Beloved Plantation King

When he woke up the next day, Zuo An felt much better. After Yin Peinan's treatment, his waist was no longer sore.

But when he looked at the empty quilt next to him, Yin Peinan had already woken up, but he didn't even know it.Looking at the sky again, it was already bright, and it was much later than my usual time to wake up.

Why are you getting more and more sleepy?Zuo An murmured in his heart, and hurriedly got up, there are still important things to do today.

In the backyard, seeing Yin Peinan in the utility room, Zuo An went in and complained to Lao Gong a little: "Why didn't you call me? You overslept."

Yin Peinan was filling salted duck eggs. When she saw her daughter-in-law coming in, she got up and kissed her, and said with a smile, "Aren't you tired yesterday? You'll be fine if you sleep more. How do you feel now? Is your waist still sore?"

"It's not sour, it's ready." Zuo An saw the small baskets of salted duck eggs and bean curd sticks packed next to him, and asked, "Is the delivery ready?"

"It's ready, and the vegetables have been picked. There are people cooking in the yard where they live. Do you want to get some rice over there? By the way, let them taste our rice."

Zuo An thought for a while, and said: "Yes, yes, but they still want to come over? They must have a meal at that time, so let's give it to them at that time."

"Okay. Honey, go and wash your face. I'll do it here."

The two arrived at the shop early, talked to Zheng Wenhao, and prepared to visit with their things.

Zheng Wenhao pulled the two of them back and said in a low voice: "I got the news that the Lin family invited three adults for a banquet last night."

"So fast?" Yin Peinan raised an eyebrow and asked.

Zheng Wenhao nodded: "Well, I heard from Mr. Liu that Mr. Guo was not very interested, and he didn't say much at the banquet."

Yin Peinan interjected: "Then it's right that we don't have a banquet."

Zheng Wenhao: "Yes."

Zuo An replied: "Master Guo actually doesn't talk too much."

"Then there is no less talk when you encounter social gatherings that you don't like." Zheng Wenhao said again, "By the way, do you need to go to the prefect's side? You go to Guo's side, and I will go to the prefect's side ?”

Zuo An thought for a while, "The magistrate's side, if you're right, it should be the Lin family, otherwise it won't become a competition between the two." One family became two.

Yin Peinan said: "Actually, if he is smart, he would know that he should choose us."

"Let's take a look after we go to see Mr. Guo."

"Yes." Yin Peinan said with a smile: "Brother Wen Hao, let's go there first. It's still early, and I'm afraid they will arrive at the yamen by then, and it will be bad."

"Okay, okay, go quickly."

The two carried their things to the yard where the adults lived, and they arrived within a short distance.

Fortunately, the two adults have not gone out yet.

Zuo An asked the concierge to report his name, and was quickly welcomed in.

Seeing Master Guo, the two saluted: "Master Guo."

Guo Yi waved his hand and said, "There is no need to be too polite. Sit down quickly."

The two sat down, and Zuo An asked: "Master Guo, you are new to the south, are you still used to it? Does the food cooked by the chef here still suit your taste?"

"It's okay." Guo Yi nodded, looked at Zuo An, and said, "Brother An, how are you and your family doing?"

"Thank you for your concern, we are fine now." Zuo An replied with a smile, and then told him the general situation: "My lord, I am married. This is my husband. You met yesterday. Now, the two of us The family lived together, planted fields, built a house, and opened a small shop, and lived a peaceful life.”

Hearing this, Guo Yi seemed relieved, with a smile on his face, and said, "That's good."

Zuo An got up suddenly, Yin Peinan also got up quickly.

Zuo An bowed deeply to Guo Yi, and said, "My lord, thanks to your hard work, we were able to meet Dad, and you helped us many times afterwards. Your

Zuo An always remembers the kindness in his heart. "

Yin Peinan also hurriedly bowed.

Guo Yi and Zuo Shigui worked together for many years, and later Zuo Shigui was promoted to be a minister, and he mentioned a lot to Guo Yi, and Guo Yi always kept it in his heart.

Later, the incident of Zuo Shigui's greed for ink broke out, and everyone avoided him for fear of being too late. Although Guo Yi was also angry at him for his misbehavior, he thought of his previous kindness and tried various ways to help them meet with his father and son.

The house of the Zuo family was sealed off, all their belongings were confiscated, and the family was exiled to the thatched cottage. Later, Guo Yi also sent people to find them, donated money and food, and persuaded them to return home early.It's just that Zuo An wanted to save his father at that time, so he didn't listen, and his legs were broken later.

Seeing Zuo An's great gift, Guo Yi got up too, helped him up, and said, "Brother An doesn't have to be like this. As long as you are all well now, your father can rest assured."

"Well, thank you, my lord."

Zuo An thanked him, then mentioned the things on the ground, and said, "My lord, here are the bean curd sticks and salted duck eggs we made at home, as well as some fresh vegetables grown by ourselves. I brought them for you to taste."

Guo Yi looked at the vegetables in the frame, which were still dripping with dew. They should have been picked just this morning.He knew in his heart that Zuo An and the others wanted to thank him sincerely on the one hand, and on the other hand, they must also have the intention of promoting this matter for grain seeds, but they came here in their own name, and the gifts they gave were all grown by themselves. , he nodded and said: "Okay, then I will accept it."

After the gift was sent out, they didn't want to take up the adults' time, so Zuo An said: "My lord, you are busy with business, so we won't bother you for now. After you arrive in the village in two days, we will catch up on the old days."

"Okay." Guo Yi agreed.

When the two went out, they ran into Ding Xiao again, ignored him and left.

Ding Xiao was humiliated yesterday and ignored again today, looking at the backs of the two, he spat hard.

Entering the house, he asked Guo Yi: "My lord, what are they doing here?"

Guo Yi doesn't like Ding Xiao very much, because he doesn't do things in a down-to-earth manner.But with Ding Xiao's status, he was not easy to offend. The superior sent Ding Xiao to follow him, thinking that if the job was done well, he could get some credit.

Guo Yi said without expression: "Bring me some dishes from their home." Indeed, they are all dishes.

"That's it, right?" Ding Xiao looked at the things on the table next to him, and said disdainfully: "It's worth sending them here? My lord, are they here for the promotion of grain seeds?"

Guo Yi glanced at him, didn't answer, and asked instead: "Master Zhou, are you ready? It's time to go."

They agreed today that they would pretend to go out and take a look at the situation here.

"Okay, I just came here to report to your lord. Your lord Zhou is ready and ready to go."

"Let's go then."

Guo Yi asked people to take all the dishes from Zuo An and the others to the kitchen, and then went out.

They didn't go around the city, but went out from the east of the city to the surrounding villages.

The spring sowing has just ended, except for the seedlings, the other fields are still green grass.The villagers are all busy in the fields.

Guo Yi and the others asked some villagers to question them.

Guo Yi has been in charge of taxation these years, the hardest and most tiring job in the household department.He also went to the countryside from time to time for official reasons, so he knew how to talk to fellow villagers.

"Fellow townsman, have all your millet been sown?"

The villagers were also enthusiastic. Although their accents did not look like locals, they still replied: "It's broadcast. You are not from us, are you? Are you here to buy grain seeds?"

Guo Yi followed the words of the fellow villagers and replied: "Yes, I heard that you have high-yield grain seeds here, so we want to take a look."

The fellow sighed and said, "Oh, then you are late, I heard they are all sold out."

"Yes, we just found out." Guo Yi sighed annoyedly, looked at their fields, and asked, "Have you all sown new grain seeds?"

"Yes, new grain seeds sowed. Everyone in our county

You don’t know the one you sow. This kind of seed is good. It can harvest more than 300 catties per mu, dozens of catties more than before, and the most can be eighty or ninety catties more.I heard that when Yin Peinan's family harvested last autumn, there were more than 370 catties per mu. The fellow nodded, with a smile on his face, gesticulating with Guo Yi, and when it came to increasing income, his expression was very happy.

"It's great to be in your county." Guo Yi sighed: "Oh, we got the news too late."

The fellow also felt a pity, and he asked, "Where are you from? Why did you come to buy grain seeds at this time?"

Guo Yi replied: "We are from the north."

"That's no wonder. Let me just say, we bought it during the Chinese New Year in the neighboring county, but we didn't buy it, and it was sold out at that time."

"Someone from other counties also came to buy it?"

The fellow replied: "Yes, most of them were bought years ago, and they often called us here to ask for directions. It's a pity that there were not many grain seeds last year, and they were sold out quickly."

"Oh."

"Let me tell you, in our county, when the imperial grain was handed over last autumn, the county magistrate told us that there were high-yield seeds, and they were sold at the Changlong Grain Shop, so we should hurry to buy them. Many people bought them that day. , In a few days, people in the whole county, whether they have money or not, have tried to buy it. Such a good seed, even if it is sold out, you have to buy it, don't you think?"

"Yes." Guo Yi nodded, and then asked, "You buy it at Changlong Grain Store? Don't you sell it elsewhere?"

The fellow replied: "The Changlong Grain Shop was opened by Yin Peinan of Nanpo Village, and this kind of seed was planted by his family. I remember that at that time, some people said that it was from Nanpo Village, and that there were grain seeds for sale, but this is grain. Seeds, if you buy the wrong one, it will delay the harvest for a season, right? No one dares to buy from that person. We will trust whoever grows the high-yielding grain seeds. He Yin Peinan's family has planted it, so let's trust him and trust his family's sales."

Hearing this, Guo Yi was thoughtful.

Seeing them coming all the way, the villagers enthusiastically gave them advice: "Hey, why don't you go to Yin Peinan's house and ask if their family has any surplus grain that they can sell to you, or other families in their village should do the same. I still have some to keep for myself. It’s a little bit if you can buy a little bit, isn’t it?”

"Yes, thank you fellow."

After they left, they went a little farther, and visited several villages, and they got similar information.

The next morning, Yin Peinan handed in their promotion method.The Lin family also handed over in the morning.

In the afternoon, the three adults discussed who should handle this matter.

Master Liu naturally preferred Changlong Grain Shop, so he recommended Changlong Grain Shop, "They opened it last year and have experience."

Mr. Zhou received some benefits two days ago and said: "In terms of experience, I think the Lin family is more experienced in the business of buying and selling rice grains. Eighty percent of the rice grain shops in this county are owned by his family for many years. "

He looked at Guo Yi again and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Guo?"

Although the prefect's rank is higher than Guo Yi's, after all, Guo Yi was sent from above to represent the emperor and the Ministry of Households, and his opinion must be respected by the prefect.

Guo Yi carefully compared the two proposals. He folded the papers submitted by the two and said, "Master Zhou and Master Liu, take a closer look at the methods of the two. The method written by the Lin family is general and careless. There are no details, and only one season is considered."

"As for the Changlong Grain Shop, the organization is clear and the method is practical, and they not only considered how to do the summer harvest, but also how to promote the autumn harvest, expanding the scope of promotion to several counties at once. In fact, according to our understanding, when the summer crops are extended to other counties, it will be too late for autumn sowing, and only in time for spring planting next year. So we also need to consider the promotion of autumn harvest.”

"Besides, we have to consider whether the villagers trust the person who sells the grain seeds and whether they are willing to buy the grain seeds. When we went to the countryside yesterday, many villagers said that they only look for the grain from Yin Peinan's house in Changlong Grain Shop. Kind of, I think that's pretty telling."

Guo Yi looked at the two

He glanced at it, and then said: "The promotion of grain seeds is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. The Holy Majesty attaches great importance to this matter. We must choose the best ones and do this job well. Lord Zhou, Lord Liu, You say yes?"

Hearing this, the magistrate also thought about what happened yesterday, picked up the two proposals and looked at them carefully.

He knows how much the higher ups attach importance to this matter, and he himself knows very well that if this matter is done well, he will be able to record a good mark in his merit book at the end of the year.In two years, when the whole state is planted with this kind of grain, maybe he can make a move in the next term?

He originally thought that the Lin family would have a comprehensive approach after having been in the rice grain business for so many years, but he didn't expect that there were not many young people in them who had a long-term vision.

Thinking of this, he also made a decision.

In the morning of the next day, Yin Peinan and the others received a notice that the promotion of grain seeds was assigned to Changlong Grain Shop.In addition, tomorrow the three adults will go to Nanpo Village.