Chapter 2 Spring and Autumn of the Family

Tsinghua and Lanxiang are all on holiday, and spring sowing is the most important solar term of the year. Lan Xiang's children have to go home to help the family with the work, even if it is boiling water and cooking rice or feeding pigs. It's also good to save a lot of labor to go to the field.

Tsinghua's children have to go home to help the family calculate the acres, and now their math has been thrown out of the bookkeeper a few streets. No matter how good Mr. Chang'an is, he doesn't dare to be presumptuous in front of them.

The Yun family has the largest number of cultivated cattle in Chang'an, and the efficiency of cultivation has been greatly improved. The Yun family Zhuangzi has been extravagant to the point that each family has two cows to work in the fields. After the large-scale development of Yunxiao, there is no wasteland left in Lintong.

The land that has been reclaimed is barren and factories are set up. What is fertile is used for farming, and Yunxiao strives to make the best use of the land. If cotton can be planted well in the Western Regions by Yin Yin, then Yun Xiao plans to set up a quilt factory in a few years. Some people can't stand the heavy felt quilts and furs, and although the wool blanket is smooth, not every household can afford it, and it is impossible to popularize it.

Yun Xiao even wanted to research a loom and maybe mass produce cotton cloth. This thing is a lucrative business, silk is too expensive, linen is too rough. Only cotton cloth is neither rough nor expensive, and is suitable for large-scale promotion.

Most of the Huns moved away, and the racecourse became much more deserted. Thousands of Xiongnu horses are only unwilling to move away from more than a dozen families to take care of them, and the manpower is insufficient.

"Master Hou, can you transfer a few slaves from the Zhongqiang people to work here. We have more than a dozen households, and there are less than 100 people in total. Our horses have become large-scale, and the land in Lintong is small. Grazing is not possible at all. I can only take turns to run in the racetrack.

The horse has to run, and if it doesn't run, it will slowly be wasted. In the past, there were many people who could take turns riding and running. But now we can only help to catch up, and if we continue like this, our Marco will not have the previous Suzhì. ”

The old shepherd Ade hugged Yunxiao with grievances.

It's really hard for him, there are less than a hundred people, young and old. Eight or nine thousand horses are to be served. There was not enough space, and seeing that the half-grown babies and women were running in circles with the horses, Yun Xiao also felt that they should be given more manpower.

"Wei Dongbao."

"Master Hou." Hearing Yun Xiao's call, Wei Dongbao drilled out faster than Xiao Bai.

"Starting tomorrow, our horses will be sold out. Ask the frame division and the court lieutenant office if you want it, the price can't be low. First of all, you can sell the horses with a big mouth, and our family will keep them first when they are about one year old. This will reduce Ade's burden. We can also collect more. ”

Yun Xiao commanded Wei Dongbao. In a few months, the goshawk will return with the Dawan Liang horse purchased by Yin Yin. The Xiongnu horse is no longer the best choice for the Yun family, taking advantage of the current market of the Xiongnu horse. Or sold the serious.

"Master Hou, no. These horses are the lifeblood of our family, and without these horses, our soldiers will fight with anything. The old slave was wrong. We don't have to work hard to ask you not to sell these horses. ”

The Huns have always regarded horses as their best companions. Now I heard that Yun Xiao is going to sell horses. Immediately knelt down. Ask Yunxiao not to sell these, the horses they have finally bred with great difficulty.

"Ade, there's no way around it. You also know that there is no wasteland in Lintong for you to graze horses now. Our family can't raise so many war horses. What if you don't sell the horses. I know you feel sorry for the horse, but you don't think that the horse should gallop in a wider world, not just run laps in this small racecourse.

Although a lot of horses have been sold now, in a few months, the goshawk will bring a large number of good horses from the Western Regions. Those horses are much better than these Hun horses, and you will have to work hard when the time comes. But it's good to send dozens of Zhongqiang people here. They are more familiar with the horses of the Western Regions, Wei Dongbao, you go to the mountain and ask fifty Zhongqiang people to come down and give Ade a hand. ”

"No. Master Hou, do we really want to sell these horses? ”

Wei Dongbao's eyes rolled straight, and Yun Xiao knew at a glance that this kid was not in a good mood.

"What the hell are you thinking?" Yun Xiao was a little helpless, it was only a few years that the tough guy who would rather die than surrender has now become more slippery than a loach.

"The kings of Zhao, the kings of Qi, the kings of Hejian and the stewards of the Liang Palace, they all asked people to ask if our horses were sold. The princess said that they were all relatives of her own family, so she sold one hundred and ten horses each. I thought they used it well, and then they came to buy it again. Originally, these were all subordinates who were at home and didn't dare to sell them, but you ...... look"

Wei Dongbao looked at Yun Xiao with a weak heart, he only asked Nangong for the matter of selling horses. He didn't report to Yun Xiao afterwards, and he also got a lot of benefits here. Now that Yun Xiao wants to sell horses, this matter is bound to be hidden. Fortunately, Nangong was reported in advance, otherwise there would not even be a person who would have topped the thunder.

Yun Xiao immediately heard the doorway here, and asked with round eyes, "Did you sell the mare?" ”

Nangong didn't understand the key here, but Yun Xiao could understand. Mare are the key to the reproduction of a herd, and a herd of horses can only produce enough foals for their cavalry to choose and ride if they have good stallions and a sufficient number of mares.

It is no secret that he has a large number of Xiongnu horses. If you want to buy Ma Da, you can go directly to Nangong to say something, when you have to secretly find a steward. are all relatives, Nangong will definitely give these princes a little face.

Wei Dongbao's face turned white all of a sudden, he didn't expect Yun Xiao to be so shrewd. I just wanted to hide from the world, but I didn't expect Yun Xiao to poke at his death hole all of a sudden.

Seeing that Wei Dongbao's face changed greatly, Yun Xiao's heart chuckled. Hurriedly turned around and asked Ade, "How many mares did he sell?" ”

"Uh......" Ade looked at Wei Dongbao, obviously a little jealous.

"Come on, take down this kid who eats inside and out."

The two iron guards came up and took Wei Dongbao down, and the big iron pincer-like hands pressed Wei Dongbao, whose legs were already weak, to the ground.

"Dot, give me an idea of how many mares this guy has sold."

Yun Xiao kicked Wei Dongbao angrily, turned around and yelled at Ade.

This year's spring rain is extraordinarily much, and the spring rain is as expensive as oil, and every farmer hopes for more spring rain. The land is saturated with water and can have enough water to feed the seeds. This year's crop is expected to be a good one.

Wei Dongbao knelt alone in the courtyard, his hair and clothes wet from the rain. I was shivering from the cold, but my body was kneeling straight. I didn't dare to sit on my heels for a while.

Yun Xiao was rarely furious, this guy actually dared to sell more than 200 mares without telling himself. And the other half are fat and strong stallions, these are Yunxiao's top hearts. If Nangong hadn't come out to plead, maybe Yun Xiao would have "clicked" this kid with a knife.

Time and money can really change a person, like a tough guy like he was at the beginning. Now he has become mercenary, and he is so bold that he deceives himself. Is it that he has been too indulgent to him over the years, which has made him have such a change.

Yun Xiao's head hurt again, and Nangong kept persuading beside him. Ellis carefully rubbed Yun Xiao's head, and Yan Xian didn't speak as always. Luan Ling coaxed her eldest daughter with some schadenfreude.

The wives are all in Yun Xiao's eyes, and it seems that his family has really become the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Ellis is helpless, and he knows his father's whereabouts and is still far away in Donghu. There is no way but to serve yourself wholeheartedly, and you don't care about family affairs.

Yan Xian is a literary fan, and she will be sentimental when she has nothing to do. Reciting poems, making ink, and playing a petty bourgeoisie is her forte. When it comes to money, she is very indifferent. The housework is even more hands-off to the proprietress every day, as long as she is fed and clothed every day. She didn't bother to care about superfluous things, maybe except for her eldest son, there was nothing else that could affect her heart.

Luan Ling has a strong utilitarian heart, and every day she wants to take back her stewardship from Nangong's hands. had no choice but to lose at the starting line of her father, and she hated and feared Nangong.

Maybe only Nangong, a silly girl, is a person and a heart in herself, and everything is for her own sake. This time, I knew that I was in trouble, and I was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Woman, the strangest creature in the world. Their minds are like Goldbach's conjecture, and it is rare to have such a stupid girl like this. (To be continued......)