usatvline Chapter 854 spread
Chapter 854 spread
"Lin Xiaoman, the day to pay back has come, where's the money?" he asked arrogantly. Lin Xiaoman took out a bag of rice from the house slowly and unhurriedly: "Housekeeper Wang, this is the rice I planted, how much do you think it can pay off the debt?" Wang Er looked at the golden rice with his eyes wide open. No one in Qingshui Village has ever grown rice, but this girl actually did it! He weighed it and thought that this bag of rice could be sold for at least two taels of silver, so he said: "You are capable, kid, this bag of rice is worth two taels of silver, and the remaining three taels of silver must be paid back next month! "Lin Xiaoman nodded in agreement. After sending Wang Er away, she began to think about expanding the scale of planting. But buying seeds and farm tools requires money, so she thought of Li the blacksmith in the village. Li the blacksmith is an upright person and has a good relationship with the Lin family. She found Li the blacksmith and proposed to cooperate with him using her own planting technology and share the profits. After hearing her idea, Li the blacksmith was very moved and immediately agreed to invest. With the funds, Lin Xiaoman rented more wasteland in the village and planted rice with the villagers. She also taught everyone how to make organic fertilizers, improve soil, and impart irrigation and pest control techniques. The villagers were skeptical at first, but when they saw that she grew a lot of good rice, they followed her. She worked hard. In the autumn harvest of that year, Qingshui Village had a bumper rice harvest, and every household had a full granary. Lin Xiaoman sold the excess rice to the city, not only paying off her debts but also making a lot of money. She used the money to set up a small processing plant in the village, processing rice into rice and rice noodles, and selling them to surrounding counties. As the business grew bigger, Lin Xiaoman began to try to grow other crops. She bought sweet potato vines and corn seeds from merchants and taught the villagers to grow them. Sweet potatoes and corn have high yields and are easy to survive, so they were soon promoted in the village. She also processed sweet potatoes into sweet potato chips and sweet potato starch, and corn into cornmeal and corn cakes. These new products were very popular in the market. However, a tall tree attracts the wind. Mr. Liu, a wealthy man from a neighboring village, was jealous of Qingshui Village's business, so he joined forces with grain merchants in the county to suppress them. They deliberately lowered the purchase price and spread rumors that there was something wrong with Qingshui Village's grain. For a time, Qingshui Village's grain was unsalable, and the villagers were worried. Lin Xiaoman did not panic. She took a few villagers to the capital, rented a shop in the capital, and sold the grain directly to the people. She also launched a "tasting" event to let everyone taste the quality of Qingshui Village's grain for themselves. With its good taste and affordable price, Qingshui Village's grain soon opened up the market in the capital. At the same time, she wrote to her friends who were doing business in other places, asking them to help Busy promoting the products of Qingshui Village. Thanks to her efforts, the grain of Qingshui Village was not only sold all over the country, but also exported to neighboring countries. Lin Xiaoman also became a well-known female businessman. Life was getting better and better, but Lin Xiaoman did not forget her fellow villagers. She built a school in the village so that children could study for free; she also built a clinic and invited doctors to treat the villagers. She also funded the repair of the village roads and built bridges to make transportation in Qingshui Village more convenient. One day, Lin Xiaoman was checking the growth of crops in the fields when a gorgeously dressed young man came to her on horseback. The young man dismounted and bowed, saying, "I have heard of Miss Lin's name for a long time. Today, I see that it is indeed well-deserved. I am Zhao Tianyi, the son of the richest man in the capital, and I want to discuss business with the girl." Lin Xiaoman looked at the elegant young man in front of her and smiled slightly, "Mr. Zhao, please speak. "Zhao Tianyi said, "I see that your grain business is booming, and I want to cooperate with you to open a large grain store in the capital. What do you think?" Lin Xiaoman thought about it for a while and agreed. After the two of them started working together, their business was booming. As Zhao Tianyi got along with Lin Xiaoman, he was gradually attracted by her intelligence and kindness, and Lin Xiaoman also had a good impression of this sincere young man. A few years later, Lin Xiaoman and Zhao Tianyi got married. On the wedding day, Qingshui Village was decorated with lights and people from the whole village came to celebrate for them. After marriage, the couple still cared about the people, and their business grew bigger and bigger, and they became the richest people in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The legendary story of Lin Xiaoman from a peasant girl to the richest man is also widely circulated among the people, inspiring countless people to strive for their own happy life.
The heavy rain was pouring down, and the sedan chair was shaking violently on the muddy official road. Su Mingtang suddenly woke up from her coma. The pungent smell of inferior rouge mixed with the fishy smell of rain hit her face. She raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat on her forehead, but touched the heavy phoenix crown. She was shocked to find that she was wearing a wedding dress and trapped in a small sedan chair. Memories came like a tide. She was originally a female instructor of the modern special forces. She encountered an accident while performing a mission. When she opened her eyes again, she became Su Mingtang, the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Great Sheng Dynasty. The original owner's biological mother died early and suffered bullying in the mansion. Now she was replaced by her elder sister Su Mingwan and forced to marry Xiao Yanhan, the "living king of hell" who guarded the border. "Miss, we are at the general's mansion." The sharp voice of the bridesmaid penetrated the curtain of the sedan chair. Su Mingtang took a deep breath, grasped the hem of her wedding dress and stepped out of the sedan chair. In the rain, white lanterns were hung high in front of the towering general's mansion, forming a strange contrast with the festive red silk. The servants in the mansion had different expressions, some were sympathetic, some were gloating. When she stepped over the fire basin, Su Mingtang deliberately stumbled, and the red veil in her hand slipped off. She looked up, and met the deep and cold gaze of the man in the main seat. Xiao Yanhan was wearing a dark suit, with a sword on his waist. There was a hideous scar on his face that ran diagonally from the corner of his eye to his jaw, and an iron-blooded murderous aura was overwhelming. "Why, the Su family can't even find a decent bride?" Xiao Yanhan's voice was as cold as ice. Su Mingtang bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly: "General, please understand. Although I am a concubine, I also know etiquette. It's just that this wedding dress is heavy, and I was careless for a moment..." Before she finished speaking, Xiao Yanhan had stood up and left, leaving the guests staring at each other. On the wedding night, Su Mingtang was alone in the empty room. She looked around the room carefully and found that the map hanging on the wall marked the border wars, and the corners of the military books piled on the desk were seriously worn. In the original owner's memory, Xiao Yanhan led the army to war at the age of eighteen. He had made great achievements in more than ten years, but he also made countless enemies. This marriage was originally intended by the emperor to win over the Xiao family, but he did not expect the Su family to take advantage of it. Three days later, Xiao Yanhan suddenly received a military order and had to set off for Yanmen Pass immediately. He looked at Su Mingtang kneeling in the hall, and a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes: "Since you marry into the Xiao family, you will follow this general to the expedition. If you can come back alive, this general will recognize you as his wife." Just like that, Su Mingtang followed the army on the journey.
The cold wind at the frontier was like a knife, and she quickly adapted to the life in the military camp. During the day, she trained with the soldiers; at night, she studied military books and analyzed the battle situation. With her military accomplishments in her previous life, she put forward many unique insights on the deployment of troops and the setting up of camps, which gradually attracted Xiao Yanhan's attention. One day, the army reached Black Wind Ridge and was suddenly ambushed by the enemy.