The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming

On the day of Li Cheng's wedding, Lu Linlang also brought her younger brothers and sisters to Lu Dashui's house. Lu Dashui and his wife strongly invited them to attend.

Nowadays, whenever there is an event, big or small, in the village, Lu Linlang will be asked to be a witness. If she can be invited to send the bride off, it will be a real honor.

Lu Linlang did not refuse. The village was very lively today. The farm work in the village had been busy for a while, and everyone came to help when they could take a break.

As soon as Lu Linlang arrived, Lu Dashui and his wife invited her to the seat of honor. She only needed to talk to the clan leaders here or go to the bridal chamber to accompany the bride, and she didn't need to do anything.

"Linlang, we've all heard about what happened in the county. The Liu family did it on purpose. Fortunately, you were well prepared, so you avoided being talked about. If the Liu family dares to do anything again, just send someone to notify us. Our Lu family will never be cowards. If anyone dares to bully our family, we will fight back."

After the clan members learned about what happened that day, they all ran to Lu Linlang's house carrying hoes, saying that they wanted to ask the village chief of Liujia Village for an explanation and see how they disciplined their clan members.

Although the Liu family lives in the city, their clan is in Liujia Village outside the city. The Liu family was able to gain a foothold in Chongshui because of the support and help from the villagers, so the clan leader brought people to personally confront the village chief of Liujia Village.

The clan leader was happy today, but when he saw Lu Linlang coming over and talking about what Xu Jiao had done, an unhappy expression appeared on his face.

"Uncle clan leader, all the uncles, rest assured, I will not allow myself to be bullied. The Liu family is just a small fry. Now they are the real cowards. Most of the merchants who come to Chongshui are here for my business. They have no choice but to keep their tails between their legs and dare not have any more tricks. They just want me to take them on business."

"That's true. Miss Linlang is a promising young woman. We are old and not as smart as the young people who can make money and do business. The village still has to rely on Miss Linlang." The elders said with a smile.

"Linlang girl, let me ask you something. If you think I'm being too nosy, I won't say much. It's just that some people in town have been targeting you lately, and we wanted to ask for your opinion."

"Fifth uncle, please tell me." Although Lu Linlang guessed what it was about from his tone, she still listened carefully.

"The younger generation in our family went to town and heard that you were young, unmarried, and could make money. They were all thinking of finding a matchmaker to propose marriage, wanting to marry you or marry into their family. Some people even came to us and asked us. Although we refused, we still want to hear your thoughts."

Before, only the clan leader knew about Lu Linlang's broken engagement, and he didn't tell anyone else. Even his wife and children found out about it only after Xu Jiao caused trouble. So after hearing about this, even people in the county wanted to come and test the waters to see if they could get married.

The fault in this matter lies with the Fang family who broke off the engagement with Lu Linlang. Everyone is a discerning person. They previously thought that she was engaged and were reluctant to ask. Now they know that they have a chance and want to take action.

In addition, Lu Linlang can not only make money, but also maintain the dignity of the family and make good friends with the officials in the government office. It would be a great honor for them to marry into the family as the eldest daughter-in-law.

However, it was heard that she had several younger siblings at home, and they were still young. Some people wondered whether she wanted to marry into the family after returning for so long without any plans to discuss marriage. Those who originally thought she was not worthy of her suddenly became excited and felt that they had a chance.

As a result, even the villagers began to be tested indirectly, but everyone knew Lu Linlang's temper. Although she seemed to be very gentle to everyone on weekdays, if you really provoke her, it would be terrible.

The Liu family's business has begun to go downhill. I heard that the treacherous Fang family also had a bad ending. Because they broke off the engagement with her, they were now sent to the border and I'm afraid they will never have the chance to return to the capital.

The elders of the Lu family naturally hoped that such a girl who could make money could be married into Xishan Village so that they could rely on Lu Linlang to remain wealthy for a long time, so they made this test.

"Fifth Uncle, uncles and aunts, you all know that Lu Zhan is still young, and I have no plans to get married. There are still many things I want to do, and getting married is not my current plan. If anyone asks, just help me push it off.

I see that we are rich in bamboo here and there are many trees on the mountain, so I have another plan, which is to make paper. If this is successful, our Xishan Village and even the entire Chongshui County will become the source of supply for Daqi paper.

Moreover, bamboo can be used to make brushes, and the stones on the mountain can be used to make inkstones. However, making ink is more troublesome. I have not yet figured out how to make it. However, I heard that there is a small shop in Chongshui County that specializes in making ink sticks. However, the shop's business is bleak because the ink sticks it makes are of average quality.

I've already made an agreement with the owner of that shop. I'll have him teach me the craft of making ink sticks. We'll improve it and make pens, inkstones, paper, and inkstones the next big business for Chongshui County. Let the whole of Daqi know about Chongshui and be proud to use its pens, inkstones, paper, and inkstones."

Lu Linlang had long known that those people were starting to target her, but her mind was not on marriage at the moment. Coming to this ancient time would not be in vain if she could let those around her benefit from what she had learned.

She had the idea of ​​making pens, ink, paper and inkstone a long time ago, but everything has to be done step by step, and you can't become fat in one bite.

So her first step was to buy land and grow crops to gain a firm foothold, stock up on food in preparation for possible wars this year, and ensure her basic living security.

The second step is to make soap to make Chongshui famous, and then to study pens, ink, paper and inkstones. If Chongshui's bamboo is only used to make handicrafts, then the cashability will be very low, and the labor cost will be high, and it will not become famous.

However, if the functions of these bamboos are maximized, there will be much more that can be done. Bamboo fungus, bamboo shoots, etc. can be used as food and sold to other places like konjac. Paper made from bamboo and wood will be spread even more widely and can be used throughout Daqi.

Moreover, as long as the price of paper is lowered, the price of books will also drop, and the number of people who can read in the world will increase. With the opportunity to move forward, people will be more active. The consequences of class stratification are very serious. The poor will become poorer and the rich will become richer. If there is no opportunity for upgrading, the contradiction will deepen.

Da Qi was already facing external troubles, and internal troubles had also begun because of the selfish desires of those in the court. She didn't know what else she could do, and could only do her best to ensure that those around her had the ability and capital to protect themselves.

If a fight breaks out, although the chance of hitting them is very small, we still have to prepare for the worst and make plans early.