Married a scholar

Chapter 114

▍Do business first.

Meng Yi'an poured a cup of lukewarm tea and put it in front of Meng Yining, "Drink some water to moisten your throat first."

Meng Yining licked his dry lips, picked up the tea and drank it in one gulp, he looked at his brother beside him, feeling a little sore in his heart.

Although my elder brother mentioned everything about him in one word, how could he, who has experienced the end times, not know the difficulties and dangers involved.

He didn't expose it either, knowing that his brother didn't want to make him feel bad, so he didn't want to talk about the pain that had passed.

Meng Yining sighed slightly in his heart. He didn't know what was going on with his emotions these two days, but it was undeniable that he really felt sorry for this brother.

Seeing that he was silent after drinking tea, Meng Yi'an asked with concern, "What's wrong with Ningning?" Meng Yi'an was always at a loss for this younger brother whom he hadn't seen in six years.

Meng Yining shook his head, "I'm fine."

Meng Yi'an was also not good at words, seeing that his younger brother was silent, he didn't know what to say.

Xia Wenze said, "It's already noon, let's have lunch first?"

Meng Yi'an nodded immediately, "Yes, yes, let's eat first, Ningning must be hungry."

"Well, a little bit." Meng Yining rubbed his belly, he was really hungry, he ate a bowl of porridge in the morning.

Meng Yi'an said: "This teahouse is opened by a family member of a commander-in-chief. You can also order some food." After speaking, Meng Yi'an got up and went out to recruit Xiaoer, and ordered some fried dishes that he often eats.

Those who can open tea houses and restaurants near the guard camp must be the family members of border soldiers. Ordinary people are not allowed to open shops near the guard camp.

Seeing Meng Yi'an coming in, Meng Yining thought about the potatoes he had pulled all the way, and decided not to beat around the bush. If he didn't talk about it, those potatoes would probably sprout.

Whether it is kept as a seed or eaten, it must be disposed of as soon as possible. "Brother, this way, I found that the price of food here has risen a lot. Is the autumn harvest here not good this year?"

Unexpectedly, his younger brother would ask this question. Meng Yian was a little surprised, but it was not something he couldn't say, so he nodded, "Yes, there hasn't been a single drop of rain at the border since last year, and last year it was fine. I have harvested some grain, but this year there is almost no harvest, the grain here is all distributed by the imperial court, and the common people can only buy grain from merchants."

Speaking of this, Meng Yi'an frowned slightly, and seeing his younger brother listening patiently, he said a few more words to him, "Although the king of Nan has been suppressing the grain merchants here and not allowing them to The price has increased too much, but I heard that there was a hailstorm in the south this year, and the grain harvest this autumn is not much, so the grain here has been rising since the first two months." Their military camp is fine, because Because of the Xiongnu and other ethnic groups outside the pass, the military rations given to them by the imperial court have not decreased, but the ordinary people in the border pass have always been half-fed or even starved of food.

Meng Yining asked: "Is there no other drought-resistant food?" Like millet or something like that.

Meng Yi'an said: "Milet, but due to the lack of water here, the output of millet has also decreased a lot compared to previous years."

Meng Yining nodded thoughtfully, and while speaking, the dishes he ordered came out one by one.

Meng Yi'an said: "Let's eat first."

"Aze also eats, I don't know if these dishes suit your taste."

Meng Yining took a look, and found that among the several dishes served, no matter whether they were vegetarian dishes or meat dishes, they were all dried vegetables, not a single fresh one.

Meng Yining and Xia Wenze looked at each other, and they both saw the worry in each other's eyes.

They came all the way, and they still ate fresh green vegetables in Tai'an City, even in Huanliang City.But the price is a bit scary.

Didn't expect that there are no fresh vegetables here in Yusha City?

Meng Yi'an was also a little embarrassed, "The water shortage here is serious. In this season, there are almost no fresh vegetables."

Naturally, Meng Yining didn't mind this, and picked up a chopstick of dried beans and fried shredded pork, "It tastes good." The border is bitter and cold, and most of the dishes here are heavy. Putting a seasoning that he didn't know about, it neutralized the astringency of the dogwood, and it tasted unexpectedly delicious.

Meng Yi'an saw that he was not forcing himself, and the smile deepened in his eyes, and he told Xia Wenze to eat quickly, "Try this sauced donkey meat, it tastes good too."

The three of them were very satisfied with the meal. Meng Yining was fed directly by his brother, and it was almost useless for him to pick up the food. Meng Yi'an, who was on the side, picked up the food for him when he saw that he had finished eating. There is no free time.

Xia Wenze was helpless and a little sour, but thinking that this was his uncle, he ate in silence.

After lunch, Meng Yi'an asked, "Ning Ning, where do you live?"

Meng Yining said the name of the inn, Meng Yi'an nodded slightly, thinking about how much money he had in his hand, whether he could buy a yard for his younger brother in the city.

In the past few years, he has rarely used money. When he left, his younger brother asked him not to send money back. He also knew why his younger brother said so.

Therefore, he has saved up the military pay and rewards for the past few years. In his spare time, he occasionally goes out to drink and eat with his colleagues. At other times, he is almost always in the barracks. It should be no problem to buy a house in the city.

But of course Meng Yi'an wouldn't say that, he thought about going back and taking two days off with Shang Feng, and first settled for his younger brother's place to live here.

It's already December, and seeing that the Chinese New Year is about to come in a month, my brother will definitely not go back to celebrate the New Year, and he can't stay in the inn for the New Year.

Meng Yining is also thinking about the place to live in the next two days. He will have to stay in Yusha City for several months, so he can't stay in the hotel all the time.

The minds of the two brothers were almost in sync.

After leaving the teahouse, Meng Yining took his brother back to the inn, after thinking about it, he decided to tell the purpose of coming to the border first.Before they came to the border, they had guessed that life here might be difficult, but they didn't expect it to be more difficult than they thought.

The refugees who can be seen everywhere on the road starved to death, and the food and medicinal materials at the border increased several times.

It's hard for him to inquire too clearly about the affairs in the military camp, but he was originally here to deliver things to his brother, so it's meaningless to cover up.As for how to deal with these things in the end, it depends on the character of General Yuchi.

So Meng Yining brought his elder brother to the backyard of the inn. The 25 people guarding here saw the three of Meng Yining and immediately greeted them, "Master Ning, master." They looked at Meng Yi'an warily.

Meng Yining asked: "Well, thank you for your hard work, have you eaten yet?"

Twenty-five big men spoke loudly, "Master Xie Ning is concerned, we've already eaten."

As a soldier, Meng Yi'an was extremely sensitive to other people's gaze, so when these big guys looked at him vigilantly, he noticed it immediately, and at the same time, he also noticed the awe these big guys had for his brother and brother-in-law.

Meng Yi'an was shocked in his heart, but he didn't show it. Instead, he looked at his younger brother who was a head shorter than him.

Meng Yining introduced to his elder brother: "Brother, these elder brothers are from the caravan I formed. All elder brothers, this is my elder brother, dear." Meng Yining's voice rose for the last two words.

The group of big men relaxed a little after hearing the words, and greeted: "Hello, big brother."

Xia Wenze waved them down to rest, "We are here, you go to rest first."

The big men didn't say much after hearing the words, and left directly.

Seeing that everyone had left, Meng Yining opened one of the bags and said to his brother, "Brother, come here."

Meng Yi'an came over, "What's wrong?"

Meng Yining widened the mouth of the bag, "Look, these are herbs, and the darker bags below, those are new foods I found in Daqingshan, I call them potatoes, I brought them Some of these herbs were brought from home, and some were bought along the way.”

Xia Wenze opened the bag of potatoes, took out a potato and handed it to Meng Yi'an, "This is a potato."

Meng Yi'an took the potatoes and looked at them, "Are you going to sell them here?"

Meng Yining shook his head, "No." He didn't hide anything, and said bluntly, "I brought this here for you."

Then, Meng Yining talked about the yield, drought tolerance and survival rate of potatoes, "Brother, I am going to ask you to turn in these potatoes to see if they are kept for next year's planting, or used as rations for this winter. "

It must be too late to plant in winter this year. Bianguan has heavy snow in winter, and no matter how drought-tolerant potatoes are, he does not use wood-based crystal nuclei, and it is impossible to grow them alive in heavy snow.

"If it is used as rations for this winter, I will write back and ask Manager He to bring over the potatoes that will be harvested in the spring of next year." However, it will take several months to wait until the potatoes are planted, and I am afraid that it will be next autumn. .

"I personally think that these potatoes will be kept for planting, and they will be planted after the thaw in spring next year." It can save a lot of time.

Meng Yining said so much in one breath, then looked at his brother, seeing his shocked face, couldn't help laughing: "Brother, you're back to your senses."

To be honest, he didn't want to tell his brother this on the first day, but they spent too much time on the road, more than two months, from mid-September to the end of November, plus the situation here It's really not good, so he chose to talk about the business here in the future on the first day of the meeting.

Herbal medicines are fine, a military doctor can see if these herbs are useful or not, but potatoes, as for food, and it is still a new food, there must be a process to deal with it.

Especially for a general, it is impossible to just bring something that has never been seen before to the soldiers below.Even if you don't eat it, but use it to grow it, there must be a process, such as investigation, or trial planting.

If he was General Yuchi, he would definitely have people go to Shangyao Village to investigate while trying to eat, and then he would think of a way to let him, who is familiar with potatoes, grow potatoes and have a look.

Although the Northern Jin Dynasty did not have the concept of growing vegetables in greenhouses, there were examples of rich people building houses near greenhouses or hot springs to grow vegetables.

I think the rich people who come to the border will definitely do the same. If General Yuchi is prudent, he will definitely let him plant potatoes in the greenhouse this winter to see.

The yield is so good that even if it is not promoted in the spring of next year, the military camp will allow the families of soldiers to try planting first.After it is confirmed, it will really be promoted at the border.

Then it was reported to the court.

Of course, as for the specific process, this is not what he should care about.

All he had to do was to bring these potatoes and herbs to his brother and see what he would do with them.

No one knows the rules of the military camp better than my brother.

The author says:

晚安~么啾~感谢在2022-03-2123:40:48~2022-03-2223:52:04期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: 12631;

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 2 bottles of smiles;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!