Chapter 401 Dividing the Land
Wei Ruo had no intention of getting too involved with Chu Lan, so she spoke little during the whole process. She only gave a brief answer when Chu Lan asked her, and she didn't say anything if he didn't.
Despite this, Chu Lan was not angry and quietly enjoyed the time with Wei Ruo.
"I think the days at the farm were the most comfortable for me during my time in Taizhou Prefecture." Chu Lan savored the taste.
Wei Ruo wanted to make fun of him. At that time, his body was disabled and his face was disfigured. How comfortable was he? I'm afraid my brain is broken!
Wei Ruo didn't answer and just focused on putting charcoal into the stove.
Chu Lan suddenly took off a jade pendant from his waist, placed it on the table, and then pushed it in front of Wei Ruo.
"You accept this thing."
"Master Zhu, I have already collected your medical expenses, so there is no need to be so polite." "Just
accept it. If you need it in the future, you can take this piece when you go to the capital. The jade pendant came to me, maybe I have a chance to help."
Before Wei Ruo could refuse again, Chu Lan said again: "If you don't accept it, I won't leave today."
Wei Ruo choked on her refusal. in the throat.
After thinking for a long time, Wei Ruo chose the former between accepting the jade pendant or not leaving Chu Lan.
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." Wei Ruojiang picked up the jade pendant and put it in his arms.
After finishing the cup of tea, Chu Lan stood up.
"Mr. Xu, see you again when we are destined." Chu Lan bowed his hands and finally said goodbye to Wei Ruo solemnly.
"See you again by fate." Wei Ruo replied.
Chu Lan turned around and walked out of the farm.
Before mounting his horse, he took one last look at the place where he had lived all winter.
Then he rode away, dressed in black, he finally turned into a black dot in Wei Ruo's sight, and finally disappeared.
After sending Chu Lan away, Wei Ruo breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't know why Chu Lan was so obsessed with her saving his life. She had already accepted his money a long time ago, so it stands to reason that the money was cleared.
Besides, she had such an attitude towards him. Why would such a proud person like him come to treat her with such a warm face and cold butt?
I really can't believe that he is such a kind person.
Without thinking about this issue further, Wei Ruo hurriedly went to Caili Farm and Stone Village to inspect the growth of crops and the situation of the brewery before returning to the General's Mansion.
After returning home, Wei Ruo was not idle either. She took out a map of two farms and nearby mountain villages, thinking about finding another open space.
The fabrics Wei Ruo had promised to several ladies from aristocratic families were sought after by them. Now more and more people are asking Wei Ruo about the source of the fabrics and expressing their strong desire to buy them.
Wei Ruo told them that there were very few items and if they wanted to buy, they would have to wait.
Because Wei Ruo has no way to mass-produce either fabrics or dyes for the time being, and Wei Ruo does not plan to mass-produce them.
But Wei Ruo still needs to find a way to set up a dyeing workshop, because Wei Ruo can't operate a large water tank in his small yard every time. This is really inconvenient and easy to be discovered.
The next day, Wei Ruo received another letter from the nanny, informing Wei Ruo of the progress of Fengting Villa in the provincial capital.
According to Wei Ruo's instructions, some victims were accommodated and some relatively flat areas on the mountain were reclaimed and prepared to plant perennial regenerated rice seeds.
Due to the terrain, planting for the first time will be relatively difficult. He can plant as many as he can in the next half month. Wei Ruo, who is too late to plant, doesn't force it. He will make plans after the weather gets warmer next year.
Other relatively sloping land is planted with tea trees.
These tea trees are wild tea trees dug by Wei Ruo in the mountains of the provincial capital and Taizhou Prefecture.
It’s not that the local people don’t know about the existence of wild tea trees. They don’t have the idea of transplanting them because there is no place to plant them. Land resources are very precious and everyone gives priority to growing crops to fill their stomachs. The priority of non-necessities like tea is very low. Poor people drink more water, and most of them do not have the leisure to pick and make tea.
The wild tea trees in the provincial capital and Taizhou Fushan are mainly green tea, and the varieties are similar to Longjing.
After the transplantation, Wei Ruo asked people to prune all their branches and leaves.
The first batch of tea leaves can be picked in the spring of next year.
In addition to informing Wei Ruo about the progress of Fengting Villa, the wet nurse also told Wei Ruo in a letter that the sixth prince in charge of disaster relief had left Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It was said that he was punished for the failure of disaster relief, and the court was planning to send another person to take charge of disaster relief.
Chu Lan has returned to the capital, the sixth prince has also returned, and the ninth prince, who is sick, has appeared. It seems that things are going to be lively in the capital.
Wei Ruo thought, if the capital is lively, it would be nice if her place was quieter.
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The next day, Wei Ruo dressed up as a woman and went to the wasteland with Mrs. Yuan, Aunt Qin and others.
Although Chu Lan had returned to Beijing, Nanny Qin and others were left behind and continued to follow Wei Ruo to open up wasteland and provide disaster relief.
In addition, many ladies will also accompany them, including Yun.
The land reclamation has begun to bear fruit, winter wheat has been planted, and the ladies all want to see what the fields look like now after they contributed money, grain, and effort.
According to the government's promise, the ownership of these lands belongs to them who contributed money and effort, and this season's grain harvest also belongs to them.
And after today's inspection, the government will begin to allocate land, and the specific amount of land allocated to each company will be announced.
Madams from various families who saw Yun and Wei Ruo sent congratulations one after another.
Because the Wei family has been in the limelight recently.
Wei Mingting was promoted, Wei Yichen was elected, Wei Ruo was rewarded, and Wei Qingwan was granted a marriage.
It was in the limelight for a while.
Wei Ruodu just responded with a smile.
The smile on Yun's face was brighter than that of Wei Ruo. She felt proud and happy from the bottom of her heart.
Mrs. Xu did not express joy like others like Wei Ruo. On the contrary, she looked at Wei Ruo with a somewhat complicated expression.
When they arrived at the place, everyone saw large tracts of cultivated fields with green wheat seedlings full of vitality.
Joy could not help but appear on everyone's faces.
“It’s hard to imagine that a year ago this was all rocky land with barely a few weeds growing!”
“No, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it. Now these tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land have been newly cultivated in the past half year. Come out!"
"I heard from the older generation that nothing could be grown in this area in the past! Now the wheat seedlings are so green, as if a Bodhisattva has cast a spell!" "..." The ladies praised them
repeatedly
.
After the visit, Mrs. Yuan showed the land allocation map to all the ladies.
The location of the reclaimed fields is shown on the drawing, and the size and ownership of each piece of land are clearly marked.
All the ladies who saw the result had a satisfied smile on their faces, because the mark on it was consistent with Mrs. Yuan's original promise, which was to distribute the money, food, and people according to the proportion of each family's contribution, which was fair and just.
Only Yun's face looked a little stiff after seeing the drawings.
(End of chapter)