In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

He Qiudi waved her hand, "Third sister-in-law, don't worry so much. I've said before that making soap may seem simple, but if they don't know the principles behind it and don't have me personally explain the important steps, no matter how hard they try, they won't be able to make good soap. Even if they are lucky enough to make it, it will be similar to the 'soap balls' on the market before, which will dissolve easily when exposed to water and won't last long. They can't replace the long-lasting soap."

Seeing that He Qiudi was so sure that the soap formula would not be stolen, Jin Cuihua finally felt relieved.

"The soap formula is the basis for the He family to make money. If it is stolen, that would be real..."

Thinking of something, Jin Cuihua said, "Qiu Di, as soon as you and Huai'an went to Licheng, it started raining in Shili Village. Fortunately, it rained at night, otherwise the grain dried at home would have been soaked. This year, our family has a good harvest of grain, so we have to dry it for several days."

"I don't know how far this rain will fall. It's already the autumn harvest and it's just raining. It would have been much better if it had rained a little more last month when the crops were grafted."

He Qiudi was also helpless.

It takes a whole month for it to rain.

Can’t leave it until next month.

If it rains again next year, she will adjust the timing of rainfall reasonably according to the growth rhythm of crops.

He Qiudi comforted him, "Don't worry too much. Last time, when the second and third brothers sent the fifth and sixth brothers to Kuncheng, they heard the news that the city had prepared some relief money and grain. After the autumn harvest is over, it will take some time to collect the remaining relief grain from all over the country. Just get through this year and next year will be fine."

next year.

Although her rainfall area was only half a pound, it could greatly alleviate the situation in Lizhou and several counties in other states near Lizhou.

If Lizhou is not in chaos, Yongning Prefecture will not be in chaos.

There is also a banquet in place. If we can get through next year, the rainfall will return to normal the year after next.

This autumn and winter, and next autumn and winter, will be the most difficult times.

The people of Western Rong are short of food and can no longer survive, so they will mobilize all the people to become soldiers and bandits to invade Da Zhou. If the main army cannot capture Ningyuan County, they will break up into small groups, cross the mountains and forests, and come to Da Zhou to steal food.

Otherwise, many people would starve to death.

Hey.

He Qiudi felt reluctant about this, but there was nothing she could do. She was just one person and could only change the environment around her. She could only start saving those around her. She could not save the people of the world, and it was impossible and she did not have the extra energy to save people of other countries.

This topic is a bit heavy.

He Qiudi changed the subject and asked, "Third sister-in-law, is there any news from the Xu family?"

"No."

He Qiudi pursed her lips and stopped worrying about it.

Even if the Xu family has already made soap, it will take time for them to seize the original market. It will also take time for the news to reach He Baozhu and the Feng family, and for the Feng family to send a letter to the He family.

It has not been a month since Xu Yushi and He Qingya returned to the Xu family, and the news did not come so quickly.

In Wei County, Wei Sixian's younger brother is the county magistrate and will block the relevant information, so I'm afraid the news will be transmitted even slower.

Say.

He Qiudi didn't think they could make truly competitive soap.

It was only a matter of time before Xu Yushi was kicked out of the house after she became of no use, and returned to the He family in disgrace with He Qingya.

Let's wait and see the situation after the autumn harvest.

He Huaiping has already given the answer. He will divorce Xu Yushi after she gives birth.

Since the second brother has made his choice, He Qiudi doesn't want to interfere anymore.

The only thing she was worried about was whether He Qingya would be reborn and under what circumstances she would be reborn.

After returning from Licheng, everyone in the He family once again worked hard to speed up the soap making process.

Before the second batch of sweet potatoes was harvested, the order for soaps required for the banquet was completed.

Twenty thousand bars of soap, ten thousand bars of scented soap.

The purchase price of soap at the banquet is 12 wen, and the purchase price of scented soap is 80 wen.

The total payment for the goods is 240+800=1040 taels of silver.

When in Lizhou, he gave a deposit of two hundred taels at Yan Shi, and after confirming that he wanted ten thousand bars of soap, he gave another deposit of three hundred taels.

When Yang Wu brought people to pick up the goods, he gave the remaining balance to He Qiudi and He Huaian.

A total of 540 taels of silver.

After deducting the cost of these 30,000 bars of soap, the He family could earn 600 to 700 taels. Combined with the money from selling sweet potatoes a few days ago, the He family earned over a thousand taels in a short period of time.

This does not include the occasional income from selling soap and perfumed soap, as well as the income from the grocery store.

Now that the He family has a large income, the atmosphere at home has improved a lot.

Delivered the soap.

The next day we started harvesting sweet potatoes.

This time, someone was brought over to collect them during the banquet.

Because intercropping with corn means peeling corn and digging sweet potatoes at the same time.

Lots of people.

Fifteen acres of corn and sweet potatoes were harvested in just one day.

Because of intercropping, the per-acre yield of sweet potatoes is not as good as that of the previous three acres, but it is not low either. On average, the per-acre yield is more than 13 dan.

This time, the government took away half of the corn and all the sweet potatoes. Yanshi wanted to give money to the He family, but the He family did not accept any more. He Qiudi had given some of the corn to Yanshi and asked him to find someone to plant it. She told others that the corn seeds were given by Yanshi and that she had received 400 taels of silver from the government last time. Of course, she could not take more money this time.

Corn cobs cannot be used as food, and corn kernels need to be dried before they can be weighed and the yield per mu determined.

During the banquet, He Qiudi was not told in detail what would happen to the corn.

In the end, just like sweet potatoes, the government will take the lead next year to plant large areas of it in official fields under its jurisdiction and military fields.

At noon, the banquet was held in Pomegranate Village.

A cook was brought to the banquet and she cooked for him and the yamen runners.

He Qiudi brought some roasted sweet potatoes to Yanshi. These were sweet fruit-flavored sweet potatoes that He Qiudi had specially selected, which were different from the ordinary improved varieties grown in the fields. She got them from the port space. They were roasted until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a fragrant aroma. They melted in the mouth, and a soft, sweet taste spread between the lips and teeth.

I ate roasted sweet potatoes when I was in Kyoto.

As soon as he tasted it, he knew that there was a huge difference in the taste between the two.

It doesn't have the hard-to-swallow taste of undercooked food at all.

This is simply another kind of "sweet potato".

The taste is also better than the batch of sweet potatoes he brought back.

Yan Shi looked at Qiu Di in surprise, and tacitly did not ask any questions.

After eating the sweet potatoes, Yanshi continued to arrange his work. He Qiudi didn't want to disturb him anymore, so he went back to do his own work.

With the help of the government, all of the He family’s remaining corn and sweet potatoes were harvested.

The He family has finally accomplished their wish.

Next, it’s time to get down to business of making soap and building the house.

Just when He Qiudi was wondering whether he should ask someone to go to Lan County to inquire about the Xu family's situation, He Huaijin and He Huaibi returned from Kuncheng.

As soon as they arrived at the village entrance, the two brothers were surrounded by people.

"He Family Wulang and Liulang, did you win?"

The two brothers came back with their classmates. After saying goodbye to them, they were smiling and looked happy, with gifts in their hands. From their appearance, everyone guessed that they had won.

He Huaijin bowed to the other party.

"Uncle, Huaibi and I both passed the imperial examinations."

The onlookers shouted, "Ah! They all passed! The He family! Your twin sons both passed the imperial examinations! Double happiness!"