Xiao Hanzheng stuffed the letter back into the envelope.
"The last time I went to the capital, I rescued a pair of brothers who were in trouble. I asked them to go to the capital to help me and keep an eye on the general's mansion."
"If there is any movement in the General's Mansion, they will inform me."
"I will make sure they don't miss any chance to add fuel to the fire."
The brothers were both capable, but they had to rely on each other despite encountering many setbacks.
In his previous life, he met an older brother, but the younger brother had died of illness, and because of this, the older brother acted crazy.
When he was on his way to the city, he happened to meet the two men and rescued his brother.
The two of them took the initiative to join him and serve him.
Shi Qingluo chuckled and said, "So you have also started planning."
She felt that her young husband was not the kind of person who would only rely on passing the imperial examination to cause trouble.
Xiao Hanzheng laughed softly and said, "I learned this from my wife."
Shi Qingluo leaned in his arms, stretched out her hand and entangled a strand of his hair with her fingertips to play with it, "What do you think the emperor will reward us with for the cement recipe and the fertilizer method that we have presented this time?"
Xiao Hanzheng said: "I just wanted to talk about this."
"Mo Qingling came to me today and asked us what reward we wanted."
He added, "What do you want? It's up to you."
He will strive for fame, wealth and honor, and it will be more legitimate for him, so he doesn't need to actively ask for them.
Shi Qingluo thought for a moment and said, "How about asking the emperor to give us the mountain where the Taoist temple is located? What do you think?"
That mountain is a primeval forest and few people dare to go deep into it, so there are naturally many good things there.
People in several villages also spread the rumor that there were gods and immortals in the mountain. Adding to the stories of the Taoist priest, everyone felt that the mountain was even more mysterious.
It can be used as a shield to cause trouble.
And there's a large area of wild beets and sumac trees on the mountain.
Once the lacquer trees are developed, if someone were to take advantage of the mountain and privatize it, the raw materials for their workshop would be gone.
There is also the ginseng and other things in the mountains that my husband mentioned.
She has been going to the mountains frequently recently and found that she can grow many fruit trees and medicinal herbs without going deep into the mountains.
She and her husband had rarely been into the deep mountains, but if it became their own, they could go in and look for some good stuff at any time.
As an agricultural science expert, she has a great interest in this undeveloped forest.
Xiao Hanzheng didn't expect that his young wife wanted that piece of mountain.
"Okay, I'll talk to Mo Qingling tomorrow." He has now become a very good friend with the other party.
Shi Qingluo added: "The chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep on the mountain over at the old house are well-fed. I plan to buy a batch more and put them there."
More than a month ago, Bai Xu's uncle helped to get a batch of pigs and sheep, as well as hundreds of dairy cows.
She also hired skilled farmers from a nearby village to open up a lot of land on the mountain and plant soybeans, wheat, beets, peanuts, etc.
Soybeans are later used to extract oil and make tofu, and the dregs can be used to feed cattle and sheep.
Wheat bran is also a good feed.
A lot of vegetables are also planted, and the manure of cows, sheep, chickens and ducks will be used as fertilizer, so the entire hill can be recycled.
Of course, she watered the fields with spiritual springs, and also fed the chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep on the mountain with the spiritual springs.
In this way, whether it is vegetables or poultry and livestock, not only the survival rate will be improved, but the taste will also be better and the nutritional value will be greater.
Xiao Hanzheng was very supportive of these, "Okay!"
Next, Xiao Hanzheng focused on studying.
Shi Qingluo focused on breeding and planting.
After observing for a period of time, she has selected more than a dozen families and taught them how to make tofu, fermented bean curd, soy sauce, and soybean paste.
The three companies make the same product and will increase the number of shipments in the future. They have also signed confidentiality agreements.
She taught these people how to make it, and they would get 20% of the profits from their sales in the first three years. The recipe could not be leaked without her permission.
She did not ask for any profit from the three tofu-making families, but instead asked them to provide bean dregs for free for five years.
After they are made, they are sold in the village to attract more people to buy them.
Making tofu is too hard work, so Shi Qingluo plans to give it to someone else to make, as she doesn't want her mother-in-law and aunt-in-law and uncle to work too hard.
Of course, these dozen families agreed without hesitation and were particularly grateful to Shi Qingluo.
I plan to build a few houses near the entrance of the village to sell these after I make some money, just as Shi Qingluo said.
There was no shortage of sales for these things, and they attracted many merchants of all sizes to come to the village to wholesale and then resell them.
With the addition of people coming to buy saltpeter and mosquito coils, the entire Xiaxixi Village became more and more lively.
Someone also came to Xiao Hanzheng to ask about it. He built a guesthouse near the entrance of the village and also sold food. The business was pretty good.
Some merchants coming from far away would not stay overnight in the county town, but would purchase things, stay one night in a guesthouse, and then continue their journey the next day.
If one inn does good business, it will naturally lead to the opening of a second one.
In a blink of an eye, another month passed and the Xiao family's new house was fully renovated.
Including the custom-made furniture designed by Shi Qingluo, all were put in place.
The Xiao family chose an auspicious day to move to their new home.
This is a happy occasion, and the Xiao family is now wealthy.
Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng also wanted to have some fun, so they held a buffet.
Not only did people from the village come, but many people from nearby villages also came.
Bai Xu and the Bai family came from the county town.
Many of Xiao Hanzheng's good classmates also came.
These people were arranged in the yard, and a buffet was set up on the cement road outside. People from the village and nearby villages, including merchants who came to purchase goods, could come and eat.
There were both meat and vegetarian dishes, and with the menu given by Shi Qingluo, everyone was curious and happy to eat.
Then someone came who surprised everyone.
The magistrate Mo Qingling, and the retired first-rank official who had just become Xiao Hanzheng's teacher.
The two of them happened to meet and came together.
Xiao Hanzheng politely welcomed the person in.
"Teacher, Shaoqing, please!"
Mo Qingling's courtesy name is Shaoqing, and good friends call each other by their courtesy names.
Xiao Hanzheng's teacher Hou Dongsheng looks to be around fifty years old, with a refined temperament and vigorous spirit, but he is actually nearly sixty.
He was very satisfied with Xiao Hanzheng, his new disciple.
With a loving smile on his face, "Your new home is located in a bamboo forest, which has a very nice artistic conception."
Xiao Hanzheng smiled intimately and said, "If you like, teacher, come and stay for a while."
He was accepted as a student by the other party just a few days ago.
This also surprised the teachers and classmates of the county school.
Because he was to the old man's liking, the other party took the initiative to offer to take him as a disciple.
The old man had accepted three disciples before, but that was ten years ago.
He had not accepted any students in the past ten years, and had even said that he would not accept any more disciples. But he broke his promise, which was shocking.
This also attracted the envy and jealousy of many classmates, and more people changed their attitudes towards him.
Mr. Hou chuckled and said, "Let's talk about it later."
He appreciated the young disciple's kindness.
Then he handed a box to Xiao Hanzheng, which was a housewarming gift from him.
Mo Qingling presented his gift and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Jinyu!"
Jin Yu was the courtesy name given to Xiao Hanzheng by his teacher when he became his apprentice.
Then Mo Qingling took out the imperial edict and said, "In addition to congratulations today, I also brought you the emperor's reward!"
When these words were spoken, the people who came to attend the housewarming celebration were surprised again.
How come the Xiao family received another reward from the emperor?
Sorry, I went out for something all day and came back late, so I only wrote one chapter. I’m not in a very good state. I’ll write and post the remaining three chapters tomorrow morning, around 12 o’clock~~ Let me say here that because this is a farming novel, it only has more than 200,000 words so the career lines of the male and female protagonists will not be too fast in the early stages. For example, the male protagonist can’t be a scholar now and become a juren in a few months. It will come step by step, but it won’t be too slow.
After this chapter's transition, the protagonist's imperial examination path is completely opened.
I have also read everyone's opinions. I will adjust the heroine's career line and try to add more interesting and relaxing things to make it less boring. I will re-set it tomorrow.
Don't worry, the hero and heroine will soon stop being so low-key and start making a big move~ (End of this chapter)
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