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 any money, and 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 bring them all. I don't like tea anyway, nor do Virtue." Handoff said cheerfully.

However, Han Qixiu was not very satisfied with the tea. Just ordering the tea was not enough to attract the steward. It turned out that he had already made plans to let the steward come to Yuyang County to invest. This way, it would help the people of Yuyang County 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.

Yuanyuan Zhuangzhuang sat for a while, and after eating an apple and two biscuits, his belly was full, but the little guy's butt 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 brother, without saying a word, he hugged his brother, Zhuang Zhuang grinned happily, and his fat paws 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, and Zhuang Zhuang ran back with Le Dian Dian in both hands.

"Mom, Niu Niu!"

Zhuangzhuang, like offering a treasure, 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 were replaced by jade, this statue would be worth more!" Shen Jiao felt a little regretful.

In her previous life, the Shen family had countless gold and silver jewels, as well as all kinds 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.

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 given by 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. This stone cow is the old man idle. It was carved out of rocks 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 jerk 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 starts from the previous dynasty. Yuyang County has many mountains and little land, and my friend's village is even more in a mountain nest. The land is pitifully small, and sweet potatoes can't even eat enough. Some people think of going out to earn money. As a side note, I went to the neighboring Burmese country to get jade, tried to carve it into ornaments and sold it, gradually gained fame, and solved my belly problem, but it’s just that I’ve been unlucky again in the past ten years or so.”

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. The ancestors of Han Dexing’s friends relied on their wisdom and hardworking hands. It’s really respectable to think of relying on craftsmanship to eat!

Han Qixiu also remembered at this time, he seemed to have heard that there was a place in Province G that was famous for its jade carvings, but unexpectedly it was Yuyang County. The county picked one, and he actually chose Yuyang County, what a coincidence!

Jade carving, this is a good thing. Han Qixiu's brain is active. Foreign devils like these things the most. If Huaxia wants to be rich, it has to cheat money from foreign devils' pockets!

They sell whatever the foreign devils like, and the more they like it, the more expensive it is!

This matter needs to be discussed with Guan Yan and Guan Ran!