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.    1622201 Qiongshan County Farm

    Qiongzhou Mansion in the month of March.  It was frighteningly hot.  There was not a single farm vegetable garden on either side of the hot dirt road.  A bunch of rapeseeds were lying weakly on the soil.  It's like being wilted by the sun.  Only the small leaves beside people's houses in the countryside are not afraid of the harsh sun.  The green is dazzling under the scorching sun.  Groups of cicadas were chirping on the leaves.  There was a squeak all over the world.  Makes one's ears dizzy.

    Such weather.  Except for emergencies that cannot be avoided.  Nanhai people will not go out.  The heat on the official road made the sight a little distorted.  Not one person.  By the afternoon.  I saw a group of three people riding over with the eldest daughter on their backs.  Rush to Fucheng.

    People who come here.  It was Dong Xuepu who had returned from state inspection.

    Dong Xuepu¡¯s Mongolian horse is a war horse brought by Pang Ning from Liaodong.  At first glance, it looks like a good horse.  But this good horse can't stand the hot weather.  I moved feebly on the dirt road.  No matter how Dong Xuepu urges.  Can't run either.  It is more than a hundred miles from the state to the capital city.  After walking for most of the day, we still haven't reached it.

    Dong Xuepu stopped his horse and took a breath.  He raised his straw hat and wiped the sweat from his head.  The sleeves of Haibu's gown were actually wet.  Shaked his head.  He said to a young man next to him.  "Wang Tian. I'm afraid I won't be able to return to the city today."

    The civil servant called Wang Tian looked ahead.  said.  "Yes. I'm afraid there's still more than twenty miles to go!"

    Dong Xuepu looked ahead unwillingly.  He mustered up his energy and said.  "Let's go! Walk a little further. See if you can reach Touzao Township. Let's see how the new reservoir is being built over there."

    The three of them raised their whips.  He trotted forward against the sun.  Didn't walk a few miles.  But unexpectedly, I felt a gust of sea breeze blowing over me.  My body feels extremely cool.  Dong Xuepu frowned.  Sure enough, I saw dense clouds like cotton candy coming up from the sky.  In the blink of an eye, half the sky was covered.  The clouds are getting denser and denser.  It got darker and darker all of a sudden.

    I could only hear the sound of "sand" and the rain curtains were coming from east to west.  The big dots covered the whole thing in an instant.

    "Your Highness! Go to that farm to take shelter!" The wolf rode to the front of a farmer's yard, and the three of them pulled their horses and hid under the eaves of the yard gate.  The eaves are two meters high.  The spacious door eaves are covered with wooden boards and palm linen.  The rain was kept out.  Dong Xuepu tied the horse to the fence nearby.  He smiled wryly and shook the rainwater that fell on his body.

    "What a bad luck!"

    He looked at the farmyard behind him.  The young man next to Dong Xuepu said.  "Why does this family still live in a mud house? Is there anyone so poor in Qiongshan County?" Dong Xuepu looked at it again.  said curiously.  "The bamboo that is not watered is in good repair!"

    Wang Tian turned around.  Look and say.  "I don't know. There may be other houses behind that earthen house. The irrigation pipe was specially made by a bamboo craftsman to collect water from the canal. If you want to water the fields, just open the sluice gate. This area is particularly prosperous."

    Dong Xuepu nodded.  But I heard a door opening.  Turn around and look.  I saw the door of the earthen house in the yard opened.

    A little girl of thirteen stuck her head out.  The girl is wearing a fragrant bun.  Wearing a brightly colored Zhuang Jinxiang skirt.  The one with a peace sachet hanging on his waist is particularly lively and cute.  The girl looked at the vegetable gardens on both sides of the front yard and shouted loudly into the house.  "Dad, there is no need to boil water to water the vegetable garden. The water is just right."

    The girl turned around and looked outside the yard again.  Only then did he see the three people hiding from the rain at the entrance of the courtyard.  He let out a curious sigh.  The girl walked to the roof.  Asked loudly this way.  "Where are you from?"

    ??Although Dong Xuepu has no airs.  But it was still a bit embarrassing to be called like that by a little girl.  Wang Tian next to him quickly replied loudly.  "Little girl. This is His Royal Highness, the Northern King of Nanhai Kingdom. Let me use your courtyard door to take shelter from the rain!"

    The girl thought for a while.  Then he shouted loudly into the house.  "Dad, there are people hiding from the rain at the entrance of the yard. Do you want to invite them in?" Someone inside probably asked who they were.  The girl said again.  "Three men wearing sea cloth clothes. They say they are the Northern King of Nanhai Kingdom."

    The country of Nanhai is now rich.  The surname is also particular about dressing.  It's what the slightly more respectable people wear.  "Those wearing sea cloth" has almost become a synonym for poor people.  The girl finished.  It took a long time for a middle-aged man of about forty to walk into the room.  He looked at the door suspiciously for a while.  Until Dong Xuepu's horse shook its mane happily in the rain.  It was only then that the poor farmer noticed the horses of the three of them.

    Dong Xuepu¡¯s one-in-a-hundred-mile horse.  As well as the gorgeous saddles uniformly worn by senior government officials, the man was stunned.  Finally, I realized that the person standing at the door was not a gangster pretending to be King Bei.  He is the real King of the North.  He picked up the big oil umbrella behind the door panel and ran over.  Flying open the courtyard door.  He helped Dong Xuepu hold up the oil umbrella.  He said with fear.

    "I didn't know that Your Highness was here. I lost my etiquette! Please go to the house to take shelter from the rain. Have a sip of tea."

    Dong Xuepu looked around the room.  That familyA few words about my son.  Then he said.

    "The fish pond is four acres. It produces about three to four hundred fish a year. It can earn twenty-four-five taels of silver. There are six acres of bamboo. When the bamboo grows, it can be sold to the bamboo craftsman for ten taels of silver. We also raise pigs and chickens.  . I can make about twenty taels of silver a year. Twenty acres of rice. Forty shi of rice a year. That¡¯s almost twenty taels. Excluding the wages of hiring people, I can make about 18 taels. I can get sixty taels a year."

    The farmer thought for a while.  He rubbed his hands and said.  "But these are all small heads. We have to wait until this year's silk comes out to see the big heads. Seven acres of mulberry trees have been planted for a year and a half. This is the first year of mulberry production. In this first year, it is estimated that two or three loads of silk will be produced. Divide two  Two. By next year, I estimate that I will be able to produce four or five loads. I can discount three hundred taels. Then things will be different!"

    Dong Xuepu nodded after listening.  Ask no more.  The farmer went into the house and sat down.  It will be raining outside.  It was very dark.  But there are two glass oil lamps hanging in the main room.  It's quite bright.  See King Bei coming.  The peasant woman was wearing a large-sleeved cloud silk shirt.  He helped his somewhat demented old father-in-law out to say hello to King Bei.

    It¡¯s still raining outside.  Everyone chatted in the room.  The host asked Dong Xuepu to sit in the main seat.  My family sat at the head with me.  That little girl is very well-behaved.  Without waiting for Dad to explain, he ran to the next room and made a pot of green tea.  Served it to everyone.  One by one they were distributed on the coffee table.  Everyone said a few words.  The farmer asked several officials with concern

    "Dad Wang. After the three-year tax exemption ends, how will the county collect taxes?"

    This is no secret.  Wang Tian thought for a while.  Then he talked about the future tax policy.

    Everyone listened attentively.  But the little girl couldn't sit still anymore.  Wriggling and squirming, he started singing songs and playing nonsense.  The farmer opened his arms.  I grabbed a handful of rock candy and gave it to my daughter.  Send him to the next door house to accompany his father.  They chatted a few more words.  The farmer asked again.

    "Your Highness. A few days ago, Hongmao came to our village to place an order. He said he would buy raw silk when it came out. But he was kicked out by the clan members. Hongmao didn't know how to advance or retreat. He still came to the clan leader every month to ask for a reservation.  What do you think we should do about this?"

    People in Lan don¡¯t know how to bribe officials.  The Ming Dynasty bureaucrats treated the Dutch as monkeys.  The sea ban on red-haired people is particularly strict.  Landong India Company has been in East Asia for decades.  The segments are exhausted.  But they have been unable to conduct trade with the Ming Dynasty.  The Lan people later built the city of Relanja.  Trying to purchase goods from Chinese maritime merchants in Taiwan.

    But it wasn¡¯t until Pang Ning knocked down Relanze, which the Dutch had worked so hard to build.  The Dutch were also unable to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

    Now Nanhai State bribed Xiong Wencan.  Trade was started by encouraging smuggling merchants.  Various products are gathered in the Fucheng market.  Hong Mao then came up with the idea of ??buying silk porcelain here.

    Businessman Lan is a man who only cares about money.  Since the navy of Nanhai State is so strong.  They did not dare to retaliate against Pang Ning.  We don¡¯t even dare to be enemies with Nanhai Kingdom.  Relanze was beaten when he was beaten.  Never mention it again.  Recently, ships from the Dutch East India Company often come to Qiongzhou for trade.  The confident Nanhai Kingdom did not stop them.  The red-haired man entered the market of Fucheng of Nanhai Kingdom.  This is the first time I have found a source of goods from China.

    But these common people have always regarded the red-haired people as the enemy after reading the "Yuan Daily" that Wang and the red-haired people were fighting.  I will never do business with red-haired people.

    Dong Xuepu smiled.  Think about it and say.  "These Yidis admire me China the most. They are eager for our abundant products. Sometimes they are disobedient. It doesn't matter if they fix them once or twice. They will still shamelessly come to us to beg. In fact, it doesn't matter. The price is right. Selling to them is okay.  OK."

    Dong Xuepu thought for a while.  Still said something.  "But these barbarians are barbaric. Bring more people with you when trading. It's better to bring swords and sticks."

    The peasant listened carefully to what Bei Wang said.  He nodded seriously.

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