Beloved Plantation King

Yin Peinan's rice is ready to be harvested.

Because it was ten days earlier than other people's, he didn't want his family to be so tired, so he invited villagers who had spare time to help with the double grab.

Because of the seed matter, everyone is willing to help out at this time. After all, soybeans, peanuts, and vegetable seeds are still counting on their family.

With everyone's help, it only took seven days to harvest all the rice in their family, and all the seedlings for the second season were planted.

On this day, the whole village gathered in the sun-drying field, and the county magistrate Liu Shangzhi also brought people to see it.

They waited for the rice of Yin Peinan's family to pass through the windy valley and lift off the rice, and then weighed and calculated the yield.

The whole village is concerned about their production.

On the grain drying field, the two wind valley vehicles in the village have been moved out and have been working.A load of rice is dried in the sun and the flakes are removed, leaving behind full-grained millet.All the harvested rice is packed in sacks, and the rice is separated according to the difference of each field.

Two villagers helped to carry the scale, Yin Peinan was weighing, and Zuo An was recording.They counted each mu of paddy field separately.

"How many catties?" Liu Shangzhi asked Zuo An nervously.

"This field is eight cents, a total of 280 a catty." Zuo An silently calculated in his heart, and said: "The yield per mu is about 350 a catty."

The surrounding villagers were stunned when they heard it, and their shocked voices were even more lively than those in the market.

"There is 280 a catty in the eight-fen field! It is more than what my family produced in one mu of land last year!"

"The largest acre in my family last year was only 270 catties!"

"One mu can be 350 pounds! My God, there is so much more! Then my family's four mu of land will be so much more in one year!"

"It's really great! You don't have to be hungry in the future!"

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Liu Shangzhi was taken aback when he heard that, and looked at Yin Peinan and Zuo An in shock.

In the beginning, the two asked him for barren land and mountains with a columbine cart, and they also asked themselves for a five-year tax exemption period, promising him that they would increase food production.At that time, he was also forced by the upcoming term of office, and he was unable to go to the doctor in a hurry, so he took a gamble.

To be honest, he didn't really believe it at the time.So he spent a lot of money to buy the Suguanhe Ding, and Jijiying invested in the magistrate's favor, hoping that it would be of some use.

Then, a while ago, when the rice was heading and filling grain, he took the master book and them to see it.At that time, when he saw the rice growing better than others, he felt a little relieved, knowing that Yin Peinan and the others were not talking big, and it was really possible to increase, and he felt hopeful.

At this moment, when Yin Peinan and the others really harvested the rice, the yield per mu had really increased, and it had increased so much at once, he couldn't believe it right now.

He asked the master book next to him: "Last year, what was the average yield per mu of the villagers in our county?"

The chief bookkeeper was still in a state of excitement, and when he heard the question, he quickly replied: "Master, the rice yield per mu in our county was mostly around 250 to 280 catties last year. Most of them were about [-] to [-] catties. In fact, more than Our county and most of the surrounding areas are similar to this number."

Liu Shangzhi was speechless in a daze, but he couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes.

The director added: "Last year was a relatively good harvest, not particularly good, but in previous years it was basically only about 250 catties."

That's right, Liu Shangzhi also remembered, the previous year was not as much as last year.

In such a comparison, the rice yield of Yin Peinan's family is simply against the sky!

"My lord, the second field has been calculated."

Zuo An's words brought Liu Shangzhi back to reality, and he hurriedly asked, "How much?"

"About 350 four catties." Zuo An reported the output of the second field to him.

"!" There are more than that field just now!

"Okay, okay!" Liu Shangzhi said three good words in a row, and then stroked his newly left

The mustache said with a smile: "Continue to look at the others."

After weighing the millet in the seven fields, the comparison came out.

The field without ducks and the new rice field is about 320 two catties, and the other new rice fields with ducks are between 350 and 360.The two fields where no new rice was planted were more than 290 catties or about [-] catties because of ducks.

The villagers heard it and understood it.

Not only must there be new rice seeds, but also ducks!

The fishing nets must be weaved quickly, and the rattan must continue to be cut!

This gratifying data seems to have injected chicken blood into the villagers, and they are gearing up to get ready for the fence before planting seedlings in the second season.

By the time the villagers harvested the rice, the seedlings in Yin Peinan's field had turned green, the second batch of ducklings had already gone to the field, and two of the first batch of ducklings had already started laying eggs.

The ducklings had to be bought in advance, Yin Peinan told the villagers.

So for a period of time, the price of ducklings in the market in Xinping County rose, and some of them were in short supply. Some villagers still found other people's houses to buy them, and two of them went to the next county to buy them.

The villagers have hope for life, and they are happy every day. They don't need to spend a lot of effort to weed the rice fields, and they spend half of their time on the ground.

So throughout the second half of the year, the crops in the fields of Nanpo Village were cleaned up, weeds were rarely seen, and the vegetables grew well.

Because of this, everyone is even more grateful to Yin Peinan and his family.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the peanuts and soybeans on Yin Peinan's wasteland should be harvested.

Yin Peinan invited the four families who had signed the agreement to help harvest peanuts and soybeans.

A total of fifteen acres of soybeans and seven acres of peanuts is a big project.

The village head heard about it, and directly called some people who had slack in farming to help them.

It was easier to do things with more people, and Zuo An deliberately softened the soil, pulled back [-] acres of soybeans in two days, and helped to thresh the beans with a flail after drying them in the sun.

After the soybeans are harvested, peanuts are harvested.

Because of the abilities of Zuo An and Yin Peinan, when pulling the peanut vines, there will be no peanuts falling off the ground.Yin Peinan and the others directly asked the villagers to pull out the peanuts in the field. After picking the peanuts, they threw the peanut vines in the field and used them as green manure.

After harvesting all the soybeans and peanuts, Yin Peinan and the others were very trustworthy and sold the seeds to the villagers.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were a lot of soybeans left. Yin Peinan immediately started tossing the bean curd sticks. For this reason, he specially ordered two large frying pans.

Zhao Xiu'e and the others didn't know what he was going to do at first, so they watched the couple soak beans, grind soybean milk, filter them, and boil them in a large pot.After the soy milk is boiled, switch to a frying pan and simmer to make the surface peel.

Zhao Xiu'e looked at her son and asked, "Are you making tofu? You didn't make plaster, son." The previous process is somewhat similar to making tofu.

Yin Peinan shook his head: "No, without plaster, it's easier than making tofu. Let's make yuba."

"Yuba? What is it?" Zhao Xiu'e happened to see Yin Peinan picked up a large piece of bean curd from the pot, and asked, "Oh, it's all peeled off, isn't it useless?"

Yin Peinan dried the bean curd on the prepared bamboo pole and said, "It's useful, that's what I want. This is yuba."

"This thing?" Someone in Zhao Xiu'e's natal family made tofu, but when the tofu was made, the soy milk would light up when the soy milk was boiled.

She said, "Is this delicious?"

Yin Peinan smiled and said, "Let's fry a dish tonight and try it out."

In autumn, the climate is dry, and the bean curd sticks dry quickly.But because they only have two pots, the bean curd sticks come out very slowly, and they only cost two pennies in one morning.

Yin Peinan was very dissatisfied with this efficiency, and said to Zuo An: "Our new house needs a row of stoves and eight pots!"

Zuo An smiled and asked him: "

How did you do it before? "

Speaking of his family's previous property, Yin Peinan had a look of nostalgia on his face.

He said: "In fact, it was very convenient in the past. There were bean curd stick production machines. Build a large factory building and put several rows of semi-automatic bean curd stick machines in it. Most of the bean curd stick machines are in two rows facing each other, and each row has a dozen or twenty. It is a square standard grid, with water pipes under the grid, connected to the boiler, and controlling the water temperature. Like this, in a large factory building, only two or three people can handle it. The bean curd sticks come out at the front, and they are carried all the way to the end. It can be lifted again. The efficiency is very high, and the color of the finished product is particularly uniform and beautiful. This is still semi-automatic, and there is also the fully automatic one, which is more efficient, with computer temperature control and drying."

After thinking for a while, he said again: "My house used to be all handmade. Later, when I was in college, I persuaded my dad for a long time before he was willing to use machinery for production. The semi-automatic ones were used, and my dad thought they should be exposed to the sun. The bean curd sticks are more delicious, so I dry them myself.”

Zuo An listened, and he could almost imagine the situation, and said with a smile, "Handmade ones are indeed more delicious. Aren't the sweet potato flour produced by the farmers themselves much more expensive?"

Yin Peinan laughed, and whispered to him: "Actually, it's a lot of mechanized bean curd sticks. Those manufacturers put preservatives, so they taste harder. And the ones made by the farmers themselves don't put those messy things, so they are more pure. , but the shelf life is not that long.”

"What about your family?"

"My family has been making yuba since my grandfather, and never put those messy things."

Zuo An: "Anyway, there are no machines now, we can only do it all by hand."

"Yes," Yin Peinan sighed, cheered up quickly, and said, "But it's okay, we just need to make more stoves. When autumn and winter are not so busy, let's do it slowly at home."

In the evening, Yin Peinan cooked two yuba dishes as scheduled, a plate of stir-fried yuba meat, and a plate of cold yuba.

In the small stir-fry, the bean curd sticks are full of soup, and the oil is shining brightly. The bean aroma is mixed with the meaty aroma of pork belly and a little spicy taste of chili, which is very delicious.

The cold yuba is full of bean flavor, refreshing and not greasy, and the taste is a little crisper than the other plate, very appetizing.

Originally, Brother Ning was always the first to express his post-eating speech, but this time he was not expected to be robbed by Zhao Xiu'e.

"It's delicious. This bean curd stick, I didn't expect it to taste so good! This is obviously tofu skin, but it tastes different from tofu skin." After eating a piece of bean curd stick, Zhao Xiu'e expressed her doubts in surprise.

She has eaten tofu skin before. Although this yuba is also made of beans, it tastes softer and more delicious than tofu skin.The approach is also different.

"Well, it's not bad." Wen Yi also thought it was not bad.

Brother Ning finished eating two mouthfuls now, and then said: "I like to eat too!"

Yin Peinan said: "Well, I think it should be delicious if fried."

"Fried?!" Ning Geer raised his head and asked, "Is it tofu puffs? Isn't tofu puffs just fried tofu?"

Zuo An explained to him: "Tofu puffs are fried tofu, but fried bean curd sticks are not tofu puffs, they are deep-fried bean curd sticks."

"Oh." Brother Ning nodded.

Zhao Xiu'e looked at the bean curd sticks on the chopsticks and asked, "It can absorb the soup so much, if it is fried, it won't cost a lot of oil? It's not worth it."

Zuo An replied: "If it is sold, it will be more expensive."

Zhao Xiu'e asked: "How much can this be sold for a catty?"

Zuo An looked at Yin Peinan.

Yin Peinan thought about it. In the previous life, when there was no apocalypse, the mechanized bean curd sticks outside retailed for about 20 yuan a catty, and the pure handmade ones were even more expensive.

There is no such thing as yuba here, so he said: "Thirty coins can be sold. You can try to sell it first, and then adjust the price at any time according to the market reaction."

"Thirty Wen? One catty?" Zhao Xiu'e asked in surprise.

Yin Peinan nodded.

Zhao Xiu'e didn't believe it: "It's so expensive! How could anyone buy it! Tofu is only a penny and a dollar."

"Someone will buy it." Yin Peinan smiled, and then he told his family: "By the way, don't tell others about the method of making yuba. We will talk about it when the time is right and there is a market."

"Okay, okay." They all know to keep things that can make money secret.

There are not so many technical requirements for this yuba, just master the heat.After teaching Zhao Xiu'e and the others, it is enough for only one person to do it at home every day, and the others can go to work in the field.

One day, in the distance, two carriages came one after the other on the village road. Yin Peinan and Zuo An happened to come back with a load of cotton, and they were very curious when they saw it.

"Why are there two?" Yin Peinan looked at the carriage coming to their village and asked.

Zuo An: "Could it be the county magistrate?"

Only the county magistrate may get two carriages when he comes over, because there are so many people with him.Zheng Wenhao came in a carriage.

The two went in first to put the cotton in place, then washed their hands, and came out again. The two carriages were already approaching.

The carriage driver in front is very familiar, Uncle Wang of the Zheng residence.

Yin Peinan said happily: "It turns out that Zheng Wenhao came back from the exam."

Zuo An looked at the one behind him, but the coachman didn't recognize him, so he was puzzled: "Who's behind that? It's not the county magistrate's."

Yin Peinan didn't know either: "I don't know, but it looks quite impressive."

Having said this, two carriages had already arrived at the door.

Yin Peinan asked Uncle Wang: "Uncle Wang, but your young master is back?"

Uncle Wang nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, Young Master Yin, it is my young master who has returned."

Saying that, the curtain of the carriage opened, and Zheng Wenhao jumped down.

"Ah Nan! Brother-in-law! I'm back!"

Yin Peinan smiled and went over to give him a high five: "I think it's you."

Zuo An also smiled and said, "Welcome back."

Yin Peinan asked: "Didn't brother Xiaobao come together?"

Zheng Wenhao: "He has something to do at home. His little daddy is sick, so I didn't take him with me and let him go home to take care of him."

The three laughed and reminisced about the old days, and a man jumped out of the carriage behind him, and shouted loudly when he saw them: "Yin Peinan! I'm here to see you!"

The three of them heard the prestige and went over.

Yin Peinan was taken aback, and Zuo An also widened his eyes with surprise.

"Ji Yan...Ji Yuebai!"

Ji Yuebai walked to the front a few steps, looked at Zuo An, the loud voice just now disappeared without a trace, and became gentle in a blink of an eye.

"Zuo An, how are you recently?"

Zuo An was very happy to see an acquaintance: "I'm fine. Your family is finally willing to let you out?"

In fact, in the past two months, the two have learned about each other's current situation through several letters because of discussing agricultural planting issues.

Ji Yuebai said with a look of death: "Yeah, don't mention it, I finally finished embroidering a handkerchief, so I can come out to play. This is because of my brother, ah no, my brother wants to come over to discuss a business, so I can follow came together."

Zuo An looked behind him, only the servant and two people dressed as guards, and asked, "What about your elder brother?"

"He was in Xinping County. I said he came to see you to play, so he let me out. Don't worry about me, and sent someone to follow."

"I see. Come on, come in."

The two chatted enthusiastically, Yin Peinan looked at Ji Yuebai's expression of looking at his daughter-in-law, shining brightly, he hurried forward and said: "Young Master Ji has worked hard all the way, please go inside and rest."

Before his daughter-in-law communicated with Ji Yuebai, he had been jealous a few times, but because of the small thoughts in his heart, and most of what they talked about was serious business, he didn't want his wife to know that Ji Yuebai liked him, so he kept talking to him. It didn't show much.

At this moment, this fake love rival is in front of you, although it should not constitute a

It's dangerous, but seeing him being intimate with his wife still feels awkward.

Ji Yuebai glanced at him, curled his lips, narrow-minded.But he didn't say anything, and said to Zuo An: "Then let's go in, I want to visit your house."

Yin Peinan who was ignored: "..."

"I'll take you in. There are many people in the family and it's a little messy. Don't mind."

"will not."

Before going in, Ji Yuebai took a look at Zheng Wenhao and said, "So you also came to Yin Peinan's house?"

Zheng Wenhao nodded: "Yes."

"I offended you before." Ji Yuebai apologized by arching his hands to him, then paused, and said again: "Also, thank you."

After speaking, he followed Zuo An into the courtyard.

Looking at Ji Yuebai's figure, Zheng Wenhao frowned, how can this little brother be so polite?

He took a step forward, put his hand on Yin Peinan's shoulder, and asked in a low voice, "Hey, Ah Nan, who is this little brother?"

Yin Peinan said: "He is the young son of Ji's family in the prefecture of Kangzhou, Ji Yuebai. His uncle is the prefect of Kangzhou."

"Oh, how did you know each other?" Zheng Wenhao asked curiously.

Yin Peinan glanced at Uncle Wang, thought about the reason he told Xiaobao before, and then said to Zheng Wenhao: "I met him before, and then I saw him again when I went to Kangzhou to sell flowers last time, so I know his identity." not simple."

Speaking of this, Yin Peinan asked Zheng Wenhao again: "Brother Wenhao, why did you come here together?"

"Oh, don't mention it, it's not acquaintances. I said, this little brother, tsk tsk, you are really good at talking."

Yin Peinan smiled, feeling that there was a story, and he asked gossip: "What's going on? Come and listen, let me have fun."

"Hey, you said you..." Zheng Wenhao pointed to him, and then told him anyway.

In fact, it's also simple, that is, when Zheng Wenhao and Ji Yuebai were at the fork of the official road to Yin Peinan's direction, the two carriages were in a hurry, they were about to turn when they were coming, and they almost collided with each other.

The coachman pulled the reins urgently, Ji Yuebai almost fell, stuck his head out of the window and shouted.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Over there, Zheng Wenhao happened to lift the curtain and was also asking.Seeing that the other party was a little brother, he knew that they had to turn a corner, so he let them go first in a good-tempered manner.

This country road is not wide in the first place, and there is grass on the side, so it can only pass a carriage. If there is a carriage in front, the one behind will not even try to overtake.

Ji Yuebai and the others were not familiar with the road, and they didn't know where Nanpo Village was, so they had to stop and ask when they passed a village.

Zheng Wenhao and the others who are behind them are depressed. After walking a village and stopping for a while, where is the car in front going? Like this, when will they arrive at Yin Peinan's house? !

When he stopped in front to ask for directions again, Zheng Wenhao couldn't hold back any longer. He got out of the carriage, walked to the front window of the carriage, and knocked on the carriage.

Ji Yuebai opened the car window and looked, saw that it was Zheng Wenhao, and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

Zheng Wenhao frowned, and asked: "Young master, you drive the carriage to the village road, can we go there first? I'm in a hurry."

It happened that Ji Yuebai's servant came back from asking for directions, and he reported: "Master, it's not here, we have to go forward."

"Understood. Let's go then." After hearing this, Ji Yuebai said to Zheng Wenhao: "I'm sorry, we have to leave too."

Zheng Wenhao frowned: "Wait, young master, you stopped after walking a village, shouldn't you stop later? You let us go first, and you can stop whatever you want later."

Ji Yuebai became angry as soon as he heard it. It would be enough to be upset if he couldn't find the way after searching for a long time.

"I said we're leaving now, so why let it go? How do you know we're going to stop later? You don't know where we're going? Maybe we'll be there soon!

Why are you like this, you still curse others to stop!Besides, this road is not driven by your house, I walk as I like, stop as I like, it's none of your business!What the hell, you want me to make way for you, you quickly make way for me, we are leaving, we will delay the time later, and say that I delayed it!Uncle Ping, let's go! "

With that said, their carriage started to move again.

Zheng Wenhao: "..."

Zheng Wenhao was stunned for a while listening to this long speech. Although this little brother is quite good-looking, he is also too good at talking.

Zheng Wenhao had no choice but to run behind them again.

Then, sure enough, after passing two villages, the front stopped again.

Zheng Wenhao couldn't bear it anymore, it would be noon if he went any further!

What should they do when they arrive at Yin Peinan's house, their family has already had dinner!He was going to catch lunch!

Zheng Wenhao went to knock on the carriage again.

This time he was smart, before waiting for the little brother inside, he said first: "Master, where are you going? I'm fairly familiar with this area, let me tell you."

Ji Yuebai looked at him with a frown, but it was really not an option if he thought about asking all the way.Moreover, they are indeed blocking the way of others...

He frowned and said, "I'm going to Nanpo Village."

Zheng Wenhao's eyes lit up, and he said, "Nanpo Village? I'm going to Nanpo Village too. It's just right, let me go ahead, and I'll show you the way."

Ji Yuebai looked at him, and asked with some disbelief: "Really? You really went to Nanpo Village? Didn't you trick me to take revenge on me?"

"..." Zheng Wenhao said speechlessly, "Master, although you were rude to me just now, I did not lie. I am really going to Nanpo Village. Believe it or not."

Ji Yuebai looked at this man, he looked quite upright, he shouldn't look like a bad guy, so he gritted his teeth and said, "That's all right, you guys go ahead. I warn you, if you dare to lie to me, see the guards in front. I want you to look good right away."

"All right, all right, as you please. Get out of the way and let us pass." Zheng Wenhao said.

Just like that, Zheng Wenhao arrived with Ji Yuebai behind him.

Yin Peinan laughed out loud when he heard this, patted Zheng Wenhao on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Zheng Wenhao shook his head with a wry smile.

Yin Peinan said again: "Actually, this Young Master Ji, he is not a bad person, but he probably got anxious because he couldn't find his way today."

Zheng Wenhao sighed, thinking of Ji Yuebai's way of apologizing and thanking him before, he was really a different person.

He said: "Forget it, for the sake of him being a good-looking little brother, don't bother with him."

Yin Peinan frowned, and said: "Yes, don't argue with him. By the way, I remember that Uncle Wang should have met Young Master Ji, doesn't he recognize him?"

Zheng Wenhao: "Master Ji never got out of the carriage, and Uncle Wang didn't even see his face."

"Oh, so it is. Come on, let's go in too."

When the two of them entered the yard, they heard Ji Yuebai complaining to Zuo An: "It's really hard to find you here, you don't know, first we went over the official road, missed the turning of the road into the countryside, and then turned back, and we still I almost ran into someone else's car! It was the guy's car outside just now! Then I came all the way to ask for directions. Fortunately, the guy behind brought us here..."

Yin Peinan and Zheng Wenhao looked at each other, smiled and shook their heads.

It seems that Ji Yuebai's journey has been very hard and not easy.