Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

Chapter 44 Iron Ore
He frowned and pondered before saying: "A lot of land near our Shabaozi Town is deserted. On the contrary, our soldiers don't have enough food to eat. The pay and silver sent by the court are often in arrears and the quantity is not enough.

Instead of letting them idle, it is better to organize them to reclaim wasteland. When the time comes, the land will be in the name of our Qianhuzhuang without having to pay rent. They will get half of the grain, and I will return half to our Qianhuzhuang. The grain seeds and farming tools are all ours. What do you think of Qianhushuchu? "

Qin Liu was slightly surprised.After Ma Ang went to Xuanfu and came back, his whole person made a qualitative leap from the inside out.The depth and level of considering the problem are very different, and it has a more overall perspective.

She said sincerely: "Brother Ma really wants to see far!"

Ma Ang smiled sheepishly and lowered his head to take a sip of the slightly cold tea in the cup.I was so busy talking just now that I forgot to drink.

Qin Liu was talking about the inn when he heard Zheng Baihu's loud voice coming from outside the Yanzi Tower door: "Oh, it's a big deal when you become a high official! You won't even look at me when you come back!" "

Ma Ang quickly got up and went out to deal with Zheng Baihu.No matter what, he was a married man, and although he and the young widow of the Li family were frank and sworn brothers and sisters, it was not appropriate to be caught alone in a room.

Qin Liu went to the main room at the back and saw the little mute carrying Erlang's wet pants that he had just changed into and walking towards the east wing, followed by two little tails, the bouncing Da Lang and the swaying Erlang.

Qin Liu stepped forward to take the wet pants and went directly to the sink in the east wing to wash them.No matter how careless she was, she didn't dare to let the Mongolian Khan's own son wash her baby's diapers, because she was really afraid that she would not be able to bear it.

If the little mute has accumulated resentment in his chest for this, and wants to take revenge on himself and his son after gaining power a few years later, then why not have a good drink?
While washing her wet pants, she looked at the little mute's expression guiltily.She has been too busy recently and hasn't paid much attention to him.The little mute also behaved extremely calmly.

The little mute saw her looking at him and asked seriously: "Have you thought clearly about the horse trade?"

Qin Liu hesitated for a moment and then said: "As you can see, the hut behind here is full of people, and there are only a lot more people over there, including half-grown children and the elderly. I think I have to teach them something so that they can I am self-reliant. Although I have some wealth, I can’t afford to just sit there and find a way to make money to accumulate my first pot of gold so that I can do a big business in the future.”

The little mute's face became serious, and he approached Qin Liu and asked, "What big business do you want to do?"

Qin Liu looked at the cold and harsh aura around him, and quickly explained: "It's nothing, just dig coal and sell it for some money. You also know that this firewood occupies an area and is not resistant to burning, but it can't be separated. There is so much coal under the ground. It’s such a waste to have it piled there.”

The cold and harsh aura around the little mute suddenly disappeared.

He let the two children play by themselves in the east wing, and he casually sat on a small chair nearby.

"This is much better than on our grassland. On the grassland we can only burn cow dung, horse dung, and sheep dung. There are very few trees."

Qin Liu said: "That's because you grassland people don't know how to use it. Under your vast grassland, there are many coal mines, iron ores and rare earth mines. If you use them, you will have gold and silver mountains. There is no need to kill them with dead energy." Someone who robbed a pot or a hoe from a poor family in the pass?"

The little mute shook his head and sneered: "If we produce iron there, why would we need to come here to grab a pot? Your court doesn't sell ironware to us..."

As he spoke, he suddenly froze, staring at Qin Liu with sharp eyes and disbelief: "You said, there are iron ores on our grassland?"

Qin Liu scooped up the water to rinse and scrub the diapered pants again, and said casually: "Of course. There is a large iron mine near Ordos..."

The little mute suddenly stood up, stepped forward and held Qin Liu's wet wrist tightly, and asked Qin Liu seriously: "How did you know?!"

Qin Liu's wrist hurt when he squeezed it. After struggling for a while, he said, "I, I heard it from the customers in the shop."

The little mute said firmly: "Impossible! I have lived there for more than ten years and never heard of it! How could you Han people know?"

Qin Liu was stunned for a moment. She couldn't say that she had traveled through time, so she wouldn't be regarded as a madman.

She finally said: "What I saw in the book, it must be done, right?"

The little mute's brows furrowed even more tightly, and his voice contained suppressed emotions: "Who are you?!" Qin Liu finally couldn't stand it anymore: "Let go, you're hurting me!"

The little mute let go.

Qin Liu said helplessly: "I don't know who I am, and I don't even know who Erlang's father is. Believe it or not."

The little mute has lived with them for so long, and has long known that Qin Liu is not Dalang's biological mother and Old Man Li's original daughter-in-law.

It's just that he has never asked Qin Liu about his origins before, just like Qin Liu has never asked him.

She sighed and looked at the older man who was playing next to them and looking at them with some worry, and then went out of the east wing to dry the washed pants.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

She has been raising the little mute for almost half a year. This guy almost regards her as a member of the family, but when it comes to matters on the grassland, he still inadvertently shows his cold and murderous intent. It shows how much he cares and how much he really wants to go back.

It’s really a wolf that’s not well-raised.

Let him go.

If he wants to stay, she will continue to support him.If he wants to leave, let him go.

It's hard to find such a dedicated super nanny and child's archery teacher.

After lying down at night, Dalang asked somewhat uneasily: "Mom, did my little mute brother quarrel with you?"

Qin Liu said: "No, he is just like you. If he doesn't understand something, he just asks his mother."

Qin Liu quickly fell asleep, had sweet dreams, and even laughed out loud.

……

In the dream, it was also a sunny spring, with blooming flowers and dancing shadows on the trees.

On the stone bench next to the stone table, she and her little fat cousin were laughing so hard. The little boy beside her had her hair tied up in a two-corner bun with flowers around it, and she was crying hysterically at the top of her voice.

After a while, the aunt and an elegant lady came out of the room.The eldest aunt smiled helplessly and scolded: "Ah Jiang, Guangsi, why do you bully Xiao Yongxiu? Go and apologize quickly, and then come back and apologize to Mrs. Huang."

She and her little fat cousin apologized and bowed with a smile, then winked at Mrs. Huang and said, "Auntie, your child is so pretty. The flowers on the hairpin look more like a little girl than me, don't they?"

This is her trick to show off her cuteness that she has tried countless times and never fails.

Mrs. Huang was also tricked. She smiled and pulled the little boy with a hairpin who was still crying, and said gently: "A Shen, my sister gave you a hairpin because she thought you were good-looking. This is to compliment you."

The little boy finally stopped crying and started sobbing instead, occasionally casting approving glances at her.

(End of this chapter)