Blessed Daughter

Five taels and one small silver ingot, five in a row, two rows on one floor, two floors, a total of one hundred taels of silver (sixteen taels a catty, six catties more).

"This is the profit of the past six months. According to Miss, the round numbers are rounded up into silver ingots, and the fractions are kept in the account first."

Wei Ruo likes heavy silver, but doesn't like that light silver bill, so every time the nanny gives Wei Ruo the proceeds from the shop, she always comes with heavy silver ingots.

In addition to money, the nanny also brought the store's account books for the past six months.

In addition, there are baskets of dried mushrooms that have been dried in the sun.

"Xiaoyong was afraid that the lady would not be used to eating here. Before coming here, he specially got some mushrooms that the lady likes, and dried them. Some of them were fried according to the method that the lady taught before, and sealed in jars."

"Nurse, thank you for your hard work, and Uncle Xu and Brother Xiaoyong, I asked you to follow me for such a long journey."

"It's not hard, it's hard!" Mother Xu said repeatedly, "I don't have any hard work. There is a carriage on the way, so I don't need my legs to drive. I didn't even take any important things. They are all strong and upright. Yong is busy."

There was a happy smile on Xu's mother's face.

Mother Xu went on to say: "It is the happiest thing to be able to help Miss. If it weren't for helping Miss, I don't know how to live with Dazhuang and Zhengyong! I used to dream that I could Such a day!"

"Have you made arrangements for Huaibei Town?"

"Miss, don't worry, I have entrusted the Zhuangzi over there to Laoqian. He has been in the Zhuangzi for many years, so you can rest assured that he will arrange people to watch over the house."

"Did I ask you to ship all the things?" Wei Ruo asked.

"It's been shipped, all of them have been shipped, three whole truckloads of sweet potatoes!"

"Okay, then let me tell you about the next arrangement. I have taken a fancy to Xiaoyang Mountain in the north of the city. You and Uncle Xu go talk about it. If the price is right, you can buy it and plant sweet potatoes; There are fishermen who have lost their livelihood because of Japanese pirates, and farmers who are forced to beg because of poor harvests. You and Uncle Xu went to investigate and investigate. If you have a good character and are willing to work hard, you will be hired as long-term workers."

"Okay, I'll take my family to the north of the city to investigate."

"Then settle yourselves down and find a better house in the city. When you're settled, come to the Colonel's Mansion again and tell me the address so that I can contact you later."

"Okay, I see, I'll do it when I get back." Mother Xu replied repeatedly.

Mother Xu stayed in Tingsongyuan for more than an hour before leaving.

When walking past Wei Qingwan's Wangmei Garden, seeing the vulgar woman leaving in a hurry, Nanny Li happily said to Wei Qingwan:

"Miss, the woman who just passed by is the eldest lady's nanny. I heard that the nanny's son was still making trouble at the gate of our school captain's mansion yesterday. Fortunately, the eldest son stopped it, otherwise there might be some jokes." .”

"That's it...it's good that nothing happened..." Wei Qingwan murmured.

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After negotiating with Li Zheng of Yueying Village and the elders in the village, Mother Xu talked about the price of one thousand taels of silver.

Then the nanny reported the result to Wei Ruo and let Wei Ruo make up his mind.

One thousand taels of silver is not a small sum to Wei Ruo.

A few years ago, she wanted to start a career, but she was too young, so she had no choice but to rely on her cleverness to earn some extra money to improve her life in the countryside.

It was not until the age of ten that I officially started running a shop, but it was also very difficult to start. In such a society, there are no relationships and no dependencies, and it is very strenuous to gain a foothold little by little.

Up to now, he has saved a total of more than two thousand taels of silver. One thousand taels of silver is equivalent to taking out half of Wei Ruo's net worth. If he fails, Wei Ruo's financial situation will go back two years.

Wei Ruo felt that there was no problem, and he could take it directly, so the nanny and Uncle Xu came forward to buy Xiaoyang Mountain at a price of one thousand taels of silver. to allocate.

Xu Zhengyong also wandered around the city for a few days, picked out a few unemployed fishermen who fit what Wei Ruo said, and hired them as long-term workers.

It was the first time for the employed long-term workers to see sweet potatoes as a crop.

It was only after Xu's father and son's explanation that this kind of crop has been widely planted in Huaibei Town and a good harvest has been obtained.

Regarding the origin of this crop, the father and son jointly stated that a ship from Nanyang accidentally brought back a section of potato vine, which was found useful after being planted and cultivated by humans.

Immediately afterwards, sweet potatoes were planted on a large scale in Huaibei Town. The Xu family father and son, who have rich relevant planting experience, went to battle in person and led the long-term workers to plant.

You need to bury the sweet potato in the soil first, wait for it to grow potato vines, and then cut the potato vines for cuttings.

The three carts of sweet potatoes they transported from Huaibei Town can produce enough potato vines for cuttings.

The long-term workers quickly mastered the essentials of planting and began to get busy.

The maintenance cost of growing sweet potatoes on hillsides is much lower than that of cultivating rice terraces.

The long-term workers couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. They thought that the employer would hire just a few of them to take care of a whole mountain of rice. Just thinking about it would make them tired.

At the same time, Mother Xu has also found a house to settle in, which is not too far from the Captain's Mansion, so it is convenient to come and go.

After making these arrangements, Mother Xu made another trip to Xiaowei's Mansion, and handed over the contracts signed with the long-term workers and the deed of the house she bought to Wei Ruo.

No matter what Wei Ruo said, the nanny still meant the same thing. These industries belonged to Wei Ruo. They helped Wei Ruo to do things, and they just got some wages, and they didn't want any more.

Wei Ruo still has one task for Xu's mother.

"Nurse, help me find out about the wasteland in the south of the city. I heard that the pirates are mainly fleeing in the east of the city, and the south of the city is relatively safe."

"The wasteland in the south of the city? It's a very barren land, right? The land near the sea can't grow crops. What you grow will die."

"Well, it should be so. If the land is not barren, it would not be a wasteland." This is in Wei Ruo's expectation.

"Miss asked what that piece of wasteland is for?" Mother Xu asked puzzled.

"Go and ask me first. I may have a way to turn waste into treasure. If I can grow plants on the saline-alkali land, I can save myself the cost of buying common and lower costs, and I can hire more long-term workers to plant them. The plants can also solve the problem of lack of food in Xingshan County and need to buy a lot from other places, so that more people can eat."

"Okay, I'll ask when I get back." Although Xu's mother also felt that planting crops on saline-alkali land was ridiculous, she believed in Wei Ruo unconditionally.

Over the years, Miss has broken their cognition time and time again, making many things that they thought impossible to happen possible.