Lin Jinyue thought for a moment, then agreed without hesitation. She didn't even have enough fertilizer for herself.
Not to mention profiting from this.
If you can't make money from fertilizer, you might as well donate it.
While it may seem like she's making a selfless contribution, Lin Jinyue actually has her own plans.
In situations like this, helping others is helping yourself.
With increased grain production, this group of people no longer needed to worry about future famine.
This would also enhance Lin Jinyue's reputation, so that if anyone were to harm them in the future, they would have to consider whether they would be drowned in the spittle of the common people before taking action.
Magistrate Ding was surprised by Lin Jinyue's quick response.
After thinking about it, I realized I couldn't just take advantage of them for nothing!
I heard that General Gu obtained the method of boiling salt from them, so he promised to give away a piece of land.
Then shouldn't he also give something in return?
After thinking it over, Magistrate Ding said, "Alright, I won't learn this method for nothing. From now on, all the corvée labor in your village will be exempted."
Lin Jinyue's eyes lit up when he heard this. Such a good thing? He had almost forgotten that corvée labor was conscripted in ancient times.
One wrong move and it could be fatal.
Having secured the privilege of exemption from corvée labor, everyone in the village looked at Lin Jinyue with even greater admiration in their eyes.
Lin Jinyue was very thoughtful; she even offered after-sales service: "Uncle Magistrate, I will write down the method of composting for you right now. If any problems arise during the composting process, feel free to come and ask me anytime."
Lin Jinyue wrote down several methods for composting, including those using donkey dung, pig dung, chicken dung, and human excrement.
It's written in great detail.
Magistrate Ding examined the writing carefully for a while before asking, "Why are your characters missing parts?"
Lin Jinyue:......
I was careless.
Looking at the teacher standing to the side with his deep gaze, I felt inexplicably guilty.
Why do I keep feeling like she's about to be dragged off to practice typing?
No, we must quickly promote simplified Chinese characters in the village.
Lin Jinyue called her brother to rewrite it, using calligraphy, and the characters were barely legible.
Ding Ruiming looked at the papers with a complicated expression.
He hesitated several times before speaking.
After a long while, he finally spoke: "Brother Lin, you look quite dignified, but how come your handwriting is like this... Who is your husband?"
Lin Xueqing hadn't spoken yet.
Old Tan spoke first: "He doesn't have a husband yet."
Lin Xueqing: ...
Lin Jinyue covered her mouth and chuckled secretly, worried that if Ding Ruiming stayed any longer, she would be in trouble. So she asked, "When are you going to promote these things?"
Ding Ruiming then remembered: "We have to go now, or we'll miss it. This composting process will take a month."
Ding Ruiming quickly led his men away.
He originally came here to freeload a meal, but he's long forgotten why he came.
I rushed back.
Ding Ruiming had several copies made and distributed them to villages in various places.
Not only that, he also brought back half a bucket of smelly fertilizer. He was really going all out to promote the fertilizer.
Ding Ruiming even had people plant cabbages in front of the county government office. The cabbages on the left were fertilized, and the cabbages on the right were not. Many people endured the stench and gathered around to look.
In just three to five days, everyone can clearly feel the difference between having fertilizer and not having fertilizer.
The cabbages on the side with fertilizer grew lush and green, while those without fertilizer looked malnourished and thin.
As a result, those who previously disliked the strong smell of fertilizer no longer do.
Make a few more buckets quickly.
Ding Ruiming also had a conscience. Whenever someone asked, he would say that the Lin family from Baihe Village had seen it in an agricultural book.
He even specifically mentioned that it was the restaurant in the county that sells stir-fried snails.
Thanks to Ding Ruiming's promotion, Lin Jinyue's snail shop became a hit in just a few days, with people queuing up from morning till night.
To earn more money, they also rented a room in Shawan County.
People from neighboring counties even take a boat here just for a taste of stir-fried snails.
But problems soon arose.
Lin Jinyue discovered that there weren't enough snails left.
It's not that the villagers are too busy to collect that many, but rather that there are hardly any snails left in the vicinity.
Lin Jinyue didn't let them go into the woods further away.
I'm afraid of getting into danger.
Lin Jinyue didn't really want to stop the snail business. She didn't have much capital, and she could make money while lying down. Her net profit was twenty taels a day. She took two-tenths, which was four taels.
Lin Jinyue thought for a moment and went to the school again.
In the school, the children were reciting their lessons, swaying their heads as they went, "Heaven and earth, black and yellow..."
Lin Xueqing's eyes darted around, and she didn't seem to be paying attention.
Lin Jinyue peeked out, and was immediately spotted by Old Tan.
Old Tan came down with a ruler in his hand. "You can't write either? Practice writing with your brother. You can stop coming to school when you've mastered it."
Lin Jinyue said with a bitter face, "No, no, I have something important to do today. I have to go to another village with my brother to collect snails."
Old Tan was so angry he blew his beard: "You always have something important to do every day."
Lin Jinyue stuck out her tongue: "That's right, Mr. Tan, please be understanding. Besides, I already know all the knowledge in the book..."
Only then did Old Tan let her go.
However, he still insisted: "You'll have to come and learn calligraphy in half a month, at the latest half a month."
Lin Jinyue had already run away in a flash.
What traditional Chinese characters should I practice?
Half a month later, when she had some free time, she went to write simplified Chinese characters based on the Three Character Classic and the Thousand Character Classic for them to learn.
Make her learn all the simplified Chinese characters!
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There are several villages nearby, and Lin Jinyue's first stop was Chenjia Village, which was the closest.
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