The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 21
The next day, Jia Min sent Jiaoli out to do three things.

The first thing is to run the blacksmith shop.The second thing is to find a family to dig a well, and the third thing is to go to the printing shop to print advertisements.

The first two are relatively simple, basically just a matter of running errands.

The third one is a little more troublesome.Mainly a question of advertising creativity.

Jiaoli still can't solve this problem now, so it's mainly up to Jia Min to make up his mind.

The copywriting of the advertisement is basically based on pictures. It draws a pressure well, and next to it is a child who looks like a child in a New Year picture, pressing the water.

This idea has two directions of appeal, one is to attract people with children's fun, and the other is to express the theme that a child can fetch water, which means that it is easy to fetch water from this well.

A sentence was added next to it: Come to Yeduju in the east of the city, you can also have such a well in your home.

In the real vernacular, there is no such thing as those who care about others.

The picture was drawn by Jia Min, and the characters were written by Jiao Li.Of course, when you arrive at the bookstore, you still have to make plates.Jia Min told Jiao Li that he would pay double the price and it would be printed tomorrow.Then, Ning'er and Nan'er were asked to catch up with the carriage and go to the streets and alleys outside the city to post.

As for the paste, it's easy to handle. Just mix some flour and water evenly, put it in a pot and cook it until it's done.Ping'er, Fenghua and Xueyue can do it.

In this day and age, there are no urban management, and there are very few advertisements.Most of the business philosophy is still at the stage of "the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys".

The ad won't come out until tomorrow, but there's just too much to do right now.Ning'er and Nan'er couldn't be idle at all, so Jia Min arranged for them to catch up with the carriage, fetch pebbles from the river, and pull them back to prepare for building the wall.

It turned out that the walls around the two gardens were all made of stone, but they were not too high.Jia Min intends to raise the height so that no one can climb in.He wants to completely seal off the two courtyards.Don't let others know the secret inside.

As for Jia Min himself, he did another thing that made Ping'er almost vomit blood in anger.

He actually cut off the apple tree branches in the orchard.The nature of the prodigal son was revealed again.

Of course, Jia Min was not fooling around.

People in this era do not know that fruit trees need to be pruned to increase yield and improve fruit quality.

It is always believed that the taller and bigger the fruit tree, the more fruit on the branches, the better.For light, moisture, sweetness, branch shape, etc., even less is known.

What Jia Min is doing now is pruning and shaping fruit trees.

Shaping is to open the light channel, so that each fruit can receive as much light as possible.When the light is sufficient, the color and sweetness of the fruit can be improved. This is a matter of quality and appearance.

Because the nutrients supplied by the roots and trunks are limited, if there are too many fruits, each single fruit will receive less nutrients. As a result, although there are many fruits, they will not grow large.At the same time, excess branches and leaves will also rob part of the nutrients.

Pruning is to remove the excess, and leave the limited nutrients to those preserved fruits, making it bigger and better in quality.

Of course, it is still an impossible task to sell these apples for 5000 taels only through pruning, and we need to scale up our tactics.

When Ping'er came to bring him water just now, he asked Jia Min what he wanted to do with cutting down trees. Jia Min said jokingly, "I want to sell these apples for 5000 taels of silver just like watermelons."

Ping'er naturally thought he was joking, but Jia Min really wasn't joking.However, there is no explanation, and when the time comes, you will know.

In the afternoon, Jia Min got on his horse and wanted to go out by himself.Before leaving, tell Ping'er to live outside tonight and come back tomorrow afternoon.

Ping'er wants to pack things for him, no need.It is not necessary to ask the little servant Ning'er to accompany him.In the end, he had to let him go.

Ping'er was very angry and annoyed by this temporary master who didn't pay much attention to food and clothing, rules and decency.

He acts like a servant all day long, not a bit like a master.

However, later I felt that this master was also good.He has no airs, doesn't show off his face, is kind to the servants, and even adds money to the servants.Although I don't know if I can really give it at that time, it is rare to have this kind of heart.

It is quite different from the second grandmother in the family who is always mean and inferior.

Jia Min wanted to go to Qixia Mountain, 100 miles north of the city.Going there is to pick Ganoderma lucidum.

Ganoderma lucidum has been regarded as a fairy grass since ancient times. A famous legend about Ganoderma lucidum is the story of the white lady.Xiaoqing went to Emei to steal the ganoderma lucidum, and came back to save Xu Xian's life.

In fact, Ganoderma lucidum does not have such a great effect, and it is just a relatively well-known medicinal material.There is no resurrection function.

However, people of this era believe this, so Jia Min is happy to push the boat along and take advantage of it.

It is not an easy task to artificially cultivate Ganoderma lucidum, even in later generations.

Although Ganoderma lucidum is known as fairy grass, it is actually a kind of fungus, which belongs to medicinal fungi.

Its seeds are not a fruiting body like other seeds, but white, similar to cotton mycelium.

Ganoderma lucidum is also sold in pharmacies, and the price is very high.Jia Min didn't go to the pharmacy to buy it, not because of the price.It's because the Ganoderma lucidum there can't be used.

The ganoderma lucidum in pharmacies has been dried, not live.It has no vitality.If you want to make strains, you have to collect fresh growing ganoderma to cultivate strains.

In the mid-to-late stage management of Ganoderma lucidum, it is actually not difficult, the technology is relatively simple, and the labor is less.In the future, it is impossible for Jia Min to cultivate Ganoderma lucidum by himself. Once someone else does it, it may involve the problem of technology outflow.

Therefore, the production of strains in the early stage, especially things like collecting fresh live Ganoderma lucidum, belongs to the core technology.This technology cannot be easily exported.

This involves a major matter of intellectual property rights, and we still count on it to make a lot of money in the future.

Although Jia Min has never been to Qixia Mountain in the northern part of the imperial capital, he has read information about it on the Internet in his previous life.It is a place with lush vegetation, and the environment there is suitable for the growth of Ganoderma lucidum.Therefore, Jia Min decided to try his luck there.If you can find it here, you can save a lot of time and save it elsewhere.

Jia Min is also planning to put a David satellite at Jia Mu's birthday banquet three months later.Now, his time is very tight, time is running out.

At the end of Shenshi, Jia Huan arrived at the small town of Niuniuling at the foot of Qixia Mountain.

Because this is the closest town to Qixia Mountain, many pilgrims and believers who go to Qixia Mountain will take a rest here in Yaoniu Ridge, and then go to Qixia Mountain.Therefore, there is a small inn here.

There were not many guests in the inn today, so Jia Min stayed here.After handing over the horse to the waiter, I went to order a meal with the boss and chat with him at the same time.Talking about some local customs and products in the mountains naturally brought the topic to Ganoderma lucidum.

The result made Jia Min very excited, there is Ganoderma lucidum here.In the past, someone picked it in the back mountain of the temple in Qixia Mountain.

Jia Min decided to go up the mountain tomorrow.

The dishes came up quickly, one was braised roe deer meat, and the other was mountain bracken.They are all special products in the local mountains, and they taste good.

Jia Min didn't ask for wine, the boss came three times, and finally the coquettish lady boss also came, and kept saying that her wine was good, but Jia Min got impatient and said, let's serve a jug.

The wine is naturally low-alcohol, and the taste is nothing special.

When my wine comes out, you will know what good wine is.

When the meal was almost finished, there was a commotion of carriages and horses, and a group of people and horses came to the yard, as well as some female relatives.Those who are well-dressed are the masters.The others are maidservants, followers, and servants.Together, there are fifteen or sixteen people.

One obviously looked like a housekeeper. As soon as he came in, he yelled loudly at the boss, telling him to get ready to go to the room.The boss rushed to arrange it, but it seemed that no arrangement was made, and in the end there was still one room short.

"No, you have to arrange another room for me."

"This man, it really doesn't exist anymore. Just now this one also wants a room. If you had come earlier, it would have been yours. Can you still drive this man away?"

"Then you drive him out."

"My lord, all the customers who come here don't say you can't be kicked out, even if you can, the little old man can't be kicked out. This is the only shop here. Where can I tell people to go? You just leave and squeeze."

"My son must live in a single room. Drive him away."

After Jia Min finished eating, he didn't bother to talk to the bastard butler, so he walked back, wanting to go back to his room.

"Hey, stop!"

The steward shouted from behind.

Jia Min ignored him and continued walking.

"Hey, what about you, stop for me!"

The housekeeper caught up and blocked Jia Min's way.Three servants also ran over and stopped in front.

"What's the matter? You're yelling, you don't have any manners at all. Whose family do you belong to?"

Jia Min was a little angry.

"Whose family? Speaking out will scare you to death. It belongs to Feng's family, General Shenwu."

The Feng family, the martial arts general?Could it be Feng Ziying's family?
Feng Ziying was the son of General Shenwu. He was an active figure in the various second and third generation circles in the imperial capital. He also had a lot of contacts with the Jia family and had a good relationship with Baoyu.Kind of a celebrity.

However, Feng Ziying's reputation is still good, but this housekeeper is a bit too arrogant.

"Why did you call me?"

Jia Min was calm on the surface, but he was ready to do something in his heart.

I don't care if you are a general or not, if you dare to use force against me, I will punish you.

"Give up your room?"

"Why?"

"Just because we are the Feng family."

"What if I don't let it?"

"If you don't let me..."

"Feng Fu, be presumptuous!"

Just as the butler named Feng Fu was about to do something, there was a scolding from behind.

A handsome young man in white came over with a folding fan in his hand.

About seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a square hat with a black and green gem inlaid on the front top.

"Quickly back down."

The young man in white approached and shouted the housekeeper and servant away.

"I'm sorry, I have neglected to discipline my subordinates, which surprised you. I am Feng Ziying, my father, General Shenwu."

Damn, why do you fight your father as soon as you meet.

"It turned out to be Mr. Feng, who has admired his name for a long time."

Yes, I've known your name for hundreds of years, it's been a long time.

"Excuse me, is your Excellency..."

"My surname is Jia, and there is a single character named Ming."

"But Brother Jia from Rongguo Mansion?"

Damn, I met a fan again.

Am I that famous?
(End of this chapter)