Survive through the ancient apocalypse

July and August are the cheapest months of the year for marine fish. It is too hot to transport, and there are not many merchants who can use ice cubes.

Ye Mingze decided to expand the scope of fresh fruit purchases.Although Jiang Jingzhi is a civil servant, he does have some muscles on his body.Your son of the Hou Mansion, traveling on horseback is a common thing, and I know horses quite well.Ye Mingze himself was not familiar with horses, so he asked Jiang Jingzhi to choose two horses, and then let him determine whether there was any abnormality.

Now, the Ye family has three carriages and one donkey cart.Ye Mingze sent three teams out in a carriage, responsible for the three directions of Yangshan County.After buying enough fresh fruit, they rented a local carriage and transported it back to Yejia Village.If this is not enough, then spread to the counties and towns near Yangshan County.

Fruits flowed into Ye's house continuously. Fortunately, Ye Mingze kept buying sentinel guides, and the accompanying family members could digest a large part of them.Not Enough is topped by Sentinel Wizard.

As a result, the daily output of candied fruit is so large that Yangshan County can no longer digest it.Ye Mingze sent Uncle Zhang to sell them in counties and towns near Yangshan County every few days.If not, continue to sell further afield.

As the output is getting bigger and bigger, the income will naturally rise.Ye Mingze continued to buy cars and people to expand production, and then his income increased, and the production of candied fruit officially entered a virtuous circle.

By mid-August there were five carriages.The team of sentinels and guides has been expanded to 100 people, including their families, the population of the Ye family has reached more than 200 people.Many of the sentinel guides I bought later were bought in other counties.As the number of people increased, three more had to be set up in separate courtyards to accommodate them.The names of the yards are very simple, so they are listed in numbers, and now they are number four.

The Ye family was busy like a raging fire, while the people of the Ye family village looked gloomy.It's already mid-August, and the wheat grains that could be sickled at this time in previous years are still shriveled, and they have not entered the grain filling stage for a long time, and it will take a long time before they mature.The sweet potato is okay, the fruit grows underground, no matter what, there is always something to be harvested, at most it is just a little bit smaller.If wheat and the like cannot be grouted, only a pile of wheat husks can be harvested.In that case, a year's hard work will be in vain.

The Ye family grows very little wheat and rice, only enough to feed a few people in the Ye family.Other fields include the wasteland that was reclaimed later, and all of them are grown with coarse grains.Ye Mingze doesn't need to worry too much about this.The big problem is that it's not just these early maturing crops, other crops are growing slower than usual as well.

It's not as modern as it is here. There is glass, but it's expensive.Ye Mingze doesn't know how to make it himself, and he can't even build a greenhouse with the money in his hand.What he studied in modern times was related to agricultural and sideline products, and he was not a professional farmer, so he was helpless about it.

Considering the slow growth of crops, it is estimated that the temperature is not enough.Ye Mingze can only take the most extensive method, build a 'house' for the crops, and choose a small piece of land for each crop as an experiment.It's best if it can be done, but if it doesn't, it won't waste much manpower and material resources.

For some crops with short plants, the 'house' has a roof, the roof is only a few centimeters higher than the plants, and the whole 'house' is composed of grass thatch.Plants like corn are so tall that they can only build a roofless 'house'.

The 'house' is opened during the day and covered at night.After a few days, the effect is still there, and it is estimated that the crops will mature earlier than those without a 'house'.

Since it can have some effect, then it is natural to operate according to this.But the problem also arises, there is not so much thatch straw, and even if this condition is met, there is not so much manpower to do it.

You can only choose a part of the field to operate.Rice is completely excluded, and the fields are full of water, making it inconvenient to build 'houses'.Others choose a plan that they can afford after considering their own labor and the amount of grass thatch.Priority is of course given to crops that ripen early.

There is not much space between the wheat seedlings in the wheat field, and only a few rows can be used to build a 'house'.The sweet potato 'house' is the simplest, just spread a roof on it.These two kinds are the first to mature, and they are given priority by the people of Yejia Village.

At the end of August and the beginning of September, wheat and sweet potatoes mature successively, and the late autumn harvest finally begins.The Ye family only had Jiang Jingzhi's [-] mu of land and the [-] mu of land allocated when the family was separated, and the planting time was relatively early.Later, the reclaimed wasteland was planted late, and I didn't plan to have a high yield at first, so I could harvest a little.

Therefore, with such a small amount of land, the Ye family has more than enough labor.Father Ye is in charge of the autumn harvest. After doing farm work for so many years, suddenly being idle is not good for the body and mind, so I just found him some work.

After the wheat is harvested, there are materials to build 'houses' again.The people of Yejia Village are busy again.

September is the last month for producing fresh fruits, and in October, there are basically few kinds of fruits left.Taking advantage of the last month, in order to earn more money, Ye Mingze bought as many as possible.

At the end of September, Ye Mingze checked his income for the year.Since the beginning of this year, Jiang Jingzhi has been managing the accounts. He is more aware of his family's income and expenditure than Ye Mingze.

From March to September, a total of seven months, the fishing income is about 400 taels.Preserved fruit and candied fruit are the bulk of the income. Up to now, the total income has been more than 200 taels.During the period, 94 pairs of sentinel guides were bought, including family members and various craftsmen specially bought, a total of more than 450 people, costing about 500 taels of silver.There are nine carriages, totaling about 300 taels.There are ten cattle, more than 100 taels.There are nine rooms and one enters the yard, about 300 taels.Of the three courtyards in my house, the first one was also completely built, and it cost 100 taels.It cost 300 taels to buy 650 catties of grain.Plus some trivial expenses, it cost a total of 600 taels.This year's income is more than 50 taels, including the [-] taels I saved last year, and I have a total of about [-] taels left.

Ye Mingze was helpless after seeing it.Counting his own family, the population of the Ye family has reached a terrifying 500 people.The consumption of grain alone requires at least 30 catties.This is still based on the amount of food in previous years.Ye Mingze recently found that his appetite was increasing, while Jiang Jingzhi's was not increasing significantly.Later, he observed other sentries and found that their appetites had increased to varying degrees.This is simply bad news for him.He has more food to prepare.

This year's autumn harvest is not over yet, and we don't know how much food we can harvest.If there is a large shortage of food, it will cost a lot of money to buy food.The problem is that there is not much money left!Entering October last year, the candied fruit business stopped.It seems that this year will continue until there are no more fresh fruits.

Ye Mingze planned to accompany Jiang Jingzhi to visit his parents in a few days.Over there is a place of bitter cold, although there is a servant to take care of him, Jiang Jingzhi is always worried.At the beginning, Lin Wenjue gave him most of the money, leaving only 100 taels to his parents.There is a shortage of everything there, just to buy bedding, food and clothing for a large family, the money should be almost spent.Exile is not for them to enjoy themselves. Even if someone takes care of them, it shouldn't be too obvious.You can't still be a master there, can you?There are people over there.

One year has passed, how is the life of the family?Although Jiang Jingzhi was worried, he would not ask to see his parents.There are six or seven hundred miles away from Yejia Village, and it will take 20 days to go back and forth.This time, it was a big surprise for Jiang Jingzhi to hear Ye Mingze take the initiative to say that he was going to visit his family members who were staying in the bitter cold place.

"Jingzhi, don't be so excited, do you think your husband and I are such an unreasonable person?" Ye Mingze reached out and stroked Jiang Jingzhi's cheek until his emotions gradually stabilized.The Jiang family is Jiang Jingzhi's only concern besides the Ye family.Being able to see it with his own eyes was something he had always yearned for.

"Well, let me make an arrangement. Bring all the money left at home, and bring some sentry guides, just in case something happens on the way. As for what goods to bring, you look at the preparations." After all, it is something for the Yue family. Ye Mingze didn't intervene.

In the past, Jiang Jingzhi was not in charge of the rituals of the Marquis Mansion. After arriving at Ye’s house, Ye’s mother prepared the rituals. There were not many opportunities for him to give gifts alone in his own small family. Moreover, gift giving here was very simple, and he didn’t need much thought.

After discussing with each other, they decided that it would be better to listen to Mother Ye's opinion on such a trivial matter.

Ye's father and Ye's mother had been informed by Ye Mingze in advance. Before Jiang Jingzhi and Jiang Jingzhi came over, they discussed some plans.Considering that it is colder than Yejia Village there, I have to bring some things to keep out the cold, and buy what is not enough locally.But try to bring as much as possible, the prices there should be relatively high, and it is not very cost-effective to buy there.

In fact, there are more leather goods in the north, and the price is not high.It's just that Yejia Village is a small fishing village with farms and fishing. There are very few hunters, and naturally the production of leather is not much.Considering that Jiang's family are all literati, it is not very realistic to think about hunting by themselves.Jiang Jingzhi bought some tanned leather from Orion in the village, and the price was cheaper from him.

Futons and the like take up too much space, so only one quilt is prepared for each room.Grain is naturally flour, cornmeal and various flours, which are often eaten.

The most leftovers are all kinds of seafood. The place where the Jiang family was exiled is not close to the sea, so it is very difficult to buy these things.

After such a busy journey, Lingling finally assembled three carriages, none of which were expensive, but very practical.

When they finally set off, Ye Mingze took five carriages with him.Three trucks were loaded, and one was owned by Ye Mingze and Jiang Jingzhi.The other carried seven guides, and the same number of sentries sat on the shafts and temporarily acted as coachmen.

Ye Mingze didn't know much about the places further north. He asked Uncle Wu before he set off, but he didn't get any useful information, so he could only make more preparations.He equipped each of them with a weapon, a longbow, a solid wooden club and a dagger.These are all made by craftsmen bought by Ye Mingze, and their functions are just average.Longbows and sticks were kept in their respective carriages, and daggers were carried with them.