Take Taobao to ancient times

"Uncle, Uncle, didn't I mention the price of sweet potatoes before?" Lu Siyu asked suddenly.

"Ah? It seems to be." Several people looked at each other, a little dazed. They had always believed in Lu Siyu, so they didn't ask much about how to sell sweet potatoes this time. Anyway, Lu Siyu would not let them lose money.

And the sweet potato seedlings were provided by Lu Siyu, they just provided the field, the field will always be there anyway, and they also saw the production of sweet potatoes, so after digging out the first season, they started planting the second season with great interest It doesn't matter how much the sweet potatoes in the first season were sold for.

"These are the money for selling sweet potatoes this time." Lu Siyu opened the package and spread out the contents in front of several people.

The package had just been opened, and the silver was the first thing everyone noticed besides Lu Siyu.

"so much?"

"Sold so much silver? I think there are dozens of taels." The second aunt blurted out.

"These silver coins are 100 taels in total," Lu Siyu pointed to the pile of silver, and took out the banknotes from it. "And these banknotes, the sweet potatoes from the 900-acre field were sold for a total of [-] taels of silver."

"Hiss—" Second Auntie gasped, holding on to Second Uncle's arm.

"It hurts to death, can you please stop pinching me, mother-in-law?" The second uncle also gasped, but it hurt to be pinched by the second uncle.

"Does it really hurt?" Second Auntie asked.

"Of course it hurts. If you don't believe me, try it yourself, and let go!" Er Bo repeatedly said.

"It hurts, so it's not a dream?" The second aunt raised her head to look at Lu Siyu, "Xiao Yu, is this really 900 taels of silver?"

The second uncle was also in a trance before, but he was woken up by the second auntie, but he still felt a little unreal when he looked at the pile of money and banknotes.

"Is it too expensive?" The aunt asked cautiously from the side.

"It's not expensive, uncle, our batch of sweet potatoes are all used to make seeds, so the price is just right, but they did give a little more, and each mu of land is calculated at the price of six thousand catties per mu, ten Five mu of land, exactly 900 taels." Lu Siyu explained.

"Who are you selling, Xiao Yu?" The uncle suddenly became very perceptive.

Lu Siyu looked at him, and then at other people who were equally curious, knowing that this matter would definitely not be hidden today: "Zhuang Jinhan."

"Master Zhuang? He... What does he want so many sweet potatoes for?" The second aunt stuttered.

"Because he is the magistrate." Lu Siyu said seriously.

"I know..." The second uncle slipped, fell directly to the ground, and got up numbly, "You mean...mean...you mean...Master Zhuang is actually the county magistrate?"

"Yes." Lu Siyu nodded, seeing the shocked faces of the four, he felt that he was much calmer when he knew Zhuang Jinhan's identity.

"Lord Magistrate, that is Lord Magistrate. I have only met the Lord Magistrate when I was young in my life, and he was far-sighted. This young master Zhuang is the Lord Magistrate. Didn't we still eat at the same table? Food?" The second aunt was frightened and said a lot.

"Master Zhuang is the county magistrate, isn't he too young?" The aunt asked in surprise, but she was surprised by Zhuang Jinhan's age.

"If Master Zhuang is really the county magistrate, it would be reasonable for him to want so many sweet potatoes." After all, the uncle was well-informed and calmed down quickly.

"Who would have thought that Young Master Zhuang doesn't look like an official at all, and he's so small, he's different from the magistrates in the past." The uncle said in a low voice.

"That's right, this age is too young, how many times does it take for a scholar to become an official, Xiao Yu?" The second aunt looked at Lu Siyu.

"The college examination, the township examination, the general examination and the palace examination, you have to go through three passes in total, and the final pass determines the ranking. As for Master Zhuang, I don't know what his ranking is." Lu Siyu shook his head. He only knew that Zhuang Jinhan was the county magistrate, and he didn't. Ask Zhuang Jinhan what his ranking was in the exam, but it shouldn't be bad.

"I don't know what to try, but I know the scholar. The scholar is already very good, and this young master Zhuang is even better." The second aunt concluded to herself, completely forgetting that she was the one who asked the question just now.

"The college exam is for scholar, the township exam is for juren, and the general exam is for Jinshi." Lu Siyu explained again.

"I know that," the second aunt suddenly realized, "I heard that many scholarly candidates never pass the Juren examination, and thought that Juren is very good, but I didn't expect that there are Jinshi in Juren."

The other three people silently listened to the conversation between the two. As soon as the second aunt's voice fell, someone began to nod, obviously agreeing with the second aunt's words.

"The matter of the scholar is another matter. Let's talk about the distribution of the money first." Lu Siyu pointed to the money and bills on the table.

The eyes of the other four people swept over, somewhat dazed in their eyes.

"A total of 900 mu of land, my family has seven mu, and the uncle's and second uncle's families each have four mu. There is a total of 60 taels of silver here. On average, one mu of land is 240 taels of silver. That is to say, the uncle's family and the second uncle's family each get 40 taels of silver. .” Lu Siyu took out two banknotes, counted [-] taels of silver, and handed them to the uncle.

The uncle put his hands together and took the banknotes and silver, his movements seemed to be a little trembling.

Similarly, the second uncle also received 240 taels of silver.

The money is allocated according to the number of fields. In general, Lu Siyu is the one who takes the most money, but 240 taels of silver, for a rural family, I am afraid that it will be enough for two lifetimes of farming, let alone a lifetime. Not so much money.

In fact, before this, Lu Siyu was also happy to earn dozens of taels of silver, but in the blink of an eye, he had already pinched several hundred taels in his hand.

"I've never seen a banknote in my life?" The second aunt took a banknote from the second uncle's hand, looked up and down, left and right, wishing to see a flower.

"Be careful, don't tear it." The second uncle was worried.

"Just don't worry, how could I tear it, it's my treasure," the second aunt held the banknote, and took it out to look at it again, "It's just that the banknote is made of paper, and it is not as solid as silver. , won’t you even know if you accidentally lost it?”

"I also think that this banknote looks too unsafe." The aunt echoed.

"Silver tickets are better than silver. Silver is too eye-catching. If the aunt and second aunt are really worried, they can buy more fields." Lu Siyu suggested.

Just like buying a house when you have money in modern times, you feel that buying a house is the only way to be safe. In this era, if you have money, you naturally want to buy land. Only when you have enough land in your hands will you feel more at ease.

"Yes, what Xiaoyu said makes sense, we will buy more land later." The second aunt nodded immediately, quite approving of Lu Siyu's words.

"What about you, Xiaoyu, what are your plans?" The uncle looked at Lu Siyu.

Lu Siyu shook his head: "I don't have too many ideas at the moment, but I wonder if there is a way to build the roads from the village to the town and the county."

"Building roads?" The uncle looked at him with confusion in his eyes.

"Well," Lu Siyu nodded, "Build the road from Lujia Village to the town and the village, so that it will be more convenient for us to go back and forth in the future, but this matter is still under my consideration, I don't know where to start yet .”

He just has such an idea. After all, he has always had an idea in his mind, "If you want to get rich, build roads first", but the idea is an idea, and it is still far from practice.

"Well, why not like this, if there is anything we can help, we will do our best to help, even with money." The uncle said, still following in Lu Siyu's footsteps, not sure if it was because of habit or because of trust.

Lu Siyu nodded: "We'll talk about this matter later, aunt and aunt, did you catch the little piggy?"

"Not yet, it's not that I didn't have any money before, but now that I have money, I'll catch it right away." The auntie said quickly, although Lu Siyu told them to catch piglets before, they really didn't have any money. After getting the money in a while, I also have the confidence to buy piglets.

"Well," Lu Siyu nodded, "I will pay ten taels of silver, and I can order some pork later. It happens that pigs also have feed, and they can grow sweet potatoes, but a pigsty needs to be built, and it's better to clean it up."

"This is no problem, we can take care of it, but Xiao Yu, there is one more thing, I wonder if it can be..." Second Aunt said hesitantly.

"Second aunt, tell me." Lu Siyu looked at her.

"It's like this. My natal family has a few nieces who are very diligent. I don't know if I can ask them to come and help, just give them a meal." The second aunt was a little hesitant. In fact, many families in the countryside are living well. No, so married women are most taboo to subsidize their natal family. Although the second aunt is fast-talking, she dare not subsidize her natal family.

The Lu family was doing better before, and the second aunt brought some things back home, but she never told anyone to come over.

Now their family has more than 200 taels of silver in their hands, and they said they want to raise pigs, so they suddenly had an idea and couldn't help but bring it up.

"Second aunt," Lu Siyu looked at her, and smiled when he saw the anxious look of the second aunt, "It's not only raising pigs, but also our sweet potato fields. It's time to consider asking for help. Second aunt wants Of course you can help your natal family, but there is one thing, I hope my character is decent, if my character is not good, at least I won’t ask anyone to help me.”

"The character must be passable. If the character is not good, you don't need to tell Xiao Yu, I will definitely scold them back!" The second aunt let out a sigh of relief, a big stone in her heart fell to the ground, and her mood suddenly improved a lot.

"The same goes for my aunt. If someone from my natal family wants to come and help, that's fine. The monthly salary is [-] Wen, and I will pay all the salary. There is only one requirement, that is, to pass the test of character and not be lazy." Hiring people to do things , Lu Siyu had thought about this matter a long time ago, and now that the second aunt proposed it, he just followed along.

"No, no, how can I let you go out alone." The uncle shook her head quickly.

"It's normal for me to pay the wages. Sometimes the uncle and the second wife can help, but I can't help, so let's do this." Lu Siyu said seriously.

"Okay, the wages are paid by you. One hundred cash is too much, let's change it to fifty cash." The aunt changed her words, but brought up the issue of wages.

"Huh?" Lu Siyu was a little puzzled.

"We don't have a lot of work here. At fifty yuan a month, girls can't do heavy work, and the money is less. If you are looking for a man, if there is work in their family, you have to take care of both sides, and it's not good to give too much." The aunt still considered the lifestyle of everyone in the countryside. It is impossible for someone to devote all his body and mind to working for others. Fifty Wen is considered an extra income.

Lu Siyu didn't really understand the way of wages here. Even if he tried to calculate the price of a penny to be equal to one yuan, there was a world of difference between ancient and modern income levels, so he didn't force it.

"Then it's according to the auntie. In this way, the auntie and the second aunt can relax a little bit."

"That's right, how can a farmer find someone to help with the work and pay back the wages." The second aunt said cheerfully. She originally wanted to give a meal. It's too good to make people happy.

Lu Siyu looked at the expression of the second aunt and smiled slightly. In fact, fifty pennies is really nothing to the uncle and the second uncle at this time, but both of them are used to thrift and careful planning, so the excitement has not passed yet. .