Chapter 58: New partners

“Let me tell you, I admire those who can serve the country and the people, and I’ve always aspired to those heroes who can fight in the battlefield! When I was a child, my grandfather used to tell me those heroic stories, and at that time I wanted to be able to go to war in the future!”

Xie Ying began to tell Wei Ruo about his ideals.

Followed by Xie Ying flattened her mouth, full of regret and helplessness and said, “It’s just a pity that I’m a girl, I grew up to realize that there are many things that girls are not allowed to do, not to mention going to war, usually even going out of the house is a bunch of rules.”

Wei Ruo let out a “pfft” and laughed. This Xie family’s eldest young lady is really quite interesting, and is indeed different from the average lady of the court!

“What are you laughing at?” Xie Ying asked.

“I’m not mocking, I’m surprised! I agree with you, you like me want to cultivate the land in the south of the city, I still have to get permission from my parents, otherwise I can’t go out easily. Even with my parents’ consent, I still have to bring my family’s Sister with me whenever I go out.”

“But you still did something, I heard my mother say that when you succeed in this move, you can help the people of the city, so that more people can eat, and the credit is the same as the warriors who guard the borders to protect the country!”

Xie Ying admired such people the most!

“You can get involved if you like.” Wei Ruo suggested.

“Can I do the same?” Xie Ying said suspiciously.

“Naturally, there’s still plenty of open space south of the city to grow things.”

“But aren’t the wastelands in the south of the city mainly for landless peasants to cultivate?” Xie Ying asked.

“Most of the wasteland in the south of the city was given to landless peasants and unemployed fishermen, but because their farming costs were very limited, they were given places with good terrain, close to the official road or close to water sources, or relatively flat terrain. Places with more complicated terrain were not allocated.”

“Can crops be grown even in places with complicated terrain?” Xie Ying asked.

“Yes, but it’s not very suitable for growing crops like rice, that would be too high in labor costs and maintenance costs, we can grow bamboo, mushrooms, and all sorts of fruits and vegetables, and even medicinal herbs.”

Wei Ruo looked at Xie Ying, who was listening attentively in front of him, and an idea had already been brewing inside his head.

Wei Ruo continued to say to Xie Ying, “If you’re really interested, we can partner up.”

“Partnership?” Xie Ying looked at Wei Ruo curiously.

“You’re not good at farming, and although I’m good at doing this, but I’m limited in freedom and time in the Wei family, and limited in the number of people I can send under my hand, so if we work together, we can complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses. The silver we earn will be divided according to the proportion of our contribution, how about it?”

“Although I don’t like planting things, I think it’s quite interesting what you said!” Xie Ying was excited.

Xie Ying grew up being pampered by her grandparents and parents, and was not short of money to spend on weekdays, but she was full of novelty about earning her own silver.

Especially now that she has a different perspective on the whole planting thing.

“So what do you think we should plant?” Xie Ying asked.

“We can plant some medicinal herbs, because of the war, the consumption of medicinal herbs is very high, the price of medicinal herbs in the city has been high, we can earn silver by planting medicinal herbs and then selling them, if the army needs them, we can provide them at cost price to make sure that the army won’t be short of life-saving medicines.” Wei Ruo suggested.

“That’s good! You can make money and help the warriors at the same time!” Xie Ying became even more interested and even jumped into action.

“If you agree, not only do you have to go and talk to the county office, but you also have to send manpower to work in the fields, there’s not a lot to be busy about.” Wei Ruo reminded.

“What’s that got to do with you? I’m not going to mess around with you! I, Xie Ying, will make it big! You wait, I’ll talk to my mother later! If my mother doesn’t agree, I’ll write a letter to my grandfather!” Xie Ying said back in a domineering manner.

Xie Ying is serious.

“In addition I have another condition, we work together to do these things you need to help me keep it a secret, you can’t tell outsiders or anyone in my family.” Wei Ruo said.

“Why? Outsiders aside, why can’t your own family members do the same?” Xie Ying was puzzled.

“What if that sister of mine wants to get involved after letting my family know?” Wei Ruo asked.

“Don’t, I don’t like her, she’s too much of a pain in the ass, she seems to fall over when the wind blows, and always has a very soft look in her eyes. I just didn’t bother her before, and she was aggrieved as if I had beaten her up.” Xie Ying decisively refused.

“But once it’s known, and my head of the family gives me an order, I won’t be able to refuse.” Wei Ruo continued to explain.

“Then it’s better to keep it a secret, it’s good to keep it a secret, it’s good to have a sense of mystery. When I talk to my mother later, I’ll explain that she’ll keep it a secret for us!” Xie Ying said.

“Well then, you first obtain the consent of the family, and then we’ll explore how we’re going to carry it out.” Wei Ruo said.

The benefits of cooperating with Xie Ying for Wei Ruo are still quite a lot, the first point is that Xie Ying’s nature is very much to her liking; the second point is that Xie Ying has the background and ability to meet the conditions of being her partner; the third point is also the most important point, she can avoid the Wei family.

Previously, she had to obtain contact with the government through the Wei family for the development of the wasteland in the south of the city because it required an official background.

Now she could reclaim a piece of land bypassing the Wei family through Xie Ying, and could also add an extra portion of income for herself.

Xie Ying was usually lazy, but once she encountered something she wanted to do, she didn’t like to procrastinate, and when she took a break at noon, she went to Mrs. Xie to talk about her idea.

Mrs. Xie thinks this is a good thing, Miss Wei’s accomplishments are obvious to everyone, and it would be beneficial for her daughter to follow Miss Wei and do something meaningful.

And it’s not a big deal for the Xie family, she doesn’t even need to take silver out of the Xie family’s public, take some silver out of her own dowry for her daughter to buy is.

Seeing that Mrs. Xie agreed, Xie Ying was happy.

“Thank you, Mother!” Xie Ying hugged Mrs. Xie and kissed her on the cheek.

“You little leather monkey, mother can tell you, since you want to do it you have to do it with heart like Miss Wei family, make some achievements, not allowed to do half of it on the verge of fleeing.” Mrs. Xie admonished.

Mrs. Xie doesn’t care about silver, she just wants her daughter to develop good habits.

“Mother, don’t worry, when have I ever run away from a battle? I despise the behavior of running away from the battlefield the most!”

“You still say you didn’t run away from the battle, last year in the capital, I took you on a flower boat tour, and when it was time to go out, you played the fool and lied that your stomach hurt and refused to go.” Mrs. Xie dismantled.

“That …… that’s not the same ……”

“Alright, alright, this time Mother chooses to believe you. Also, in a few days your brother will be coming to Xing Shan County, so you can have him help you get anything at that time as well.” Mrs. Xie said with a smile.