Chapter 010: Liuzhong Ranch
"Master Gao" was full of food and drink, squinted on the bed for a while, and dreamed that his junior sister Yingying threw herself into the water, fluttered, kicked the square wooden table under him, together with the cups, plates, bowls, and chopsticks on it, to the ground, and woke him up with a bang. Look out the window, it's already getting dark.
Lot knife was kicked by the tall man yesterday, and his chest hurt for half a night, and he didn't dare to slack off again, and he listened to the movement here next door, and immediately came over when he heard the sound, "My lord, can you sleep well at night?" ”
"Well, I've been running around for days, and I just came back from Xizhou, and I don't feel it during the day, but I feel sore in my waist and feet after sleeping." Lot couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart, my lord, you kicked someone, but you became hypocritical. But he didn't dare to say anything, so he went out and got the washing water for his face, and waited to wash his face.
"That Liu, self-......" He wanted to say, that Liu, what happened after he faked his death, but suddenly he realized that he almost lost his mouth, and immediately intercepted the conversation, feeling the cold sweat on his back crawling down like an earthworm. Seeing that Luo Dao was staring at him with wide eyes, he pretended to be casual and said, "That Liu, after I came back from Xizhou, I found that she lived alone in a firewood house, a woman's house, and the place was close to the outermost part of the village, and it was not very safe, you went to the village to find a clean, spacious, and quiet residence with few miscellaneous people and a separate courtyard, and paid to rent it, do you have any money in your hands?" ”
Lot Daoxin said that Lord Gao, you may not be able to find this request when you go to Liuzhong County, but he understands Lord Gao's intentions, he will do this, and immediately said, "My lord, leave this matter to me, keep it at ease, your lord's five hectares of Yongye land, the tenants handed over the rent grain every year." Hou Jun is afraid of his almost slip of the tongue, and is determined that from now on, he will think that he is Gao Jun, and he really doesn't know what he means when he hears Luo Dedao talk about Yongye Tian, but he can't ask, just wave his hand and say, "Okay, you can do it." ”
In the past, Gao Jun never asked himself how much he received in a year, and he hung his own hand, every time he used the money, he just stretched out his hand, so that this Luo housekeeper deducted a lot from it, Luo Dedao was not a fan of money, but sent it to Miss Xu of Huang Cuilou, just now Luo De Dao said the situation casually, and casually said Gao Jun Yongyetian's words, I am afraid that this matter will attract the attention of Gao Daren, and I will not be so comfortable with Gao Daren's money in the future, and I don't know how many mouths I have beaten myself.
Listening to Gao Jun's words, the focus was still on the Liu family, and his heart was wide, and he thought that it was true, this Liu monster had to put himself in his eyes, and it turned out that he had already hooked up with Gao Daren, so that she was the master, and she had become her slave, and she would have to be flattered in the future. So he took the task and turned around to leave.
Gao Jun stopped him again and asked, "Do you know how the sixty people from Lingnan were arranged this time?" "I was whipped by Lord Yue that day, and I didn't dare to ask about the affairs of the ranch, but if this matter has been decided, it should be possible to ask Liu Jiancheng." ”
"Is he here?"
"Supervisor Liu Wu Liu usually only goes home once a month, and he should have spent the night in the ranch last night, so when I call him to the adult, I will go to do the adult's business." Let's get out.
Gao Jun saw that although this Lot knife did not please him, he was quite clever in his work, so he nodded and let him out. After a while, a person came in from outside the door, in his forties, born upright, thinking that it was Liu Wu, this time he learned to be obedient, and did not speak first, after the man came in, he said, "What is Lord Gao looking for me?" Please feel free to say yes. Hearing him speak, Gao Jun confirmed in his heart, so he said, "Lord Liu, how to arrange the sixty people from Lingnan, who is in charge?" ”
"Lord Hui, Lord Yue Qinghe Yue, as the highest official in the ranch, usually only asks about the employment of people, and most of the other things are not careless, plus you and Lord Lu are often not there, so they often let me do it, as for this group of people, Lord Yue has already arranged it, and the roster is here with me, but what exactly does each person do, the humble position has been handed over to the Wantuan officials under his command to do according to his position."
"Okay, you bring the roster, and then call the Wantuan official and me." Liu Wu took the order to go out, brought the roster after a while, and replied to Gao Jun, "Lord Hui, the Wantuan official has not yet arrived, and the humble post must pay attention, and let him come to see Lord Gao as soon as he sees him." ”
"Okay, you go first, I'll call you when I have something." Gao Jun looked at the sky, it was already midday, and when he heard the officials at all levels outside arriving one after another, he thought that he would take a look at the roster first, and wait for this Wantuan official to come later, and then see how these people were settled.
Gao Jun opened the roster and saw that the roster was copied neatly with a fly-headed small Kai workman, a total of fifty-nine people, divided into two major categories of men and women, the names were recorded, he went directly to see the women's department, a total of nineteen people, he put his finger on the book, only found one person surnamed Liu, which read, "Liu Yuru, twenty-six years old, new widow", and then looked at the men's department, saw a red cross on his name, and said in his heart, he didn't know her name in the past, but it turned out to be like her person, looking at her character, it is very appropriate to take this name. Think about the late brother Hou Wushuang should be ten years old this year, so Liu Yuru gave birth to a child at the age of sixteen, and it is not surprising that a woman is fourteen and has a child at sixteen.
Gao Jun thought about it, sixteen years old is really still a child, willful, love and hate, straight to the point is not strange, she was only twenty-two years old when she was thirteen years old, and she unconsciously forgave Liu Yuru most of the time. Now, Gao Jun is most concerned about what Yuru is being sent to do, she is such a delicate person, don't send something that she can't do, won't it make it difficult for her? Thinking about this matter in his heart, he could only ask this Wantuan official to give advice.
Gao Jun waited patiently for a while, but he didn't see the Wan Tuan official coming, worried that this Liu Wu had left the matter behind, so he stepped out of the house, beckoned and asked a person, "Is the Wan Tuan official here?" There seemed to be a flash of disdain on the man's face, and he replied, "My lord, I haven't seen the Wantuan official yet." ”
"Let me ask you, when are the ranch officers and servants in place every day?"
"Lord Hui, the hour must be three quarters," Gao Jun looked up at the sky, it was already dawn, and he asked, "The hour has not yet arrived, how should it be punished?" Gao Jun really didn't know how to punish him, but the man thought that the Wantuan official was not on time, and this tall man asked because he was angry, and he didn't think about it, so he replied, "According to the "Stable Pastoral Order", those who mistake will be flogged thirty", and then said with a little anger, "But he flogged others, who dares to beat him?" ”
Gao Jun saw that this person was also about twenty years old, with an upright face, so he asked, "I don't know you well, what do you do?" What is it called? This person knew that this tall man was usually known for being lazy, and it was not surprising that he couldn't remember the names of his subordinates, so he replied, "The villain's name is Feng Zheng, he is the horse row of the pasture, and he is usually responsible for the arrangement and inventory of the horse herd, and the head of the group is controlled, and the head of the group will report to the regimental officer if there is something", obedient and listening, Gao Jun has already understood the relationship between the regimental officer, the group leader, and the row of horses, it seems that he is in charge of the regimental officer, the regimental officer is in charge of the group head, and the group head is in charge of the horses. If there's something to do, just come and tell me.
Gao Jun didn't wait for the left and the surname Wan, and the right waited for less, secretly a little breathless, so waiting was not a thing, and followed the information found in the fragments in his memory, walked out and looked around, and did not find Yue and Lu The two pastoral supervisors were in the ranch, he could also see that Gao Jun was in the field most of the time, and he didn't care about the specific affairs in the ranch, and the content of those information fragments about the ranch was really pitiful, which caused him to look like a layman, so he thought, it is better to go around casually, Before going out, I thought that this green robe was too ostentatious, so I took it off and put it in the house, and saw that there was a white coat worn by the people on the kang in the house, I don't know if it was Luo De's knife or Luo Quan took it off yesterday, so I changed it on my body, rode a horse, and slipped out of the reins of the horse to the depths of the pasture.
I happened to see that Feng Zheng, and beckoned to him, you go and lead a horse and walk around with me.
Feng Zheng saw a man in white riding on a horse and called himself, but he didn't recognize who it was in a hurry, and he couldn't help but wonder how the tall man was dressed like this, and it was inconvenient to ask. He was about to do something, but the shepherd told him to do something, so he found a horse, and the two of them set out on the road together. Along the way, Gao Jun had some unclear things in the pasture, thinking of ways to knock on the side and throw bricks and lead jade, fortunately, this Feng Zheng is young and has no city government, so he really has to answer questions.
Gao Jun knew that the Wantuan official was named Wan Shiju, who was the wife and brother of Yue Qinghe Yue, relying on the backstage hard, and he was very high-flying on weekdays, sometimes he didn't even pay attention to Liu Jiancheng, usually the three pastoral supervisors were not there, only Liu Jiancheng was in charge, and this Wantuan official was like the boss behind the scenes, which made Liu Jiancheng always drag his hands and feet to do things freely.
Gao Jun knew that there were 1,900 horses in Liuzhong Ranch, the ranch was large, the radius was not less than 40 miles, the surrounding high ridges were lined up, like a barrier, the north of the mountain was built in the stable, and the south of the mountain shade was also arranged with a lot of house buildings, there were side grass houses, milling houses, ingredient rooms, all of which were places to prepare feed for livestock, and blacksmith furnaces, and the sound of striking iron was heard far away, Feng Zheng said that he was beating horseshoe. It was a small society, and there was a livestock hospital with white curtains, and a row of tall and sturdy wooden frames in the middle of the courtyard, on which were hung thick rope hoops, which used to be the place for nailing palms.
There is a spacious place, there is a sign hanging at the head of the door, which reads "Yiqing Courtyard", Feng Zheng didn't wait for Gao Jun to ask, and said, "The mare will be brought here after she is in heat", Gao Jun understood, and couldn't help laughing.
In the middle of the pasture is an open field, because of the middle of winter, there is still snow left, but you can think of the green grass in spring and summer, when the field is a little sluggish, and there is a large lane that winds to the northwest. A ranch, the two of them walked and stopped, until after noon did they turn from Shanyin, Gao Jun saw that there was an exit here, there were a few sergeants with spears guarding the entrance, and the big lane stretched out of the ranch from here, "This can lead to the outside of the pasture, usually from here to get pasture, fodder, there is a weighing place over there, next to it is a grass picking place, the new female shepherds should be here."
Gao Jun's heart moved, he was determined to see what was going on, and motioned for Feng Zheng to get off the horse, and the two of them did not raise their voices, and quietly entered the grass picking place, only to see a stack of grass neatly arranged in all directions, some of which seemed to have just been purchased and shipped, and some had already been picked, and the selected alfalfa and the barnyard grass that had no feed value were stacked separately, and the alfalfa was only waiting to be transported to the side grass. There are many shepherds working, but there are no women among them.
At this time, the two of them walked casually in the grass picking place, a pile of grass like a hill, but there are some peaks and loops to turn the frame, just turned a haystack, three blue brick houses appeared behind, quietly, Feng Zheng was waiting to be introduced, but there was a burst of male and female laughter from the room, only to hear a woman scolding the world, "Brother Wang, you are not honest again!" Another entangled chain of movements came out, only to hear a man giggle and say, "Lang girl, if it weren't for me, how could you just get a steward of the grass picking house when you arrived at the ranch?" You must know that there are people who are better looking than you when they come back, if you don't coax your brother, how can you get your turn to be in charge of this position? Just that Liu Yuru, she is not ten thousand times stronger than you! ”
"Hmph, I can see at a glance that the one surnamed Liu is my opponent, and there is a girl named Yang, who must be an unconscious, tomorrow when they officially go to work, see if I don't put them in a group, and take care of it!" This is really a person who does not deceive others, I didn't expect Liu Yuru to be targeted when he first arrived, Gao Jun didn't think much about it, as soon as he pushed the door, he saw that he was locked from the inside, and he was angry, and he kicked a door from the frame as soon as he raised his legs, and just saw a pair of men and women separated from the entanglement at first glance, the woman was in her early thirties, showing a slight discomfort in front of outsiders, but she was still scratching her head and making a gesture. The man was shocked, and then it seemed that it was only Feng Zheng, who followed a person in the clothes of a subordinate, calmed down at the moment, pointed at Feng Zheng and scolded, "Your mother's surname is Feng, you are going to die!" ”
Feng Zheng has a backer, and he doesn't reveal the identity of the high pastoral supervisor to others, so he asks confidently, "You don't take care of the horseshoe, but you fool around here!" Gao Jun didn't know himself when he saw that the crowd was angry, and knew that he had heard the errand, so he listened to the man and said unconvincedly, "The surname is Feng, I see that you are usually quite honest, and the sun came out of the west today?" In this case, Wantuan Guan is the boss, and your father and I are the second, why don't you accept it? ”
Gao Jun just listened to the words of the proflaming woman, and he couldn't help it with anger in his heart, and he couldn't say that it was for Liu Yuru, so he stared at the man, and that Feng Zheng swallowed his anger on weekdays, and he had the heart to see how this high-ranking pastoral supervisor who didn't show up would deal with it, so he didn't speak, just turned his head to look at Gao Jun. Gao Jun was still carrying a horsewhip in his hand, and before the man finished speaking, he raised his hand and whipped it twice, and whipped it away without a head or face, the man screamed like a pig, covered his face and got up and walked away, "Feng Zheng, you wait for grandpa and me." After saying that, he ran out, Feng Zheng looked at the woman and asked, "How can the sisters praise it?" ”
"The little queen Cailian, thirty years old, arrived the day before today, and was entrusted to be the steward here...... I was careless outside, the blade of grass was blinded, and Brother Wang happened to pass by over there and helped me blow my eyes, and nothing else. "When this woman first came, she didn't know who was big or small in the ranch, and she decided that Feng Zheng was a hard master, and she didn't wait to be scared, but she didn't have any tricks.
Gao Jun saw that there were all small goods here, and it was inconvenient to directly ask the female shepherds the details of tomorrow's arrangements, so it would be too obvious, and he felt tasteless, so he walked out without speaking. Feng Zheng saw that Gao Mu Jian didn't speak, knowing that he had set up an enemy, and said tentatively, "This Wang Ren is a great party of ten thousand people", Gao Jun did not look back and said, "From today on, you follow me, don't do that row of horses." Feng Zheng's heart was relieved, and on the way back, the two walked from the north, and Feng Zheng introduced the situation of the ranch more dedicatedly.