mtlumby2d Chapter 341 A Better Life
Chapter 341 A Better Life
When Sumu went out, he saw many people with happy smiles on their faces.
Whether old or young, everyone’s face was filled with the joy of harvest.
The strong laborers picked corn in the fields and transported the corn out of the fields, while the rest of the people transported the corn back home in carts.
Many villagers were coming and going on the road, pulling corn back home.
Although I was very tired, I was very happy to see the harvested corn. We brought all the corn home and sat together as a family to peel it. It was very warm.
Not only Qingshan Village is harvesting corn, but many towns in the capital have also started harvesting corn.
The government attached great importance to the corn harvest. You could often see many officials patrolling the area and recording the approximate corn production in the areas under their jurisdiction.
The joy of harvest is floating in the air.
Many grain merchants also started to come down to collect grain, and grain merchants began to compete.
"Ji Shiyan, is that a merchant under you over there?"
Su Mu and Ji Shiyan were also walking outside, taking a look at the situation in the village.
Ji Shiyan looked at a businessman in the distance who was talking to the villagers.
"Yes, they should be harvesting corn." The merchants under him began to go out together to various places to harvest corn.
"Almost all the merchants around here are from my side."
"There is still a lot of demand for corn now. It just so happens that the corn is ripe, so we can store more."
The two of them looked at the merchant over there, who should have been collecting the villagers' corn. They should have been having a good chat, as both sides showed satisfied smiles.
The people following the merchant weighed the family's corn, loaded the corn onto the cart, and exchanged the money for the goods.
When the people received the huge sum of silver, the smiles on their faces became even more genuine.
The merchant went forward, preparing to collect corn from other families, when he saw his master standing in front of him.
The man came over here quickly, "Master."
"Yeah." Ji Shiyan nodded.
"How much have you collected?" Su Mu asked curiously.
"My Lord, about half of the families here have already harvested their corn."
That man was very perceptive, and all his subordinates knew the relationship between the master and the county lady, and how important the county lady was to the master.
You can tell the county lord about this news directly without asking your master for permission.
"Oh, I see." Half of the families have already received it, which is pretty good.
"Yes, Master, do you have any other instructions?"
"No, you continue to collect."
"Yes, sir. I'll take my leave first." The merchant left and went on to collect corn from the next family.
"Ji Shiyan, have you harvested the corn over there?"
She also hadn't seen Ji Shiyan leave here or deal with anything.
“It’s all been harvested.”
Ji Shiyan seemed to remember something and smiled particularly brightly, "I handed those matters over to the subordinates, and my eldest brother is also watching over them."
"Is that so?" No wonder Ji Shiyan didn't leave here. It turned out that the matter was handed over to the prince.
A few days later, all the corn in the vicinity had been harvested. Now when I go out, I can see very far at a glance, and the tall corn stalks have all been pulled back.
Not only are there grain merchants collecting corn here, but some other people, after knowing the function of corn stalks, also go everywhere to collect corn stalks and use them as feed.
In this way, villagers can not only make money by selling corn, but also make money by selling corn stalks.
After this bumper corn harvest, people's living standards have improved significantly.
The rich people came with large amounts of silver to buy corn kernels and corn stalks, and the people earned more silver by selling corn.
This money flowed to the people, and the people could live a better life with the money.
When Su Mu went out these days, he saw that many houses had been renovated.
Some families began to repair their houses, making their dilapidated houses more sturdy.
Some families also put on new clothes to reward themselves.
The smiles on the children’s faces are so touching. Now they have money, can have enough to eat, and can eat some good food. These are things they never dared to imagine in the past.
Su Mu also felt that the villagers had become more enthusiastic towards her in the past two days, and she almost couldn't resist the enthusiasm.
Su Mu went back and told his family about these things, and they laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Su Mu was depressed.
"Mumu, don't worry or feel burdened." Wang patted Sumu gently.
"Those people all knew that you brought these seeds."
"Since they sold the corn grown from this seed for a lot of silver, their lives became better with the silver."
"So they genuinely want to be nice to you."
But these people didn’t know how to express it, so they became even more enthusiastic in their words and actions.
These days, they often find some small things at their doorstep. I wonder who left these small things at the doorstep.
"Okay then." Su Mu's mood brightened, and he decided to be more enthusiastic.
"The textile factory has produced a lot of milky white fabrics. Mumu, do you want to go and have a look?" Ever since the milky white cotton was sent over, the milky white fabric has been put into production, and there are already a lot of finished products.
"Okay! I'll go take a look." She had not yet seen what the finished product of this fabric looked like.
Sumu and Wang went to the textile factory together. On the way to the textile factory, many people came over to greet Sumu enthusiastically when they saw him.
The journey to the textile factory usually didn't take long, but today it took two or three times longer than usual.
When they arrived at the textile factory, they were warmly welcomed again, because most of these people had planted some corn, to varying degrees.
"Go away, okay, okay, don't scare Mumu." Wang interrupted them with a smile.
"Oh, we got it." The others were still smiling like flowers, "Then let's get on with our work. Call us if you need anything."
These people went back to work on their tasks.
Wang brought Su Mu to the warehouse here.
There are many tall shelves in the warehouse here, which are all up to the ceiling. Each shelf has a number and is filled with cloth of various colors.
Wang didn't even bother to check the numbers. She just walked to a shelf and pulled out a roll of cloth.
“This is the creamy white fabric.”
Wang spread out the cloth, and the milky white cloth appeared in front of Su Mu.
“This is the color.” A very versatile color.
"Mother, how much cloth do you have now?"
"Here." Wang gestured, "The shelves here are all this color."