Take Taobao to ancient times

The emergence of sweet potatoes and corn is undoubtedly a huge change for this era. If the era wants to develop, the issue of food and clothing is the first priority.

But it’s not just these two things. This time I brought a lot of seeds back from overseas, but it didn’t include all the seeds necessary for development. Most of them were replaced by Lu Siyu quietly. For example, making sugar Beets, which are rapidly developing in the industry, and potatoes, another food that can solve the problem of food and clothing besides sweet potatoes and corn.

In the era of Lu Siyu's previous life, these three things were introduced to China in the 78s. It was also at that time that China's population began to increase. After all, this is how the ancients thought. As long as the food and clothing problem is solved , They will carry out the thoughts of their ancestors, more children and more blessings.

Among them, the people who make the population increase very rapidly are the common people, especially the common people who are farming.

Before these three things appeared, many families could not sustain themselves after paying the annual tax. Even if many children were born, many children would die of various reasons, among which starvation is also an important factor. the elements of.

And after these three things appear, the external cause of starvation has disappeared. Even if a child dies accidentally after giving birth, he can continue to give birth until he can no longer give birth.

In Lujia Village, Lu Siyu saw many families holding children in their arms this year, and some families had mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conceived together and had children together, but no one thought it was strange.

"Did there be a lot of children in Lujia Village this year?" Lu Siyu asked curiously.

"The extra children are about the same as before, but there will be a lot of them soon, and the midwives will be very busy in a few days." The auntie said worriedly.

"Why is it a few days?" Lu Siyu asked subconsciously.

The auntie glanced at him, her eyes full of hesitation, probably thinking about whether she should say something or not.

The second aunt watched from the side, and couldn't help but said: "You will know about this after you get married."

Lu Siyu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered the matter of being pregnant in October, and then thought about the time when the sweet potatoes were harvested last year. It took a lot of time to grow sweet potatoes. When I had time, I calculated that the pregnancy in October happened to be the next time.

"It's almost time, I'll go to rest first." Lu Siyu got up quickly, and stopped talking about this topic with his uncle and his wife.

After Lu Siyu left, the eldest aunt and the second aunt looked at each other.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think about Xiao Yu's marriage?" Second Aunt asked in a low voice.

"I'm also worried. The third brother and younger sister are all gone. We are Xiao Yu's elders, but it's okay if he lives at home. Now that they have all gone to the capital, we can't get in the way." In terms of marriage, getting married is a lifelong event. Basically, it is normal for children to plan to get married when they are fifteen or sixteen years old, and it will be too late if it is later.

"Isn't that right? In fact, some people have come to ask me for marriage these days." The second aunt said in a low voice.

"Say kiss? Say kiss to Xiaoyu?" The aunt frowned.

"No, they are all close relatives from her natal family. Although Xiaoyu has no parents and has to take care of three younger siblings, but Xiaoyu is promising. Now everyone in the ten miles and eight villages knows that Xiaoyu is promising, and they all live in the capital. So I wanted to marry my daughter, saying that even if I don't go home in the future, it doesn't matter if I live in the capital." Second Aunt explained.

"I can't agree to this matter, you must refuse it." The auntie said hastily.

"I think there are a few families with good conditions. The family has a lot of land, and the daughters are well-raised. Others didn't care about their marriage, so they took a fancy to us Xiaoyu." The second aunt made the last effort.

"Could it be that you have agreed to come down?" the aunt asked with a frown.

"No, no, how could I agree?" The second aunt quickly waved her hand, "They came to me, just to say something casually, probably to check on us first, if we are willing, then find someone to come to propose marriage, I think Thinking that this matter still needs to be decided by my sister-in-law, I refused, and I am here to ask my sister-in-law for her opinion."

Although the second aunt was outspoken, and what she said before did have such meaning, she was still very clear to the outside world. She knew what to say and what not to say. People reason.

"I really shouldn't agree," the aunt nodded, "It's not like you don't know, since Xiao Yu's parents left, this kid has made his own mind, and we can just talk to him about getting married in private. This matter is taken over, no matter how good our relationship with Xiaoyu is, we are still elders who have separated the family, and now the third younger brother's family is in charge of Xiaoyu himself, if we overdo it, it would be bad to quarrel with Xiaoyu later."

The Lu family had been separated more than ten years ago. Although the three families live together, they are still separated in the final analysis. My aunt has always seen it thoroughly, and she doesn't intend to take care of things that shouldn't be taken care of.

"That's true. I think it's better to find a girl in the capital. Find a girl from a scholar's family. It's just right to make a pair with Xiaoyu." The second aunt said with a smile, and also put aside the matter of proposing marriage to Lu Siyu. Behind the heads.

"I think so, but Xiaoyu has to like it herself." The aunt laughed.

In the Lu family, the uncle and the second uncle don't care about whether they get married or not, so the uncle and the second uncle are mainly in charge of these matters. Those who want to talk to Lu Siyu can only find two people. Now The two of them had secretly made a decision not to care about Lu Siyu's marriage anymore, and those people would only hit a wall when they came.

Lu Siyu was not around, Lu Siyu's closest aunt and second aunt didn't care about this matter, even if they wanted to talk about marriage, they didn't talk about it.

As time passed, no one came to talk to the uncle and the second aunt again.

On the other side, Lu Siyu returned to his room and smiled embarrassedly when he saw Zhuang Jinhan who was already sitting in the room.

"Sorry, brother Zhuang, there are many people staying at home tonight, so I can only wrong you to share a room with me." Lu Siyu was a little embarrassed, Mr. Li and the others chatted so intently that they forgot the time, and it was too dark outside , and the Lu family's house is relatively large, so they stayed.

However, Mr. Li and the magistrate must let them live separately, and there are some servants, so they are divided into several rooms.

It's not that there are not enough rooms, it's just that there are not so many people living in the house, and there are not enough mats and beddings, so Zhuang Jinhan can only share a room with Lu Siyu.

"It's not that I haven't slept with Brother Yu before, could it be that Brother Yu despises me?" Zhuang Jinhan leaned on the desk and looked at him with his chin propped up, his eyes full of smiles.

"Why would I dislike Brother Zhuang? I'm just afraid that Brother Zhuang is not used to it." Lu Siyu scratched his head, and suddenly thought of the idiom Zhuang Jinhan used before, "The idiom of sharing the same bed is really strange."

"We are all big men, it doesn't matter what idiom we use," Zhuang Jinhan got up, rubbed Lu Siyu's hair and said with a smile, "I'll go wash up."

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Jinhan went downstairs, Lu Siyu looked at his back and shrugged helplessly, forget it, anyway, it's not the first time to sleep in the same bed, just sleep in their own as before.

The weather is actually hot, but in the countryside, the weather is still a little cold at night, so there is a thin quilt in the room.

As for the mat, it is made of bamboo strips. It is relatively cool in summer, and it is covered with grass, so it will not feel hard when you sleep. The bamboo mat is still new. Lu Siyu guessed that it should be the uncle and the second uncle. They specially prepared mats.

At this time, most people used straw mats, and such bamboo mats were slightly more expensive than straw mats.

When Zhuang Jinhan went upstairs again, he saw Lu Siyu standing by the table, looking at what Zhuang Jinhan had written earlier.

"I've read a lot of books on agriculture these days, but I don't know much about them. Brother Yu is more professional, so I might be able to give you some advice." Zhuang Jinhan said with a smile.

"I think Brother Zhuang's writing is very good," Lu Siyu said hastily. He always knew that Zhuang Jinhan was smart, but he didn't expect to be so smart. Before, Zhuang Jinhan was a person who didn't know much about farming, but now this plan is well written. "Much better than me."

As Lu Siyu said, this is not self-effacing, but his own knowledge of agriculture is only temporary, and he can only come up with a plan by prescribing the right medicine. Compared with this, Zhuang Jinhan was able to gather such a plan from a large number of books, it is indeed very impressive outstanding.

"Brother Yu was joking. In this respect, Brother Yu is much better than me. I will ask Brother Yu to teach me more in the future." Zhuang Jinhan laughed.

"I can't give advice, but we can discuss it." Lu Siyu looked up and smiled. His advantage lies in his advanced consciousness, such as greenhouse vegetables, off-season vegetables, etc., as well as a large number of books that can be purchased and read on Taobao at any time. Only by combining with agriculture can agriculture develop rapidly, but the development of the current era cannot keep up.

"Okay, then let's discuss together." Zhuang Jinhan smiled.

"So does the emperor mean to let Brother Zhuang be responsible for these things?" Lu Siyu asked curiously.

"This is only temporary," Zhuang Jinhan shook his head, "I will take care of these things for the time being according to the emperor's intention, and I will do other things if necessary in the future."

"Is the emperor treating Brother Zhuang as a brick?" Lu Siyu was surprised.

"What do you mean?" Zhuang Jinhan asked.

"Where do I need to move!" Lu Siyu said seriously, and suddenly found that Zhuang Jinhan's status in the emperor's heart might be really high, otherwise he wouldn't trust him so much.

"You—" Zhuang Jinhan laughed, raised his hand and rubbed Lu Siyu's hair, "Rest, we have to get up early tomorrow, the corn has been seen, it's time to go back to the capital."

"I want to stay at home for a few more days." Lu Siyu whispered.

"Well, I'll leave you a carriage." Zhuang Jinhan didn't say much, just nodded with a smile.

"Thank you, Brother Zhuang." Lu Siyu said excitedly, looking at Zhuang Jinhan with a smile.

The two were still the same as before, and there seemed to be a huge gap before going to bed.

However, when Lu Siyu woke up the next morning, he found that he seemed to be hugging a warm pillow.