The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Shang Xi smiled and said, "That's not easy. There are sugarcanes everywhere. It will be convenient to eat sugar in the future."

Seeing that it was the Marquis, a large group of women knelt down. Wan Lianxing said, "You don't need to be so polite when you see me. Stand up."

Dozens of people stood up again and lined up in neat rows.

Wan Lianxing asked, "Are you used to living in this mansion?"

Everyone said in unison: "It's a habit."

Wan Lianxing asked, "Did the guards in the mansion bully you?"

All the women shook their heads and smiled.

Wan Lianxing said: "If you are bullied, you must speak up. Don't leave the bandit's den and enter the thieves' den. My people are very stubborn."

The group of girls laughed again.

Wan Lian walked up to a young-looking girl and asked, "How old are you?"

"fifteen."

“Is it difficult to make sugar?”

The girl said, “It’s not difficult.”

"Have you learned it?"

The girl nodded: "I learned it."

Wan Lianxing nodded with satisfaction, "If the children have learned it, then everyone here should have learned it."

He said to everyone, "You guys keep busy. It won't bother you if I look at it from here."

Everyone shook their heads and said it didn't matter, and then returned to their posts.

Shang Xi took out a bunch of candies to treat these people.

Wan Lianxing threw a piece into his mouth and said, "I ate it yesterday, but I think you plucked all the mints out of me."

Shang Xi said, "I swear, I didn't touch a single leaf of your mint. The mint we use is all from the mountains. It's like weeds, and there's a lot of it. Some of the girls went out and brought back a few baskets today."

Wan Lianxing asked, "You're still making mint candies?"

Shang Xi said: "I asked the kitchen staff to crush the mint to extract the juice and use it to make snacks."

"Oh? This mint can be used as a snack?"

Shang Xi said: "Mint is actually a medicinal herb, and it has many uses."

Wan Lianxing said, “Oh?”

Shang Xi said: "Wait for some snacks, they will be delicious."

Wan Lianxing said, "Okay, okay, I'll wait. Lao Sha, Xiao Yan, the two of you should stay here at noon. Let's try this mint-flavored snack together."

Sha Guanghan said: "I never planned to leave."

Wan Lianxing said: "Don't forget that I don't have a salary. My life is not as good as those of you who have a salary. You can't always come to my place for free meals."

Sha Guanghan laughed out loud, and the sound could be heard within a radius of two miles.

Wan Lianxing asked Shang Xi: "Where is Feng'er?"

Shang Xi said: "I went out with the kids to play slingshot."

Wan Lianxing said, "Don't even call me."

Shang Xi looked at the people following Wan Lianxing and said, "Do you have time to go out?"

Wan Lianxing shook his head and said, "It's not up to me."

Shang Xi said, "You must have something to ask Cheng Feng. I'll ask him to find you when he comes back."

Wan Lianxing said: "It's not a big deal. I remember you and Cheng Feng farmed in South City."

Shang Xi said: "It's Boss Qian's land. He planted a lot of crops at first, and then he vacated half of it for the refugees to build a village, but the rest of the land is still planted."

Wan Lianxing said, "I know about this. What is it planting?"

Shang Xi said: "It's tobacco leaves."

Wan Lianxing asked, "Is the planting good?"

Shang Xi said: "It's pretty good. The tobacco leaves are growing big and wide. We use them to roll cigarettes in the fall."

Wan Lianxing said, "Since you and Cheng Feng are so knowledgeable about farming, why don't you take a look at what to plant in Fengying?"

Shang Xi said: "This sugar cane is very good. The value of squeezing juice and making sugar is not low."

Wan Lianxing said: "We can't just grow sugarcane. We need to research some grains, so that the people here can at least be self-sufficient."

Shang Xi said: "I heard that they don't grow crops here, so we can only adapt to local conditions."

Wan Lianxing said: "There are many kinds of food, at least we should grow one or two. We can't let them eat sweet potatoes every day. How can sweet potatoes be eaten for a long time?"

Shang Xi said: "We can turn sweet potatoes into sweet potato flour and sell it to other provinces. We can use the money from selling sweet potato flour to buy grain from other provinces. I think this is a good idea."

Wan Lianxing said: "I understand what you said, but we still need to solve the problem of food from the root."

Shang Xi said, "Uncle, Cheng Feng and I don't know how to farm. If you don't believe me, ask Boss Qian. Our land can produce crops because the soil is good and we fertilize it in time."

Boss Qian said, "My Lord, I think growing tobacco is also a good idea. I can take it away when the time comes."

Yan Qilian said, "My Lord, I'm afraid the people won't trust you."

Wan Lianxing said, "No problem. I won't let them plant the crops. I'll let my nephew plant them. If they don't listen to me, my nephew will listen to me."

Whoever I asked has arrived. Cheng Feng is back.

"Uncle, why are you here?"

Wan Lianxing said, "You must have caught something good with your slingshot. You look so happy."

Cheng Feng smiled and said, "Catch some sparrows. It will be enough to make a dish for my uncle at noon."

Wan Lianxing said: "That thing tastes pretty good, and it's even better when grilled."

Cheng Feng said, "My attendants are roasting them with two children. If you want to eat them, I'll have someone get them for you."

Wan Lianxing said, "Forget it, let's talk about business." In fact, he wanted to eat roasted sparrows, but there were too many people here and he couldn't get away.

"Uncle, do you have something to ask me?"

Wan Lianxing said: "Find some people to open up the wasteland and plant some grains."

Cheng Feng said: "Sure, there are three crops a year here, but we missed the last one. I will lead people to open up the wasteland first and plant it next year."

Wan Lianxing touched the back of Cheng Feng's head and said, "You are still my good nephew. You will do whatever I say."

Cheng Feng pulled the corners of his mouth into a smile. After all, he was a nine-foot-tall man and a father of a child. He was used to being touched on the head by Wan Lianxing in front of his wife and so many people.

Cang Man said, "Cheng Feng, stop smiling like an idiot. Come and replace me. I have to go to the bathroom."

Cheng Feng said, "Are you in a hurry or are you thinking about those roasted sparrows?"

Cangman chuckled and said, "The sparrow matures quickly. If I go too late, I won't even be able to see its feathers."

Cheng Feng said: "No, at least you can eat roasted sweet potatoes. We went up the mountain and dug a basket of sweet potatoes today."

Wan Lianxing said, "Don't dig up the people's sweet potatoes. I already have a bad reputation, and I don't want to steal from the people anymore."

Cheng Feng said: "What we dug up were the ones that no one wanted. You can see it from the land that has people serving it, but there are not many lands that have people serving it. There are really few people here."

Wan Lianxing said: "We need to find a way to get the people who have moved away in recent years to move back."

Cheng Feng said: "The land here is vast. If we use it well, it will be wealth. There will be more and more people in the future."

Cang Man said impatiently: "Cheng Feng, stop fooling the Marquis. Is it so easy to recruit this person back? Come and take over my work and don't delay my work."

Wan Lianxing waved his hand to signal Cangman to leave quickly.