In the next few months, Xing Zhong squatted on the edge of the vegetable field from time to time to see how big those sweet potatoes could grow.This small courtyard is now lived by their family, and the bhikkhunis from the nunnery will not come here easily, but it is cheaper for the Xing family.

But Xing Xiuyan was able to take care of his health and was free. When Xing Zhong was serving sweet potatoes, he borrowed books from Miaoyu to copy them. When he had a job to copy Buddhist scriptures, he copied Buddhist scriptures.

In the following slack days, Xing Zhong went to the city to do odd jobs as usual, but deliberately got some small and large wooden boards and some small and small wooden boxes without a cover, and put the small courtyard back and forth. Including those unoccupied wing rooms were filled to the brim, and even the two jacks used to catch rainwater in the corner of the yard were also used.

Holes were dug under these wooden boxes to prevent water accumulation, and soil was filled together with the jack jar for cutting sweet potato vines.

Although he had never served sweet potatoes before, as a veteran farmer with a fairly flexible mind, Xing Zhong actually tried to plant sweet potatoes.

Not only did he plant it, but he also planted it alive, and it grew very well.

By the end of May, as a veteran farmer, he had been able to accurately estimate the yield per mu of sweet potatoes.

Xing Zhong knew that the matter was half done.

He went to Gusu City first, found two younger sisters who were embroiderers in the embroidery workshop, managed to scrape together a little travel expenses, and then went to Yangzhou alone.

It is not far from Gusu to Yangzhou, and it is located in the prosperous south of the Yangtze River, so there are not many trail-cutting thieves.In addition, Xing Zhong looked like a poor family, so he was carrying an umbrella, a bag, and a little dry food, so no one would be eyeing him.

Xing Xiuyan and her mother waited anxiously in Panxiang Temple for more than two months, and couldn't help being distracted in front of Miaoyu several times, causing Miaoyu to speak directly, first to mention her, and then to drive her back directly.

At the end of July, the tenants got the news: Miaoyu was going to Beijing with her master, and sold the Panxiang Temple, and the new owner was named Lin!

Under the Panxiang Temple, not only the tenants of the Xing family, but the rest of the families were all terrified, but both Xing's wife and Xing Xiuyan knew that their affairs were likely to be completed in all likelihood!

To start a new business, inspection of the master's house is necessary, but no one in the Panxiang Temple, except for Xing's wife and daughter Xing Xiuyan, believes that Lin Ruhai will come to Gusu to inspect the Panxiang Temple!

After all, Lin Ruhai is a serving official, he can go home to worship his ancestors, but it is unlikely that he will come to Panxiang Temple specially.

Unless there are special reasons.

Except for the mother and daughter of the Xing family, no one knows that Panxiang Temple has this special reason-sweet potatoes.

Time passed in a blink of an eye, and in August, Lin Ruhai came to Panxiang Temple in person, and Xing Zhong came back with him.

Different from when he left, when Xing Zhong came back, he was wearing silk clothes, his face was rounded, and his face was also white for a while, he looked like a country rich man.

As soon as he got home and closed the door, Xing Zhong said: "My daughter really hit the spot! The Lin family is indeed a scholarly family and a family of good deeds. Hearing my background, he was not disrespectful, and let me enter through the side door solemnly. After waiting in the side hall for a long time, when Mr. Lin came back from the Yamen and went to the banquet again, Mr. Lin came over to greet me in person! Mr. Lin promised me that if this sweet potato is really successful, he will give me a big thank you , even if it doesn’t work, in the future this Panxiang Temple and the nearby fields will also be given to us as relatives.”

Xing's wife was overjoyed: "Really, really? This, this is more than 300 mu of land!"

More than 300 mu of land may not seem like much, but what if half of it is good paddy fields?The paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River are good, so the price is naturally high. Although the price of these 300 mu of land is 7000 taels, but because it is contiguous, there is nowhere to buy it even if you take out 1 taels of silver!

Not to mention, Panxiang Temple was originally a temple officially registered by the imperial court, so there are tax deductions and exemptions!

It is impossible to send a family business worth tens of thousands of taels. If it can be achieved, it is obvious that the family business will naturally be richer.

Before today, how could Xing's wife have thought of such a good life? !

She couldn't help but start to imagine how much money the Lin family would give if the sweet potatoes were really made.

Xing Zhongdao: "What do you know! Three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes silver! Not to mention that Mrs. Lin is in the position of Yanzheng! He will only become richer! Let alone 1 taels of silver, it is [-] , for others, it is just a matter of a finger!"

This is a bit vulgar, but Xing Xiuyan's focus is not here at all.

She said: "Father, the wealth and honor of the Lin family is the business of the Lin family. Since Mr. Lin bought the Panxiang Temple, I only hope that he can contribute the credit to him sooner. Father, there are two thousand catties in the yard." Is it a vat? Let Master Lin transport this to Beijing, and let Wan Live see the auspiciousness."

When Xing Zhong heard this, he ran outside quickly.

After a while, I heard footsteps outside, and it was Lin Ruhai who came to the small courtyard under the leadership of Xing Zhong.

In fact, Lin Ruhai was also very anxious, but he was an old fox in the officialdom and kept holding it.But now, Xing Zhong is like this, and he doesn't want to hide it anymore.Even Xing Zhong knew that it was not easy to sit in the position of Yangzhou Xunyan Yushi. He had been sitting in it for three full years.

Lin Ruhai is a person who knows how to do things, and the Lin family has people.

After confirming the output of the vegetable field and the sweet potatoes in those boxes, especially after smashing one of the jack jars, Lin Ruhai hurriedly sent the Lin family's big housekeeper to send the remaining jack jar by boat. Go to Beijing.

If possible, he would also like to go to Beijing with this heavy tank, but now, he can only send it to Yangzhou to watch the official ship slowly go away.

However, before loading the jack tank, he asked Liubaili to urgently submit a manifesto to Beijing.

The tenants of Panxiang Temple were also busy. According to the order of the second housekeeper of the Lin family, and under the guidance of Xing Zhong and his wife, after the autumn harvest, they did not plant beans as usual, but planted sweet potato vines by cuttings.

The tenants were not dissatisfied with this.

Originally, after the autumn harvest, when the beans were planted, they would also go to the city to do odd jobs to earn some pocket money. Now that the host family gave them money, they also saved going to the city every morning to find work. What is there to be dissatisfied with?

It's just that they don't grow beans but grow such a thing that they have never seen before, and they are inevitably a little strange in their hearts.

The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is warm. Cuttings were completed in mid-September, and the sweet potato seedlings had grown well in October. At the end of October, after a few frosts, the sweet potato seedlings were cut. Seeing that the sweet potatoes had survived the frost, the Xing family followed the Lin family. The day came for the second housekeeper to go to Yangzhou.

But they just entered Yangzhou city here, and they bumped into the angel who came to Yangzhou to proclaim the decree.

Sweet potatoes mean wealth to the Xing family, credit to the Lin family, and political resources to the royal family.

Lin Ruhai was promoted to an official in the capital and served as the servant of the household department. At the same time, he was also named Doctor Guanglu.

The Lin family immediately became a sea of ​​joy.

You must know that since the old Prince Yizhong was there, the Yanzheng and Yangzhou have had constant problems, and now they are almost like a meat grinder in the officialdom.

Before this, no one would have thought that Lin Ruhai could sit in this position for three years, and no one would have thought that Lin Ruhai would be promoted after three years in this position!

The doctor of Lantai Temple and the servant of the household department look at the same level, but the status and influence of these two positions in the court are not so different at 01:30!Not to mention the title of Doctor Guanglu!

Under normal circumstances, unless the prime minister or deputy prime minister retires, he or she will be given titles such as Advising Doctor and Guanglu Doctor, but incumbent officials should get such titles, not only must they have great merit, but also have a sacred heart. Have the trust of the king!

Knowing that Lin Ruhai was promoted, officials who had dealt with Lin Ruhai in the past and those who did not deal with him all came to congratulate him, and even the salt merchants brought generous gifts and came to the door in person—but they couldn't enter the gate of Yangzhou Xunyan Yushi's mansion. They also have to come in person.

In this situation,

Against such a busy background, Lin Ruhai even set up a reception banquet to personally entertain the Xing family, welcoming the Xing family's arrival, his attitude and behavior can be seen.

Lin Ruhai's attitude is here, and he is a middle-aged handsome uncle, Xing Xiuyan doesn't think so, but she clearly feels that there is something wrong with the way her two aunts look at Lin Ruhai.

After eating the wine, Xing Xiuyan settled down in the guest courtyard of the Lin family's other courtyard. Seeing her two aunts hurriedly tidying up her two aunts, Xing Xiuyan really wanted to roll her eyes.

There are some things that she can't say, but her mother can.

Seeing the appearance of the two sisters-in-law, Xing's wife was also angry. She could not turn against the two sister-in-laws on the first day of coming to Yangzhou, but she could whisper to her husband in bed:

"Brother Zhong, look at the two younger sisters. When they came to Yangzhou, they immediately changed."

Xing Zhong said: "My sister is getting older."

"When you grow up, you can post it if you can't fancy one! The Lin family is a difficult heir. Even if Master Lin is a widower and is waiting for a continuation, what he wants can be fertile. As long as one of the younger sisters is Yi Nan's, why not?" As for now, there is no one else!"

Well, here I want to talk about the appearance of the second aunt of the Xing family and the third aunt of the Xing family. Their appearance is what is often called the snake face in later generations.Although there are many men who like this kind of face in later generations, but in the era of the Red Chamber, this kind of face was called acrimonious and unfavorable to offspring!

In this era, if you don't have a dowry but have a male face, you can still get married, but if you don't have a dowry and have a snake-like face, most people don't want such a woman. To be a concubine, not a wife!

After all, the Xing family is also a family of officials and eunuchs, it's just that the family business has declined, but it doesn't mean that he is that shameless and shameless.

He didn't want a younger sister who was willing to be a concubine.

Thinking of this, I felt a little more troubled in my heart.

That's right, his three sisters, including the eldest sister who married into Jia's family, all have such a face.Although when he married his wife back then, he deliberately picked a wife and took his current wife, but in the past ten years, he has only got such a daughter!

For him, heirs are also a heart disease.

Even if he is like this, let alone the Lin family who has been passed down for several generations!

Seeing her husband like this, Xing's wife immediately knew that there was a connection. She said: "I don't mean anything else when I say that. But people should be down-to-earth when they live. Now we are attached to the Lin family and hope to get some money. If we really develop in the future Well, it's not impossible to prepare a generous dowry for the younger sisters. But now, we're still counting on the Lin family! If it gets people's eyes..."

Xing Zhong immediately said: "I know. I will mention this to my sisters."

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