Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 287

I don't know if it was the lawsuit that made too much noise, or the people in Yi County sold food outside for more things, which alarmed the people in several surrounding counties and towns. The county is not as poor as imagined. Every family has a surplus of food, and the imperial court also issued a list in the surrounding county government to encourage the mountain people to return to their original place to reclaim wasteland. Therefore, everyone knows that it is easy to make a living in Yi County today.

Years later, refugees and the like came to Yi County one after another to register for land reclamation, and if there were people, people would naturally open the door to do business.Gradually, grocery stores, cloth workshops, dyeing workshops, and wine workshops in the county all opened up, and the city became lively.

There are also more peddlers walking through the streets and alleys, yelling in the street from time to time, and most of the products they sell are mountain products produced in the mountains. Compared with other counties, it is still much more desolate.

When there are too many people, it is easy to cause chaos. Many government servants and officials were added to the yamen, and the tax office was requisitioned, and the children could no longer attend classes in the tax office. I found a secluded place, built a school, and built wing rooms at the back of the school. Those children who are far away from home and inconvenient to go back and forth during the day can still live in the school, as long as they pay some food every month and come to join them. A woman was appointed to take care of these children's meals, but the teacher was still unable to be invited for a while, so Mr. Qin and Bo and the others took the lead and went to the school to give lectures in turn.

At this time, the number of elementary school students in the school has increased to more than 70. Luo Tian has suggested to Luo Baisu and Qin Zhubo to divide these children into classes according to their aptitude and specialties. Those who read poetry and books and are good at doing accounts and are quick-witted will be assigned to Luo Tiandu's class, and they will learn to do calculations from Master Luo Tiandu, and get close to merchants' tents. Old man Wu learned to be a carpenter, or learned to be a blacksmith from old man Gan. In the end, he couldn’t do anything and didn’t like to study. The older ones went to the fields with Liu to help him and learn some farming skills. That is also a skill, and the young ones should throw it to Mr. Qin to teach some principles of how to behave.

At the beginning, Tan Zhubo was a little bit unhappy. He was born in a serious examination of the Eighth Classics, and he thought that everything was inferior, only reading was good. He felt that since these children were sent to school by adults, it was better to read some poetry and books seriously, and learn from those heretics. , not to tarnish his identity as a scholar, and later he himself lost his temper by those stupid children, so he let Luo Tiandu go to Zhang Luo alone, which can be regarded as acquiescing to a certain extent.

Fame is important, the premise is to have enough food and clothing, since it is not the material for studying, it is better to find another way, learn some means of making a living earlier.

Counting it, this should be the first school divided into majors in the Daqing Dynasty.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, more people came to the city, and from time to time, foreigners in silk shirts who looked like officials came to the yamen to inquire about buying shops.

Luo Tian knew that the imperial court must have decided to open a mutual market, and those merchants who had heard the news all sent people to buy shops at the front stop.

She was secretly delighted, her heart made her wait, thinking that the more than 20 shops she bought would have to wait at least another year or two before they would come in handy.

These days, apart from giving lectures, she spends most of her time and energy on repairing the shop.

Because she bought it early. At that time, there were only a few families in the city, and no one bought the land at all. Her more than 20 shops were all on the side of the street, or in a row, which was very easy to take care of. It's easy to sell or rent out.

She hired someone to knock down the dilapidated house, dragged the bricks and tiles outside, and built a row of houses along the street.She was also afraid that if others found out that she opened the shop, it would be unfavorable to Luo Baisu in the future, so she never came forward and entrusted someone to take care of it.After the shop was completed, the two-story building in Yishui had its own yard at the back, the shop could be opened in the front, and people could live in the back, which looked very neat.

When the people in the county saw it, they couldn't help talking about it, saying that the rich people who didn't know where they came from spent a lot of money to buy the land along the street and built shops, all of which were small courtyards with blue bricks and white walls. .

There are only so many people in Yi County, and everyone has come here through hardships. The biggest expense in normal times is to buy some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. No matter how good the other things are, no one is willing to spend that much money. , There is something that I just want to save in my hands so I can feel at ease. In their eyes, buying these shops is not as cost-effective as buying two more plots of land.

When winter came, the imperial court really issued an order. From next year, the border trade with the Yi people will be opened in the two prefectures of Duochuan and Dongze, and the barbarians will be allowed to exchange some goods from the Daqing Dynasty with medicinal materials and seafood. That's it, the people are allowed to buy and sell freely. It is still a small amount of business. If it is a large amount of grain, salt and iron, it can only be traded by officials and businessmen of the court, and the government must distribute the quota. Other merchants generally trade small quantities of goods, and the control of ironware is very strict, and the trading of weapons is strictly prohibited.

The storefront land in the streets of the county was basically occupied by those well-connected merchants as early as autumn. When the imperial court issued an order to open the mutual market, no one would be able to buy a store if anyone came to buy it. It is a scene of building houses and repairing yards.

At this time, the price of shops in Yi County has more than five times that of last year. That's it, compared to other counties, it is still a lot cheaper, not to mention the prices of shops near Dongze. Brilliant, there is also the kind that has no market.

Luo Tian did the math. When she bought 25 shops, she only spent more than 500 taels. When repairing the house, because she went through the back door, Luo Baisu allocated 300 official servants for her. Pay for those official slaves to eat and drink, and then pay a few tokens of commission for renting official slaves. Almost all the wages are saved, and it only costs more than 25 taels to drag some blue bricks and limes elsewhere, 800 A house, including the land deed, cost more than 100 taels to build the house. Now a decent shop in Yi County can sell for 700 taels. Earn, even if she sells the shop now, she can earn more than [-] taels in vain.

Earning more than 700 taels a year is really a good business with huge profits.

"Hahahaha." When Luo Tiandu settled his accounts, he happily threw away his pen, threw himself on the bed and covered the quilt with a smile, and he couldn't let anyone find out, so he endured so much hard work.

No matter what era, except for special circumstances such as wars, plagues and natural disasters, the real estate industry is indeed the most profitable, bar none.

In previous winters, this place was the most sluggish, but this year it was uncharacteristically, batch after batch of merchants rushed here in the cold wind, merchants came, helpers also came, even the county magistrate who had been avoiding and refusing to take up his post Finally, he brought his family to take office.

The new Mrs. Fang, the county magistrate, is very good at being a person. She immediately met Fang Shi when she arrived, and gave Fang Shi a generous gift. But Fang Shi has one thing good, that is, as long as Luo Baisu doesn't open his mouth, she won't accept gifts from anyone else. The wife of the county magistrate didn't give away the gift, but said that she would hold a banquet for everyone in Luofu.

Fang Shi didn't even dare to say it, but Luo Baisu finally opened the mouth and asked Fang Shi to set up a banquet, and invited Master Qin Bo to accompany him, which was like a clean-up for the new county magistrate and his wife.

Fang's thrifty and distressed about money, even murmured about it for several days.

The new county magistrate's surname is Mo, and he seems to be a branch of a famous family. Seriously speaking, he is also from a scholarly family.When going to the banquet, this Mrs. Mo was dressed very brightly and gorgeously, with thick makeup on her face, which made it impossible to tell her age. young.

Luo Tian didn't want to complain about the weird aesthetics of this era anymore, he just pretended he didn't see it.

Mrs. Mo looked at Luo Mingdu, and praised and praised: "The eldest lady is very good-looking, but I don't know if she was married?"

Luo Tian frowned, and glanced at Mrs. Mo, thinking that Mrs. Mo and Qi Jin are Jinshi of the same discipline. Back then, her elder sister and Qi Jin's marriage was so troublesome, she couldn't believe that Mrs. Mo hadn't heard of it. However, what does it mean to say this in front of Luo Mingdu at this time?

Fang's face also changed, and said: "At the beginning, I promised to the Qi family, but I didn't expect that I was a bastard who was not as good as an animal. I just thought I was blind and never had this kind of relationship."

Mrs. Mo also knew that she had said something wrong, and she had a embarrassed expression on her face, so embarrassed that she couldn't get off the stage.

On the contrary, Luo Ming looked away, didn't care about it at all, and greeted her: "Madam Mo, these are home-cooked dishes, don't be disgusted, eat vegetables, eat vegetables."

Mrs. Mo took the opportunity to step down, took a piece of ribs, took a bite, and praised: "These ribs are fried? The cook in the house is good at cooking. The fried ribs are fresh but not greasy, very tasty."

As a result, Fang's expression changed again.

Xiang Lan checked his face and came out to smooth things over and said: "This is made by the little lady herself. Our little lady can't cook easily. Today, it is thanks to Mrs. Mo's blessing that I have this blessing to taste the craftsmanship of the little lady. Mo Since Madam likes it, eat two more pieces."

Mrs. Mo's face turned soy sauce-colored instantly.She wanted to pat Fang's ass with all her heart, but in the end she didn't flatter her ass, she patted her on the horse's leg. No matter how bad Luo Tian's reputation is, she is still the daughter of an official family. Comparing her to a cook, if this If you let go of those fastidious people, I'm afraid you will turn your face on the spot.

Fortunately, the Luo family never paid much attention to this, even though Fang felt a little uncomfortable, she endured it.

Mrs. Mo even touched two nails, so she couldn't speak anymore, so she could concentrate on eating.

They went all the way south and lived in a post station. They didn't suffer much, but after all, they were away from home, and it was always worse than at home. After eating, they had a chat with them, and then they left.

As soon as she left, Fang said angrily: "Why is this Mrs. Mo like this, she can't speak, like a mallet."

Luo Tian said helplessly: "Mother, what's there to be angry about? She's new here, and she doesn't know us well. If she doesn't get along, she won't interact with us anymore, so why be angry?" She can talk, and she herself is not the same. She is really laughing at fifty steps. Fortunately, the people in this room are all from her own family, so don't worry about spreading the word to the outside world, or she will offend the new Mrs. Mo.

After listening to Luo Tiandu's persuasion, Fang did not continue to complain, but just made up her mind to have less contact with Mrs. Mo in the future.

(End of this chapter)