Chapter 287 News
Pomegranate naturally knows that Jiang De and Fu Dong are extremely confused. Let alone them, she would be even more confused. After all, this matter is really incomprehensible. .
However, I didn’t explain much, and I was very pleased to see them not asking too many questions. It was really difficult to explain to her, and it would definitely be difficult for others to understand.
In order to do this, I stayed in Zhuangzi for a long time. During this period, the rice was harvested and dried, and the taxes that should be paid were set aside. The rest was divided 40-60% among the farmers. It's time for her to put everything into storage.
All the grain harvested last year was brought back to the village immediately, and it has almost been eaten this year. After all, it is such a big workshop.
The pomegranates harvested this year have decided to be stored in the upper granary of Zhuangzi. No matter what time, they have to have food in order to feel at ease. The same is true for those in Dazaozhuang. Looking at the warehouse full of food, the pomegranates can't help but grin, and the farmers also Overjoyed.
The master’s family left grain on Zhuangzi, which also gave them peace of mind.
Now that the matter is over, Pomegranate is ready to go home.
After having breakfast at Zhuangzi in the morning, she took a mule cart into the city. The cart was driven by Zuo Cheng and Liang Zheng. Before, she took the money and asked Hu Zhen to buy a group of people, so she started from there. The family transferred Zuo and Cheng to their side.
The people who bought it are all placed in Dazaozhuang, which is close to Xiahe Village. Now Hu Zhen is training these people in Dazaozhuang. He will practice the boxing techniques that should be practiced. He will train for a period of time and repeat every day. Keep practicing on your own, it will always come in handy later.
She hasn't been to the city for a few days, but when she does, she naturally wants to visit the Children's Playhouse, the specialty shop, and the candy shop. As for the Medicinal Food Restaurant in Luoshui City, it was her eldest sister's dowry, and she has taken care of it since it opened. The subsequent accounts are all managed by the eldest sister herself.
I have been studying with Brother Zhang for more than a year. Now I don’t know whether I am a talented person or not, but I know and can write almost the same words, and I have no problem reading the account book.
As for her, after more than a year of "study", she is naturally able to read and write.
Not to mention them, even Li Jihe of the Song family in the family learned a lot of words. Li Rongzong and Li Rongyu also learned a lot from Li Jizu and Li Jizong, and they even learned to make abacus.
No, as soon as Shiliu walked into the Children's Playhouse, she saw her elder brother making calculations.
He was already able to work on his own, and Li Jizong also practiced in Tongwanzhai. Before the candy shop in Luoshui City opened, Shiliu transferred Li Jizong to be the shopkeeper and accountant.
The shopkeepers of sugar shops in the counties of Houtou City and Zhoucheng are all buyers and people sent by the adoptive father.
“Brother!” Pomegranate called.
Li Rongzong saw her coming and hurriedly waved her in, "What are you busy with at Zhuangzi? Why have you stayed there for so long? Yesterday, my mother brought a letter and asked me to send it to you. It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival. You should go home to celebrate the festival. You must be back for the festival. Everything is already done? "
What are you busy with? Pomegranate can't say that he is busy arranging his own marriage. He smiled and said: "Isn't this the autumn harvest? I am happy to see it with my own eyes! I have stored all the grain harvested in Zhuangzi this year in the granary. In the village We bought all the grain that we wanted to sell, and we bought all the grain that the people behind the workshops needed to eat.”
Li Rongzong nodded as he listened, "My family will have food in store and people will feel at ease. Of course, we won't be afraid in times of famine."
Pomegranate responded casually, thinking that their family now supports so many people. In a famine year, a lot of food is needed. How long can two farmers survive?
Speaking of which, since she was a child, not only has the weather been good and the harvest has been good every year, but there has also been no famine or disaster. This is the prosperous age.
However, it is still necessary to prepare for a rainy day. She calculated the money in her hand and thought about asking Jiang De to buy more grain and store it in Zhuangzi. The same was true in Dazaozhuang. The granaries on Zhuangzi were quite big. Yes, the fence is also high, and the villagers are more at ease guarding it than in the village.
Mrs. Bao, the daughter-in-law of Yangzhuang, and Mrs. Liu, the daughter-in-law of Wang Xiaolu, came back from outside carrying vegetable baskets and talking. When they saw the pomegranate coming, they hurriedly came up to say hello. Previously, the wives of Song Fusheng and Song Fusheng were in charge of cooking and washing at Tongwanzhai, but later the Song family bought a house in the city and started a small business, so they went back to help. Even Song Fusheng and his brother returned home after work. Went home to live.
In the vacated room, Shiliu called Yangzhuang's daughter-in-law and Wang Xiaolu's daughter-in-law to take over the job. The two of them have been working for almost a year.
Pomegranate nodded, "What did the two sisters-in-law just say?"
When asked, Mrs. Bao got goosebumps thinking about the news she just heard at the market, "We were just in At the market, I heard many people saying that there was a group of bandits roaming around in Rongjiang County some time ago. It has caused harm to many villages, and it seems that they have all come to Qianping County recently!
It is said that all 70 or 80 households in Dajiang Village under Qianping County were killed by bandits, but these bandits are secretive. After destroying the village and stealing the money, the bandits disappeared. The government sent troops to suppress the bandits but could not find them.
This has all come to Qianping County. Don’t come back to our Luoshui County. Everyone is scared when talking about it. I heard that our county magistrate also sent people to the villages to inform the village chiefs and tell everyone to be more alert. Well, these bandits always come into the village in the middle of the night, and people are sleeping soundly, and they get chopped down by the bandits! "
"Bandits? Li Rongzong also changed his expression when he heard this, "Is this bandit so powerful?" Even the government can’t catch you? "
Mrs. Liu answered, "I heard that the bandits massacred the village and ran back to the mountains. How many officers and soldiers are needed to search such a big mountain? Anyway, we all have to be careful. Well, shopkeeper, I want to ask my Xiao Lu to take half a day off to go home and tell my family about this matter, so that everyone at home can be on guard. "
Although the county magistrate sent people to each village to talk, she thought it would be safer to go back and have a look.
Li Rongzong listened, nodded and said: "Okay, please Bar. ”
Mrs. Bao then followed her and asked Wang Xiaolu to go back to her house and tell her that their two families were not far away.
Li Rongzong turned around and said to Shiliu: "I will go home with you today."
Shiliu thought that this bandit had massacred so many villages and had not been touched by the government yet. Shadow, I'm afraid there are many people, They are all extremely vicious and powerful. If this really spreads to Luoshui County, the villages in their area will be the first to bear the brunt -
Especially in their village, the target is standing, I'm afraid More annoying.
Listening to what her eldest brother said, she hurriedly said: "No, I will send my sister-in-law and the others to live in Dazaozhuang for a while when we get back. The walls of Dazaozhuang are high and the door must be guarded. Bandits really come. Can’t hit it, safe”
My sister-in-law, Mrs. Lin, is now almost eight months pregnant, so she is really not surprised.
Li Rongzong was relieved when he heard that he was going to Zhuangzi.
Suddenly learning of such a thing, Shiliu didn't want to delay any longer and asked Zuo Cheng to inquire about the bandits carefully, then left the city and hurried home.
On the way, I met a government official returning to the city. He must have gone to the villages to inform him.
We returned to Xiahe Village all the way, and as soon as we landed, Patriarch Li, Chief Liu Li, and others came.