The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming

Lu Linlang finally took them in. They were originally the personal guards of Old Man Lu, so they were better fighters than Lu Dashui and others. Moreover, they had fought against the bandits outside the Great Wall before, so they had a stronger smell of blood on them.

After not seeing them for a few years, Lu Linlang still didn't completely trust them. After all, the fastest-changing thing in the world is human heart. She was not sure whether they were still the same as the original owner remembered, and whether they would be tempted by money.

None of them had any property, and they had no money on them as they were heading south these days. They had to rely on begging along the way. It was truly a case of a penny making a hero fall.

Lu Linlang bought tickets for them. Before boarding the boat, Lu Linlang said goodbye to Young Master Zhang. They were not on the same boat. Young Master Zhang was going to take the goods back to Chongshui. Lu Linlang was also planning to transport the purchased goods to a place further south to sell them. Hezhou was close to Jiangnan, so maybe the people in Hezhou had already known about the price reduction. Young Master Zhang bought the goods back to sell them for a long time, but Lu Linlang just wanted to make money by transferring them from one hand to the other. Their goals were different.

Originally, she planned to go to other counties in Hezhou to sell goods, but now with the addition of Uncle Zhong and others, Lu Linlang is more confident and dares to go to farther places.

The destination of the ship they were on was Minzhou City in the south, where there were many businessmen, so there were also many people who could afford to buy things. The ship sailed for several days. During this time, she also communicated with Uncle Zhong and others and learned the reason why they came this time.

"Now Zhang Yang has defected to the Regent and taken the General's former subordinates with him. When we returned and learned about this, we had a quarrel with him. The reinforcements at that time were led by the Regent's men. They deliberately delayed time in order to force the General to defect to the Regent. So those people are the ones who harmed the General.

However, we were very disgusted with Zhang Yang's behavior of surrendering to the general when his body was still warm for the sake of his own future. After the quarrel with him, he took the lead in isolating us and brought people to threaten us, saying that if we dared to speak nonsense, he would not pay us military pay. Due to the situation, we agreed.

But because we went there unwillingly in the end, the soldiers under the Regent deliberately bullied us and angered us so that they would have the opportunity to teach us a lesson. Even Zhang Yang followed suit and deliberately belittled us.

The soldiers who used to follow the general spoke for us, so Zhang Yang intercepted their military pay and didn't pay them. If the enemy attacked, he would send us and those who spoke for us to lead the charge, regardless of our life or death. Over time, for the sake of their families, no one dared to associate with us.

Later, we couldn't stand the atmosphere any more, so we deliberately went on strike and were beaten by them. They also threatened to chop off our heads. Later, the grandson of the old Duke Xin passed by and spoke for us, and finally they changed their mind and kicked us out of the barracks.

After we left, partly because our family was already poor and couldn't afford to pay, and partly because we were worried about retaliation, we traveled all the way south to find the young lady. That day, while we were begging in Zhuozhou Prefecture, we heard someone say that the daughter of the Earl of Zhongyong had been robbed and the perpetrators had been taken to the government office. We discussed it, asked around, and after confirming it was the young lady, we ran to the Yuelai Inn to wait."

Uncle Zhong told Lu Linlang about their previous experiences, and she realized that their lives had been very difficult in the past few years, otherwise they would not have been willing to leave their hometown like this.

"Uncle Zhong, you've worked hard. It's not peaceful in the military camp right now. It's better for you to leave. From now on, you'll follow me. If I have food to eat, you uncles won't be left without me. You all protected my father and watched me grow up. We are a family."

"Miss, we don't have any special abilities right now. We only have this little bit of strength. We will definitely do our best to protect you." Several people said.

"Okay, Uncle Zhong, when we get back to Chongshui, you can write back to your hometown and ask all the relatives who are willing to come. I am going to Zhuozhou to do business this time to buy more land. If your family comes, they can help me take care of the land."

Lu Linlang thought that their families were all in the north, and she was still worried about what might happen next year. Since these people were her own men, she had to remind their families that it would be best to come to the south in advance to avoid the war.

"That's great, Miss. You are our benefactor. We will definitely do it. Anyway, my parents are also renting other people's land at home. They have to pay a lot of rent all year round. We really can't have enough to eat if we go back, so we left home. Since you said this, we will repay you with our whole lives."

Everyone finally arrived in Minzhou City. Lu Linlang first arranged for his men to go to Minzhou City to inquire about the price of cloth. When he confirmed that the price of cloth in Minzhou City was now higher than that in Hezhou, he felt relieved.

They were ready to make a quick decision, so they did not plan to sell the cloth directly on the street, but instead found local cloth merchants to negotiate directly.

Originally, Lu Linlang thought that this trip would have some twists and turns, but it turned out to be surprisingly smooth. When the cloth merchants heard that they were selling cloth, and that the price was lower than the purchase price they paid in Zhuozhou Prefecture, they were a little surprised and thought they were being scammed.

However, after seeing the quality of the fabric with her own eyes, the two sides negotiated and bought all the fabric they had shipped. They paid for the fabric and received the goods. Only after receiving the money did Lu Linlang feel relieved.

After Uncle Zhong and the others changed their clothes, their demeanor changed. Lu Linlang took them on a tour around Minzhou City and bought a bunch of other goods before setting off back to Hezhou.

Most of the things bought in Minzhou City this time were local seafood, which Lu Linlang had seen in Hezhou before. They were all sold at very high prices. There were also Minzhou City's famous teas, and Lu Linlang bought a lot of them.

Moreover, Lu Linlang actually discovered something important in the local area, sweet potato.

God knows how excited she was when she saw it, but this sweet potato was brought back from other countries by a wealthy businessman when he went to sea. After bringing it, he didn't know how to grow it, so he just planted it in a pot as an ornamental potted plant.

However, this plant will not bloom. Later, people thought that it was edible, so some people started to plant it in the fields. In Minzhou City, many people still did not know what it was, and only the rich businessman's shop sold some of it.

It has not been widely cultivated in the entire Minzhou City. Lu Linlang bought all the sweet potatoes in the shop. With this, she felt more confident that as long as she cultivated and selected the seeds well, she would be able to cultivate better quality varieties after many years.

Moreover, they don’t know that sweet potatoes can be propagated by cuttings, so they plant the sweet potato tubers directly. This is like begging with a golden bowl in hand, not knowing the value of the bowl.

This trip was a successful one. Although it was very tiring, Lu Dashui and others felt very happy when they saw that the boat was full of their goods. This trip was really worth it.

The ship did not go directly to Hezhou, so they either had to take the water route from Zhuozhou Prefecture or go directly by land. In the end, for safety reasons, they chose to take the water route, which took more time.

When we returned to Hezhou, it was already snowing heavily. Fortunately, the snow in Hezhou was not as thick as in the capital and the north, and it didn't snow very often in winter, so we happened to catch it this time.