Chapter 114 What secret?

It didn't take long for Zhang Tang to find Old Man Tao in Shichuan County. With the one hundred taels of silver awarded by Fei County Magistrate, he decided to open a small carpentry shop in the small town.

Hearing that Zhang Tang said that the general's wife wanted to see him, Old Tao did not dare to delay. He followed Zhang Tang into the general's mansion with fear and fear, and then met Lin Shuran.

"Did you carve the Qilin wood carving by your own hands?" Lin Shuran was always kind to others, and she was also kind and friendly when talking to Old Man Tao. Old Man Tao was stunned and nodded hurriedly, "The old man's craftsmanship is really good!" Lin Shuran praised him again.

Old Man Tao stooped even lower. A wealthy family has many rules. As a countryman, he was afraid of making the other party unhappy, so he respectfully replied: "Thank you, madam, for the compliment, little old man!"

Later, Old Man Tao told Lin Shuran that this wood carving was his family's craft, but he could not make a few pennies from wood carving in the countryside, so he had been making farm tools, tables, chairs, and benches to support his family.

"It's a pity to abandon such exquisite craftsmanship!" Lin Shuran said with sincere regret, but soon she looked at Old Man Tao with a smile and said, "Old man, I heard from Manager Zhang that you want to open a shop. I will customize some in your shop.

The price of the object is up to you, how about it?"

Old man Tao asked in surprise: "Thank you, Madam, for your kindness. I wonder what item Madam would like to order?"

What kind of carpenter could not be found in the capital? The General's Office couldn't find it. Lin Shuran specifically asked him to make something. Old man Tao just felt strange.

"It's not anything special, just making a few incense boxes. In addition, I also plan to make some new farm tools, so I'll make them all at your place. After they're done, let Manager Zhang settle the bill with you." Lin Shuran smiled.

He said, and then asked Zhang Tang to take Old Man Tao out.

After returning to the room, Honggu walked up to Lin Shuran and told her that the secret shop had been opened, but the first store was not chosen in the capital, but in the southeastern county where wealthy businessmen of the Jin Dynasty gathered.

Xu Junze felt really tired from dealing with those princes, nobles and officials today. When he saw Lin Shuran's watery eyes looking at him, his heart moved, and he smiled and said to her: "Okay!"

Seeing her deliberately teasing him, Xu Junze simply stood up and walked to the chair next to her to sit down. He also followed her example, leaned closer to her and asked in a low voice: "What's the secret?"

Lin Shuran said this to Xu Junze in a chatty tone with a bit of show-off. After hearing this, Xu Junze stared straight at her, which made Lin Shuran feel nervous. Fortunately, she also had strong determination and quickly faced him calmly.

"You go to bed earlier, you don't have to wait for me tonight!" Xu Junze said to Lin Shuran after she entered the study.

Seeing his frown, Lin Shuran glanced at the desk full of documents and asked him, "Is there something going on in the army?"

People near the farm in the southern suburbs only knew that her few acres of fertile land had high grain yields, but they didn't know that after three years of hard work, she was able to cultivate even wasteland and grow high-yield grains.

Xu Junze's voice was low and magnetic, and his breath spread to Lin Shuran's pretty face. Immediately, her face turned slightly red. She quickly sat upright, coughed lightly, and said: "I have planted a total of fifty acres in the southern suburbs.

of farmland, including 20 acres of fertile land and 30 acres of wasteland, half of which is wheat and half of which is rice. Last year, the wheat harvest in one season was about 20,000 jins, and the rice harvest in one season was nearly 25,000 jins. If not for Hao

Brother, they burned down my high-yielding rice fields, and the total yield is even higher than this. I predict that the yield of my fifty acres of farmland will be higher this year. Do you think I am awesome? Others have one acre.

The highest yield of the land is only three to four hundred catties, but I can produce twice as much as them!"

Xu Junze shook his head and did not hide it from her, saying that it was a matter between the DPRK and the Central Government. The implementation of the new decree was not very smooth. Seeing that the autumn harvest was approaching, collecting taxes would be another difficulty.

"You should take a rest. You have been busy all day at court. You can't be too tired at night. I have nothing to do. Why don't we chat for a while first." Lin Shuran simply turned around and sat down in the study, looking at Xu Junze with a smile.

"In one month, my farm in the southern suburbs will have its autumn harvest. Let me tell you a secret -" Lin Shuran leaned forward and said in the direction of Xu Junze with a mysterious look on her face.

"What's wrong? You don't believe it?" The output of her farm has not been hidden since last year. In the past two years, except for Zhang Tang and the long-term workers who farmed and harvested the land, no one knew exactly what the output of one acre of her land was. Later she

Distribute the selected grain seeds to nearby people to cultivate together. The crops grown by those people this year are all good.

At night, Xu Junze returned to the mansion. Lin Shuran saw that he had stayed in the study after dinner, so she prepared some snacks suitable for summer and sent them to him.

Lin Shuran thought that Xu Junze was originally a general who led troops in wars. Now that there are few people around the emperor, he, a soldier, also has to help worry about various affairs of the court. However, he is good at military affairs, but not necessarily good at farming, so he has to deal with these and

Matters related to land are a bit more difficult.

Lin Shuran nodded and said nothing after hearing this. It was already the end of summer and autumn was about to begin. And after her continuous improvement and cultivation over the past few years, the output of the few acres of farmland in her farm should reach a small peak this autumn.

"I believe it, but -" Xu Junze stood up slowly and looked at her seriously, "But why haven't you heard of this matter?"

Lin Shuran could understand what he meant. Such a phenomenon of high yield per acre had never happened in the Jin Dynasty, or in the history of this time and space, but it was also under the eyes of the emperor.

Things have been going on for three years.

"In the beginning, I had nothing to do in the farm. I liked to take care of the flowers and plants. I thought that crops, like flowers and plants, would grow well if I put my heart into it, so I tried to increase grain production. I was afraid that others would laugh, so I refused to allow Zhuangzi to do so.

The people here casually said that after two years, they found that the yield was getting higher year by year using my method, so they thought of distributing the seeds to some people near the farm, hoping to help them to some extent. Unexpectedly, this year they

You also cultivate according to my method, and with good weather and good weather, it looks like there will be a good harvest in the autumn." After saying this, Lin Shuran sighed again and continued, "But as for why more people don't know, I guess it's

The officials of the imperial court don't care about this at all. How much food can be produced by one acre of land for the people and whether it is enough to eat is not important to them. They only think about their own interests. Besides, the southern suburbs are remote and the news spreads.

It didn’t happen quickly, so it’s normal that everyone hasn’t heard about it!”

Lin Shuran's words were well-founded and reasonable, so Xu Junze didn't think about it any more. However, he seemed to remember that his fourth son, Xu Mingfan, had mentioned to him that the crops in the farm had an excellent harvest. At that time, he didn't take it seriously. It turned out that this was

"Excellent" means really excellent, so good that he now needs to go to the palace.
Chapter completed!