Chapter 220： proposal

Fan Zijin counted the rabbits in her shed and said, "There are only about 4,000 rabbits that can be slaughtered. Is that too few?"

Mu Yangling twitched the corners of his mouth and said: "Even if you think it's too small, you have to look at how big my land is. My 68 acres of land is already a high load to raise so many rabbits. If these rabbits are not picky eaters, they can still I chopped up the hay grass and fed them to them, and I gave them all the four thousand or so, you know, there are thousands of little rabbits on my side."

Fan Zijin snorted twice and said, "It's up to you whether this place is enough. I just look at the result. If it's not enough, you can go to open up wasteland or buy land."

Qi Haoran pulled a piece of grass into his mouth and spoke for Mu Yangling: "She still hasn't earned a penny, how can she have the money to buy land?"

He also assured Mu Yangling: "You just have to worry about raising rabbits, Zijin's caravan has returned, and diced rabbit meat is very popular, and Steward Chen has already negotiated with people that they will deliver goods three times a year. , I asked the accountant to do the calculations for you, according to this income, you can make a lot of money a year."

Fan Zijin glared at him and said to Mu Yangling: "The sales are good now, but the raw materials are too few, there are only a few thousand rabbits at a time, and the diced rabbit meat looks like a lot, but in fact there is not much distribution. ."

Fan Zijin was not someone who only set his sights on Lin'an Mansion. He didn't want to let go of any of the big cities outside Lin'an Mansion. Manager Chen brought the food back and took the last batch of diced rabbit meat out. Once his main task was to talk about business and find a good market, and there were only a few hundred tins of diced rabbit meat, not much.

Qi Haoran had already planned to officially set aside a part of the five battalions to build a workshop for him, and Fan Zijin had already selected the stewards, all of whom were selected from the veterans and remnants.

not only guarantees their food and drink, but also all the medicines they need to heal their wounds are produced by the workshop. In addition, the military pay is also assigned to the workshop, and the workshop pays them.

In this way, the army has reduced expenditure, and these remnants of veterans who would otherwise be unable to survive can also be accommodated.

There was too much movement in the fifth camp, which would inevitably attract the attention of outsiders. Qi Xiuyuan finally asked Mo Xiong to bring people over, "Little general, the general asked me to fetch those large boxes and **** them back to Xiying."

Qi Haoran blinked, "Just a few of you?"

Mo Xiong smiled and said, "That's why the little general still needs to send someone to **** him."

Although the big boxes were only filled with stones, many people remembered that Qi Haoran wanted to send this trouble away, so naturally no one could know that they were filled with stones.

Qi Haoran and Mo Xiong led the troops to deliver the goods to Xiying in a mighty manner. There were many people watching along the way, but there was no accident.

The car was guarded by three layers of people inside and three layers out. Anyone who rushed out would be just courting death.

Jiang Ze took over these big boxes and sighed, "I'm taking over the trouble."

Mo Xiong glanced at him and said, "If you are not willing, I will tell the general, I will take care of this thing."

Jiang Ze snorted and said, "If you want to grab the credit, don't say it too nicely, as if it's for me."

"Then you don't want to be cheap and sell well. How much credit can you bring these boxes to you? We are not completely under the general's control at the West Camp now, and the general wants to use this to kick those people out. When you go out, keep your eyes open and see who is jumping around in front of you recently."

The generals about corn only told them a few confidants, and the other soldiers did not know the specific situation.

When all the corn seeds are planted, it is natural to be able to hide it for a day, and the Shen family is also paying close attention to this matter.

I thought that Qi Xiuyuan would be able to drag it down for ten days and a half months at most. Who would have guessed that after a month in a row, the corn that was planted would grow as high as a calf, and the court still didn't hear any news.

Shen San just wanted to hide his face, Shen Wu girl asked in surprise: "Is Qi Xiuyuan doing too good a job of keeping secrets, or is the court too incompetent? The people below have guessed something, right? How long has it been? "

Shen Sandao: "I'm afraid that Qi Xiuyuan is also anxious to let the court know, his documents are estimated to be withheld by the cabinet."

Qi Xiuyuan’s document was indeed detained by the cabinet. There was only an urgent cover on it, and it was not a military newspaper. After the cabinet got it, he didn’t open it and put it aside. Because the food harvest in various places was not very good this year, so since Since May, more and more troops have submitted letters to ask for rations. The emperor is angry, and they can drag the book down as long as they can.

So when the emperor finally saw the corn data reported by Qi Xiuyuan and the documents for Sipan Village in the numerous memorials, the corn in Xingzhou Prefecture was already heading.

The emperor stared at the data above, and then looked at the date below, his hands trembled, he pointed at the cabinet ministers below, so angry that he was speechless.

"...It took so long for you to hold down such an important expedited document to submit it. It's a dereliction of duty, I," the emperor took a deep breath and said, "I punish you for half a year's salary, and go back and write a confession."

Qin Xiang lowered his head and had to step forward and ask in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I don't know what General Qi wrote in the book that made you so angry?"

"Angry?" The emperor slapped the book directly on his head, "I am a surprise, if you didn't report the book, would I be angry? Someone under Qi Xiuyuan's rule planted corn, the corn that Emperor Sejong said."

Emperor's eyes flashed and said, "Didn't Qin Tianjian say that there may be droughts in various places next year? It is just that this corn is drought tolerant, and if it is planted widely, my subjects will be able to survive this difficult time."

Qin Xiang picked up the book and read it carefully, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the sage, congratulations to the sage, but General Qi said in the letter that the yield per mu is only 572 catties, and Emperor Sejong said that the yield per mu is still 1000 catties. There is a big difference.”

The emperor smiled and said: "That's because they use low-grade land. If they are planted on high-grade land, they will naturally be higher. Even if the yield per mu cannot reach 1000 catties, it is not bad to have 600 to 700 catties."

"That's right, but General Qi only has 16,000 kilograms of corn in his hands. Even if all of it is used as seeds, it can't be planted much. I'm afraid that it's so widespread..." Qin Xiang saw the emperor's face darkening and continued. "So this planting is probably still mainly wheat and rice, but since General Qi has understood the method of planting, it is not far from promoting corn planting. The long term is four or five years, and the shortest is three or two years. We will definitely be able to plant it. More corn to be used as seeds, so the sage, let General Qi send people to transport the 16,000 catties of seeds to the capital first, and distribute the seeds to farmers for planting in the spring of next year. By the way, there are still four trays. The villagers of the village should also be sent to the capital, and they will guide the farmers, so that everything is safe."

Zhang Cheng, the minister of households, stepped forward and said: "Sir, Qin Xiang is right, Jiangnan has always been a land of fish and rice, and it is definitely better to grow corn here than in a wild place like Xingzhou Prefecture, so we should make an order earlier to let it go. General Qi sent the seeds and people over."