Chapter 396： reward

Fan Zijin gritted his teeth and said angrily, "The **** who values ​​sex over friends, how long does it take to write one more letter to me? I'll worry about him for nothing."

Grind the ink, look at the nose, and stand below with the nose looking at the heart, just pretending not to hear this.

Fan Zijin was angry for a while, remembering that Qi Haoran had repeatedly asked him to take care of Mu Yangling before he left, and he still agreed to help Mu Yangling plan the bookstore, "Go find a shopkeeper for her, sign a contract of sale, come in, and the bookstore will open. Where to let them negotiate on their own."

"Ms. Ke Mu doesn't seem to like taking the deed of prostitution..."

"Then bring the deed of prostitution to me," Fan Zijin likes to use slaves, so that their lives and deaths are in his own hands, which is completely opposite to Mu Yangling's employment system, "You can send people to her when you go back, don't you think? Will she ask you?"

Fan Zijin pouted, "At most, she will ask about wages."

Mu Yangling did not expect that the shopkeeper sold his body to Fan Zijin, and thought it was a senior person he was looking for, so he just asked the salary politely, and knowing that the other party's family could arrange everything by himself, he decided on the bookstore. The size of the workshop, the location of the workshop, and then handing over the operating funds to Shopkeeper He, Mu Yangling left it alone.

Lin Ke tried several times, and finally determined two kinds of wood that are cheaper and have better effects. The effect is not bad after casting on the board.

Mu Yangling directly gave him the three components of the bookstore. Although he still let him study the movable type mold, he did not let him lose other studies, saying: "You are still young, I don't want you to spend all your time on it. Above this, your road should be wider, and don’t forget the scenery in life.”

Lin Ke just smiled shyly, and Mu Yangling just clicked.

This autumn, she can be considered a bumper harvest. After paying the tax, Mu Yangling divided all the food into two parts. Half of the food was stored in the warehouse not far from the nursery, and the other half was transported to the kitchen mountain. The granary built by Haoran, this half of the grain is stored there for emergencies.

Apart from Qi Xiuyuan, Rong Xuan and Fan Zijin, only the two of them knew about this matter, and it was Qi Xiuyuan's direct descendant who escorted the grain cart.

In addition to Mu Yangling's batch of grain, and Fan Zijin's purchase, he also quietly put some of it into the granary. Everyone was quietly preparing, but all of them did not announce it.

When Mu Yangling made a table of last year's per mu yield and farming situation, shopkeeper He also found a shop in Hanzhong Mansion, he came over to report to Mu Yangling, bowed and said, "Girl, the shop has been found, I bought it directly, and the bookstore has engraved 3,800 characters, of which 3,500 are commonly used characters, and some of the most commonly used ones are engraved with 20 characters each, which can be printed on the board."

Mu Yangling nodded and said, "Then go to the board and print some commonly used books first."

"Then how is the price determined?"

"It's less than the average bookstore. You can do it at your own discretion, and the price should be as cheap as possible."

Shopkeeper He frowned, "Girl, the price of books, the bookstore is generally the same, if we are cheap, I'm afraid we will become the target of public criticism..."

"Then tell them when we sell them that the quality of our books is not as good as other bookstores," Mu Yangling looked at the shopkeeper seriously and said, "The reason why I use movable type printing is not only to reduce costs, but also to reduce costs. Later, the price of books fell, and our wooden type has the texture left by the tree, which is indeed not as exquisite as the engraving and printing, and it is understandable that it is cheaper."

Mu Yangling smiled slightly and said, "If people from other bookstores inquire about this printing method, you can do this business and sell this technology."

"The price?"

Mu Yangling waved his hand indifferently and said, "Just do what you want, don't ask me."

Her purpose was to spread movable type printing, not to make money.

Shopkeeper He was choked by Mu Yangling's generous appearance, and looked at her speechlessly for a while.

"By the way, 70% of the money sold for this technique goes to Lin Ke, 10% to the bookstore, and 10% to the nursery school, and the rest is yours."

Shopkeeper He's eyes narrowed, and he was uncertain whether Mu Yangling did it on purpose.

Mu Yangling had already waved him to step back. She took out the wild rice seeds that Qi Haoran had brought back to her, thinking about whether the rice could go further next year.

Most of Mu Yangling's energy in one year was on food planting. In the second year, not only rice, but also wheat seeds were selected by them for different experiments.

It was also this year that Mu Yangling and Liu Ting finally determined the superiority of upland rice seeds. Its drought resistance is much higher than that of ordinary rice. Most of Mu Yangling's output that year was used for making seeds.

Mu Yangling named it Dry Rice No. 1. She only kept one-third of the grain seeds, and sent the rest to Qi Xiuyuan. In addition to her own, she also distributed some to the Liu family. Then, half of it was given to Wu Zhifu and Fang Zhifu, which was also hinted by Qi Xiuyuan.

His situation did not allow him to get too close to local officials, but Mu Yangling had no influence.

This time, Qi Xiuyuan didn't report the Handao No. 1, and even the prefect of Wu and Fang didn't mention it, because they knew that even if it was reported, the court would be too busy to take care of itself.

Most of the results reported were that the imperial court sent people to take away the rice seeds, and then, like corn seeds, they fell into the hands of the powerful.

What's more, since last year, the rebellion has not stopped, and the chaos has not stopped. The two generals sent by Qi Xiuyuan not only did not return, but sent one more. But now, except for Jiangnan, the rebels are blooming everywhere, even those under the leadership of General Yuan. Rebels appeared in the state capital, but Qi Xiuyuan was much more stable here.

First, this place is relatively small, but because this is the main area where corn is grown, people cannot starve to death, so people are not forced to rebel.

The local prefect is now in a state of fear, for fear that a rebel army will run out under the rule, and everyone is deeply aware of the importance of food. Therefore, after getting the seeds of Mu Yangling, the prefect of Fang and the prefect of Wu both covered up. Tighten the pocket and do not leak out.

This, of course, refers to other than their own state capital, and these seeds will eventually be distributed to the people.

The prefect of Fang is fine. The prefect of Wu must take care of himself and some squires first, so Mu Yangling tends to favor the prefect of Fang when he gives them seeds.

The prefect of Fang didn't know about it without shouting about it, and silently accepted Mu Yangling's kindness, but whenever it came to military affairs, he would give Qi Xiuyuan some convenience, which was a pleasant surprise.

Qi Xiuyuan took people to the north to recover two counties this year. After that, he guarded the lost land and watched the chaos in the pass.

When he didn't know it, his mood was slowly changing.