Because she wanted to exterminate lice, Bai Ko returned to Chengwang's mansion to stay for a few days, and the real reason for exterminating lice was still kept secret, the Bai family's old case had nothing to do with them, she didn't want them to worry about one more thing, anyway, it would be good to wait for the lice extermination to end, and everything would be completely over at that time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For Bai Ko, the really important thing in her eyes now is the upcoming summer grain harvest, and she plans to go to the farm to supervise it.

Gu Yun enthusiastically signed up, and said that he moved other shareholders, big and small, so a group of people wanted to go, they had a good reason, as shareholders, they didn't know what the farm was built now, and it was too embarrassing to say it.

Bearing the bad taste of the monkeys they would all tan under the scorching sun, Whiteco readily agreed, and wrote to the farm to prepare for the reception.

It is very common for a group of shareholders to go to the farm to watch the summer harvest, grain is the foundation of the country, especially in their joint farm, there are thousands of people, and the output of grain is related to whether so many people have dry food to eat this year.

Then Bai Ko received a letter from the emperor's grandson Gong Zhenghui, wanting to see the scenery of the Wangjiang Tower.

Wangjiang Lou Zhuangyuan Pavilion hung Gu Yun's sign, although Bai Ko could also use that room to feast guests, but Gong Zhenghui wanted to see the scenery and didn't tell Gu Yun but told Bai Ko, Bai Ko felt that there was something to say.

So, on the day of the agreed meeting, Gu Yun of course arrived early with Bai Ko.

Gong Zhenghui came on time, his car driver honor guard came to the gate of Wangjiang Tower on time, Gu Yun and Bai Ko walked outside the door to greet them, the old owner and the shopkeeper took his men to greet him in the door, bowed his head deeply, was sincerely afraid, and was very excited, after the salute, the shopkeeper and the guys entertained these palace guards, Gu Yun and Bai Ko took Gong Zhenghui upstairs.

Pushing the door into the house, facing the open river outside the window, Gong Zhenghui exclaimed, rushed to the window to enjoy the scenery, the wind on the high-rise building was not hot on the face at all.

"This room really has the best view." Gong Zhenghui turned his head to look at Gu Yun and Bai Ko who were standing beside him, "The owner of Wangjiang Tower is really affectionate and righteous, and he will only use such a good room for the two of you." ”

Gu Yun and Bai Qiao both smiled and said nothing, just as someone outside the door told the kitchen to send wine and food, the waiter in the house opened the door, and under the leadership of the old owner, the guys lined up to bring in all kinds of dishes and spread a large table.

When the grandson came to eat, the kitchen was busy early in the morning under the supervision of the palace attendants, and he didn't dare to be careless at all, and if there was any slight fork, this Wangjiang Tower really shouldn't be opened.

Every time a dish is placed, the old owner will briefly introduce it, and after all the dishes are served, he and his guys will retreat neatly, without any superfluous verbosity, which is worthy of being a high-end restaurant specializing in receiving dignitaries and nobles, without losing his temper.

Three people eat, a group of people wait, Gong Zhenghui is only eight years old this year, Bai Ko drinks juice with him, Gu Yun drinks some fruit wine alone, chatting while eating, Gong Zhenghui really heard the news that the shareholders are going to supervise the farm during the summer harvest.

"That, I came out today to tell you something." Gong Zhenghui looked embarrassed.

"What's the matter?" Gu Yun and Bai Ko cheered up, and the main topic came.

"Those people on your farm in Dacheng Mansion must return to their hometowns."

"After the summer harvest?" Gu Yun asked.

"Basically, it's best to leave in a few days, they can settle down after they go back, and they can still catch up with the autumn grain, and it's too late to leave after the summer harvest."

"Two thousand! They're gone, what will happen to my summer harvest? There is a shortage of 2,000 people, how can I be replenished? As soon as Bai Ko's eyes rolled, he was about to talk about the conditions, and Gu Yun decisively shut up.

"The palace will take officials, slaves and maids to supplement you, regardless of adults and children, one to five? What do you think? ”

"One to five? 2,000 civilians for 10,000 officials, slaves, and maids? ”

"Uh-huh!"

"If you don't change it, you can't live there, you don't have so much land to build a house, and you don't have so much food to feed so many people."

"You say, how much can you receive? Anyway, those 2,000 civilians must return to their hometowns, and after the destruction of those squire families, a large area of high-quality fertile land was vacated, and Dacheng Mansion could not be abandoned. ”

"You send the officials, slaves and maids back to Dacheng Mansion to build an official village and a ready-made labor force."

"It's to build an official village, but there are a few official slaves and maids from the squire's family who can farm, and the two thousand people on your farm will be used as foremen when they go back. However, the palace takes into account that they are all good at farming, and the summer harvest is imminent, without them, your double robbery will also be very troublesome, so give you more manpower and deal with this year's double robbery first. ”

"A group of novices who have never been in the field come to help with the double robbery, how much bloodshed will have to happen." Bai Ko was already thinking about how much trauma medicine to prepare.

"Bloodshed?"

"Well, if you don't use the scythe, you can just cut off a piece of calf."

"Hiss~~~" Gong Zhenghui suddenly had a painful expression on his face, but still insisted on his position, "I know it's unreasonable to ask them to go back when they are busy with farming, but the good land will lose a lot of food in a year, Gu Qing, for the sake of the country, don't you say something?" ”

Gong Zhenghui suddenly pointed the finger at Gu Yun.

"I have no opinion, Bai Ko is the major shareholder and the chief shopkeeper, everything is up to her."

"You're a shareholder." Bai Ko and Gong Zhenghui invariably despised him together.

"What if those 2,000 people volunteered to stay?" Bai Ko asked.

"It's not voluntary, it's necessary to return to its place of origin."

"Oh, well, I'll write to the farm tomorrow and tell them to pack their bags, and the officers and soldiers who go to pick them up are not allowed to embarrass them."

"No problem, they are an important workforce, as long as they can start as scheduled, it will not be difficult for them." Gong Zhenghui blinked his big eyes, "So, how many officials and slaves do you want?" Any request can be made. ”

"If you are an official slave or a maid, it's one to two, just give me 4,000, if you can't support it more, I have one requirement for the official slave and maid, priority is given to literacy, and the age and gender ratio of men, women and children should be appropriate."

"There are still 4,000 literate people, but what do you want so many literate people for?"

"The young can be apprentices, the older ones can go to the academy to be a gentleman, or be a little deacon and a little steward, I hate illiteracy, talking to the illiterate can be exhausting, but in order to maintain the needs of the farm, now a lot of special talents with a skill are employed, and one of the uses of the apprentices is to record their experience and skills in writing. Word of mouth will be lost in the world, not to mention that some masters only teach half of the craft to their apprentices, for fear that the apprentices will starve to death of the master, and the other half of the essence of the skills will be extinguished, only written into words can be passed down from generation to generation, in case of real misfortune lost, at least there is a detailed record, and future generations can also have the opportunity to restore the skills of their predecessors. Besides, you know that we are doing a lot of agricultural experiments on our farm, and these experiments have to be tried over and over again, and all the experimental processes have to be written down, how do those illiterate masters do it? And the technical peasants who will come in handy in the future, how can the illiterate be competent? To be skilled farmers, the first condition is to be literate and study, so that they can teach advanced agricultural technology to others. ”

"Oh, I see, no problem, 4,000 literate students will be delivered."

"Be clean, don't have lice!" Bai Ko suddenly screamed.

"Hahahaha!" Gong Zhenghui slapped the table and laughed, Bai Ko was plagued by lice and made her have a home that she couldn't live in the gossip news that he had heard about it early in the morning, and he couldn't stop panting with laughter, "Then I don't guarantee it, you know so many officials, slaves and maids, their living environment is very bad." ”

"Before sending it out, quarantine for a few days, soak it in thick salt water a few times, as long as there are a few lice in thousands of people, the whole farm will suffer, think about the pigeon eggs and turtle eggs in the palace are raised by people with lice on their bodies, do you still want to eat?"

"Vomit~~~" Gong Zhenghui's face changed, and he nodded to Bai Ko seriously, "Don't worry, you will definitely send it to the farm cleanly." ”

"By the way, there are a few who have a skill, such as doctors, there are many people on the farm, and there is a shortage of people in the medical halls and pharmacies that are opened."

"Okay." Gong Zhenghui readily agreed.

After finishing the matter, the three happily picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat and drink, and parted with each other.

Gong Zhenghui returned to the palace and told his father and grandfather about the process, this is a trivial matter, for the purpose of exercising the child to let Gong Zhenghui do it, they all know that Bai Ko will not be embarrassed, and her requirements for the official slave and maid are also immediately explained and handled accordingly, and at the same time, they are also curious about the thousands of novices on the farm, and in the face of the upcoming double robbery, how much can these novices help.

Early the next morning, Bai Ko's letter was sent to the farm, and in the afternoon the farm received it and truthfully conveyed it to the 2,000 people from Dacheng Mansion, hearing that the imperial court wanted them to return to their hometowns, and that there was fertile land waiting for them, but none of them were excited to be able to return to their hometowns, but many people squatted on the ground and cried, reluctant to leave the farm.

On the farm, everyone eats polished rice and white noodles, chickens, ducks, fish, meat and eggs once every other day, there are fresh green leafy vegetables in the glass greenhouse in winter, and the green leafy vegetables in the capital are sold at a low price on the farm, regardless of men, women and children, they can eat their stomachs every day, and people have the strength to work hard, and now the court wants them to return to their hometowns, and the memories of the past come to mind, especially the strong hunger feeling that follows them like a shadow, and they cry so sadly, and they can't persuade them.

But no one could do anything, the order had been issued and there was no way to resist, and the two thousand or so people could only accept the reality, weeping while packing their luggage, waiting for the officers and soldiers to send a boat to pick them up and return home.

Bai Ko's letter made it clear that the imperial court exchanged 4,000 officials, slaves and maids for 2,000 people, so the manpower was still sufficient, and the old people on the farm were not worried that the 4,000 newcomers who would catch up with the double robbery would make a mistake when they came, and the summer grain harvest had been planned for a long time, even if there were no 4,000 people, the double robbery could be completed as scheduled.

The whole farm admires Bai Ko from the bottom of their hearts, and Mr. Bai, as the major shareholder and chief shopkeeper, has already prepared a move.