Chapter 56 Spring ploughing and summer ploughing

The snow stopped late at night. The snow was three feet deep in the woods and one foot in the mountain gate. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, the whole family will come to the "Insurgance Pavilion" to celebrate the New Year. Mei Kai got up to sweep the snow before dawn. In the morning, the door of the courtyard was opened and allowed people to go in and out.

Xiaoxuan wore a pine-patterned red satin jacket, wore an emerald head, and sat in the west wing to receive congratulations from female disciples and stewener mother. Mei Jia stood aside with a basket of silver, and someone said an auspicious word and gave one. Metal impact, "crash" is like a fire cooking oil.

Rong Hui wore a royal blue Kesi deep coat and accompanied a group of stewers and Elder Ma to drink tea and talk in the study. When the male disciple came, he said a congratulatory message to the inside in the hall, and Yan Ling sent a silver message. Give more when the voice is loud and more when you say it well.

The disciples received peach charms and bamboo curtains in previous years, but this year they changed to silver zi, and they have their own comments. Some praise Xiaoxuan for being the head of the family, and some praise Rong Hui for being a real person, and there is no one who doesn't praise the couple's good. It turned out that the stews who were loyal to Elder Zhao also pulled down their faces and went to the "Insurgible Pavilion" to say greetings, congratulated them, and showed their attitude.

Xiaoxuan is waiting for now. In his eyes, although he didn't say anything, he has a problem in his heart. At night, the clouds and fog dissipated, and the next day the morning sun rose eastward, and the ice and snow gradually melted. When the mountain road is smooth, it is the fifth day of the Chinese New Year.

Spring ploughing is like a war, and it can't be delayed for a moment. Rong Hui immediately gathered cattle and sent out more than 200 iron ploughs to cultivate seven farms. Although the wildfire has burned up the weeds, the soil has thorns and must be ploughed deeply. The wasteland is hard, so it is more difficult to cultivate. In the past, a plough pulled by a cow, but now it takes two cows to pull, and the progress is getting slower and slower.

After the Lantern Festival, Xiaoxuan began to deal with Elder Zhao and Lu Xiaocheng and others. First, they moved them to the mansion in the town on the pretext that "the weather is cold on the mountain is not conducive to everyone's recuperation". He also moved them to the Tianzhuang courtyard on the pretext that "the town is noisy and not suitable for resting". It is worshipped and eaten by the farm, and it is still taken care of by the former Taoist children. The families of several elders asked Xiaoxuan for a favor on the pretext of "lacking food and clothing at the foot of the mountain" before taking them home.

Everyone saw it, neither saying nor making trouble, as if they had never seen those people, but they were very careful: "Madam treats people pleasantly, but she likes to settle accounts after autumn. Don't offend them in the future."

Rong Hui is afraid that someone will flirt with him and cause trouble to Xiaoxuan. So when the weather was good, I rode a horse to inspect the Granges. I didn't see anyone for a few days. As soon as I came back, I complained to everyone: "If it goes on like this, it's good to finish half of the ploughing before the spring rain comes! Don't we still have 3,000 horses? Can we use them to plough the fields?

Everyone's attention was naturally attracted to spring ploughing, which can be regarded as revealing this matter. Xiaoxuan couldn't help laughing. When he returned to the room, he personally comforted him: "What are you worried about? Anyway, it's useless to be anxious. I don't expect to have a harvest this year. If I can't plough well, I will continue to plough. After ploughing horizontally, it's okay to plough one vertically and then plough two more diagonally.

Rong Hui thought so: "If you don't scatter the soil, you can't grow crops even if you rush to sow seeds!" So he transferred 70 free carriages to the farm to help them drag bricks and materials to build houses.

With thousands of calls, "HSBC Qianzhuang" opened. The new interest card was hung outside the door, and the world was in an uproar. The person who had the intention immediately found out that Qianzhuang had changed his employer. The new owner is rich and sells all the bad debts in one go.

Small banks from all over the country joined forces to raise prices. But the family is there, and I only dare to collect so much money. If the interest is high, you can't make money at all. So a few days later, they returned the prototype one after another.

Then someone found out that the general number of Qianzhuang moved to Qiyi Town, and the owner pointed directly to Rong Hui and Xiaoxuan, and the world was shocked. People with intentions can't help smiling bitterly: "There are thirteen small cities. Who dares to say that there is no strength behind Qianzhuang?" Although he did not want to accept it, the interest was placed there, so he had to deposit the silver in the bank.

Lu Dahai came back with dozens of bankrupt shopkeepers. Under the sun, Rong Hui summoned everyone in the "Insurable Pavilion". When he heard that some of them had done cloth business, he asked Yan Ling to ask casually.

Yan Ling asked a few words, and the man really answered fluently. Rong Hui saw a play and simply asked Yan Ling to arrange a place for them, let Yan Liang write a document, and then send him a signature. I went back to the study and looked at the map.

Xiaoyue asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Rong Hui told the truth: "I want to repair the mountain road from the mountain to Qiyi Town. It seems that someone has repaired that road before, and the bottom is a stone foundation, and now even the stone tip is exposed. It is not only a lame horse, but also a few missing on the wheels. Rain is covered with mud, and sunny days are covered with dirt. Even if you don't pay taxes, most people don't want to go here.

"You said it!" Xiaoyue said, "That was the way for the prince to hunt east 20 years ago. Every time he comes, he spreads the floor with loess and sprinkles clear water after compaction.

"But now farmers are busy plowing the fields, and I can't draw people." Rong Hui shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Let's wait until summer!"

"Why didn't you ask the master to build a workshop to make bluestone slabs first?" Xiaoyue immediately gave him advice: "One hundred miles of mountain road, two feet long and one foot wide bluestone slab costs 150,000 yuan. The road paved a foot wide is 450,000 yuan. I happen to have a brick and tile yard. For the sake of everyone's familiarity, I will give you a preferential price. Fifteen yuan a piece, whatever you want, how about it?"

Rong Hui frowned and doubted, "Can your family do it?"

"Of course I have to set a standard and find another one!" Xiaoyue argued self-reliantly: "If you want so much at a time, who can take it?"

Rong Hui smiled happily: "452, 450,000 yuan."

"Hey!" Xiaoyue frowned angrily, "You always have to leave some money for them!"

"Forget it" Rong Hui threw out his own killing move: "I'll ask Shi Wanxin to find a home!"

Xiaoyue argued: "Even if it's ten cents a dollar, I'll pave the rest of the road. Pay half of the deposit first, 2,250 taels!" With that, he raised his hand and opened his five fingers.

"Deal!" Rong Hui waved his palms and slapped each other. With a crisp sound, he settled the deal. Signed a white note to Xiaoyue on the spot: "Go and get the silver!"

In a blink of an eye, February was coming, and the weather was getting warmer. Rong Hui personally went down the mountain and took Li Yuning and Xiaoxuan's furniture back to the mountain. From then on, he began to set the province in the morning and dusk. Rong Guang's family was settled in the big house in Qiyi Town. First, they were familiar with the town steweller and opened up the situation.

Shi Wanxin straightened out the business after opening, so he came to the "Insurable Pavilion" to discuss Rong Hui's next business and asked, "Why do you have to build the road again?"

Rong Hui leaned on the drunken chair in the study and nodded and admitted, "Yes, from Qiyi Town to Shanmen, and then to the east, to the official road of Song, more than 200 miles, almost one million bluestone slabs, equivalent to 10,000 taels of silver. Plus the wages of 200 people, 1,000 taels is 11,000 taels. In the future, for every car, whether it is pulling people or goods, with a car and a horse, you will be charged one or two tolls for 100 catties.

As soon as Shi Wanxin heard that there was a play, he reached out and took the abacus on the table and dialed for a while. The abacus stopped and happily agreed: "If it's a good business, you can get your capital back in a year. This money can be loaned. I happen to have a large scale for the coal truck. Let's do some more tamping, and if we reach 80 catties, we will count him as 100 catties.

The two of them got together and decided on this big deal. Rong Hui was refreshed and sat up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Shi Wanxin said bluntly: "In the first half of the year, it was the time to use money. Qianzhuang stepped on the point, the principal was sufficient, and the business was booming. Not only are there more people saving money, but also some princes with 'iron rice bowls' in addition to ourselves, so the principal is not enough. After a while, the person who withdraws the silver will not be able to withdraw the cash.

"Do you mean to inject capital again?" Rong Hui shook his head and sighed, "But we even moved to the silver treasury with the private house and the public, and we didn't have a penny left."

"I know this, so I thought of a good way to make a lot of profits!" Shi Wanxin was full of interest and pointed to the southwest and deliberately sold a barrier: "Do you know where it is?"

Rong Hui told the truth: "The place where the sun sets!"

Shi Wanxin smiled and said, "Three thousand miles away, it is Jinzhou, which is rich in gold mines. However, the barbarians have not yet been enlightened. Ordinary people have to go through five levels to kill six generals, so don't talk about transporting things out. The person I heard said that the gold there was exchanged for four to one to eight, and our bank was eleven to one to thirteen. So we just need to transport silver in, buy gold, exchange it for more silver, and then transport it in to buy more gold. Isn't it a lot of profit?" He sighed: "It's a pity that my efforts were not good, and I was robbed several times to transport goods into the mountains..."

Rong Hui's eyes lit up and quickly called Xiaoyue to ask, "Do you know Jinzhou?" According to the "Yuzhi" record, Xiaoyue introduced Jinzhou's rich specialties and customs, which was indeed more detailed than Shi Wanxin.

"This business is good, but there is still one thing in the way!" Rong Hui lay back in the drunken man's chair and sighed: "Jianghu Tongdao wants to re-align with us."

Xiaoyue couldn't help scolding: "They are full!"

"They are not hungry!" Rong Hui shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Our current power is equivalent to the two 'Shenjianmen'. The big shopkeeper below was depressed for a long time. As soon as he got out of the reins, he began to expand his power. I want to strangle the reins again, but I can't help it! The big shopkeepers also said that they would accept it as soon as they saw it, but their men ran more happily! Now there are mountain thieves in front of the 'Jiuling Eighteen Villages' as a warning, and there is a rich village behind them. Everyone has to run forward without open fire. I saw a high wall in front of me, but they insisted on hitting it!"

"What should I do?" Shi Wanxin was worried: "At present, the foundation is unstable. If there is a mistake, if you can't go up or down, this big family will be over!"

"So I have to rush to the front, push the wall diagonally and change it to a steep slope!" Rong Hui saw that Shi Wanxin was more anxious than himself, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, I have to do it in Jinzhou, but I have to stir up the alliance before. It's better to stuff some money and let the alliance leader turn a blind eye. As for the principal of Qianzhuang, I will figure it out. With that, he stood up and casually said, "You can discuss a charter first. How long can it last now?" How much money do you have to invest for every extra day? After saying that, he went back to the backyard.

Under the bright sun, Xiaoxuan spread square flowers on the grass, leaned against the big pillow to read, drink tea, eat snacks, and enjoy it. Mei Kai either practiced swords on the side or embroidered flowers on the side. In the clusters of flowers, there is a different peace.

Rong Hui stood in the porch and saw that his mood was gradually comfortable. He walked to Xiaoxuan and sat down, smiling and joked, "The little days are very moist!" With that, she picked up the fragrant tea in her cup and drank it all. Seeing that the two had something to say, Mei Zha quickly gave a winking and led the crowd to retreat.

Xiao Xuan folded the scroll and stretched out: "This is life!"

Rong Hui continued to say, "Life, life, you can't open the pot!" He leaned up and leaned against Xiaoxuan.

"What?" Xiaoxuan turned her head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Three things!" Rong Hui said concisely, "If you need a sum of money, find someone and go out."

Xiaoxuan listened to him casually and was relieved. He doubted gently: "How to say it!"

Rong Hui said the problem he had just encountered. Xiaoxuan pondered for a moment and whispered, "I know where the money is hidden..."

Rong Hui was refreshed and asked, "Where!"

"Do you remember that the stone gates in the secret path were opened with your jade?" Xiaoxuan vowed: "One door is the way down the mountain, and in the rest of the door, it must be a silver vault. As for whether there is money in the library, I'm not sure!"

"Let's find out tonight." As soon as Rong Hui heard that there was a play, he took advantage of the heat to hit the iron: "Where are the people?"

"Qinglian Villa' Lin family has a rigorous family style and profound background. This generation of young masters have achieved success in practicing martial arts, so as to make people feel unsentful and have a chivalrous reputation. As a result, he was removed from his arm and never mind his own business again. Xiaoxuan was in his mind and said, "Lin Daxia also has a daughter, whose daughter is 'Wind'. Although she was born in a martial arts family, she grew up in a pile of calligraphy and painting. It is heroic, elegant and quiet, and has it at the same time. If you can be a daughter-in-law for Brother Yan, then support the Lin hero as the leader of the alliance. He doesn't think about his daughter, and he won't make waves!" Yanran smiled and said, "I have thought about people and money. Door, you have to get out by yourself.

Rong Hui suddenly became cheerful and took advantage of Xing to kiss Xiaoxuan's face: "I'm going to go to Brother Yan to talk about his lifelong events." He jumped up and rushed to the secretary's room.