make the people happy.

Song Xintong knew that Lu Yunkai was worried, but the Xu family couldn’t urge her. She had to keep all the grass in autumn and wait for their elders to take their seeds.

There are other good news. Although the wheat and rice in the experimental field are not growing well, the potatoes, cotton and grapes brought by song Xintong are growing well.

However, they are all distributed in several counties near Shahe county. The environment of each area is different. Some water sources are clear, and some land is moist. In short, there are not so many loess like Shahe county.

However, because of its location at the border, most of the land was barren, so it was barren. After Lu Yunkai led people to survey the land, he bought a large number of seeds at the government’s expense.

The money still comes from the payment of grass materials purchased by the garrison.

Now it’s winter, and planting will wait until the spring of next year. Now all the people in Shahe county live in Adobe houses repaired in summer. The houses are burning dried sheep dung, which is extremely warm.

Who would have thought that last year we all lived in the shabby felt shed, but this year we could live in the good adobe house of the dead sheep master’s house?

Everyone said that the magistrate of Lu county was a good official for the people. He also said that he wanted to send the sheep of his family to the magistrate of Lu county to eat.

But Lu family people also don’t like to eat mutton every day, so they directly refuse not to.

In addition, some shops on the new streets have been opened. They sell daily necessities, or collect sheepskin or fungus and wild cauliflower. When the time comes, they can take them to Xinzhou or further places.

Although it’s not very lively, it’s also changing with each passing day. There’s no more dirty things song Xintong saw when he came here.

Because Lu Yunkai issued a new rule in Shahe County: if every household cleans the street in front of the door, they will be fined if they see dirt. In order not to be fined, everyone consciously cleaned up.

There are also many sheep feeding families, because they are afraid of making the houses in the city stink, so they spontaneously built the houses in the area beside the Shahe River outside the city, and also built a sheep pen to shelter from the wind and rain.

So there is a small area outside the city, full of big sheep feeders. This is also convenient for businessmen who come from other places to buy sheep in Shahe county. They can see all the sheep at one time.

As for other small families with more than a dozen sheep, it’s OK to sell them.

So in winter, the arrival of businessmen who buy sheep is also a bit of excitement.

The merchant lived in a small inn. Looking at the spacious streets and bright guest rooms, he couldn’t help sighing: “it’s really changed here. When I came here two days ago, there were no houses. They were all low grass sheds. At that time, I thought it was a county. How could it be like a small village? I thought I was in the wrong place.”

The innkeeper laughed: “it’s thanks to our county magistrate. If it wasn’t for him, we couldn’t live such a good life without fear of freezing.”

“Is this man so powerful?” Shahe county is a border area, and few outsiders come all year round, so the news has not spread. If it was not for this personal visit, who would have known such a big change here?

“It’s very powerful.” The innkeeper said, “when the county magistrate comes, he catches master Yang, who has been bullying the market for many years, and cuts off his head. That scene is really exciting.”

Businessmen have been to Shahe County several times. They know that master Yang used to be the local emperor here. Unexpectedly, the new county magistrate can bring down a local emperor who has been in residence for many years. It seems that he is an adult with a background.

The innkeeper explained the changes of Shahe County in this year and pointed to a small square 100 meters ahead,

“That’s the shop of the county magistrate’s wife. It’s very big, but there’s only a small window. It’s selling fresh vegetables.”

The merchant was surprised: “are there any fresh vegetables?”

“Yes, the price is a little expensive and the quantity is not too much.” The innkeeper said, “only when the guests want to eat can we pay for some.”

Since the beginning of winter, businessmen have been running around. They haven’t eaten vegetables for a long time. Unexpectedly, there are fresh vegetables in this small place. They suddenly feel greedy, “how much is a kilo?”

“Ten Wen a Jin is too expensive. Few people buy it. Only occasionally people from the military camp come to buy some.”

The vegetables in the ice and snow days are not expensive. The merchant got up and said, “go and buy some for me to cook. Forget it, let’s go together.”

They went to the shop opened by song Xintong and knocked on the door.

The courtyard remained empty after it was repaired. Later, in winter, the rooms of the county government were in disrepair for a long time and there were not enough hot Kang, so some people lived here.

Every guest room here has a heated kang, so I’m not afraid to wake up at night.

The attendant quickly opened the door and looked at the two people coming from the snow with doubts, “what’s the matter with you?”

“We are here to buy fresh food,” said the businessman

Innkeeper: “why didn’t you open the window to sell vegetables today?”

“I didn’t think you would come shopping on a cold day.” The servant yawned and led them into the room. There were many fresh vegetables in the room. “You pick them. They’re all ten Wen a Jin.”

“Your dishes are cheaper than those in other state capitals in winter, with more varieties and more water.”

“Our wife wants to benefit the common people, but the people in Shahe County don’t know the goods.” The servant pointed to the vegetables in the basket and said, “you can choose. After you have chosen, you will be sent to the county government.”

“Can I have them all?” The way of business.

“All of them?” The servant looked at the merchant and said, “these dishes can’t stand freezing. Can you finish them in two days?”

The merchant wants to transport it to Xinzhou and other places for resale, but it’s a long way away, and it’s snowy. It’s been a month since he arrived in Xinzhou.

These days, the servants don’t see many people who are thinking about vegetables, so they exhorted: “don’t think about it. It’s not that the vegetable merchants in Xinzhou didn’t want to take the vegetables away, but they were frozen in a few days, and finally they lost all their money.”

The merchant and the customer can only go back to the second place. They bought a few catties to eat these two days. When they leave two days later, they will buy more to eat on the road.

Waiting for the servant to report the matter to song Xintong, she smiles. If it was convenient to transport, she would have had the vegetables transported out for sale.

These vegetables were grown in greenhouses to meet the daily needs of a family. However, it was found that there were so many kinds of vegetables that dozens of people in the Yamen could not finish them, so they opened a small window in the shop to sell them. Now the people in the barracks come to buy a hundred catties every three to five, and take them back to open a small stove for the generals. Other ordinary people are reluctant to pay for it.

“It’s a pity that the shop is empty, madam.”

Song Xintong said: “no one is going to drive it now. Wait a little longer. Maybe it will open in the next year.”

After the publicity of these businessmen and the harvest of next year, song Xintong could foresee the coming merchants and the bustling scene of the county.