Beloved Plantation King

Yin Peinan was taking inventory with the shopkeeper, and Zuo An was sorting out last month's accounts.

Xiao Er saw a man in black coming into the shop, and hurried forward to greet him.

"Guest officer, this store sells bean curd sticks, salted duck eggs and new grain seeds. They are all new products with unique taste. You need to buy some..."

The man in black reached out to interrupt Xiao Er's introduction, his eyes scanned the store, and finally fixed on the counter.

He walked over there quickly, clasped his fists happily and called out: "Young Master Zuo."

Master Zuo?But it's been a long time since anyone called him that.

Zuo An raised his head and looked at the man in black in front of him, but he didn't recognize him.He wondered: "You are?"

The visitor introduced himself: "This is Mr. Qian's subordinate Dahei, Mr. Qian ordered me to come and fetch flowers."

As he spoke, he took out the letter that could prove his identity.

When Zuo An saw the letter, he understood the identity of the person who came, but he took out the letter and read it, it was written by himself.

"Brother Dahei, you have worked hard all the way. Come, follow me." He folded the letter and put it back in the envelope and handed it back. , "How do you know I'm here? Have you been to the house?"

Dahei nodded: "Yes, Zuo Fulang told me that you are here. I have seen the flowers. He said he wanted to discuss the price with you, so I came over."

Zuo An nodded, poured him a cup of tea, and asked casually, "What did you adults say?"

Dahei naturally won the maximum price, but it was impossible to say it directly, so he replied: "My lord has explained. Master Zuo, how much do you think your bid is?"

Zuo An chuckled lightly and said, "You've worked hard all the way, eat something first, I'll discuss it with my family. How long can you stay here?"

Da Hei said: "I'll rush back immediately after I get the flowers." Otherwise, what if someone else gets there first?

"You wait."

Zuo An went to the warehouse next door and told Yin Peinan.

Yin Peinan was surprised and said: "It took half a year before I sent someone here."

Zuo An guessed: "Something may have happened. No matter how long he is, it doesn't matter. Hearing what Dahei said just now, he should be in a hurry. How much do you think is appropriate to sell?"

Yin Peinan asked: "How much do you think he can accept?"

"My lord is going to take it as a gift, and I can accept as much as I am in a hurry. He will buy it even for 2000 taels." Zuo An replied, looking at the bean curd sticks in the warehouse, thought for a while, and then said: "However, we can't The real lion opened his mouth, and I want him to help us a bit."

Yin Peinan asked, "What's the matter?"

Zuo An raised his chin and pointed at Yu Zhu.

Yin Peinan saw it, and immediately understood what the daughter-in-law wanted to do, and asked, "You want to get the capital market? Let him promote it for us?"

Zuo An nodded, looked at Yin Peinan with raised eyebrows, and asked, "What do you think?"

The capital city, at the foot of the emperor, princes and ministers, and a pound of yuba with money and power are nothing to them.

It's a huge market, and it's the best market.

Yin Peinan figured it out in an instant, and said, "I think it will work. But how to do it, we have to discuss it."

The two discussed it for a while, and then Zuo An went out.

Seeing Zuo An coming in, Da Hei immediately stood up and asked, "Young Master Zuo, have you discussed it and made a decision?"

Zuo An nodded, and said: "We have discussed it, this flower is not easy for us to get, and it is indeed very expensive. I knew that Mr. Qian was looking for this flower, so I told him after I got it. If someone wanted to buy it, I didn't sell it. He kept it, but he didn't expect you to come so late."

Dahei nodded and said: "Because some things were not needed for a while, the adults delayed it. Now, Master Zuo, what do you think is the price here?"

Zuo An said: "1000 taels.

We also auctioned a pot before, and it sold for more than 1000 taels, but since Mr. Qian is an acquaintance, we will buy it now. In addition, we will give Mr. some of our local products, and please help him bring them. "

When Dahei heard that the price was far lower than the maximum price given by the adults, he nodded happily and said, "Okay, just 1000 taels."

Zuo An asked Dahei again: "Brother Dahei, will you take care of orchids?"

Dahei nodded, then shook his head again: "Not very good." His job is to be a guard, and his knowledge of flowers and plants was given to him by the gardener before he came.

"Are you going to take it back on horseback?"

"Correct."

Zuo An worried: "It's already winter in the north, and the weather is too cold. You just take the orchid back, and the orchid will be frozen before you get home. Besides, our orchids are potted plants, which are no more cold-resistant than those directly planted in the ground." It is difficult to adapt to being brought from the south to the north in a short period of time."

Dahei looked at Zuo An, and asked anxiously: "Then what should we do? Can Young Master Zuo have a solution?"

"Yes." Zuo An said, "However, you need to wait two more days and make some preparations."

"Okay, as long as you can bring the flowers safely."

So, Dahei first lived in the city.According to Zuo An's request, he went to find a carriage, bought charcoal and a stove, and waited for Zuo An to bring the flowers.

Zuo An and the others found two new sacks that day, and asked Zhao Xiu'e and Shui Zhu to embroider "Changlong Beancurd Bamboo" on the sacks, and also embroidered a shop's name "Changlong Grain Shop" stamp version logo, and embroidered on Store address: Changlong Grain Shop, Xinping County, Kangzhou.

They also found a new small pannier, and asked Zhao Xiu'e to make a sleeve out of coarse cloth, embroidered "Changlong Salted Duck Eggs", and then embroidered the name and address of the shop, and put the sleeve on the pannier.

They picked out some good-quality bean curd sticks, half of them were packed directly, and half of them were set up in a frying pan to start frying.

Two days later in the morning, Dahei came to the shop in a carriage.

Zuo An and Yin Peinan put two bags of bean curd sticks, a small basket of salted duck eggs wrapped in layers of straw, and the pot of orchids on Dahei's carriage.

The orchids were specially placed in a basket, and the surrounding area was fixed with straw. One is to keep warm, and the other is to prevent scratches.

Yin Peinan also injected many abilities into the orchid to make it more vigorous and increase its ability to resist the cold.

Zuo An told Dahei: "Brother Dahei, we brought these things to the adults. They are all made by ourselves and are also sold in the store. I have written all the recipes in the letter, you can just give the adults directly. This bag is deep-fried, so be careful of rats at night."

"Also, I tied the flowers to the seat, so don't worry. After you pass Yuzhou, light a little charcoal fire in the stove. It doesn't need to be too hot. Just keep the temperature in the carriage from being too low. After you go back, Let the adults keep the flowers indoors, and wait for the spring to warm up before moving them outside."

Dahei nodded, and paid the 1000 taels of silver bill very simply.He looked at Zuo An and the others for making such thorough preparations for him, and said gratefully: "Remember, thank you, Young Master Zuo."

Zuo An handed the letter to Dahei and said, "Bon voyage."

The gangster said goodbye and left with the carriage.

Yin Peinan looked at the back of the carriage and said, "I hope everything goes well."

Zuo An nodded: "We have done everything we can, it depends on how Mr. Qian uses these things."

No matter what the result is, they can't know in a short time, they just prepared one more possibility.

Two days later, Xiaobao came back from Qingzhou with a letter from Zheng Wenhao, saying that he would get some yuba and salted duck eggs and go to Qingzhou.

Yin Peinan asked pleasantly: "Have Zheng Wenhao opened up the market?"

Xiao Bao said with a smile: "There is an old man from a rich family over there who just celebrated his [-]th birthday. Young Master Ji knew him, so he went to visit with Young Master, and sold them yuba and salted duck eggs by the way. There are many birthday parties After people ate it, they all said it was delicious, so the young master asked me to come back to deliver the goods."

"So that's how it is." Yin Peinan smiled and said, "I'll ask someone to confirm how much you want."

get ready. "

"Get two more cars."

Yin Peinan ordered Xiao Er to prepare, and then asked: "Where are the grain seeds? Have you sold them?"

Xiaobao blinked, took out a bag of silver and an account book from his arms, and said, "Young master bought all the grain seeds and gave them to Young master Ji's family."

Yin Peinan laughed: "Isn't there one in Zheng's mansion, why would he buy it?"

Xiaobao said: "The young master said that it was shipped from the shop, so he should pay for it. Besides, it was grown for young master Ji's family, not for food."

"Okay." Yin Peinan took the account book and money, recorded it for the shopkeeper, and then asked: "How are your young master and Ji young master? Are things going well?"

Xiao Bao laughed and said, "It's pretty good."

It was so good that he didn't want to go out with the young master anymore, seeing the love between the young master and young master Ji every day made him want to find a wife too.

But when thinking of his age, Xiaobao was very depressed again.He was only sixteen, and it would take two years before he could marry a wife.

Xiaobao set off again the next day with people.

After sending Xiaobao away, Zuo An and the others received a post, and they were invited to attend a flower viewing party in the garden.

It was organized by the old Juren master from the county school.

The old master is usually fine, except for giving lectures to the students, he usually likes to grow flowers and plants. Every autumn, he will hold a garden and flower viewing party, inviting people who love flowers to gather at his house.

In the past, it was held around the Mid-Autumn Festival, but this year he was not in good health, and he fell ill until a while ago.

This garden and flower viewing party has been postponed until now.

The master still remembers Yin Peinan who sold Su Guan He Ding back then. After they sold the flowers, they bought two pots of flowers that were also quite expensive.

The master remembered that the elders around him liked flowers and plants.The rural man was willing to spend so much money on flowers, which left a deep impression on the master, and he knew that the man must also like flowers and plants very much.

The Master then asked the Zheng Mansion to bring them a post.

As soon as Zuo An saw this post, he thought it was a good opportunity. For the flower viewing party, everyone loves flowers and is willing to buy flowers.

There are a lot of flowers in their yard now, and they will be sold one after another next spring, and they just need to find an opportunity to promote them.

Yin Peinan didn't know much about flowers and plants, so naturally Zuo An accompanied Wen Yi to participate and brought three pots of flowers.Two pots of roses and chrysanthemums that they later cultivated from their own cuttings, and a pot of black orchids that were in bloom.

At this season, only these three kinds of flowers and plants planted in their house are blooming, and the rose and chrysanthemums have reached the end of their flowering period.

However, because Yin Peinan would send powers to the flowers in the yard from time to time, and Wen Yi took good care of them, their flowers grew very well.

The flowers from the previous cuttings are all alive and have grown up with their own style.Later, the potted plants also sprouted new branches, which are about half the amount when they were bought back, and those flowers can be sold next year.

They have also bred a new variety, which will only wait until next year's flowering period, a big surprise for those who love flowers in the county!

"Don't you bring that pot?" Yin Peinan pointed to the new variety they made and asked.

Zuo An thought for a while and said, "No, I'll see if I can disclose the news and see what to do when the time comes."

Zuo An and Wen Yi brought three pots of flowers with the best appearance, firstly, they could promote their flower garden, and secondly, they wanted to compete for beauty.

Our flowers are definitely the best!

The Master's house is in the south of the city. When Zuo An and the others arrived, many people had already arrived.

The post specifically asked everyone to bring their own flowers and plants. There are already many flowers and plants in the garden, some with flowers, some pure green plants like green pine, and camellias that are not in bloom.

The master's flower viewing party in the garden is pure flower viewing, exchanging experience in planting and raising flowers, nothing else is involved.

Therefore, there are people of various identities, including literati, businessmen, and even a clerk in the government office.

There are also peasants like Zuo An and the others.The only thing they have in common is that they all love flowers.

Appreciating flowers and walking birds are inseparable, and two guests even brought their favorite birds over, chirping, which added a lot of meaning to the yard.

The servants took the two of Zuo An to the garden and handed them over to the master, and then they went down.

"I've seen the master." Zuo An and the two greeted the master.

The master stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Welcome to you. Oh, you are such a rare flower. Come on, put it on the coffee table over there. I have reserved a place for everyone to see."

Zuo An and Wen Yi placed the three pots of flowers on the high coffee table specially prepared there.

Many people had seen Zuo An and the others at the auction of Zheng Wenhao's house before, and seeing that they brought three pots of flowers, they all gathered around to admire them.

"Hey, this chrysanthemum is blooming well. It's really rare to have such a vigorous chrysanthemum in this season."

"It's pretty good. The flower plate is big, the petals are neat, and the color is pure, like gold. It's not bad."

"Look at this rose, the plants are high and low, with distinct layers, and the flowers are full, bright red like blood, and they are really well raised."

"I like this Molan. Hey, Brother Yi, how do you grow this flower?"

……

Zuo An and Wen Yi communicated with everyone, and the atmosphere was particularly harmonious. They also learned a lot of little knowledge about growing flowers from others.

Others looked at their flowers, and they looked at other people's flowers. The two also took a fancy to a potted Yingke pine potted plant and a potted epiphyllum. They planned to ask each other if they would sell it after the flower viewing party.

During the interval of viewing the flowers, Master walked up to Zuo An and the others, and said to him, "I heard from Wen Hao that you planted a lot of flowers and plan to sell them next year?"

Zuo An nodded, and replied: "Yes. I got a lot of flowers before, and we have cultivated many more in the past six months. They all grow very well, and they can be sold next year."

The master looked at them with complicated expressions. In fact, he was quite disapproving of turning such an elegant matter of appreciating flowers into a business.

But Zuo An's situation is different. They are farmers, and their family is not rich. He wants to make money by cultivating flowers, but he understands it, but he still can't accept it.

He said: "I heard from Wen Hao boy that you are also opening a grain shop now."

He paused for a moment, and then gently persuaded him: "Growing flowers is a very pure thing, so don't get involved too much with the world." Now that you have opened a grain store and have a livelihood to support your family, don't bother with these flowers and plants. Bar.He meant it.

Hearing this, Zuo An raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect the old master to think so.

He then said: "Master, what you said is biased, I dare not agree with it."

"Oh? What's your different opinion?" The Master asked, not one who would not listen to other people's opinions.

Zuo An thought for a while and said, "Master, how do these flowers and plants in your house come from?"

The master knew how Zuo An wanted to refute him as soon as he heard it, and immediately said: "It is true that I bought these flowers, some of them were from other flower growers, and some were dug by farmers in the mountains. Selling flowers is not the same thing."

The old master's thinking is quite flexible, Zuo An smiled, and said: "What the master said is true. But, think about it, sometimes we want to grow a flower, but we can't find it everywhere. We just find it, because it is rare and the price is abnormal. High, had to give up, isn't that a pity?"

Isn't the best example the original Su Guan He Ding?

The master still has regrets thinking about the flower so far.He said nothing.

Zuo An added: "If we cultivate more difficult and precious flowers and plants, wouldn't we be able to satisfy the wishes of many flower lovers? The more flowers there are, the more there will be. More people can grow flowers, and more and more people can enjoy the fun of growing flowers, wouldn’t it be great?”

The old master choked, he really didn't think so.

Zuo An continued: "Moreover, we are not only cultivating the number of flowers

, we also hope to breed new varieties. "

The old master's heart moved: "New species?"

"Yes." Zuo An thought about it, and said, "Actually, we have bred a new variety, but we didn't bring it here today because we were afraid that everyone would not accept it."

Before, Yin Peinan was bored and grafted the pink rose and the red rose together, and that one rose had two colors of flowers, which shocked Wen Yi a lot.

The old master asked anxiously, "What is it?"

Zuo An's thin lips parted slightly, and said, "It's the Chinese rose, we call it Pink Lady."

"Pink Lady?" The old master felt his face turn red when he pronounced this name, his eyes glared, and he leaned on his crutches. He reprimanded lightly, "It's ridiculous! Why did you choose such a name!"

Zuo An pursed his lips and smiled, explaining: "Master, this rose, one plant will bloom pink and red flowers, don't you think 'Pink Lady' is very suitable?"

"It's not suitable to take such a frivolous name!" The old master felt bad, paused again, and asked: "...What did you just say? A rose will have two kinds of flowers, pink and red?"

Zuo An nodded: "Yes."

The old master didn't believe it, and said: "How is it possible? Don't lie to me, Mr. An. I have never seen a rose with two colors in the past few decades. This is not honeysuckle. It was white at first, and then turned yellow. "

Zuo An said helplessly: "It's true." Not only roses, but chrysanthemums are also available, next year it will surprise you.

Seeing that the old man didn't believe it, Zuo An thought for a while, and said, "Why don't I bring you the flowers tomorrow?" Show your face first, to get everyone's interest, maybe it will be a good sale next year.

"Bring it! You must bring it!" The old master also wanted to see if they were lying to people. If it was true, then he would open his eyes.

"Okay." Zuo An replied helplessly: "Originally we wanted to get more and sell them next year."

The old master glared at him: "If you really have this flower, next year I will hold a special flower viewing party for you, and I will also bring you flower-loving people from the two counties next door. Are you still worried about selling it?"

The corner of Zuo An's mouth raised slightly, and said: "Master, I will take your words seriously."

The old master stared: "You boy, can I still deceive you?"

Zuo An immediately bowed and cupped his hands and said, "Then thank you, Master."

The old master blinked, feeling that something was wrong, but he didn't think clearly for a moment, he shook his head, walked towards the flower friends, and hurriedly told them the news.

When everyone heard it, what, can a rose plant have two-color flowers?

is that a lie?

Believe it or not, come and see it tomorrow!

So, the next day, Zuo An and Wen Yi brought the two-color rose plant to the old master's house again.

There are a lot of people, those people who enjoyed the flowers yesterday, all came for the two-color rose.

Zuo An took the flowers out of the basket and put them on the floor in the main hall of the Master's house.

"Wait, put it on the small table!" said the old master.

The servants hurriedly moved a little table over, and Zuo An moved the flowers up.

Everyone couldn't sit still and gathered around one after another.

I saw that in the flower pot, the rose plants more than two feet high were indeed full of pink and red flowers, and they bloomed very well.

"God, these are really two colors!"

"Is it two plants planted together? Don't lie to us."

Everyone had doubts, bent down and lowered their heads, and followed the branches of the two kinds of flowers until they saw the roots of the plants. They were surprised to find that the flowers of the two colors were on the same stem.

"It's two kinds of flowers on one plant! How did it grow?"

Everyone was full of doubts and looked at Zuo An and Wen Yi one after another.

"Brother An, how did you grow these flowers?"

Zuo An shook his head, this rose is of course grafted, but the grafted parts have grown into one body long ago, and now they seem to be born this way.

He smiled and said: "Everyone, my family has a flower garden. This breeding method is a secret. We rely on it for food, so we can't tell everyone. But if you are interested, you are welcome to buy it in our store in May or June next year. "

"Hey, how did this grow? Do you have a lot of flowers now? How much is a plant, I will buy one back." I have to think about it carefully.

Zuo An shook his head: "Currently there is only this one strain, this is our experimental product, next year we will grow some."

"Wait until next year?" I wish I could move back to study today.

The master was also dumbfounded looking at the two colors of roses.

He checked up and down several times, and he was sure that it was a rose of two colors blooming from one stem. Finally, he had to believe that Zuo An and the others had really produced a new variety.

He couldn't figure it out, and asked Zuo An: "Boy An, what did you do?"

Zuo An: "Master, it's a secret." It's for sale.

The master stared, but wanted to know very much, and discussed with him: "You tell me quietly, I won't tell others."

Zuo An was helpless, "Don't ask, I will give you a pot next year, how about it?"

The master glared at him: "How much money do I still need?"

Zuo An chuckled and said, "The narcissus will bloom in a while, shall I give you a pot?"

Master: "..." I really don't need these few money.

But it's really not good to ask again, people said, if you rely on this to make a living, it's not easy to ruin other people's jobs.

However, he did believe it. Zuo An said before that they were cultivating new varieties.

He asked again: "Have you bred any new varieties?"

Zuo An nodded: "Some are continuing to try."

Before he talked to Ji Yuebai about flower cultivation, Ji Yuebai provided many cultivation methods, which opened up their thinking, and they should be able to cultivate some by then.When Ji Yuebai gets married, he can still come and guide them.

"Then I won't ask. However," the master continued to demand: "If you have a new variety, you must be the first to tell me! I'll go and see!"

"Okay." There is no problem with this, Zuo An readily agreed.

Satisfied, the master turned to sigh and said, "You have bred more new varieties, which will also benefit the people."

Zuo An chuckled, why didn't the old man say they were not elegant?

"We're doing the best we can."

On this day, Zuo An and the others received a batch of orders for two-color roses in advance, and returned home happily.

The flower garden is finally open for business.