【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Mei Zi finally made silk flowers to give to people, pink, blue, green...

A silk flower costs dozens of coins on the market, which is quite impressive.

In July, Yunxi’s watermelons were ripe. They grew for almost three months, which was considered slow. Fortunately, the watermelons were big and super sweet. A whole family could not finish one in one meal, haha!

"Mom, so this is a watermelon!" Li Chunsheng held a quarter of the watermelon and ate it with a spoon, enjoying it very much.

"Yeah, do you think it should be sold for five taels of silver or ten taels of silver?" Yun Xi was struggling with this.

Li Meizi was surprised. "Ten taels each? Doesn't that mean it can be sold for over four thousand taels?"

Li Chunsheng said conservatively, "Wouldn't it be too conspicuous? How about selling it for five taels of silver?"

"The smallest watermelon at home weighs twelve pounds, which works out to less than one ounce of silver per pound. For a rich person, it's not expensive at all. Ten ounces of silver is just the price of a piece of clothing."

Yun Xi doesn't want to make money from poor people, she wants to make money from rich people.

"Then let's make it ten taels." Li Meizi thought about how her family, who were just ordinary people in the past, dared to sell grain seeds and cotton and make a business of a thousand taels. It made no sense that they wouldn't dare to do a business of several thousand taels now that they had an imperial decree.

Yun Xi was not worried about not being able to sell them. During the Han Dynasty, watermelons were introduced to my country via the Silk Road. After thousands of years of development, the cultivation technology has become very mature. However, the ones grown are similar to those eaten in modern South Korea, with thick skin, small flesh, and not sweet enough. Despite this, watermelon is one of the fruits that is particularly popular among the nobles.

The variety planted by Yunxi was improved by the "Melon King" Wu Mingzhu.

The two are not on the same level.

"Mom, how do we transport the watermelons? Will they get damaged by the bumps on the ox cart?" Li Chunsheng asked.

Li Meizi smiled at Li Chunsheng and said, "That's easy. Just use straw to cushion it. The egg-laying mothers used to protect it with straw as well."

"That's right, but we can't carry all the watermelons in one trip. A truck can only carry 200 watermelons at most." Yun Xi frowned. "Why don't we go sell them once and then find an agent to do the selling, and let them handle the transportation as well?"

Li Meizi was puzzled. "Why don't we make it ourselves? It will take another month for the rice to mature anyway."

"It would be great if everyone in the village had animals to pull goods like we do." Yun Xi was not worried about the strength of the caravan outside, but was afraid that the other party would steal the watermelon seeds. After all, it was normal for there to be losses during transportation. If two watermelons were broken in a car, dozens of watermelons would be broken in dozens of cars. There would be too many seeds in dozens of watermelons, which would be disadvantageous to Yun Xi.

Although this is inevitable, the watermelon seeds are inside the watermelon and cannot be dug out, but preserving the seeds is not easy. First of all, the watermelon seeds should be kept away from saliva as much as possible. Secondly, there will not be many left among the thousands of watermelons distributed to the powerful families in Chengdu. Finally, the quality of the second generation of seeds is unstable.

There are few seeds and the results are unstable. With these two points, Yun Xi can make money from watermelons for at least three years. Even if others can make it, the price will not drop too much. This is different from cotton.

"Master, a caravan of merchants has arrived from the seaside, bringing with them a lot of cattle, horses and sheep. Everyone in the village has gone to see them." White Snake came in from outside to report.

Yun Xi was stunned. "A caravan is coming?"

The previous caravans were all made up by me, but it turns out that there really were caravans passing by here.

White Snake nodded, "Yes, it seems that they landed at the seaside. I don't know why they didn't land directly at the South City Pier in Rongcheng."

"Let's go and have a look."

On the road heading east, a large caravan was introducing their livestock. They had a large herd of cattle, sheep and horses.

System: "Five hundred sheep, three hundred cattle, and one hundred horses."

Yun Xi was curious, "Hasn't the northern grassland suffered any disaster?"

"It's unfortunate. The war ended earlier than that of the Jin Kingdom, and they recovered faster, otherwise there would not have been a war. Later they found that they could not defeat the Jin Kingdom even if it suffered a disaster, so they retreated to the grassland to recuperate. In addition, with the Silk Road, they recovered even faster." The system explained.

"So that's it."

Yu Qianer saw Yun Xi moving over and asked, "Third sister-in-law, do you think my family should buy a cow?"

"Why not? Pulling a cart is too harmful to your health. Besides, the cotton needs to be shipped to Rongcheng early to sell at a good price. You can't do it without a cart." Yun Xi stood on tiptoe. "Isn't that the clan leader buying a cow in front?"

Yu Qian'er was struggling, "Yes, the clan leader's family wants to buy two cows, sister-in-law, do you want to buy them?"

"I'm not buying cows. Three are enough for my family. I'm going to buy two horses. It's much faster to go to Chengdu on horseback."

Yun Xi found that the horse pulled by the other party looked very energetic.

System: "This horse is the Ili horse of later times, now called the Sky Horse. It can run a hundred kilometers a day without any problem. It only takes a little over a day to reach Chengdu."

Yun Xi was shocked. "Such a good horse is for sale?"

"This horse dealer is indeed capable. It seems that he has established a relationship with a royal family in the grassland. He is also involved with people in the imperial court in Jin State. He brought back a lot of good horses this time. Some were sold to the imperial court at a low price, and some were sold on." The system exclaimed,

Yun Xi's heart was moved. "So that's how it is. I'll have to buy a few more horses then."

Yu Qian'er was surprised, "You want to buy a horse?"

"Yes, sister-in-law, horses are much faster than ox carts and donkey carts." Yun Xi said, "Why keep the money if you don't enjoy it?"

That seems to be the case. Cotton should sell for a lot of money this year. Why not buy a few more cows? Yu Qian'er went to find Li Daniu.

Soon the chief selected two cows, and the other tribesmen gathered around to negotiate with the caravan to buy the cows. Most people still bought cows because they were more practical.

Soon, Yun Xi saw her sister-in-law and Li Daniu pick five cows together, one male and four females.

One cow costs thirty strings of cash, and three cows cost more than a hundred strings of cash. However, everyone paid with silver, so it wasn't that much.

After everyone had chosen the cows they wanted, Yun Xi squeezed in and asked, "Boss, how much are the horses?"

"You got a great bargain, young lady! One hundred and fifty strings of cash for a horse."

The leader was a shrewd businessman who patiently promoted his horses.

Yun Xi nodded. "One hundred and fifty strings of cash is one hundred and fifty strings of cash. I want five horses and two milk-producing ewes."

There are not many restrictions on the purchase of horses by a fourth-rank lady, as long as the specifications of the carriage do not exceed the standard.

"Okay, take your pick."

A sheep costs ten strings of cash.

System: "We want the tall one, and the one with a big frame over here. The mare over there has a big uterus, a big butt, and strong fertility. The shorter one over there has great endurance. Finally, we'll choose the one on the far side. This horse is healthy and smart."

"Okay."

Yun Xi didn't understand, so she chose according to what the system said. After she finished choosing, the other party also explained how to feed the horse. Raising horses is a delicate job, and the fodder must be the best, such as alfalfa. Alfalfa is very cold-resistant and has strong vitality. If you spread a piece of it on the mountain, it will be enough for the horse to eat.

Horses also eat rice straw, soy milk, corn stalks, etc.

Beans, sorghum, carrots, corn and bean cakes are horses' favorites. Cattail grass, ryegrass, etc. are wild grasses in the horse's diet. Salt, fruit, sugar, etc. also need to be fed occasionally.

All in all, Ma eats better than some poor people, of course I'm not talking about the Li family or the Wang family.

Wang family: ???