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"The young master has spent so much effort and effort in Qiuhu Mountain, and the tenants are all familiar with it, and the water mill built with so much effort can grind twenty or thirty stone millet a day, how much can you earn by calculating the wages of helping the army to grind rice? Now, even if the area of the rewarded grange is doubled, and there are more than ten more slaves and maids, it is not as good as the Qiuhu Mountain Courtyard. ”

Zhao Laoqi rode an old horse in the afternoon, and went out of the city with Han Qian with the title deed, still muttering dissatisfiedly, he helped Han Qian settle the accounts, how to calculate and how to lose, and he was even more worried about the five large tile houses he built in the west ditch of the Qiumu Mountain Courtyard.

Although their family lived in the city at this time, the world paid attention to returning to the roots.

Zhao Laoqi's family was originally from Taowuji, even if Taowuji was divided into the cantonment military mansion of the Dragon Bird Army, but he had a little more money in his hand, and Zhao Laoqi also set aside a piece of land in the villa to build a courtyard.

Zhao Laoqi is also specially ruthless, they are all built with blue bricks and small tiles, and the cost is much higher than that of the crude adobe thatched house, I don't know how much.

Not long after the courtyard was built, when the wind was tense after the New Year, Zhao Laoqi took his wife and daughter back to the villa to avoid the limelight and lived for more than ten days, and now it is going to be merged into the property of the county palace, how can he be happy in his heart?

"What's worse, the concubine's reward is not enough for your stinky fart?" Han Qian smiled and said to Zhao Laoqi, "The Grange is next to the imperial garden given by His Majesty by the Third Prince, and there should also be a courtyard for the houses in charge of the Grange, when the time comes, you will first pick a set of courtyards, and then pick a few dignified-looking slaves and maids to wait for you, maybe at this time next year, Wuji and Ting'er will have one or two more younger brothers and sisters." ”

"Young master, don't spoil Zhao Laoqi." Old Zhao's face turned red.

The weather in Jinling has been hot and humid these days, it is rare to have a burst of heavy rain at noon today, the dark clouds have not dispersed in the afternoon, the southeast wind is blowing, it is also rare to be cool, Zhao Ting'er and Xi Ying are wearing cool skirts, riding out of the horse to breathe, go out of the city to see the turbidity and mightiness of the Qiupu River, the grass and trees on both sides grow wildly, the cicadas are noisy, and a few old cows are plowing in the paddy fields, which is another kind of fun.

The Qiupu River turns a big bend from the southeast corner of Jinling City, and then goes straight to the north, until it flows into the Yangtze River, and then slopes out several miles to the east.

The estuary was originally a barren beach, plus when Emperor Tianyou entered Jinling, the land of the old lord of Jinling was confiscated, with a total of 50,000 or 60,000 acres of land.

At present, this part of the Qiupu River to the east and south is also the main body of the hunting garden, and at this time it was given to the three princes as the farmland of the county king's mansion, but to the west of the Qiupu River estuary, there are about 600 acres of triangular beach land sandwiched between the Yangtze River, which is the Zhuangtian given to Han Qian by the concubine this time, and the grange of the county king's mansion is across the river, but the scale is much smaller.

After the summer, the water level of the river rose, and most of the beach land covered with reeds and grass was soaked in the river water.

In addition to the completed courtyard, there are nearly 300 acres of land within the mountain villa, not to mention the more than 2,000 acres of mountain land that can irrigate and grow grains after the reservoir is built upstream.

No matter how you calculate it, it's a loss.

Han Qian led everyone comfortably and drove his horse to a high ground on the north bank of the river.

This highland is called Yandang Rock, in late autumn, there will be a large flock of autumn geese in the nearby water and land and get the name, it is said to be a highland, naturally it is more than ten meters high, but the grass and trees are unusually luxuriant.

On the east side of Yandang Rock, there are twenty or thirty dilapidated courtyards built on the Linqiupu River, where the nurse of the grange and the more than a dozen families of officials and slaves who are responsible for cultivating the fields live.

Han Qian Lerma stopped on the rock, the Yangtze River bank beach is three or four hundred meters away from the north, and the south side of Yandang Rock extends into the Qiupu River, and Guanzhuang encloses a pond of more than ten acres in size, it is a natural river port, and the mouth of the pond is quite narrow, only more than 20 meters wide, if you lay a wooden pile, only leave the gate for ships to enter and exit, it is a water camp garrison with both attack and defense.

Looking at the northeast of Yandangji, only more than 200 acres of fields have been cultivated, and there are about 100 mulberry trees planted in the corner of the pond and in front of and behind the village, and Han Qian estimates that these fields can barely support more than a dozen slaves and maids living here.

More places are soaked in water, and maybe when the water recedes in the fall, you can plant a crop, but don't expect any harvest.

However, what Han Qian fancied here was the pond enclosed by the inner side of Yandang Rock, which could be used as a special river port for the Xuzhou Boat Gang.

The newly built fast sailing ship in Xuzhou has a deep draft, and it is necessary to build a special wharf to dock.

Along the Yangtze River near Jinling City, although there are many places with steep banks and deep waters, suitable for use as wharves, these places are either water camp stations, or Huangzhuang Hunting Garden, or have long been pocketed by large wealthy families.

Like Yandangji, it doesn't need to be renovated much, and it can directly dock a big ship of 2,000 stones, and the value is obviously not comparable to five or six hundred acres of land.

Now the warehouse, the money shop and the Qiuhu Mountain Courtyard are all classified as the property of the county king's mansion, and the Xuzhou Boat Gang wants to have a place of its own in Jinling, and there is no more suitable place than Yandangji.

Emperor Tianyou will take the ban to the opposite bank to hunt from time to time, Yandang Rock is a guard post of the Lou Ship Army Sailor, not only the courtyard of the guard is built spacious, can accommodate two or three hundred additional generals to settle in, the pond and pond bank between Yandang Rock and Zhuang Courtyard have also been repaired, and the siltation in the pond will also be cleaned up in time, the area of the pond seems to be small, but it is deep enough to let two thousand stone sailing boats moored in.

After Han Qian took over, he could almost use it directly.

Otherwise, I don't know how much manpower, material resources and time it will take to build a Xuzhou boat gang anchorage in Jinling.

Although Han Qian spent so much effort in the Qiuhu Mountain Annex, the position of the Qiuhu Mountain Courtyard in the entire Taowu Jijun Mansion was too central, and now to rebalance the power within the County Palace, Han Qian put Zuo Si directly under the supervision of Jiang Shu and Yuan Guowei, and he dragged the Qiuhu Mountain Courtyard in his hands, isn't it in vain?

If Jinling City can survive the turmoil in three years and not be destroyed, and it is operated well as a land and water wharf, the potential may not be under the Qiuhu Mountain Courtyard, after all, what he can rely on in the future is the Xuzhou Boat Gang.

At this time, a white-haired old official walked out of the courtyard, greeted Yan Dangji, and asked in a loud voice, "Is it Lord Han Qian from the County King's Mansion?" ”

This was originally the concubine's makeup field, and the concubine naturally couldn't take care of it herself, and the Changxin Palace where she lived didn't have anyone who could be trusted, mainly because the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent an old official to take care of it here, and handed over the money and grain to the concubine every year according to a fixed amount.

The old official received the notice as early as four days ago, but he didn't expect Han Qian to delay until today to come out of the city to take over Zhuangzi.

Han Qian got off the horse, waved his hand and saluted with the old official, and asked Zhao Laoqi and Du Yijun to take the land deed and slave deed given by the concubine to hand over to the old official of the Inner Service Province, and he took Zhao Wuji, Lin Zongjing, Guo Nuer, Zhao Tinger, Xi Ying and others to walk around the grange and inspect the terrain.

Han Qian went around in a circle, and then returned to the village, at this time, Zhao Laoqi and Du Yijun had already completed the formalities with the old official.

The old official saluted Han Qian, then led a thin horse, took two old pawns who were also old, and reluctantly left the village, and went back to the city along the path of barren grass.

For the old officials of the Inner Servant Province, guarding the Huangtian Guanzhuang is a rather leisurely and complacent messenger, and anyone who changes will have a reluctant heart.

Seeing that the figure of the old official Xiao Suo quickly disappeared among the grass and trees in the sunset, Han Qian retracted his vision and walked towards the courtyard with Zhao Laoqi.

The courtyard is quite open, and the house where the slave and maid live is dilapidated, but the official house is a large courtyard with three entrances and three exits, and there is a cross-courtyard in the east and west, and the place is three or four times more spacious than the Han family's mansion in Lanting Lane.

"At present, there are 12 households of 67 slaves and maids in Zhuangzi, planting more than 240 acres of paddy fields, more than 50 acres of mulberry fields, 30 acres of hemp fields, and eight cattle, two thin horses, 36 sheep, and a number of chickens and ducks. In the past, 250 stone of corn, 10 horses of silk, 6 horses of linen, and a certain amount of cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, and poultry were paid to the palace every year. ”

Han Qian stood in front of the granite steps of the official house, looking at the sixty-seven slaves and maids in rags, all of them were yellow and thin, and their expressions were full of numbness, and they didn't seem to care about what kind of person the new master was, after all, for them, the fate was always constant.

If the 600 acres of land set by the Grange can be cultivated, or planted with mulberry hemp, even if such a high amount is paid to the palace every year, twelve slaves and maids living here can still support their families, but at present, only half of the fields can be planted, plus the officers and soldiers of the sailor division have to come and station two or three times a year, these slaves and maids have not starved to death too much, which is already quite good.

Han Qian took the roster and looked at the sixty-seven slaves and maids, deducting the old and young, about half of the young men and healthy women were young, but their bodies were quite weak and thin, and they might not be able to be used as strong laborers.

There was oil, salt, rice, and noodles in the official residence, and it was much cooler outside the city than in the city, so Han Qian decided to take everyone to live in the village courtyard for two days to familiarize themselves with the environment.

Yang Qin and Feng Xuan were parking the boat at the wharf on the side of the Taowu Jijun Mansion to unload the goods, but there was a small canopy boat more than a foot long in the courtyard, and while it was not dark, Han Qian took Zhao Wuji and them down to the river, netted thirty or forty catties of river carp, slaughtered a big fat sheep, and stewed fish and sheep soup full of two large iron pots.

Han Qian and the others ate a pot of fish and sheep soup, and they ate it all over their faces, and a pot of fish and sheep soup was given to twelve slaves and maids to eat.

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