Beloved Plantation King

Zheng Wenhao and Ji Yuebai's wedding was grand.

After worshiping, Ji Yuebai was sent back to the wedding room, and the banquet outside was about to begin.

The Zheng family is the most powerful person in Xinping County and the next head of the Zheng family, and the Ji family is also a famous family in Qingzhou. This marriage is destined to be grand.

The Zheng Mansion prepared carefully for a long time, and it was very high-profile, no matter how lively it was, almost half of the city was invited.

All the big and small families in the city sent people to watch the ceremony, and Ke Hao, an out-of-towner who had business dealings with Zheng's mansion, had the status of a master of the house, and the celebrities and refined scholars in the city also came to drink the wedding wine.

Not only these people, the guests also saw Mr. Guo Yi, the head of the household department from the capital, sitting at the same table with Mr. Liu.

Liu Shangzhi, the magistrate of the county, is related to the Zheng family by marriage, and everyone in Xinping County knows this.

Mr. Guo Yi has been here for two months, and many people have visited and made friends before.However, Mr. Guo treated them very calmly, neither offending nor making friends too much, and they have not successfully established any relationship so far.In the past, someone had a happy event at home and invited him to a wedding, but he always avoided it.

"Did you see? Mr. Guo is sitting there, unexpectedly he also came. Before the old man of the Lin family celebrated his birthday, he didn't even go when he was invited."

"It's Zheng's mansion after all, even this lord has been invited here."

"I can't see it either. Maybe it's because of Mr. Liu's face, or Mr. Liu invited him here?"

"No matter who invited you, you have to accept it anyway."

"That's that. I have to go over and toast later."

At this time, another person whispered: "Hey, look, isn't that Boss Yin and Mrs. Yin? They are talking to Mr. Guo, they look very familiar."

Everyone looked ahead, and they saw Yin Peinan and Zuo An talking to Guo Yi, and Guo Yi still had a rare smile on his face.

"Hey, tell me, Mr. Guo is also strange. He doesn't even sell Lin Fu's face, but he is so familiar with Boss Yin, the owner of a small rice and grain shop. Why is that?"

"Hey, you don't know. I heard that Mr. Guo was appointed by the emperor to be responsible for promoting the new grain. Isn't this new grain planted by Boss Yin and his family? It's normal to get to know them well."

"Oh I got it."

Over there, Yin Peinan had just finished talking to Guo Yi about the situation in the field.

Guo Yi has not been idle for a while. He has visited most of the villages in Xinping County, and he has also inspected other counties.

But every ten days, he would go to Nanpo Village to see the growth of rice, chat with Yin Peinan and the others, and go to other villages to see the growth of other people's rice and make records.

He just came back to Xinping County from another county the day before yesterday, and he caught up with the wedding banquet before he had time to go to Nanpo Village.

He just heard from Yin Peinan that today's groom, Ji Yuebai, is also their good friend, and he also bought them a new threshing tool. He was very pleasantly surprised and curious: "Is this really the case?"

Yin Peinan nodded: "Yes, I have already found someone to do the carpentry part. After the wedding, I will go to the city to find a blacksmith to do other parts."

Guo Yi was very anxious: "Did you bring the blueprint?"

"I brought it." Yin Peinan took out the blueprint and showed it to Mr. Guo.

Mr. Guo took the drawing and looked at it. Mr. Liu, the county magistrate, also heard it from the side, so he came over to read it together.

However, the two of them couldn't quite understand what was drawn on the picture, and only saw the three words written in the upper left corner.

Master Liu read: "Ji, Gu, Da?"

Yin Peinan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said: "No, it's a 'threshing machine'."

This picture is the one transcribed by Yin Peinan. He wrote the name of the threshing machine on the upper left corner of the paper from left to right according to the writing habits of his previous life.

Master Liu suddenly realized: "Oh, it's a threshing machine, why is it written backwards?"

Yin Peinan rubbed his nose and said, "This is a blueprint I copied, so I just wrote it casually."

Master Guo Yi knew that Yin Peinan had never read any books, and it was not easy for him to be able to read, so he said, "This is no problem. But, how do you use this threshing machine? Ah Nan, tell us."

Yin Peinan explained the basic principles to the two adults.

After the two heard it, they were amazed: "So it is!" "What a fantastic idea!"

Master Liu asked: "How can the young master of Ji's family understand this? It's also strange."

Guo Yi was also very curious.

Yin Peinan was trying to find something to confuse, when the master of ceremonies announced the start of the banquet and the delicacies were served.

Zuo An hurriedly said: "Master Guo, Master Liu, the meeting is over, let's make a special trip to tell you about this threshing machine some other day, shall we?"

Guo Yi said: "I'm planning to go to the village tomorrow, are you at home?"

"Yes, we are all at home recently, you just come over."

"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow."

After the banquet, Yin Peinan was grabbed by Zheng Wenhao to block the wine together. After Zuo An was full, he didn't want to stay in this noisy place, so he went to the wedding room.

Ji Yuebai's two young men stood by the door, Zuo An asked them to eat in front, and brought a plate of dumplings to accompany Ji Yuebai in the wedding room.

"An'an? It's you, you startled me. Why are you here?" Hearing Zuo An's voice, Ji Yuebai walked around the screen and came out from the inner room.

"I'll bring you something to eat. Are you hungry?"

"Hey, dumplings! An'an is still good to me! I'm already hungry. But they said that the food on the table cannot be eaten, and they can't eat until Zheng Wenhao comes back and drinks the quilt wine." Ji Yuebai took the dumplings and pulled Zuo Andao sat down at the table and started eating with chopsticks: "It's delicious."

"Are you so honest?" Zuo An glanced at the table, but the snacks on the table did not move, he went around the screen and glanced at Xi's bed.When he looked at it, he saw a few peanut shells exposed behind the curtain at the foot of the bed.

Zuo An chuckled: "You can wrap it with a piece of handkerchief, just throw the foot of the bed like this, won't you be afraid of others' jokes?"

Seeing being discovered, Ji Yuebai said embarrassingly: "Hey, I'm hungry, and I'm bored sitting, so I just ate some peanuts and red dates. I was planning to clean it up when the time comes, but I don't hear Someone is coming, and there is no place to throw it, so I can only throw it somewhere."

Zuo An took a cloth towel to pick up the peanut shells and jujube pits at the foot of the bed, and said, "Don't steal them later, these peanuts and jujubes on the quilt have meanings, don't eat them all for you later gone."

Ji Yuebai swallowed the dumplings in his mouth, and said: "Isn't that just right? Don't those imply an early baby? I ate them all in my stomach, maybe I'll be pregnant sooner."

Zuo An laughed out loud when he heard the words: "You can really think about it."

"There's nothing you can't think about, anyway, both early and late babies have to be born, and didn't I say that I want to experience it?" Ji Yuebai looked at Zuo An's stomach and said, "Speaking of which, you don't seem to have morning sickness during pregnancy?"

Zuo An nodded: "Well, I didn't. I heard from A Niang that the morning sickness basically won't vomit after three months."

"That's good. My son is sensible and knows how to love his father."

Zuo An smiled, raised his hand to touch his abdomen, his brows and eyes were soft.

After a while, he remembered something again, and said to Ji Yuebai: "By the way, I just met Mr. Guo and Mr. Liu outside, and we told him about the threshing machine. When the time comes, let the magistrate report your invention to you." How about going up?"

Ji Yuebai didn't care about this, and said: "It's fine, it's up to you."

Zuo An said again: "When the time comes, it will be reported, and it should be promoted."

"Well, push it, the farmers are working too hard."

Seeing that he didn't care, Zuo An explained more clearly: "In fact, you can make this thing and sell it for money, do you understand?"

Ji Yuebai looked up at him

Yan: "The Zheng family is not short of this money."

Zuo An smiled and said, "That's fine."

Ji Yuebai finished eating quickly, rinsed his mouth and wiped his mouth, then pulled Zuo An and said, "An An, I want to ask you something."

"What's the matter, you ask."

"That's right, that," Ji Yuebai opened his mouth, hesitating again, and finally his face turned red, before he asked in a low voice, "Did it really hurt when something happened?"

Zuo An: "..."

It was the first time for the two of them to communicate with each other on this question, and Zuo An's ears became hot. He glanced to the side and said in a low voice, "Well, didn't you know this from watching movies and visiting forums before?"

Ji Yuebai scratched his head, and said: "How can you believe anything in the film? It's all about acting! In the forum, some people say it doesn't hurt, and some people say it hurts. I don't know who to believe. I can only ask you. , tell me quickly, I am afraid of pain, comfort me."

Zuo An: "...This varies from person to person."

"Then it depends on the technique?" Ji Yuebai was a little worried, no matter how he looked at Zheng Wenhao, he didn't know if the two of them would be able to go well at night?

He looked at Zuo An again, blinked and asked, "Did you hurt then?"

Zuo An blushed, but still shook his head firmly.

Ji Yuebai was quiet for a while, and then suddenly cheered himself up: "Don't be afraid, I'm fully prepared, everything that needs to be prepared, everything before and after the event! No problem!"

Zuo An: "..."

Seeing that he was so worried, Zuo An comforted him again: "Well, Yue Bai, you don't have to worry too much, brother's body seems to be quite different from a man's body, the things you prepared probably won't be useful superior."

"What do you mean?" Ji Yuebai asked hastily.

Zuo An tried his best to speak, and said: "...that is, that is much softer than a man's body. That is, since there is a gender like a brother in this world, it must be equipped with corresponding functions, you understand? It shouldn't hurt."

Ji Yuebai thought for a while with his doctor's head, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he nodded, "Understood."

Zuo An breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "So you don't have to worry so much, just let nature take its course."

"Hmm."

"Then you wait, I should go out."

"Yeah. An'an, thank you for bringing me food."

"You're welcome. I wish you both a happy wedding and a happy life together."

"Yeah, yes, thank you."

Whether Ji Yuebai's wedding night went well or not, Zuo An and the others don't know. After the banquet, they went to the blacksmith's shop first, and then went back after finishing their business.

The next day, Lord Guo and Lord Liu went to Nanpo Village, and went to the fields to check the situation first.

They saw that the rice is growing very well. In the large and small rice fields, the ducks have been harvested because the stocking period has passed. Now the ears of rice are in the late stage of grain filling, and they will almost be harvested soon.

In the rice field where fish are raised, there are not so many restrictions. The fish are still swimming in the water, and some of them can be seen standing on the ridge of the field.

Guo Yi asked: "From this point of view, is it more worry-free to raise fish? You don't need to release ducks to harvest ducks in the morning and evening, and you can also raise them until the harvest is about to be harvested in the later stage?"

Yin Peinan nodded: "Yes, raising fish is much more worry-free, but because it needs to take up some space in the rice field, the harvest of rice will probably be a little less than that of raising ducks. There are advantages and disadvantages."

Guo Yi nodded, keeping this in mind.

For the past two months, he has been tracking Yin Peinan's rice planting methods and planting conditions, and recorded everything he learned, and will report it to the emperor when the time comes.

Afterwards, several people went back and discussed the threshing machine in detail.After Guo Yi learned that Ji Yuebai agreed to submit the threshing machine to the imperial court, he finally decided to submit a copy of the blueprint of the threshing machine immediately, and let the Ministry of Industry find skilled craftsmen to make it.

After sending Master Guo and the others away, Yin Peinan and the others immediately took wood, planks and other materials to the watermelon field to build a shed.

The shed doesn't need to be very big, just put a wooden bed in it.During the day, they often have people doing things in the field or on the mountain here, and they are always watching. This shed is mainly for night watch.

The shed was quickly set up, the wooden bed was put together, the mosquito net was hung, and the mat was spread out.That night, Yin Peinan came over holding the pillow and sheet and holding the candied haws.

Zuo An and Wen Yi brought him lanterns to see him over. After standing there for a while, they were bitten by mosquitoes.

Zuo An slapped his arm, scratched, and said: "There are a lot of mosquitoes here, you fasten the mosquito net tightly. You hold this fan, the net is not very ventilated, it must be very hot."

Yin Peinan took the fan and said in a low voice, "It's okay, I'll get some mosquito repellent next to me later."

Zuo An warned again: "Well, be careful at night."

Yin Peinan put his arms around his daughter-in-law and kissed her, and said: "There is a dog, don't worry. But you, I will stay here for at least a month. If you feel unwell at night, remember to call your little daddy, it might not work out. You must come and call me."

"Okay, I got it. The month is still young, there is nothing to do, and there is little daddy, don't worry." This month, when Yin Peinan came to watch the night in Guadai at night, Wen Yi went to sleep in Zuo'an's room so that he could take care of him .

The two chattered for a while, but finally they couldn't stand the mosquitoes anymore, Yin Peinan hurriedly sent the two back, and even sent them off half the way.

On the first night of vigil, Yin Peinan didn't expect to meet someone who came to steal melons.

The moonlight is hazy, and the surroundings are silent.

The sweltering heat and the mosquitoes kept Yin Peinan awake for a long time, and without his wife by his side, he was also worried that if his wife had something to do at night, he would not be by his side.Fortunately, it was summer, and the nights were short and dark late, early light.

It was approaching midnight, and he was finally about to fall asleep dimly, when suddenly he heard the candied haws in front of the bed barking.

Yin Peinan woke up instantly, got up and looked into the melon field.

Under the hazy moonlight, there was a dark figure running towards the village in the distance.

"Who?!"

Yin Peinan yelled, untied the rope of the candied haws, pointed to the other side, and said: "Danged haws, chase!"

The candied haws chased after a swipe, yelling "Wow, woof, woof" while chasing.

Yin Peinan didn't go after him, since he was so far away, he definitely couldn't catch up, but he still wanted the candied haws to scare that person so that he wouldn't dare to come again in the future.

They purposely set up a shed in the melon field with great fanfare this afternoon, so that many people saw it, just to tell everyone that they are going to guard the melons, and let those who steal melons dispel their petty thoughts.But I don't want to, some people still want to take a chance.

I really thought that the candied haws in my family were vegetarians.

Yin Peinan muttered something, twitched the corners of his mouth, and took a look at the place where the man appeared just now with the lantern. He didn't see any traces of the melon being picked off for the time being. It is estimated that the man was discovered by the candied haws before he had time to make a move. up.

After a while, Yin Peinan blew a whistle and called the candied haws back, and then one person and one dog continued to sleep again.

When they went to work in the field the next day, Zhao Xiu'e and the others took what happened last night as a joke and told a few villagers who were also in the field.

"Hey, let me tell you, isn't my family planting a field of watermelons? Some people are thinking about the melons even before they are ripe. Last night, my family's Anan went to watch the night in the melon field on the first day, and there was someone, Knowing that we have people watching the night, we dared to pick melons, but in the end we were chased by dogs. Are you funny? This candied haws, but my dog ​​has the best ears and the worst temper. Except for us , no one will listen to it. If it catches up with it, it must take a bite."

In less than a day, everyone in the village knew that someone stole melons and was chased by dogs last night.The news spread quickly, and within a day, the two neighboring villages would also know about it.

Let everyone know that this is Yin Peinan's purpose.

As for who that person was last night, only that person and his family knew, Yin Peinan and the others didn't have the energy to hunt them down.

But what is certain is that that person will never dare to go again.

Stealing melons is not an honorable thing after all, and if you really get caught, it would be embarrassing.

Since then, the night has been much quieter.

After a few days, the watermelons gradually matured and were ready to go on the market.

This sweet and cool fresh melon has set off a wave of watermelons in Xinping County.