Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Without keeping Zhong Qingran waiting for long, Jian Mingyu drove the carriage back to the pier.Based on the principle that the fewer people know the better, Jian Mingyu persuaded Mr. Zhong to stay at home and load the fish in a horse-drawn cart, which was already eye-catching enough. If more people were added, wouldn't it be that everyone on the pier would be attracted? to them?

On the way here, Jian Mingyu happened to meet a group of people returning home. Most of them were expressionless, and some of them were depressed. The harvest was very little, and only one person carried a load of fish, and it was not full, and it was only twenty or thirty catties to the sky.It's just such a small amount of food, and several people share it. If the family has a slightly larger population, the portion that is distributed may not be enough for the whole family to eat.

Seeing Jian Mingyu, everyone gathered up their minds and greeted him one after another. Jian Mingyu smiled and nodded as a response.In the blink of an eye, the two sides passed by each other.

"I just saw Commander Jane get off the boat. Could it be that he went to sea today?"

"Probably so."

"Then, he drove the carriage over..."

"It's true that people are more angry than people. We worked hard all day, and after paying the boat rent, there were not many fish left. Today is a day for nothing. Why don't you go to help out? Although the wages are not much, at least you can earn a lot."

"What nonsense are you talking about? What's the value of that little dead money? We're not so unlucky every day, didn't we make a lot of money before? One or two times a month, it's enough for the whole family to spend, maybe They can also save some dry goods and save them for winter, but they can’t earn so much even if they work hard. You, you are still too young, don’t think about it too much, you can return with full rewards every time.”

"Daping is right. If life were so easy, why would we need to sell ourselves into slavery? Thanks to the kindness of the Zhong family, we were honored by the children and grandchildren of the city guards, so we were able to get rid of our humble status immediately. There are still many people who have to raise enough money to get the status of good citizens?"

"You guys just cherish the blessings. Fucheng's taxes are lower than before, not to mention, there are fewer types of taxes, and there are not so many miscellaneous apportionments. As long as you work hard, you can live a good life. It's not going to be so embarrassing that you sell your children. point."

"Speaking of this, I heard that there is such a meaning from above. If someone really does this, the betrayed person will not only have nothing to do with their family members, but even if they return to the status of good citizens, they will not have to support their parents. People still have to eat in prison!"

"Really, who did you listen to?"

"My brother is well-informed. He said that the higher-ups are discussing this matter, and the regulations will come out not long ago."

"That's how it should be! Isn't the city lord advocating that everyone should return to being a good citizen? If you are busy getting people out of lowly status, and at the same time keep turning good people into pariahs, then the previous policy is not empty talk? The city lord will definitely not sit idly by Ignore it, it is normal to issue corresponding regulations.”

"It should be so!" The rest of the people echoed in unison.

"I just don't know how long this situation can last." The only person in the field who was over the age of doubt let out a long sigh.He has experienced many things and has seen it thoroughly. He agrees with the city lord's approach, but he is not so optimistic.

This matter is troublesome. Now, everyone's life is not difficult, not to mention having enough food and clothing, and living in a new house with bright tiles, or the kind of green brick house that was unimaginable before.Even if the family is in debt, no one will look down on anyone when everyone owes money, and it will be difficult to say as time goes by.

If there is a disaster, hehe, he really doesn't believe that the big guys have a deep-rooted old thinking, they won't change their ways to take advantage of the loopholes.If you can't sell people, wouldn't there be "child brides", "marriage changes", "baby drowning", etc.?

What's more, they will play the idea of ​​​​the students of the academy.The policy of the college is very loose, except for the compulsory courses, you don't have to take other courses.As for the compulsory courses, on average, there is not even one class a day, which is a big loophole.The original idea of ​​the academy was very good. Zhong Qingran made this decision because he fully considered that the current production capacity is limited, and children are also a major labor force. Such regulations can allow children from poor families to study while helping their families with work, reducing the burden on the family.

But this policy is not the case at all in the eyes of interested people.Generally, besides the compulsory courses, students will take at least one elective course and study for half a day.Not for anything else, just because the compulsory courses only teach people to recognize characters and numbers. When everyone knows it, it is difficult to make a living by only learning these things.After graduating, these people can only do some jobs that do not require skills, but what really makes them skilled is elective courses.

At present, among the first batch of students accepted by Huaxia Academy, none of them are only taking compulsory courses, but there are more or less elective subjects.Although, the dean suggested that students should choose one or two elective courses, but it's not guaranteed, is it?

Many rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty were still implemented in Fucheng, not because Zhong Qingran didn't want to change them, but because there was no way to change them at all.Could it be that he told Mr. Zhong that his children and grandchildren should not listen to him, and that he could not be the master of his children and grandchildren?If Zhong Qingran really wanted to say that, he would be digging into the old man's heart, and he couldn't live through this day.

In fact, the patriarchal system is not all dross, the key is whether the head of the family can handle it clearly.Well done, the combined power of one family will not produce the effect of one plus one equals two, but far beyond that.Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages, and overall, the disadvantages are not small.Everyone has selfishness, it is really a very simple thing for the grandparents of the elders to see who is not pleasing to the eye and want to train them.

Zhong Qingran wanted to change it, but he couldn't think of a suitable method for a while, so he could only make do with it.

Since each housework is managed by each family, it is already foreseeable that children are only allowed to learn compulsory courses, and they are forced to work at other times.If Zhong Qingran hadn't set the rules, every school-age child had to go to the academy to study, I am afraid that within a few years, there would be many illiterates who could not read a single word.

Zhong Qingran didn't know that at this moment, someone was making rules for him, and it was easy to be taken advantage of by others, and he was even afraid that he would not be able to suppress it, and would be worried.After all, those who hold the right to speak are the elders who are the masters of the country. If Zhong Qingran wants to move them, it is tantamount to challenging the authority of this entire class. It is about personal interests. Just not participating.It's not right or wrong, just different positions.

Hearing the rattling sound of horseshoes kicking the ground, Zhong Qingran raised the cabin curtain and saw that it was Mingyu returning. He immediately stepped out of the cabin, scanned around, and found that the nearest returning fishing boat was some distance away from the pier. Moved to the pier one by one.When Jian Mingyu approached, Zhong Qingran had almost moved, and the two of them worked together to put all the seafood they caught into the carriage.

"Mingyu, just watch here, I'll go back as soon as I go." Zhong Qingran didn't wait for Jian Mingyu's response, and turned back into the fishing boat.Those overloaded catches are no longer on the coast where they rest at noon. After all, it is a bit far away. It takes too much time to go back and forth. At this time, the sun has already slanted. If we finish all this, I am afraid it will be night up.

Zhong Qingran rowed the fishing boat, headed northeast with a clear purpose, and arrived at a small bay after about a quarter of an hour.He got up, looked around, saw that no one was paying attention, and swiftly rowed the boat into the bay.

After a while, Zhong Qingran rowed again, and the boat full of catches headed towards the pier.

After such a delay, the pier was already quite busy, Zhong Qingran visually observed that there were at least three or four fishing boats docking to unload their cargo.He has long been accustomed to this.Seafood is the biggest source of food in Fucheng. If it weren't for seafood, the wharf would only be more lively.

Zhong Qingran parked the fishing boat on the outermost side, where Jian Mingyu was waiting.

The two of them didn't want to be surrounded by people, so they put all the catches into the carriage in twos and threes, and they didn't even have time to change the fish baskets. They only replaced the copper buckets with the baskets that Mingyu brought from home when they were all busy. .

Jian Mingyu drove the carriage to the wharf management office, and so did Zhong Qingran. After delivering the fishing boat, he and Jian Mingyu sat side by side on the shaft of the carriage. As for Treading Snow, he was slowly following behind the carriage.

Along the way, people greeted Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu, and they responded with smiles.

Although everyone only saw it from a distance, none of them was stupid. If they sent out the carriage, they would definitely gain a lot.There was an ignorant child who wanted to come forward to watch, but was stopped by the parents.The city lord deliberately parked the boat so far away, because he didn't want anyone to disturb him. If they were so ignorant and went to watch the excitement, wouldn't they be annoyed by others?That's the owner of the city, so you can't offend them. Although no one in his family has such a small mind, there are no absolutes in the world. What if they wear small shoes?

They were right in thinking, if it wasn't for the fact that they caught too much fish, which far exceeded the carrying capacity of the fishing boat, how could Zhong Qingran be so secretive?A bumper harvest is a happy event, and no one would begrudge it to make others happy.

Zhong Qingran regretted that he could not make the harvest of this trip known to the public.It was only then that he realized, could it be that the shell he possessed was young, and he also faded along with it?

That night, the Zhong family was busy for most of the night before they finished processing all the dead seafood.Of course, more than half of them are in the charge of Zhong's servants.

Smelling the fishy smell of the sea all over his body, and looking at all kinds of dry goods hanging on the drying pole, Zhong Qingran was in pain but also happy.He didn't want to do this again, he swore that next time he went to sea, he would definitely find a bigger fishing boat, so as not to be like today, not only sneaking around, but also dragging his grandma and the others to work together.Of course, what Zhong Qingran didn't say was that after dissecting the fish for so long and being in contact with the water all the time, his hands were swollen. This was not a comfortable feeling, so he avoided it as much as he could.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhong didn't think so.The two elders are used to doing farm work, so they don't have to work hard every day in the past few years. That is also the time when they are not idle every day, but the work they do is different from before.This time, the couple with the third grandson brought back such a large amount of seafood, which was nothing more than the usual ones, but half of them were rare Haizhen. The two elders were very happy!

Mr. and Mrs. Zhong's brows were filled with joy, not because of the harvest in front of them, but because they thought that even if something went wrong in the future, with Qingran and his wife alone, they would not have to worry about food.Thinking of such a bright future, it's no wonder the two elders are unhappy.

Xu Shi hadn't been so busy for a long time. The two elders were tired, and fell into a deep sleep as soon as they touched the bed. They didn't even wake up at night, and slept until dawn.

Even Jue Shao's Mr. Zhong and his wife are like this, let alone Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu, two half-year-old teenagers who are at the peak of their growth.

With the construction of a large number of glass greenhouses, common crops were no longer planted in Zhong's backyard, but precious medicinal materials, tea trees and other plants that are not native to Hanhai Prefecture, so that Zhong Qingran would take care of them personally from time to time.

It happened so suddenly back then that Zhong Qingran didn't have time to make more preparations. Many crops only had seeds, even if they were annuals. Those perennial crops, such as fruit trees, etc., had to wait for a long time to harvest.

Looking at the green tea saplings stretching comfortably, Zhong Qingran could only look at the ocean and sigh, how long would he have to wait for new tea?

In fact, Zhong Qingran is not addicted to tea, it's not that he must drink it.It's just that tea is a good drink to relieve tiredness. People in Hanhai Prefecture obviously eat much more meat than before. If they live for a long time, they may not be able to do without it. No matter how bad it is, they have to find items with similar functions Just replace it.

Of course, there is another way, that is to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat, which can essentially solve this problem that may plague everyone for a long time.The problem is that the land in Hanhai Prefecture is relatively barren. It seems that it is not easy to achieve this goal. It must be accumulated for a long time before it can be realized.

At this moment, Zhong Qingran wished he could move all the convenient agricultural equipment from his previous life here.As long as the amount of arable land that can be taken care of per capita increases, no matter how poor it is, if you plant more, the harvest will not be less.You know, Hanhai Prefecture lacks everything, except land.At this moment, there is a large piece of land outside Fucheng, waiting for them to choose at will.

It's a pity, Zhong Qingran can only think about it, Fu Yunzhu has this ability, the key is that he can only get the design drawings, if he wants to get the real thing, he has to make it himself.Thinking about the perfect glass that he probably knows the formula, it took a lot of luck. If you want to make modern agricultural machinery, don't you know that you have to wait until the year of the monkey?It is estimated that if the day is really realized, the day lily will be cold.

Of course, this is not the best policy, there is a simpler way, that is to cultivate high-yielding seeds.As long as they have them, all the troubles they face will no longer be a problem.Every time he thinks about this, Zhong Qingran can only laugh dryly.This is even more difficult than creating modern agricultural machinery.

Zhong Qingran knows the concept of hybridization, but the question is, where can he get different varieties of food crops?Since no matter what kind of plan, in a short period of time, it is impossible to fundamentally solve the current situation of food shortage, he will not force it.However, this does not mean that Zhong Qingran has given up. He has already implemented the simple and effective optimization method.

Part of the fields reclaimed by the city residents belonged to Fucheng.From it, Zhong Qingran specially opened up a large experimental field to grow crops with various excellent traits, such as high yield, lodging resistance, drought tolerance, and cold tolerance.Currently, Mr. Zhong is in charge of this experimental field.At the beginning, when the old man first heard Zhong Qingran talk about this matter, he was extremely interested.This is a good thing that can benefit everyone. As long as one is successful, it can greatly improve the lives of the people. Mr. Zhong is very precious, and almost every day, he has to go there for a stroll.

Agricultural research is a huge project, and the cycle of results is too long, Zhong Qingran doesn't count on it at all.What is more feasible at the moment is the large-scale application of glass greenhouses. This is a real way to increase food production.Yield per mu in one season is not good, what about two seasons and three seasons?

Zhong Qingran really wants to build a glass greenhouse on a large scale, but unfortunately, this is just a luxury.It's not that it can't be built, but it's useless to build it.One is that building a glass greenhouse outside the city is not only vulnerable to damage, but also not safe.This item was first rejected by Zhong Qingran.The climate in Hanhai Prefecture is extremely cold and the ice age is long. In winter, if you want to ensure that the greenhouse has a high enough room temperature, you must burn a fire.When the road was blocked by heavy snow, it was too late for everyone to hide in the house and enjoy the fire. Who could stay busy outside the city for a day?Do you want to die?

Furthermore, there are too many greenhouses, and charcoal alone cannot be prepared.Zhong Qingran didn't want to, after a few years, the area behind the mountain would become bare.He was afraid that at that time, Fucheng would either be buried by mudslides or be exhausted by avalanches.He also wanted Mr. Zhong and his wife to live a good life, and he himself didn't want to live a life of ups and downs. His ultimate goal was to die peacefully with Jian Mingyu.

"Qingran, let's go, take a look, Shangqingfang has opened again, and this time there is a team of new faces." Zhong Qingzhu trotted all the way over, wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and said out of breath.Before he finished speaking, he dragged Zhong Qingran and ran towards Shangqingfang.

Seeing this, Zhong Qingran didn't say much, just glanced at him, and let Zhong Qingzhu pull him away.

Hot summer is not a good day to travel.At this time, even in Hanhai Prefecture, where the temperature is not high all year round, the highest temperature during the day reaches nearly [-] degrees, and many items that are not easy to store cannot be carried.

When Zhong Qingran arrived, the main street of Shangqingfang was already extremely lively.This is normal. There are more than 1000 people in Fucheng. After getting along for more than a year, everyone has become acquainted. Looking around, isn't it just those familiar faces?No, after all, other tribesmen came to visit, and asked them to suppress their temper and not join in the fun, how could that be possible?

Therefore, when the people of Fucheng heard the news, many of them gathered around like looking at a diorama, to see if it was possible to buy some rare goods that Fucheng did not have.

Looking at the outside of the visitor, there are three floors inside and three floors outside, surrounded tightly, but it is still orderly. Not only did no stampede happen, even the cases of pushing and shoving were rare. I learned that the rules he set did not become a piece of paper. Zhong Qingran was quite satisfied with the empty talk.

Fucheng is short of unorthodox talents. Zhong Qingran couldn't find a suitable person in charge of the foreign affairs department for a while, so he asked people to take turns to take over concurrently. One of them was himself.This time it was Zhong Qingshu's turn. The foreign caravan leader had been welcomed into the house by him long ago, and those left in the yard were only the low-level members of the caravan.

Now that the matter was divided, Zhong Qingran didn't think about holding on to it all the time.At this time, it was not easy for him to show up, so he simply stood outside and watched strangely like everyone else.

It wasn't that Zhong Qingzhu didn't know anything. He dragged the man out of the yard, and didn't go any further. He stood on tiptoe, stretched his neck, and joined the ranks of spectators.

Right now, business exchanges between Fucheng and other tribes still require official participation, and this will not be necessary when trade becomes more frequent in the future.Therefore, it is not very useful for the crowd to gather here. It is more about wanting to see it first. If there is something fancy, that is the best, so that you can buy it before everyone.

It was only now that Zhong Qingran thought of this, he couldn't help turning his head to look at someone who was jumping around, seeing that he didn't respond, he stretched out his elbow and bent him.

"What?" Zhong Qingzhu was at a loss.

Zhong Qingran looked at him angrily: "What do I have to ask you? After the deal is concluded, the grocery store will be busy. If you don't stare, how can you come here to watch the fun?"

"Oh, what about this?" Zhong Qingzhu immediately relaxed, "No, it's not long since they arrived. After Qingshu has settled other matters, he has to discuss the specific price with Uncle Zhengyi. After all these are in place, the goods will be sent to Grocery store. I have already told the guys to sort out the inventory. You also know that Fucheng has the most seafood, and there is already a lot of backlog in the warehouse. The price is not high, and internal consumption is limited. Get another Horde caravan and eat them all."

"As long as you know what's in your mind, don't capsize in the gutter and be caught by someone." Zhong Qingran smiled, said something casually, and didn't say any more.

"I can save this matter." Zhong Qingzhu looked confident. With his brother as his backer, if he could still mess up such a good job, he would simply stuff it back into his mother's belly and grow it again.

What Zhong Qingzhu said was a new rule set by Zhong Qingran.In the past, he never thought that there would be too much contact with other tribes, and the government-owned grocery store would have a limited amount of harvest, so as to avoid a backlog of goods that could not be consumed internally, resulting in waste.

Now, restrictions on eating have been relaxed, and grocery stores are basically open to anyone who comes to them. As for other daily necessities, they are still under control.

Although Zhong Qingran wanted to establish good relations with various tribes through trade, he didn't sell everything.Many inland people may not be used to seafood, but it has two advantages. One is that it has a salty taste, and the other is that eating some seafood from time to time can effectively reduce the incidence of big neck disease.For the people of Fucheng, things that cannot be sold on bad streets are valuable things in the eyes of other tribes.

If it wasn't for Zhong Qingran's other purpose and the price was not set high, if he were a normal businessman, he might be willing to sell it for a price.No business, no evil, this statement is not groundless, but a true portrayal of most businessmen.

Since Zhong Qingran opened the restrictions on the purchase of ingredients in grocery stores, those who are not fishermen and hunters are considered blessed.Fortunately, Zhong Qingran was a conscientious person, so he fixed the purchase price for the grocery store, and the price was only slightly lower than before.Otherwise, the market may be ruined before it rises.You must know that food is cheap in a good year, and a good harvest does not mean that you can live a good life. Maybe life is not as good as a bad harvest.