Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 376 Loan

  Man Bao asked Yang Heshu curiously, “Isn’t the Koufentian at your house Fenshan?”

   "...It's not." He thoughtfully said: "It's wasteland."

Man Bao expressed sympathy, "The wasteland is worse than the mountain. Look at this wasteland at the foot of the mountain, it was also assigned to my brother. It is full of stones and weeds and shrubs. The trees on the mountain can be used as firewood. Good trees can be used to make houses, furniture, and farm tools, but this wasteland is basically useless."

  Yang Heshu opened his mouth, wanting to say that the wasteland he was talking about was not like this, but could be cultivated.

  But as the new magistrate, he felt that he could not provoke the injustice of the people under his control, so he remained silent.

  He adjusted his emotions and asked: "Then where are your mulberry seeds?"

  Generally speaking, the farmland will be relatively poor. If the labor is enough, they will grow some beans, and if they are not enough, most of them will grow mulberry.

  Bai Shanbao said: "Here does not grow mulberry, only hemp."

  Man Bao nodded, "Planting hemp on the ground and at the foot of the mountain is almost enough for home use."

   "Hemp is not valuable, why not plant mulberry?"

  Man Bao’s eyes rolled around. She has never included mulberry trees, even silkworms. She has only seen descriptions in agricultural books. Her husband also said that people in Yizhou plant more mulberry trees.

  Shu brocade is famous all over the world.

  It's just that they are remote here, and only a few of their owners will raise silkworms, and most of them are only for their own needs.

  After all, it is because there are more mountains and less land.

  This is what the husband said.

  Yang Heshu only came here. He didn’t understand this. He only felt that the former county magistrate and the local li were messing around. He had never heard of giving Shanfen to the people as a mouthful.

   Isn’t that from the court?

  But this is not the most important thing. Yang Heshu asked, “You don’t raise silkworms, so where does the silk you pay every year come from?”

"We don't hand in silk, we hand in cloth and linen." Every year, Man Bao counts the adjustments to be handed in at home to his father. She knows these well, she said: "One person pays two feet and five feet of cloth and three catties. numb."

  Yang Heshu rubbed his forehead and asked: "Then you need to use silk, don't you have to buy it from other places?"

   "Why do we use silk?" Man Bao looked at him curiously, "Our house only uses cotton. Like my clothes, it is woven with cotton and linen, so it's very gentle."

  Yang Heshu looked at Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang.

  Bai Shanbao said: "My family's family business is mainly in Longzhou. There are varieties of cotton, hemp and mulberry."

   Bai Erlang said: "My mother makes all my clothes, and my mother has them."

  Yang Heshu frowned and said, “You should plant some mulberry trees. Shu brocade is very famous. You can make a lot of money by getting some edges.”

  As soon as he heard about making money, Man Bao was refreshed and asked: "How does Shu Jin do?"

  "First you have to plant mulberry trees, then raise silkworms. After the silkworms spit out the silk, they are spun into brocade. A piece of brocade can sell for more than 3,000 yuan. The best one is hard to find."

  Man Bao said "Wow", "A horse of Shu brocade can be exchanged for a cow!"

  This conversion made Yang Heshu stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and asked, "Do you want to buy cows?"

Man Bao nodded again and again, "We only have one cow in one mile. When it's our turn, spring plowing will be over. It would be nice if my family could buy a cow by ourselves. Unfortunately, we suffered a disaster last year, and now the spring has just begun, and the winter wheat harvest is still Undecided, my father dare not use the money at home, but he is stingy. The family is so busy, he is not willing to buy meat and eat only eggs."

  Yang Heshu: "...wasn't the imperial court exempt from tax last year?"

   "Yes, but there is still not much food in the house."

  Yang Heshu hesitated and said: "But I listen to you, your family seems to be pretty good in the village?"

   "Yes, last year my family's wheat was not bad, so the harvest was slightly better than other families."

  Yang Heshu was silent. If Manbao’s situation is not bad, let alone other families.

  Along the way, Yang Heshu also understands the harvest of the past year, but he can’t say it well, and now he has begun to eat with chaff.

  But spring plowing is only beginning now. After the wheat is planted, after a cold wave, it is time to plant beans and sowing rice seeds. After the beans are planted, winter wheat can be harvested and then ready to plant seedlings.

  This one is buckled with one piece. If you only eat chaffy vegetables, your body can't stand it.

  Yang Heshu asked Man Baoxiao, “Can you take me to the village?” Now it’s almost time for lunch, and he wants to see what the villagers are eating.

  Man Bao waved his hand and said, “It’s useless for you to go back to the village now. Everyone is in the field. You can only find children and old people if you are looking for someone. Let me take you to the field.”

   "Don't you go home after lunch?"

   "No return," Man Bao said, "Just take the ground and eat it. It saves time and effort. Why do you want to go home."

  Bai Shanbao also jumped off the board to follow.

  White Erlang looked at it, and immediately carried his back basket to keep up. He also wanted to play, don't stay here to supervise the work.

  There are not many people working in this area, and more people are in Dawan and Xiaowan, where the land is the best.

  Because last year’s rice was so miserable, this year everyone subconsciously reduced the amount of rice planting.

  Everyone went to Qili Village. When they came to the vicinity of Dawan, they saw people working in the fields, dotted with stars all over the field.

  Yang Heshu couldn't help but stop. The people here are different from the work he saw just now, but they are similar to what he saw in the past two days.

  Using people to pull the plow, it takes at least two labors to pull the plow and the plow.

  It’s okay if there are two adults in the family, one pulling the plow and the other holding the plow. Otherwise, the woman can only help the plow, followed by a group of children at work. This efficiency is not high.

  If there is a cow...

  Yang Heshu asked Manbao: "A cow costs three thousand dollars?"

"A little more, but it's not easy to buy." Since Man Bao wanted to buy cows, she naturally asked Liu to ask them. Grandma is so good, you can buy three at a time."

  Yang Heshu nodded.

   asked: "If there are cows, can you buy them?"

  Man Bao struggled, "My father refuses to spend money at this time."

  Yang Heshu knew what her father was worried about, so he thought for a while and said, "What if the yamen is willing to pay for it first?"

  Man Bao's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Is it still possible? Is there any interest?"

  "Do you still know the interest?"

   "Of course I know, I also know about loan sharks. Casino people like loan sharks the most. They are all bad guys!"

Yang Heshu nodded, "It is against the law to pay for printing, but if the people don’t sue the officials, the yamen are different from the casinos. Naturally, there will be no high interest rates, but there must be some, otherwise, why not scramble? Who won't you give it to?"

  Man Bao began to pull his own small vault, and asked: "When will the interest be paid?"

  (End of this chapter)