Chapter 1559 Harvest
More than two-thirds of the strawberries produced by Qiao Xuan were sold to Jinquanlou, and the remaining one-third were sold to two other teahouses. In this year, she made 20,000 to 30,000 silver coins just from the sale of strawberries.
This is not a small amount.
Qiao Xuan took a quick look at the account book recorded by Song Shi and didn't find any problems, so she felt better.
On that day, he rewarded Songshi with four hundred taels of silver and Qingyan with one hundred taels of silver.
Liqiu and Lixia, who had followed him through untold hardships and traveled across mountains and rivers to Qingdi, were each rewarded 300 taels. Mianmian and Aye were also rewarded 200 taels each.
Everyone is happy.
After visiting the strawberry farm, we went to Yunshui Town the next day.
Originally, she wanted to go with her husband, but Shao Yunduan had just returned to the capital and was very busy, and Qiao Xuan didn't want to wait any longer, so she took her own people.
Why not just have everyone go, set off early in the morning, have lunch at the farm, and have some free time to relax.
The farm has now been tidied up and arranged cleanly and tidy. We bought some beef, mutton and other slices and marinated them. When we get back to the farm, we will prepare some fish, shrimp, chicken, pork belly, tofu, mushrooms, potato chips, etc., just right for the barbecue.
It’s more fun when there are more people!
There are also many fruit trees planted on the farm. At this time of year, apples, pears, peaches, dates, walnuts, grapes, etc. are ripe, and you can pick a lot of fresh fruits to eat.
At this time, the watermelons, cantaloupes and melons have all been off the market, but the watermelons and cantaloupes grown this year are big and sweet, and sales are hot. Songshi is very proud and happy, so he finds a way to keep a lot of them in the cellar, especially for his master and wife, so that they can also have a taste.
After Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan returned to Beijing, he had not had time to go to the farm to get the melons. Now that Qiao Xuan and the others happened to be there, he could have a chance to taste them.
A lot of potatoes were planted on the farm this year. Each potato was cut into several pieces for planting. The seeds were enough to plant a full 700 acres, with those harvested first from the fields and the hundreds of kilograms that Qiao Xuan secretly took out from the space and mixed in.
Now is the harvest time.
The Ministry of Revenue has already sent someone over to say hello. Except for the potatoes they keep for their own seeds, the court will buy up all the harvested potatoes at the price of one penny of silver per pound.
This price is actually quite low. The market price is at least three to five cents of silver per pound.
But since the Ministry of Revenue had spoken, how could Song Shi dare to argue?
As soon as Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan came back, he immediately reported the matter.
Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan had no objections.
The imperial court wanted potatoes for promotion, which was a good thing. For Shao Yunduan, who was in the prince's camp, this was equivalent to earning face for the prince, so the effort was worth it.
As for Qiao Xuan, potatoes are so cheap nowadays, and now they can be sold for one penny of silver per pound. She thinks it is already very expensive, and she is not losing money anyway.
No objection either!
At this moment, the potatoes in the farm are being dug. More than half of them have been dug, and there is only a small half left. It will be finished in a few days.
Songshi is gearing up and is preparing to cultivate hundreds of acres of land to plant white radishes, red radishes and cabbages to sell well in winter!
On this day, everyone had a great time at the farm.
Unexpectedly, an accident happened halfway back to the city.
When Qiao Xuan and her companions were almost reaching the city gate, that section of the road was crowded with people. A large group of people gathered there to watch something exciting. There were also many carriages blocking the way at both ends. Qiao Xuan asked Song Shi to find out what was going on.
(End of this chapter)
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