Farming and reading family

The pearls from the Royal Pearl Farm cannot be circulated outside, but driven by profit, a portion of the pearls are circulated out every year in various ways, all in secret and not in public.

Hua Jianxing laughed when he heard He Tangchun say this: "Nowadays, there are many pearls from all over the country, and there are also pearls from overseas. The quality is also very good. Lord He, don't be too nervous."

"So we have to make sure whether it is a local specialty." He Tangchun managed to turn the tables.

Hua Jianxing closed the box and said, "Lord He's goal is simply to quickly restore farming in He County. Does it really matter who does the farming? Perhaps this way, He County can recover even faster."

He Tangchun didn't say anything.

"This will be a hundred-sided benefit for Lord He. When Lord He gets promoted, this place will be prosperous. Why not do it?" Hua Jianxing spread his hands.

Hua Jianxing was right. As long as someone cultivated the land here, it would be fine. It didn't matter to He Tangchun who cultivated it.

As long as the three years are up and the county is prosperous and the imperial court can collect taxes, it will be a great achievement for He Tangchun.

He was just very clear that Hua Jianxing's actions would likely once again stir up conflicts between local gentry and outsiders, and no one knew what the situation would be like then.

"It's easy for you to say. But if they start fighting again and you just walk away, what should I do?" He Tangchun's tone softened.

"Don't worry, Lord He. We are from the same hometown. We will definitely not make things difficult for you. Everything will go smoothly." Hua Jianxing promised.

"I advise you to quit while you're ahead." He Tangchun looked at Hua Jianxing. "If you offend someone you shouldn't, I can't save you."

"Is there anything in He County that Lord He can't handle?" Hua Jianxing didn't care.

He Tangchun said that it was not that he could not settle it, but that there was no chance to settle it at all.

Some villagers in Baotou Village were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. After all, it was too easy to make money, making them feel that as long as they were lucky enough, they could become the richest man in He County.

But most of the villagers remained calm, and as they focused on the work at the brick kiln, they gradually distanced themselves from those people.

Gao E was very busy every day, and as the tools for papermaking were gradually improved, she focused her energy on papermaking.

The mulberry trees that were transplanted in the summer have already grown to two feet tall, so they can be transplanted next spring.

As for those iron fences, Gao E had already thinned out the seedlings and planted the thinned seedlings in the clam pond to enclose the clam pond.

That day, Chen Jie rode back excitedly.

"Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, someone really offered three times the price." Chen Jie said excitedly, "But the kiln owner needs to sign the contract."

"How big is the order?" Gao E knew that the other party was going to kill her.

"Two thousand taels." Chen Jie stretched out two fingers exaggeratedly.

Gao E was very calm: "How much compensation will I have to pay if I can't deliver on time?"

Chen Jie's excitement subsided a bit when he heard his second sister-in-law say this: "Ten times. But we've opened a new kiln, so there's no problem delivering on time."

"Have you asked Master Ma to calculate whether the goods can be delivered on time if they are burning day and night?" Gao E continued to ask.

Chen Jie calmed down. The price of this order was high and the profit was too huge. Just from the extra double price, they could earn more than one thousand taels.

More than one thousand taels?

Look at those people in the village who are so proud of winning a few dozen taels at the gambling table. Earning more than a thousand taels at once was something Chen Jie had never dared to imagine before.

"That person said it must be signed today?" Gao E continued to ask.

"The other party wants it urgently. If they said they weren't in a hurry, they wouldn't offer such a high price." Chen Jie didn't sound so confident this time.

Gao E told Chen Jie about Kang Guangxian's situation: "Now he has not only lost his ancestral property, but he probably also owes a lot of money."

Chen Jie's expression immediately became serious. "Second sister-in-law, are you saying this is a setup?"

"Bricks and tiles are not life-saving things. Why would you buy three times as much in such a short period of time?" Gao E asked.

Chen Jie thought about it for a while, but he really couldn't think of any reason.

Because he was just an ordinary farmer's son, and he had lived a tight life since he was a child, so naturally he would not spend a lot of money for the sake of pride.

"Then this order..." Chen Jie calmed down completely.

"Two more days." Gao E didn't refuse. "Just tell them the kiln owner isn't home these two days. If they want to sign, they can only sign with the manager."

"What if they really sign it?" Chen Jie worried.

"They won't sign." Gao E assured.

Chen Jie was a little unsure and thought that even if they were willing to sign with the person in charge, the order could not be signed.

But he still wanted to know whether the other party would sign.

After the discussion, Chen Jie rode his horse to the kiln. Sure enough, the other party would only sign with the kiln owner. When he heard that the kiln owner would not be back until two days later, he said that he would sign after two days.

Chen Jie thought his second sister-in-law was amazing.

Now the village has been divided into two factions. Those who make money take their families to eat and drink delicious food every day and no longer work.

This made other people very uncomfortable and they said that they had forgotten their roots, but they didn't care. There was nothing good to remember about those poor days in the past.

He also clamored to take his family to the city to enjoy life.

The villagers were also very disdainful of this. They didn't even know how to live in the village, but they were thinking of going to the city.

Zheng Fengan went to Gao E for this matter, but Gao E just said that it was someone else's business, and since they didn't care about getting less food, they couldn't say anything.

Hearing Gao E say this, Zheng Fengan thought that this made sense, so he comforted the villagers and stopped asking questions.

"Are we really just going to let it go like this?" Lei was unwilling.

Gao E smiled and said, "The prerequisite for distributing houses in the village is that there is land for building houses, and we built houses together."

Lei was stunned for a moment, then excited: "Second sister-in-law means that you won't give them a house when the time comes?"

Gao E saw how excited Lei was and said, "Don't tell anyone."

"I'm keeping my mouth shut," Lei assured. "I just feel this is too humiliating."

"You asked for it if you were angry. It's because you care about it. As long as you don't feel pressured, where would the anger come from?" Gao E felt that it was impossible to ask Lei to change this.

Everyone wants to live freely and unrestrainedly, but there is no such thing as absolute freedom and unrestrainedness. It’s just about letting go of yourself and not caring about so many things.

Lei thought about it and felt that what she said was true, but she was still angry.

Hua Jianxing didn't care about this result. It was only two days and he could afford to wait.

He thought the kiln owner of Toad Valley was such a shrewd person, but in the end, he still died for money and food.

"Tell them to close the net." Hua Jianxing ordered with a smile, "This time, don't use our people, use their own. Being backstabbed by your own people is much more painful. It's worth my planning for him alone."

"Yes." Gui Heng saluted.

In the morning, Gao E always felt something was wrong and wondered if she had forgotten something.

"Qingluo." Gao E called out.

Lu Qingluo was drawing water when she heard Gao E ask her to put down the bucket and go over.

"Ride your horse to find Yu Zhao and the others, and ask him to lead them to lurk near Toad Valley. If any suspicious person approaches, knock him out and lock him up." Gao E whispered.