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93. Collect Seeds

Within two days, the minor officials in the county came over to measure the land for Luo Yong.

When several officials walked outside the Luo family yard, they saw that the yard was very lively. The villagers carried baskets of hot tofu into the Luo family yard, and then came out with empty loads. They were all happy on their faces. After the spring plowing, Xipo Village entered a season of making tofu.

"Sanlang is going to make fermented bean curd?" The officials avoided the villagers carrying the load. When they entered the hospital, they saw Na Luo Sanlang talking to an old man, and asked him with a smile.

Luo Yong saw the visitor and knew that they should have come to draw the ground for him, so he also smiled and greeted him: "No, the fermented bean curd at home was used to exchange for wool some time ago. Now the warehouse is empty. The villagers have freed these days, so they ordered some tofu from them to make fermented bean curd."

"Sanlang Gaoyi, the saint has given me another reward, and the documents have arrived in the county. The county magistrate came to divide the land with Sanlang." The officials were also very polite in front of Luo Yong.

"The children in the countryside rely on the love of the saints." Luo Yong did not dare to take credit.

He welcomed several officials to the hall and asked Peng Er to make a pot of shovels: "You guys should first cushion your stomach. After measuring the land, let's go to the Xu family's guesthouse for dinner."

"Of course, it's important to do the job." It took several hours to travel from Lishi County to Xipo Village. These people were indeed hungry at this time, so they were not polite and each picked up their own bowls and started eating.

Just as Peng Er cooked them, these people had already told Luo Yong about the current land situation in Xipo Village. Basically, the land close to the village has been divided. Luo Yong must go far away by these five hectares of fertile land.

There are two more suitable pieces of land in faraway places. One is heading toward Lishi County, which is quite far away from their village and takes more than two quarters of an hour to walk. The other piece of land is in the opposite direction, and then passes behind Xipo Village, and you can get there for about one quarter of an hour to walk.

After the officials each finished a bowl of ginger, Luo Yong had already made up his mind: "I still have to leave the land in Shixian."

"I also think that land is better. Although it is a little further away from Xipo Village, it is on the side of the road to Lishi County, and it is convenient to get around." A bearded official wiped his mouth and said.

After making up, the few people got up and left the Luo family yard and went to draw the ground.

When passing Xu's house, Luo Yong went in and ordered a table of food: "I want one fish-flavored shredded pork, one red stewed lamb, two plates of dumplings, one plate of date bean cake, and two more fresh vegetables and one cold dish."

This time, a total of four officials came, plus Luo Yong only had five. The dishes in the Xu family's guest house were very large, so ordering these were enough to eat.

These days, there are few leftovers for people to eat, because most people have come from difficult times, so they are generally frugal. Today, they don’t like extravagance, and there is not much extravagance in society.

When I heard the dishes that Luo ordered, the officials all smiled. Although the size of the Xu family guest house is not as good as that of the largest guest houses in the city, there are several dishes here that are quite famous.

A few days ago, the Xu family house produced a dish of shredded pork with fish and meat. For a while, the restaurants in the city competed to copy them. Some of them were indeed well done, but the slots and date bean cakes sold by Aunt Luo and his wife could not learn, and they could not make the taste of their family.

In the past few days, I heard that mutton oil can also be made of soap. There were many merchants who bought mutton oil for a while. In the city, many goats were killed in one goat, and then the price of the mutton fell.

At this moment, Xu Jiake House launched another dish of stewed mutton, which tasted really good. There were people in the city who learned it and ate it more, and the price of mutton gradually increased. The mutton can be sold and mutton oil can be sold. Many farmers who raise goats at home have made a lot of money recently.

"Sanlang, what are you planning to plant these five hectares of fields?" After leaving the Xu family's guest house, several people walked all the way to the location of the field.

"This year is a bit late and there is not enough manpower. Why not just put some goats to raise them first."

Not to mention this year, even next year and the next year, Luo Yong will not plant so many fields. I just don’t know if the person above will be unhappy after learning that Luo Yong used the farmland he rewarded as a pasture for stocking.

However, the emperor is not a person with a narrow mind and he values ​​reputation in particular. Generally, there is no big deal, so he should not come to Xun Luoyong to be unhappy.

Anyway, Luo Yong just planted his own land honestly and did his own small business. He never thought of reversing the trouble, but he would not look at people's faces all day long.

The five hectares of land that Luo Yong has newly obtained this time is relatively fertile. Although it seems to be a wasteland at present, it has been cultivated in the past. Luo Yong took apart the weeds and looked at it. It was fine soil and there were no stones.

There is a stream not far from this land. Luo Yong thought about it and could dig a ditch from there in the future.

This entire land is much faster to measure than the last time. Measure the five hectares of land and then use wooden stakes as marks. The land is marked.

After finishing the business, the group went to the Xu family's guesthouse to have dinner easily. When the Xu family saw that they were coming, they brought out hot dishes from the kitchen, and soon the table was set up.

Lin Wulang brought two plates of dumplings that had just been cooked on the table: "I saw you coming back from afar and the slots I just put in the pot to cook, it's still hot."

"This is a good spot, and you can't eat it even if you have money in the city." When several officials saw these two large plates of white dumplings, they immediately laughed so hard that they couldn't see each other. No one was polite to Luo, and immediately ate with chopsticks.

"Congratulations to Saburo, I heard that the saints have rewarded him again."

It's almost time for dinner. There are many people in the hall, some of whom are merchants who currently live in the Xujiake House, and some of them are just to come for a tooth sacrifice. If you think the dishes are delicious, you often don't rush to leave. A few friends will stay here for a few days and have a good time.

"Rely on the saint's love." Luo Yong still said this.

Don’t think he doesn’t know. Now some people congratulate him in person and are laughing at him behind his back, saying that he gave him a soap dish, and the saint gave him five acres of land.

If the soap table does not give it up, it will not be difficult to earn the five hectares of fertile land by doing soap transactions. No matter how you look at it, the coffin board has been doing a loss-making transaction this time. Some people even speculate that the saints don’t like Saburo. As for the reason, who can explain it clearly?

"What is Sanlang planning to plant these five hectares of fertile land?" someone in the hall asked Luo Yong.

"I can't finish it for a while, so I plan to raise a flock of sheep first." Luo Yong said casually, and also picked up a dumpling and put it in his mouth. Their deskmates ate boldly. In a blink of an eye, two plates of dumplings were about to come to an end. He had to try it out at least.

"How many sheep Sanlang plans to raise?" someone asked immediately.

"So many fields, you have to raise hundreds, one thousand sheep." Luo chewed the dumplings in his mouth and said vaguely.

"It's better not to raise so many." Someone in the hall kindly advised: "It's the time when the water and grass are abundant. You have to raise a thousand sheep in so many places, so there is no problem at all. But once winter comes, the grass in the field is dry. What do you want to feed so many goats?"

This is actually a problem that makes nomads on the grassland very troubled. It snows heavily in winter and there is no grass on the grassland to feed cattle and sheep, so they have to slaughter these livestock, otherwise they can only watch them starve to death. In this case, the livestock slaughtered often cannot be sold at a good price.

"What I said at my feet is very much." Luo Yong swallowed the dumplings in his mouth and said to the man with a smile: "The lack of grass in winter is indeed a big problem, so I plan to slay these sheep before raising them, hoping that they can grow faster and be slaughtered in winter."

"You want to kill the sheep?" The locals generally have some understanding of pig slaying, but no one has ever thought of riding the goat.

"I plan to try it." Luo Yong said, and asked the people in the hall again, "I heard that there is a kind of grass called alfalfa that is very good for raising livestock, but I have never seen it locally. I don't know where to buy that grass?"

"Are you talking about shabu?" a middle-aged merchant in the corner responded.

"It should be that shaved grass." Luo Yong guessed that shaved grass should be an alias for alfalfa.

"The sha grass was introduced from the Dayuan Kingdom to the Central Plains when Mr. Zhang went on his mission to the Western Regions. It is now planted in horse farms and Chang'an and other places." Another middle-aged man in luxury clothes said.

Judging from the person's appearance and clothing, and listening to his accent, he was obviously not a local or a merchant. He was likely to have visited friends for spring, or he had recently heard various legends from Lishi County and went to see what was going on. Recently, there are many such people.

"I want to buy some grass seeds and plant them. Can you know where to buy them?" Luo Yong bowed to him from afar.

"If Sanlang wants to plant grass, I can get it for you." Without waiting for the man to speak, another merchant said on the side.

"How much is the price?" Luo Yong asked him.

"A dou of grass seeds and a dou of corn are the same price." The man replied.

A dou of grass seeds and a dou of corn does not sound too cheap, but they don’t have this thing locally. Even if it doesn’t cost, the transportation costs alone will be a lot.

"As long as you can save me from queuing, three times." The other party immediately added.

The things Luo Sanlang here are indeed cheap and good, but they have to queue up every time, which is too delayed.

"Hey, it's just some alfalfa seeds that dare to open this seakou, Saburo, I can get you the alfalfa seeds. You will be able to ship my goods now. I will set off tomorrow and send the seeds to your house within half a month." Another person in the hall immediately said.

"Serious!" Luo Yong was very happy and agreed in one bite: "Wait for a while and you'll go and get your batch out."

For a moment, the hall became very lively. Many people shouted that they could get alfalfa seeds. Luo Yong got off the kang and stood in the hall and bowed to everyone:

"I can't get a lot of seeds from that chama, but if you see other seeds that are not available in Lishi in the future, you can bring some of them to me. Although I can't afford a big price and can avoid one or two queues, I can still do it. At most, I will stay up late to get work after the work."

Because of the lessons from Yan Liulang, Luo Yong was afraid that he would be released from pigeons and miss the time to plant grass.

So this time, these forage seeds were purchased in two batches by him, and they were responsible for two merchants, at least they were insurance against one person. If both of them were released at the same time, Luo Yong could only blame himself for his bad luck and poor vision.

That night, Luo Yong gave the goods from the two merchants. In order to fill the hole and avoid causing dissatisfaction among the people queuing behind, Luo Yong stayed up for two more nights.

For new young people in the 21st century, staying up all night is not a big deal. Besides, there are Er Niang and others at home. You can leave things to them during the day and soap to them. Luo uses to make sleeping, and when Er Niang and the others sleep at night, Luo uses to stay up late to make soap.
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