The road was bumpy, and the carriage was slowing down.

In the carriage, Lin Ya's red lips still had a trace of the fragrance of flower chicken.

It tastes so good.

Lin Ya thought so.

Today, when Jiang Long made the flower chicken, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and thought of using the apricot blossom as a seasoning, which is generally made to make the flower chicken with lotus leaves or other larger leaves, and then coated with mud and roasted in the fire.

The purpose of putting the leaves is to use the fragrance of the green leaves to remove the fishy smell from the chicken.

So can you use apricot blossoms to get rid of the fishy smell in chicken?

The final answer is yes, and the effect is wonderful, and it brings a wisp of apricot blossom fragrance to the chicken.

Lin Ya had eaten a little more before.

Baozhi, Baohuan, Xichun and Xidong were all crowded into the wide carriage, and when they saw Lin Ya sitting there in a daze, they couldn't help but smile at the corners of their mouths.

It seems that the relationship between the young master and the young lady is really good.

But at the same time, I also have doubts.

Listening to Sister Du Juan, the little young master has not had a round room with the young lady so far.

Watching the two of them talk and laugh before, it doesn't look like there is a contradiction, the little master of weishenme doesn't have a round house with the young lady?

Or did Du Juan deliberately deceive herself and others?

Except for Fang Qing, these rings that Lin Ya bought are not extremely smart, but they are not stupid, and because of their honest and kind nature, they were bought by Lin Ya from a dirty place like human teeth, and they are easy to eat and dress here, which is extremely loyal to Lin Ya.

They also saw that Lin Ya seemed to be at odds with Du Juan, and wondered what was going on.

Jiang Long didn't come back with him, he asked the guards to find Zheng Zhi to go to the fruit grove.

After a few days of getting along, in comparison, Zheng Zhi is smarter and more sleek than Yang Qiang, although this person is more careful, but Jiang Long doesn't like to deal with stupid people.

Because that would be too much work.

After a while, a Jingfu guard galloped over with Zheng Zhi on his horse.

When he came to Jianglong's side, Zheng Zhi jumped off the horse, and didn't care about the soreness of his legs, so he bent down and said hello, "The little one is saying hello to the little master." ”

"Get up." Jiang Long waved his hand, and then went straight to the point, "I came to you to ask about this fruit grove. ”

"This ......" Zheng Zhi's eyes were rolling wildly.

How vicious is Jiang Long's eyesight?

Immediately frowned, "What's wrong?" ”

"This orchard was rented out by the steward many years ago." Zheng Zhi bowed his head and replied.

"Huh?"

Jiang Long was a little surprised, "How many years have you rented it, and how much is the price?" ”

"I don't know how long the lease will be small, but at least twenty years, as for the price......"

"Say! Don't spit it out! Jiang Long sank his face.

"Yes." A layer of cold sweat oozed from Zheng Zhi's head, "The price is very cheap, and it is said that the rental money has already been paid to the Hu manager." ”

"It's cheap? I just want to hear the real numbers, don't say you don't know. Jiang Long can be sure that Zheng Zhi has a ghost in his heart through his previous observation of his face.

"It seems that the annual rent of these 580 acres of fruit forest is two taels of silver." Zheng Zhi's voice became smaller and smaller.

Jiang Long was stunned, and then laughed angrily.

For a full 580 acres of fruit forests, the one-year lease fee is only two taels of silver!

Whether it is apricots, peaches, pears, or apples, even if the yield per mu is far less than Shijie, where Jiang Long was in his previous life, it is at least a thousand catties.

580 acres of fruit forests can produce at least 580,000 catties of fruits!

What a big two taels of silver, Jiang Long took a deep breath before he could barely calm the anger in his chest.

But that's not all, Zheng Zhi looked at Jiang Long's face and continued: "And it is written in the contract that every harvest season, the tenant farmers in the farm will help pick it for free. ”

Butler, bastard!

Jiang Long's face instantly turned pale, and then he asked in a cold voice, "You should know who Steward Hu signed a contract with, right?" ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he knelt down, and his head was full of cold sweat in fright, "The little one knows, the owner of the contract sent someone to the farm yesterday to look for the little one." ”

"Didn't look for Yang Qiang?"

"There should be a search."

"What did I tell you?" Jiang Long asked step by step.

"They came to the little one, saying that the Hu Steward had signed a contract before, and even if the Hu Steward is dead now, the contract is valid, so that we will continue to fulfill it in the future." Zheng Zhi replied tremblingly.

"What do you say?"

"The little one knew that they had a contract in their hands, so they agreed."

Jiang Long sneered, "They didn't give you any benefits?" ”

Zheng Zhi was originally raising his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and when he heard this, he quickly kowtowed, "The little one took some benefits, but the little one didn't plan to be greedy privately, and he also negotiated with them and asked them to increase the annual rent to five taels of silver!" ”

"And how much good did they give you?"

"A tael of silver." Zheng Zhi didn't dare to look at Jiang Long's face, and said quickly: "The small one is going to be handed over today, and they also said that after receiving the goods every year, they will give the small one a big red envelope." ”

Jiang Long didn't believe Zheng Zhi's nonsense that he would hand over the silver, but after being silent for a while, he finally endured it and didn't get angry.

He can clean up Zheng Zhi and Yang Qiang, or he can no longer let them manage the farm.

But the question is who will be used after taking down the two?

He simply didn't have the right person.

I have to say that the tenant farmers in the farm are too simple and simple, and until now Jiang Long has not found any comparable Shang Zhengzhi and Yang Qiang.

There was no one available, which made Jiang Long very helpless.

In the end, Jiang Long could only choose to knock and knock, and said with a cold face: "If you have the heart to hand over the silver, I won't punish you this time, but you are not allowed to make your own claims in the future, you know?" ”

"Yes!" Zheng Zhi hurriedly kowtowed again.

"Since I reuse you, I will definitely not treat you and Yang Qiang badly in the future."

Make a board and give a carrot, this trick works everywhere, Jiang Long snorted: "But in the future, if you dare to take the silver that you shouldn't take, the fate of the Hu family, you and Yang Qiang have seen it with your own eyes that day!" ”

Zheng Zhi trembled with fright, his face was bloodless in an instant, he kowtowed vigorously, and after a while, there was a bruise on his head, "I know, the little one knows......"

"Alright, get up."

It wasn't until Zheng Zhi saw blood on his forehead that Jiang Long let him get up, and he had to be ruthless to treat this kind of scheming and heart-eyed person in order to really scare him, "You don't have to pay attention to the contract signed by Steward Hu before, we will plant this fruit grove ourselves in the future." ”

Although he was not lightly frightened, Zheng Zhi still whispered: "Little master, the fruits in our orchard are not big, and the taste is not very good, no one buys them on the street, and we are afraid that we will lose money by planting them ourselves." ”

"Then Weishenme someone will come to the door to sign a contract with Steward Hu?"

"Because the owner of the lease is in the preserves business." Zheng Zhi replied respectfully: "They have an exclusive secret method that can make the fruit sweet after drying. ”

Jiang Long nodded, it is also a good way to make candied fruits with non-quality fruits.

In this era, candied fruit is also a mid-to-high-end snack, at least it can only be eaten regularly by wealthy landlords.

Ordinary people will buy a pack when they celebrate festivals, do happy events, and give gifts.

"Since I plan to grow my own fruit trees, I will not still let the fruit trees grow naturally as before." Jiang Long instructed: "The cattle, sheep and pigsty will be completely covered this evening, and you can have people light a fire in the pen overnight to smoke and roast it, and it is best to drive the livestock into it the day after tomorrow."

Early tomorrow morning, you will summon all the tenant farmers you can gather to the side of the orchard, and I will teach you the art of pruning and grafting. ”

Pruning, grafting?

Zheng Zhi didn't understand at all, and looked puzzled.

Jiang Long didn't explain in detail, "Anyway, you just need to find people and let them bring sickles." ”

"Yes." Zheng Zhi should be down.

"By the way, we can't delay spring ploughing." Jiang Long advised, afraid that Zheng Zhi would lose his weight in order to do a good job in what he explained.

"The little one understands."

Then Jiang Long took Zheng Zhi to the pond.

"Can there be water in the pond all year round?" Jiang Long asked.

Zheng Zhi replied seriously: "The ponds here are all stored for drought resistance, when it does not rain, when the river is shallow or dry after the drought, everyone comes here to carry water to water the fields, but we only encounter a drought here in five or six years, so the pond rarely dries up." ”

"Hmm." Jiang Long was still quite satisfied with Zheng Zhi's detailed answer, "I want to raise some fish here, what do you think?" ”

Zheng Zhi was stunned for a moment, feeling that his little master was really full of energy.

Engaged in breeding, made farmhouse fertilizer, let Tian Dazhuang play ploughshares, the maids around him to make puppets and embroidery, want to take back the fruit forest and plant it themselves, and now I still want to raise fish in the pond.

Jiang Long didn't finish his words, and continued: "After putting fish fry in the pond, let's build a chicken farm on a large open space over there, where the air circulation is good, the chickens should not be easy to get sick, and the business of raising chickens and selling eggs is still good."

Well, there is water here, you can raise some more geese and ducks, and less geese can watch the door like dogs.

The duck lays eggs, the taste of pickled duck eggs is good, and I will make roast duck, and I will teach you then, so that you don't have to worry that the duck will not be sold when it grows up. ”

After listening to Jiang Long say a few more words, Zheng Zhi came back to his senses.

He didn't know much about raising chickens, ducks and geese, but he said: "Little master, there were people who used to raise fish in the pond, but it seems that they all lost money. ”

"Oh?" Jiang Long was a little surprised, "Weishenme? ”

"The fish grows too slowly, and it doesn't grow much in a few years." Zheng Zhi immediately replied.

Obviously, there is a meaning to discourage Jianglong from raising fish.

But Jiang Long waved his hand and smiled: "If I'm not mistaken, those fish farmers didn't feed the fish, right?" ”

Zheng Zhi was stunned, "Aren't fish able to grow up on their own in the water?" Still feeding? ”

"If you don't feed it, it can grow up, but like you said, it grows very slowly." Jiang Long opened his mouth to explain, "But if it is fed by artificial, it will be able to grow faster." ”

"I've never heard of the little one." Zheng Zhi scratched his head.

"The reason is very simple, the fish also has to eat to survive and grow, otherwise what does it do in the water every day? It's just that if there is less food in the water, they will not be able to eat enough, and they will grow slowly naturally, and if we feed them to fill their stomachs, they will naturally grow faster, and under normal circumstances, they can grow more than a pound a year and can be salvaged and sold. ”

"The little master knows so much!" Zheng Zhi admired.