Chapter 174: Change

In the next two days, Shi Qingluo made the letter written by Xiao Hanzheng.

The paper and handwriting look like they were written more than ten years ago.

She also told Xiao Hanzheng to make many beehives. She put honey and sprinkled some spiritual water on them.

Then she took it into the mountains and attracted the large swarm of wild bees into the beehive.

When they finished, Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng went to visit Mo Qingling again and told them about their intention to teach everyone how to keep bees.

Mo Qingling naturally welcomes their ideas.

Since the opening of sesame seed workshops and vermicelli workshops in the county, the entire county has been developing in a prosperous direction.

Mo Qingling also used the income from the workshop to purchase cement at cost price from the cement workshop in Xiaxi Village, and paved cement roads in the county.

The next step was to pave the way to other villages and towns.

A notice was quickly issued in the county, and government officials were asked to go to many villages and towns to inform people who wanted to keep bees that they could go to the county government to learn from tomorrow.

Many people were confused after hearing about it. Can they raise bees by themselves?

Many people were interested. After all, if they develop it, their income from selling honey will not be low.

So the next day, Shi Qingluo took Xi Rong and others to the county government office and saw that it was already full of people, at least hundreds of households.

Everyone was familiar with Shi Qingluo, and most of the people sitting had come to learn before.

Shi Qingluo walked to the front and introduced the benefits of beekeeping to everyone with a smile.

Then she taught them how to keep bees.

She also brought in a lot of pamphlets.

She wrote down how to keep bees, some precautions, and ways to prevent diseases.

Early on, she took it to the Bai Family’s bookstore and asked Bai Xu to help print hundreds of copies.

After talking about the methods, experience, and precautions of raising bees.

Shi Qingluo smiled and said: “If anyone wants to keep bees, you can come to me and get a box of bees to raise.”

“I will go to your house to guide you on how to build more beehives and teach you how to keep bees.”

“Whether it’s training bees or sending beehives directly, it’s free.”

She then changed the subject, “But I have a prerequisite.”

“From now on, when you raise bees, you can process the honey yourself, but the beeswax needs to be sold to Nanshan Rouge Workshop.”

“Of course, we will add a purchase price to the contract and promise that the beeswax collected every year will not be lower than the market price.”

Only in this way can everyone be motivated to keep bees.

She asked with a smile: “If you have any opinions, you can put them forward.”

The people who were sitting and learning beekeeping all smiled and said: “Mrs. Shi, you collect the beeswax so that it won’t be wasted in our hands. How can we have any objections?”

Someone said excitedly: “Yes, Mrs. Shi taught us very well. I want to raise these bees, how do I get the beehives?”

The others stopped, “I remember you came from behind, right? Don’t even think of jumping in the line.”

“That’s right, I believe Mrs. Shi, and all of us here believe her.”

“Mrs. Shi, we all want to keep these bees.”

After beekeeping, they don’t need to sell the honey by themselves. The Nanshan Rouge Workshop will accept them. Of course, they can’t miss such a good thing.

Nowadays, apart from farming, people have no additional income.

They hope to make some money in other long-term ways.

Shi Qingluo smiled and cupped her hands: “Thank you all for your trust and support in me.”

“For those who decide to keep bees, you can go to the county office to register and then get a beekeeping manual.”

“I will take someone to deliver the beehives to you in person in 2 days according to the list and address you registered.”

The free educating bee was done, she doesn’t care about doing more.

This will be the source of raw materials for their future rouge business, so they have to be careful about it no matter what.

Of course, this was a win-win situation. The beekeepers make money and they also have materials.

Everyone said sheepishly: “This is such a troublesome thing. Why don’t we go get it ourselves?”

Shi Qingluo smiled and said: “It’s okay, I have to go on-site to guide you in beekeeping, so it’s better to come in person.”

“Then thank you so much, Mrs. Shi, we will remember your kindness.”

“Yes, yes, you are a good person!”

“Whoever can’t get along with Mrs. Shi’s family in the future will have trouble with us.”

“That right. If the general’s wife from the capital comes to harm Mrs. Shi again, we will drown them all with our saliva.”

“What’s the use of saliva? Let’s beat them.”

Simple people were like this. If you are good to them, they will repay you.

Of course, except for a few white-eyed wolves.

Shi Qingluo has always believed that the majority of good people in the world know how to repay kindness.

Hearing how everyone defended herself, she felt warm in her heart, “Thank you all!”

She believed that what these people said was true. If that woman dealt with her again one day, these people would stand up and help.

Not far away, Xi Rong and others were shocked when they saw this scene.

They didn’t expect teaching beekeeping would make people so protective of Shi Qingluo.

They have also discovered that as long as Shi Qingluo was mentioned in the county town, almost no one would recognize her.

And when people talk about her, they will say all good things about her. She was the apprentice of the Old Immortal Priest, and she was dedicated to benefiting the good people in the village.

Xi Rui and Xi Rong may not feel that deeply, but Fei Yuzhe and Liang Youxiao feel much more deeply.

When they first came to Nanxi County, they felt different from what they feel now.

Back then, the cement floor had not been laid, and the faces of the people were different. Now they look much more energetic.

Several workshops have been built in the county town, and the lives of many people have improved.

This was indeed a change brought about by the changing times.

They have to say that at this moment, in their hearts, their impression and status of Shi Qingluo changed again.

Mo Qingling also appreciated Shi Qingluo more and more.

After two days, Shi Qingluo took Xi Rong and others to deliver the beehives.

They also asked Mo Qingling to help me buy some bees and beehives from other places. After all, just catching wild bees would not be enough.

They visited many villages and towns, including very remote mountain homes.

It also allowed Liang Youxiao and others to see a lot of things that they had never seen before.

For example, there was a village in the mountains. They were so poor. Even the village chief’s family was so poor that they only had a thatched house and ate wild vegetables mixed with chaff.

Many children were running on the road, their clothes were in tatters, their feet were bare, and they didn’t even have a pair of straw sandals.

They also met someone who couldn’t survive and wanted to sell his daughter.

Of course, they also experienced the simplicity and enthusiasm of many people.

The poor were ambitious, not because they were lazy and didn’t work hard, but because there was no place for them to work hard.

As boxes of bees were sent out, the mentality of Liang Youxiao and others also changed a lot.

Even Xi Rui who was well-fed in the capital thought it was such a waste to have breakfast with a table full of food and then just eat with a few mouthfuls.

It would be better to save some money in the future and use it to do something good.

Fei Yuzhe, who originally wanted to rely on his family to lie low, has had the biggest change in mentality.

He was planning to be elected as an official according to the family arrangement and go to the Yamen in the future.

Now he suddenly doesn’t want to lie low anymore. He also wanted to do something for the people of Daliang.

Liang Youxiao has not changed his ambition to become a top businessman, but he has some other ideas.

While he gets rich, he can also help the people get rich together, which seems to be very good.

Xi Rong has become even more determined to build a women’s army to protect her family and the country so that there would be no war in Daliang, and people could live and work in peace and contentment.

 


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