The bountiful harvest in Jiangnan, after the summer wheat started coming out, the grain prices on the market surged for a few days before starting to fall.

  It wasn't until the autumn harvest that grain prices slowly stabilized, and even so, grain prices were still higher than in previous years.

  Relatively speaking, the prices at which farmers sell to grain merchants have also risen a bit.

  No matter how others say, most farmers are happy in their hearts. This year they finally made a profit.

  There have been bumper harvests before, but the more grain there is, the cheaper it becomes. In fact, apart from having a bit more grain to eat, people didn't earn much money.

  It would be great if it could be like this every year. With a good harvest and a good price for the grain, our family will definitely live a much better life.

  Only a few large grain merchants knew that such things were hard to come by.

  This year's harvest was bountiful, and they wanted to push down grain prices. However, the imperial court seemed to have deliberately purchased grains from farmers to transport them to the southern border. Moreover, none of the major households' grains that they had hoped to negotiate were successfully negotiated. Although Jiangnan had a good harvest, there wasn't much grain circulating in the market.

  They also want to make a profit from Southern Xinjiang, so although they are unwilling, they have no choice but to raise the price of grain.

  These were things that Lin Qingyan did not know. After all, the Lin family only sold grain and did not buy it, so they were somewhat delayed in receiving news about this aspect.

  It wasn't until Lin Yubin mentioned it that she realized something was off.

  Lin Yuhong naturally didn't know these things, she had heard some news from Shang Mingjie and knew that her aunt loved money, so she came to offer her advice, "Aunt, let's also collect the autumn grain and go to Nanjiang, I've heard that the grain price there is three times that of here."

  Lin Qingwan spat out the tea in her mouth and glared at him, "Who told you that?"

  "Second Brother, they bought a lot of grain and are transporting it to Southern Xinjiang. Eldest Brother is still collecting grain."

  But after two months of not seeing him, Shang Ming Jie had darkened by three degrees. Originally a fair and tender youth, he had transformed into a rustic young man with an air of heroism, and if he got any darker, he would turn into charcoal.

  However, Shang Mingjie looked very spirited, so Lin Yubin asked him after laughing for a while, "Second uncle, how did you get so tanned? Did you also go on a long trip when I went to Yangzhou?"

  Shang Mingjie scratched his head with a silly grin: "I didn't go far, I'm just in your village."

  "Little sister left without even telling me, I only found out when I came looking for you. Later, I heard that you were ambushed and it scared me to death."

  He originally wanted to go find her, but everyone had fled the city, and as a result he ran into his uncle and was caught.

  He was later heavily guarded and couldn't even leave the house, but after he made a big fuss, his grandmother intervened and he was finally allowed out.

  However, Ming Jie didn't tell Lin Yubin these things, but instead looked at her intently and asked, "Sister, were you scared?"

  Lin Yuhuan shook his head and proudly said: "My guts are much bigger than yours, I haven't come back yet, what are you doing at my Tianzhuang Manor?"

  "Auntie wasn't always looking for someone who could write books to write an agricultural book for Old Man Chen and his family? I'm here to write that agricultural book." Shang Mingjie smiled and said, "It's also a coincidence. That day, when I passed by the city gate, I saw Auntie's notice posted there. When I asked about it, I found out it had been posted for over a year, but no one had taken it down, so I took it."

  Lin Yuhong's eyes widened, "You can still write agricultural books?"

  Shang Mingjie smiled carelessly, "If you don't know, then learn, anyway I have nothing to do, so I'll just help Auntie with some things that are within my ability."

  It's actually him being stupid, he really can't think of what he can do himself.

  Although Wen was appointed as an official through imperial examination, he may not have been able to pass the exam and become a jinshi in his own right, let alone having the power to be his own master.

  He can't even make his own decisions, how could he...

  Shang Mingjie looked at Lin Yuhong's tender and pale face, and didn't think any further.

  He wants Lin's sister to have a good life, at least a happy and carefree one.

  Wen Ju couldn't make it through the civil service examination, and Wu Ju was even more unlikely to pass. He had studied archery and martial arts, and had also read several military books, but he didn't think that these alone would be enough for him to pass the military service examination.

  The most important thing is that if he were to leave with Wu, his mother would definitely send him to his uncle's place, and in the end, wouldn't he still have to rely on the Zhao family? What kind of independence is that?

  Unexpectedly, there was a way out, and there was nothing to do. When Shang Mingjie was caught by Zhao Sheng and hugged the city gate without letting go, he looked up and saw a recruitment notice posted on the bulletin board next to the city gate.

  That piece of paper has turned yellow, but it's still firmly stuck on top. The words are big and easy to understand.

  Lin's family compound is recruiting a talented individual who can write agricultural books for the elderly farmers in the village.

  A man of ambition, what kind of person is a man of ambition?

  Shang Mingjie was suddenly stripped of his grasp on the city gate by Zhao Sheng, who dragged him back to the Shang residence.

  Then Shang Ming Jie gritted his teeth and decided to go out, so he went to the Lin family's other courtyard. Even if it was just writing a book for an old farmer, that was still something, wasn't it?

  Otherwise, always wandering around, when can I find my own way?

  So Shang Ming Jie escaped from his miserable life and ran to Lin's family villa every day.

  Except for going to school and occasionally returning home, he spent almost all his time in the Lin family's villa.

  In order to save time, he even invited Mr. Lu to come out and agreed with his family to study hard and live in Qingfeng Mountain.

  Is there no place for me in the Lu family's house?

  It doesn't matter, they can rent a thatched hut from Lin Aunt's family to live in.

  Don't they have several straw cottages built for rent in their Wen Garden?

  Two taels of silver for one month is very cheap.

  Mrs. Shang Er who could build a thatched hut with just two taels of silver: "......"

  But recently she had a falling out with her son, and it's just a matter of money, anyway Lin Shi and her niece are not around now, so let's just stay.

  So Shang Ming Jie can openly follow behind Old Man Chen and observe, learn from and record them.

  In the morning, I go down to the fields with them to plant vegetables, then go to school. After school, I return to the fields to accompany them in checking on the wheat, rice and various crops, listening to how they judge the condition of these crops and estimate the harvest.

  How crops perform when they are water-deficient, how to supplement water, when to supplement water, and how much water to supplement...

  How to replenish fat again, how to supplement it, when to supplement it, how much is suitable, what if too much is supplemented, and what if not enough is supplemented...

  And how to make manure and so on.

  Then came summer harvest.

  Every year, in spring for planting, summer for harvesting and autumn for harvesting, the academy will be closed. Not only is this so for the Lu family's private school, but also for other academies, prefectural schools, and county schools.

  After all, most students nowadays have land at home, no matter whether they are rich or poor themselves, the work of farming cannot be put down.

  This is an attitude of the imperial court. Of course, during this holiday, students are either working in the fields or going horseback riding and hunting or having fun, the imperial court will not interfere.

  In the past, Shang Mingjie would always gather friends to have poetry and literature gatherings or go horse racing during long holidays.

  This time he declined all invitations from his classmates and friends, and quietly changed into a short sleeve shirt to follow Old Man Chen down to the fields to harvest wheat.

  Shang Mingjie, who was clumsy and often accidentally cut his own hands or feet, slowly became a farmer. Although he couldn't compare to Old Man Chen's speed, he could now keep up with the 8-9 year old village kids.

  The most important thing is that during the harvest process, Chen Lao Bo and others started talking to him from the beginning of winter wheat sowing in early winter.

  Although Shang Mingjie is not someone who can memorize everything at a glance, his memory is still quite good.

  Seriously write down after work in the evening, and then rush to continue writing the next day. After finishing the record, confirm it again, and then ask for different opinions from other old farmers. List their methods as one, two, three, and the book is already half done.

  Now he mainly learns from Old Man Chen and others how to quickly and effectively open up wasteland, so under the scorching sun it's inevitable that he got a bit darker.

  When he went home a few days ago, Mrs. Shang and Second Mistress saw that he had turned black like this, and their hearts were about to ache to death.

  What happened to this good-looking young man?

  If they weren't their own children, they would have been disgusted to death.

  Then Second Mistress Shang confined him at home to reflect on his actions, and this time even Old Lady Shang didn't speak up for him. Instead, she said: "If you want to learn something, then follow your older brother around and gain some experience. You're a young master of a noble family, how can you go work in the fields? It's unbefitting and will make people look down on you."

  If Shang Mingjie were so easily compromised, he wouldn't be Shang Mingjie.

  However, he won't be as uncompromising and outspoken as before. This time, he expressed his own thoughts, saw that the adults didn't listen, and didn't rush to make them agree with him. He simply followed his older brother out quietly.

  Anyway, he had to sort out the things he recorded, so let's take a break and talk about it again at harvest time.

  The result followed Shang Mingyuan for two more days before he cleverly discovered something was amiss.

  Shang Ming is still buying up large quantities of grain.

  The Shang family also had a grain store, but it was small and had limited consumption capacity. Therefore, every year, a large part of the grain produced in Shangjiazhuang Village was sold to grain merchants.

  But this year, Mingyuan not only didn't sell out, but also bought a large quantity from farmers at a price that wasn't low.

  Before, Shang Mingjie could still ask questions like "Isn't the seed of rice also rice?" but now he is already familiar with grain prices.

  In addition to the selling price in the grain store, he also knew the purchase prices of grain merchants and farmers, as well as the comparison of grain prices over the past three years.

  It wasn't something he had specifically gone to look up, but rather something that Old Man Chen and the others had mentioned in casual conversation.

  Last summer, the wheat was sold for only six cents, but the grain store turned around and sold it for eight cents. By autumn harvest time, the price had dropped even lower, fortunately, the price of millet was still okay, but it was only seven cents. By last New Year's, the price had risen by five cents, and this year when the green and yellow crops didn't connect, the price directly doubled.

  Mr. Chen and his wife looked at each other with aching hearts, constantly sighing, "If we had kept the grain until the beginning of the year, how much money could we have made?"

  "What a pity! Even if we keep the grain, it can't be sold. If it is sold, the price won't be that high. The ones who make the most profit are still those big grain merchants."

  So when it comes to understanding grain prices, Shang Mingjie is afraid that he knows more than Shang Mingyuan, the one who buys grains.

  So he couldn't help but wonder, "Big brother, autumn grain is almost here and this year's harvest is bountiful, why are you buying so much grain?"

  "You don't know this, do you? Our Great Liang has just taken over half of Southern Han's territory. The people there have been in a state of war since last winter, when did they have time to farm? With such barren lands and no grain production, how can we not buy grain at high prices?"

  "So I plan to transport these grains to Southern Xinjiang and make a big profit."

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