The next day from Master Yang, the Zhu Houzhao brothers couldn't wait to take the little girl to Zhu's mansion, and then took some glass crafts and rushed to Huangzhuang.

Lao Li's family also moved to the foot of the mountain, Lao Li and his eldest son lived in a yard, the other two sons lived in a yard, and Bai Xiaode's father and daughter also moved to a yard. However, during the day, Bai Xiaode's father and daughter were still on Lao Li's side, after all, there were many people.

After the three brothers and sisters arrived, they gave Lao Li a set of wine jugs and wine glasses, Lao Li repeatedly excused himself, saying that this was too precious, and later under the persuasion of Zhu Houzhao, he still accepted it. What was given to Bai Xiaode was a paperweight and a wine jug and a wine glass, but Bai Xiaode did not refuse, and after getting it, he looked at it for a while and put it down. In the end, Zhu Houwei took out a 30-centimeter-long glass short sword, which was specially made by Zhu Houzhao yesterday for Lao Tan. Bai Yulian doesn't like red makeup and loves martial arts makeup, and both brothers know it. Looking at this transparent short sword, Bai Yulian's eyes also lit up. I had never received a gift from Zhu Houzhao before, but after this period of getting along, as well as the status of senior sister and younger brother, Bai Yulian finally accepted it. Zhu Houzhao saw Bai Yulian accept the short sword and smirked for a long time, Bai Xiaode was silent, Bai Yulian looked at Zhu Houzhao's stupid appearance and showed a smile. Zhu Houwei thought to himself: "This girl still looks good when she laughs." ”

After a while, several children went out, saying that they were going to the mountains to see the chickens and sheep raised, and the little girl also followed, but with Bai Yulian and Zhu Houzhao leading, there was nothing to worry about, not to mention that there were guards who followed from afar.

There are only Bai Xiaode, Lao Li and Zhu Houwei left in the main hall. Bai Xiaode said a little embarrassed at this time, "Second Highness, Huairen (Bai Xiaode's character) has a reluctant request. Zhu Houwei was a little surprised, but he still smiled and said, "Mr. Bai, it's okay to say it, don't be so polite." Bai Xiaode then said, "I want to find an errand in Zhuangzi, even if it is farming, I still know some farming." Zhu Houwei didn't have time to say anything, but Lao Li was anxious, "Huairen, you have read books, why do you still want to go farming?" Isn't it that your uncle's family lacks food for your father and daughter, you are beating your uncle's old face. Bai Xiaode hurriedly got up and saluted, "Uncle is serious, Huairen just wants to find a job first, men always have to support themselves, and they also save a dowry for Yulian." Lao Li listened, but did not speak, but the expression on his face was still anxious, as if he was thinking of something to refute.

Zhu Houwei thought for a while and said, "Mr. Bai, if not, I have two choices, one is to be the director of the Huangzhuang, this supervisor is not the establishment of the imperial court, but belongs to the Zhu Mansion, the main thing is that my eldest brother and I formulate a goal or plan, the people of the Zhu Mansion are responsible for arranging the work to be done for the villagers, and at the same time supervise them, and Mr. Bai will arrange the work for these people in the Zhu Mansion and supervise whether the people of the Zhu Mansion have completed the work on time and in quantity; The second is the people's newspaper industry in the capital, don't hide it, "People's Daily" is the industry of Zhufu, if Mr. is interested, you can go anywhere to be a review editor, or write articles. However, Mr. Bai has a master-apprentice relationship with me and my eldest brother, even if it is a gift of being bound to study in the academy, it is not too much for the two of us to send some grain and rice to the master every month, right? ”

Bai Xiaode was still thinking, and Lao Li next to him was already saying, "Huairen will go to the capital, how to say that when you get to the "People's Daily", you are also dealing with readers, and you are also doing the work of a pen. "Lao Li is actually thinking about Bai Xiaode, after all, a scholar is always more noble than a subordinate in a mansion, even if it is a Huangzhuang.

Bai Xiaode glanced at Lao Li with a smile, turned his head to Zhu Houwei and said, "I am willing to be this supervisor, as for the grain and rice that His Royal Highness said at the end, I will not mention it in the future." Zhu Houwei nodded, "Okay, Zhu Fu will hire Mr. Bai for 30 taels per month." Bai Xiaode said, "It's more." Zhu Houwei smiled and said, "Not much, Mr. Bai will know in the future." Bai Xiaode had no choice but to smile and stop talking. Lao Li sighed at Bai Xiaode.

The days passed peacefully, and soon it was autumn. The farmland of Xiaolizhuang and Dalizhuang is full of golden and plump wheat. The breeze blows, forming layers of wheat waves, and the large wheat fields make people unable to see the end at a glance, as if the sky is still the clear and translucent blue sky, but the earth has become more than half a man's height of wheat ears. The villagers couldn't help but show joy when they looked at the rice ears planted, even if the grain in these fields was not their own, but when they saw the crops growing well, they felt so happy in their hearts.

There were still children running happily in the wheat field, a few of them accidentally fell and overwhelmed a small ear of wheat, and a few children ran on the ridges that were not wide, they lined up in a line, stretched out their hands, and their palms brushed the ears of wheat on both sides as they ran, and some of the wheat grains fell to the ground, screaming as they ran. When the man working in the field saw that it was not his own child, he smiled and watched them run over, and if he saw his baby, he stepped forward and grabbed it, twisted his ears so that the child would not hurt the wheat.

Zhu Houzhao's brother and sister stood on the edge of the field and watched, also showing smiling faces, on this happy day, no one would really blame those children. Next to the three of them stood a woman, looking about thirty years old, dressed in plain clothes, without powder, and had no other jewelry except for a wooden hairpin on her head. After all, for such a long time, the three brothers and sisters basically come every day, and the 10,000 people in the village are familiar with these three faces, but for this generous and gentle beauty, it is the first time to see her, looking at her standing next to the three brothers and sisters, and holding the hand of the little princess, she is also a gift, and she does not dare to slack off.

There was no one around except for the guards and a few palace maids, Zhu Houwei said to the woman, "Mother, how does it feel to go out of the palace occasionally, are you a lot happy." "This woman is Queen Zhang, and today is the first time to come out with her three children to see the scenery of this folk. Empress Zhang smiled and nodded, but did not speak. Zhu Houzhao said at this time, "Mother, I will often come out to see and play when I have time in the future, I will stay in the palace for a long time, and sooner or later I will get sick." Queen Zhang smiled and said, "How can you often go out of the palace, and if you are discovered, you still need to be decent." Zhu Houwei said, "No matter what others say, just be happy, and it's not a matter of working hard and hurting money, can you only stay in the palace for a lifetime to be admired by everyone, the Ming Dynasty is very big, the world is much bigger, if you can only stay within a hundred miles in this area for a lifetime, it will be too sad." The little girl shook Queen Zhang's hand, and said coquettishly, "Mother, you just listen to the second brother, the second brother is right, and the second brother will follow the second brother to this world in the future." Queen Zhang looked at the golden wheat field, with a happy smile, and couldn't help but be stupid, listening to the little girl's words, she just nodded unconsciously. The little girl was very happy, "Mother, you promised." Empress Zhang came back to her senses, "What did I promise, and ah, if I get married in the future, will I follow your second brother around?" The little girl frowned and thought about it, "When the time comes, the second brother will have a way." Empress Zhang looked at the little girl funny, "You girl." Zhu Houzhao next to him was not happy, and said with a resentful face, "Son, the eldest brother can also take you around in the future." The little girl said, "The eldest brother is going to be the emperor in the future, so he can't go out of the capital, so it's better to follow the second brother." Zhu Houzhao smiled evilly, "Your second brother will also stay in the fiefdom in the future, and you can't go out casually." The little girl thought for a while and said, "When the time comes, the second brother will have a way." All three shook their heads with a wry smile.

Why did you deliberately bring Empress Zhang to Huangzhuang today? One is that Zhu Houwei thinks that she is bored to stay in the palace alone, and it is not bad to be able to go out of the palace together to breathe, the most important thing is that relatives can gather together, which is more important than anything else, and the second is that Xiao Li Zhuang and Da Li Zhuang are going to harvest wheat today, and the three brothers and sisters are seeing the harvest for the first time, and the Zhu Houzhao brothers have invested a lot of energy, manpower, and material resources in these two Zhuangzi, and now is the moment of the first harvest, which has more important significance.

The villagers have already harvested more than half of the harvest, and today in order to harvest, they have deliberately slowed down the progress of other projects and allocated a large number of people to harvest grain. Everyone is holding a sickle and trying to reap. After watching in the shade of the tree for half an hour, the three brothers and sisters took Empress Zhang to the Guanzhuang Mansion in Da Li Zhuang to rest for a while.

After resting for a moment in Guanzhuang Mansion, several people took a carriage back to the capital. The little girl in the carriage was still introducing Queen Zhang to where she was at this time, what interesting things she had encountered there, Queen Zhang looked at the little girl lovingly, and smiled constantly along the way.

The next day, the three brothers and sisters came to Zhuangzi, and Bai Xiaode came to report with a smile that the grain had been harvested. "Prince, Second Highness, this Zhuangzi can be regarded as a bumper harvest, according to the current measurement, the minimum yield per mu has also reached 3 stones, most of them are in 3 and a half stones, the highest is 4 and a half stones, the two Zhuangzi have a total of 230 hectares of land, 23,000 acres, and finally harvest 105,300 stones."

Now 1 stone in Huangzhuang is equal to 200 catties, 100 kilograms, and the average yield per mu is 700 catties, which is not small. With Daming's technology, in addition to the introduction of high-yield crops such as corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes, the highest yield of grain per mu is almost 7,800 catties. Generally, it is about 300 to 500 catties. Zhu Houwei felt very happy to hear this, with these grains, it is not a problem to feed the 1W people in the village, and even a large part of it can be sold, but Zhu Houwei doesn't want to sell it, all these grains are sold for 100,000 taels of silver, not much, it is better to hold it in your hand and respond to emergencies.

After the grain is cut, it is first taken to the grain field that has been built in Xiaolizhuang to dry, and then it is used for storage. What we have to do now is to step up the renovation of the new Xiaoli Village. The harvested grain is not all staple grains such as wheat, and there are many miscellaneous grains, which are used to feed livestock at this time, but according to the livestock currently raised in the village, it is not enough to consume, so Zhu Houwei continued to buy livestock from the surrounding areas, and this time the main purchase was pigs.