Ten people from the county government stood at the edge of the field and watched. The water in the paddy field was full and the rice seedlings were growing normally.
'Poof! 'A frog jumped out of the water and dived back in again.
Dragonflies flew around, and some even landed on people's shoulders.
Is there any sign of disaster in front of me?
When we return to the cotton field, there will be traces of water flowing through the furrows, so the cotton will not be bad.
Let’s go back to the new fields where we plant purple flowers and soybeans. There is also no shortage of water.
"Yichang, the remaining fields are not planted yet?" Li Zhixian felt uncomfortable, the fields were empty...
"Nurture the land, plant in autumn, and plant for sure."
The village chief promised, but he didn't say he wanted to plant wheat.
If you sow wheat, you will have flour, and if you have flour, you will have alkali. Next year you will sow mugwort and polygonum, and this year you will harvest their seeds.
Hanhan once said that he could make a fortune by making new soap with stone soda.
Or give them the method of making soap, and specialize in selling stone soda. Depending on the development of the situation, they will have no choice but to give it.
In short, you have to make a lot of money first so that the people in the village can live a good life.
After seeing the village, the county magistrate wanted to leave, so he went back to report and find a solution.
Seeing that he couldn't keep them, the village chief had to bring the leftover buns from the morning for everyone to eat when they were hungry on the way.
If they wanted to give other things as gifts, everyone said they didn't want anything, so they got on their horses and hurried out of the village.
…
In the city of Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing the memorial. The inscription sent by Ningguo Mansion could not be sent directly to the emperor, and it had to go through a process.
It was first sent to the General Affairs Department, who then handed it to the emperor. When the emperor saw some things he didn't understand, he asked someone to ask, and then made a decision after asking.
One after another, the ministers were waiting.
Zhu Yuanzhang was in a bad mood, and if he didn't talk about it, God wouldn't give him face.
This year Xu Da went to war and dealt with the etiquette issues in the palace.
The official system of the palace was given, and the sons were crowned kings.
There are plans for the imperial examination, which is scheduled to start in August.
Why is there a drought? Are there people who think that it is wrong for them to go to war, waste money and people, and give their son the title of king, and that is why there is a drought?
The more I thought about Zhu Yuanzhang, the unhappy I became. I picked up a new copy and took a look, Ning Guo Mansion.
"What else can happen to Ningguo Mansion? It's guaranteed to be a drought, a drought...eh? A rock candy maker? Brown sugar becomes rock sugar, rock sugar is expensive! Foreigners are all bad."
Zhu Yuanzhang realized that it was not a drought, so he muttered and looked back. There was not much content in the memorial, and he felt tired after looking at it.
There are three pieces in the entire memorial. One has no content, the second has exactly 120 characters, talking about rock sugar, and the third has 120 characters, talking about rape and ramie.
After the matter was explained clearly, Zhu Yuanzhang wondered: "Where are the candies sent by Ningguo Mansion with the title book?"
The person from the General Affairs Department came forward: "In the department."
"Bring it here, let me take a look." Zhu Yuanzhang was interested and passed the question book to the ministers.
After a while, the candy was brought in, weighing more than a hundred kilograms!
Putting it aside, Zhu Yuanzhang walked around the document and came closer to look at it.
Liu Ji, Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and others were all there, curious together.
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the brown sugar: "This is from the Ming Dynasty."
Pointing to two kinds of white sugar: "The whiter one is from the Ming Dynasty, and the yellower one is from the foreigners."
Finally, rock sugar: "The rock sugar of Ming Dynasty is bigger than that of foreigners, and the beans of foreigners are small, hahaha! How dare this be nearly twenty times more expensive than brown sugar? Hmph!"
Liu Ji took a step forward and touched the sugar: "Your Majesty, the foreigners have gone too far to deceive our Ming Dynasty. The rock sugar is made from brown sugar, so it is only a loss of about 30%, and the bidding price is seventeen or eight times higher."
Li Shanchang was filled with indignation: "Long live, from now on, we will sell Ming rock candy to foreigners. Ours is better than theirs, but they won't."
"Long live the Lord." Hu Weiyong followed closely: "Long live the Lord, anyone who knows the method of making sugar should be called to the capital and placed under strict supervision to avoid leaking the secret."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Hu Weiyong indifferently: "Grab the method you prepared for me? Where is the question book for writing the method? Bring it."
The person from the General Affairs Department took it out of his pocket and handed it over.
Zhu Yuanzhang flipped through the pages, and after a while he said: "Mother! It's so simple, oh my God!"
The ministers were quite surprised. Long Live has not spoken like this for a while. Today...
"Grow sugar cane, harvest sugar cane, make sugar, and sell it to foreigners for just 200 coins. What is the price of sugar?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was excited. After saying the two hundred articles, he was afraid of being sold cheaply.
Everyone looked at each other. Who usually asks about the prices of brown sugar and rock sugar?
It was the person from the General Administration Department who spoke out: "Long live, I got the question book. I went to the market and saw it. Brown sugar is twenty-seven cents per catty, white sugar is ninety-five cents per catty, and rock sugar is four hundred and ten cents."
"Your Majesty, ask the foreigners how much they would like to buy such rock candy, and then make your plans." Liu Ji suggested.
"Ask." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Xiaqiu Village, Xuancheng County, Ningguo Prefecture, has harvested rice, rapeseed, and ramie. The yield per mu is not low. Can it be done in neighboring villages?"
"Long live this method requires a large number of livestock to plow the ground, which is not available in ordinary people's homes."
Li Shanchang frowned and thought it wouldn't work.
"Long live my lord." Hu Weiyong said, "Long live my lord, if the people can plant half an acre of rice, they will reap the benefits of half an acre. It's not like they have to plant all the paddy fields."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Exactly, ten acres cannot be cultivated, and half an acre is not much. It is time for the prefecture to sue the people."
He lowered his head and looked at the sugar again: "To commend the Ningguo Mansion, let's put the extra sugar they make on the market! The sugar in the palace... each of you will share half a catty, and I will arrange the rest."
Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood and knew that the officials of Ningguo Mansion wanted to make money by selling the sugar, so he allowed him to make a profit once.
He divided the candy in front of him, and he wanted to share it all with his ministers.
After thinking about it, I found that this candy was made by the Ming Dynasty people themselves. It has symbolic meaning and I keep part of it myself.
He turned around and went back, continuing to read the memorial and humming a tune from his hometown.
…
"Yi Chang, I will rent the animals this time and pay them back with grain after harvesting."
Feng Gui from Xihe Village came to Xiaqiu Village to borrow animals and carry water.
The drought continues and people can no longer carry water.
The rent cannot be paid now, so grain is generally used. If the grain is given, there will be no food to eat before the rice is harvested.
"It's not urgent to have money and food. You have to take good care of the animals and don't tire yourself to death."
The headman agreed, but said in advance that if he carried too much water at one time, if he carried it continuously, the animals would die from exhaustion, and the other party would not be able to afford compensation.
"As the caretaker of my own family, I will keep an eye on it myself." Feng Gui promised.
Zhu Wentian listened at the side, turned around and left, found the little girl, whispered something, and the little girl ran to the head of the house.
"Uncle Feng is here?" the little girl greeted.
"Little bell!" Feng Gui responded with a smile.
The little girl nodded and said to the headman: "My mother said that my grandpa needs to borrow some animals, please borrow a few more.
If you are willing to borrow it, let one or two people from our village go over and say that the animals have gone outside to get angry.
In fact, I was afraid that my grandpa and the others would use their livestock to death. There was a drought! People work hard for water, let alone animals. "
After saying that, the little girl turned and ran away.
The head of the village looked at Feng Gui: "Feng Laosi! The animals in the village are afraid of losing their temper when they go outside. Why don't we send two people from my village to help take care of them?"
Feng Gui: "..."
