Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 272

Liao Pianjiang glanced at the big guy in front of him, and wondered, "What is this?"

Luo Tiandu smiled and said, "This is a fan made by Uncle Wu. It's too hot, let's talk about it to relieve the heat."

Liao Pianjiang expressed great interest in this fan, and felt that these literati who were born in the imperial examination would enjoy it. They lived a poor life in the military camp, especially Xie Yuan was very strict in running the army. When going out, it is stipulated that they must be dressed neatly. In such a hot day, it is still too hot to be shirtless. The warriors are already very angry, and it is no problem to enter the winter. Every summer is really suffering, and all of them are covered with prickly heat.

A daughter-in-law came in with tea, and Luo Tiandu personally served tea to Liao Pianjiang and said, "Tea, please."

Liao Pianjiang hurriedly said, "Don't dare to bother my lady."

As he spoke, he took over the tea. After driving for a long time in the scorching sun, he was so thirsty that he smoked, so he was not polite. He took a sip of the tea, but he still didn't feel thirst quenched. After drinking the whole pot of tea, I felt thirst quenched.

Not long after, the daughter-in-law who brought the tea came in again, offering cooked mung bean soup and sliced ​​watermelon.

"The general has come to work hard, drink some mung bean soup to relieve the heat."

Liao Pianjiang didn't have any preference for mung bean soup. To save Luo Tiandu's face, he drank a bowl and then put it down, but the watermelon was fresh. He picked it in the morning and hung it in the well to cool for a long time. It tasted just right. , I ate half a melon in a row before I stopped.

After eating, he felt embarrassed again, wiped his mouth, and said: "I'm a rough person, my little lady laughed at me."

Luo Tiandu waved his hands and said with a smile: "My family is not that particular. If General Liao likes to eat, he can eat more." Reason to leave, leaving Cheng Qing to accompany him in the room.

Luo Tiandu returned to the house, poured a glass of water, opened the letter while drinking the water, and prepared to read it, when a bank note fell out.Luo Tiandu took a look, it was a 1000 tael bank note.She was a little speechless, and there was a bank note in the letter. The person who wrote the letter was sure that the letter would not be lost and would be handed over to the recipient. Looking at the contents of the letter, Luo Tian almost spit out a mouthful of tea.

The letter was neither signed nor signed, and the handwriting was very strange, as if it was written by a beginner, each stroke was very childish, Luo Tian felt that his handwriting was already very ugly, and this person's handwriting was worse than hers.

There was nothing special in the letter, the general idea was that she knew she loved silver, so he specially sent her 1000 taels of silver, and told her that if it was really difficult in Yi County, she would go back to Beijing. After entering Beijing, he would try to give it to Luo Baisu Arranging a position, and said that if nothing happened, it would be best to stay in Yi County for two years. If there is any difficulty, go find Xie Yuan from the Military Defense Department.

Among them, the word "bank note" seemed impossible to write, so he drew a big ingot, Luo Tian even looked at it very funny.From the tone of the letter, she probably knew who wrote her the letter, but she remembered that when he went back to the Wei Mansion last time, Wei Que clearly told her that he was illiterate, so these words should be acquired recently.Luo Tian could almost imagine how Wei Que sat impatiently behind the desk with that paralyzed face, writing this letter stroke by stroke.

Knowing that Wei Que's identity was different from ordinary people, she originally wanted to burn his letter, but she thought of something, and finally put it away, and put it together with the 1000 tael silver note into her gold money box.

After Luo Baisu came back at noon, Liao Pian handed the letter to Luo Baisu, and went back after lunch.

Luo Baisu's letter was sent by Zuo Qingzhi, and it was delivered half a month earlier than Wei Que's private letter, probably because the station he left arrived at the same time as Wei Que's letter.Luo Baisu read the letter, raised his eyebrows, and his face was full of joy.

Luo Tian knew it was a happy event, and asked him: "Father, what did Master Zuo say?"

Luo Baisu looked around and waved to her: "Go back to the study and talk."

Luo Tian thought to himself, reckoning that this matter is quite important, otherwise Luo Baisu would not be so cautious.

After entering the study, Luo Baisu handed her the letter in his hand, and he first blew on the human fan for a while, and then let out a sigh of relief when the heat from his body dissipated.

Zuo Qingzhi's handwriting was so beautiful that Luo Tian couldn't help but think of Wei Que's ugly handwriting, which was worse than chicken chops.There is indeed a big piece of news in the letter. It is said that the imperial court intends to open up trade with the Yi people, selling food, cloth, tea, etc. to the Yi people in the Duochuan and Dongze prefectures, and exchanging the Yi people for medicinal materials, gold, silver and pearls. .

Luo Tian felt that it would be impossible for the imperial court to suddenly open up trade with the barbarians just for this little luxury, but she knew very little about the imperial government and couldn't figure out the reason.However, this is all about the court officials in Shangjing, and has nothing to do with their Luo family. They only need to manage the one-third of an acre of land in Yi County.

She only cares if the news is true, and the imperial court finally opened up the trade with the Yi people. Ba Xun Mansion is the only way for Nan Yi to go to Duochuan, and Yi County is located in the southeast of Ba Xun, and the Yi people enter the city. The first stop of the pass is Yi County. Such a good thing is like a pie that fell from the sky. If it is well planned and handled well, this small broken mountain city in Yi County will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes.

"Father, is this reliable?" Luo Tiandu asked.

Luo Baisu said: "Since Mr. Zuo has said everything, it must not be groundless. It's just that we don't know when the trade with barbarians will be opened."

Luo Tian thought about it for a while, and decided to tell Luo Baisu the letter written by Wei Que: "General Liao Pian sent me a letter today, I guess it must be from Master Wei."

"Oh? What did he say?" Luo Baisu frowned and asked.

"I didn't say anything special. I just said that if Dad has nothing to do, he will stay in Yi County for two more years. I guess Master Wei got the news and reminded us." As for the 1000 taels of silver, Luo Tian Decided not to speak.

Luo Baisu nodded: "There is no news from the Baxun government office. I guess only a few people in the imperial court know about it. Counting it, the days are still far away. Now we should concentrate on opening up wasteland and growing food, and put the immediate difficulties first. Let’s go over and talk about it, otherwise the people will not have food to eat and clothes to cover their bodies, and it will be too early to say anything else.” The most important thing is that the people in Yi County have had serious conflicts with the Yi people in recent years, and they all have hatred for each other Now, if the mutual market is really opened up and the barbarians enter the city, it is still unknown whether the people on both sides can live in peace.

Speaking of this, he seemed to have just thought of it, and asked again: "Master Wei wrote you a letter?"

"Yeah." Luo Tiandu nodded, "Liao Pian sent them together."

"Have you replied yet?"

"No." Luo Tiandu shook his head.

Luo Baisu sighed, and said, "Forget it, if Lord Wei writes to you again in the future, don't reply."

Luo Tian knew that she and Wei Que had written letters in private, and had violated the taboo of the world, so he pursed his lips and kept silent.The social atmosphere is like this, there is no good end to going against the society, she should focus on the mutual market and try to find out more information.

Luo Tian said: "No matter what, let's take this matter to heart. We will plan carefully from now on. No matter when this kind of trade is opened in the future, the people in the county will always be able to benefit from it. However, why did the court suddenly Are you thinking of trading with the barbarians?" She thought that she wanted to open a mutual market, which was to open up trade with Bei Rong, exchange some horses, increase military power, and trade with the barbarians, in addition to trading some beads and herbs, she also There is no other valuable thing. The Daqing Dynasty has a vast land and resources, and there are actually a lot of medicinal materials, gold, silver, pearls and jade, and now there are caravans going to the Western Regions. There is really no need to envy that little barbarian. Locally produced jade.

Luo Baisu knew more about the government than Luo Tian, ​​and said: "Two years ago, I heard that the Ministry of Industry wanted to open water transport and connect the north and the south by water. Take time to deal with this matter, I reckon the Holy Majesty has time to deal with this matter now."

Luo Tian didn't even understand the territory of Daqing, so he asked strangely: "What does the opening of water transport have to do with barbarian trade?"

Luo Baisu took a look at her and knew that this little girl had no common sense in some things, so he patiently explained to her: "Ba Xun went southeast and passed the Mang Mountain, which is the territory of the barbarians. The people are also divided into two branches, one leans towards the southern mountainous area, bordering the Nanman, poor mountains and bad waters, and the barbarians are also fierce in temperament. Now it is the Nanyi who have more conflicts with our Yi County; Salt shipbuilding mainly depends on the sea produce, and the pearls produced in Dongyi have always been very popular in the Daqing Dynasty."

"Dongyi lives by the sea, and its shipbuilding skills are more developed than ours in Daqing. It's just that the Yi people don't interact with us in Daqing. Shipbuilding skills are the basis of their food, and they don't easily leak out. I guess this is Dongyi's fancy today. Shipbuilding technology, I want to take advantage of the opportunity of doing business with the barbarians to introduce the shipbuilding skills of the Dongyi people. Even if the trade with the barbarians is opened in the future, the court probably only looks at the side of Zhongze, and Ba Xun’s side is probably the a guise."

Luo Tiandu thought about it, even if it was a pretense, there would always be money to be made, and Nanyi came here to rob repeatedly, for what purpose?No, it’s just for food. If the trade is opened up, Yi people can exchange their own food with Daqing’s for food. Most of them are willing to do so. As long as there is business to do, Yi County can develop with such a good geographical location. stand up.

No matter whether you are going to Baxun or diverting to Duochuan, Yi County is a must. Even if no one wants to stay in Yi County to do business, you must always stay in a hotel in Yi County, eat, sleep, and supplies. These are all business for money.

Luo Tian thought for a while, went back to the house and took out the gold and silver box, kept the 1000 taels Wei Que gave him, took the rest to the study, and said to Luo Baisu confidently: "Father, I want to buy land. .”

Luo Baisu looked at the belongings in her hand, and was a little bit dumbfounded: "Well, what land did you buy? I'm still in office, and I don't know when I will be transferred to another place. What should you do with the land? There is a lot of wasteland here that no one cultivates, and even if you want to rent it, no one will."

Luo Tiandu said: "I'm not buying a field, what I want to buy is the land on both sides of the street, and I don't take advantage of the government. You sell it at the official price, and I also pay the deed tax as usual. I can buy as much as I can." How many."

(End of this chapter)