Chapter 84 As a fine female matchmaker chooses to farm (33)

  The strong men almost cried with excitement.

   "Princess, will you still collect fodder and beans in the coming year?"

   "Take it!" Xu Yin's answer was very affirmative, "It's the same as sugar cane, take as much as you have."

  They made up their minds and decided to go back and tell the patriarch that except for those high-quality paddy fields that still grow rice, and the high-yield rice that was exchanged with the princess, all the second-class fields are interplanted with corn and fodder beans.

  In their village, the second-class fields are several times the number of first-class paddy fields.

  In the past, I always complained that God did not give them a way to live, that the rice yield was low, and that corn was a waste of land. Now I understand: it is not that God does not give them a way to live, but that they themselves have not found the right direction.

  Xu Yin also cared about the growth of a handful of sugar cane. The carpentry workshop is about to finish the juicer, and is waiting for the sugar cane to be shipped in batches to produce sugar.

  The sugar workshop has been selected and is under construction, in the southern suburbs of Fucheng.

  The rich and powerful prince bought all the fields around the workshop and used them exclusively for growing sugar cane. The sugar workshop and the sugarcane base are planned in one place, saving transportation troubles.

A few days after buying the land, Yan Kejin received a letter from a guard who was going to buy fruit saplings in the outer continents by flying pigeons, saying that in a county town in the east of Qin County, he found the black and purple sugarcane that the princess mentioned at the beginning. People grow it and sell it as fruit.

When Xu Yin heard the news, she urged Yan Kejin to write back to the guard, asking him to buy all the purple-skinned sugar cane there, and then count the quantity. It's better to build a sugar workshop directly in the local area. There is nothing better than brown sugar boiled with black and purple sugar cane!

   It’s okay if the sugarcane is bottomed out. She wrote the method of burying it in the end of the letter, and if it is preserved in this way, it will not rot next year.

   As for the candidates for sugar...

  Dong Xue followed her back and forth several times, and has already mastered the production of brown and white sugar, so she will be sent there to make sugar in the next year.

  There is not enough manpower, so I will call in a few rough envoys to help.

  The guard’s reply letter has not yet been received, and the task progress bar of [Exploring Baigui County] given by the system has moved forward silently.

  Verified that her guess was correct—as long as the person she sent out, the harvest of exploration would also belong to her.

  According to this speed, maybe the whole Baigui County can be explored years ago:

  Because Yan Jiu went to the rainforest area, she indirectly explored the Southwest.

  Eleventh first went to the Outer Continent, and at the moment stopped in the eastern part of Qin County, which is equivalent to exploring the south and southeast of the county.

   After thinking about it, she asked Yan Kejin how many guards he had seconded, and sent them to the north of the county, the east of the county, the west of the county, and around the city.

  The task given to them is to inspect the local specialties and geographical environment.

  What the common people grow, what they eat, and what they do for a living, record everything in detail, and bring it back for her to see.

   The time limit for the task is set at the year before.

  Prince’s guards, the Chinese New Year must be tidy.

  If this strategy works, then in the coming year, the other four counties can be swept up in this way.

  Xu Yin is looking forward to it.

   The first one to come back from his errands was Eleven. He pulled a carriage of southern fruits and special products and rushed back to Fucheng before winter.

   "Princess, the sugar factory has been built. The sugar cane bought earlier has been buried in the soil according to your method and can be dug up at any time."

  Xu Yin praised him a few words.

Yan Kejin felt sour when he heard it, and waved his hand to make Eleven retreat: "Very free? Then go help Brother Ten. He went to the west, and there was only one news. It is said that bandits are rampant in Baipu. .”

   "Yes, my lord."

   "Hey wait."

   Seeing that Eleven was leaving, Xu Yin asked Mammy to pack a portion of the banana slices, taro sticks, dried sweet potatoes, and popcorn that were baked a few days ago, and signaled Eleven to eat them.

"It's been a hard time these days, take these to try something new. When the fruit tree seedlings you brought are planted next year, there will be more dried fruits. There is roast duck in the big kitchen today, and you can bring one back to add another one." Cai, wait for you brothers to come back, and then I will clean up the dust for you."

  Yan Shishi happily thanked her.

   From the corner of the eye, he caught a glimpse of the displeased face of the master, his back felt cold, and he hurriedly backed away with his bundle in his arms.

  Yan Kejin waited for him to go out, then turned to look at the princess: "Didn't you say that those were all made for this king?"

  Xu Yin hesitated slightly: Did she say that?

  Even if I said—

   "...so much, can you eat it all by yourself?"

   "If you can't finish it, it's my king's."

"…"childish!

   "These are freshly baked and delicious, and they will turn damp and oily after a long time. I thought you just wanted to eat something fresh... Okay, I know you like it, can I make it for you every once in a while?"

  Yan Kejin: "..."

  What's the matter with this coaxing tone?

  Xu Yin took the opportunity to change the topic: "Let's go and see what fruits were brought back by Eleven. I heard from him that some of the fruits that crossed the border are very strange. I don't know if they taste good..."

  Yan Kejin let her drag her to the front yard.

  Xu Yin thought there were only fruits and other local products, but she didn't expect there to be a box of South Sea pearls.

  Yan Kejin glanced at it, and stuffed it into her arms with disgust: "The color and specifications are not considered high-quality, and it is okay to wear it as beads for fun."

  Xu Yin was amused, this arrogant man.

   "Then what kind of pearls do you think can get into your eyes?" She looked at him jokingly.

  Yan Kejin snorted and said, "Wait."

  Xu Yin didn't know why.

   Until dinner, he came to the main courtyard with an exquisite jewelry box.

   "I'll see you off."

  Xu Yin took it and saw that there was a pair of jade white pearls in the jewelry box, each of which was as big as a pigeon's egg, white and crystal clear, shining in brilliance.

   "My mother's relic, if she is still there, she will definitely give it to you."

   "But..." Xu Yin looked up at him, "This is not something I can wear."

  Yan Kejin glanced at her: "It's just for you to keep it, not for you to wear it, why panic! Didn't you ask me what kind of pearls can enter my eyes? At least this grade."

   "..." dog man.

  …

   Entering the twelfth lunar month, the guards of the Yanzi team sent out to investigate have returned one after another.

  Yan Shiwu brought back Jundong local products and a thick stack of records, and replied with a happy face:

   "My lord, my concubine, my subordinates are lucky!"

  Xu Yin looked at the things he brought back, no wonder the young man was so happy, he dared to find a mountain of coal in Jundong Mountain—

   Monster Mountain, which is called "the ominous place" by the locals.

  The mountains are all black, not a single blade of grass grows. Every year during the Ghost Festival in July, there is sometimes black smoke lingering on the mountain. People are afraid to approach this mountain.

Yan Shiwu was lucky enough to see a coal mountain in Yanbei when he was marching with King Jinnan. It was very similar to the people's terrified explanation, so he prepared enough rations and drinking water, went deep into the mountain for exploration, and found that it was indeed a coal mountain. Stretching hundreds of miles, coal reserves will never be small.

"good!"

   Rao Yan Kejin, who was always calm and composed, couldn't help being ecstatic at this moment.

  (end of this chapter)