Seeing that everyone was not in high spirits, Li Xiuzhu smiled and said, "Don't worry so much. As long as we prepare in advance, our family will definitely not be affected."
"Don't think too much. After dinner, I will tell you about Little Glacier so that you can understand it."
"It's not a big deal..."
Perhaps it was Li Xiuzhu's words that made everyone relax. After finishing the meal, everyone had a good meal.
"Husband, please tell me about Xiao Glacier, otherwise we won't feel at ease."
Li Xiuzhu nodded when he heard this and said: "The Little Glacier is actually a saying that evolved from the Big Glacier. It mainly means that the world will become colder."
"If there are too many cold periods, it will affect the growth of crops. You should understand the meaning of this sentence."
"If we really enter the Little Ice Age, maybe people haven't felt much about it in the first two years. At most, they will think it is a small disaster year. But if the Little Glacier appears, it will usually be cold for more than ten or decades."
"It's fine for one or two years, but if food production decreases for decades, guess what will happen?"
This question is too easy to guess, so as soon as Li Xiuzhu finished speaking, Li Biyao said: "Grain production has been reduced. If the nobles with land continue to collect grain as before, it will inevitably lead to widespread starvation of people."
"If it gets to the point where we are about to starve to death, then someone will start a rebellion."
"In normal times, even if someone raises an army, not many people will follow. After all, who would be willing to fight to the death if they can survive."
"But if you don't have enough to eat, you will respond to everything at once, and then the world will be in chaos as my husband said."
Li Xiuzhu nodded when he heard this and said: "Although the Xiaoglaihe incident has reduced food production, it is enough to prevent everyone from starving to death."
"The biggest problem is that the upper management is unwilling to let go of the benefits. If all the food is used for food, there will be basically no major casualties except people who may freeze to death."
"But the world never belongs to individuals or groups."
"Even His Majesty cannot order all the aristocratic families and merchants in the world to open warehouses and release grain for free."
This is the largest granary in the world. Even the merchants are part-time workers in this aristocratic family.
Hearing what Li Xiuzhu said, Fu Yuehua frowned and asked, "What do you want to do, husband? If it's just our family, we can't subsidize the whole world even if we empty our family fortune."
"Of course not. I have three ideas: One is to go to Siam in the Western Regions to buy grain."
"Second, do some good deeds. Build some roads, toilets, give porridge to disaster victims, adopt some orphans, and let them pay their debts with work."
"Third, harvest a large area of land and plant some special crops."
Hearing Li Xiuzhu's words, Nongyue asked strangely: "I can understand other things, why are you building roads and toilets?"
"Is it possible that roads and toilets can also promote the growth of crops?"
Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this.
"Otherwise, why do you think someone would come to the brothel to collect night incense?"
"Just to deal with feces?"
"In fact, feces contain trace elements that have not been absorbed by the human body. Simply put, the better you eat, the richer the nutrients."
"The land irrigated with these excrements is the best farmland."
"Building toilets will firstly make the environment of the capital better, and secondly, it will irrigate the fertile fields so that crops can grow more vigorously."
"As for road construction, there are also considerations. One is to benefit the people, and the other is to speed up the construction of the capital."
"Because of the difficult roads in many nearby villages, you may not be able to enter Beijing even once a year. But what if the roads are better and freight transportation is easier?"
"The seasonal vegetables that can only be bartered in the village can be brought to the capital to pay back the money. Do you think anyone will come?"
"There are also fruits. In fact, fruits are not difficult to grow. The most important reason why fruits are difficult to popularize is that they are difficult to preserve. When they are ripe, they are often spoiled when transported to big cities."
"If we can ensure the freshness of the fruit, it will definitely be a sure profit. We have built the road and can even act as a middleman."
"Buy fruits from the villagers and bring them to the capital to sell."
“We can even build a dedicated fruit garden.”
Fu Yuehua, who is in charge of the family business, immediately brightened up when she heard this. She could see the huge potential in it.
Immediately, Fu Yuehua volunteered and said, "Husband, you can leave this matter to me."
Li Xiuzhu nodded when he heard this.
"You and Yunshuang are the only ones in our family who can earn money and I will leave it to you, but you don't have to work too hard. If any sister wants to help you, you can do it together."
"If you have less things to do, you can spend more time with me at home."
Fu Yuehua's heart warmed when he heard this, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes secretly. Without me in this family, wouldn't you have someone to accompany you?
"Then you can bring Cheng Cheng back as soon as possible. I chatted with Cheng Cheng before and found that she also has strong management skills."
As he spoke, Fu Yuehua looked at the other sisters and continued: "Honglei, please come and help too. If anyone else wants to help, they can follow suit first."
Xi Honglei actually didn't really want to take care of things, but Fu Yuehua had already spoken, what could a concubine like her say?
"Okay, when Cheng Cheng arrives, Cheng Cheng and I will first get familiar with my sister."
"good."
He breathed a sigh of relief when Fu Yuehua mentioned Xi Honglei again.
I know that Fu Yuehua has no intention of using this as an excuse.
It's not that he's afraid of Fu Yuehua, it's mainly because Suru is in the wrong.
"I originally planned to pick someone up today, but I didn't expect it to snow. Now I'm wondering whether to leave today or wait until the snow stops."
After hearing this, Fu Yuehua thought for a while and said, "Let's go today. I don't know how long the snow will continue to fall. Moreover, the ice will start to melt as soon as the sun comes out. If you skate, it is easy for the carriage to slip and cause an accident."
"If we wait for the snow to completely melt, I'm afraid we will have to wait until after the new year."
"It's better to pick her up before the year. By the way, walk slower on the road. If you're late, you can come back tomorrow."
Li Xiuzhu nodded when he heard this, he thought so too.
"Okay, then I'll go there and don't stay out for too long. Although there is a fire, the temperature difference changes too much, so it's still easy to catch a cold."
"It's getting late, so I'll go now."
Li Xiuzhu's heart suddenly became warm when he thought about Suru, who was as gentle as water and had a resolute temperament.
Hey, maybe he inherited the Jian'an spirit of Prime Minister Cao. Fortunately, he also inherited the traditions of Soochow and the traditional virtues of Western Shu.
The carriage was not moving very fast, and the heavy wheels compacted the snow layer by layer.
Fortunately, the snow has not melted, the road is not slippery, and the carriage can move fairly steadily.
At the same time, in Li Xiuzhu's large house on the outskirts of the city, Su Chengcheng was lying by the window looking at the snowy scene.
The silvery white snow scene seems to wash away your mood.
At this time, there was a plum tree in the courtyard. When thousands of trees were withered and dry, only this plum tree exuded vitality.
At first glance, it seemed that Su Chengcheng was admiring the plum blossoms, but her eyes were empty at this time, and the focus of her eyes was not on the silver-clad plum blossoms at all.
Brother Xiuzhu, why don't you come to see me? Have you forgotten me?