The Reborn Wife is Farming

Mu Yangling went directly to the herdsman who sold her sheep last time, and Xiuhong was the only one with her.

Mu Yangling didn't bring Zhang Wu, but chose to bring Xiuhong because she felt that women's lives in this era are inherently difficult. She hoped that Xiuhong would know more, and only if she has the ability can she be her own master. .

The more places she travels and the more things she sees, the wider her horizons will be.

The two entered Hanzhong Mansion, and because it was getting late, they found an inn to stay, and went to the village early the next morning to find the herdsman.

The villages in Hanzhong Mansion are even more dilapidated than Xingzhou Mansion, and they look even more desolate against the backdrop of white snow. Xiuhong was very touched, "Cousin, didn't you say that Hanzhong Mansion is more prosperous than our Xingzhou Mansion? Look at the city, enough It is twice as big as our capital city in Xingzhou Prefecture, why is the village so dilapidated? It wasn’t like this when we came last time?”

"That's what you haven't seen in the Hanzhong prefecture city that you just took back. It's deserted and there are few people walking around. What's the use? The border land is blocked by Da Zhou and Jin Guo, and Da Zhou can't be prosperous. , now that Hanzhong Prefecture has merchants, it seems prosperous, but there are no merchants in these villages."

Mu Yangling explained: "When we came last time, the houses here were a little broken, but we could still see them. Those collapsed ones should have been crushed by the snow. From this we can see that the people of Hanzhong Mansion ruled in Jin Kingdom before. It's not easy going down."

"Will the sheep be frozen to death?" Xiuhong asked worriedly.

"Probably not. These few snowfalls are not heavy, and compared with previous years, I am not worried about things like cattle and sheep. What I am worried about is people." Mu Yangling sighed: "They have been there for three or four years. We don’t grow grain anymore, we used to rely on selling sheep to buy grain, now that the Kingdom of Jin has withdrawn, almost every family in Hanzhong has sheep, and without the market of Kingdom of Jin, they can only starve.”

Although meat can replenish physical strength, how much meat can one always eat?

That's why Mu Yangling directly went to the local landlord to buy sheep without saving the effort, but ran away to the countryside to collect them one by one. She hoped that she could help ordinary people as much as she could.

The local landlords were also ordered to raise sheep, but their requirements were much relaxed, and at least part of the land could be left for farming, enough for themselves and their families to consume, and they also raised a lot of sheep, which Mu Yangling wanted. Not many, every time you just need to find a landlord to buy enough sheep, but now the supply exceeds demand, and the price is easy to negotiate.

But although those landlords were in trouble, it was not at the critical point of life and death, and these common people were afraid that they would starve to death if they couldn't sell them.

Mu Yangling was wondering if he should suggest to Qi Haoran that the government office should take the lead in selling these sheep to the south and east.

However, Mu Yangling could only suppress this thought when he thought that generals could not interfere in local government affairs.

The two found the village. Last time, the herdsman was sweeping snow in a patched cotton coat. He was stunned when he saw Mu Yangling, and then he was overjoyed. He dropped the broom and ran over, "Miss Mu, why are you here? "

Mu Yangling said with a smile: "Come to discuss business with you, how about it, are you sad in winter?"

"It's okay, I can survive. Speaking of which, thanks to the girl who took our sheep, the family has money to buy food. Otherwise, we would have to go up the mountain to peel the bark like other villages."

Mu Yangling's smile froze, and he asked, "Bark? Have you eaten bark now?"

"Aren't there still sheep?" Xiuhong asked with wide-eyed eyes.

The herdsman smiled bitterly and said, "Although the sheep can't be sold now, who can afford it? They all want to wait until the spring to see if they can be sold. It will take seven months before the first crop of grain can be harvested in the spring." In seven or eight months, you can’t go to the mountains to dig grass roots, right? Unless the children in the family can’t survive, only a few families will slaughter a sheep together, and the next time it’s the turn of the next family to produce sheep, so each family should produce a sheep. Can survive until the beginning of spring."

Xiuhong also felt uncomfortable for a while. She also lived a hard life. When she cried, she was taken by her grandma to go up the mountain to peel off the bark, but this kind of life would not last long. Bran rice porridge was eaten for her and her younger sister, and after arriving at Mu's house, she was never hungry.

Seeing that the two sisters were silent, the herdsman quickly changed the topic with a smile and asked, "Does the girl still want to buy sheep?"

Mu Yangling nodded, "You are familiar with these places, so I want you to take me to a few nearby villages."

"Miss Mu, we still have sheep in our village."

Mu Yangling knew that he was talking about the leftovers she picked last time, so Mu Yangling smiled and said, "I know, but I only choose the ones that are big enough and energetic. If they don't meet my requirements, I won't take them." , I'm running out of time, go and ask someone to bring the sheep out."

The herdsmen responded happily and ran to beat gongs and drums.

Mu Yangling didn't choose many sheep in this village because she wanted to give up places to those more difficult families. After all, she had just made a deal with them not long ago, and the money they earned was enough for them to survive the next year autumn.

But Mu Yangling still chose twelve good sheep, and said to the herders, "The purchase price for you is two taels of silver, regardless of size."

The villagers thought that the price had increased only half a month later. You must know that the sheep in Hanzhong Mansion have dropped to one tael and one silver, almost no money is made, and no one buys them at a loss.

However, the herdsman who received Mu Yangling vaguely guessed that Mu Yangling was pity for their situation, so he hurriedly winked at his parents and stopped a few relatives who wanted to bargain.

When Mu Yangling turned around to touch the sheep, he whispered his guess to them. In order to enhance his credibility, he said: "Didn't you see her cousin looking at her in surprise just now? This is The temporary price increase is not the price they negotiated before. Don't be confused, make her angry, she doesn't want it, and turns around to go to other villages. Someone sent her to the door."

Everyone thought about it, and they became very respectful to Mu Yangling.

Xiuhong was also talking about this matter, "Didn't you say to give it at the same price as last time?"

Mu Yangling smiled wryly, "Didn't you see how miserable their life is? I feel a little uneasy about earning their money. I'd better give it two taels. The sheep they sold in previous years were also sold at this price."

"Then what's the price for Uncle Qin and the others?"

"Two to five dollars," Mu Yangling said, "It takes five days to walk from Hanzhong Mansion to Xingyuan Mansion, and three days of them have to sleep outside. The weather like this can kill half your life, plus the traffic on the way Risk, you can’t just let them earn some hard money, right? If there is no high profit, they are not willing to suffer this.”

Mu Yangling also has a certain estimate of the market for mutton in Xingyuan Mansion. They buy from her in twos and fives, and sell them in Xingyuan Mansion in fours and fives. They can only earn two or twos each, which is a large amount. It's very objective.

Xiuhong understood immediately, "Cousin wants to do long-term business?"

Mu Yangling nodded, "I said that I want to build a cattle farm. There is no suitable place in Xingzhou Prefecture, but there is one in Hanzhong Prefecture. In this way, they and I can be regarded as half fellow villagers. Even if it is to do something good for the villagers Bar."

Xiuhong pursed her lips and smiled, "You just do it, why do you have to find such an excuse? Anyway, no matter what you do, I will follow."

Mu Yangling nodded her forehead, and said with a low laugh: "You can take care of my aunt's place. It's almost Chinese New Year and you are still running outside. My aunt will definitely be upset."

Xiuhong pouted, "I knew I had nothing good to do."