The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

Lu Qingqing carried a basket of mulberry leaves and went to the silkworm farm to feed the silkworms.

When she finished feeding, Qin Lang was already tending to the vegetable patch in the yard.

Lu Qingqing seriously suspected that Qin Lang had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The seedlings in this vegetable patch are arranged neatly, a bit like those popular vegetable gardens on the Internet today.

I saw Qin Lang very patiently pulling out the newly grown weeds one by one.

After pulling out all the plants, he started watering with a scoop.

After Lu Qingqing fed the livestock, she prepared two cold drinks and sat under the straw shed.

Just after taking two sips, there was a knock on the door.

"Daya, Xiaolang, are you home?"

Lu Qingqing listened to Aunt Zhang's voice, put away the two glasses of cold drinks with ice cubes on the table, and quickly went to the door to open it.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a carriage following Aunt Zhang.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Sun Xingjian and Miss Sun got out.

Miss Sun was still as lively and cheerful as ever. After jumping off the cart, she trotted over and took Lu Qingqing's arm.

"Qingqing, I haven't seen you for a long time.

I heard that you helped the county magistrate defeat a bully in the county, and you are so powerful.

Now, they all call you Little Heroine!"

Sun Xingjian watched his sister chatting and laughing with Lu Qingqing. After they stopped, he politely bowed and said:

"Miss Lu, I'm sorry to bother you by coming here today.

I'm here to deliver the invitation today.

Three days later, my family will hold a housewarming party.

If you are free, please come and sit down!"

Lu Qingqing took the invitation handed to her by Sun Xingjian with both hands, responded with a smile, and then invited a few people into the house to sit down.

Aunt Zhang saw that both parties were talking, and she said hurriedly:

"Daya, I won't go in, you guys chat.

There's still a lot of work to do at the house, so I'm going back first."

As he said this, he hurried back.

On the other side, without waiting for Sun Xingjian to answer, Miss Sun ran into the yard with a smile.

Looking at the neatly planted vegetable plots in the yard, he exclaimed in surprise and squatted beside them to watch.

Seeing his sister's excitement, Sun Xingjian smiled and said to Lu Qingqing, "Excuse me."

Soon, several people came into the house.

Miss Sun looked at the concrete floor and glass windows, and kept exclaiming in surprise.

A quarter of an hour had passed by the time they sat down in the main room.

Miss Sun looked at the rare things and was very excited.

I was sweating because of running.

At this moment, I am sitting on a chair, drinking the familiar tangerine peel and honey water, and happily swinging my feet.

At the table, Lu Qingqing was chatting with Sun Xingjian.

Sun Xingjian thought of the silk he had just seen and said:

"Miss Lu, now that my family has settled down in Yining County, we plan to reopen the shipping company.

The silk in your hand is marketable.

If you are interested, I can buy a large quantity of your silk at a price 10% higher than the market price."

Lu Qingqing asked with some doubts:

"Are you still taking the same water route? It seems that place is not peaceful right now."

Sun Xingjian heard that she seemed to know something about the north, and when he thought of the carriage of King Huai that he had seen before, he instantly understood.

“The original waterway in the north is no longer accessible.

Although the imperial court sent troops to quell the rebellion, the entire route was destroyed.

Even if we smooth out the relationship along the way, the people are either dying or fleeing, so no one will come to buy things.

As for going further north, we don't have any access there, and if we go there, I'm afraid both the ship and the cargo will be detained."

Sun Xingjian said this with a self-deprecating smile.

Thinking of the news he received a few days ago, he felt a little depressed and sighed:

"Miss Lu, to be honest, many areas in the north are in chaos.

The situation in the riverside areas was better, as people could still drink water and barely survive.

In places where there are no big rivers, people have moved out to seek a way to make a living.

But along the way, the situation was even worse than ours, and most people died of thirst on the road.

It is no exaggeration to say that the land is barren and there are starving people everywhere!

Our ship was docked at the pier before.

The city near the dock is now occupied by refugees.

Those of us who stayed behind at that time tried our best to escape from the city and sailed south along the coastline.

Several ships fled south, and in the end only two arrived.

I heard from them that due to the severe drought in the north, peasant uprisings broke out in various places.

We are lucky to have left early and have made it this far alive. It is also thanks to our ancestors' blessing!"

Lu Qingqing frowned deeply when she heard this.

The situation in the north has come to this point, I'm afraid the world is going to be in chaos!

It is estimated that it will not be long before military action is required.

No, the pills for this pharmaceutical factory have to be made first.

At present, several workshops have been built in the pharmaceutical factory, and the roof of the west building has also been completed.

She would have to talk to Manager Hua later and use those rooms first to start.

After Sun Xingjian finished speaking, he saw that Lu Qingqing had a heavy face.

Wanting to ease the heavy atmosphere, he said:

“However, the sea area of ​​King Huai’s fiefdom is relatively peaceful now.

In addition, King Huai encouraged large and small ships within his fiefdom to sail south along the coastline to purchase grain from small countries in the south.

After the grain was collected, the palace would purchase it with interest.

You also know the current situation in the country.

Due to disasters of varying degrees in various places, it is almost impossible to collect grain domestically.

But small countries such as Siam and Jiaozhi were rich in grain.

According to a notice issued by Prince Huai's Palace, at the beginning of next month, six large ships equipped with artillery will sail south to Siam and other countries.

If there were private ships from the public who followed to collect grain, the royal ships would attack the pirates along the way and provide protection for the private ships.

Because of the two ships at home, I went to the coast to take a look.

The big ship in the palace is bigger than your house and yard combined.

The cannons on board are even more exaggerated; the barrels alone are this thick!"

Sun Xingjian gestured with his hands as he spoke. Lu Qingqing looked at the proportions and was secretly surprised.

My fellow villager is so awesome!

Not only did they build super-large ships, but they also installed huge cannons.

It seems that my plan to go to the island country to harvest silver is just around the corner!

She had not forgotten how badly Li Rui was injured by the Japanese pirates. As long as she had the chance, she would definitely give the damn Japanese pirates from the island country a good beating.

Lu Qingqing chatted with Sun Xingjian for a while and confirmed that the amount of silk he wanted was not too much.

So they agreed that they would provide him with a batch of silk before he went to sea.