Beloved Plantation King

Because Ji Yuebai suffers from not having the opportunity to have close contact with Zheng Wenhao to determine whether he is married, Yin Peinan and Zuo An decided to help him.

Yin Peinan found Zheng Wenhao and said to him: "Anyway, the shop is still being repaired, and it will take ten days and a half months. Do you want to go to Qingzhou to see Bai Geer?"

Zheng Wenhao really wanted to go, but: "We need people to watch over here for repairs."

Yin Peinan replied: "If there is me, I will go and watch."

Zheng Wenhao said: "Aren't you guys about to harvest? Where do you have so much time?"

Yin Peinan: "There are still a few days, you go to yours. Don't you want to see Brother Bai? Don't you want to know how he is thinking?"

"Think!" Zheng Wenhao looked at Yin Peinan, hesitated for a while, and then said: "Then I will go for a few days?"

"Go!" Yin Peinan patted him on the shoulder and revealed something to him: "Let go."

"Then I'll leave Xiaobao behind. If you are too busy, ask Xiaobao to watch."

"Okay, go at ease."

Then Zheng Wenhao went.

Yin Peinan and the others are really busy these days. The cotton is being harvested, and the seven or eight mu of cotton will have to be dried to remove the seeds.

I don't know when it will take just relying on the coming and going of Yin Peinan and his family.Yin Peinan and the others told the village that anyone who wants cotton seeds can peel them by themselves. The seeds do not cost money, and you can take as many as you peel.

Cotton is still very expensive here, and it comes from other places.Because of the variety, the output is very low, mainly because the cotton bolls are small, the cotton balls are wrapped with less cotton, and the cotton filaments are relatively short. After the cotton seeds are peeled, there is not much left.

And Yin Peinan's cotton has big flowers, tall plants, and a lot of fruit. The white cotton is much more cotton than the cotton grown by the villagers themselves.

So, the villagers who wanted to grow cotton to make cotton clothes spontaneously came here.

The hundred or so households in the village basically grow some cotton for making cotton-padded clothes and quilts in winter, but Yin Peinan's family doesn't have enough cotton.

Yin Peinan waved: "It's okay, there are still in the field, you help us pick them back and remove the seeds, and you can take the seeds back by yourself."

So the cotton was seeded, and the picking of the cotton in the field was done easily.

But after solving this problem, storing so much cotton is also a big problem. The house is crowded now, and there is no room for it in the small utility room.

These cottons will also be sold in the store at that time.

Yin Peinan and the others simply dried and left enough cotton to make winter clothes in winter, and used some of the rest to make quilts. After communicating with the Zheng Mansion, they took all the cotton to the Zheng Mansion's warehouse and put it away first. up.

Another big event in the village is that every household started to learn how to make bean curd sticks.

Yin Peinan made an agreement with them that after teaching them, the bean curd sticks they make will be sold to him, and he will buy them according to the quality at a price of 20-22 Wen a catty.

But they couldn't leak the news until his shop was open.

A pound of soybeans can make about five to six taels of bean curd sticks, which is more profitable than selling soybeans alone.Moreover, this method is fairly simple, and it can be done by one person at home without delaying the usual work in the field.

The villagers agreed.

As a result, small family food workshops were vigorously set up in the village.

By the time the second-season rice is harvested, almost every household has stored several catties of bean curd sticks.

The harvest of the second-season rice is not so rushed, and everyone has plenty of time.The rice of Yin Peinan's family was still harvested earlier than that of the villagers.

The rice yield of the second season rice has increased by another [-] catties per mu. The county magistrate is smiling, and has prepared the happy report, and is waiting to fill in the specific figures before reporting to the court.

The villagers also smiled when they saw it, and the production has increased. The seeds for next spring will be available, and there will be a lot more food!

Yin Peinan

Their family's rice is harvested early, which has an advantage. When the rice is sun-dried, their family can monopolize a sun-drying field, instead of having to occupy a place early every day and compete with others for the position.

After their family's harvesting and drying, the villagers began to harvest their rice one after another.

A few days later, Zheng Wenhao came back.

He deliberately came back before the villagers finished harvesting rice, because they had important things to do.

They want to buy the villagers' grain before the villagers pay the imperial grain.

In the ancestral hall, the villagers were dumbfounded.

"Master Zheng, how do we change it? You bought our grain, so what shall we use to pay the imperial grain?" A villager representative asked everyone with doubts.

Zheng Wenhao said: "Don't worry, everyone, we will sell the summer grain to everyone to pay the emperor's grain, and sell it at the market price. We will sell it to everyone for as much as we buy. And the grain you collect now, we will sell it at a price comparable to that of the emperor." The market price is ten yuan more per bucket. It is the part of the grain that you have to hand over to the emperor. Of course, if you have surplus grain, you can also sell it to us. We will take as much as we have. "

Everyone was discussing, and they were settling accounts, discussing whether it was a loss or a gain?

Yin Peinan analyzed it with them, and said: "Uncles and uncles, this is what Young Master Zheng means. Look, I'll do the math for you, and everyone will understand."

Hearing Yin Peinan said to let them decide, everyone looked at him: "Ah Nan, tell me."

Yin Peinan's words are now convincing in the village, and everyone thinks that what he said is right.

Yin Peinan said: "That's it. For example, my family now has a total of seven acres of land. Originally, I have to pay 21 buckets of rice, which is almost 35 buckets of rice. The soybean silk cloth is not counted. Let's just talk about food now. "

Yin Peinan continued to explain to everyone while gesturing.

"Then what Young Master Zheng means now is that he bought 35 buckets of rice from my family, and then sold 35 buckets of rice harvested from his family's one-season rice to my family, and asked me to use his family's grain to pay the emperor's grain. Then he As I said, the rice he sold to my family was based on the market price. We sold it to him for ten cents more per bucket than the market price. Then my family sold him a total of 35 buckets of rice, which is an extra 350 yuan. As soon as I go, my family’s royal food is also paid, and there is an extra 350 Wen. So, do you understand?”

The villagers still didn't understand, "Then my family has to pay about 25 buckets of rice, how much more?"

Yin Peinan: "It can be an extra 250 Wen."

"Hey, you can pay the emperor's rations, and you can get more money, okay?"

"Yeah, it's a good deal. I don't have much millet from the first season, and I have to pay the second season, so I'll go and exchange some."

Yin Peinan added another sentence: "Uncles and uncles, let me emphasize that only the rice with new seeds in the second season will be replaced, and the first season will not be replaced. If you use the rice from the first season to pay the emperor's grain, you don't need to It’s changed. If you use the second season, you can change it.”

"Didn't Master Zheng just say that he would also buy the second season?"

Zheng Wenhao nodded: "Yes, I buy all the newly planted rice, and each bucket is ten yuan more than the market price in the city. Anyone who wants to sell can come to us. The shop is on the East Street, called 'Changlong Grain Shop', away from the county. Ya’s warehouse is not far away, so everyone can go directly to pay the imperial grain if they exchange it.”

The new rice is somewhat different from the old rice, which can be seen with the naked eye, and they are not afraid of others shoddy.

The terms they proposed were already very favorable, so villagers came to the shop to buy rice in exchange.

The shop has been decorated, and the shelves inside have been finished. The shopkeeper and the waiter have already taken up their posts, and the rice to buy is also in place.

Carloads of newly planted rice were brought in, and there was quite a lot of rice in the village, plus those grown in Zhengfu Zhuangzi.

These paddies are not sold as rice, they are directly sold as grain seeds.

In addition to rice, bean curd sticks were also harvested, and a batch of salted duck eggs was also prepared.

The cotton already picked by Yin Peinan's family was also transported to the store, and sold to the store at the previously set price.

When the store is sold, they will divide it.

Later, the Zheng family also bought some cotton for their own use, so there was not much left in stock, and they had to wait for the cotton fields to come in.

"This car is the last one. This car weighs - 1172 catties." Zuo An took a pen and paper and counted down.

"It's finally finished!" Yin Peinan sat down on the chair behind the counter, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea and water to drink.

Zheng Wenhao came out of the back warehouse in disgrace, and also sat down on the chair, ignoring the dust all over his body, and wiped his forehead with his sleeve.

"No?"

"No more. Thank you for your hard work, come drink some water!" Yin Peinan poured him some tea, which made it difficult for Zheng Wenhao, a young master, to carry the goods by himself.

"That's good." Zheng Wenhao was about to be paralyzed from exhaustion, pinching his arms. This was really the most tiring two days he had been growing up since he was a child.

Yin Peinan thought for a while and said, "Let's get a cart in the future, so we don't have to be so tired."

Zheng Wenhao finished his drink in one gulp, and asked, "What cart?"

Yin Peinan told him about the flatbed cart specially used for pushing goods.

"If you have such a good thing, why didn't you make it sooner, then you can draw it and make it, it's really exhausting to carry it over and over again!" Zheng Wenhao said.

Yin Peinan scratched his head and said, "I didn't think about it before, and it's not very useful in the village, so I didn't think about it."

The two were chatting, and Yin Peinan asked him about his relationship.

"Brother Wen Hao, you haven't had time to ask you for two days since you came back. How are you and Brother Bai? Did he agree?"

Speaking of this question, Zheng Wenhao thought of going to Qingzhou this time and kissed Pagoer. He blushed a bit, and said embarrassedly: "It's good. Boge said that we should stay together first, and then think about it after the Chinese New Year next year." Proposing marriage."

Yin Peinan thought about Ji Yuebai's letter, and guessed that Ji Yuebai wanted to talk more about love, or maybe he hadn't figured out the issue of harmony and disharmony.

He smiled and said, "Then you'll have to run around Qingzhou more during this time."

Zheng Wenhao shook his head: "Wait until the shop has stabilized before going."

Yin Peinan said: "It's okay, when we finish harvesting the cotton and plant all the winter vegetable seeds, Brother An and I will be free, at most half a month, and you will be there then."

"Yeah. I'll see when the time comes." Zheng Wenhao looked at the shop. The two young men had already cleaned the floor. He said, "The shop will open tomorrow. Are you going back today? Otherwise, you don't have to rush to my house tomorrow." Come."

Yin Peinan shook her head: "No need, I have to go back, my little daddy and the others will come over tomorrow."

"Okay, then go back early today, and we will open tomorrow!"

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Yin Peinan and his family set off.

Everyone is wearing new clothes, with beaming faces.Wen Yi also carried a pot of peonies in a net bag, ready to put them in the shop, for the rich and powerful, for auspiciousness.

When they arrived, Zheng Wenhao had already arrived, Mr. Zheng and his wife were also there, and the county magistrate Liu Shangzhi also came over in casual clothes.

Yin Peinan looked around, and saw some familiar faces, all of whom he had seen during the Zheng family banquet.Yin Peinan knew that all of these were for Zheng's house and Zheng Wenhao's support.

Wen Yi placed the peony flowers in the corner of the counter, and stood inside to help the shopkeeper.

Zhao Xiu'e and Shuizhu waited at the side, and when the time came for the opening, they would act as waiters in the shop, loading and weighing the goods.

At the right time, the lively dragon and lion dances started, attracting a large number of passers-by to stop and watch.

After dancing for about a quarter of an hour, the two bosses, Zheng Wenhao and Yin Peinan, invited the county magistrate and Mr. Zheng to put eyes on the dragon and lion, and then unveiled the plaque. Amidst the lively firecrackers, "Changlong Grain Shop" opened!

Everyone went in to have a look around, and a lady asked: "Wen Hao, why do your grain shops only sell millet? Is there no rice?"

Zheng Wenhao went over and explained to her

: "Auntie, our millet is mainly sold as grain seeds."

"Grain seeds?" Madam asked puzzledly, "Aren't the grain seeds kept by the farmers themselves?"

Zheng Wenhao shook his head and said, "Our millet is different from the usual millet. It not only has more knots, but also tastes better than the original one. It is a new variety."

"Tastes better than other rice?"

"Yes, the last time you were at my house, didn't you say that the rice cooked by my family is delicious, and asked where we bought our rice? That is the rice made from this kind of millet."

"It's this kind? Can I buy some back? Can I sell it?"

Zheng Wenhao nodded and said, "You can try it if you want, but you have to buy it and grind it yourself."

"It's okay, then I'll ask someone to buy a few buckets."

"Okay."

On the other side, many ladies gathered around the bean curd sticks to choose.

"Hey, last time I said this is delicious. After waiting for so long, they finally opened a shop. I have to buy a few catties back."

"Yeah, I've been waiting for a long time. I heard that they opened today, so I rushed over here. It's delicious, but it's a bit expensive, forty yuan a catty."

"It's good as long as it's delicious, otherwise, what are you doing with all the money you earn, isn't it just to let yourself eat better and use it better? And this is dry goods. I didn't listen to what Boss Yin said. Once the water is released, a catty can eat many meals. .”

"Okay, then I'll buy some more."

"Hurry up, the cotton over there looks whiter than ours before, and it's all seeded. I'll go and pick some. It's already September, and it's time to make winter clothes."

"Hey, okay, let's go, go and have a look..."

When the new store opened, passers-by on the road were also attracted to see what was on sale.

But most people came in and saw that they were not selling rice, but millet, and the price was relatively expensive, so they shook their heads and walked away to look at bean curd sticks and cotton.

Hey, what kind of novelty is this yuba?Smells like it's made from soy.

But this bean curd stick is too expensive, it costs [-] cents a catty, who can afford it!

Let's look at cotton again.

Oh, this cotton is beautiful, the white silk is soft, and the seeds have been removed, which is much better than other cotton in the county.If it's made into a padded jacket, it will be soft and warm; if it's made into a quilt, it won't have to wake up in the winter!

Ask the price again, okay, this price is also very beautiful, half the price of the original cotton!

fall!

Who can afford this!

Looking at those wealthy wives who are snapping up bean curd sticks and cotton, passers-by understand.

Damn, this is just for rich people!

Walk around to the other side, hey, what is this?Wrapped in yellow mud, the sign says salted duck eggs?

Four pennies apiece, very good, finally something I can afford.But other people's fresh big duck eggs cost only two coins, why are these so expensive?

"Guest officer, do you want to try the fresh salted duck eggs? They are delicious and fresh, and they are excellent for serving porridge and rice. Can you try them?" Shuizhu greeted with a small plate.

A salted duck egg was placed on the plate, freshly cut, with an orange-yellow and reddish yolk, embedded in a porcelain white egg white, which looked like a little sun wrapped up.

There are egg whites and egg yolks that have been broken into small pieces next to them. The soft and glutinous eggs are golden, as if they are flowing oil, and they look delicious.

"Can this be eaten directly?" the guest asked.

Shuizhu nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, this is edible. But after buying these, you have to cook them. After you buy them, wash off the yellow mud on them, and then boil them with water. You don't need to put anything, just cut them open and eat them." .Here, give you a stick, you can poke a piece and try it?"

The guest dubiously took a stick and poked a small piece of egg white into his mouth. It tasted salty and fresh, and the egg white was elastic and tender.

"Try this egg yolk again."

The guest poked another piece of egg yolk.And pink

Waxy and sandy.

Well, it's a bit salty, I want to drink porridge.

"How is it? Is it delicious? Buy a few and give your family a taste?"

"Well, let's buy five." There are five people in the family.

"Okay, wait a minute." Shuizhu quickly picked out five salted duck eggs, wrapped them in oiled paper, and handed them to him: "Guests, please pay the bill ahead."

On the first day of opening, one-third of the bean curd sticks in Changlong Grain Shop were sold out, the cotton stock was sold out, the salted duck eggs were sold out, and ten buckets of millet were sold.

They didn't specifically push the millet, they mainly wanted to promote the grain seeds, and when the farmers basically bought them, they would grind the remaining rice and sell it.

They didn't expect to sell so many bean curd sticks, but they bought what they should buy today, and there will be no such good business in the future.

So on the first day overall, it's not bad.

The next day, a notice was posted on the county government granary, and Liu Shangzhi sent someone there to notify the farmers.

"Folks, let me tell you some good news! Our county has a great event this year. There is a farmer in the south slope village of our city. His family uses a new variety of rice seeds. In the first season, the rice harvest is more than 350 catties per mu. No. In the second season, more than 370 catties of rice were harvested per mu!"

As soon as the guard's voice fell, the villagers who came to hand over the imperial rations shouted.

"What? Three hundred and five in the first season, three hundred and seven in the second season? Impossible, the best farmer in our area only harvested 270 eight catties this year! He is the best harvester in our area."

"Yes, how could it be three hundred five three hundred and seven, sir, are you bragging?"

"That's right, this year is not a good year, how can there be so many?"

The guard personally followed the county magistrate to Nanpo Village to see the weighing, and he immediately said: "You don't believe it, the whole village of Nanpo Village has already grown this kind of grain. In the second season, every family has similar grains. If you don’t believe me, ask them about the yield of 350 catties. Hey, someone from Nanpo Village is here! Hu Daqiang, it’s just right, tell them, how much is your family’s second-crop rice yield per mu?”

Suddenly, everyone looked at the few people behind.

Daqiang and several villagers happened to come to pay the royal rations, but they were stopped by the guards. They didn't hear the previous content, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

A person asked: "Fellows, are you from Nanpo Village?"

Daqiang nodded, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

The man asked: "The lord said that someone in your village used new rice seeds. In the first season, he harvested more than 350 catties of rice per mu, and in the second season, he harvested more than 370 catties of rice per mu. Is it true?"

Daqiang nodded again, and said with a smile, "Yes, it's true."

The surrounding farmers who were waiting to pay the grain suddenly took a deep breath.

"Really?" The person who asked the question before asked, "Didn't the adults lie to us?"

Daqiang shook his head and replied, "No, it's true."

The farmers immediately started discussing, harvesting more than 370 catties per mu!Charge a whole hundred catties more than them!

The person asked before, "Then your village really grows that kind of rice?"

"Correct!"

"Then you also harvested 370 catties of rice per mu in the second season?"

Daqiang shook his head: "No."

The farmers breathed a sigh of relief, that is to say, how could there be so many.

Daqiang added: "We don't have as much as 370 catties. The 370 catties belong to Yin Peinan's family in our village. His family now specializes in cultivating grain seeds. Most people in our village have more than 330 catties to more than 350 catties."

The farmers opened their mouths wide, dumbfounded.

After a while, the pot exploded on the spot.

"God! It turned out to be true!"

"350 catties, 370 catties! Even the minimum of [-] catties is dozens of catties more than us!"

"Where do you get your grain seeds? Can you tell us?"

"Yes, where are you

The grains you bought? "

……

Daqiang and the others were surrounded tightly, and they suddenly had a headache.

The guard took the gong and hit it.

bang bang bang --

The farmers turned to look at the guards.

The guard stood on the chair and immediately started to preach to the farmers loudly.

"Folks, do you believe what I say? Do you want to know where to buy grain seeds?"

"Yes, my lord, where can I buy it?"

"Where to buy it? Please tell us, my lord."

bang bang bang --

Everyone is quiet.

The guard said again: "The kind of grain you want to buy is on Dongdajie. There is a shop called 'Changlong Grain Shop'. Go there to buy it. It is opened by Yin Peinan's family in Nanpo Village. Do you know? Changlong Grain Shop, look for Yin Peinan! He sells this kind of high-yield grain seeds!"

"Oh, I got it, I got it, thank you, my lord! Come on, old lady, just watch here, I'm going to Dongdajie to buy grain seeds now!"

"Hey, son, hurry up, I'll give you the money, and follow your uncle to buy grain seeds!"

"Father, look here, I'll go and see too!"

"Oh, what should I do, I don't have any money! Does anyone in Mashan Village have any money left? Give me some money first!"

……

There was a riot at the delivery site, and within a quarter of an hour, half of the people were gone, and they all went to Dongdajie.

In the Changlong Grain Shop, beyond Yin Peinan's expectations, three big orders were made today.

One is the two big restaurants in the city, they both bought a lot of bean curd sticks and salted duck eggs from them.

"One is from the restaurant of the Lin family, and the other is from the restaurant of my uncle's." Zheng Wenhao explained, frowning, "I never thought that the shopkeeper of the Lin family's restaurant would be so quick-witted, and would come to buy it so quickly."

Yin Peinan replied: "Their family can earn so much property, there must be capable people."

"Too."

Another big order is the one that told Zheng Wenhao yesterday that they bought millet. They milled the rice when they returned home. After eating it at night, everyone thought it was delicious.Today, I sent the housekeeper to buy five bags of millet and go back.

Originally, the housekeeper asked for ten packs in one go.This is because Zheng Wenhao said that he could not sell that much first, and that he would notify his family to buy when he sold the farmers' grain seeds in the future, so he only bought five packs.

When it was almost noon, Yin Peinan looked at the store and said, "There are probably no customers in the morning, so I'll go back and cook."

He had just washed the rice, and before the fire was lit, he suddenly heard commotion in the store ahead.

He went out and saw, I went, the store was already full of people, Zheng Wenhao was standing on a chair maintaining order, and Xiaobao was already helping to pack the grain.

I saw Zheng Wenhao shouting: "Folks, everyone, don't worry, don't squeeze, come in line, come one by one, there are all, don't squeeze!"

The shopkeeper is also helping to queue up.

The villagers lined up crookedly, some with sacks, some with baskets, asking Zheng Wenhao while queuing.

"Xiao Er, are you Changlong Grain Shop? Is the boss Yin Peinan?"

"correct."

"Then your millet is the kind of grain that can harvest more than 300 catties per mu of land?"

"Yes, yes. Folks, what you see in our shop is the grain seeds that can yield 350 catties per mu. Everyone can buy them. Don't worry, come one by one!"

Seeing that the order had stabilized, Zheng Wenhao jumped down to help carry the millet and weigh it.

Seeing so many people, Yin Peinan knew that the propaganda from the county magistrate must have worked, so he hurried out to help.

It seems that the little daddy will have to come out to help with the counting tomorrow. It is estimated that he will be busy for ten days and a half months, and he will not be free until the taxation is over.