When they arrived at Meng Su's and Du Ming's cottage, it was the perfect autumn color, and the eyes were golden.
The total amount of silver brought back from the Demon Cult was five million taels. Ling Qingyu wanted to give half of it as a reward, but Meng Su put a book of rewards and punishments regulations in front of him and fell silent.
This time, in terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, it should belong to Yang Zhao, Meng Su and Du Ming. Yang Zhao naturally smiled and put himself aside. Meng Su and Du Ming should each receive 50,000 taels of reward for their first merit. Keep it safe for me, and directly pushed the silver to Ling Qingyu, making Yang Zhao stare at him several times unconsciously.
Leaving Yang Zhao and Meng Su Duming to discuss the details, Ling Qingyu slowly walked out of the lobby and wandered around the cottage.
This stockade is newly built on the loess platform, and it is also surrounded by mountains. On the left is a desert grassland, and on the right is a large field that has been reclaimed. At this time, the potatoes in the field have reached the harvest season, and the corn is full of ears. It is even more golden, with waves of wheat blowing in the wind, the whole color is so strong and vibrant.
Unlike the dangerous terrain and buildings in the backyard of the cottage, the front yard is an open courtyard. At this time, the front yard is golden, with corn, potatoes and newly harvested wheat all over the ground. The men in the middle are playing field, and there are Dozens of women were chatting while packing the crops.
Seeing that those women were rubbing corn out of corn kernels and putting them in the dustpan on the side, Ling Qingyu became interested, walked quietly to the side, squatted down somewhere, watched them work, and at the same time listened to their chatter so happily topic of.
"Sister, where did they go when they went out this time? I'm glad they're back this time." A woman asked a young woman sitting in the middle.
"It's not like you don't know the rules of our village. We can ask about men's affairs?" The woman raised her head and smiled, and quickly rubbed the ears of corn into corn kernels with both hands.
"We don't know what we should do. Miss Zhixia, you are already married to Commander Du, why don't you know?" Another woman laughed.
"Hurry up and do something, you don't want to stay here any longer if you ask this kind of thing?" An older woman next to the young woman gave her a sideways glance.
"What can we do if we chat casually? In fact, who doesn't know that most of the people in our village are smuggling salt." The woman said unconvinced.
"Speaking of which, a few days ago, many people who had never seen before also entered the stockade, with such an aura, could it be that they made a single big one this time?" asked a woman next to the woman.
"If I were you, you'd better just mind your own affairs and don't ask about things you shouldn't know," the young woman said with a slight smile, "By the way, sister-in-law of the Zhang family, have you finished confiscating all your land?"
The woman next to the young woman smiled and said: "Not yet, half of it is not yet ready, but what I collect now is enough for next year's food. Speaking of which, I really want to thank the head of the family. These products are only available here. Yes, when I went back to my mother’s house a few days ago, the people in the village were so envious, they all wanted to ask us for some seeds.”
"Yes, sister Zhixia, can you talk to Commander Du? Give some of these seeds to the village too?" Another woman laughed.
The young woman paused, looked up at the golden color in the yard, nodded and said: "If you are free, I will ask."
After getting her words, the women started chatting about other things, from their own fields to their children, and then went back to the men in the cottage.
"By the way, sister Zhixia, go and talk about it."
"What are you talking about?" The young woman looked at the woman who asked the question with a hint of amusement, and said with a smile.
"Don't embarrass Miss Xia." The woman next to the young woman waved her hand and said, "If you really think that your daughter is worthy of Commander Meng, then go talk to him yourself. A good talker."
The woman choked at what she said, turned her head with a hint of red on her face, and said, "Then we don't have a chance to talk to him, hey hey, look, who is that man? He's so handsome!"
The women in a circle turned their heads and saw a few people walking towards the door. Du Ming and Meng Su followed a very handsome man from left to right. It was tied behind the head with a white cloth belt, but it was tall and straight with awe-inspiring aura, more iron-blooded than Meng Su and Du Ming behind them.
The man looked around and walked towards them, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his handsome face suddenly became vivid, causing a blush to appear on the faces of a group of big sisters and aunts.
The young woman stood up, took a few steps towards her, and gave Du Ming a probing look. Seeing that Du Ming smiled slightly, she stepped back a few steps, only to find that there was a woman squatting behind her. There were two men standing against the wall behind her.
Yang Zhao walked up to Ling Qingyu, pulled her up, and said, "Squatting like this, doesn't your foot hurt?"
As soon as he said this, Ling Qingyu realized that his feet were indeed numb. Just as he said ah, Yang Zhao hugged his waist and half hugged him.
Ling Qingyu jumped up twice to get rid of the numbness on her feet, and then said to Du Ming with a smile: "Your wife? Why don't you introduce me?"
Du Ming smiled, you have been squatting by the corner listening to the corner for so long, you want me to introduce? Then he pulled the young woman over and said: "This is my wife, Ye Zhixia, Zhixia, this is the head of the family."
Ye Zhixia was taken aback for a moment, then his face turned slightly red, and he bowed deeply and said, "I've seen the master."
Ling Qingyu hurriedly went to help her, and said with a smile: "You're welcome! You're welcome! I'm older than you, just call me sister."
Her foot injury has not completely healed, and she squatted for so long, although she borrowed Yang Zhao's strength, she still had no strength in her feet, and she staggered a little when she threw herself like this. Yang Zhao reached out and picked her up, and then Said: "Go back to the room and talk."
"If we provide the seeds, can we benefit from the harvest of those fields?" Ling Qingyu asked Ye Zhixia as soon as he entered the house.
Ye Zhixia was taken aback for a moment, and said, "What does the head of the family say?"
Yang Zhao put Ling Qingyu on the kang and sat down, then squatted down and lifted her skirt, massaged her calf, and said, "Sit down and talk."
"The species I brought back are actually very suitable for this land. The yield can be greatly improved. It is a very good food substitute for the Northwest, but we can't provide free promotion. It is no problem if we provide seeds. We What are the benefits?" Ling Qingyu stared at Ye Zhixia and asked.
Ye Zhixia glanced at Du Ming, sat down by touching the edge of the chair, and then said: "If the head of the family is willing to provide seeds, I think first, you can ask for part of the income from our seeds for free, and second, They can be asked to sell us their excess grain at a reasonable price."
"Okay," Ling Qingyu patted his hands lightly, and said with a smile: "Then I'll leave it to you to do this. The potatoes can actually be processed into starch, and then made into food that can be stored. Expand the number of recruits, and don’t worry about running out of food.”
Ye Zhixia was taken aback for a moment, then jumped up and said, "How can you entrust me with such a big matter?"
"Your natal family is nearby, right?" Seeing Ye Zhixia nodded, Ling Qingyu smiled and said, "Then I just ask you, do you have the confidence to take back the grain after the seeds are distributed?"
Ye Zhixia fell silent, lowered his head, and gently twisted his fingers together for a long time, then Fang raised his head and said with clear eyes: "I can."
Du Ming put his hand on Ye Zhixia's waist, and gently pulled him to his side.
"Then it's settled." Ling Qingyu showed a big smile, and said: "If there are those who refuse to accept the account, Du Ming should come forward. If there are any details that you don't understand, please feel free to come to me, or ask A man named Han Bian is also fine."
Ye Zhixia followed Du Ming all the way to his own small courtyard, still a little dizzy, sat on the kang, and asked: "I said, who is the head of the house?"
"Zhi Xia, the head of the family is doing this to gradually turn this area into our food supply area. These things will be very cumbersome and troublesome." Du Ming poured a glass of water for her and said: " Are you sure you can do it?"
Ye Zhixia raised his head and said, "Of course I can do it. Actually, I've thought about it for a long time. Although you make a lot of money selling smuggled salt, it's not a big deal anyway, and there are more and more people in the village. There will always be a day when there is not enough food.”
"Zhi Xia," Du Ming sat beside her, and said, "If we don't just smuggle salt, we might be beheaded in the future..."
Ye Zhixia covered Du Ming's mouth with his hands, and with a hint of a smile, said: "When I said I would marry you, I already expected it. Just do what you think you should do, and I won't marry you." Hold you back, and," she turned her head to look in the direction that she had just left outside the house, said: "I would rather be with you and do what I can do, you are right, we are the head of the house, not ordinary people .”
"You can do it at ease. If someone repudiates his debt, I will definitely beat him to death." Du Ming laughed.
"Well, it's still Du Ming who picks out his wife." Ling Qingyu said with his chin propped up.
Yang Zhao put the legs that had been softened and relaxed, looked at her expression, and said with a smile, "Is that why you like her so much?"
"Actually, there are many capable women among women, it's just whether you give her a chance or not." Ling Qingyu said, after listening to the wall for so long, Ye Zhixia mostly politely refused the requests made by those women, if it was too much She is a person who can tell right from wrong very clearly, and when it comes to seeds, her face is obviously thoughtful. If such a person is not used, who would use it? Moreover, she is a local, and she actually does it much better than Han Bian and the others.
Yang Zhao smiled slightly, Du Ming's daughter-in-law is indeed rare, but no matter how rare it is, it can't compare to his own daughter-in-law.
"Zhao, I still have to go to Lingjia Village." Seeing Yang Zhao's face suddenly changed, Ling Qingyu moved closer to him and said, "So we decided to go to Europe together this year, but we can't go now, anyway. I want to tell everyone, and I have to adjust the development in the future. This time I have asked Shen Zhan and the others to find more people to transport to Fanwai, and make arrangements. Don’t worry, I won’t stay for long, and I will deal with the matter. Come back, and then, I'll wait until you can get away, and we'll go together again."
"I'll take you there." After pondering for a while, Yang Zhao said, "I'll take you to Quanzhou."
"Zhao!" Ling Qingyu exclaimed in surprise, Liao Kingdom and Dangxiang are still fighting in Shuozhou, and if he travels to Quanzhou from Dai County, even if he returns quickly, it will take more than a month, how can he be away for so long
Yang Zhao gently hugged her into his arms and said, "Let me see her off, otherwise, Zhao can't feel at ease."
"But?" Ling Qingyu still wanted to say what to do if the court knew what to do, but when he thought that he had even done such things as cross-border attacks, how could he care about other things, his heart suddenly softened.
"Now the Liao Kingdom is facing each other in Shuozhou. After autumn, the weather will get colder, and there will be no mobilization. At the end of this year, the emperor will definitely call us to Bianjing. Then I will wait for you in Hangzhou, and we will go to Bianjing together. "Yang Zhao said, kissing Ling Qingyu's cheek.
When they arrived at Meng Su's and Du Ming's cottage, it was the perfect autumn color, and the eyes were golden.
The total amount of silver brought back from the Demon Cult was five million taels. Ling Qingyu wanted to give half of it as a reward, but Meng Su put a book of rewards and punishments regulations in front of him and fell silent.
This time, in terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, it should belong to Yang Zhao, Meng Su and Du Ming. Yang Zhao naturally smiled and put himself aside. Meng Su and Du Ming should each receive 50,000 taels of reward for their first merit. Keep it safe for me, and directly pushed the silver to Ling Qingyu, making Yang Zhao stare at him several times unconsciously.
Leaving Yang Zhao and Meng Su Duming to discuss the details, Ling Qingyu slowly walked out of the lobby and wandered around the cottage.
This stockade is newly built on the loess platform, and it is also surrounded by mountains. On the left is a desert grassland, and on the right is a large field that has been reclaimed. At this time, the potatoes in the field have reached the harvest season, and the corn is full of ears. It is even more golden, with waves of wheat blowing in the wind, the whole color is so strong and vibrant.
Unlike the dangerous terrain and buildings in the backyard of the cottage, the front yard is an open courtyard. At this time, the front yard is golden, with corn, potatoes and newly harvested wheat all over the ground. The men in the middle are playing field, and there are Dozens of women were chatting while packing the crops.
Seeing that those women were rubbing corn out of corn kernels and putting them in the dustpan on the side, Ling Qingyu became interested, walked quietly to the side, squatted down somewhere, watched them work, and at the same time listened to their chatter so happily topic of.
"Sister, where did they go when they went out this time? I'm glad they're back this time." A woman asked a young woman sitting in the middle.
"It's not like you don't know the rules of our village. We can ask about men's affairs?" The woman raised her head and smiled, and quickly rubbed the ears of corn into corn kernels with both hands.
"We don't know what we should do. Miss Zhixia, you are already married to Commander Du, why don't you know?" Another woman laughed.
"Hurry up and do something, you don't want to stay here any longer if you ask this kind of thing?" An older woman next to the young woman gave her a sideways glance.
"What can we do if we chat casually? In fact, who doesn't know that most of the people in our village are smuggling salt." The woman said unconvinced.
"Speaking of which, a few days ago, many people who had never seen before also entered the stockade, with such an aura, could it be that they made a single big one this time?" asked a woman next to the woman.
"If I were you, you'd better just mind your own affairs and don't ask about things you shouldn't know," the young woman said with a slight smile, "By the way, sister-in-law of the Zhang family, have you finished confiscating all your land?"
The woman next to the young woman smiled and said: "Not yet, half of it is not yet ready, but what I collect now is enough for next year's food. Speaking of which, I really want to thank the head of the family. These products are only available here. Yes, when I went back to my mother’s house a few days ago, the people in the village were so envious, they all wanted to ask us for some seeds.”
"Yes, sister Zhixia, can you talk to Commander Du? Give some of these seeds to the village too?" Another woman laughed.
The young woman paused, looked up at the golden color in the yard, nodded and said: "If you are free, I will ask."
After getting her words, the women started chatting about other things, from their own fields to their children, and then went back to the men in the cottage.
"By the way, sister Zhixia, go and talk about it."
"What are you talking about?" The young woman looked at the woman who asked the question with a hint of amusement, and said with a smile.
"Don't embarrass Miss Xia." The woman next to the young woman waved her hand and said, "If you really think that your daughter is worthy of Commander Meng, then go talk to him yourself. A good talker."
The woman choked at what she said, turned her head with a hint of red on her face, and said, "Then we don't have a chance to talk to him, hey hey, look, who is that man? He's so handsome!"
The women in a circle turned their heads and saw a few people walking towards the door. Du Ming and Meng Su followed a very handsome man from left to right. It was tied behind the head with a white cloth belt, but it was tall and straight with awe-inspiring aura, more iron-blooded than Meng Su and Du Ming behind them.
The man looked around and walked towards them, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his handsome face suddenly became vivid, causing a blush to appear on the faces of a group of big sisters and aunts.
The young woman stood up, took a few steps towards her, and gave Du Ming a probing look. Seeing that Du Ming smiled slightly, she stepped back a few steps, only to find that there was a woman squatting behind her. There were two men standing against the wall behind her.
Yang Zhao walked up to Ling Qingyu, pulled her up, and said, "Squatting like this, doesn't your foot hurt?"
As soon as he said this, Ling Qingyu realized that his feet were indeed numb. Just as he said ah, Yang Zhao hugged his waist and half hugged him.
Ling Qingyu jumped up twice to get rid of the numbness on her feet, and then said to Du Ming with a smile: "Your wife? Why don't you introduce me?"
Du Ming smiled, you have been squatting by the corner listening to the corner for so long, you want me to introduce? Then he pulled the young woman over and said: "This is my wife, Ye Zhixia, Zhixia, this is the head of the family."
Ye Zhixia was taken aback for a moment, then his face turned slightly red, and he bowed deeply and said, "I've seen the master."
Ling Qingyu hurriedly went to help her, and said with a smile: "You're welcome! You're welcome! I'm older than you, just call me sister."
Her foot injury has not completely healed, and she squatted for so long, although she borrowed Yang Zhao's strength, she still had no strength in her feet, and she staggered a little when she threw herself like this. Yang Zhao reached out and picked her up, and then Said: "Go back to the room and talk."
"If we provide the seeds, can we benefit from the harvest of those fields?" Ling Qingyu asked Ye Zhixia as soon as he entered the house.
Ye Zhixia was taken aback for a moment, and said, "What does the head of the family say?"
Yang Zhao put Ling Qingyu on the kang and sat down, then squatted down and lifted her skirt, massaged her calf, and said, "Sit down and talk."
"The species I brought back are actually very suitable for this land. The yield can be greatly improved. It is a very good food substitute for the Northwest, but we can't provide free promotion. It is no problem if we provide seeds. We What are the benefits?" Ling Qingyu stared at Ye Zhixia and asked.
Ye Zhixia glanced at Du Ming, sat down by touching the edge of the chair, and then said: "If the head of the family is willing to provide seeds, I think first, you can ask for part of the income from our seeds for free, and second, They can be asked to sell us their excess grain at a reasonable price."
"Okay," Ling Qingyu patted his hands lightly, and said with a smile: "Then I'll leave it to you to do this. The potatoes can actually be processed into starch, and then made into food that can be stored. Expand the number of recruits, and don’t worry about running out of food.”
Ye Zhixia was taken aback for a moment, then jumped up and said, "How can you entrust me with such a big matter?"
"Your natal family is nearby, right?" Seeing Ye Zhixia nodded, Ling Qingyu smiled and said, "Then I just ask you, do you have the confidence to take back the grain after the seeds are distributed?"
Ye Zhixia fell silent, lowered his head, and gently twisted his fingers together for a long time, then Fang raised his head and said with clear eyes: "I can."
Du Ming put his hand on Ye Zhixia's waist, and gently pulled him to his side.
"Then it's settled." Ling Qingyu showed a big smile, and said: "If there are those who refuse to accept the account, Du Ming should come forward. If there are any details that you don't understand, please feel free to come to me, or ask A man named Han Bian is also fine."
Ye Zhixia followed Du Ming all the way to his own small courtyard, still a little dizzy, sat on the kang, and asked: "I said, who is the head of the house?"
"Zhi Xia, the head of the family is doing this to gradually turn this area into our food supply area. These things will be very cumbersome and troublesome." Du Ming poured a glass of water for her and said: " Are you sure you can do it?"
Ye Zhixia raised his head and said, "Of course I can do it. Actually, I've thought about it for a long time. Although you make a lot of money selling smuggled salt, it's not a big deal anyway, and there are more and more people in the village. There will always be a day when there is not enough food.”
"Zhi Xia," Du Ming sat beside her, and said, "If we don't just smuggle salt, we might be beheaded in the future..."
Ye Zhixia covered Du Ming's mouth with his hands, and with a hint of a smile, said: "When I said I would marry you, I already expected it. Just do what you think you should do, and I won't marry you." Hold you back, and," she turned her head to look in the direction that she had just left outside the house, said: "I would rather be with you and do what I can do, you are right, we are the head of the house, not ordinary people .”
"You can do it at ease. If someone repudiates his debt, I will definitely beat him to death." Du Ming laughed.
"Well, it's still Du Ming who picks out his wife." Ling Qingyu said with his chin propped up.
Yang Zhao put the legs that had been softened and relaxed, looked at her expression, and said with a smile, "Is that why you like her so much?"
"Actually, there are many capable women among women, it's just whether you give her a chance or not." Ling Qingyu said, after listening to the wall for so long, Ye Zhixia mostly politely refused the requests made by those women, if it was too much She is a person who can tell right from wrong very clearly, and when it comes to seeds, her face is obviously thoughtful. If such a person is not used, who would use it? Moreover, she is a local, and she actually does it much better than Han Bian and the others.
Yang Zhao smiled slightly, Du Ming's daughter-in-law is indeed rare, but no matter how rare it is, it can't compare to his own daughter-in-law.
"Zhao, I still have to go to Lingjia Village." Seeing Yang Zhao's face suddenly changed, Ling Qingyu moved closer to him and said, "So we decided to go to Europe together this year, but we can't go now, anyway. I want to tell everyone, and I have to adjust the development in the future. This time I have asked Shen Zhan and the others to find more people to transport to Fanwai, and make arrangements. Don’t worry, I won’t stay for long, and I will deal with the matter. Come back, and then, I'll wait until you can get away, and we'll go together again."
"I'll take you there." After pondering for a while, Yang Zhao said, "I'll take you to Quanzhou."
"Zhao!" Ling Qingyu exclaimed in surprise, Liao Kingdom and Dangxiang are still fighting in Shuozhou, and if he travels to Quanzhou from Dai County, even if he returns quickly, it will take more than a month, how can he be away for so long
Yang Zhao gently hugged her into his arms and said, "Let me see her off, otherwise, Zhao can't feel at ease."
"But?" Ling Qingyu still wanted to say what to do if the court knew what to do, but when he thought that he had even done such things as cross-border attacks, how could he care about other things, his heart suddenly softened.
"Now the Liao Kingdom is facing each other in Shuozhou. After autumn, the weather will get colder, and there will be no mobilization. At the end of this year, the emperor will definitely call us to Bianjing. Then I will wait for you in Hangzhou, and we will go to Bianjing together. "Yang Zhao said, kissing Ling Qingyu's cheek.