Chapter 669: Night Talk
The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Zhou Heng was woken up.
There was a lot of noise outside, and he was also worried about the departure, so he quickly got up, cleaned up and walked out of the room, and found that there were busy figures outside.
Xiu'er was standing in the courtyard, directing the moving of things, although the large things had been prepared for a long time, but there were still some temporary items, Xiu'er was letting people carry them, and when she heard the sound of the door opening, she turned around and looked at Zhou Heng.
"You're up, we're ready, my brother and sister-in-law have already gone out, Zhang Jingrui came before dawn, and he looked more anxious than us."
Zhou Heng rubbed Xiu'er's hair, this girl has been tired recently.
"You've worked hard, let's leave after packing up, if you need anything temporarily, you can send someone back to pick it up, and besides, I estimate that I will be back in more than a month."
Xiu'er blinked, her face was puzzled, looking at her thoughtful appearance, Zhou Heng raised his hand and secretly scratched Xiu'er's nose, looked left and right and no one was paying attention, and raised his eyebrows provocatively.
"Don't think about it, let's go out first."
Xiu'er stomped her feet, although she was a little shy, but after all, there were people next to her, and it was not easy to have a seizure, so she could only endure it and follow Zhou Heng to the front yard, and sure enough, several carriages had been parked in front of the door, and the yard was full of people.
Liu Renli was wearing civilian clothes, pulling Feng Yuciao's hand, that sweet and greasy, Zhou Heng couldn't stand it today, is this Liu Hanhan who didn't understand anything before?
"It's too late for you to get here, we're all ready, can we leave now?"
Zhou Heng snorted, "Zhang Zhongtang left late last night, I also studied the layout of the semicolon, how can I get up, Brother Liu is really urging him, now let's go?" ”
Liu Renli automatically ignored the previous words, and he was not unhappy, after all, he had been away from Tongzhou for more than ten days, and he was very worried about every move there, so he pulled Feng Yucian and walked directly out of the door.
Zhou Heng shook his head, "Okay, bring food, let's get in the car, everything has been counted, right?" ”
Qu Ziping hurriedly came over to reply, after all, this time he was appointed as the manager of the branch of Tongzhou Huichun Hall, and he prepared all the affairs quite carefully.
"Childe is ready, here's the list!"
Zhou Heng waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”
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The convoy moved forward quickly, with a total of more than 30 carriages, driving mightily on the official road, which had been raining heavily before, making the official road potholes, and even the new carriages seemed a little bumpy.
Xiu'er leaned on the window and looked behind her, looking a little worried.
Zhou Heng understood that he was worried about Bai Qingyun, what more could he ask for a wife like this, and his heart was suddenly very moved, taking advantage of the bumpy carriage, Zhou Heng saved Xiu'er.
"Don't worry, there are Chun Tao and Aunt Zhang to take care of you in the back, you just sit honestly, although the white girl's injury is not good, but now the situation is quite stable, and there is no high fever, rest assured."
Xiu'er broke free from Zhou Heng's shackles, although there were only the two of them in the carriage, but Boss Xue was driving outside and glared at Zhou Heng with slight annoyance.
"Dengzi, sit well, I always feel that it is better to bring the white girl over than to be treated in the capital, after all, it is tiring to travel."
Zhou Heng sighed, "I would like to, but the capital has been turbulent recently, and she is placed in the Rejuvenation Hall, what if the factory guards arrest people again?" ”
Xiu'er suddenly became dumbfounded, but what Zhou Heng said was so, if she really did it again, maybe Bai Qingyun would not have such good luck and her life would be worried.
"Okay, you're reasonable, but it's only been a month, and the Rejuvenation Hall branch in Tongzhou has been established?"
Zhou Heng smiled, patted Xiu'er's hand, and saw that she was about to pull it back, so he hurriedly grabbed it.
"Of course, after it is built, Zhu Sanfu can still do a good job, and besides, we have bought a lot of land, and it is not impossible to build a larger rejuvenation hall by ourselves, but the existing population is enough.
By the way, let me tell you something serious, Chun Tao is not small, have you thought about her marriage, you can't see Brother Xue's thoughts, although he has a more upright personality, he won't buy gifts, and he always makes Chun Tao complain.
However, I think these two are a good match, one knows how to make money to support the family, the other is also a good housekeeper, Chun Tao has no relatives, Xue Mingyu also won the champion, and she and Brother Xue are not married. ”
Xiu'er didn't struggle anymore, thought about it seriously, and said:
"I asked Chun Tao before, but I like Brother Xue, she said that this person is not bad, she has taken care of her younger brother for so many years, delayed her marriage, and is somewhat similar to my brother, and is a person who can be entrusted for life."
Zhou Heng blinked, his face looking a little excited.
"In that case, let's get them married as soon as possible? Let me tell you, Brother Xue has not saved a lot of money, from Qingping County before, to now he eats and drinks in the house, Mingyu's pen, ink, paper and inkstone have not been spent by him, and it is enough to marry a daughter-in-law! ”
Xiu'er glanced at Zhou Heng, raised her hand and slapped away Zhou Heng's somewhat restless hand, moved away a little, and her face was a little red.
"Chun Tao said that she would wait until I got married before she remarried."
In the end, the voice was already imperceptible, Zhou Heng smiled happily, raised his hand and pinched Xiu'er's cheek.
"What is there to worry about, as long as she agrees, after dealing with the affairs of Tongzhou, when the wind and rain in the capital stop, we will come back to find the Queen Mother to marry, I want to marry you back."
Xiu'er shook her head and raised her eyes to look at Zhou Heng.
"I don't want the scenery, I just want to be plain, as long as you and my brother can go well, we will secretly live our own little life, this is what I look forward to."
Zhou Heng naturally understood Xiu'er's thoughts, but now many things are roasted on the fire, if the affairs of the capital are not stopped, they will not have a good life.
"Don't worry, it'll all pass."
Near noon, the convoy entered Tongzhou City, such a spectacular convoy, attracting everyone to stop and watch.
Watching the convoy go directly to the government after entering the city, one by one came to the spirit, and even ran to tell each other, after all, there are too many recent things in Tongzhou, and they are looking forward to Liu Renli's return, how do you look at such a convoy, how can it be like Liu Renli is back.
Zhou Heng and Xiu'er got out of the car, and in the back car was Zhu Yunmo with Zhang Jingrui and Xue Mingyu, and then Liu Renli and his wife got down in a carriage, and all the onlookers who saw Liu Renli suddenly exploded.
There were shouts and everything, and the enthusiasm was beyond words, Liu Renli bowed to everyone.
"Let you villagers worry, rest assured that Renli has recovered, please go back."
Some shopkeepers were already wiping their tears excitedly, after all, they couldn't see Liu Renli's bottom in their hearts, and they always felt that Tongzhou's previous policy would be changed.
Now that he is back, he is naturally no longer worried, and he says blessings and congratulations one by one, and then disperses.
Only then did Zhou Heng walk in front of Liu Renli.
"I just came back, I think Brother Liu needs to be resettled a lot, or let's leave it at that, I'll come back in the evening, take Zhu Sanfu, let's discuss it well, the next step needs to be done."
Liu Renli thought about it, and then nodded, after all, the autumn harvest also needs to meet with Zhang Huaiyuan, and it is estimated that there are a lot of backlogs.
"Okay, then deal with things first, you come over in the evening and we'll discuss, Xiu'er still lives with me in the mansion, right?"
Liu Xiu'er stomped her foot and glared at Liu Renli.
"Brother just take care of his own affairs, I came here to help Qu Ziping prepare for the construction of the branch, and there are a lot of things here, so I don't have time to go to the mansion."
Liu Renli touched his nose and coughed to hide his embarrassment.
Feng Yucian hurriedly walked over, pulled Liu Renli's sleeve, and said with a smile towards Xiu'er with reproach in his eyes.
"Xiu'er go get busy, what do you want to eat, you can send a message to you, I'm ready to send it over, your brother is just afraid that you will be busy and can't take care of yourself, you must pay attention to safety, you are the most powerful female doctor, you can't hurt your hand, if you are injured, I will be the first to go to my uncle to fight hard."
Zhou Heng and Xiu'er both laughed, this Feng Yucian is really exquisite, and three or two sentences resolved the embarrassment.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely protect Xiu'er, and wait for the queen mother to give marriage, this is my daughter-in-law, it's too late to hurt, how dare you let her be tired."
Liu Renli smashed his mouth, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he felt that his cabbage was arched by a pig.
However, the Manchao looked at it, and Zhou Heng was really more reliable, even if it was handed over to Zhu Yunmo, he was not so relieved.
"Alright, let's get busy first, and we'll meet after dinner."
Feng Yucian was stunned, "Just come over for dinner, I'll prepare it in a while!" ”
Liu Renli hurriedly dragged Feng Yucian behind him, and said with a strong glare.
"Just came back, nothing was prepared, you can't be tired!"
Zhou Heng's cheeks trembled, this product is really shameful, he loves his daughter-in-law for this virtue, he is really the spokesperson of raking ears, shaking his head and no longer cares.
"Then let's take our leave!"
After saying that, I took people away, and the Tongzhou branch of the Rejuvenation Hall is at the end of the East Street, which is a very large three-story building, and the outside is freshly painted, but if you distinguish carefully, you can still see that the second and third floors are connected to the back, and the whole style is almost the same as the Rejuvenation Hall in the capital.
Zhou Heng got out of the car, Zhu Sanfu was already standing in front of the door waiting, hurriedly saluting Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo, and then greeted him alone.
"Childe and Shizi are finally here, please come inside!"
Zhou Heng smiled at Zhu Sanfu, not to mention leaving these things to him, it was still the most reassuring, after all, he had a group of cousins under him.
"It's good, Qu Ziping, you hurry up to eat, and then start arranging, this semicolon should be opened as soon as possible." Shopkeeper Zhu, let's go, tell me about your progress. ”
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That night, Zhou Heng took Zhu Yunmo and Zhu Sanfu directly to Liu Renli.
There was no politeness, a few people sat down, and Liu Renli spoke.
"These days, a large number of people are looking for Zhang Huaiyuan every day to inquire about buying land and building roads, and this matter is fermenting quite well, and others have also purchased land.
The price of land has now reached one hundred and forty-one acres, and it is all around the area you have demarcated, and it seems that there are really people with a keen sense of smell. ”
Zhou Heng nodded, "If a businessman doesn't have this observation, he won't accumulate wealth, which is a good thing, but the price of land hasn't reached a high point yet, this is not a key issue, when will the autumn harvest take place on your side?" ”
Liu Renli nodded, he knew that Zhou Heng wanted to vacate the place earlier, and the construction would start here, if the autumn harvest was delayed, the construction period would be extended accordingly.
"The autumn harvest will start tomorrow, and the land you purchased will be collected first, I have already gathered all the magistrates in the afternoon, and this part of the autumn harvest can be completed in two days, as for the rest, it can be completed in three days, after all, the harvest speed of golden potatoes and corn is very fast."
Zhou Heng nodded, this speed is already very good, obviously Liu Renli is gathering everyone together to complete the autumn harvest together, instead of doing his own thing, completely out of control.
"That's good, we will start to transport materials here tomorrow, the mapping has been completed a long time ago, the construction of the road and the construction of shops on both sides will start at the same time, and nothing will be delayed."
Liu Renli frowned slightly, "Do you still want to buy the golden potatoes and corn harvested?" That's a lot of money. ”
Zhou Heng smiled, "Don't worry, this one is collected together, after all, it is not to pay the silver at the same time, it can still be turned, the emperor wants to promote the cultivation of golden potatoes and corn, so naturally we don't need to worry about these."
Count the harvest here, and then hand the fold into the palace, there is no data to be convincing, I brought Xue Mingyu and Zhang Jingrui, and asked the two of them to sort out all the statistics and make a table, so that it is clear at a glance. ”
Liu Renli kept nodding, indeed a table, more effective than all the gorgeous introductions, everything is based on data, how much land is in the field, how much is the fertile land, how much wasteland, what is the yield, how much manual operation is invested, compared with spring planting, where is the difference in yield and color!
Thinking of this, Liu Renli sighed slightly, he thought of a person, who had always been this person to summarize these before, and now he regretted returning this person to Zhou Heng.
"If Wangcai is here, I think he must have figured it out."
Zhou Heng smiled, looked at Zhu Yunmo, Zhu Yunmo didn't hold it up, put down the teacup and hurried over and said:
"Lord Liu, don't worry, Xiao Bo came back because the autumn harvest in Datong has come to an end, after all, because of ground movement and mudslides, all the crops have been destroyed, so it is a season of planting over there, and the harvest should be completed at this time, ten days ago, Zhou Heng asked me to send a letter, so that Wangcai will come to Tongzhou after he is busy."
Liu Renli instantly became excited, "I don't know how the harvest of Datong is?" ”
Zhou Heng shook his head, he understood Liu Renli's mood very well, after all, in this Tongzhou City, more than ninety percent of them are farmers, all of them rely on the sky to eat, and they are most concerned about the harvest time.
"Wangcai is coming, you can ask again, Xiao Bo was in a hurry to come back at that time, and he didn't wait for him, so I really don't know how the harvest will be, if the news of Datong returns to Beijing, there will be news sent to the capital."
Liu Renli nodded, this is really in a hurry.
"Then I will be busy with the autumn harvest first, only after the autumn harvest can I vacate the people who are forced to work, the grain depot has been all cleared out, but I have estimated that it can't be loaded at all, I want to start reporting it to a county, so that it can be shipped away directly.
Zhang Huaiyuan said that many southern merchants in Tongzhou City have come over, and they want to purchase golden potatoes and corn for planting, and I think this matter needs to be discussed with you. ”
Zhou Heng blinked.
"There is no need to negotiate this, the price of wheat can be sold, and it can be promoted by itself, which is more effective than the order of the imperial court, if the emperor wants to select two kinds of breeding and supply them to be planted in northern Liao, then give the silver, let the household give the silver money first, so that it will not occupy our funds."
Liu Renli's eyes were shining, and he kept nodding, and several people got together to continue to discuss.