lcionline Chapter 210 The storm is coming!
Chapter 210 The storm is coming!
"Help me, Pingyao Gazing at the Moon~ Help me, Pingyao Gazing at the Moon~"
Just then, a black crow flew into the yard and landed on the roof tiles, repeating the same sentence over and over.
"Save me, Pingyao Gazing at the Moon?"
The Right Protector frowned.
Judging by the time, the Left Protector has been preaching in Pingyao County for more than a month.
I had a bad feeling.
He immediately waved to the person beside him, "Where is the Left Protector now? Is there any news? When will he return?"
The henchman next to him trembled in fright and hurriedly stepped forward, bowing low, to reply: "Right Protector, I heard a few days ago that the Left Protector was preaching in Pingyao County."
Messages were sent back by carrier pigeon every seven days, but recently we haven't received any news from the Left Protector for a long time.
Only the two guardians on the left and right can train crows to deliver messages.
Upon recalling the crows on the roof, the henchman immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Could it be that something happened to the Left Protector?
The moment the thought crossed the underling's mind, his legs began to spin, and his voice trembled: "Right...Right Protector, do you think this crow might have been sent by the Left Protector?"
The Right Protector's face was so dark it could drip water. He glared at the henchman and said, "You're asking me? Who should I ask?"
As he spoke, he looked up at the crow again, and saw its black bean-like eyes darting around, staring intently at everyone.
Regardless of whether the Left Protector was in danger or not, he insisted on personally making the trip to Wangyue Village in Pingyao County.
Divine power is inviolable, yet the Jiang family actually used a maid to impersonate a young lady and act as a holy maiden.
It's time to let everyone know what the consequences are for daring to oppose the White Lotus Sect!
The Right Protector waved his hand and said, "Go, count one hundred people. We're going to the Jiang residence. As for this woman on the ground, bring her along to the Jiang family for questioning."
After saying that, he strode out.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks. "I've heard that this Miss Jiang has an older brother. Take twenty men and go to the academy in the prefectural city to arrest him as well."
"Yes!"
The believer quickly accepted the order and led the twenty people away hastily, their figures soon disappearing around the street corner.
The Right Protector led the remaining people in a grand procession toward the Jiang residence.
Storm is coming.
Wangyue Village is becoming more and more lively every day.
Dou Weiyi looked at the fifty people in front of her and the brick road they had paved, and clicked her tongue in amazement.
This was the first time he had ever seen such a smooth road surface.
Not only does it save effort and money, but it also has a strong load-bearing capacity and does not accumulate water!
Although he wondered where these people came from, he didn't ask any further questions.
After all, he's the one who benefits from the smooth road paving!
The oil mill has a share of profits, and Wangyue Village also has its own public toilets!
Now, although we earn less, Wangyue Village is building a Guanyin Temple.
When that time comes, the village will become lively, and his public toilet project will definitely be no worse than those in the county town!
At this moment, a group of village chiefs from other villages arrived together in an oxcart.
Looking at the wall still under construction at the village entrance and the two-mile-long smooth road paved at the village entrance, he was filled with envy.
"Lord Dou!"
The village chiefs from the neighboring villages greeted Dou Weiyi warmly as soon as they got off the oxcart, their eyes full of flattery.
They sent villagers to "scout out" the chayote and brought back definite information, so they came here to buy some seeds.
Upon hearing this, Dou Wei nodded to everyone, "Alright, if you want to buy melon seeds, hurry up and go inside."
He personally spread the word about chayote, and ambitious villagers naturally came to buy seeds to grow.
As for those who are lazy and wait for him to send out seeds for free, let them be envious.
Previously, in order to prevent locust plagues, villages in Pingyao County were encouraged to raise ducks.
He receives a subsidy of two coins for each duckling, yet he's still poor.
Whether they plant the melon or not is up to them; it won't be his stomach that goes hungry in the end.
In addition, according to Village Chief Zhao, some of the villagers who came to investigate were also trying to find other clues.
What's the difference between this and slapping him in the face?
He's utterly hopeless, it's infuriating!
The village chiefs from other villages felt somewhat embarrassed by Dou Weiyi's lukewarm attitude.
But thinking that he could buy melon seeds to take home, he didn't say much and headed into the village.
The village chief looked at a group of people carrying baskets on their backs from afar, his face beaming with smiles.
The Lin family said that the melon seeds could only be sold once, and they wouldn't fetch a good price next year. Therefore, they told the village to sell them for ten coins a pound, take it or leave it!
Although this chayote can grow anywhere, they still take great care of it by applying fertilizer and weeding regularly!
So the melons that grow are almost a pound each.
Every household in this village buys at least three, so they don't have to worry about not being able to sell them all!
The village chief was calculating in his mind that even if the total yield of the five chayote plants he planted was only 800 jin (400 kg).
That's eight taels of silver!
However, each chayote yields this much, so at least each household has forty taels!
For them in the past, that was money they couldn't earn even after working the land for several years!
Thinking of this, the village chief looked at the village chief from the other village as if he were seeing walking silver, shining brightly in front of him!
He quickly led everyone into the village, his steps becoming lighter.
At this moment, Gao Mengli is settling accounts with Nan Chang'an.
Because these preserved eggs were transported to the prefectural city and sold in Nan Chang'an, the supply couldn't meet the demand.
They sold 10,000 in their last batch, at three coins each, for a total of thirty taels.
After deducting the three taels for the escort agency's fees and the two taels for Nan Chang'an's hard work, they earned twenty-five taels!
If you can go to the prefectural city twice a month, you can earn fifty taels just from preserved eggs!
However, the first sale was just a trial run, and they didn't expect the supply to fall short of demand. Fucheng Restaurant even placed an order for 20,000 preserved eggs.
So this time, we plan to ship 50,000 preserved eggs over.
So now, baskets and baskets are being loaded onto oxcarts at the entrance of the courtyard houses.
Gao Mengli directed everyone to load the truck, and then she saw the village chief leading unfamiliar villagers to pick chayote, but she didn't pay any attention to it.
After loading the truck, she still needs to go to the village entrance to check on the progress of the road construction.
The rice in the paddy fields is gradually turning yellow, and it will be harvested in a few days, so we've been quite busy lately.
After seeing off Nan Chang'an's escort agency, Gao Mengli craned her neck to look at Lin Xi, who was drying motherwort with A Li. "Xi Xi, I'm going to the village entrance. Do you want to go today?"
Lin Xi raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead and waved her hand: "Mengli, I won't go today. The motherwort needs to be dried, and the ducks need to be plucked to make down jackets."
Motherwort is used to reduce inflammation in plucked ducks; while the weather is still hot, let's sun-dry more of it.
Gao Mengli nodded after hearing this.
Then he went to the village entrance alone to check on the Lotus Sect's road construction.
There are very few people here. Half of them are firing bricks at the kiln, and the other half are transporting bricks to pave roads. In a month, they have only paved two miles.
Gao Mengli found it extremely distasteful.
But there was no other way, since it could only be done entirely by hand; moving bricks, loading and unloading, and paving roads all required manpower.