Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The strong wind never stopped.

The rain poured down as if the sky had broken.

Lightning and thunder would come to help from time to time, participating in the battle one after another.

The raindrops hit the glass windows with a clanging sound.

The rain lasted for more than two hours, which was fine. If it had lasted longer, there would have been a major flood.

Floods began to fall on the mountain. A lot of rain water flowed down the hillside and gathered at the foot of the mountain into a roaring flood.

The mountain torrents flowed into the moat in front of the city wall and flowed away along the moat.

The trees on the mountain, the crops in the fields, the fruit trees in the orchard, and the fruits and vegetables in the vegetable garden were all full this time.

After the rainstorm stopped, the property owners went out to clean up the farm, clearing away all the broken branches and flowers.

Zhao Yuanzhen went to take a look at the fish pond. Fortunately, the rain water did not bubble up and was still within an acceptable range. The small fish and shrimp did not run out.

Every autumn rain brings a chill. After this heavy rain, the temperature dropped a lot, to around 20 degrees, a very comfortable temperature, neither cold nor hot.

The clay pit at the brick factory was filled with water. The drain holes were opened to drain most of the rainwater, and the rest was used to mix the clay.

She had the transport team deliver all the custom-made tools for making bricks and tiles. Zhao Yuanzhen personally demonstrated how to use the various tools, and the teams in each kiln began to make them.

A large kiln can produce 2 bricks. It takes two days to make the bricks for bricks and put them into the kiln.

Each brick kiln group has a clear division of labor, including those who make bricks, arrange bricks, burn fire, water, produce bricks, and stack bricks.

Among them, brick-making is the most tiring and difficult job. When it comes to making bricks in the brick kiln, the temperature is as high as 4 to 50 degrees.

Zhao Yuanzhen told them that those who made bricks should drink more water and wear cotton gloves.

Because making bricks is the hardest job, you only need to focus on making bricks, and you can rest in the rest of the time.

A brick kiln takes five days to fire. The brick maker can make the second kiln while the first kiln is firing. In total, he can rest for three days.

All in all, the division of labor is reasonable and not too tiring.

The wheat in the fields was ready to be harvested, so Zhao Yuanzhen dispatched the team that had gone to open up the land to come back and harvest the wheat.

The wheat was planted late and matured in the fall.

A total of 2.5 acres of wheat were planted.

On average, each person harvested about 3 mu of wheat, and all the wheat was harvested in less than 2 days.

All that remains is to transport them all to the drying yard.

Soon after the wheat harvest is over, it is time to harvest the millet.

Autumn is a season of harvest.

After more than half a month of rush harvesting, all the crops in the fields were harvested and transported back to the drying yard.

There are many drying yards, and they are large, so there is plenty of room for them.

After the harvest, the grains are dried in the sun. When they are almost dried, they are threshed with stone rollers.

Wheat, millet, various beans, etc. all need to be threshed.

The corn should be husked and dried, and then threshed when it is not busy.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, which is the busy farming season, so the canteen slaughtered 30 pigs to improve everyone's meals.

Each person had a big bowl of pig-killing dishes, a big bowl of pork, as well as various pig blood sausages, large bones, etc.

It really filled my stomach with a lot of fat.

Later, a lot of chickens were killed to provide nourishment for the busy autumn.

On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Yuanlan came to see Zhao Yuanzhen.

And brought news from the Jin Kingdom.

The envoys of the Jin Dynasty had already come to Beijing for negotiations, and they would pay an annual tribute of 1 cattle, sheep, and horses, 500 million taels of silver, a large amount of furs, etc.

On special holidays every year, people would go to Beijing to pay homage and give gifts.

Your Majesty also agreed to open trade between the two countries and exchange what they have.

The two countries set up a trading market 1 kilometer away from the border, which was governed and managed by troops from the Daliang Dynasty.

Zhao Yuanlan came here this time to buy bricks, tiles and various building materials.

The trading market plans to build two rows of shops running north-south, facing each other on the street.

A large open-air livestock trading market was built on the east side of the street, and two rows of sheds were built next to the market to provide shelter for traders from wind and rain.

A grocery trading market with a shed was built on the west side, where everything can be sold.

Zhao Yuanzhen's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"Brother, I want to buy a shop!"

This is the market of the entire Jin Kingdom, so we have to strike first.

"Okay, I'll let you know when it's finished and you can go and choose one first, but you can only rent it, not buy or sell it."

After all, it is border land between the two countries and can only be leased.

"Renting is also fine. Remember to notify me when the time comes!"

"Okay, don't worry, I'll definitely let you choose first."

"Okay, brother, do you want to buy bricks and tiles?"

"Yes, we need it to build a shop."

"I just opened a brick and tile workshop. You can buy from me. I will give you the same price as others."

She hasn't built the brick and tile building materials shop yet, but she wants to sell some of the goods first.

"Little sister. Do you have any surprises that I don't know about? You can even make bricks and tiles."

"Hahaha, I'm just waiting for you to open the shop for me, big brother."

"Okay, I'll calculate the approximate number."

The trading floor area is about 50 mu, or more than 3 square meters. The three-meter-high wall requires about 38 bricks.

A total of 50 shops are to be built, each about 100 square meters, with 25 shops on each side, requiring 80 bricks and 158 million tiles.

"Little sister, we'll need about 120 million bricks and 160 million tiles."

"Okay, regular bricks are 3 wen each, and tiles are 2 wen and 6800 pieces, so the total is taels."

Good luck with the opening, big orders are coming in right away.

Zhao Yuanlan paid the money happily.

"Okay, little sister. Do you have a car? Can you take me there?"

"Yes, don't worry, big brother. I'll send it to you once the car is loaded."

"Okay, little sister, I still need to buy other materials, so I'll leave first."

"Okay, brother, I'll wait for your notice."

"Well, don't worry."

We have been investing in the first half of the year and we are finally going to start making a profit in the second half of the year, otherwise we would have lost money on our salaries.

Since the implementation of the commission system, the salesmen have become more and more motivated, and the wheels of the transport team are running at full speed.

Have been shipping various orders.

It seems that we need to expand the scale of the transport team. After the border is opened for trade, the transport team's transportation volume will be even greater.

She selected 100 people who were idle after the construction of the brick factory.

A transport team was formed.

We bought 20 carriages, and formed a group of 5 people. We selected a team leader to be responsible for one carriage, and formed a team of 10 groups, and selected a team leader.

They are Transport Team 2.

Let them deliver the bricks and tiles ordered by Zhao Yuanlan first.

As for the shops to be rented on the other side of the border, Zhao Yuanzhen plans to open grocery stores, clothing stores, grain stores, fresh food stores, brick and tile stores, transportation stores, and wine stores.

Among them, ceramics, instant noodles, chili sauce, snacks, etc. can all be sold in the grocery store.

At the garment shop, Zhao Yuanzhen needs to make some plans with Zhang Qingyan.

"Lan Ying, go call Qing Yan over."

"Yes, ma'am."

She printed out a collection of Jin people's costumes on the system's computer.

There are many improved styles among them, and Zhao Yuanzhen regards this as the future development direction of the garment shop.

"Second sister-in-law, you are looking for me."

"Well, come here and take a look at this."

"Ok!"

Zhang Qingyan studied the atlas of the Jin people's clothing.

"Second sister-in-law, is this the clothing of the Jin Kingdom?"

"Well, yes, there are their current styles, previous styles, and improved styles that will be popular in the future. The Daliang Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom are going to open border trade.

I plan to rent a few shops, including a clothing shop. Basically, the market and the crowd we face are from the Kingdom of Jin, so the clothing shop must make some ready-made clothes as soon as possible. "

"Second sister-in-law, when will we open?"

"The trade fair has just started. The construction and decoration will take at least half a month. You should divide it according to the crowd, men, women, children, etc., and do more to attract the attention of the Jin people as soon as it opens."

"Okay, sister-in-law, don't worry, I will go back and study, formulate a pattern, and make it as soon as possible."

"Okay, let's go."

There is no need to worry about the grain shop, as he grows a lot of rice in his own fields, and he also brought a lot of rice from the capital.

The fresh food shop is modeled after the one in Beijing, with whatever fruits and vegetables are available, and the rest is dried goods, plus a small kitchen for making medicinal food.

I wonder if the strong and healthy people of the Jin Dynasty recognize medicinal food.

As for wine shops, they have brewed a lot of wine in Zhangjiazhuang. I don’t know if it’s because of the geographical location or the water, but with the same koji and the same technique, the wine they brew has a stronger aroma than the wine brewed in the capital.

The most troublesome thing is the grocery store. The things in the grocery store are many and diverse, and it is difficult to get them all in a short time.

She didn't want to go to Yanshan Prefecture to purchase goods, as the goods there were not as complete as those in the capital and the prices were higher.

There is no other way, we have to rely on the system.

"System, scan all items in the shop and select similar items in the mall."

Zhao Yuanzhen stood in the grocery store and asked the system to start scanning.

"Host, scanning is complete. There are 328 items in total, all of which have been checked for you."

The system scan is completed in a few minutes.

Zhao Yuanzhen found a place to sit down and began to check the items selected by the system.

Some of the marked items are from this world, and some are from other worlds. For example, sugar and salt, which are universal in the world, will be marked out from several worlds. The prices will be different in different worlds.

Due to the added transaction fees, the prices in this world are a bit more expensive than what I bought in the capital before.

But the common ones are much cheaper, such as oil, salt, sugar, cotton and so on.

Zhao Yuanzhen selected the cheapest ones according to the system and purchased a year's worth of goods. He put them in the space first, and then took them over with the transport team when he came back.

She also sold the charcoal she burned at home at the grocery store, and she no longer rented a shop to sell charcoal.

All kinds of dry goods from the fresh food shop were also prepared. She had brought a lot of white fungus before, which was enough for them to use, and she could buy whatever other fruits and vegetables were available.

The Jin Kingdom is a nomadic people with little farming and usually eats mostly meat. These fruits and vegetables should still be easy to sell. Their production is small, and it is said that they are loved by the royal nobles. Zhao Yuanzhen plans to raise the price slightly.

Especially some fruits. The geographical location of Jin State is colder. In summer, many fruits and vegetables are not suitable for cultivation, which raises the prices of her fresh food shop.