Is my wife farming today?

Chapter 45 Concession
  In the next few days, Xie Xie was busy collecting vegetables.

The cabbages in Zhuangzi in the northern suburbs have all reached harvest time, and Xue Hanxiang personally came to Xie Mansion to deliver a message.

After hearing the refusal, he quickly took the newly made clothes for Xue Hanxiang a few days ago and got on the carriage.

"Master, what is this?" Xue Hanxiang took the bundle she handed over and did not dare to open it directly.

She pursed her lips, "Open it and take a look. I don't know what you like, so I picked out two outfits for you according to my own taste. You are my chief housekeeper, how can you wear patches all the time?"

Xue Hanxiang lowered her head and opened the baggage, stroking the new green clothes with her hands helplessly. The bridge of her nose was sore, and two lines of clear tears fell down her face without warning.

Xie Xie hurriedly said: "What? But you don't like it? I bought it in a hurry this time. I didn't have time to take you to choose. If you don't like it..."

"I like it very much." Xue Hanxiang sniffed and said something.

"Didn't I tell you that you don't have to call yourself a slave in private?"

Xue Hanxiang obediently lowered her eyes and responded, "Yes, never again."

He was reserved and not good at expressing himself. He lowered his head and choked with sobs and did not speak for a long time.

I declined and had to use the excuse to ask about the prices of vegetables on the market to change the subject.

When it came to business, he quickly regained his composure.

"I've been asking around about the price of vegetables in Kyoto. The market price has been high in the past six months, but there is one thing I need to worry about..."

Decline guessed.

"Are you worried that there is no such dish on the market?"

"Yes."

"I heard someone say before that most of Jiyue Kingdom's vegetables are purchased from Rizhao Kingdom. When the time comes, they will be said to be imported vegetables."

Xue Hanxiang was stunned, "What are imported vegetables?"

"Just... transporting things from other places to the local area."

"Okay, Rizhao Country has always been rich in fruits and vegetables, so there should be no suspicion."

Xie expressed his disdain for this, "To be honest, with the three melons and two dates shipped from Rizhao, within two months, the new products Liu Xiu and I developed could be exported to them."

Although Xue Hanxiang couldn't understand the new words that came out of her mouth from time to time, the speed of new products was obvious to all.

The two of them took a carriage and just arrived at Zhuangzi, where millet was originally grown in the northern suburbs, to check out. Before they got out of the car, they saw two teams of people lining up on the goose-chang path next to the field.

When I declined, I thought Xue Hanxiang had already found someone to collect the vegetables.

"The person you found?"

Xue Hanxiang hurriedly explained: "No, I forgot to tell the master just now. These people are farmers nearby. Last time you thought that the pest control method was really useful. The population in the village is not tight. I don't know who leaked the method." I went out, I must have heard that you were coming to Zhuangzi, so I came here to see you."

I refuse to lament the simplicity of the farmers.

As soon as the curtain was opened, the two rows of old farmers waiting outside were blushing.

"No one told me that the young lady is so beautiful!"

"Heavenly Bodhisattva, you are truly a beautiful person with a kind heart."

"Yes, yes, the people look very kind. I really came to the right place today!!"

The farmers boasted a lot and couldn't help but laugh when they refused. It was just a bottle of insecticide, so they were said to be like fairies descending to the earth.

At present, most of these farmers are in their forties, and they are considered to be the old, weak, sick and disabled in the family. Because all the people in their twenties were recruited by the imperial army, they are left with no way to make a living and have no choice but to work in farming.

Although I don’t have much experience in farming, I am better off not being lazy. Every household has some land.

An idea suddenly came to Xie Xie's mind.

"Everyone is here at the right time. I just want to ask someone for help with something." Completely opposite to her appearance, her declining voice was low and had a mellow and mature feeling.

One can't help but believe that what she said is very reliable. Besides, she said it so politely, someone soon answered and asked: "Miss, what can we do for you?"

"Happy to oblige haha!"

Xie Xie walked to the field under the eyes of everyone, picked up two green and tender cabbages with his bare hands, and shook off the mud on the roots.

She said slowly: "I have a batch of cabbage produced in Rizhao, which is fresh and tender. This kind of dish has not yet appeared on the market, so it is still in the development stage. Now I am willing to contract it at half the market price. Everyone, please sell it for me."

As soon as these words came out, everything fell silent.

Is there such a good thing in the world?
  These farmers look at me and I look at you, and they all can’t believe it.

After all, the imperial court had just put down the imperial list a few days ago and was collecting grain from all over the country. Years of wars had caused the Jiyue Kingdom, which was not suitable for farming, to cry out everywhere and the price of grain to skyrocket.

Now everyone knows how valuable food and vegetables are.

Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Xie refused and continued: "What I mean by contracting, to put it bluntly, is that you can just sell with confidence. No matter how much the price is, I will only charge half of the market price, but if there is anything that cannot be sold, it can be refunded at any time. Give it to me and I'll take on the risk."

Now, no one dared to believe it.

Someone who was brave and wanted to make money asked loudly, "Why don't you sell it yourself, Miss?"

Xie refused and sighed helplessly: "I have too many Zhuangzi. This is just the first batch of dishes. There will be more later. I need a lot of people to help."

After hearing her explanation, many farmers were ready to take action.

At this moment, Xue Hanxiang stood up at the right time. He calculated the accounts for everyone, calculated the current vegetable prices and profits, and wrote them down in front of everyone with pen and paper.

Compared to her persuasive approach, this approach may be more intuitive.

Soon someone shouted angrily: "I am willing to help you with this!"

"I'm coming too!"

"I would also like to..."

There were more and more calls, and Xie Yi couldn't help but look at Xue Hanxiang, "Your brain is better."

Xue Hanxiang lowered his head in embarrassment. After a long while, he made a calculation and declined, "If Miss sells cabbage this way, it may reduce our harvest by more than half."

Most?

You should lose two-thirds of your profits.

The reason why she took out this part of the profits and distributed them to these farmers was not because she was kind-hearted or had any compassion for them, but because she had a longer-term plan for the next step.

After thinking about it, I was afraid that Xue Hanxiang would mistakenly think that she had no brains and would do some losing business.

He declined but explained, "I wrote a deed myself. Can you see if there are any problems?"

She took out the contract she had written so hard last night from her sleeve and handed it over.

As soon as Xue Hanxiang opened it, her expression was indescribably distorted.

"What? What's wrong?" She leaned over to take a look.

Xue Hanxiang quickly stopped smiling, "No, it's Miss... It's really unexpected."

He declined and sighed, "I can't help it. People who have not learned anything since childhood are like this."

She doesn't know how to write with calligraphy, so she holds the pen in the same way as a modern ballpoint pen.

I felt a little embarrassed when he refused, so I took a closer look and saw that it was okay and not too ugly.

This is what she has practiced.

If this is called ugly, then wouldn’t it mean that he didn’t even bother to read the recipe he wrote to You Jin?

　There is only one update today, I will make up for it tomorrow. I have some things at home that need to be dealt with, so give me a hug~ I will definitely start with two chapters every day next month~ I swear!

　　
  　
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