Beloved Plantation King

Shower breaks.

After mercilessly relieving the pain of lovesickness, the husband and wife kissed again and again, and then hugged quietly to enjoy the warmth.

"Do you want to wash it?" Yin Peinan asked while rubbing his daughter-in-law's knee.

"Too lazy to move." Zuo An lazily lay on him, really didn't want to move at all.It was too exhausting.

Yin Peinan lovingly kissed his daughter-in-law's forehead, and said, "Shall I fetch some water?"

Zuo An hugged him to prevent him from getting up, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'll go later."

"Okay." It was rare for a daughter-in-law to be so clingy, Yin Peinan naturally enjoyed it very much, and continued to rub his knees.

Poor thing, there are deep matting marks all over it, and after two rounds, it still hasn't disappeared.

After a short rest, Yin Peinan told Zuo An about meeting Ji Yuebai in Qingzhou.

"What? Did you meet Researcher Ji?" Zuo An instantly raised his head and asked, "How is he?"

"He is very good, much better than us. His family is also very rich in the local area, he is a rich young master, and his uncle is the magistrate of Qingzhou." Yin Peinan saw that his daughter-in-law was so interested in Ji Yuebai, and thought that Ji Yuebai liked his daughter-in-law. A little sour, he asked, "Do you care about him?"

"What are you thinking about?" Zuo An angrily bit Yin Peinan's chin, and said on his stomach, "We were ordered to protect him before, but let him fall off the cliff and die. It is our dereliction of duty."

Yin Peinan hugged his daughter-in-law tightly, and didn't tell him that Ji Yuebai liked him, and said, "I told him the same thing. He said that the higher-ups didn't arrange for us to protect him, but he asked for it. I told him It’s open, things have happened, but luckily we didn’t die, so it’s a blessing in disguise. Let the previous things pass, and we can all live this life well. He also said that he will come to play with us when he is free.”

After hearing this, Zuo An didn't feel less guilty. In fact, no matter whether they were originally arranged or not, since they accepted the task, if they failed to complete it, they still failed to complete it.

"Okay, then I'll apologize to him in person."

Yin Peinan said again: "I asked him a lot about planting, and I wrote it down. At Zheng Wenhao's cousin's house, I met a man who could grow oranges. I also learned from him and wrote it down. .”

"Well, I'll take a closer look later."

"Daughter-in-law." Yin Peinan called him in a low voice.

"Huh?" Zuo An waited for a while, but didn't hear him speak, looked up and saw that he had fallen asleep.

Seeing the exhaustion on his face, Zuo An kissed his chin in pain, and hugged him to catch up on sleep.

The two slept until the evening, and after getting up, they washed and felt refreshed.

In the evening, the two families had dinner together. After cleaning up, Zhao Xiu'e and the others went back first.

Yin Peinan stayed for a while longer, then said goodbye to Zuo An, and prepared to go back by herself.

Wen Yi saw that Zuo An didn't go back together and stayed behind, and said anxiously: "Ah Nan, wait. Xiao An, what are you doing here, Ah Nan is back, you go back quickly."

Zuo An said, "I sleep here."

Wen Yi glared at him: "You child, why didn't you listen to persuasion? Pei Nan left for so long and only came back today, you should go back quickly."

Zuo An does not.

Wen Yi knew that he was competing with him, so he said angrily: "Don't you just want me and Yingying to live with you? I promised, can't you? Go back quickly."

In fact, during this period of time, Zhao Xiu'e also chatted with him several times, and he was also persuaded, but he never made a final decision.

At this moment, seeing that the young couple planned to sleep separately, he became anxious.If this continues, won't I become the one who destroys the relationship between the young couple?

He didn't want to cause any rift between the young couple because of himself.What's more, he still wants to hug his little grandson sooner.

When Zuo An and Yin Peinan heard this, they excitedly asked in unison: "Little Daddy, do you agree?"

Wen Yi sees two

With a surprised look, he nodded helplessly: "Yes, yes, you can go back, right? It's safe now, don't worry about us."

These days, except for the first few days, villagers always came to ask about the flowers, but after a few days of digging, everyone failed to dig up, but they dug up all the wild Chunlan in the mountains.Moreover, the orchids dug up can only be bought for a few tens of dollars a pot, so I also believed that the pot Yin Peinan dug up was a one-in-a-million variety.

Coupled with the fact that the previous thief was caught, it spread all over the nearby villages, and everyone knew that Wen Yi looked gentle, and if he worked hard, he was very difficult to provoke.

Moreover, rumors have also spread that the only pot of variants has been sold and is gone.Even if there are gangsters and thieves who want to steal flowers, they have to weigh it carefully. If there are no flowers, they will be arrested.

Zuo An smiled and said to Yin Peinan: "Then sleep here tonight."

"Why don't you go back? Didn't I agree to everything?" Wen Yi frowned.

Yin Peinan explained: "Little Daddy, Brother An means, let me sleep here together tonight. We will take turns sleeping on both sides until the house is built."

"That's it, that's fine." Hearing this, Wen Yi heaved a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't sleep separately, he said again: "I want to tell your mother."

"I'll go back and tell her." Yin Peinan went out happily.

I finally don't have to sleep separately from my wife, happy!

Wen Yi agreed to live together, and that night, Yin Peinan and Zuo An began to think about the design of the house.Basically follow the style of courtyard houses, and then improve according to their actual needs.

"Don't you need to enter three times? We are in the countryside, once entering is basically useless, and we don't need a concierge. At that time, no one will be able to hear anyone knocking on the door outside, and we have to run so far to open the door." Zuo An pillowed Yin Peinan said while playing with his fingers on his arm.

"Well, let's go in two, the main yard in the front, and the back room in the back to form a row of livestock sheds?" Yin Peinan fanned the wind with a cattail fan, and continued: "If you want to build a flower garden, let's build one." How about next to the yard? In this way, you don’t have to go far to take care of the flower garden, and you can keep watch at night.”

Zuo An: "Alright, if that's the case, then put the livestock shed behind the flower garden, and the back room can be used as a kitchen utility room or something, or a guest room."

Yin Peinan nodded and said, "We need to build a study room, make the kitchen bigger, and renovate the toilet..."

The two fell asleep after discussing it.

From the next day, as long as they were free, the two began to draw pictures.

I drew several versions, and discussed with Zhao Xiu'e Wenyi and the others. Based on everyone's opinions, I finally chose one that everyone was satisfied with.

Then there is the address selection.

According to their plan, they had to buy ten acres of land, and they had to choose a place that was easy to get in and out of, and where water could be dug out. When the time came, the family would have to dig a well by themselves, so as not to have to carry water.

The existing open space in the village was not that wide, so they finally decided to choose a small forest behind Yin Peinan's house, including their original home, which was just about the same size.

It is backed by mountains, not far from the small river, wells can be drilled, and it is relatively hidden behind the village.

After discussing it, Yin Peinan and Zuo An went to buy the land.Then the two went to Uncle Daqiang again, and asked him to help with building the house.

When Uncle Daqiang heard that they were going to build a new house, he readily agreed, and then he was surprised when he heard that they had bought ten acres of land.

"You want to build a house as big as ten acres of land?!"

Yin Peinan explained: "No, half of them are gardens and livestock sheds. You know, we raise a lot of chickens and ducks, and we will raise a lot of pigs in the future. We need a bigger space for the chickens and ducks to move around. You see, here is a simple diagram we have drawn, with the garden and the stables on this side, and the house on this side."

Yin Peinan explained the functions of each place in the map to Uncle Daqiang one by one, and Uncle Daqiang nodded and said: "That's good. All right, I agree to this matter. I will find people for you, and I have to cut down all the trees first. Just dig the roots."

"Then trouble Uncle Daqiang, the wages are still the same as last year, okay?"

"Okay, I'll find someone right away." Uncle Daqiang nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, Anan, your aunt and her natal elder brother have built houses for many big families in the city, and they are still the leaders. Yes, he has a lot of experience, he can build this kind of blue brick courtyard house better than me, and he also knows where to buy cheap and good materials. I think you invited him to be the leader, what do you think?"

"Really? That would be great! Then ask Uncle Daqiang to find him to see if he can come? His salary can be calculated according to the salary given by the rich family." Experienced ones are the best, you can Avoid many risks.

"I'm going to ask now, you wait for the news."

"Thank you, Uncle Daqiang."

Uncle Daqiang brought back news in the afternoon, saying that his brother-in-law is willing to come, and he can also bring seven or eight villagers who often work with him in their village. His salary is not too much, obviously because of Uncle Daqiang's face Up.

The helpers in the village were also quickly found. When Zuo An's house was built, the wages they paid were very good, and everyone was willing to come.Uncle Daqiang quickly found the manpower.

Uncle Daqiang's brother-in-law is Tian Dazhu, and their village is just a few villages ahead, which is fairly close, and they can be reached in three quarters of an hour.

He brought people over the next day, and started cutting trees and digging roots together with the helpers in the village.

During the day, the helpers dug, and at night, Yin Peinan and Zuo An secretly went to get the roots out of the deep ground.

The helpers were digging trees, and Tian Dazhu, Uncle Daqiang and Yin Peinan discussed the division of labor, planning and materials.

To build such a large house, the materials have to go to many places.Since then, Yin Peinan often followed Tian Dazhu to look at materials, while Uncle Daqiang helped organize and supervise the work at home.

The house was busily built.

The villagers were quite surprised when they saw their big movement and knew that they were going to build such a big house. Some were envious and some were sour.

"Yin Peinan is really lucky. To dig up such a rare mutant orchid, he has to build a big house with ten acres of land."

"That's right, last year I was struggling to borrow money to pay off my debts, and this year I built a green brick courtyard house. Who would have imagined what happened to this person."

"Their family has come to the end of their hardships."

No matter what others say, Yin Peinan's house is being built step by step.

When the big tree was about to be felled, Yin Peinan and his family moved to Zuo'an's house at the entrance of the village.This old house will be bulldozed by then.

Zhao Xiu'e dragged a cart of things into the courtyard gate, and said to Wen Yi: "Now it's a change, this time we all live here."

"It just happened to be lively." Wen Yi pushed the cart behind, and laughed when he heard this, it must have been changed.

When Zuo An and the others hadn't built a house before Chinese New Year, Wen Yi and the others lived in Yin Peinan's house.Now, Yin Peinan's house is going to be completely rebuilt, and the whole family moved to Zuo'an's house.Just the other way around.

After more than three months, the two families finally lived together again.

There is an extra bed in Zuo Baoying's room, where Zhao Xiu'e sleeps, and Shui Zhu and Zuo Baoying sleep together; there is also an extra bed in Wen Yi's room, where Brother Ning sleeps.

Next to the kennels of Little Walnut and Little Orange, there is an extra kennel, and the four brothers and sisters reunite smoothly.Zuo An's house had added residents to the originally empty pigsty and cowshed, and there were a few more rows of cages for chickens and ducks...

Although it is a bit crowded, the conditions are much better than before. At least there is enough room for sleeping, and no one needs to sleep in the main room.

After the matter of the house settled down, Zuo An took a good look at the information about planting that Yin Peinan brought back, reorganized and transcribed it into a booklet.

These things are very useful to them and are a valuable asset.

The two of them had a good discussion on the things mentioned in it, and if they encountered anything they didn't understand, they also wrote it down, and after summarizing it, they wrote it in a letter to ask Ji Yuebai and Li Daniu for advice.

In the middle and late May, all the fields in the field

Vegetables and fruits are ripening one after another.

The family got up very early to pick fresh vegetables from the field, and Zhao Xiu'e and Wen Yi used a cart to drag vegetables out to sell every day.

Half of their vegetables are made from the seeds brought back by Yin Peinan. The yield of these improved seeds is at least one-third higher than that of local vegetables, such as peppers, beans, pumpkin flowers and seedlings, cucumbers, loofahs, And fresh beans…

Not only has the yield increased, but the taste of the vegetables is also much better than that of local vegetables. Anyway, they like it very much when they eat it by themselves.

"Hey, I should have listened to Ah Nan in the first place. See how much more cucumbers there are in this field than in that field. They are bigger and tastier." Zhao Xiu'e regretted while picking cucumbers.

Zuo An was picking beans in the other compartment, and said with a smile, "Then Aunt, let's plant all these beans next year."

Zhao Xiu'e nodded: "Yes, all of them are planted like this! I regret to death now that I didn't listen to you."

Zuo An comforted her: "It's okay, when we plant autumn and winter vegetables, I'll use Ah Nan to bring back those."

"Row."

An aunt in the nearby field was also picking vegetables, and she came over to ask Zhao Xiu'e after picking vegetables: "Mother Shuizhu, your vegetables are growing really well this year, when the cucumbers and peppers are reserved for seeds, can you leave them for me?" a little?"

Everyone in the village saves seeds and often helps each other keep them. Whose vegetables grow well and bear big fruits, and those who are acquainted with each other support each other to save seeds.Especially vegetable seeds, it doesn't take much trouble, just leave a few more in the ground to grow old.

Zhao Xiu'e agreed: "Yes, do you want peppers and cucumbers?"

"Yes, the cucumbers in my family didn't grow well this year, and the remaining seeds couldn't grow well."

"Okay, it's fine. I'll keep a few more at that time."

"Okay, thank you."

When the aunt left, Shuizhu said, "Aniang, it seems that many people asked us to keep seeds."

"Yes, there are quite a few."

Zuo An didn't speak.There are not many vegetable seeds in this village. If they are in a village, they will keep them for everyone. Anyway, he and Yin Peinan also want to increase the crop production here.What's more, they don't need this batch of seeds themselves, and next year they will improve on the basis of this seed to increase the yield even more.

But when the time comes, rice and soybeans can't just be given for nothing.

Therefore, he reminded Zhao Xiu'e: "Auntie, there are not many vegetable seeds, and you can give them to others, but when the time comes, let them exchange the same amount of rice, peanuts and soybean seeds."

Hearing this, Zhao Xiu'e nodded, and said, "Okay, I remember, the millet and peanuts are large, I know."

Shuizhu said while picking beans, "Actually, we are at a disadvantage if we let them exchange the same grain. Ours tastes much better than the original one, and even if we sell it, we can sell it for an extra penny per catty. Now as soon as we drag out the vegetables, all those familiar customers come to our place to buy vegetables. They are all sold out in less than an hour."

Zuo An also nodded, walked over and whispered to them: "That's the reason, but we are all in the same village, so we don't care about that. When the time comes, let's take the grain they exchanged for the emperor's grain, and let's eat what we grow ourselves." .Besides, our family is almost becoming a thorn in the eyes of the whole village, let them take advantage of it to balance it out, so as not to cause trouble for us."

Shui Zhu and Zhao Xiu'e also nodded when they heard the words.

Zhao Xiu'e reassured: "It's still Xiao An who is thoughtful."

Zuo An said: "There are a lot of people in the village. I just want to live our life as peacefully as possible. I don't want to quarrel with others over trivial matters. It's not worth it."

"Daughter-in-law is right." Yin Peinan came back from picking a basket of beans from the bean field, walked to Zuo An, hugged him, and said to Zhao Xiu'e: "Mother, the Zheng family seems to be To entertain guests, remember to deliver food to them."

Zhao Xiu'e replied: "Okay, I remember, I will send it as soon as I get to the city."

After the vegetables are ripe, Yin Pei

Nan would send vegetables to Zheng's house every now and then, and sometimes he would send two pieces of wild game to Zheng's house after hunting.

Although Zheng Wenhao was not at home, his parents and younger siblings were still there. They all thought it was delicious, and asked Uncle Fu to send them some snacks in return from time to time.

The two maintain a relatively close relationship.

Yin Peinan also sent a basket of vegetables to the county magistrate.

Liu Shang, the county magistrate, looked at the basket of vegetables and said, "You all planted them? You have a heart."

"My lord, can you ask someone to go to the market to buy some vegetables from other people's homes, and compare them to see how they taste?"

Liu Shangzhi asked doubtfully, "Isn't it the same?"

"Just try it and you'll know."

"Okay." Liu Shangzhi asked again: "How about the increase in production?"

Yin Peinan smiled and said, "I was just about to tell you about this. If you are free, would you like to go with me to the village?"

Liu Shang thought about it for a while, and it happened that there was nothing to do in the yamen these two days, so he said, "Okay, then go and have a look." I always feel uneasy if I don't see it with my own eyes.

Liu Shang called the master, the master, and the housekeeper, and followed Yin Peinan to Nanpo Village.

A carriage entered the village and stopped at the door of Yin Peinan's house.

The villagers thought it was Zheng Wenhao, who used to come by to find Yin Peinan at least twice a month, so they didn't pay much attention.They were surprised when the master and the county magistrate got off the carriage one by one.

"Isn't this Master Master?" The master has come to the village to measure the land and knows many villagers.

"Then who is that next to him?"

A villager who had been to the yamen when Zuo Tugen's second son was messing around with Hu Dadi's eldest daughter-in-law exclaimed, "It seems to be the county magistrate!"

"What? Your magistrate? Why is your magistrate here?"

"You see Yin Peinan brought them into the house, did he invite them?"

"What are you doing?"

"Who knows."

After a while, the villagers knew.

After Liu Shangzhi and the master drank some water, Yin Peinan and the others took them to the field.

Yin Peinan led them to his vegetable field and asked, "Look, my lord, this is my vegetable field, and there is another piece, the third one next to it, and that one too. The one on this side was picked just this morning." Take a small piece to sell. Look at this piece of land and that piece of land, and see what is different?"

Liu Shangzhi looked at it for a while. The land was divided into six small areas. Cucumbers were planted on both sides, peppers were planted on both sides, and beans and eggplants were planted on both sides. They all grew well.

He went to another field to see. The local varieties were planted in this field, and the growth was obviously different from the previous one. There were few fruits, and the cucumber looked smaller.

It is very intuitive to see the difference between the two lands.

The master and the master also followed to read, and now after reading it, Hu Fang alone said: "There were a lot of fruit in the previous field, and the fruits and vegetables produced looked fresh and tender."

The master nodded and said, "The chili tree is also taller."

The county magistrate looked a little happy, and asked, "Why is there such a big difference between these two lands?"

"The seeds used are different." Yin Peinan explained to him a little bit, pointing to the high-yielding field and said: "The seeds in this field over here have been improved."

Master asked, "Where did you get the seeds?"

Yin Peinan smiled and said, "I got it from a merchant by chance."

Liu Shangzhi asked: "Where did the merchant get it?"

Yin Peinan shook his head and said, "I don't know. But my lord, no matter where he got it from, it is indeed a good seed anyway, and it has indeed increased the yield, right?"

Liu Shangzhi and the master looked at each other, and then he said: "Yes. But these alone are not enough to improve my political achievements." After all, rice is the staple food.

Yin Peinan made a gesture of invitation with his right hand forward, and said, "My lord, please this way, I will take you to see

rice. "

Liu Shangzhi's heart moved, and he asked: "Can rice also increase production?"

"You'll know it after you've seen it." Yin Peinan made a fool of himself.

The group went to the rice field again.

The villagers watched them from a distance, followed them, wondering what the county magistrate was doing.

When they arrived at the rice fields, they first saw the fields surrounded by bamboos.

Liu Shangzhi asked, "Why are those fields surrounded?"

"Those pieces belong to my family." Yin Peinan replied.

Liu Shangzhi asked again: "What's the purpose of surrounding them?"

"Originally, ducks were raised in it, but now that the rice is earing, it is taken back."

"Raising ducks? Aren't you afraid that ducks will eat seedlings and millet?" a person from a household following behind Liu Shangzhi asked in surprise.

Liu Shangzhi and Master also have this question.

Yin Peinan explained. "No, ducks don't eat seedlings. As for the problem of eating millet, we won't release the ears now."

With that said, a few people arrived at the first fenced field.Liu Shangzhi and the others saw that there was indeed a duck house built in this field, and knew that he was not lying.

Moreover, when they looked at the grain of this field and compared it with the field next to it, they felt the difference.

"Is it different?"

"It's bigger, and there seem to be more grains on the ears?"

"It's even higher."

"There seems to be no grass, brother Yin, you are very diligent in weeding."

There are more or less barnyard grasses in the rice fields of other people's houses around, which are much higher than the seedlings and grow very well.But in the field of Yin Peinan's family, not a single barnyardgrass was seen, it was clean, and there were few other aquatic plants in the field.

Liu Shangzhi and the others sighed in their hearts, this family is really diligent.

Yin Peinan laughed and said, "We didn't weed much, the grass was eaten up by the ducks."

"Eat by ducks?! Is there such a good thing?!" The person in the household was surprised when he heard it. Putting the ducks in the field will save the need for weeding?

Yin Peinan nodded and said: "Yes. My lord, you see, the rice is still in the earing stage, but it can also be seen that there are more grains on the ears than others, right? You can come again when it is ripe Look, I'm sure that if there are no natural or man-made disasters, the rice output in my field can be [-]% more than theirs."

"Okay, let me know when it's harvested, and I'll come again!" Liu Shangzhi was now completely convinced. He saw the comparison with his own eyes, and he felt a little excited in his heart.

If, if this kind of rice is planted in the whole county, it means that the farmers in the whole county can increase their production by [-]%.There are two seasons a year, and after that year, each farmer can increase a lot of grain.

At that time, their taxation tasks will be completed; the farmers will be full, and fewer people will starve to death every year; everyone will become richer and richer, and the entire county will gradually become rich...

This, this is indeed a great achievement!

Liu Shangzhi asked Yin Peinan excitedly: "Your rice, can you give the seeds to others to plant?"

Yin Peinan nodded: "Naturally, I will plant the people in our village first. By the autumn harvest, everyone's production will increase. By next year, the nearby villages will be able to spread it. If you send someone to promote it, We have good grain seeds to sell, and we can spread them faster by then.”

"Okay!" Liu Shangzhi patted Yin Peinan's shoulder heavily, and said, "When the time comes, tell me what you want to do, and I'll send someone to assist you."

"Then thank you, sir. We will also work hard to study and improve new seeds."

"I trust you, work hard!" The county magistrate looked at the villagers who were watching them not far away, he beckoned them all over, and said to them: "Everyone, the rice and vegetables from Yin Peinan's little brother's house , This year’s bumper harvest, everyone has seen it, right?”

The previous conversation between the county magistrate and Yin Peinan was heard by many villagers

When they arrived, they all nodded and said they saw it when they heard the county magistrate asking.

The county magistrate smiled and said: "You are so lucky. You are in the same village as the little brother Yin Peinan. He said that we should give priority to planting good seeds for everyone in the village. In the second season, you can buy seeds from him. More harvest."

After hearing this, the villagers nodded one after another. Even if the county magistrate didn't say anything, they were going to do the same.

In fact, before the rice headed, the other villagers saw that Yin Peinan's rice was better than theirs, because the rice was already different when it was tillered.

Yin Peinan's rice has more tillers than those of other villagers, which naturally means that his rice will produce more rice.

But they didn't know that Yin Peinan and the others used new seeds, and they only thought it was the effect of raising ducks.

So, in the previous period, many smart villagers had already gone to the back mountain to cut bamboo with axes on their backs, and they planned to follow their example of raising ducks in the rice fields in the second season.

Now, after hearing the words of the county magistrate and Yin Peinan, they realized that Yin Peinan had obtained new grain and vegetable seeds. No wonder his family's rice and vegetables grew so well this year.

Everyone made an appointment with Yin Peinan to buy grain seeds at that time.

Yin Peinan agreed one by one.

At noon, Yin Peinan's family entertained the county magistrate for a light meal, and then gave each of them some vegetables.

The county magistrate and his party went back happily and full of expectations.