What kind of medicine is sold in this Shencheng gourd?
Shen Cheng tried his best to drive her away at the beginning, but now he is showing false affection. What is he trying to do?
Looking for her money? Or something else?
Thinking of this, Shen Zhiyao instantly became alert.
"What's inappropriate? You've been calling me for more than ten years." Shen Cheng's face was still kind.
Then, he looked at Shen Zhiyao and said with a concerned tone: "I already know that you and that farmer's family have broken up, and it is not easy for you to raise two children by yourself.
Dad can't bear to see you suffering here. This time, why don't you follow Dad back to the capital. Your two younger brothers and sisters can also go back with you. "
After Shen Cheng became a Beijing official, he had a deeper understanding of the in-law ties between the noble officials in the capital.
If he wants to climb up, he has to find opportunities to marry high-ranking officials and plan a future for himself.
It's a pity that his family only has a daughter, and her daughter has already connected with the boy of the Duan family. The Duan family can't offend him. He can be transferred to Beijing, and the Duan family is behind it.
As for the elder brother and his younger brother's niece, their status is not enough.
Why didn't he think of keeping Shen Zhiyao before? After all, they had raised her according to the standards of a lady for so many years. With her appearance and education, if she was pushed out for marriage, she might be able to get a good wife. Your honor.
Thinking of this, Shen Cheng's eyes became a little more eager.
"No need, I'm living a good life in Tongfang County." Shen Zhiyao refused firmly.
No matter what Shen Cheng said after that, it was always the same attitude.
Shen Cheng knew not to act too hastily, so he chatted with Shen Zhiyao for a while and then left. He also had to return to Beijing to recover.
Shen Cheng, who was considered to have evil intentions by Shen Zhiyao, after returning to Beijing, submitted all the waterwheels he saw in Tongfang County, as well as the waterwheel irrigation range, water flow rate, production difficulties and other information to Emperor Zhaoxing.
"In this way, the waterwheel can be used in Huangtian. This matter will be left to your Ministry of Works."
Emperor Zhaoxing quickly issued the order.
The minister of the Ministry of Industry came out and respectfully accepted the order.
Then, it was time to talk about rewards.
Some people suggested that with the addition of the waterwheel, Shen's daughter had accomplished three things that benefited the people, and the reward should be larger.
As soon as these words came out, Shen Cheng couldn't agree more in his heart, but he didn't say anything on his face.
Emperor Zhaoxing didn't know what he was thinking. After a moment, he said, "How about I make her the county head?"
"Your Majesty, not allowed." An official came out.
When Emperor Zhaoxing looked over, he said calmly: "Although this waterwheel is beneficial to the people, farmland is irrigated only a few times a year. Ordinary people have little land, so they can be satisfied by just manpower and spending some time. So add water." Che’s contribution is not enough to make him the county lord.”
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal."
"This waterwheel was not made by Shen's daughter alone. County Magistrate Gan Lixin's brochure also said that it was a student from Tongfang County who perfected the waterwheel."
Emperor Zhaoxing seemed to be just talking casually. After hearing these objections, he took back the idea and changed it to other rewards.
So, this time Shen Zhiyao got two boxes of jewelry, one box of silk brocade, one thousand taels of silver and a plaque.
In addition to her, Shu Yingran and Chen Carpenter also received some rewards.
When the news came back to Lihua Village, the Shen clan members were in agreement with Yourong. Villagers with other surnames in Lihua Village were even more envious when they learned that Carpenter Chen had also received a reward from the emperor.
After the villagers went to congratulate Carpenter Chen, they learned that several companies in the village that raised crayfish were about to start fishing for crayfish, and they quickly ran to watch.
Plump crayfish were fished out one by one, and Chen Hu was responsible for weighing and registering how many kilograms of crayfish there were.
These crayfish have been reserved by Yuelailou.
I saw nearly 500 kilograms of crayfish in one field, and the farmland seemed not to be affected at all. Some villagers were already interested in raising crayfish in their own fields.
After all, crayfish prices have now risen to five cents per pound.
But the fields will soon start raising seedlings and planting rice, and there is no extra field left to raise them.
By the way, didn't Li Zheng say that crayfish can also be raised in rice fields? I don't know if Li Zheng's family will raise them in rice fields this year. If so, after Li Zheng proves that it has no impact on the rice, they will start raising them next year. Bar.
Here, with expectations for the future, the villagers watched Chen Hu packing crayfish with great enthusiasm.
On the other side, Shen's Shiguang Restaurant was overcrowded during this period.
A long queue stretches from the entrance of Shen's Shiguang to the stalls behind the pier.
These people are here to eat crayfish. Since Shen started selling crayfish a few days ago after they ran out of food, diners have discovered that this year's crayfish is more delicious than last year's.
The meat is so delicious that you can eat three large bowls of it.
A man who had sunburned spots on his cheeks actually said that after eating the crayfish, the spots on his face had faded.
In this way, people are even more attracted to crayfish.
Moreover, they discovered that this year's spicy crayfish had something they didn't recognize, something that was as delicious as dogwood, but more spicy and refreshing than dogwood.
People who heard Shen eat it all said that their boss had found it in the mountains before. This thing was called chili pepper.
"I think I've seen this chili pepper somewhere?"
A scholar thought hard. After a while, an idea flashed in his mind: "I remembered that I had read a travelogue before, and it described a thing that was very similar to peppers. That kind of thing was in the mountains of the Southern Barbarians. , however, the person who wrote the travel notes only thought it was a novel plant and did not bring out the pepper."
"So, there are a lot of treasures in the mountains, and some high-quality medicinal materials can only be found in the mountains. Why don't we go to the mountains to try our luck one day."
A diner had an idea.
Hearing this, other diners laughed jokingly: "If you are not afraid of being eaten by wild beasts, just go ahead."
"Yes, especially the deep mountains in the southern barbarian land are mostly poisonous places."
"Then forget it." The diner stopped thinking for a moment.
But he loved chili peppers very much. He glanced at the Phalaenopsis serving the diners at other tables and asked, "My dear lady, can your boss have enough chili peppers to sell?"
Butterfly heard the sound and came over and said with a smile: "Guest, our Shen's Shiguang Vegetable Shop has already stocked chili peppers today. If you want them, you can just go and buy them."
The peppers in the store are not only grown on their farm, but also grown by Sister Cuihua and her family.
"Oh? Then I have to go quickly." The diner quickly finished the crayfish on the plate and headed to Shen's Shiguang Vegetable Shop.
He knew that the food in that store had to be snatched!
Here, some diners planned to buy chili peppers. On the other side, Shen Zhiyao went to Yaxing and learned from Wu Miao that there were no good shops for sale recently, and she fell into deep thought.
