Chapter 471: The Smoke in the South of the City
Sister's temper!
Xiao Nuan smiled, "On piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, we can't kill her now." Xiaocao should learn from Mr. carefully, and when you are good enough, we will destroy her. ”
Xiaocao waved her little fist confidently, "Good! ”
When she finishes learning, she will no longer take people like Fang Wanli in her eyes, Xiao Nuan suddenly looked forward to what her sister would do when she grew up.
"And what about this post?" Qin asked.
"My daughter wrote a reply and refused." Xiao Nuan replied.
"Sister said, Xiaocao writes!" Xiaocao immediately ran to find a pen.
Fang Wanli, who was preparing for the poetry meeting, received Xiao Nuan's reply, and opened it only to see ten big characters written on it: ashamed, can't write poetry, busy farming.
Seeing that this was not as good as a six-year-old child, Fang Wan's nose was crooked, and he immediately picked up a pen and wrote a reply. The reply post said that the poetry will not only compose poems, but also drink tea and talk, she and Xiao Nuan have not seen each other for many days, and they have cleaned the garden to wait for Yunyun.
The meaning is very simple - you can't compose poetry, you always drink tea and talk!
Unexpectedly, the post was sent, and the servants of the Ninghou Mansion came back after a while. This time, Chen Xiaonuan didn't even reply to the post, only said one sentence: They are going to the fourth village in the south of the city to level the fields and prepare for farming, and they have no time to drink tea and talk.
The plan he thought of was stillborn, and he bit his lip to bleed.
The fourth village in Jingnan was rewarded by Emperor Jianlong to the Qin family, and the people were ordered to farm, what kind of face and courage did she have to pull Chen Xiaonuan from the imperial field to Ningfu to go to her poetry meeting!
The first, second and third villages are all small granges of 200 acres, and the fourth village in the south of the capital city of this imperial gift covers an area of 500 acres, which is a medium-sized grange.
The rhubarb, which had been holding back for several days, ran happily, and Qin stepped on the stalk of the field and looked at the frozen soil under his feet, and his heart was also steady, "The land of this Zhuangzi is better than the three Zhuangzi in Diji County, you see how positive the soil is, and the crops planted must grow strong." ”
Xiao Nuan, who couldn't see the difference at all, nodded very seriously, "Mother is right, this is a real good field." ”
"And it's still a good land that doesn't have to pay rent, mother, we don't have to pay rent either!" Xiaocao added sweetly. Qin and Xiao Nuan both laughed, according to the law, the royal land does not need to pay rent, and only this one can save thirty percent of the grain, thirty percent!
After Chen Zumo was admitted to the promotion, he could have 200 acres of land under his name without paying rent. Therefore, the fields of many families of the Chen family in Qinjia Village are hanging under Chen Zumo's name to take advantage of this and envy other clansmen.
Now, they also have rent-free land, and it's 500 acres! Thinking of how high the grain from this field could be piled, Qin's mouth couldn't close.
"What's this place to the west?" Xiao Nuan asked the fourth village steward who followed him, Tian Guinong. Tian Guinong is the shopkeeper of the Nishang Beijing Branch, Zhan Cong, who was instructed by Qin Rizhan to help Xiao Nuan's family find it, he is a local, and he is very familiar with the terrain and connections here, so he acts cheaply.
Tian Guinong replied, "Back to the girl's words, the west is the Zhuangzi of the King of Tanjun, and most of the fruit trees are planted. ”
Hearing the King of Tanjun, Xiao Nuan's family laughed, and laughed at Tian Guinong a little dumbfounded, could it be that the owner still has a friendship with King Tanjun?
Qin then asked, "What about the other three?" ”
"To the east is Tianjiazhuang in Gyeonggi and Hoa County, to the north is the Zhuangzi of King Hejun, and to the south is the family of Li Xiran, the left minister."
Qin's heart tightened when he heard this, and he muttered, "What kind of neighbor is this......?"
"This is the neighbor of the capital." Xiao Nuan also sighed, the most important thing in the capital is the powerful, there is no official position above the third grade, and he is embarrassed to say that he is an official in the capital.
King Tan Jun and Zuo Xiang have nothing to do with them, but Chai Yuyuan's uncle King He Jun is different, Xiao Nuan hung a mark in his heart.
As he spoke, a group of people entered the Sanjin main house in the north of the grange, which was more refined and generous than that of the first village, and the Qin family was very satisfied. Tian Guinong took the initiative to introduce, "This house was built by the Qing king, although it has been built for more than 20 years, the house is still very strong, and it has not leaked rainwater. ”
The previous master of this grange, King Qing, was the eldest son of Emperor Taishang and the elder brother of Emperor Jianlong. Soon after Emperor Jianlong ascended the throne, he dismissed this brother who was not right with him and investigated him. Qin Shi silently touched the cold pillar at the door of the house, and his heart was very complicated. She felt that this imperial gift of Zhuangzi might as well be bought with money.
Maybe one day Emperor Jianlong is unhappy, he will take Zhuangzi back......
"Mother?"
Seeing the two girls looking over, Qin put away his thoughts and smiled, "Let's go around?" ”
After buying three granges, the Qin family also measured the grange with his feet, and the two daughters naturally followed. Xiao Nuan also likes the feeling of patrolling around her own fields, and only when she walks like this can she feel that this is already their place.
"Good!" Xiaocao immediately clapped her hands and ran out, and her little maid Liannian, Youyu and today's bodyguard Liu Shoujing immediately followed.
The six little maids that Green Butterfly found brought to the Qin family, and the maids asked the Qin family to give them names. The Qin family gave the name to the three auspicious idioms of gentle wind and drizzle, spring flowers and autumn moon, and more than three auspicious idioms that were treated by farmers in successive years. These six maids are also assigned now, He Feng and Drizzle follow the Qin family, Chunhua and Qiuyue follow Xiao Nuan, Lian Nian and Youyu follow Xiaocao, all of them are Cui Qiao.
Because it is difficult to come out to let off the wind today, the Qin family also brought these six little maids with them, although they are maids, but the Qin family is kind, looking at this group of eight to ten year-old children, his heart is also soft.
Qin measured his Zhuangzi step by step with his feet. Now it is the end of the year, and the long-term workers in Zhuangzi all return home for the New Year, so it seems deserted everywhere. She took her daughter around the house, walked from the north to the east, and discussed with Xiao Nuan what to plant in the field next spring.
Now that she has distinguished which crops should be planted in spring and which should be planted in summer, Xiao Nuan can already understand what her mother is talking about, and she is quite proud in her heart.
This chat went to the south of Zhuangzi. To the south is Li Xiran, the left minister, Li Xiran is the queen's brother, today's uncle, and the Li family is very powerful in Beijing. When the Beijing branch of Nishang opened up, the Li family was listed by Xiao Nuan as one of the big people who couldn't be provoked, and now their grange is next to each other, Xiao Nuan looked at the past, and his heart also hung a chord - be careful.
Wisps of cooking smoke came out of the chimneys of several houses in Nanzhuang, and it was almost noon, and someone had started cooking. With the crowd, there is warmth, and Xiao Nuan curled the corners of his mouth.
Rhubarb suddenly raised his nose and sniffed, "Wang, Wang-"
Xiaocao immediately translated, "Rhubarb said it smells so bad!" ”
Xiao Nuan couldn't smell anything when he raised his nose, so he patted Rhubarb's head, "Don't worry, it's not for you to eat." ”
At this moment, on the path where the house was seen, a middle-aged man with a fur hat went around to the back of the house to get firewood. Qin and the others looked over, and that person also looked over.
Seeing this person, Xiao Nuan's scalp immediately exploded. She pretended to be calm and looked away, and continued to walk with her mother.
The man just glanced at the group and walked away.
"Wang?" Rhubarb raised his head.
Xiao Nuan realized that her hand was still holding the rhubarb hair, and quickly let go of it and smoothed it out.
"Girl?" Green Butterfly asked softly, sensing the girl's nervousness.
Xiao Nuan shook her head slightly, "It's okay, it's just that I was startled when I saw someone suddenly." ”
The girl is not so easily frightened. Green Butterfly, Xuan Er and He Fenglu tacitly distanced themselves and protected Xiao Nuan's mother and daughter by their side and behind them.
When he turned to a poplar-planted road adjacent to the king of Tanjun to the west of Zhuangzi, Xiao Nuan, who was up and down in his heart, saw the third master riding a horse and came slowly, and his heart was even more panicked.
Unexpectedly met the third master who appreciated people, and he was full of joy.