hotmtlnovel Chapter 490: Capital Deployment
Chapter 490: Capital Deployment
"Withdraw two hundred taels of silver from Liu Ya's account later. When you come to the capital, buy her some things she likes." Jiang Youzhen turned his head and looked at Qing Lang and instructed.
Liu Ya, who had been silent at the side, waved her hands quickly, "I don't want it. I can't spend all the monthly allowance given by my second brother and second uncle's wife. I don't need anything either. Many things have been given to me by my family."
Liu Ya lived and ate at home, and she had five taels of silver a month, which she could never spend.
Her second brother often bought her those jewellery, so she had no desire to buy anything, unless it was materials for making her own rouge and powder.
"Just take it if I give it to you! When you are a girl, you don't have to worry about food and clothing. But when you get married and go to your husband's house, you won't have such a relaxing time."
Shen sighed as she spoke. In fact, she felt a little sorry for the money as Xiaolang spent money lavishly.
She also thought about how her daughters didn't have a good life back then, but now Liu Ya is enjoying a good life. However, Liu Ya is a good-natured girl and is very obedient, so she naturally has more sympathy for her.
When Jiang Youzhen saw Liu Ya's gloomy expression, he immediately changed the subject.
"Aren't you going to buy some materials for making rouge and powder? How can you buy them without money? It just so happens that I have a hot spring farm in the capital, covering several hundred acres. I will plant some flowers and fruits on the farm and use them to make wine and rouge and powder at home."
"What are you planting on your farm now?" When it comes to this, Jiang Fugui, who had kept silent just now, became excited.
"I don't know!" Jiang Youzhen shook her head. How could she have the energy to pay attention to these things?
"From now on, your mother and I will take care of the farmland for you. Didn't you say you wanted to make wine and rouge and powder? It's a good opportunity to plant some flowers, plants and fruit trees."
Jiang Fugui became eloquent when he talked about this, "Oh! Now it's winter, I'm afraid it won't work, we can only wait until next spring to plant, right?"
"The land near the hot springs in the hot spring village is definitely warm, but not everything is suitable for growing. But we can do greenhouse planting. In the winter in the capital, the rich and powerful families always want to eat some fresh fruits and vegetables, right?"
"Greenhouse cultivation? What is that? Tell me about it!" Jiang Fugui was very excited. He knew that this girl must have an idea.
"It's greenhouse farming. All the fields are divided into long frames, and then a shed is built on each long frame to cover the crops."
Jiang Fugui's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Isn't this the greenhouse we saw when we went to that wealthy family before? It's just not that big! Then what do we use to build the shed? Is it made of bricks and tiles like the greenhouse?"
"Then there won't be any sunlight. Flowers in the greenhouse can be moved out to dry, but crops can't!"
Jiang Youzhen shook his head. Jiang Fugui was actually not stupid and was willing to use his brain.
Jiang Fugui frowned and thought, "It needs to be exposed to sunlight and cannot be moved. What is the best way to cover it?"
"Dad, what do you think of the oil-paper umbrella?" Jiang Youzhen reminded.
Jiang Fugui clapped his hands in surprise and said, "Yes! Why didn't I think of it? Just like an umbrella, split bamboo into strips to make a frame, cover it with oil paper, and brush it with tung oil, right?"
"How expensive is that? It's not worth it!" Shen couldn't help but shake her head. How much money would it cost to cover so many fields with oil paper? Just to eat some fresh vegetables and fruits in winter?
"Mother knows nothing about the rich families in the capital. What those wealthy families eat is fresh and different. They also care about their reputation. As long as the word spreads that these things are eaten by the rich and powerful, and they don't have them, they will be inferior. Therefore, they don't have trouble selling them, and they have to sell them at a high price."
Jiang Youzhen thought of this way to make money, and it might be imitated in the future, but he will definitely make money in the first year.
"Really?" Jiang Fugui was already rubbing his hands together excitedly.
"Well! But whether the greenhouse can be built or not, that depends on Dad's ability." Jiang Youzhen nodded. She always just talked and never did anything by herself.
From now on, the work of managing the fields will definitely be handed over to my parents, so that I can find something for them to do.
"Then after breakfast, let's go to the farm and take a look!" Jiang Fugui turned and said to Shen.
Shen was a little unhappy. She had just arrived in the capital. Couldn't she wait until tomorrow to go to the manor?
"The sooner we do it, the sooner we can earn money!" Seeing that Shen was unhappy, Jiang Fugui waved his hand, "Forget it! It's okay if you don't go. Anyway, you can't help much now. There must be farmhands on the farm. I can find them."
"Dad! There are many people in the farm, so there will be no shortage of people to serve you. But you just arrived in the capital, can't you take a break? Come out for a walk with me!"
"I don't have the patience to follow your mother and carry things. Many places are only for women to enter. What am I going to do?"
Seeing Jiang Fugui's disgust, Jiang Youzhen immediately smiled. Sure enough, after a while, he heard Jiang Fugui screaming in pain.
Jiang Youzhen rested at home for a day, but in fact she was not idle that day. She went to Asan to find out about the situation in Beijing.
"The two families next door to yours are both well-off. They have inherited wealth from their ancestors and have scholars in their families, but they haven't passed the imperial examinations. The family with the pomegranate tree in front of the courtyard has a scholar who passed the imperial examination, but he is arrogant and likes to attend banquets. Anyway, his reputation is not very good!"
Jiang Youzhen was a little confused, "Oh? What do you mean?"
"That man's name is Wenfang, I forgot his last name. He lives on his family's inheritance, but he cares about appearances and ostentation, and he has almost ruined the family. Originally, the family had servants, but later, they lost everything and only had an empty house. People say that he will starve to death if he clings to this two-story house, anyway, it's just a glamorous appearance."
"Could his last name be Li, Li Wenfang?" Jiang Youzhen couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, and couldn't help but think of a joke from his previous life - Wenfang, what do you think?
"Hey! You guessed it right, my last name is Li!" Asan slapped his forehead and finally remembered.
Jiang Youzhen:......
"There's nothing unusual about the neighborhood, and the teenagers have been settled in a house on the outskirts of South City. I even drew a map for you."
Ah San can now read and write, so drawing a simple route map is no problem for him.
Jiang Youzhen took it and looked at it. He was going out of the city. In fact, it was not too far from the city gate. There was a village in the middle, and the name of the village was marked on it.
"It's at the foot of the mountain near the village. It used to be a run-down little yard. I've already asked someone to fix it up and make it bigger. They're going to train, so it's bound to make some noise, so it's better for them to stay away from people."
"It's up to you! And don't let the brothers who followed you down treat you unfairly. Although you are beggars to the outside world, you still have to give them enough silver."
Jiang Youzhen felt that these beggars were also good at gathering information. Most importantly, they had their identities to hide, so most people would not think of them first.