After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

Chapter 173 I can’t figure it out

Ye Xi became close friends with Mrs. Sun, and she sold a lot of vegetables from her family's vegetable garden to the Shen Mansion, but she didn't find out any useful information from them.

Ye Qing could only come back first and leave Ye Xi in the city to inquire. After all, he could make a lot of money by supplying vegetables to the Shen Mansion. Ye Qing did not expect that things would develop to this point.

Ye Qingxin has already asked the three Xu brothers to till the four acres of land she bought, and she plans to plant sweet potatoes on it all.

The workshop can use a lot of sweet potatoes in a year. She has reserved all the sweet potatoes in the village, but just put them in their hands first and collect them from each household.

Some families in the village bought wasteland this year. In the first two years, the highest yields came from growing sweet potatoes and peanuts.

Ye Lao Da bought three acres of dry land, and Ye Qing suggested planting peanuts. The family had a lot of land, and the children liked to eat peanuts, so Ye Lao Da planted peanuts on five acres of wasteland and three acres of dry land.

The newly planted herbs in the woods are growing well. Every family in the village owns several acres of woodland.

The village head and the villagers signed an agreement to unify the planting and form a large-scale herbal medicine base. The village invited the old farmer who came to guide the planting last year to help manage the herbs.

He is only responsible for providing guidance and identifying problems, and the villagers manage their own herbs according to the suggestions, so that the old farmer can also keep busy.

The workshop was built, but there was still no progress on Ye Xi's side. It just so happened that the village's sweet potato stocks would not last until the autumn harvest.

The current output is supplied to Yangcheng and Fucheng, but not Wu'an City. It can last until the autumn harvest. Ye Qing was not so anxious and slowly inquired about the Shen family.

Ye Xi brought back a piece of news, "Qingya heard from Grandma Sun that the Shen family built a vermicelli workshop on the farm and has started producing vermicelli now."

Ye Qing's heart tightened, and he asked his brother to help him go to Ji Village to harvest sweet potatoes. These two villages are the ones that grow the most sweet potatoes in Wu'an City, and the other villages only grow a little to eat occasionally.

As long as she had the sweet potatoes in her hands, she wouldn't be afraid of him opening a workshop. That little output wouldn't be enough to take away the business of the entire Wu'an City.

Ye Qing did not leave Zhao Da alone. He asked the village head to be the middleman and help talk to Master Qian.

The head of the village took Boss Ye to see Master Qian. They had met several times in Lord Wu's study, so they had some respect for each other.

The two of them booked a banquet at Fu'an Pavilion and waited for Master Qian to come.

Ye Qing also followed, bringing Tietou with him.

Master Qian came in after leaving the yamen, fanning himself. He was very optimistic about Kaoshan Village, as Lord Wu had received an excellent grade in the end-of-year assessment.

Although the position has not changed this year, it will definitely rise in three years.

This is all thanks to Kaoshan Village, and he has been praised several times by Lord Wu.

This was the reason why he was willing to come to the banquet. There were also several children from the Ye family. Two of them had passed the imperial examinations at a very young age. Who knows how far they might go in the future, so it was necessary to make friends with them in advance.

"Master Qian, thank you for coming. Please take a seat."

Master Qian didn't hesitate and sat down on the main seat.

Ye Qing brought Tietou to pay their respects to Master Qian, and then everyone took their seats.

Master Qian was a little puzzled as to why Ye Qing was here. Could it be that the Ye family wanted to send their daughter to Lord Wu's backyard? However, the girl was too young, so they definitely couldn't help them do that.

Master Qian praised Ye Qing a few words, then spoke to the head of the village and Boss Ye. Tietou tactfully poured tea for them.

"Ye Lizheng, you invited me to dinner today, is there anything you can say?" After saying this, he glanced at Ye Qing obliquely.

Boss Ye didn't see it and was thinking about how to better explain the matter.

Ye Qingjie said, "Master Qian, I asked the head of the village to invite you here this time. I am here to apologize to you."

Master Qian showed a puzzled expression, not knowing why she said that. They had no intersection, so why did she need to apologize?

Seeing Master Qian's eyes signaling him to continue, Ye Qing boldly continued, "I opened a vermicelli workshop in the village. I don't know how I offended your family, so they asked me not to sell vermicelli in the future. I think this may be a misunderstanding, and I came here to apologize to you."

Master Qian thought about it carefully. His wife and children were still in his hometown, and he didn't have any relatives here.

Could it be that someone is doing evil things in his name and ruining his reputation?

Lord Wu hates this kind of bullying the most. If he knew about it, he would definitely be dissatisfied with him.

Ye Qing dared to say this because he knew that Master Qian had taken in another concubine. Zhao Da's sister failed in her bid for favor and was sent to the farm.

Master Qian looked unhappy and started to explain, "There is indeed a misunderstanding here. Do you know who the person who is looking for you is?"

"It's Zhao Da. He said he's your brother-in-law."

Master Qian's face changed drastically. How dare a concubine's brother say that he was his brother-in-law.

The king who founded the Great Zhou Kingdom was the legitimate son of his wife, but his father favored his concubine over his wife, so he lived a miserable life when he was young.

It happened to be a disaster year, and the previous dynasty did nothing, so he rose up. Luckily, he overthrew the previous dynasty and became the emperor. He hated favoring concubines and killing his wife the most.

Later emperors were all affected by this, and if it was found that they favored their concubines over their wives, they would be banned from taking the imperial examinations for three generations.

"Miss Ye, I don't know any Zhao Da. Next time I see him, just beat him up." Master Qian hated the Zhao siblings so much that he wished he could go back and deal with them.

After hearing this, they felt relieved. As long as Master Qian didn't protect Zhao Da, they had a hundred ways to deal with him.

Tietou went out to call the waiter and serve wine to the box.

Ye Qing doesn't drink, so he apologizes and leaves, allowing Tietou and Boss Ye to have a few drinks with Master Qian.

Master Qian secretly hated Zhao Da for ruining his reputation, so he went back and had Zhao Da beaten up and sent the Zhao siblings away far away.

Ye Qing was no longer a threat for the time being, but he also knew that even without Zhao Da, there were still other people, so he still had to solve the source first.

"Qingya, I'm back. I felt something strange when I heard what Grandma Sun said today."

Ye Qing stopped what he was doing and inquired carefully about what had happened.

"Mrs. Sun is unhappy today. She is a family-born child, and her granddaughter was appointed by the Madam to be the eldest young master's concubine."

Ye Qing was a little confused. According to the thinking of that era, being introduced to a young master by a maid was a great opportunity to achieve success overnight.

"Why is she unhappy?" Ye Qing asked.

Ye Xi didn't understand it either. "She said the Shen family was too chaotic. After she finished speaking, she seemed to realize that she had said something she shouldn't have said, and asked me not to tell anyone."

Ye Xi has been inquiring about the Shen family's affairs recently, and has found out a lot without leaving any trace.

Some maids would occasionally say a few words about their masters. The Shen family was a simple family. Master Shen only had Madam Shen and no concubines, which was considered good in that era.

Both of the old people in the Shen family are gone. The whole family of the Shen family followed the eldest master to take up an office. They have not returned for several years and only send gifts back during the New Year and other festivals.

The two sons of the Shen family are still young. The eldest son is just sixteen this year and has already been engaged.

There was no servant in the room before. This was the first time that the lady assigned a concubine to the eldest son.

The two really couldn't understand what was so chaotic about the Shen family.