Chapter 274: Does Ruoer have a solution?
"Mother, please tell me." Wei Ruo vaguely guessed something.
"It's like this. Recently, Taizhou Prefecture and even the whole of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have experienced a sudden drop in temperature, and many crops have been frozen to death." Yun said with a sigh, a gloomy look on her face.
"My daughter has heard some things." Wei Ruo replied.
"Yes, you are most concerned about farming, so you know these things." Yun said.
Wei Ruo didn't answer and waited for Yun to continue.
Yun looked at Wei Ruo, thought for a moment, and then said: "Our family has two properties in Taizhou Prefecture. One is in Xingshan County. As you know, I planted sweet potatoes in that mountainous area. The fields purchased after coming to Fucheng have been affected to some extent, and each of them has lost 30%." I don't know if it is
because the people under the Yun family did not manage it properly or something, but the crops on the Wei family's fields have been affected. The damage ratio is higher than that of Wei Ruo's own land.
Wei Ruo is not surprised by this. After this cold wave, it is considered good to be able to keep 70% of the people in Taizhou Prefecture.
Yun then asked Wei Ruo: "Can Ruo'er find a way to get some more seedlings now?"
Sure enough, he was looking for her about the seedlings, and Wei Ruo's guess was not wrong.
"Mother, I have no place to get you seedlings at this time. Even if there are seedlings that have not been divided yet, they must be frozen now." Wei Ruo replied.
She really didn't have any extra seedlings. The ones on Fucheng Zhuangzi were already the last ones. They were planted so late to wait for the wheat to be harvested.
Those crops that are not enough for cultivation in one's own fields cannot be distributed to others.
Wei Ruo still had rice seeds, but Yun didn't ask her about the rice seeds, so Wei Ruo didn't mention them.
Upon hearing Wei Ruo's answer, Yun's eyes flashed with disappointment.
"Hey, there's nothing we can do about it." Yun sighed.
"Um."
Yun said again: "If you know, is there any remedy for those sweet potatoes? Is it too late to divide the vines and plant them now?" Sweet potatoes do not need to be cultivated in advance like rice. The vines can be cut to survive, and sweet potatoes can also survive
. There is no shortage of vines. Yun knew that the first people to grow sweet potatoes in Xingshan County often cut off the vines to sell them. It can be seen that cutting off some sweet potato vines has little effect on the growth of sweet potatoes.
I just don’t know if the vines that I cut now will grow as well as the ones that I cut earlier.
"With good management, there should be no problem." Wei Ruo replied.
The sweet potatoes she planted on Xiaoyang Mountain were the same as the sweet potatoes recently planted on the sandy ground near Shitou Village. They were damaged a little. The reason why it didn't become a problem was because Wei Ruo knew exactly how to remedy them.
With Wei Ruo's remedial measures, as long as the subsequent weather is normal, it will basically not have much impact on the sweet potato harvest.
Hearing Wei Ruo's affirmative answer, Mrs. Yun felt a little relieved. She said frankly to Wei Ruo: "Ruo'er, the cold wave in the past few days has had a great impact on Taizhou Prefecture and even the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. The imperial court attaches great importance to it. Listen, He said that he sent an imperial envoy to inspect the situation."
"Yes." Wei Ruo's expression was indifferent and his answer was simple.
"Based on this situation, my mother is very worried that this year's schedule will not be better than last year's. When the food harvest is short, I'm afraid there will be trouble again." Yun's face was filled with sadness.
On the one hand, there is war that may start again at any time, and on the other hand, there is unpredictable weather.
If the situation continues like this, not only ordinary people will not be able to bear it, but even families like them will be hit hard. "Yes."
Of course Wei Ruo knew what Yun said. Last year's calendar was not good, and the grain harvest was poor. The temperature was low throughout the year, the light was insufficient, the wind was erratic and the rain was not smooth. The extreme weather only happened after the autumn harvest. appeared.
However, this year, extreme conditions occurred just after the Dragon Boat Festival, which directly had a huge impact on agriculture. This is not a good sign.
But facing Yunshi, Wei Ruo didn't say much.
Yun looked at Wei Ruo's dull face and said, "Ruo'er, you've always had a lot of ideas in this regard. Do you have any good ideas to help everyone increase food production?" "I can't do it either
. There are too many, and there is no particularly good solution at the moment." Wei Ruowan refused.
"Yes, this is a natural disaster. It is a big problem that even the court cannot solve. How can you, a woman, solve it? It's my mother who thinks too much." Yun was a little disappointed, but she also thought it was reasonable. The eldest daughter
could Being praised by the Seventh Prince for improving the soil is already a lucky thing. There may not always be a solution for everything.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Yun didn't want to keep Wei Ruo any longer, "That's all, let me think about this myself. You must be tired just after class. You should go back to Songyuan to rest first and come back for dinner later." ."
"Yes."
Wei Ruo left Cangyun Garden and quickly returned to Tingsong Garden.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, Wei Ruo told Xiumei: "Meimei, help me ask for leave from Mr. Wang tomorrow morning. I plan to buy another village." "
Miss, you want to buy another village?" Xiumei asked.
"Well, in the past few months, I have earned a lot of money from Sibaozhai, Braised Food Shop, Grain Shop, and the cooperation with Zuixianju, enough for me to buy another Zhuangzi." Wei Ruodao.
Wei Ruo had just saved a thousand taels and wanted to exchange them for land so that he could grow more crops.
Firstly, it is because it is easier to buy Zhuangzi at this time. Secondly, if you buy Zhuangzi at this time, you have the opportunity to get more grain. The worse the year is, Wei Ruo feels that he should find a way to get more grain. Come on, this is not just money, it’s life!
"Miss, it's okay if you want to buy the village. I'm worried that you won't be able to manage it. Manager Yu will be able to manage the two thousand acres of land. The nanny and Uncle Xu will have more to take care of. If there's more land, you'll have to look for someone else. "Xiumei said.
"This time in Zhuangzi, we don't hire long-term workers. Like most other Zhuangzi, we use tenants and collect rent." Wei Ruodao.
The method of hiring long-term workers is relatively troublesome to manage, but Wei Ruo can change the crops she grows at will, which is convenient for her to conduct trial planting and experiments on Zhuangzi.
Collecting rent directly is much simpler and easier to manage. Many large families with many fields use this method.
"That's good. As long as it doesn't tire the young lady, anything is fine." Xiumei never questioned Wei Ruo's decision, but was just worried that Wei Ruo worked too hard.
"Don't worry, your lady, I love money, but I cherish life even more. I have to keep my life alive in order to spend money well. The greatest sorrow in life is that money is still there after death. I am not that stupid." Wei Ruodao .
"That's good!" Xiumei smiled.
In the evening, after Wei Ruo read the account books of the past few days, he stretched and looked at the dim oil lamp on the corner of the table, when Wei Jinyi suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
He has a handsome and beautiful face, a cold and distant expression, but a pair of gentle eyes.
I don’t know how my second brother is doing now.
After thinking for a moment, Wei Ruo took out the letter paper and started writing a letter.
(End of chapter)