: Nine hundred jade carvings
Handoff said good things to his men: "Uncle Xiu, Yuyang County is really poor. There are too many mountains and little land here. The farmers have worked so hard to grow a year's harvest, and they can't even fill their stomachs. Where can there be any extra money? Ordinary people? They are all so poor, the county government will naturally not have money, Virtue really wants to build roads, but he has saved a year, and he has not saved much money, and he can't even build a roadbed."
Han Dexing couldn't help nodding with a bitter face. Of course he knew the truth of building roads first, but the foundation of Yuyang County's yamen was really bad. What kind of road to repair!
Han Qixiu asked, "What specialties does Yuyang County have?"
Han Dexing said: "What special products can there be, that is, bamboo shoots, tea leaves, lychees, etc., which are available in other counties, but the method of frying tea here is a bit special. The tea brewed is very fragrant. Soak up."
Handoff patted his head and shouted angrily: "Oh, my pig brain, I haven't even made a cup of tea all morning!"
This girl ran to make tea in a hurry. She used the unique fried tea here. At first glance, there is nothing special about it, but as soon as you pour boiling water, the fragrance of the tea will rise. It is indeed very special. Different.
"This tea is quite fragrant. Dove will pack some for me, and I will bring it back to drink." Shen Jiao smiled.
"Sure, I still have two kilograms here, you can take it all. Anyway, neither I nor Virtue like tea." Handoff said cheerfully.
However, Han Qixiu was not very satisfied with the tea. Just ordering the tea was not enough to attract the housekeeper. It turned out that he had already made plans to let the housekeeper invest in Yuyang County. This way, it would help the people of Yuyang County to improve their lives. , and the second can add luster to Han Dexing's career, killing two birds with one stone.
If you just want others to invest, you have to come up with something exciting, just the broken road at the county gate is enough.
"The others are gone?" Han Qixiu asked.
Han Dexing shook his head: "It's gone, Yuyang County is really poor, the farmers can't even fill their stomachs, they eat sweet potatoes and cassava for half a year, I can't bear to watch it every time I go to the countryside, it's too poor already."
Shen Jiao frowned. Province G has always been a big economic province, but the gap between the rich and the poor is also huge. The rich places are really rich, and the poor places are really poor, maybe not even the frontiers.
Yuan Yuan Zhuang Zhuang sat for a while, and after eating an apple and two biscuits, his belly was full, but the little guy's **** couldn't sit still, and looked around curiously.
"Niu Niu!"
Zhuangzhuang suddenly ran to the table in the corner, Yuanyuan followed behind, the room was so big, the little guy quickly ran to the table, but the table was taller than their stature, the little guy with short legs and short hands They simply can't get enough.
"Brother, out of reach!"
Looking for my brother for something, Zhuangzhuang tried a few times and looked at his brother in frustration.
Yuanyuan is really a good older brother, without saying a word, he hugged his younger brother, Zhuang Zhuang grinned happily, and his fat claws stretched out towards his target, which was a dark brown stone sculpture.
The statue is an old ox, with its head down and working hard to plough the fields. The carving is very good, lifelike, and the statue is not big, only the size of a palm.
"Mom, Niuniu!"
Like offering a treasure, Zhuang Zhuang held the stone ox in front of Shen Jiao, Shen Jiao took it over with a smile, and looked at it carefully.
"This stone cow is really well carved, but unfortunately the material is not good. If it was replaced with jade, this statue would be worth a lot of money!" Shen Jiao felt a little regretful.
In her previous life, the Shen family had countless gold and silver jewels, as well as various types of jade carvings. She had a lot of them in her boudoir, and they were all the works of famous jade carving masters at that time.
After seeing this good thing a lot, the eyesight will naturally be developed. This is similar to the principle of becoming a good doctor after a long illness. Therefore, although Shen Jiao does not understand jade carving, she can see at a glance that the craftsman of the stone ox is extraordinary.
Han Dexing said with a smile: "This is a gift from a friend I met when I went to the countryside. His father is a famous local jade carving master, but no one asked him to carve jade these years, so the old man came back to farm the land. It was carved out of stone on the mountain by Lai Wu Xing, I looked very unique, so I brought it back and displayed it."
"This old man's craftsmanship is really good. It's a pity to come back to farm." Shen Jiao sighed.
Han Dexing said helplessly: "That's right, good craftsmen have to come back to farm. Every household in my friend's village is a jade carver. Back then, their jade carvings were quite famous, and they lived a good life, but now they are not. It has become the poorest village, alas!"
Shen Jiao asked curiously, "You mean that all the villages are jade carvers?"
"Yes, in fact, their town is all engaged in this trade, but my friend's village is the most famous. Every household learns this craft, and it is the best. It's just that the younger generation doesn't like to learn it anymore. The craftsmanship is about to be lost!"
Han Dexing sighed deeply It was inconvenient for him to say some things, but he really felt that those years were such a **** mess that he couldn't even save the money for road construction!
Shen Jiao became interested as soon as she heard it, the whole village was made of jade, which is really rare!
Han Qixiu was also interested. He took the stone ox from his younger son's hand and looked at it for a long time. Although he did not understand jade carving, he might have seen that the stone ox carving was of a high standard and could not be mastered overnight.
"I remember that Yuyang County does not produce jade, so why are so many people studying jade carving?" Han Qixiu asked.
Han Dexing explained: "This is from the previous dynasty, Yuyang County has more mountains and less land, and my friend's village is in a mountain nest. For extra money, I went to the neighboring country of Myanmar to get jade, and I tried to carve it into ornaments and sell it. Gradually, I became famous, but it solved my belly problem, but it has started to be unlucky again in the past ten years."
This is what happens when you are poor. If you can't fill your stomach, you go out to find a way. Some people steal and rob it. The ancestors of Han Dexing's friends relied on their wisdom and hardworking hands. Thinking of relying on craftsmanship to eat, it's really respectable!
Han Qixiu also remembered at this time. He seemed to have heard that there was a place in G province that was famous for jade carvings, but he didn't expect it to be Yuyang County. The county chose one, and he actually chose Yuyang County, which is really a coincidence!
Jade carving, this is a good thing. Han Qixiu's mind became active. Foreign devils like these things the most. If Huaxia wants to be rich, he has to cheat money from foreign devils' pockets!
What foreign devils like, they will sell it, and the more they like it, the more expensive it will be!
This matter has to be discussed with Guan Yan and Guan Ran!