Shenjia Village is located on the border between the Great Zhou Kingdom and the Western Regions, and although Lishui Village belongs to the Western Regions, it is adjacent to Shenjia Village.
In the eighth year of Qiheng, there was a locust plague. The villagers of Shenjia Village were desperate and went over the mountains and ridges to borrow sheep from Lishui Village. The villagers of Lishui Village tried their best to help raise 200 sheep to help Shenjia Village survive the disaster year.
Everyone did not forget this kindness and immediately donated food.
"Yes, this kindness must be repaid. I will donate one stone of fine grain and two stones of potatoes."
"And my family also has one stone of fine grain and two stones of potatoes."
Everyone responded one after another.
"Don't worry, I'll write it down." The village chief smiled happily, spread out the pen and paper and started recording.
There are a total of 50 households in Shenjia Village. Each household has one stone of refined grain and two stones of potatoes. That means there are fifty stone of refined grain and one hundred stone of potatoes.
After the registration was completed, the village chief called for another round, and many who had a surplus added an additional kilo of potatoes, bringing the total to 50 kilos of refined grains and 150 kilo of potatoes.
After calculating, it is still not enough. There are nearly 1,300 people in Lishui Village, and there is no surplus food in the granary. This time I need to borrow food to go back for the winter. Otherwise, there will be no food after the heavy snow closes the mountains, and I will have to wait.
starve.
However, almost every household in Shenjia Village donated one kilogram of fine grain and three kilograms of potatoes. Each household did not have much food left, and they also needed food for the winter.
Shen Yuyu buried his head and calculated. It would take at least six or seven months for a family of 300 people to survive from winter to next summer. A casual calculation would mean at least five or six hundred dan of food. Such a large sum of food was not so easy to collect.
Every household in Shenjia Village tried their best but could only scrape together two hundred dan.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that their cattle and sheep have starved to death, and cattle and sheep cannot grow up in a year and a half. How can they be put out for slaughter in less than two or three years after being raised?
Coupled with the unique geographical environment of the Western Regions, ordinary crops cannot grow in that plateau area, and you can't grow anything you want.
This makes the locust plague in the Western Regions much more difficult than in the Central Plains. They will face no production and income for the next two to three years, and the entire country will be in huge trouble! Unless~~~
Thinking of this, Shen Yue couldn't help but curl her lips. This is the only thing that can save the entire Western Region. It must be given to Ah Xun and let him use it to negotiate with the King of the Western Region to obtain maximum benefits and support.
If the king of the Western Regions is willing to surrender to His Highness the Night King, then great changes will occur in the court of the Great Zhou Kingdom.
"Village Chief." Shen Yuyu raised his hand and said, "On behalf of the owner of Tianxia Commercial Bank, I will donate 300 shi of refined grain and 200 shi of potatoes to the villagers of Lishui Village to survive the disaster year."
As soon as Shen Yuyu finished speaking, all eyes turned here.
The village chief of Lishui Village was extremely excited and pushed his way through the crowd, following the sound.
"Thank you girl, thank you girl, the 'Eternal Life Sky' on our grassland will definitely bless you with a long life!"
After thanking him, he took out a white khata and hung it solemnly around Shen Yuyu's neck, and then bowed deeply and respectfully.
The village chief was busy explaining, "Tianxia Trading Company is a royal property of the Zhou Kingdom, and Dadong Shen's family represents the royal family!!"
The head of Lishui Village knelt down as soon as he heard the news, "Thank you to the Royal Family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, thank you to the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, long live Emperor Qi Heng."
After expressing their gratitude, the village chiefs of the two villages, as well as the patriarch Shen Yuyu and others, agreed that all the rice would be collected in three days and transported to Lishui Village via a detour by waterway.
Only then did the villagers in Shenjia Village know that Shen Yue had become the big boss of Tianxia Trading Company, and they all admired Shen Yue immensely.
Of course, except for those families who had objections to Shen Yuyu, Yufen Sulan and Daohua, the three of them stood around with their arms folded, pouting at the corners of their mouths and sneering.
"Haha~~ You are so generous. It is shameless to use royal things to gain fame."
"Isn't that right? I don't know what means he used to become the boss."
"Don't you know? Who in the whole Lingzhou doesn't know that she took advantage of seeing His Highness the Crown Prince once sick, and then used some charming skills to climb up to His Highness the Crown Prince and become his boss."
"Pfft~~ So what if you become such a big boss? No one knows that commercial banks in the world will not be able to continue their business and will collapse sooner or later.'
Amid the discussion, Shen Yuyu left Shaiguping and returned to his courtyard at the foot of Beishan.
Bai Yixue and A Feng were still practicing kung fu, while Shen Yue returned to the main room, locked the door, and entered the personal space.
After entering, I was still healed by the beautiful countryside in the space. Then I went straight to the town and asked at the seed shop in the town. Sure enough, there were highland barley seeds for sale. The seed value level was seventeen, which was perfect for planting.
By noon the next day, green barley was planted in Shen Yuyu's space farm. In alpine regions like the Western Regions, only planting highland barley could help them survive this locust plague.
At that time, let Ah Xun negotiate with the King of the Western Regions to obtain the greatest benefits.
In the afternoon, Shen Yue went to the winery. As soon as he showed up, Uncle Shen greeted him with a smile.
"Girl Shen, our winery has released a new wine, and we want you to come and taste it."
Shen Yuyu chuckled and said: "Potato stuffed?"
"Girl Shen is so smart, she can guess right." Uncle Shen praised with a smile, and quickly poured the young couple a sip of wine, "You have to drink less, otherwise~~ Haha." This girl drank too much and her mouth broke. very.
Shen Yuyu took a sip, smacked his lips, and gave a thumbs up in praise of the good wine.
“From now on, we’ll make potato bars and grain wine, and we’ll talk about it later.”
"Well, the grain is becoming less and less and the cost is getting higher and higher. Brewing is not cost-effective." Uncle Shen laughed, "Besides, many people don't even have to eat refined grains, so it's a bit inhumane for us to use it to make wine."
"Isn't that true? The uncle said it to Yuyou's heart. Leave me four jars of stuffed potatoes tomorrow and I'll go to the county."
This was the day when Ah Feng returned to the academy. Early in the morning, the three of them packed up and prepared to return to the county.
"Go to the winery first to get a few jars of wine." Shen Yuxi told Bai Yixue, who was driving the car.
I haven't seen Dean Yao and County Magistrate Sun for a long time after leaving Wantian County for so long. I must bring them two jars of good wine.
"Okay." Bai Yixue responded, not forgetting to explain to Shen Yue, "I have sent them wine every time these days. Dean Yao and Sun Juling always talk about you."
We arrived at the winery, loaded up the wine, and headed to the county.
After entering the city, we went straight to Qinglin Academy. As soon as the carriage arrived at the entrance of the academy, Dean Yao came out, stroking his beard.
"Girl Shen? Girl Shen?" Before the car stopped, Dean Yao came over to lift the curtain of the car with his hands behind his back.
"Does Dean Yao know how to sniff? How else would he know that I'm back?" Shen Yuyu jumped out of the car with a smile, and tugged at Dean Yao's gray beard in a cheerful voice.
"This girl~~ is just like Ah Feng, she loves to pull the beard of an old man like me." After that, he explained, "Yesterday I met Yong Lu on the street, and he said you were back two days ago~ ~~"
"On the street? Which street? Wanhua Street?" Shen Yuyu smiled happily.
"This kid is not serious." Dean Yao said as he looked into the carriage, "Yo? What kind of wine is this? Hiss~~ It seems to taste different from the previous ones.'
