Early spring in the world [farming]

It was only later that Lu Xuehuan figured out why Su Bei Gu's mushrooms were so popular:

For the common people, there is nothing to do after dark except to turn off the lights and go to sleep. Therefore, although it is difficult to say, sex is indeed indispensable in their lives.

Tonics such as bullwhip and deer blood are very popular, but unfortunately they are too expensive for ordinary people to consume.But mushrooms are different, they are very cheap and can be eaten by low-level people, so even if these mushrooms only have a little tonic effect, the common people are willing to try it.

Coupled with the herd mentality of conforming to what others say, one person says that eating it is effective, and the second person may have a mentality that it is effective. When two or three people start to think so, more people believe that it has a certain effect.

It's a pity that Subei Gu planted such a small amount. Before the second crop grew, Lu Xuehuan had to implement a "purchase restriction" - a family could only buy a handful of oyster mushrooms every three days.She also said to her neighbors: "This mushroom is like a medicinal material. It is good to eat it once in a while. You can't eat it often. If you make it too much, it will easily cause your body to suffer."

Everyone thought it made sense, and the rush to buy mushrooms slowly cooled down over time.But people who often eat Sujia oyster mushrooms have found that their bodies have undergone obvious changes, especially those who often do farm work in the fields. Previously, the next time it was either back pain or various pains, but recently the soreness has become less obvious.

If this happens to a person, it is easy to explain that it is a personal physical problem, but through communication, it is found that all people who eat the mushrooms grown by Su's family feel this way, then it must be that the mushrooms have played their role as a tonic!

"Isn't this the effect of Ganoderma lucidum?!" Aunt Liang pulled Su Bei Gu with emotion.

Su Bei said, "This is not Ganoderma lucidum."

It is undeniable that the effect of this mushroom may be better than Ganoderma lucidum, Su Bei Gu added, "But it is cultivated by Taoist methods."

Originally, there were people who inquired about the mystery of this mushroom, but when they heard what Su Beigu said, they stopped thinking about it—it doesn't matter if they know how to grow it.

Su Beigu discovered that the identity of this Taoist priest is really a signboard of omnipotence. As the worship and awe of Taoism and Buddhism in the hearts of the people grows, many troubles will be automatically avoided.

The alternative effect of mushrooms was only a private rumor in the village, but it did not cause a big sensation. However, once the cotton gin was released, it caused a sensation in the township and county. The topic of everyone's discussion was the cotton gin.

Long before the Qin family built the cotton gin, they had already started to build momentum, so after the Su family tried the cotton gin, they decided to make the cotton gin officially appear in front of the public as agreed.

In fact, there is no need to deliberately promote it. Su Beigu only needs to find two women to come to Su's house to help gin the cotton, and teach them how to operate it. They will spread the news that the cotton gin has been put into use.

Aunt Liang, who was the first to receive the news, ran over to try it out. Later, many people were curious about this novel cotton gin and came to watch how it separates cotton lint and cottonseed.

Balls of cotton with crumbs and cottonseeds were stuffed into the cotton inlet, and after a short while, some cottonseeds were picked up, and when the cover of the cotton gin was opened, everyone exclaimed: "Just turn it a few times, The lint and the cottonseed are separated?!"

"Here, can you see if there are any cotton seeds in the cotton wool?" Chen Ahu's wife grabbed the cotton wool and showed it to everyone.

Everyone scrambled to snatch the cotton wool, and immediately divided it into several balls: "There are really no cotton seeds, how easy it is!"

Only then did they realize that Tan Guan was definitely not joking when he said that one person can do the work of fifty people!

Suddenly, some people are happy and others are sad.

The joy is that those big cotton growers who suffer from clean cotton, with the cotton gin, they don't have to hire so many people to work, how much cost can be saved!

The ones who are worried are naturally those low-level people who make a living as part-time workers or help others pick cotton to subsidize their families. With the cotton gin, who wants them to work?

But it's still too early to worry. After all, the cotton gin cannot be spread all over the city in a short period of time. This year's cotton picking period is imminent. Those big cotton farmers must still need help.And change their thinking, can they learn how to use the cotton gin "close to the water"?Those big growers sure need someone who can run a cotton gin...

Apart from the Su family, the first person to find the Tan family to buy a cotton gin was Lizheng Su Sanxian from Lishuili in the village. He almost went to the Qin family immediately after witnessing the use of the Su family's cotton gin.

Su Sanxian has a little relationship with the Su family, but his reputation in the village is not very good.This person is greedy for money and stingy, and loves to take advantage of small things, especially as Li Zheng, he often uses violent methods to collect taxes, and he will increase the taxes of the people in order to make up for his own losses. For example, the tax of the people is one hu rice , he will charge an extra two buckets, which is called "adding consumption".

His behavior naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of many people, but his daughter-in-law is the daughter of a county magistrate in Yiyang County. The government and the people colluded, and the people dared not speak out about it.

When Su Sanxian found Tan Guan to buy a cotton gin, the latter was still a little uneasy.

Su Sanxian started to get close to him: "You are the father-in-law of Nancheng, so you and I are naturally relatives. We are all on our own, and we should help each other, right?"

Tan Guan thought to himself, he is no longer Sunancheng's father-in-law.

But he also knew that if he really said that the Qin family and the Su family were not related by marriage, then Su Sanxian would definitely take tough measures in the next second and force him to sell the cotton gin at a low price.

Yes, he had already guessed the purpose of Su Sanxian's solicitation. With his stingy temperament, he would definitely not want to spend a lot of money to buy a cotton gin back, but because of his in-law relationship with the Su family, he dared not touch it. He is the one who is so amiable.

Tan Guan said: "I'm flattered by Su Lizheng's words, I don't know if Su Lizheng has something good to take care of me?"

He was not such an eloquent person, but these days there are many people who inquire about the cotton gin, and he has long learned how to mediate with others when dealing with everyone.

Seeing that he didn't show sincerity and fear as he imagined, Su Sanxian felt displeased, but he didn't feel embarrassed, and said with a thick skin: "Speaking of taking care of me, I have to ask you to take care of me. We are all a family, this Can the cotton gin be sold to our family for a cheaper price?"

He tried to see it, and Tan Guan stopped playing sloppy with him, and responded straightforwardly: "It turns out that Su Li came here for the cotton gin! Well, originally this cotton gin cost fifty pieces, but Su Li If Lizheng buys it, it only needs forty guan, and if it breaks within three years, I will guarantee it here.”

"Why don't you go grab it." These words almost blurted out from Su Sanxian's mouth. He finally restrained himself, and the smile on his face almost couldn't be maintained, "Forty guan, this is too expensive, isn't it?"

Tan Guan turned a blind eye to the change in his expression, and said: "That's not what you said, we have to settle an account first. Let's hire someone to clean the cotton, and it will be calculated as one catty of cotton a day, and then we will hire fifty people, and it will cost one catty a day." It is 54 catties of clean cotton. Based on a person’s wages of [-] Wen a day, the wages of these [-] people would cost [-] Wen a day. The cotton field of Su Lizheng’s family counts as ten mu, It can produce about [-] catties, and it takes more than a month to process all the cotton, and the total wages that need to be paid are [-] yuan..."

Su Sanxian is very sensitive to money, and after listening to his calculations, he found that this is really the case.It's just that he just wanted to say, wouldn't it be a loss if he didn't have so many cotton fields?

Before he opened his mouth, Tan Guan said again: "This is only one year's salary expenditure. If you think about it in the second and third years, if you still grow cotton, you will spend this amount every year. But it's different when you have a cotton gin Well, it only needs [-] guan, and if it is not damaged by manpower in the first three years, it can be guaranteed, that is to say, [-] guan has replaced three years of wages, is this much more cost-effective if it is calculated like this?"

Su Sanxian: "..."

Sounds like he took advantage of it.

Su Sanxian was already moved, but he still wanted to bargain again: "Our family doesn't have so many cotton fields, only five acres, and the calculated wages cost more than 20 yuan..."

Tan Guan refused to give in: "Then Suli can pool money with other people to buy one, and everyone will use it together. Or after buying it, rent it out and get back a little money."

After all, the majority are those who can't afford a cotton gin. Tan Guan originally priced it at [-] guan, and the customer group he was facing was originally a large cotton grower, or a wealthy household who could afford a cotton gin. ——Yes, his price was originally [-] Guan, but Tan Ruyi said that you can’t be too honest when doing business, you have to inflate the price first, then pretend to be a discount, and sell it at the original price. Those who have it will feel that they have taken advantage of it...

"We are a family, so can't it be cheaper?" Su Sanxian didn't give up.

Tan Guan sighed: "To tell you the truth, this cotton gin is extremely difficult to build, and it takes a lot of work. For this cotton gin, my coffin workshop has not started work for several days. If it is cheaper, our family will have to drink it." Northwest wind."

"Why don't you tell me how to make it, and I'll let someone build it myself." Su Sanxian is really a well-known miser in the village, in order to take advantage of it, he carried out his thick skin to the end.

Tan Guan also has a countermeasure: "It's not that I don't want to tell Su Lizheng, it's just that the Su family also has a part in this business. If I spread its manufacturing method, not only our family will lose money, but also the Su family. It's a marriage with the Su family, not an enemy, what do you think?"

Su Sanxian could only walk away resentfully, saying that he would think about it again.

Tan Guan sent Su Sanxian away, but he was relieved. Fortunately, Su Sanxian didn't dare to block the sky with one hand in the village, and the Su family could restrain him, otherwise he might not be able to resist the threat of the other party.

But he is very clear that this is just the beginning, as long as it is profitable, most people will use some insidious tricks behind the scenes, will the Su family's reputation be able to bear it by then?

At this time, the two aunts of the Tan family also came back to their mother's house. Among them, Miss Tan even brought her husband-in-law Zhong Dalang back, which was requested by Qin Guan.

"Brother, where is the cotton gin? Let's see!" Aunt Qin and Aunt Qin also came back for the cotton gin.

Tan Guan said: "No rush, I'll talk to Ah Zhong about something first."

The purpose of Tan Guan looking for Dalang Chong is actually to promote the smooth promotion of the cotton gin. Dalang Chong works as a shopkeeper in a grocery store in the county, and almost all the peddlers who walk around the streets come to buy goods from him. The network is also the most extensive.Tan Guan wanted to use him to open up the sales of cotton gins in Yiyang County, and at the same time, he found the right time to make the county magistrate realize the benefits of the cotton gin, and the county magistrate would "escort" his cotton gin.

This is what he thought about a long time ago. Now that the cotton gin has been built, he can demonstrate it to the county magistrate, increasing the possibility of persuading the county magistrate to "cooperate".

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"I'll go to the county magistrate tomorrow, will you be in a hurry?"

Hearing Tan Ruyi talk about the arrangement of the Tan family, Su Bei said.In her opinion, there are only two cotton gins made by the Qin family, and one of them has already been put into use in the Su family. If the cotton gin is used to arouse the interest of the county magistrate, then the other cotton gin will most likely be used. Being left by the county magistrate to study, if the cotton gin of Tan's family was not sold, there would be a pirated version, which would be bad.

Tan Ruyi said: "Little uncle said that it was just to test the reaction of the county magistrate, and he would not bring the cotton gin into the city for the time being. If possible, he would use the name of patrol to attract the county magistrate to the village, and let the county magistrate witness the cotton gin with his own eyes. The beauty of the cotton machine..."

In fact, the Tan family wanted to cooperate with the government because it wanted to keep the ownership of the cotton gin. If there was no government influence, the Qin family's status would sooner or later be swallowed up by those wealthy gentry and wealthy households.

Su Beigu just brewed tea quietly, and did not express his opinions easily.

Tan Ruyi's heart was not as optimistic as she showed, and said: "Little uncle said that the county magistrate was transferred in the spring. The new scholar four years ago was a scholar with a clear breeze. And since he took office, , he paid great attention to farming, and I believe he is willing to promote the cotton gin for the common people."

Su Beigu refused to comment on this, but instead paid attention to another matter: "Are you going to the city together?"

Tan Ruyi nodded: "I want to take this opportunity to go to the city to buy something."

Su Bei Gu didn't ask her what she wanted to buy, and said, "In that case, I'll go with you into the city too!"

Tan Ruyi raised her brows with joy: "Bei Gu, did you accompany me into the city on purpose?"

Su Beigu: "..."

She also didn't know what was causing trouble in her heart at the moment, which made her unable to say the words of denial naturally.After a while, she said vaguely: "I haven't been in the city for a long time, go out and have a look, it's not good for practice to work behind closed doors."

Tan Ruyi didn't care about her duplicity, and gave her an eager and lingering hug: "Well, from now on we have to go out and walk around more often!"

The reason why Tan Ruyi's hug is "passionate and lingering" is because she did not let go when she hugged her tightly, her face was buried in Su Beigu's neck, and her breath was on the fair and smooth skin, bringing a slight tremor .

Su Beigu was a little uncomfortable and wanted to break free, but he raised his hand and finally let it go again.

It wasn't until Lu Xuehuan's figure appeared that Tan Ruyi let go of Su Beigu, and met Lu Xuehuan's doubtful eyes. Tan Ruyi looked open and natural, and told Lu Xuehuan the news that he and Su Beigu would enter the city tomorrow.

Lu Xuehuan didn't have time to think wildly, so she quickly made up the shopping list of the Su family: "Oh, since I'm going to the city, I'll buy a few buckets of lamp oil and come back. The salt is almost gone, so I'll buy two catties of salt. It's cold, so I should prepare some coal..."

Tan Ruyi took notes carefully.

Before dawn the next day, Tan Ruyi and Su Beigu first went to the Tan's house to join Tan Guan and Zhong Sheng, and then entered the city together with the neighbors of the Tan family.

It takes 25 miles to walk from Fuqiu Township to Yiyang County. Because most of the winding mountain roads, even if there is a donkey cart, it is already bright when we arrive at the county.

The Qin family and their neighbors agreed to meet Shen Shichu at the city gate, and then they separated. Tan Ruyi and Su Bei Gu followed Tan Guan to the shop where Zhong Dalang was the shopkeeper.Because the grocery store is a store that mainly supplies goods to the shopkeepers, there are all kinds of things related to basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation, which are dazzling and dizzying.

It was not the first time for everyone to enter the city, so they were not surprised at how lively the grocery store was.

Seeing them, Zhong Dalang came over and said, "Uncle is here? Have you had breakfast yet?"

"I ate steamed buns on the way," Tan Guan said.

"Then wait a while, the boss will come over in a while."

Before meeting the county magistrate, Tan Guan had to meet with Zhong Dalang's owner. The other party heard about the existence of the cotton gin from Zhong Dalang and was very interested in the cotton gin. He also smelled a business opportunity, so She is going to cooperate with the Qin family as well.If it goes well, he can even help introduce Tan Guan in front of the county magistrate.

Chong Dalang led the group into the yard behind the grocery store.The grocery store is very large, divided into three parts, the front is the store, the back half is the warehouse for storing goods, and the remaining half is the clerk's residence and meeting place.

Tan Ruyi noticed that there were many dry goods piled up in the yard, including dried mushrooms and mulberries. She was so blessed that she asked Zhong Dalang, "Little uncle, where do you get the mushrooms and mulberries here? "

Chong Dalang said: "They are all mountain products harvested from the mountains."

He thought that Tan Ruyi had taken a fancy to those mountain products, so he said, "Take some back later and try them out."

Knowing that he was thinking about it, Tan Ruyi explained: "Little uncle is telling the truth, the Su family actually grows a lot of mushrooms, I just want to know if you accept this kind of mushrooms here."

Zhong Dalang looked at Su Beigu, the only Su family present, in surprise, as if he didn't expect that the dignified Su family would grow these worthless mushrooms.However, considering that the Su family has already been strong in the outside world, it is not surprising to do anything.

When Tan Ruyi mentioned this, Tan Guan remembered, and said, "The Su family's mushrooms are actually cultivated by Daoist Su using Taoist methods, and they are quite nourishing." He turned his head and asked Tan Ruyi, "Aren't they all grown by the village Has anyone bought out?"

With Tan Ruyi's favor, the Tan family can eat one or two meals of these mushrooms every three days, and the taste really makes him unforgettable.

"If there is a market, Bei Gu plans to make more varieties."

As Tan Ruyi said, Su Beigu also nodded, indicating that this was her idea.The array she set up has already shown initial results, so it is inevitable to expand its scope, so that there will be more aura to support her practice.

"Actually, we brought some fresh mushrooms out this time, my uncle will bring them home and have a taste with my sister-in-law!" Tan Ruyi said, and gave Chong Dalang two handfuls of oyster mushrooms.

Before Zhong Dalang realized the benefits of oyster mushrooms, she didn't intend to spend more time promoting oyster mushrooms, so she left here on the grounds that she and Su Beigu had to go shopping.

As for the matter of the cotton gin, since Su Bei Gu decided to hand it over to the Tan family, he would not interfere again.

Without her elders by her side, Tan Ruyi completely let go of herself. In broad daylight, she took Su Beigu's hand and started strolling with her on the street.For a while, "Bei Gu's cloth of this color suits you very well", and for a while, "Would Bei Gu want to eat candied haws?" purchase."

The two passed through the shed door of the Goulan, and saw the people performing Zaju on the stage and the people cheering below, Tan Ruyi was a little moved, and asked Su Beigu: "There is Zaju playing inside, would Bei Gu want to watch it?"

Su Beigu wasn't interested, but since Tan Ruyi asked, she must have wanted to see it, so Su Beigu followed her wish and replied, "Yes."

Tan Ruyi immediately pulled Su Beigu happily, bought a ticket and went in.

The Goulan is very large and divided into three parts. The south side is the stage, the north side is the two-storey pavilion, and inside are seats only for the nobles to enter. There are two long benches, and one bench can seat four adults when squeezed.

Probably it was still early, and there weren't many people on the fence, so Su Bei Gu and Tan Ruyi occupied a long bench and sat more comfortably.

Suddenly, Su Bei Gu noticed that there seemed to be a gaze staring at her all the time. She looked back at the pavilion behind and found that everyone's eyes were on the stage, but they did not find that gaze.

Noticing that she was looking around, Tan Ruyi asked with concern: "Bei Gu, what's wrong?"

Su Beigu shook his head: "It's nothing."

No matter what that look meant, it couldn't pose a threat to her or Tan Ruyi's personal safety, so why should she care?

After a while, that gaze appeared again, but its source was no longer above the pavilion, but beside it.Su Bei Gu Min turned his head to look sharply, and saw a dignified and well-dressed woman walking straight towards her. All the people watching the performance who blocked her way were persuaded away by the servants beside her.

It was so quiet that even Tan Ruyi, who was immersed in the zaju performance, noticed it. She also looked at the menacing woman, and her intuition told her that something was wrong.

The woman stopped in front of Su Beigu and looked down at her.Tan Ruyi subconsciously wanted to stand up in front of Su Beigu, but the latter held down her wrist.

Su Beigu didn't intend to speak first, the woman couldn't hold back, and slowly opened her mouth: "Little Uncle, long time no see."

The author has something to say:

Sister Qin: I have a bad feeling!

Instant Noodles: That's right, your rival in love has appeared.

Sister Qin: Huh?

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It’s the first time I’ve encountered such a serious flood disaster in so many years since I’ve been home_(?3」∠)_

The key point is that there was a power outage for two days, and I stayed in a hotel in the city for the night last night...

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感谢在2022-07-0522:48:22~2022-07-0820:54:04期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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