Ancient Fortune Records

As the weather gradually warmed up, Shen Laiqiu planted rice, barley, soybeans and other commonly eaten grains in the villages, villages, and the good land bestowed by the emperor. Ten years of ration money for a family.

Shen Li doesn't have the temperament of a young master, and follows his father to farm in the fields, but Shen Laiqiu loves him so much that he doesn't want him to go to the fields all the time.

"In the future, you will have no shortage of food and clothing. You don't need to work so hard. I'm used to it." Shen Laiqiu carried Shen Li to the ridge of the field, and asked Shen Li to watch him plant the land while eating the fruit.

Shen Li really doesn't like going to the fields, if he is a child of a family when he crosses over, he will not go to the fields to farm.But he is still a farmer, and his father is a farmer. Even if the family has a lot of money in the field now, this essence cannot be changed.His father is a farmer, so he is naturally not a nobleman.

After eating the fruit, his father asked Shen Li to pull out the leeches that were sucking his blood.This kind of thing is especially abundant in the fields, and when it sucks human blood, it is silent, disgusting and annoying.Shen Li looked at the small bumps and fine blood holes on his father's legs, and he especially missed the modern long rubber shoes, which are also called rubber boots in some places.

Shen Li has never planted land in modern times. If he had done so, he would know that the ground is particularly airtight when he wears rubber shoes, and he can realize prickly heat on his legs in spring.But wearing rubber shoes to farm is better than not wearing them at all, at least you don’t need to wrap your legs with thick sackcloth to prevent you from being bitten by poisonous snakes, poisonous insects or leeches.

Pueraria, ramie, tea trees, and wolfberries are planted in the mountains.They are all good economic crops, especially kudzu root. The roots are valuable, and the stems can be used to make baskets or ropes, and the fibers can be pulled out to weave cloth.Ramie can also be made into linen cloth, but the process is a little bit more, but the ancients were not afraid of the process. The price of ramie is not expensive, but it is not troublesome to grow at all, so most of them are grown by others.When the time is right, it will be an income to get it to the cloth village and sell it.

Shen Laiqiu had never planted tea trees, and someone in the town knew about it, so Shen Laiqiu invited them to build a decent thatched house at the foot of the mountain, which can shelter from the wind and rain and rest, with one bedroom, one main room, and one bedroom. kitchen.That man is an expert in tea plantation, most people can't hire him, but only after hearing about Shen Laiqiu's reputation as a soap maker, he felt that he was also a technician and could help him.Of course, Shen Laiqiu's wages are also excellent.

The goji berries were purchased by Shen Li from a merchant. He happened to see several goji berry trees on hand by a merchant in the south, so he took them all.There are not many of these things in Shenjia Village or Qinghe County, wolfberry is a good thing, in the past Shen Li would often buy some back to make tea in modern times.This kind of shrub plant is also very good for fences, but it is afraid that chickens in the village will come and peck it, so it is better to plant it on the mountain.

"You have harvested, how much money can you make?" the patriarch asked curiously.

"It can be sold for more than ten yuan per catty. This thing is easy to grow. If the family is willing to grow it, I will ask that Nanshang to bring more next time. If you want to buy it, you can come and tell my father now." Shen Li replied.

When the patriarch heard that a catty was more than ten Wen, he was in awe. It's a good thing, and it can be planted.

"What kind of fruit grows on it?"

"The small red fruit is inconvenient to pick. It is red and very sweet. It can be used for tea and medicine."

Shen Li took out the wolfberry that Nanshang gave him, and showed it to the patriarch, who twisted a small one and tasted it.The taste is a bit like the raisins he ate when he was young, but not the same.

"Good stuff! My family can grow it too!"

If the patriarch is willing to plant, the whole village has to follow suit.Shen Li simply felt that the mountain land was wasted and the money was enough now. For him, it was a pleasure to control how to plant this large area.

When the land is almost finished planting, the whole spring is almost over.The smoke from cooking in Shenjia Village has never been cut off, because making soap liquid and making tofu require a lot of firewood.At this time, the villagers were very fortunate that the nearby hills belonged to Shenjia Village, and there would be no competition from other villages for chopping firewood and drawing grass to light the fire.

However, Shen Li told Shen Laiqiu that the trees on the mountain cannot be cut down without restraint, otherwise what will be left to the younger generations will only be a barren mountain.At this time, there are not many things on the mountain, but there are many trees. Many people still don't take his words to heart. The patriarch has spoken, and they have to listen to Shen Li!If the small tree is not cut down, the waste branches of the big tree have to be cut down. If a family cuts down a tree, it has to be replanted in spring!

The patriarch is old, but he is not confused.Shen Li, a child who used to be indifferent in their village, has now grown into a person who is even praised by the emperor. It can be seen that what he said has a basis, but it's just that white men like them don't understand it.It’s okay to be ignorant, fools only need to follow the teachings of wise men, even if they don’t have great prospects, as long as they don’t make mistakes.

Shen Li learned of the patriarch's decision to praise him so much, and wondered if the patriarch had a super thick filter for him.But the patriarch is willing to restrain the tribe, which is a good thing.Because of this decision, the villagers in Shenjia Village even developed the habit of going to their own hills to plant some trees when they had nothing to do.People in other villages saw it, and planted trees in the same way.

"Their village is well developed! Follow their village to learn!"

This is the result that Shen Li did not expect, planting trees is not a bad thing.Villagers love to eat fruits because children, most of them plant jujube, pear, peach and persimmon trees.Some red fruit trees have also been planted, but red fruit trees are prone to insects, so it is fine to plant two randomly in the village.

Shen Laiqiu plans to open the grain store after autumn and sell the surplus grain.Let's rent out the front of the grain store in the town now, earn some rent, and keep the house from being left idle.

At the beginning of April, Shen Li received a package and a letter from Shizi, and his entourage rushed to deliver it. There was a bag of brown sugar and a bag of white sugar inside.What does Shen Li not understand after seeing this?The time must have come.Maybe there are sugar shops selling brown sugar and white sugar in the capital now.

I saw that there were two main things written in the letter. The first thing was to tell Shen Li that he had built many ponds, which are currently run by himself.The southern aristocratic family that produced sugar was scolded away by His Majesty, and there was no telling when they would try to make an example of others.The second thing is to tell Shen Li that the third prince has participated in the sugar industry, the price will not be very expensive, but it will not be cheap either.Twenty cents a catty of brown sugar is already the lowest price, and if it is any lower, the emperor might be unhappy. If Shen Li wants to do sugar business, he needs to send a note to the government, and he will protect Shen Li's sugar workshop.

Shen Li received the letter, but he didn't decide whether to reply or not, so he let the attendant live in the private room of the inn, and waited for him to think about how to reply to the letter in the past two days, and then let him take the reply back.

Shen Li: Talking to the powerful, the powerful even offered to cover him, a little happy, but also a little flustered.

Well, he admitted that he was really happy to read this letter. In this world, Shizi is his first friend. He is loyal and righteous. The point is, he is handsome and has a good thigh.

These days, the businessmen who come and go can always bring a lot of news, let Shen Li know many things that are beyond his reach, especially bad things.

"Have you heard? There is a plague in a city in the south! Oh, the government has sent people to 'solve' it!" A Northland businessman whispered this to the villagers, his face full of sorrow.

"What to do? How to deal with it?" There are many mountains in Qinghe County, and there is no news. It is only this year that Shenjia Village has prospered, and there are more businessmen.

"Hey, how else can we deal with this? Isn't it just to draw a circle and let the sick people go in, and then burn it if it can't be cured?"

"Poor thing, why can't it be cured?" Everyone in the village who likes to join in the fun has a look of sympathy.

"There is no money for medical treatment! There are not enough medicinal materials and doctors there, and the imperial court has allocated funds, but there is not enough money for corrupt officials to eat and drink. How can we care about these people's lives?"

"Did the imperial court send anyone to watch?"

"Who knows that?"

Shen Li suddenly said: "Then I donate some money and food, can I go there?"

The man shook his head: "At this moment, who will send it to you? Nanshang, who used to come to your village often, I haven't seen him in the past few times when I bought goods. I don't know if he is from that place. At this moment, that city It’s all sealed up, and I don’t know what’s going on in the city.”

Shen Li shook his head, in a feudal society, the lives of ordinary people were no different from grass.But since I heard about it, and the prince just sent someone to deliver the letter, let's sort out some modern methods of preventing and treating infectious diseases for the prince to see, hoping to help such a bad situation.

Shen Li didn't know that Wen Bohe, who had just sent someone to strangle the evil monk, was reading the secret report from that 'dead city'.

Wen Bohe frowned and said, "Father, there is an emergency in Yuncheng. There is not enough food in the city, the plague is too serious, and the doctors are unwilling to go in for treatment. Those dog officials also ran away, greedy for food and medicine for disaster relief."

King An sighed: "It's too embarrassing for you and me to be in such a situation. The last time you presented Qu Yuanli, the drum cart, and the sugar-making recipes already made His Majesty suspicious. If you interfere with his son's disaster relief, I'm afraid... …”

Wen Bohe stared fixedly at his father: "You have been stable for so many years, you don't fight or grab, you are careful everywhere, even your son pretends to be sick, and rarely goes out. If Your Majesty still doesn't trust our family, is it your fault? "

King An couldn't bear to see the whole city completely destroyed, so he pondered for a while, "Three days, waiting for three days, if His Majesty still doesn't make a move, I will go to the imperial pilgrimage to see the emperor."

Wen Bohe sighed, but seeing his father's gray hair, he couldn't bear to push him any further.These years, His Majesty has become more and more moody and angry, and his father is frightened. A prince can't live as easily as a farmer.

He suddenly wanted to change places with Shen Shentong. He didn't know how Shen Shentong would act in his position.

Shen Li was writing hard, listing many items, from the isolation of the plague, treatment, and prevention of further infection.Several new things were proposed, such as how to make medical alcohol, the benefits of masks, protective clothing and so on.In terms of the system, there is nothing he can do. In a feudal society, it is normal not to take human life seriously. I just hope to have a good official.

"...The emperor is a boat; the common people are water. Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. I hope that your majesty should pay attention to this matter."

It was too inconvenient for Shen Li to write the language that was too gorgeous, so he told the prince directly in Xunzi's words, and believed that the prince would understand what he meant.The entourage brought the letter and special products, and galloped towards the official road.

But Shen Li's heart did not relax much.