Chapter 3313 Rice Price
Bai Shan was curious, "What's the current price of rice in the grain store in Longzhou?"
"Second-grade rice costs seven wen a dou, top-grade rice costs eight wen a dou, and the next-highest grade is only six wen. It's really cheap."
Bai Shan's lips curled up slightly. "Although the price of rice is low, it seems that the profit is about the same as in previous years, but in fact, the price of goods has dropped, and money is more valuable than before, so everyone still made some money."
"Besides, rice prices are low, so people will be more willing to eat porridge and rice, and can mix less bran and beans."
The old man nodded repeatedly when he heard this. "Yes, yes, now we have dry food for two meals a day, and three times during the busy farming season. Our lives are much better than before."
He paused and bowed to Bai Shan. "The clan leaders said that this was all Uncle Shan's work. These rice seeds were grown by Uncle Shan and his family, and the new rice seeds in the clan were all sent back by the Fourth Branch. We've always wanted to kowtow to Uncle Shan, but no one from the Fourth Branch has returned..."
Although the other party was younger, he was so old that Bai Shan dared not accept his courtesy. He quickly reached out to support the man and said, "These new rice seeds were grown by my wife's family. I am just benefiting from it like you."
"Then wait until the aunt from the fourth room comes back, and I'll bring the children to kowtow to her."
Zhou Man would be scared to death. As soon as she returned to Longzhou, so many people kowtowed to her, and the old man with a white beard even called her aunt.
Bai Shan couldn't help laughing just thinking about it.
When it comes to farming, all the Bai family members who followed Bai Shan together know less than him, so at the beginning they could still join in the conversation between Bai Shan and the farmers, but later they could only listen.
Bai Shan patted his robe and stood up. "This land is well cultivated, but I see the canal only goes to this side. Judging from the terrain, we can dig another canal on the other side to connect it to the upstream. That way, the irrigation of that field will be no problem. We can also make the canal circulate, directly dividing it into three parts, so that all three parts can have water."
Upon hearing this, his nephew nodded immediately and said, "Yes, yes, my family also has two plots of land over there, but the harvest is not as good as here because the irrigation can't keep up, but this canal..."
Bai Shan smiled and looked at Bai Shen, "Cousin Shen, I think we can send someone to survey the area after the autumn harvest. There are so many people in our clan, it won't be difficult for us to build a canal."
"How about this, I'll give you 10,000 yuan. If you can repair the canal, it will also benefit our clan."
Bai Shen smiled and said, "Then our eldest branch will contribute 20,000 yuan. Don't worry, my good cousin. I will start organizing the clan members to repair the water conservancy project after the autumn harvest."
Regarding Bai Shan's proposal, the Bai clan members breathed a sigh of relief and were delighted. "He's finally willing to get involved in clan affairs. Keep this in mind and handle it well. When you're done, tell him so he knows the clan values him."
"After the first time, there will be a second and a third time," one person said. "After a few interactions, once he develops feelings for the clan, it will be easier to find him when we need help in the future."
The Bai family always felt that they could not catch Bai Shan because he basically did not interact with the clan and basically did not care about the clan's affairs.
All matters concerning the fourth house were handled by Old Madam Liu.
Although the Fourth Branch paid its share of money and contributed its due effort, the head of the household, Bai Shan, did not take care of things, which made them feel that the Fourth Branch was useless.
It was nothing when the Fourth Branch was weak, as everyone was eyeing his property; but when the Fourth Branch became stronger, the interests represented by Bai Shan were naturally more important than those properties.
Bai Shan naturally knew this. After three days in Longzhou, he felt dizzy from having to deal with so many people hypocritically every day.
So when he left, he took a carriage directly.
In the car, he rubbed his forehead and said to Daji who was sitting outside, "This is more troublesome than the government affairs in the court."
Daji smiled and said, "If Lang doesn't like it, just come back less often in the future."
Bai Shan nodded and said, "I will bring the children back to worship our ancestors next year. It's a pity that my father is in Longzhou, otherwise..."
He definitely comes back less often.
Although he felt dizzy after the trip to Longzhou, Bai Shan still brought back a lot of gifts for Zhou Man and the others.
"These are all specialties from Longzhou. I asked my servants to buy them. Take a look and see if you like any of them."
Yin Huo had never been to Longzhou, so he searched the book most carefully. He picked out some unfamiliar things and gave them to Changshou. Then he asked, "I heard there's a Puhua Temple in Longzhou that's very effective. Have you been there?"
"No," Bai Shan looked up at him and asked, "Why, do you want to go?"
Yin Huo was about to make a move. "You said I should leave Beijing alone. Will my family agree?"
Bai Shan pointed at him and laughed, "Yin Huo, you're getting wilder and wilder." He turned to look at Zhou Man and asked her, "What do you think?"
Zhou Man thought about it seriously and said, "Lord Yin...will probably agree. If he doesn't agree, you can roll over and beg for mercy. The important thing is the old lady in your house. I don't think she will agree."
"Then I will sneak out of the city and kill first and report later?" Yin Huo glanced at Liu Huan secretly.
Liu Huan, who rarely had free time, almost choked when he saw him. He swallowed the fruit in his mouth and said, "I can act first and ask for permission later, but you definitely can't."
Liu Huan said, "If you leave the city, Lord Yin will definitely find out soon. How can the fast horses of the Yin Mansion not catch up with your carriage?"
You have to know that the entire capital city is under the control of Yin Li. Unless Zhou Manbaishan invites him, Yin Huo will not leave the city once a year. If he leaves the city alone, Yin Li will find out in less than two quarters of an hour.
Zhou Man patted his shoulder and said, "Just be patient. Madam Yin is not in good health. Don't make her angry now."
If something bad happens out of anger, wouldn't Yin regret it to death?
Zhou Man rolled his eyes and whispered, "If you really want to travel, will you come with us when we return to our hometown next year?"
Yin Huo was tempted, but said, "This is not good, will it be inconvenient?"
"No," Zhou Man said, "as long as you don't find it inconvenient."
Bai Shan also nodded, "By then, there will be many people returning, so adding you won't make a difference. It's just that we might not be able to take good care of them."
Yin Huo laughed and said, "What's the big deal? I can even go to the Western Regions, so why can't I go to Jiannan Road?"
With hope, Yin Huo became faintly excited and said goodbye to the others, "I'll go back and prepare first."
"Wait," Bai Shan exclaimed, "There's still a year left, why are you in such a hurry?"
Bai Erlang said, "He's become wild and playful. Ever since he came back from Qingzhou, he's had a hard time staying at home."
A year is neither short nor long. At least in the eyes of Zhou Man and Bai Shan, it passes very quickly. Because of the busyness, it feels like a year has not passed at all, and the days have passed in a flash.
As soon as the Ghost Month was over the following year, Bai Shan and Zhou Man submitted a petition requesting home leave, and taking into account the vacation time they had accumulated over the past two years, they received a total of fifty days of home leave.
(End of this chapter)
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