Pig Killer

Chapter 189

"The things above are getting better and better. I now hope to speed up the process." Shen Hui'e said to them with her bright eyes.

Alas... If the purpose of collecting grain was to expand territory, she might have less resentment in her heart.

Conscripting people to build palaces while leaving no one to farm the fields is such a waste of money and time!

In the words of the children, the emperor has no house to live in?

"What do you mean?" Da Chong asked her with tears hanging on his long eyelashes, looking at her with confusion in his eyes.

"Keep reading!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her index finger on her lips.

"What can you see?" The big beast asked her with his eyes full of curiosity.

"We witness history every day." Shen Hui'e looked at them with eyes as gentle as jade, and said to them who were confused, "Remember this."

"Write on the bamboo slips with a carving knife?" Li Nu said, looking at them with innocent eyes.

Shen Hui'e smiled and said, "Yes!"

"I'll carve it later, and write down everything we've experienced." Da Chong had a stern face, with tears hanging on his eyelashes. "I'll carve it down for him."

"Can we?" Li Nu looked at her worriedly and asked.

"What's wrong with that? Just tell it plainly and write it down. There's no need for fancy words. Anyone can understand it." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with gentle eyes.

"Mother, after paying the tax on wheat here, only 20% is left. What about other places?" The big tiger asked her with his black eyes.

"What do you think?" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at him and asked back.

"Without manure and the plowshare has not been modified, the yield will be very low." The big insect looked at her with a gleam in his black eyes.

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e nodded slightly.

"If we don't raise pigs, we probably can't afford it. And if we don't dig river mud, there's no river mud. The yield can't be increased." The cat slave looked at her pitifully and said, "That's worse than ours! We have to hand in all the wheat we harvest."

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep, dark eyes and said, "If you want to know whether it is true or not, you can go to a farther place to ask around."

"Why go somewhere farther away?" Li Nu looked at her with a puzzled look on his face and asked.

"Because the surrounding counties are similar to ours." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a smile, and then said, "We made such a big noise by digging the river mud, can't they see it?" She raised her eyebrows and said, "You are all relatives, so how can you not tell your relatives about such a big thing! Otherwise, it will get out."

"I'm going to look for my uncle." Da Chong stood up and said excitedly.

"What do you want from me?" Huang Bochang walked in and looked at him and said.

"Uncle, uncle, how is the production in other counties?" Da Chong asked anxiously, grabbing his arm.

"Ah!" Huang Bochang was stunned when he heard this, "Wheat yield?"

"Your uncle is harvesting wheat at home. How would you know the yield in other places?" Shen Hui'e said unhappily to him anxiously.

During the summer harvest, the Huang brothers all came back and worked hard to harvest the wheat.

"I actually know that." Huang Bochang walked over and sat down.

"How do you know without weighing it?" Li Nu asked, looking at him curiously.

"I've been farming for many years, and I can roughly estimate whether the wheat ears are growing well and whether they are full or not." Huang Shuchang walked in and looked at them and said, "Basically, it's pretty much the same."

"Third uncle." Li Nu stood up and looked at them and said, "Fourth uncle."

"Sit down, let's sit down and talk." Shen Hui'e pointed her chin at the other side of the wooden table and said.

The loofah vines have completely covered the rack, leaving a shade for drying.

"After handing over the grain, is there enough food at home?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with concern and asked.

"It's definitely not enough. Although our family has a lot of land, we also have a large population." Huang Bochang couldn't help but sigh.

"Luckily we have river mud. Otherwise, like in other places, the wheat yield is already low and there won't be any left." Huang Jichang sighed as he looked at them and said, "We can't even have a white flour bun to eat."

"Look!" Shen Hui'e tilted her head and looked at the brother and sister on her left and right.

"What are you doing?" Huang Shuchang looked at them and asked.

"We were just talking about this. The production in other places may not be that high. If we collect grain, all of it will be taken away." The big tiger looked at them with its black eyes and said.

"Yes! There is still mud to be dug if you are near the river, but it is not possible if you are far from the river." Huang Jichang looked at them with his deep black eyes and said, "You can only stare blankly."

"Why are you asking this?" Huang Bochang looked at them puzzledly and asked.

"Although it's a bit unfair, happiness comes from comparison." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at us with her deep and penetrating eyes.

Huang Bochang shook his head and laughed when he heard this, "You guys!" His tone was full of helplessness.

"If I don't enlighten myself, I can't live like this." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a wry smile and said, "The summer harvest is over, when are you leaving?"

"I'm not going. The imperial edict on taxes has been posted, and the harvest is so bad. There's no extra money at home, and I dare not spend it recklessly." Huang Bochang took a deep breath and said, "If I finish it, I don't know how long it will take to pay off the debt. If I borrow more money, the interest will compound. I can't do this job! I'd rather take a rest."

"It's better to stay at home. Things are not peaceful now." Shen Hui'e said to them with her deep and dark eyes.

"Yeah! We were hoping that life would get better after the summer harvest, but now there's no hope at all." Huang Jichang looked at them nervously and said, "I don't know what hungry people can do. There are old people, women and children at home. If something happens, there will be someone to take care of them."

"Hunger and cold give rise to the desire to steal." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes and said, "If the city gates are closed, we can still prevent them. In the villages outside the city, you'd better organize people to patrol and guard at night, and bring dogs with you."

"Joint defense?" Huang Bochang raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard that.

"There are people coming and going during the day, so it's okay. But it's late at night and it's quiet. If someone sneaks in, it will be hard to say." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her eyebrows raised.

"I will go back and organize the men in the village and divide them into teams to stand guard at night." Huang Bochang said seriously.

"Yes! Better to be safe than sorry." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her bright black eyes.

"We won't go out. If your sister-in-law has any problems, just let us know." Huang Bochang stood up and said to them.

"The summer harvest is over. Since you are not going out, let Yuanji and the others come over and continue reading and learning to read. It's getting dark late, which is just right." Shen Hui'e stood up and looked at them and said.

"Okay!" Huang Bochang responded readily.

"Don't they already know how to read and write? What else do they need to learn?" Huang Jichang said in a low voice.

"Learning never ends! You can learn as long as you live." Shen Hui'e looked at them unhappily and said with a raised eyebrow, "Why don't you come and learn too?"

"No, no, no!" Huang Shuchang waved his hands violently and said, "I can hold a knife or a harpoon with my hands, but my writing brush is so weak that I can't even read the words I write." He then said, "We have other things to do, such as fishing and hunting. What else can we do? We have to fill our stomachs."

"I just think that knowing how to read is enough. There is no point in reading advanced books!" Huang Bochang said honestly, "Besides farming and doing business, what else can we do?"

"I have an official position! I hold a small official position." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with raised eyebrows.

"That's impossible." Huang Bochang said without thinking, "Officials are people with backgrounds. We are just common people, forget it. What's the use of having good knowledge?"

Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and clear eyes and said, "Generations of pioneering are not as good as ten years of hard study, ten years of hard study are not as good as three generations of business, three generations of business are not as good as ancestors carrying guns, and ancestors carrying guns are not as good as an official."

"What is ten years of hard study?" Huang Bochang asked her with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"Study hard, study hard." Shen Hui'e looked at them calmly and said, "Study hard."

"There's no need for that!" Huang Bochang shook his head and chuckled, "It's enough to be able to read and write." He smiled with satisfaction and said, "It's good to make money in business."

This is the sweetness, it's good to make money.

"Did your ancestors carry guns?" Huang Jichang blinked and looked at her and said, "My father fought in wars, but he didn't have many military achievements. He doesn't fight in wars now."

"As for the official position, don't even think about it. It has nothing to do with us in this life, and it won't have anything to do with us in the future." Huang Shuchang looked at her with clear eyes and said.

"I want to say more than that." Shen Hui'e looked at them with calm eyes and said, "Aren't we working so hard for the next generation? The rise of a family cannot rely on the efforts of one generation, and three generations can rest easy."

"The young ones must be well educated." Huang Bochang nodded in agreement.

"If we want the next generation to be able to study with peace of mind, we must at least work hard to open up new land. We are the old oxen who work hard to open up new land." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes.

"Yeah!" Huang Jichang nodded slightly.

"Even if we choose to go into business, it will take two generations of hard work to lay the foundation." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her clear and bright eyes and said, "You have seen the world. Those wealthy families and their grand mansions are the result of several generations of hard work."

"It seems we still have to keep working hard." Huang Bochang tilted his head and looked at his two younger brothers and said.

"If you want to be an official, you need to have connections for at least three generations." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her dark pupils.

"If we don't work hard, our children will suffer." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her sparkling eyes and told them the truth, "If we don't take responsibility, our parents will. No family gets rich overnight. It's never the result of one generation's efforts to make a carp leap into the dragon gate."

"We know this." Huang Bochang looked at her with his dark eyes and said.

"It's easy to start a business, but difficult to maintain it! There's an old saying: wealth doesn't last for more than three generations." Shen Hui'e looked at them deeply and said.

"We really can't relax for a moment!" Huang Bochang said with a smile when he heard this.