"Well, now let me see how much property there is in Mojia village."

    In Mo mansion, Merton took a deep breath and said to Fubo who had just delivered food to the villagers.

    Anyone can say heroic words, but when you really want to take action, you will find many difficulties.

    Merton has many ideas that can make money, but a clever woman can''t make bricks without rice. All actions need to be based on the actual situation of Mojia village,

    It is not so easy to find a project that can make a lot of money and benefit all 5000 people in Mojia village.

    "Young master! Here is the list you want!" fuber handed over a thin piece of paper.

    Ten fish ponds, an abandoned kiln, and only 10000 kilograms of grain left in the ink house. There is also a salted fish shop in Chang''an City, which is the only wealth of Mojia village.

    Merton frowned. These things seem to be a lot, but considering that more than 5000 people in thousands of families in Mojia village are crying for food, these things are not enough. According to the estimation of normal expenditure, Mojia village will run out of ammunition and food and get into trouble in less than a month.

    After a while, Li Yi also entered the hall, looked at Forbes, and waited quietly for Merton, who was thinking hard.

    "No, neither!" Merton shook his head,

    Merton thought for several times and was denied. It''s not that these businesses don''t make money. Any business can make a person rich in a short time. However, there are more than 5000 people in Mojia village, and it''s useless not to benefit everyone in Mojia village.

    Fubo and Li Yi also frowned one by one and fell into deep distress.

    "It seems that there is only one last way!" Li Yi said after a long time.

    "What?" Merton looked up.

    "You mean kaitang?" fuber suddenly looked up.

    "Open the pond?" Merton asked suspiciously.

    "No!" fuber shook his head.

    "That''s the capital of our Mojia village. Once we open the pond, there will be nothing at the bottom of the box!" Fubo shook his head and denied.

    "But this is also the only way." Li Yi said sadly.

    After the debate between Fubo and Li Yi, Merton finally knew that the focus of their debate was the ten fish ponds in Mojia village.

    These ten fish ponds are the magic weapon for Mojia village to tide over difficulties every year. Whenever it is in the most difficult time, these ten fish ponds will be opened in turn. The oldest fish pond has not been opened for five years.

    "Then open the pond!" interrupted Merton.

    "The little Lord doesn''t know. Every year, when the pond is opened in Mojia village, he can often get through the difficulties. Now..." Fubo sighed and lowered his head.

    "What''s the matter now?" Merton frowned and wondered.

    "The young master doesn''t know. It''s too early to open the pond now. If you open the pond now, you''ll open all ten fish ponds, and you won''t be able to support the villagers'' two-month rations." Li Yi said sadly.

    "And now the weather hasn''t snowed, and the salted fish is not easy to preserve. If they can''t be sold in time, they will all fall into their hands," fuber added.

    "Moreover, now the price of salt is high, and buying salt alone is a large expense..."

    "Wait!"

    Merton felt that his brain was not enough and hurriedly interrupted Forbes'' nagging.

    "Sell salted fish!" Merton looked at them strangely and asked, "why do we sell salted fish and why don''t we take live fish to Chang''an City?"

    As soon as he blurted out his words, Merton knew he seemed to have said something wrong, because Fubo and Li Yi looked at him like fools.

    Fortunately, Ziyi took care of Merton''s face and explained: "young master, the Mojia village is 50 miles away from Chang''an city. It takes at least two hours to walk. The fish from the pond have been transported to Chang''an city. The fish have died. They can''t sell at a good price. It''s better to make salted fish."

    "Ziyi, what you said is very true!" Li Yi nodded.

    "What about fish in other villages?" Merton asked.

    "The same is true in other villages. Only the fish raised in several villages near Chang''an city can be transported to Chang''an City and still alive, but once those live fish arrive in Chang''an City, they have been robbed for a long time, which is much higher than the price of our dead fish!" Ziyi said.

    "Live fish, the price is very expensive?" Merton suddenly stood up and stared at purple clothes.

    Ziyi nodded and said, "of course, live fish is specially supplied to those high doors and big valves. Ordinary people can''t grab it at all. The price alone has more than tripled, and there is a price without a market. They are robbed when they come late."

    "Hahaha! Get rich! Get rich!" Merton seemed to be crazy, pacing back and forth in the hall, dancing.

    "Wow!" a glass of cold water suddenly poured on Merton''s head.

    "What are you doing?" Merton angrily touched the water on his head and stared at the purple clothes with an empty tea cup.

    But Ziyi was not afraid at all. Instead, she took a big sigh of relief, patted the small-scale chest and relaxed her airway: "I thought the young master was crazy. It has nothing to do with us to make money again. Mojia village is too far from Chang''an City?"

    Ignoring the girl who was a little middle two, Merton shook off the tea on his head, smiled strangely at Fubo and Li Yi and said, "what if I can make the fish live after entering Chang''an City?"

    "What? It''s impossible!" Fubo and Li Yi suddenly raised their heads and looked at Merton incredulously, but their eyes had some hope that if the Mojia village could transport live fish into Chang''an City, 3000 people in the Mojia village would be saved.

    "Fish can''t live without water. If too many fish are pulled by waterwheel, they will die. These methods have been tried by others and can''t be transported to Chang''an city." the light of hope in Li Yi''s eyes slowly extinguished and shook his head.

    Merton said excitedly, "that''s why we can make a fortune! I have a way to make the fish entering Chang''an city alive."

    "Really?" asked fuber, looking straight at Merton with a hopeful face.

    "Yes, yes!" Merton nodded. "But we need to make some tools. If there are fish, we can experiment tonight!"

    "How to experiment!" fuber hurriedly asked.

    Merton explained: "first fill the waterwheel in the house with water, and when the tools I need are made, put the fish into the waterwheel, and you can see the still living fish early tomorrow morning."

    Mo mansion is also a big family. There are water tankers at home to prevent fire disasters. This water tanker has made great contributions to several fires at home.

    "Lao Zhang tou used to be a great craftsman in the army. I''ll find him now and make tools now!" Li Yi said as he ran out.

    Fubo didn''t fall behind him. After running out with Li Yi, the voice came from the outer wall: "I''ll find the old fish and ask him to fish in the pond."

    "Young master, I''ll go to the waterwheel!" Ziyi looked at the young master with tea and ran away.

    Only Merton looked at his wet clothes and smiled bitterly.