The Blessed Princess
Chapter 138 The more money, the better
Wei Ruo first brought Xiumei to the nanny, who had bought a bunch of wheat seeds for Wei Ruo, and was now stored in the sweet potato storage warehouse.
In the past few days, as a large number of yams had been transported, a lot of space was emptied in the warehouse.
Wei Ruo asked Xiumei to guard the door, and he stayed for a long time in the warehouse before coming out.
"Meimei, take Agui and Xiaoba to bring this bag of rice seeds south of the city, and share some with each family. I'd like to remind you that these rice seeds are a good variety, and this amount may not be enough to grow all the rice fields. Yes, we'll use regular wheat seeds there to make up for the leftovers." Wei Ruo instructed.
In a short period of time, Wei Ruo could only obtain so many space rice seeds, and he was afraid that if he waited any longer, the patience of the people in the south of the city would run out.
Wei Ruo could also understand their uneasiness very well, if they missed planting time this year, meaning they had no food supplies for next year.
"okay." After receiving Wei Ruo's order, Xiumei ordered Agui and Xiaoba to help transport all the wheat grains to the cart.
Agui and Xiaoba both showed reluctance, especially Agui, who was a little older, who moved for a while and stopped, and said angrily: "Miss Xiumei, our miss is very dedicated to the affairs of Chengnan, and she is very much in love, but In the end, there is no Miss for good deeds, which is too annoying."
It turned out that Agui and Xiaoba already knew about the imperial palace's reward for good deeds in opening up the desert south of the city, and they followed Wei Ruo lately, earning wages and being able to pay Appreciation, respectively, many benefits.
If Wei Ruo was persecuted, they naturally could not be happy.
Xiumei sighed: "One yard equals one yard. The woman began to open the vacant land not to claim credit, but to let more afflicted people have enough food. Some people are unfair to the woman, and innocent people in the south of the city can't be involved." Didn't you?"
Agui and Xiaoba looked at each other, and they were convinced.
Xiumei continued: "Don't worry too much. You are very attentive to the young lady. Young lady will be very happy when she finds out. Others were unable to understand the young miss, and even laughed at the young miss for emptying the bamboo basket. We, as young ladies, must understand young lady. , support Miss."
Agui said: "I understand, Xiaoba and I will help Miss work well."
The two no longer quarreled, and moved neatly to load all the rice seeds in the warehouse into the car.
The ox cart that was pulling the rice seeds followed Wei Ruo's carriage out of the south gate.
Outside the city gate, Qian Zhixian was also there, seeing Wei Ruo appear, Qian Zhixian was shocked as well as embarrassed.
After hesitating for a moment, Qian Zhixian brought people to Wei Ruo's carriage Through the curtains of the carriage, Qian Zhixian said to Wei Ruo, "Miss Wei, "Miss Wei, are you here to deliver rice seeds to the people in the south of the city? " Wei Ruo said
: "It's not a gift, it's a sale."
It was originally a gift, but when Qian Zhixian asked, it became a sale.
"This ..." Qian Zhixian's smile was a little stiff.
"Thank you to Miss Wei." Qian Zhixian also knew in her heart that if Miss Wei had not caused this incident, her promotion would not have come so quickly.
"Because this is the case, Mr. Qian should do another good thing for the people in Xingshan County. Master Qian would buy these grains and give them to the people who opened up the vacant land in the south of the city. What's to be done?" You're thinking of Mr Qian?" Qian Zhixian
teeter. After a while, he said boldly, "You should. You have to sell me whatever money Miss Wei wants, and I'll take it all."
Qian Zhixian apologized to Wei Ruo, and he benefited from the other party.The other party had to contribute money and effort to contribute to his achievements.
Wei Ruo did not speak nonsense with Qian Zhixian, and directly asked the price: "Two hundred taels of silver."
"Two hundred taels?" Qian Zhixian was obviously frightened by the price.
A few carts of wheat seeds cost two hundred taels, which was a bit too expensive!
"If Qianzhi County finds it expensive, you don't need to buy it, but let me remind Mr. Qian that this time it has missed the normal wheat planting time, and the weather is cold earlier, he said, so it is not easy to plant this. a pile of wheat well ... "
Wei Ruo said half of those words, and handed the rest to Zhixian Qian to redeem himself.
Hearing this, Qian Zhixian's heart skipped a beat.
If wheat could be planted, he could report to his superiors in the middle of next year, otherwise if the wheat fails, the rice would be affected later, and ultimately fail to complete a massive harvest, he said, then he might not have any hope for promotion! Qian Zhixian quickly changed her words: "Two hundred taels are not expensive, I will send people
back home to get silver!" "Okay, Miss Wei has been working hard." Qian Zhixian smiled thankfully. Of course, Miss Wei did not have to worry that she would retract her words, because the one she bought for two hundred and two taels was not only a grain of wheat, but Miss Wei's ability as well. After Wei Ruo took the people away, judge Qian sighed: Hey, I really can't blame Miss Wei's family for this matter, and she won't be happy about it. But he was also confused about this matter, he had no idea what was going on. Wei Ruo led Xiumei, Agui, Xiaoba, and others to distribute grain seeds to the land reclamation people south of the city, and explain things related to their cultivation, the report said, and ask them to adopt the hole planting method, concentrate the use of fertilizer, and keep the sowing depth consistent. Such a method of sowing requires relatively large labor costs, but is conducive to increasing production. On Wei Ruo's advice, the people in the south of the city would remember him strongly, and no one dared to ignore him intentionally. Whether they can obtain a good harvest next year is entirely up to Miss Wei! Miss Wei's family asked them to do so, absolutely not wrong! Wei Ruo got two hundred taels of silver from Qianzhi County after he finished his work.
After finishing his work in the south of the city, Wei Ruo returned to the city, seeing that it was still early morning, he went to Sibao Zhai first.
The nanny gave the new account book and told Wei Ruo the good news.
Although Wei Ruo has provided many supplies to help people affected by disasters, but overall it remains profitable.
Items bought upfront and sold exclusively for the rich and powerful were still sold at good prices, which made Wei Ruo make a lot of money.
"Miss, this is the account book of Xu Ji's Wheat Shop. These days, the Grain Shop business is much better than Sibaozhai's. Rice and charcoal sales are great. Except the sweet potatoes you gave to disaster-stricken people, Miss, and You Those who asked to be stored as grain reserves, and the rest sold out.”
Lately, even rich families have started saving, and the goods sold in Sibaozhai are not as real as those sold in the Xu Jiliang Grain Shop It is only natural that the business is not as good as the Xu Jiliang Shop.