Beloved Plantation King

After learning the lesson, Brother Ning calmed down, and when he went to collect the ducks in the afternoon, he didn't bother to chase them away. He stood and watched obediently, but he didn't want to just watch from the top of the field, and wanted to follow along on the ridge.

Now the ducklings haven't learned how to go back to the duck shed, and they need to train for a while.

At this time every day in the middle of the afternoon, drive them to the duck shed at the head of the field, and then feed them, so that they can develop the habit of swimming back to eat by themselves at this time, and it is also convenient for them to catch ducks.

They are several adults, and each of them is in charge of a field. When the ducks swim back to peck, they have to block the weaved mobile fences, let them eat, and drive to the next field.

After the duck is full, catch the duck back into the cage and take it back.

It is troublesome to release ducks every morning and collect them in the middle of the afternoon, but there is no way, because it is not safe for ducks to be kept in the fields.Leaving aside the question of whether someone has stolen it, rats and weasels are also an important threat to these ducks.

The next day, the county magistrate sent someone to ask them to go to the yamen, saying that the reward from the imperial court had arrived.

In the first lunar month, the county magistrate got the columbine cart, and after installing the iron sharehead, he was sent to it urgently. It has been four months now, and the court finally got the news.

Yin Peinan and Zuo An went happily.

The county magistrate was obviously very happy, with a smile on his face, a rare smile when he saw them.

"Caomin has seen the adults." The two saluted, and seeing the expressions on the adults, they knew that the result should be good.

"Are you here?" The county magistrate came out from behind the table and said to them: "The imperial court's approval has come, so I will send someone to call you here immediately, lest you wait in a hurry."

Yin Peinan and Zuo An were really not in a hurry, it was obvious that the magistrate was in a hurry.

Yin Peinan asked: "Thank you for your understanding. My lord, what did the court say? Has it been verified and feasible?"

The county magistrate nodded with a smile, and said: "After joint verification by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, I also found someone to use it in the field. It proves that it is indeed a good tool for sowing seeds."

Yin Peinan nodded: "That's good if it proves useful."

"The imperial court attaches great importance to it. The emperor personally ordered you to be rewarded, and he also ordered it to be popularized in various places. Now the areas around the capital have distributed the blueprints to farmers." The county magistrate replied.

It was originally one of Yin Peinan's goals to popularize columbine carts across the country and reduce the workload of farmers.

He said: "That's very good. My lord, have you started distributing blueprints here?"

"Yes, I have already ordered people to start drawing pictures. After the pictures are finished, they will be distributed to the various villages below." The county magistrate nodded, and then said: "Oh yes, here, this is a reward from the imperial court."

With that said, the county magistrate turned around and picked up a tray covered with a red cloth from the table and handed it to Yin Peinan.

Yin Peinan took it and opened it to see that there was a plate of silver, five in a row, a total of four rows, 200 taels of silver.

"Thank you, my lord." The two thanked you, and Yin Peinan asked again: "Then, my lord, can I help you a little?"

The county magistrate nodded with a smile, and said: "Thanks to you, our Xinping County has also shown its face in front of the Holy Lord, and the county government has also received some rewards. Everyone is happy, hahaha..."

It seems that there are many rewards.Yin Peinan and the two of them were clear in their hearts, and they also laughed with the magistrate for a while. "It's so good, hahaha..."

Then, the county magistrate remembered what they said before, and asked, "By the way, you said that you can increase production. How is it going?"

Yin Peinan replied: "I can't see it now, it will take a while to see the effect. But don't worry, my lord, we have been acting according to the plan. If there are no accidents, there is no problem."

"That's good, that's good, then I can wait for your good news?"

"Row."

The two left the county office with the money.On the way, Yin Peinan asked Zuo An: "Honey, tell me, how much is the original reward?"

"I don't know, it's quite a lot." Zuo An replied casually.

Yin Peinan sighed and said, "Oh, after peeling off layer by layer, there is only so much left in our hands."

Zuo An sneered: "200 taels is not bad."

"How much did you think before?"

"At most 100 taels."

The two left the county office, walked back while talking, just passed by the county school, they saw Zheng Xiaobao dozing off sitting on the carriage at the door, probably waiting for Zheng Wenhao to leave school.

The two walked over, and Yin Peinan patted Zheng Xiaobao on the shoulder.

Zheng Xiaobao trembled, woke up, and immediately raised his head and asked, "Master, are you released?"

Looking back again, oh, it turned out it wasn't my young master.Zheng Xiaobao rubbed his eyes: "Master Yin, Mrs. Yin, it's you. Are you here to find my master? He hasn't been released yet, so he has to wait a little longer."

Yin Peinan: "It's okay. We happened to pass by the county government office. I saw you here and came over to have a look. I'm going back now."

"So that's how it is." Zheng Xiaobao said with a smile: "My young master also said that he went to find you, Young Master Yin, two days ago."

"Oh? Let him come, I'll cook game for him." Yin Peinan replied with a smile.

While the two were talking, people began to come out at the gate of the county school, and the teacher was released.

Zheng Xiaobao looked at it, and said: "Young Master Yin, it's time to let the hall go, you might as well wait a little longer, the young master will come out soon. He said he has something to look for you."

"Okay. We'll wait for him." Since it's already closed, it's time to meet him.

After a while, Zheng Wenhao came out with two books, but he came out arguing with others.

"...I didn't say, Zheng Wenhao, I advise you, you don't need to go to the government office, and you can save a lot of travel expenses." A young man in a white Confucian shirt mocked Zheng Wenhao rudely.

Zheng Wenhao didn't keep his mouth idle, and said: "Hey, talk nonsense. You'd better keep worrying about yourself, your elder brother next year, if you don't even get a job this year, I don't think you have any face? Oh, If you are kicked out at that time, you can come to me, we are classmates, I can't bear to see you living on the street, I will give you two copper coins to buy a bun..."

Yin Peinan watched them quarrel with great joy.

Zheng Xiaobao reminded them in a low voice: "The one next to the young master is Lin Yingda, the second young master of the Lin family."

Yin Peinan raised her eyebrows: "The one who bet with your young master back then?"

"That's right, that's him." Xiao Bao looked at Yin Peinan with admiration, and said, "Young Master Yin, you still remember him." At the beginning, he only said it once on the mountain, but unexpectedly, Young Master Yin would remember him up.

Yin Peinan nodded, Master Lin also contributed to his orchid business. "Is your young master on good terms with him?"

Zheng Xiaobao was very rude: "Not good, I often quarrel, no one accepts the other, and no one understands the other."

Zheng Wenhao and Lin Yingda came out together. When Zheng Wenhao saw Yin Peinan and the others, he left Lin Yingda and ran over.

"A Nan, brother-in-law, why are you here? Have you been waiting for a long time?"

Yin Peinan said: "No, we just arrived for a while. We were just passing by, and we happened to meet you in Fangtang, so we said we'll see you and come back."

"Are you here for business?" Zheng Wenhao saw that they were empty-handed, carrying a bundle, and didn't look like they bought anything, which was a bit strange.

"Yes, the county magistrate asked us to come here. The previous coupe court issued a reward. Let's come and collect it."

"Oh, that's the matter. Let's go, I'll give you a ride, and I'll tell you about the flowers." Zheng Wenhao was about to get into the carriage when Lin Yingda suddenly came from behind.

"Hey, Zheng Wenhao, why are you leaving in such a hurry?" Lin Yingda looked at Yin Peinan and Zuo An, and when he saw Zuo An, his eyes lit up, he was such a beautiful brother.

He immediately turned around and asked Zheng Wenhao: "You know him? Can you introduce him?"

When Yin Peinan saw him looking at Zuo An, his eyes suddenly darkened.

face, half a step forward and stood in front of Zuo An, blocking Lin Yingda's sight.

Zheng Wenhao didn't deal with him at first, and he knew his temperament even more. He frowned and warned: "Who gave you face? Let me tell you Lin Yingda, this is my brother and brother-in-law, you put away all your petty thoughts. Clean it up, or it will make you look good."

Lin Yingda is a well-known romantic in the county, his skin is thicker than the city wall, and he has molested many brothers from good families because of his family's wealth and power.

Oh, by the way, he has a special hobby, he only likes brothers, not girls.

Now seeing how beautiful Zuo An is, with a delicate face and a stern expression, but there is a bit of charm in his eyebrows and eyes, it really attracts him.Although he was wearing coarse clothes, it was all right, but he still felt that it was a little different.

"Your brother, brother-in-law? Are you actually married?" Lin Yingda looked at Zuo An and sighed regretfully, then looked Yin Peinan and Zuo An up and down, and said to Zheng Wenhao: "Your family can't get along anymore. Is it in the country?"

"Shut up your stinking mouth." After Zheng Wenhao scolded him, he ignored him, and said to Yin Peinan and Zuo An: "A Nan, brother-in-law, come up, I will see you off."

Yin Peinan patted Zuo An on the back, signaling him to go up first, and then jumped into the carriage himself.

Before getting into the carriage, he gave Lin Yingda a hard look, moved his little finger, and a vine wrapped around his ankles silently.

The coachman drives the carriage forward.

"Hey, why are you walking so fast! I don't know that brother's name, ouch—!" Lin Yingda yelled and stepped forward, but his feet were suddenly caught by something, and he fell like a dog eating shit.

Down the street.

"Hey, young master, why did you fall?!" Lin Yingda's servant saw his young master fall and hurried over to help him.

"Bah, bah, bah! Damn! What?!" Lin Yingda ate a mouthful of dirt, his mouth was broken, cursing angrily while spitting blood, turning over to look at his feet.He felt something caught on his ankle just now.

"...Master, what are you talking about?" The boy followed his gaze and saw nothing.

"..." Lin Yingda also looked confused, "Damn it, just now, something caught my feet just now!"

hell!How not!

Boy: "... what are you talking about, master? What is it?"

Lin Yingda was furious: "How do I know what it is! You still haven't helped me up!"

"Oh." The young master must have broken his brain, right?

Hearing the movement from behind, Zheng Wenhao glanced back, saw Lin Yingda fell, and immediately slapped his legs and laughed out loud.

"Deserved!"

Zuo An also looked at it, and when he heard Lin Yingda's shout, he looked at Yin Peinan with a smile.

Yin Peinan grabbed his daughter-in-law's hand and shook it, as if nothing happened.

Zuo An pursed his lips and smiled, and held his hand tightly back.

"By the way, Brother Wenhao, I heard from you earlier that you are going to Fucheng to prepare for the exam?" Yin Peinan remembered what Zheng Wenhao and Lin Yingda had said about Fucheng.

Zheng Wenhao admired Lin Yingda's embarrassment enough, turned around and said with a smile: "Yes, I will go in a few days. My father found a wife for me over there, let me go early, and gave me lectures. .”

Yin Peinan smiled and said: "Then we will wish brother Wen Hao the best of luck in advance!"

Zuo An also said, "I wish you success."

"Hahaha, then I will accept your good words and thank you first." After finishing speaking, Zheng Wenhao patted his head again and said with a smile: "But you don't have to have expectations of me. You know, I'm really not good at this , if it wasn't for my father, I wouldn't even want to take the exam."

Yin Peinan smiled. He knew that Zheng Wenhao really didn't care about studying and fame, so he said, "It's better to take the exam if I have regrets in the future. Otherwise, I haven't taken the exam once after studying for so long. It's too much to say." What a shame to waste it."

"Hey, it makes sense to say that, hahaha." Zheng Wen

Hao found that chatting with Yin Peinan and Zuo An could always find some interesting ideas, which he found very interesting.

The three chatted for a while, and when they were about to reach the city gate, Zuo An asked, "Brother Wen Hao, you said you had something to tell us earlier, what is it?"

"Oh, my head, I almost forgot." Zheng Wenhao patted his head, annoyed: "That's what happened, didn't you say that you wanted to sell Suguan Heding orchids in other state capitals?"

Yin Peinan nodded and said, "Yes, I wanted to ask you before, did the county magistrate send out the flowers? If he did, we can start selling them."

"He gave it away. He was afraid that others would snatch it first, and he was afraid that he would lose the flowers, so he went to the government office in person the next day after he bought them."

"Oh, that's good, then we can sell it with confidence."

Zheng Wenhao said: "I just want to tell you about this. My family has a business in Qingzhou Fucheng next door, it is cloth village, and there is another cousin over there, and he can still enjoy himself in Qingzhou Fucheng. I wrote a letter to my cousin earlier. Uncle, ask him to help prepare the flower feast. He agreed, and wrote back two days ago that he has contacted many people and asked me to bring flowers there."

Yin Peinan and Zuo An were pleasantly surprised when they heard this.

Yin Peinan asked: "Did you find it so soon?"

"Yes, just bring flowers there, but there is one problem." Zheng Wenhao said hesitantly.

Yin Peinan asked: "What's the problem? Brother Wen Hao, tell me."

Zheng Wenhao rubbed his nose and said embarrassedly: "Didn't my father tell me to go to Fucheng, so I can't go with you. But don't worry, I've made all the arrangements and let Xiaobao take you there. After that, go to my family's cloth shop, I have already told the manager of the cloth shop over there, he will treat you well."

It turned out to be this, Yin Peinan shook his head and said: "It's okay, we can go there by ourselves. When you go to Fucheng, Xiaobao will follow you? Let him go with you, we will be fine."

"No, no, it's just a matter of ten days. When the time comes, Xiaobao can go to Fucheng to find me."

"Then how embarrassed we are, you have already helped so much."

"Why are you being polite to me?"

The three of them also liked that cousin's favorite, thinking of giving them a small gift when the time comes.

Zheng Wenhao thought for a while, and said: "My cousin, I have a very good relationship with his husband. It is better to give him something than to give him his husband. I heard my aunt said that his husband also likes flowers, so The reason why he is so active in helping to prepare for the flower viewing feast is probably because his husband wants to see Su Guan He Ding. So why don't you just bring an extra pot of flowers."

Yin Peinan asked: "Then what flowers does his husband like?"

"Oh, I really didn't remember this. I'll ask my mother later, and let Xiaobao tell you guys tomorrow."

"That's fine. Thank you Brother Wen Hao."

"You are welcome, my brother."

Zheng Wenhao sent them two miles outside the city gate, but the two of them didn't want him to send them off again, so they told him to go back quickly.Zheng Wenhao just turned around.

When the two returned home, the sun had just set.

Zhao Xiu'e and the others just dragged the duck back, and they were very happy to hear that they had won a reward of 200 taels.Zhao Xiu'e and the others think that no matter how much money is rewarded, it is good to have money anyway.

But when I heard them say that they were going to sell flowers in Qingzhou next door, I was a little worried. After all, Yin Peinan had never been out of the county since she was a child.

Yin Peinan comforted them: "It's okay, Mommy, little daddy, Young Master Zheng sent his servants to take us there."

The two families gathered around to discuss the trip for a long time.

But before they left, something happened at home at night, and Yin Peinan was the only one on the final trip.

Before going to bed that night, Wen Yi moved the precious flowers back to the main room as usual, closed the doors and windows, checked the quilt for Zuo Baoying, and went back to the room to lie down.

In the middle of the night, two men came to their yard, at the base of the yard wall

down stopped.

"Is it here? Are you sure?" the taller man asked in a low voice.

"It's here. I came in to see it by drinking water two days ago. There are many flowers planted in the yard. The house is newly built, and the fence is so high."

"That's here. Climb in first and open the door." The tall man immediately strode forward with one leg, and then clasped his hands with the palms facing up, intending to step on another person's feet.

Seeing this, the short man at the back stepped on the palm of the man, and with the strength of the man, he climbed up the wall that was as high as a man, turned over in twos and twos, and quietly opened the courtyard door from the inside.

Seeing this, the tall man picked up the hoe and the basket on the ground and slipped in.

After the two entered the yard, they went straight to the flowerbed by the wall and started digging flowers under the moonlight.

After digging two plants and putting them in the basket, the tall man asked, "Which one is the more expensive one? What is the orchid?"

The short man took a hoe and turned around quietly, and said secretly: "It seems that it is not here. The expensive ones are all in flowerpots, and the ones here are not so expensive. They must have moved back."

"Are you sure you have that orchid that sold for more than 1000 taels?" The tall man stopped and asked.

"Yes, I'm sure. I heard from my aunt's son that he works in a rich family. I heard that the head of his family attended the flower viewing feast of Zheng's family. The county magistrate bought it for 100 taels of silver. The flower was taken by Yin Peinan, and his family still has it, but it is kept in this family."

"Okay, shh, go and have a look." The tall man nodded towards the house with his chin.

He is short and courageous. He knows that the family had a wedding a while ago, and his elder brother got married. Now there are only two people left, and one of them is a little girl.

The two tiptoed sneakily to the window.This room is exactly Zuo An's room, no one lives in it now.

The tall man took out a small knife from his pocket. The blade of this knife was very thin. He inserted the blade into the crack of the window and opened the window. Then he lifted the window and the short man fell in.

It was very dark in the room, and the short man couldn't tell what flower was what, but he didn't dare to use fire to fold it, so he could only feel in the dark.

When he arrived in the main room, the short man saw that there seemed to be a flowerpot on the ground, so he groped around, no matter what kind of flower it was, he would get it out first.With a basin in his hand, he secretly smuggled it out of the window to the tall man...

When Wen Yi slept until midnight, he suddenly heard rustling noises in the main room.He thought it was a mouse and didn't pay much attention.

There are many rats in this country, it's a common occurrence, in order to prevent the rats from biting the flowers, he deliberately sprinkled rat poison around.

But after a while, when he heard the movement again, it didn't seem like the usual noise of mice scurrying around, but rather someone...

There are thieves!

He woke up instantly.

A thief has come into the house!

How to do?

Let him steal and leave, or go out and catch the thief?

How many people are there on the other side?Can you beat yourself?

Wen Yi's mind went blank, and his hands tightly clutched the quilt.

He sat up quietly, got out of bed quietly, reached for a pair of scissors on the dressing table, and leaned against the door to listen to the movement outside.

Listening carefully at this moment, he heard that the other party should be stealing the flowerpot, and it should have come in from the window of Xiao'an's room.

Stealing flowers!

Wen Yi suddenly became angry.

These flowers are very expensive, and they are not his, but Yin Peinan's. He just helps to raise them.

Fortunately, the four pots of plain crowns and lotus tripods are all in his room!

But those two pots of expensive famous peonies and chrysanthemums were on the table, and they were bought for 150 taels of silver!

If it was stolen, how should I explain to Ah Nan? !

Wen Yi was furious in his heart. After confirming that the other party was only one person entering the room, he quietly opened the door while the other party was carrying the flower pot and walking towards the room, and in the hall

He found a long pointed pole in the corner of the room, and ran over quickly.

He is very familiar with the family, and now he has adapted to the dark environment and can see each other's shadow.

The little thief was walking with two potted flower cats on his waist!

Wen Yi rushed over and raised a long, pointed shoulder to hit the thief hard.

"Little thief! I'll kill you! Steal my flowers! Someone, there is a thief—catch the thief! Come, catch the thief!"

Wen Yi yelled while beating, there were neighbors five or six feet away from his house, and they could hear him whenever he yelled.

The thief's shoulder was hit by the long pointed pole, and he suffered instant pain, staggered forward and almost fell.Hearing Wen Yi shouting again, he was afraid of attracting others, so he turned around and smashed the flower pot in Wen Yi's direction, stopping Wen Yi for a moment, and then ran away to the window.

"Quick, come out!" The tall man pulled the window and shouted quickly.

"Catch the thief - catch the thief!" Wen Yi kept shouting, hitting the thief, not only hitting, but also poking the thief's back with the pointed head of a pole, preventing him from escaping to the window.

Wen Yi's spear was very long, and the thief was unarmed, and he couldn't get close to Wen Yi, and he had no power to fight back. He was beaten so hard that he ran away, unable to get close to the window at all, and could only pick up something in the room and smash Wen Yi.

With such a big commotion, Zuo Baoying woke up suddenly, opened the door and yelled in horror: "Little Daddy!"

"Yingying, don't come out, close the doors and windows and hide! Quick!" Wen Yi hurriedly explained.

Zuo Baoying was also clever, and quickly turned around and closed the door, then put down the window, plugged it in, then got into the closet, hugged her knees tightly, opened her eyes wide, and listened to the sound outside.

There are thieves, so scary!

Wen Yi yelled so loudly that several families near Wen Yi's home heard it.The men put on their shoes, and rushed out with hoes, axes and sticks without even bothering to put on a piece of clothes.

"Where is there? Who's calling for a thief!"

"It's Wen Yi's voice! Quick!"

"Catch the thief! The old lady, go and inform Yin Peinan and Zuo An!"

"Call more people!"

There was moonlight outside, and the road could be seen clearly. The villagers followed the sound and came to Zuo An's house, just in time to meet a tall man who ran out of the courtyard with a basket of flowers on his back.

This disrespectful guy left his companions and wanted to run away by himself.

"Who?! Dare to come to Nanpo Village to steal! Kill you!"

"Little thief! What's the wrong thing to do, but steal something! I'll beat you to death!"

The villagers immediately rushed forward and started fighting!

The movement became louder and louder, Wen Yi kept shouting, many people got up, and many people were already running towards Zuo An's house.

Yin Peinan and Zuo An were also woken up.

"Why so noisy? Is something wrong?" Zuo An arched his head into her husband's arms and asked dissatisfiedly.

Yin Peinan opened his eyes and listened carefully, and said, "It seems that there are thieves!"

"Is there a thief?" Zuo An instantly woke up and asked, "Whose house?!"

Before Yin Peinan could speak, a voice yelled.

"Brother An! Zuo An! Your house has been burglarized! Your little daddy is yelling, get up!"

"Little Daddy!"

The two exclaimed, and instantly climbed out of the bed, without bothering to put on their shoes, they rushed out.