Farmer of Shu Han Chapter 411

Chapter 411 Lu Bean

The food price in Jincheng in the third year of Jianxing in the Han Dynasty makes people feel a little weird.

It had only been three months since the prime minister led the army to the south, and the news of the pacification of Cangke County and Yuexi County came one after another. As a result, the price of Jincheng, which had just collected the summer grain, was one baht lower than last year.

After all, last year in Hanzhong there was a Feng epilepsy who was desperately collecting grain, which at least kept the price of grain from falling.

This year is different. After nearly two years of cultivation, Hanzhong has started to produce grain.

Hearing about that Epilepsy Feng, he asked the prime minister to ask Chenggu County to supply grain to Nanxiang County. This year, Nanxiang County's grain collection is much smaller than last year.

Last year, Hanzhong raised the price to collect grain, but this year it collected according to the market price.

Love it or not!

This made many big families in Shu County rejoice in their hearts: Damn, I finally saw it right once, and this time I was not tricked into bleeding by that villager Zhuge and Epilepsy Feng again.

In the past two years, I was tricked three or four times in a row. Not to mention bleeding, some people almost had their livers exploded.

This year, we don't say anything about food prices, so we can do whatever we want.

The reason why the price of food is said to be weird is because for some reason, neither rice nor wheat can rise, but the price of Lu beans is one day, which is much higher than in previous years.

In Dongshi, Jincheng, there is a very special noodle shop. The sign on the door says "ticket number", which is specially for those who come with woolen tickets to exchange for woolen cloth.

Later, as wool paper tickets became more and more popular in Jincheng, they gradually became the most popular circulation tickets in Dongshi.

Therefore, more and more people came in and out of this ticket number.

The one with the lowest status is at least the manager and shopkeeper of each noodle shop in Dongshi City.

So someone saw the popularity of this ticket number, and then bought a noodle shop next to the ticket number, and opened a new grain store.

The price of Lu beans was raised by this newly opened grain store.

This grain store not only bought all the Ludou beans from the same store in Jincheng, but also issued a notice saying that no matter how many Ludou beans came, they would accept as much as they came—even a small bag.

At noon this day, an old farmer timidly walked to the door of the grain store, peeked inside, and hesitated whether to go in.

"Old brother, do you want to buy food or sell food?"

The sharp-eyed shopkeeper inside saw that the old farmer seemed to be in trouble, so he hurried out and greeted him warmly. There was no sign that the shopkeepers in other grain stores would ignore him when they saw him dressed like this.

The old farmer was barefoot, and although he was wearing sackcloth, he was carrying a bamboo hat on his back. He could tell at a glance that he came from the countryside to the city.

"If you don't buy food, you don't buy food."

The old farmer quickly waved his hand.

"The old brother is selling food?"

The shopkeeper asked with a smile.

"Sell...won't sell...just see..."

The old farmer was a little hesitant, his eyes dodged, and he couldn't speak clearly.

The shopkeeper was not angry when he heard this, and turned his head and shouted, "San'er, pour a bowl of water, remember to dry it."

The guy inside listened, responded, and quickly poured a bowl of boiled water out the door.

"Old brother, the sun is getting brighter, drink some water first."

"thanks, thanks."

The old farmer took it and drank it all in one gulp, almost choking, as if being urged.

After drinking, my heart finally calmed down a little, and then I dared to point to the big notice at the door, and asked, "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, do you accept beans here?"

"Take it, brother, do you have a lotus bean?"

The shopkeeper took the bowl and asked a question.

"There are only two stones, will it work?"

The old farmer's face was a little hot, and he didn't dare to go to see the shopkeeper. He probably felt that it was a bit embarrassing to say this in front of such a big grain store.

"Successful! Why not?"

The shopkeeper smiled heartily, "You can charge as much as you want, and the price is the same."

"Are you serious?"

The old farmer asked in disbelief.

"It's clearly written on it, how can it be true?"

"Okay! Wait a minute, shopkeeper, I'll get it right away!"

The old farmer didn't expect things to go so smoothly, he nodded repeatedly, turned around and ran away.

After a while, the old farmer came back, followed by three young men, each carrying two bags of things on a shoulder pole, which seemed to be Lu beans.

"San'er, pass the beans for a while, and then pour out a few bowls of water."

The shopkeeper saw it, and quickly shouted into it again.

"Old brother, do you have a lot of land at home? Why did you harvest so many beans?"

The shopkeeper led the old farmer into the store, and chatted with the old farmer while being praised.

"Not much, not much."

The old farmer sold the Ludou, with a smile on his face, "Didn't the government let us use the curved plow two years ago, it works so well, the family has worked hard for two years, and opened some new fields."

"There is no need to pay for grain in the new land. Not to mention the poor growth of other grains, it may be a waste of grain. But Lu beans are different. They can also grow seeds when they are planted in the new land, which can be regarded as a free harvest."

The old farmer said with joy on his face, "I thought that this locust bean could fill my stomach anyway, but I heard someone said a few days ago that the price of locust beans in this city is still high. So I came here I tried my luck and asked many grain stores before I found it."

"The price of Lu beans this year has doubled compared to previous years. Good luck, brother!" The shopkeeper gave a thumbs up, "He is good at farming."

When the old farmer heard this, his face turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile, and he was humble, "It's just a blind plant, it just happened."

"Hehe, you don't need to be like this, old brother. I know a little bit about the way here." The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said, "It's much better than growing grain directly in this new land! Neither?"

The old farmer was startled. He looked around and saw that the shop assistants were all busy and didn't look at him at all. Then he glanced at the shopkeeper hesitantly, "The shopkeeper...used to be a farmer too?"

This doorway was only discovered after he had cultivated the land for many years, and he never told others, that is, only his brothers in the same family knew this truth.

These 菉豆 are not from my own family, but there are so many brothers and sisters together.

The manager of the shopkeeper made a stroke, and pointed to the north, "I don't know, my brother. In Hanzhong in the north, someone taught this kind of planting two years ago."

"At the beginning, not many people believed it. Later, as long as those who planted Lu beans and then grew grain, the grain in the field last year was better than that of other parents. So this year in Hanzhong, as long as it is a newly opened land, it will be planted first. Lu beans, and then grow grain later.”

"Anyone who has been to Hanzhong knows this truth. That is, the person who opened up wasteland in the past two years...cough, few people who went to open up wasteland in the past two years believed this. Otherwise, the old brother's Lu beans would not be sold this year. This price."

The shopkeeper explained to the old farmer.

Chatted with the shopkeeper for a few words, and seeing that the other party was friendly, the old farmer also let go.

Hearing this, the old farmer was still a little skeptical, "The Hanzhong in the north is really like this? There are also many big families in Jincheng who open up wasteland. Why haven't the government mentioned this?"

The shopkeeper chuckled, coughed again, and said vaguely, "Who knows?"

Ludou was weighed very quickly, a total of three stones and six buckets. It seems that the old farmer just said it low.

"Old brother, do you want to exchange food or get money?"

the shopkeeper asked.

"I don't need money, I plan food in the field, the money is useless." The old farmer waved his hand and said, "Just replace it with broomcorn millet. The boy in the family finally got his name. Collect some food and marry that girl back quickly."

The price of this lotus bean is much more expensive than millet now, and it can be exchanged for a lot more millet! As soon as you go in, you will have a lot more food at home, which is a good deal!

"Successful!"

After the old farmer's family left with the millet, the shopkeeper immediately ordered the people below to send the beans to the back yard.

There are a lot of Lu beans piled up in the yard, which were harvested these days. Many people are busy, carrying Lu beans out of the back door of the yard, where there are cars waiting.

As long as the load is enough, the coachman will yell and prepare to drive the car to send the beans to the warehouse outside the city.

A door was opened on the side of the yard, leading to the backyard of the ticket office. The manager of the ticket office hurried over, sat in the car, and said, "Let's go!"

Then several cars creaked and rushed out of the city.

When I went there, I packed Lu beans and other grains, and when I came back, I packed woolen cloth brought from Hanzhong, so it wasn't an empty trip.

The warehouse is built on the edge of the river. If you go south along the waterway, you can quickly reach the Bodao.

The prime minister's southern expedition was on this waterway.

The steward of the ticket number followed the convoy to the warehouse outside the city, only to realize that there was something wrong with the gate of the warehouse today.

I saw a group of people standing there, and the chief manager of the warehouse was talking respectfully to the leader.

The manager of the ticket office was taken aback, and thought to himself, who has such a big face?

Whether it's the ticket number, the grain store, or the warehouse, the big and small managers here, although they don't all know each other, but the general background can still be guessed.

The chief steward of this warehouse, I heard that he has a background in the palace!

Even if his "employee" came, he still couldn't make the big manager look like this, right?

It's just that he still couldn't see what the leader looked like in the end, because the warehouse also opened several side doors for the convenience of entering and exiting.

The convoy turned a corner and entered through another door.

"Don't worry, Mr. Guan Lang, the villain has picked out the best boatman in the warehouse, who is very familiar with this waterway, and will be able to quickly send Mr. Guan Lang to Bo Dao."

"how much longer?"

The leader is an extremely handsome young man, but his face is extremely cold, his eyes are indifferent, and his slightly frowned brows reveal a trace of anxiety. Although he doesn't mean to blame, it makes the warehouse manager feel a sense of pressure.

"It will be ready soon, why don't Mr. Guan drink his saliva first?"

"No, I'll just wait here, and we'll set sail right away."

Guan Langjun shook his head and rejected the kindness of the chief steward, "Go and have a look again, remind me, and let me know immediately if it's all right."

"Okay, okay, villain, go and have a look."

The warehouse manager nodded repeatedly, turned around and ran to the dock.

The extremely handsome Guan Langjun is naturally Guan Ji. In order to suppress the anxiety in her heart, she had to try to divert her attention.

His eyes fell on the big characters on both sides of the warehouse door, he frowned slightly, and said in his mouth, "Dongfeng Express, the mission must be fulfilled?"

At the same time, I was thinking in my heart, this is a place to ship and store goods, why write such incomprehensible words?

This kind of mindless thing must have been made by that unscrupulous guy.

Thinking like this, the face that always smiled at her seemed to appear in front of her eyes.

Even though she was extremely anxious in her heart, the corners of her mouth could not help but curl up slightly, and then she immediately frowned again, with a look of worry looming between her brows.

Feng Lang, ah, Feng Lang, this time I put all my hopes on you, don't let me down!

She said silently in her heart.

Dianchi Lake.

"The last general (baby) has met the governor."

Zhao Guang, Wang Xun and Li Yi all saluted Li Hui.

"You don't have to be so polite."

Li Hui said with a smile on his face, "I'm worried about manpower here, but I didn't expect the two little generals to come. It's really great."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Yi again, "My son is here too?"

"Yes. It's brother... Feng Xiaowei asked the boy to **** the food and grass over."

Li Yi replied.

"Where is Feng Langjun?"

Li Hui praised Feng Yong in his heart. Although he didn't express his intention clearly, it was obvious that the other party had understood his meaning.

At a time like this, as long as someone is present, adding a name to the credit book is a simple matter.

It's just that he didn't see Feng Yong, which made Li Hui a little puzzled.

Although Meng Huo was repulsed in the battle of defending Weixian County, it was already considered a great contribution, but Wang Ping still had to be blamed for it. If these people want to get more credit, they should naturally come to Dianchi Lake.

This way he can operate easily, right?

"Go back to the adults, my brother said he still has something to do in Wei County, so he won't come here, let the child greet the adults with a voice."

Li Yi explained.

Li Hui frowned, thinking that now that Meng Huo had bypassed Dianchi Lake and fled southwest, what could be going on in Wei County?

But thinking about Feng Yong's credit is already enough, even Nanzheng can be so relaxed, the strategy he proposed is not small, and he is favored by the prime minister, I want to give He may not take these credits seriously.

Since he said that he still has things to do in Wei County, there is no need to force it.

Thinking of this, Li Hui said in relief, "If that's the case, forget it."

Then he looked at Zhao Guang and Wang Xun again, and said, "Since Da Lang and you are brothers, then I won't be courteous to you."

"Li Dudu, but please tell me."

"Okay." Li Hui nodded, "Let me first tell you about the military situation at this time."

"Although the Dianchi Lake has been pacified, but I have too few troops, so I can only rely on my reputation in Nanzhong to stabilize the counties of Yizhou County. If I want to continue to pursue Na Menghuo, it will not be easy."

"And as far as I know, Meng Huo is about to return to Yeyushui, which is his foundation. More importantly, the terrain of Yeyushui is dangerous, with dense mountains and forests. Barbarians are good at hiding in the forest, and now Nanzhong is the most serious plague. when."

"The time and place are harmonious, and we don't take it. If he finishes resting there, I'm afraid it will take countless twists and turns to calm down. Therefore, it is the best time to pursue him while he is in a constant state of panic."

Li Hui's eyes fell on Zhao Guang and Wang Xun, "The two of you happened to come here with your troops, maybe you muster your energy and continue to lead the troops forward?"

Zhao Guang clasped his fists excitedly and said, "Do you have the energy to kill the enemy? Don't dare to hide it from the governor. This time, when you come to Dianchi Lake, you will bring twenty dogs with you to hunt down the enemy in the forest. It is the right time for you. "

"dog?"

Li Hui was taken aback.

"That's right. These twenty dogs were specially brought here by my brother from Hanzhong. They have been carefully selected and trained to understand human language. They are good guides when walking in the forest."

Zhao Guang explained.

"My lord, my elder brother also asked my son to bring Ludou beans. Boil them and dry them to drink. They can not only relieve summer heat, but also detoxify. The soldiers of the Dudu Mansion drank the Ludou soup all the way from Pingyi, and they burst into flames." There are very few people with Sha."

"Bring these beans when you go to Yeyushui, the march will definitely be much easier, and there will be fewer soldiers in the army infected with miasma."

Li Yi also said beside him.

"Ludou beans have such effects?" Li Hui was pleasantly surprised, remembering what Li Yi said all the way from Pingyi, the soldiers rarely developed fever, thinking that this alone is enough to make people happy.

Nanzhong is hot and humid. Soldiers walked on the road under the scorching sun during the day, and many people fell down due to fever.

Not to mention detoxification.

"In this case, where are you afraid that Meng Huo will go?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Brother said, there are many kinds of miasma in Nanzhong. As long as you drink this bean soup, some miasma can be avoided."

"Feng Langjun is really...really..."

When Li Hui just said this, he suddenly remembered something.

When Hanzhong was reclamation the year before last, Feng Langjun had someone ask each family to ask, whether it was a newly opened land or a reclaimed land, first plant the last season of Lu beans and then plant grain, so that more grain can be harvested.

It was also proved later that the dry land where Lu beans have been planted, the grain does grow better.

At that time, the old man still sighed that this Feng Langjun has the world in his heart, and he does not hesitate to learn what he has learned!

It turns out that he has counted to today.

Thinking of this, Li Hui couldn't help being startled. This son's plan is really far-reaching.

Last year, the effect of Ludou was verified, so this year, in the newly opened land in Hanzhong, almost every household has planted Ludou.

Is there a big harvest of Lu beans in Hanzhong this year?

Li Hui looked at Li Yi in surprise and doubt, and heard from Da Lang that he was planning to set up a plantation in Nanzhong...

If Lu beans really have such effects, then when he opens a plantation, isn't the Lu beans in Hanzhong just going to come in handy?

Calculated in this way, wouldn't it take advantage of him and make people thank him?

(end of this chapter)

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