"Shopkeeper, are you moving things?" A diner stood up.
"Yes! We will help you move." Someone else agreed.
Others got up one after another. Today we are adding food and rice, and we cannot back down when we put in effort.
"Thank you all, sit down and eat, we have some people." The headman thanked him and went out to the diagonal opposite side. There are a hundred delivery people there and another fifty receiving training.
Just look for people who have been trained to work, and let them take a break while eating a hundred people.
Fifty people put down their chopsticks and pushed onto the cart to follow, and the guards followed.
Zhu Wentian held a thick pole and held it upright, with two large baskets hanging on the hooks below.
Xiaocao is the same as him.
When we arrived at the pier, as expected, the people in the four boats were surrounded by other people, asking how the water condition of the canal was, whether it was easy to walk, and where they were prone to collisions.
The boatmen in Xiaqiu Village answered the questions one by one. They were very proud that the first team in navigation could boast about it for a lifetime.
"Chief! Hanhan!" The villagers and boatmen greeted the man when they saw him coming to pick up the goods.
"You guys are guarding the boat. I've brought you wine and food." The captain first asked someone to put down the food and wine.
Others boarded the ship to carry the goods. There were boxes with glass mirrors inside, white fungus, fungus, and other vegetables, including...
"Watermelon? This is a watermelon, right?" The people around asked with wide eyes when they noticed that the straw mat on the boat was lifted and someone was passing the watermelon off the boat.
The person next to me: "There are also cantaloupes. In that basket are cucumbers? The flowers on the top are thorny."
"I can smell the fragrance of cucumbers."
"I smell coriander."
"Looking at the twelfth lunar month, where did this come from?"
"Maybe it was shipped from further south."
"I believe it comes by flying, but I don't believe it comes by luck."
"Do they sell it?"
"Can you afford it?"
Amidst the commotion, the four boats were unloaded, loaded into cars, and said goodbye to the people guarding the boats.
Zhu Wentian picked up the heaviest thing, a cucumber basket. Each basket weighed more than 100 kilograms, one at the front and one at the front. He didn't use his hands to support the pole at all, and walked away swaying.
Xiaocao followed him. Two hundred kilograms was nothing, but it was a pity that he couldn't pick anything heavier.
The guard carried the watermelon and cantaloupe on the pole, and carefully stopped them with a rope to make sure they were not thrown down.
Stopping at Xuanjin Bridge, Zhu Taiyi led his guards to carry thirty watermelons and one hundred cantaloupes into the imperial city.
After walking two steps, the manager called out: "Shopkeeper Xu, come out and get something."
"Come on, come on." Shopkeeper Xu ran down. He will sell fresh vegetables tomorrow. He is waiting for delivery from Xiaqiu Village or picking them from the store's greenhouse.
"Hey! I believe the watermelon and cantaloupe were stolen from the Heavenly Palace. Now I think it's okay to buy glass that's not very transparent."
The moment he saw the two kinds of melons, shopkeeper Xu was tempted to build a greenhouse, which was guaranteed to make money.
"Take it, let's keep the rest." Li Chang swallowed, greedy.
"Watermelon can be stored for a long time, and cantaloupe can be stored for ten days and a half. Do you really want to eat it?" Shopkeeper Xu estimated the storage time, but felt bad about eating it.
"Others can eat it, why can't the people in my Xiaqiu Village eat it? We grow it ourselves. Next year our village will open ten acres of greenhouses specifically to grow melons."
The village chief has no idea about money. It doesn't matter how much he earns or how little he earns. The health of the villagers is the most important.
"Yes, you still have it. In fact, it's not too late to plant. It's still very expensive to harvest a few months in advance." Shopkeeper Xu counted the time.
"Okay! Plant, open ten acres, no, twenty acres, don't wait for the seedlings to be finished before building." For a moment, the manager had another idea about money.
"Are you still raising seedlings? Don't you plant the seeds directly in the ground when growing melons?" Shopkeeper Xu didn't understand.
"The skin of watermelon seeds is thick. I don't know if they will come out if I plant them directly. I germinate first, then raise the seedlings, and then transplant the seedlings into the soil. The melons will grow even bigger! Look at what we planted.
We are raising seedlings of other vegetables and they can be transplanted at any time. When growing vegetables in a greenhouse, you should not throw away seeds casually. You must ensure that they will grow well once planted. "
The manager said, pointing to the melons in the basket and letting the other party choose.
"I'll take twenty watermelons and fifty cantaloupes and sell them tomorrow."
Shopkeeper Xu thought about it, gave the quantity, and waved the guys up.
After they finished taking them, the headman brought down five more watermelons and ten more cantaloupes: "You keep them to eat, don't sell them."
"Thank you, I really want to try it." Shopkeeper Xu was not polite and walked back with a watermelon in his arms.
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"Is the watermelon here? Cut it quickly. I have it right after dinner. I just said that the canal is convenient and water transportation is worry-free, so I came here from the canal first."
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the two kinds of melons and heard that Xiaqiu Village was competing to be the first to be opened to navigation, he knew that the canal was not built in vain. At least it would be easier to communicate with Xiaqiu Village.
"Chongba, build a greenhouse quickly. It's right outside Donghua Gate, close to the Prince's Mansion."
Queen Ma saw watermelon and cantaloupe and impatiently followed suit. Who doesn’t want to eat watermelon in winter?
"Jian, build a hundred acres first and ask Xiaqiu Village how to plant it. Once it's planted, sell it to rich people."
Zhu Yuanzhang was equally anxious and had to do things that could make money quickly.
Soon all the princes and princesses in the palace were given melons. Queen Ma sent someone to give them to those in the harem, and half a watermelon to those with lower status.
Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang and the six ministers were given a tooth of watermelon and several pieces of cantaloupe. They knew they came from Xiaqiu Village without asking.
In the afternoon, Zhu Ping returned to the store. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Zhu Lichang, give me the watermelon. I will share mine with my brothers and sisters."
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin is indeed friendly to brothers and sisters." The chief praised, and then moved three more watermelons, Zhu Xi and twenty guards.
The guards actually didn't want to eat it. They wanted to sell the watermelon for money, but when they ate it, they found it was very sweet.
"It's delicious. It's a hundred times better than in the summer. Oh my God! This is a real enjoyment. My father asked me to ask what is the saying about growing things in a greenhouse."
Zhu Xi ate the three-teeth watermelon in succession and narrowed his eyes happily.
"I've written it here." The chief took out a stack of paper from his arms: "It contains the planting methods and fertilization methods of various crops. In addition, there are seedlings raised in the village that can be sent to be planted directly.
Liuli! It doesn’t need to be transparent, it can be blue. It is grown in greenhouses in the village, and sometimes red and blue glass lamps are used to fill the light.
Vegetable crops involve a problem of chlorophyll and carotene. If you want to increase the yield, use blue glass to transmit light, or put a red one next to a blue one, or fill in the light later. "
The chief handed the paper over, looking like an expert.
Zhu Chong was a little confused. He knew about carrots, which were stored in the palace, but he didn't know what carotene was, and he had never heard of chlorophyll.
Thinking about it, he took the pile of paper, lowered his head and ate two more watermelons, burped, turned around and ran away again, back to the palace, and handed over the method.
"In a hurry. Oh! I forgot to give him the map of the mine. Zhu Taiyi, please give it to me. No need for fire paint, others won't be able to dig it if they get it."
The director remembered that there was something important, and turned to look at Zhu Taiyi and four others who had just sat down to eat Zhu Cang's leftover watermelon.
"Yeah! Yeah!" Zhu Taiyi responded, quickly wiped out a tooth of watermelon, wiped his mouth, took the letter and ran away.
(End of chapter)
