Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 69 Fun here

Miss Tang is so pretty.

Although she was strong-willed by nature and rarely showed the tenderness that only women could show, she was still beautiful, with skin as creamy as a porcelain doll, and the oval face and almond eyes that were unique to people from Guanzhong. Her style was completely different from that of women from the south of the Yangtze River.

"We need to increase the budget a little bit so that the new industry can quickly make a profit. You also know that once you become famous, there will be competitors. Xinping Township can't always make porcelain for you alone. There will definitely be more and more workshops. I can only guarantee that the goods you get are the best, but I can't guarantee that others won't get the goods."

Xia Lin sat next to Miss Tang. Even at the dinner table, the focus of their discussions was still business matters. Although their relationship was indeed better than before, it was extremely difficult to go further and it was hard to find a breakthrough.

Even if it's just a touch of it, it would be fine, but I just don't know how to break through this step.

"In the future, I will find a way to gradually move the other businesses of the Tang family here. Firstly, it will make it easier for the children of the Tang family to study in the academy. Secondly, there are still many places to develop around here."

Miss Tang seemed to be only concerned with her family, and she did not give Xia Lin much response.

"Miss Tang, are you familiar with the grassland?"

"Grassland?" Miss Tang asked curiously, "Why are you asking about grassland all of a sudden?"

"Well, I plan to exchange cotton, fruits and vegetables for their meat and oil." Xia Lin leaned over and pursed his lips and said, "We are in great need of oils and fats, especially animal oils and fats. We also lack their fur and meat."

Miss Tang frowned slightly. "Cotton is fine, but what about fruits and vegetables? The journey is long, and the fruits and vegetables will have rotted by the time we arrive."

"So if we can solve this problem, can we make a fortune?" Xia Lin asked with a smile, "So I plan to take some fruits and vegetables and give it a try first."

"Now? It's still okay in winter, but now it's summer, it's hard to deal with. They will all rot in five days at most."

Xia Lin smiled mysteriously: "Not now, at least we have to wait until midsummer, then I will have a plan."

Miss Tang's face was full of suspicion, but she smiled at Xia Lin's mysterious look: "It makes me look forward to it. I wonder what you are going to do next."

"I have a lot of wonderful ideas."

Xia Lin's arrogant look made Miss Tang laugh. Then she said, "When I came here, I saw some strange things standing on the pier. What are they?"

"I'll take you there tomorrow and you'll know. We're done eating now, so I'll take Miss Tang home."

"Ah."

The two walked side by side in the alley. It happened to be raining. Xia Lin held an oil-paper umbrella for Miss Tang. The weather was a little cold. The scent of cloves filled the air. I don't know which medicine shop was frying medicine. The night market on the street across the alley was bustling. The peddlers coming and going were collecting a batch of cheap goods before closing their stalls at night and taking them to those poor and remote areas where there was no access to the road to earn hard-earned money.

The vendors at the food stalls along the street were shouting loudly, mostly selling freshly caught fish from Poyang Lake, and occasionally some game snacks. But the alley of Xialin was quiet and peaceful, with only the two of them stepping on the bluestone road.

"I plan to do two things in the second half of the year: build roads and get meat. We need a lot of meat. We also need to store some food."

"Storing food?"

Suddenly a wet wind blew, bringing a bit of chill. Miss Tang almost instinctively moved closer to Xia Lin, but soon took a quick step away. This made Xia Lin happy and sad, but he didn't say anything, as if all his tricks had lost their effect in front of Miss Tang. It was not because she was so smart, but because Xia Lin couldn't say it.

In terms of cleverness, she was not as smart as the famous Qinhuai prostitute, but Xia Lin could only use three or five tricks on that famous Qinhuai prostitute.

"Daosheng?"

Miss Tang saw that Xia Lin was in a trance and called him softly. Xia Lin calmed down and said, "In the next two years, there will be an unprecedented locust plague that will sweep across the entire Yellow River, from Shannan to Shandong. When the harvest is poor, there will be starving people everywhere. I can't protect the whole world, but I have to find a way to protect my own land."

"How can you be sure of the future?"

Of course, Xia Lin couldn't say that this was the plot of his own novel. In the original plot, Ye Liangchen rose to fame and fortune by controlling locusts, but now that Ye Liangchen's reputation has faded and his activities have ceased, it is natural that Xia Lin would replace him, who was supposed to control the locusts.

But he couldn't say that. He could only talk to Miss Tang about science, so Xia Lin said, "The drought in the north has lasted for seven months. Locusts like to lay seeds in dry soil. This year, there may not be too much wind and waves, but next year, when the locusts break out of the soil, the clouds will cover the moon. Can you imagine that scene? At the end of the year... people will eat each other."

Miss Tang frowned suddenly. When she was young, she had witnessed a famine scene with her father. That scene was still deeply engraved in her mind. Xia Lin's simple five words directly brought back the horror at the deepest level of her memory.

People eat each other at the end of the year.

The more she thought about it, the more scared she felt. She couldn't help but lean towards Xia Lin again, holding the corner of Xia Lin's clothes tightly with one hand. No matter how strong Miss Tang was, she was still just a girl under 20 years old. She would naturally react when she thought of something terrifying.

"Is there any way?" "I'm trying. Didn't I ask you to buy a large amount of Sophora flavescens a few days ago?"

"Well, I remember that you wanted some poisonous substances, such as Phytolacca and Sophora flavescens, and the quantity was very large. I don't know what you wanted."

"Insecticide."

At this moment, the two of them had come to Miss Tang's door. The rain outside was getting heavier. They stood under the eaves and chatted. Xia Lin didn't ask to go in and Miss Tang didn't invite him to rest. The discussion was serious but the atmosphere was subtle. The distance between the two of them was such that if they were closer, they would be close to each other, but if they were farther away, they would be wet in the rain. They could feel each other's body temperature and smell each other's scent, but they couldn't pinch each other's buttocks from behind.

"Sandworms? Sandworms are very expensive. We need to go to Lingnan to buy them. They are not easy to store and need to be dried before they can be shipped. However, sandworms are delicious. They are really delicious when used to make porridge or stew."

Looking at Miss Tang who had read the random reply, Xia Lin laughed out loud without warning: "Why are you so nervous?"

"No? I'm not nervous." Miss Tang looked away: "It's the sandworm you mentioned."

"It's an insecticide. It kills insects. But I can't guarantee that it will work. We can only try it. We still need to stock up on food. The more the better."

"Then stock up." Miss Tang nodded: "If you are sure that there will be a locust plague, the Tang family will follow suit."

"determine."

Miss Tang did not even doubt Xia Lin and immediately decided to start allocating hot money to stockpile grain, but Xia Lin still warned her: "Even if there is a locust plague, the increase in grain prices cannot exceed 20%."

Miss Tang was stunned for a moment: "Then there is no point in storing grain. If we collect a large amount of grain, the grain price will rise in every place, and with the travel expenses, I am afraid that the cost will not be recovered."

"But you can add 20% of fine sand." Xia Lin lowered his eyelids: "Do you understand what I mean?"

Miss Tang didn't react for a moment. Xia Lin shook his head and smiled: "The 20% increase is to prevent you from being beheaded. The 20% fine sand is to make you earn money. If you exceed this line..." He gestured back and forth under his neck twice: "Do you understand now?"

Miss Tang nodded gently: "I understand..."

Then the two of them stood in the rain for a long time without speaking. Miss Tang wanted to say something several times but stopped herself. She looked back at her own yard, and Xia Lin also saw her expression.

"It's getting late."

"Come in and have a cup of tea."

The two spoke in unison, Xia Lin said goodbye while Miss Tang invited him in. The scene became awkward again, and after another period of silence.

"Then I won't be polite."

"I won't send you off if it rains."

After saying completely opposite words again, Xia Lin and Miss Tang looked at each other. Miss Tang covered her mouth and laughed, and Comrade Xia also laughed out loud.

"Well, you just came back from the capital, you are exhausted, go take a bath and have a good rest. I have some things to deal with in the government office, so I will go and take care of them first."

"Yes." Miss Tang nodded: "Don't be too late."

"rest assured."

Xia Lin left holding an oil-paper umbrella. Miss Tang looked at Xia Lin, who was gradually disappearing in the rain alley in the faint light. Dimples gradually appeared on her face. She stood there for a while before turning around and returning to her home.

At this time, Prince Teng and Lao Guo had already arrived in Jiujiang. The heavy rain today made it impossible to sail in the dark, so they could only take a stroll around their daughter's place of meditation.

At this moment, the two of them were sitting in a vegetarian restaurant outside, drinking tasteless fermented glutinous rice wine and tasting spring water tofu that cost one penny.

"When we get to Xinping Township in two days, please don't embarrass me. You are a prince after all. If you don't understand something, just ask me. Don't try to be stubborn. You know me. I don't want anything else, but I want to save face. You are a prince, please don't let me lose face in front of me."

After hearing what Lao Guo said, Prince Teng almost spat his wine on his face and put down his chopsticks: "Guo Da! You are going too far!"

"Oh, oh, oh, you've even called me a famous person. Don't be unconvinced, you'll realize how ignorant you are when you get there." Lao Guo didn't care: "Oh, just don't let yourself be so happy here that you don't want to leave."

(End of this chapter)