First Empress Merchant

Chapter 53
Shi Liang glanced at Lu Lishi before answering: "Yes, this is all there is, a total of [-] slopes, because the sunshine time is the longest here, and the temperature is suitable, so I only chose this place to set up a tea garden. It is the result of discussions among the tea growers in the area, and the fact is that only this area produces the best tea. As for the top, because of the higher terrain, the dog days are good, but it will be cold and humid in three or nine days, which is not suitable for tea planting, so I planted some easy-to-grow tea. The growing mulberry trees block the wind and sand."

Look, what tone is that?Too little?This is eighteen!An ordinary family can have a few acres of Susukida, and when they encounter a good harvest, they can support a large family!Sure enough, she is a young lady who has never seen the world and has eyes above her head. What do you know?
However, when Lu Lishi heard this, she only focused on the end of the sentence, "Mulberry trees? How many? Are there any silkworms?"

Shi Liang was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, but he still replied truthfully: "It's all from the tea garden up to the top of the mountain. I haven't raised silkworms, and the silkworm farmers are on another mountain. It's just that people from there will come to ask for a batch of mulberry leaves every once in a while. "

Lu Lishi's eyes lit up, "How long have you planted it? Has it produced any results? How did you deal with the fruits?"

Shi Liang said: "Same as the tea garden, it has been planted for four years. Although the mulberry fruit is sweet and delicious, it will produce water as soon as it is released, and the storage time is not long. It can neither be hoarded nor sold. It is just that it is produced on the mountain. People who eat whatever they want to quench their thirst, but they can't eat much. Most of them rot."

Hearing the words, Lu Lishi yelled violently in his heart, but felt that something was wrong, so he whispered to Wu Changqing: "Do you know anything about mulberries?"

You must know that mulberry is a good thing. It has been seen in history books that ancient emperors also used mulberry as a tonic, but Shi Liang's appearance doesn't seem to be pretending, so I find it very strange, but after all, she is very fond of this dynasty. I don't know anything, I dare not talk nonsense, I can only ask quietly.

Wu Changqing thought for a while and then whispered the same way: "Mulberry leaves are born for silkworms. Silkworms make cocoons and spin silk, and then make silk, but a silkworm can only make one cocoon, and only once a year. Imagine a pure silk. It is so expensive, and because of its huge profits, silkworms are usually raised by powerful and powerful households, and money alone is not enough. Similarly, high-ranking people are afraid that mulberry farmers will raise the purchase price, so they jointly raise silkworms. The mulberry tree is banned, and ordinary people have no way to understand it, let alone the mulberry fruit."

After hearing this, Lu Lishi had an epiphany.

Isn't banning a question a monopoly?Tsk tsk, it's true that the poor will only get poorer and the rich will get richer. Fortunately, her vision is not so narrow. There are many ways to make money, so you don't have to worry about it.

As if thinking of something, Lu Lishi said to Situ again: "By the way, the other mountain that Mr. Cai Shi mentioned just now belongs to your master? How big is the mountain?"

Situ replied: "Yes, because only silkworms are raised and there is no need for a large area, so the mountain is less than one tenth of this place, so there is no way to plant too many mulberry trees."

Lu Lishi twitched the corners of her mouth when she heard the words, this man is also a waste of bad taste, otherwise, wouldn't it be good to just raise the silkworms here?Hateful!
Gritting his teeth, he said again: "Tomorrow, I will ask for a batch of silkworms, and I will send ten silkworm farmers here. You can settle the accounts as you like, and you just have to talk to him."

Situ nodded, indicating that he understood.

Then Lu Lishi said to Shi Liang again: "You are still in charge of the ten people transferred here, and the silkworms can be raised in the mountains, do you understand?"

She didn't want silkworms here just for the silk, as for what else she wanted to do, she couldn't say it in front of so many people.

Shi Liang curled his lips when he heard the words, "I understand!"

Hmph, give orders as soon as she arrives, she can just move her mouth, she is not the one who has worked hard!Ten more, she thought it was just ten more mouths to eat?Really ignorant and greedy!

Lu Lishi heard the disrespect in his tone and didn't care, "What's behind that mountain?"

Shi Liang answered patiently: "Because the backside is facing the sun, it is not suitable for growing tea. There are nothing but shade-loving trees."

Lu Lishi frowned upon hearing this, "Where does the water for the tea garden come from? Could it be picked from the bottom of the mountain?"

Shi Liang saw that this was still a problem, so he replied: "Speaking of water, because the rainy season is long here, and there are many large and small natural deep pools on the back of the mountain, because there is enough rain and no sunlight. There was always water in the pool, and later some canals were opened by manpower to bring the water from the pool to irrigate the tea gardens.”

Lu Lishi was overjoyed when she heard the words, "Come on, let's take a look at the back!"

Darling, this is really a good place. Such a good natural condition, coupled with the artificial mining the day after tomorrow, has added a lot of value to it. There were only some preliminary ideas before, but now it is only a matter of putting it into action!
Because she was too excited, Lu Lishi walked a little anxiously, and accidentally stepped on a small stone pile, and just when she was about to fall, Situ on the side quickly supported her.

Subconsciously, she patted her chest, revealing her bracelet. Just as she was about to thank her, she realized that Situ suddenly withdrew his hand after seeing her bracelet, and took a big step back.

It seemed normal to others, it was a sign of receiving a gift, but Lu Lishi didn't think so.

Staring closely at Situ's face, he saw that there seemed to be fear in his eyes, and after the four eyes met, a trace of annoyance flashed quickly, raised his eyebrows, and then laughed playfully.

I was not sure before, isn't the evidence now conclusive?Heh, apart from Changqing and his teacher-wife, there is only one living person who knows the secret of her bracelet. Naturally, the former two would not have such a reaction, so there is only "Ah Quan" left!

But how did these two completely different faces do it?Could it be the legendary human skin mask?It's really interesting!
With this thought in mind, Lu Lishi planned to go over to have a chat with him, but just as she took a step, she saw about twenty people coming up from the foot of the mountain in a mighty manner, and the leader was a veil carried by four people. sedan chair.

Because of the distance, she couldn't see clearly who was sitting in the sedan chair, but Lu Lishi couldn't help frowning when she saw that posture.

This is a mountain road, and in some places it is difficult for two people to walk side by side, let alone such a sedan chair?Who is so flamboyant?
Although he had heard the movement behind him a long time ago, it was only after Lu Lishi looked over there that Situ followed the trend. His eyesight was naturally not comparable to that of Lu Lishi, so he knew who was coming just by looking at him, and the next moment he Surprised and puzzled.

Lu Lishi naturally caught Situ's change, so she walked over and asked in a low voice, "Who is this person? Do you know him?"

Situ glanced at Lu Lishi, hesitated for a moment, and then replied in a low voice: "The concubine Hui's niece, named Mu Juemin, was loved by her, and she stayed with her since she was a child, and she also gained the rank of a princess. "

Hearing this, Lu Lishi frowned again.

Concubine Hui is Zhou Yang's biological mother. This is what Changqing said later, so isn't her niece Zhou Yang's cousin?Zhou Yang gave her the mountain on the front foot, and then the cousin came on the back foot, what was he trying to do?
(End of this chapter)