Chapter 111: As expected of the good daughter of the Shen family,
Chapter 111: As expected of the good daughter of the Shen family,
the people at the lowest level will get rich first. The Shen family will ensure that they buy these fruits and vegetables from the people.
But cotton and peanuts will still be in the hands of the Shen family. After planting a crop this year and harvesting, the court will purchase the seeds and sell them to the people across the country for planting.
Southern fruit trees are not suitable for planting in the north. Ruan Ruan wants his second brother to transport southern fruit trees to the south for planting, which can also increase the income of people in the south.
In the end, he spent 30,000 merit gold, which made Ruan Ruan heartbroken.
She first put ten kinds of vegetable seeds, including peanut seeds, cotton seeds and tomatoes and cucumbers, into the warehouse of the General's Mansion, along with the planting methods in traditional Chinese.
The key to the public warehouse of the General's Mansion is in the hands of Butler Shen, who is in his fifties, and the caretakers are a pair of Wu twin brothers in their thirties.
They used to be Shen Hong's schoolboys. They followed him on the battlefield and made great achievements several times. However, they were unfortunately seriously injured last year and took a back seat to help him protect his family property.
The cashier registered was Zhang Enming, the second housekeeper, who was the only son of wet nurse Shen Hong.
Shen Hong stipulates that every time he enters or exits the warehouse, four of them must be present at the same time.
The warehouse only had a large iron door and no windows, but the twin brothers' sensitive hearing immediately noticed something moving inside, and they informed Butler Shen and his wife.
This is not the first time this has happened, their hearing is very sensitive.
Cheng Yurong thought to herself that her daughter might have stuffed things into the public warehouse again.
"It's not urgent. Let's wait until the general comes back in the afternoon before opening the warehouse!"
"Yes, madam."
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Cheng Yurong put on a green cloak, went to Ruan Ruan's boudoir, and called out the nanny and Wang Daniu.
"Mother~" Ruan Ruan got out of the quilt with her little head. The bright red quilt embroidered with peony patterns made her little face rosy.
"Girl, let me hug you." Cheng Yurong eagerly picked up the little girl, gently rocked her body, and stroked her little face.
"Mother, kiss." Ruan Ruan grabbed her mother's hand and kissed it.
"You girl, my mother's hands are dirty. Watch out for bugs in your belly."
"Don't be afraid."
"By the way, my daughter, I heard from Butler Shen that there is something going on in the warehouse. Could it be that the ancestors gave me something precious again? " Our home?"
Cheng Yurong asked tentatively.
Ruan Ruan tilted his little head, smiled stupidly, but didn't answer.
"These things must have been sent by your ancestors, my dear daughter. When your father comes back, we will go and take a look."
Cheng Yurong pinched Ruan Ruan's nose gently.
"Okay, okay, let's go and have a look." Ruan Ruan kept clapping his little hands, laughing so hard in Cheng Yurong's arms that his body shook.
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Before dark, Shen Hong returned to the general's mansion.
After listening to Cheng Yurong's words, he immediately took the mother and daughter, the four brothers Shen Zhiyuan and Butler Shen to the warehouse. Zhang Enming also arrived soon after.
"General, you're back."
"Well, thank you for your hard work." The twin brothers Shen Hong and Wu have a good relationship. They trust them by entrusting all their wealth to them for safekeeping.
Butler Shen took out a bunch of keys and quickly opened the door to the warehouse.
Shen Hong took his family into the 300-square-meter warehouse, which has two floors in total and an underground floor.
Except for Shen Zhiqing who was not at home, Shen Zhiyuan and his four brothers each went in with lanterns to light up.
After passing three flights of stairs, the family arrived at the basement and saw dozens of sacks on the ground.
Shen Hong opened two of the bags and found that they were seeds he didn't recognize. He picked up two handfuls of seeds and returned them to show Shen Zhiyuan and the others.
"Do you recognize these plants?" The four brothers Shen Zhiyuan gathered around, took away a few seeds, observed them, and shook their heads.
Shen Zhiyu and Shen Zhiji carried lanterns and walked to dozens of sacks. They opened a few sacks in the middle and rummaged a few times. Sure enough, they found several small notebooks.
"Dad, Mom, look, there are words in the little book." They handed the little book to their parents and eldest brother to read.
"Is this a peanut? Can it be eaten or extracted for oil?" After reading the contents of the small book, Shen Hong touched the purple-skinned fruit in his hand.
"Husband, the seed in my hand is called cotton. It cannot be eaten, but it can be made into cotton clothes and quilts." Cheng Yurong read the contents of the small book and handed it to Shen Hong to read.
"Isn't it the same fabrics that were used for disaster relief supplies last winter?" She was overjoyed. She wanted to get the raw materials or seeds for cotton cloth last year, but she was too embarrassed to mention it to her daughter.
Why did my daughter take it out again today?
Is it because it's cold in spring today and it's snowing like peach blossoms?
Every winter and spring,
my daughter is kind-hearted. She has helped people in disaster areas twice before. At the beginning of the month, she sent four kinds of high-yielding seeds and millions of kilograms of grain.
Today we are sending these seeds that can improve people's lives and social economy.
She deserves to be the daughter of Cheng Yurong, and she deserves to be a good daughter of the Shen family.
There is a country and people in my heart.
"If there is cotton cloth in Dai Viet, the people will no longer freeze to death and no longer be afraid of the cold."
Shen Hong was excited, grabbing the unattractive cotton seeds and observing them carefully.
Unexpectedly, the brown, long and round seeds can actually produce white fluffy flower-like fruits and can also be used to weave cloth.
Shen Zhiyuan handed the manual he had read to his father and said, "This is a tomato. It is sour, sweet and crispy. It can be used as a fruit or as a vegetable for cooking."
"I have cucumber..."
"Hahaha...Dad, Do you know what the seeds in my hand are called?" Shen Zhiyu laughed loudly and showed them the white seeds.
They couldn't understand why, let alone guess what it was called, so they all shook their heads.
Shen Zhiyu smiled and said: "This is called chili pepper. This manual says that chili pepper is both a vegetable and a condiment. Like peppercorns, it can drive away the cold."
Ruan Ruan watched them happy, and he was also happy.
Shen Hong and the four brothers Shen Zhiyuan opened all the bags, checked the seeds, put the booklets into the sacks, and tied the knots.
The whole family pretended that nothing happened and left the warehouse.
During dinner, they chatted about who would plant the seeds of peanuts and cotton.
Cheng Er is already busy enough and can't cause him any more trouble.
But after he knew about the two seeds that could change Dai Viet, peanuts and cotton, he would definitely clamor to plant them.
Cheng Er's second son, Cheng Jinmiao, was seventeen years old. He had obtained the title of scholar in the first three years and was unable to go further.
He liked farming since he was a child and learned farming knowledge from Cheng Er.
It's not too much to send him to Zhuangzi to grow peanuts and cotton!
Brothers fighting tigers, father and son go into battle.
The ten kinds of vegetables, including tomatoes and cucumbers, can be grown by the farmers who know how to grow them. There shouldn't be any big problems, not to mention there is a planting manual.
After dinner, Shen Zhiyuan followed Shen Hong to his study and helped write two letters, one to Cheng Er and the other to Mr. Cheng.
The next day, evening.
Mr. Cheng hurried to the general's mansion with Cheng Er's second son, Cheng Jinmiao, to understand the cause and effect. He helped his third grandson take over the task and assured him that he would definitely complete the task.
As long as Brother Miao successfully completes this mission, he should be able to get an agricultural official position in the second half of the year.
If you don't seize this opportunity, when will you wait?