After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Mingjia paused for a while, and Mingjun handed over a glass of warm water. Mingjia looked at her brother Mingjun, why did she feel that he was a bit of a loser~~

“The aunt in Tianjia Village said that when they don’t have enough to eat, many families will sell their children and daughters to sell their land, but the aunt who helps in the kitchen said that the land and people in Qu County are worthless.”

Mingjia drank the warm water and continued. At the same time, I turned around to get the notes I had taken a few days ago about the fruit trees.

When I read the novel, it was described as a family running out of money, which meant selling their land and eventually selling their daughter and son. But it doesn't work here. At present, the people are not short of land, and there is even a lot of wasteland. Outside the Communist Party of China, the gentry is not short of land. The best fields may be sold at a higher price, but other fields are really worthless.

"We need to make the land in Qu County more valuable and the people in Qu County more valuable."

If the land is valuable, either the land or the land that can be cultivated is scarce, which will not exist in Qu County in a short time; or the land is fertile and the output is good.

She recorded the food prices and types of food in each state all the way from Qingzhou to Sichuan. Except for the high prices in the capital, there were not many changes. Therefore, it is difficult to increase the output and develop better on the land in Quxian County where grain is normally grown.

Therefore, the best way is to look for crops with more economic value. As he spoke, Mingjia turned the "Detailed Explanation of Baicao" that he bought in Liancheng Taobao to the introduction page of wolfberry and handed it to Xiao Qingshan.

As for how people are more valuable, as long as they are literate and skilled, or when the labor force is insufficient, people are more valuable.

Mingjia then turned to look at Xie Boyuan, educating or training the people of the entire county. I wonder if Xie Boyuan will be interested.

Mingjia gave her father and uncle Yuan some time to digest what she said, and silently took out the booklet that she had recorded the previous chat with the fruit farmer Li, and sent it to Xie Boyuan.

Excluding the need to occupy farm time for spring plowing and autumn harvest, in fact, the two laborers per family can also do some other work. But now there are no such job opportunities for them in Qu County.

You can plant some fruit trees. During spring plowing, the fruit trees will begin to sprout and bloom, so you don’t need manual labor. After the busy spring plowing, it was just in time to fertilize the fruit trees.

Two people can weed and fertilize both the grain and fruit trees. During the autumn harvest, the grain is harvested and then the fruit is harvested, which is just right.

Final concluding remarks: Either look for more high-yielding grains or crops with higher economic value. Wolfberry or fruit trees are both good choices.

The book "Detailed Explanation of Baicao" was written by a famous doctor in Liancheng. It mentioned that the wolfberry in the northwest is large and has higher medicinal value. But how to plant it is not mentioned.

And as far as Xie Boyuan knows, there is no precedent for planting wolfberry in either the previous dynasty or this dynasty. His eyes turned to the booklet Mingjia pushed. Mingjun's handwriting recorded the planting of fruit trees. Although it was still very simple, it was foreseeable.

Of course, Mingjia secretly made some calculations. One acre of land can be planted with 100-150 fruit trees, and each fruit tree can produce fruits ranging from 30 kilograms to 150 kilograms.

Retail fruit costs 5 cents per catty, and fruit dealers charge 3 cents per catty to collect it. If the ice cellar is stored for a longer time and misses the time when large quantities of fruit are sold, the price can be even higher.

If the fruits are divided into different grades, the high-end ones and the ordinary ones, or the bad fruits can be made into cans and sold to the capital. Even the capital is short of fruits in winter.

Of course, she can't say this yet, because she hasn't found the description and production method of ancient cans in the books. She believed that it was because she didn't read enough and it wasn't because her ancestors didn't know the relevant methods. She firmly believed in the wisdom of her ancestors.

Mingjia had said enough today, and she waited quietly for Xiao Qingshan and Xie Boyuan to digest these things.

Xie Boyuan continued to slowly flip through Ming Jia's travel notes and notes. He had discussed with the ministers and even the emperor in the political palace how to develop people's livelihood and how to help the poor. Only now did he realize that everything was empty talk.

Xiao Qingshan accepted what his daughter said well, and he followed what his daughter said and imagined: "Fruit trees are usually planted on mountains or halfway up hillsides, which can be considered wasteland and tax-free.

By the way, my fruit trees were purchased from Jinju. They seem to be one-year-old fruit saplings, three-year-old fruit trees, and the largest one is five-year-old. The county can pay to buy more 3-year-old fruit trees. "

Xiao Qingshan is already planning to buy fruit trees and give them to the villages to plant. Xie Boyuan was thinking whether he should write to the emperor now or wait for Qu County to make achievements before writing.

Mingjia saw that her father and uncle Yuan were both thinking about the problem. It was already time for her and her mother to learn embroidery together, so she told her brother and went back to learn embroidery from Mrs. Shui.

When Xiao Qingshan and Xie Boyuan came to their senses, they planned to drag Ming Jia to continue chatting, but they found that only Ming Jun was left writing what Ming Jia just said. Xiao Qingshan directly took away Mingjun and Mingjia's notes, and he wanted to study them carefully.

Xie Boyuan, who was a step too late, was a little annoyed. He also wanted to study Ming Jia's notes carefully. The little girl recorded it very carefully, and careful analysis can yield a lot.

Looking at the master's outstretched hand, Ming Jun felt that he had guessed what the master meant, so he quickly took out his travel diary and handed it to Xie Boyuan like a treasure: "Master, do you want to read my travel diary?"

Upon hearing this, my apprentice also wrote a travel diary. Xie Boyuan was very happy to take over the travel journal, the first article: Why can’t you buy two candy men in Beijing for 5 cents? The vendors in Beijing are so stingy.

Xie Boyuan almost couldn't breathe, and the corners of his mouth drooped before he could raise them.

At this moment, Cheng Si was writing a letter in his room. Cheng Si was originally sent by Li Hansheng to protect Xiao Qingshan's family, but in order to make Cheng Si pay more attention to this task, Li Hansheng also added surveillance.

I had been on the road before and had nothing to report. After arriving in Qu County, he became even busier. Now that he came back from Zhoucheng, Cheng Si had time to write a letter to the Duke.

There is no need for him to write about the affairs of the state city. The state city is an important place, and the emperor must have many spies stationed there. There was no need for him to report it. The principality would also know what happened. If the letter was intercepted, the gain would outweigh the loss.

His letter focused on what Mr. Xiao did after arriving in Qu County. He felt that Mr. Xiao was a good official for the people.

Of course, Military Advisor Xie helped register the situation of the villagers for a day, but he was so tired that he fell asleep during the meeting and snored. Such embarrassing things must be written down to make the Duke happy.

Cheng Si's guess was correct. The emperor had many spies around the city, especially Li Quanyong, the prefect. There have been many major events in Sichuan Province in the past few years, but it is rare for a county magistrate to cause trouble in the government office. The spies wrote a letter and sent it to the capital that night.

Even the secret conversation between Li Quanyong and Xiao Qingshan at the end was written word for word. Now it is estimated that it will soon be in the hands of the emperor.