After a few days, Xiao Yiran found that he still underestimated the ability of everyone, originally estimated that each person would be about 400 catties per day, Sun Cong said that he could dig five or six hundred catties, although Xiao Yiran didn't say it at the time, he didn't believe it very much. It's just that every day, when Liu Li, Zhao Qi, and Lizheng Liu Wen sent the number of lotus roots each person dug to their eyes, Xiao Yiran saw that the most one person could dig up 800 catties of lotus roots a day. The least, you can also dig up to 600 catties.

Even so, it took 100 people six days to dig the 30-acre pond before it was completely dug up. After carefully calculating the number of lotus roots, there were more than 400,000 catties. Settle the completion money for the person who digs the lotus root, Xiao Yiran looked at the mountain of lotus roots, and he really started to worry.

"How can there be so many? Where can this be sold? ”

Xiao Yiran, who had a sad face, had no choice but to come to Chu Tian to discuss.

"Sir, what should I do with so many lotus roots?"

"Hehe, it's a lot. Let's go find Steward Cui and see if he has a way. ”

didn't wait for Chutian to go to the palace, but Steward Cui himself came to the door.

"I've seen Miss and Mr. Chu."

"I really said that Cao Cao Cao is here, and the old man is just going to look for you."

"But for the lotus root?"

As soon as Cui Jian came to Yiranju, he saw a mountain of lotus roots, so he guessed.

"Is there a way for Steward Cui?"

"It's not difficult to deal with this matter, just leave it to the next to deal with it."

"Oh?"

Chu Tian saw that Cui Jian said simply, and he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart. Xiao Yiran is different, as long as he can dispose of the lotus root and not watch it rot, Xiao Yiran is already satisfied. hurriedly thanked Cui Jian:

"Yiran, thank you for urging the housekeeper."

"Miss doesn't need to be polite. In the next place, it is another Miss Trouble and Mr. Chu. Since Miss and Mr. Chu are worried about the lotus root, they have no shirk of responsibility. ”

"I wonder what Steward Cui is going to do with these lotus roots?"

Chu Tian didn't ask Cui Jian why he came, but first asked about the lotus root.

"Don't hide it, sir, the government is just going to send someone to Beiping recently, although the lotus root is nothing in this area, it can be regarded as a rare thing in the north. Sir, Miss don't worry. ”

"What is the butler doing here?"

Xiao Yiran couldn't help asking.

"On the fifteenth day, there was an edict from the palace to the palace, which was about 'the regulation of the palaces of the kingdoms'. At the same time, the edict was also sent to Fengyang, the central capital. The prince sent a letter, asking him to send the existing city map of Beiping and the content of the holy edict together, and asked Mr. and Miss to bother to refer to it in detail. ”

As he spoke, he took out a small wooden box from his bosom, opened it, and took out two pieces of paper. Put it on the table of the eight immortals and unfold them one by one. One is the floor plan of Beiping City, and the other is the edict in the palace. I saw that the edict still wrote:

Since the founding of the country, the kingdoms of the palace city has not been customized, Hongwu 11 years of July 15, the Ministry of work please to the Jin Dynasty palace as the standard, I allowed its performance. The palaces of the kingdoms are hereby regulated as follows: three hundred and nine steps and five inches in circumference, one hundred and fifty zhang and two inches and five minutes from east to west, and one hundred and ninety-seven zhang and two inches and five minutes from north to south.

After reading the edict and looking at the floor plan of Beiping City, Xiao Yiran didn't say anything. I thought to myself, Yan Wang Zhu Di's move was just to ask for Mr. Chu Tian's advice, and it had nothing to do with him. No, Cui Jian saw that Xiao Yiran pushed the city map and the edict to Chutian's side, and immediately said:

"What the prince means is that the young lady is the main one, and the gentleman is the auxiliary."

"What?!"

Xiao Yiran looked at Cui Jian in surprise.

"Hehe, what's there to be surprised about? Ever since the prince saw the blueprint of Yiranju and visited Yiranju in person, he has long ranked Ran'er above the decrepit in his heart. ”

"How is this possible? Where do I understand this? ”

"Why should you be modest, Miss. Since the completion of Yiranju, Miss's reputation has long been above Mr. Chu. If it weren't for the prince in the back, I'm afraid that someone would come to ask Miss to design the garden. ”

"Sir?"

Xiao Yiran really didn't expect this to be the case, and looked at Chu Tian with a verifying eye.

"What's so bad about that? As a talented woman in Ying Tianfu, she should feel honored. ”

Xiao Yiran lowered his head helplessly, originally the purpose of building Yiran Ju was to get away from the painting boat and live a quiet life, but the result was just the opposite. Xu was feeling Xiao Yiran's embarrassment, so Chu Tian diverted the topic and asked Cui Jiandao:

"When will the people from Yanwangfu leave for Beiping?"

"For these days, the exact date has not yet been determined."

"Is Steward Cui going too?"

"Not for now."

"Since Steward Cui has taken over the lotus root matter, why not even help dispose of the silver carp and carp in the pond?"

"Is it much?"

"According to the old estimate, there are 10,000 catties or 20,000 catties to say the least."

When Xiao Yiran heard about the fish in the pool, he raised his head and glanced at Cui Jian, only to see that the other party was obviously frowning. I was about to say that I didn't need to trouble Steward Cui, but I heard Cui Jian say:

"Okay, I'll invite someone to fish tomorrow, and Miss and Mr. will put their minds on the affairs of the Beiping Palace."

After hearing this, Xiao Yiran knew that since Zhu Di had already spoken, he couldn't get out of anything. Then push the boat down the river and let the palace help you deal with the lotus root and fish, and less trouble is always less trouble.

"Yiran, thank you Steward Cui."

"There is still something to remind Miss and Sir."

"Steward Cui, please speak."

"Although the prince of my family can block the young lady from coming to invite the young lady to design the garden, however, with the issuance of the holy edict, there will definitely be people from the vassal kings who will come to visit, and the young lady and the gentleman still need to be mentally prepared."

After finishing speaking, the housekeeper Cui Jian took his leave and left. Chu Tian and Xiao Yiran were left in the living room, big eyes to small eyes. Neither of them knew what excuse to make in order to shirk the invitation of the vassal kings.

"Sir, why don't I go out for a walk?"

"Hehe, can you walk the monk to the temple?"

Chu Tian couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xiao Yiran showing a rare little daughter.

"What then? How is the illness called? ”

"No."

Chu Tian thought for a while and said to Xiao Yiran:

"Simply, it's better for the prince of Yan to be the shield."

"Huh? Tell them that they have been invited by Lord Yan and are powerless to be distracted in a short period of time? ”

"Sort of."

After the two of them discussed how to deal with the words of the vassal kings who were about to visit, they seriously discussed how to design the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping. This time, Xiao Yiran learned a lesson, but he didn't dare to leak the appearance of Beiping in his memory.

Cui Jianguo is a believer, and the next day he sent Julian, a servant, to lead a group of people to come to Yiranju to fish in the pond. Xiao Yiran just went to the side and looked at it, and said to Julian:

"Those under two catties will stay, and only catch silver carp above two catties."

The sales of fish and lotus root don't need Xiao Yiran to worry about, and it can be regarded as a gain and a loss, Xiao Yiran had to concentrate on discussing the pattern planning of the Beiping Mansion with Chu Tian.