In addition to the beautiful scenery, there are many farms of gentry and large families. One of them, Zhuangzi, which has the most land and the largest wheat noodle workshop, is called Zhimaizhuang, which belongs to the Guo family, the richest man in Luoyang. The Guo family has been an imperial merchant since the time of the great grandfather, and the old lady Guo is now the seventeenth generation head of the Guo family. This wheat village is the place where the Guo family made their fortune, and the Guo family set up the ancestral hall and sacrificial fields here. Successive generations of heads of families have expanded it to a greater or lesser extent. Whenever there are neighbors around, the Guo family will generally take them in. After many generations of hard work, the wheat village circled into the 40% of the wheat slope, and it took an hour to drive across it.

Although the Guo family's large amount of income over the years has come from the business of being an imperial businessman, the old lady of the Guo family still cares very much about holding the wheat village. Business will go up and down, and the government will change at any time. Although the Guo family's business is large, it may change at any time due to interpersonal changes in the DPRK and China. However, the ancestral hall of the sacrifice field is not affected, if there is an accident, this is the foundation of the Guo family's children. The Guo family was originally a Zhuang family, and no matter how developed it was, it couldn't lose its roots. This old lady Guo admires his neighbors very much.

There is a stream called Jade Creek in the southeast corner of Zhimaizhuang, and there is a Zhuangzi hidden in the bamboo forest across the stream, Jade Village. From the outside, you can see that the village is verdant, and the bamboo forest is surrounded by evergreen trees, covering most of the village. There are many sheds and shelves in the parts that can be seen from the outside and in the water fields by the stream, and various medicinal herbs are planted inside. The Tang family started with a medicine store, no matter whether there is the support of the queen mother in the palace, or whether the Tang family is in charge of the army, this ancestral medicine has not been lost. The century-old family can stand firm in the ups and downs, and it has an unshakable foundation. Other livelihoods are the icing on the cake, and no family children have a foothold. Therefore, over the years, Jade Village has been carefully operated by the Baicaotang head office of the Tang family, and the head of the village is directly under the orders of the Tang family in Xianyang, and the people in charge of the family business in Xianyang often come to inspect, and outsiders rarely have the opportunity to enter to explore the reality. In addition to being down-to-earth, the people of the Tang family are also very modest and introverted, never public, even if they are the younger generation, they are also outstanding. In the past few decades, Old Lady Guo has only had a few opportunities to see the people in charge of the Tang family, and more than half of them have seen the eldest young master of the Tang family, Xintian, every time Tang Dashao will greet him politely with the courtesy of the juniors, and there is no arrogance like that of ordinary children of aristocratic clans. And I heard that in addition to taking care of business, this eldest young master can be literate and martial. The other children of the Tang family heard that they were outstanding both in the army and in civilian officials.

Mrs. Guo has always taught the young people in the family to be polite, steady and humble, but he understands in his heart that most people just listen, and there are many yang and yin, perhaps this is why the Guo family stopped when they arrived at the imperial business, and the disciples in the clan rarely learned, although a few were busy with the family business, but they ate more idle meals, and each generation of family heads wanted to put a gorgeous coat of cultivation and heirloom on the coat of the businessman, and his generation was no exception. Set up clan rules and invite good masters for clan learning, but the effect is not good. The Guo family is huge in the wheat slope, and it is one of the most famous families in the nearby Mid-Levels Town. From time to time, there are children in the clan who show off their power in the town and bully the market, which is quite nerve-wracking for him. Therefore, he is more willing to study his neighbors, such as the legendary strict with his disciples, the family study of both civil and military cultivation, the children of the family will take care of their own lives since elementary school, and the young master does not let go of maids and so on. The Tang family is too low-key and never explains and shows off these to the outside world, so he can only find shadows from the stories of others. The more this happened, the more curious he became about the operation of the Tang family, and the more he wanted to understand many questions. However, he is not related to the Tang family, and he can't pull his face to ask the people of the Tang family. In the past few days, he began to think about how to ease the relationship with the Tang family. Some elders in the clan have mentioned marriage, after all, in-laws are the easiest way to get closer. But for them, the Tang family's courtyard is too high, not to mention whether the Tang family can afford it, thinking that his flesh and blood will go to that kind of place for the family to be looked down upon, he panicked in his heart, and he can only think of other ways.

The adjacent Jinlangzhuang and Luzuizhuang and Jiahezhuang in the northeast corner of Jade Village and Zhimaizhuang are the properties of the Tang family in Xianyang, but they are ordinary farms and are managed by the Tang family's people in Luoyang. The smallest Jiahezhuang only has the dry land behind the mountain and the mountain forest behind, and it is rented to others. It is said that it is a four-rank official, his hometown is too remote and has no relatives, Jiahezhuang is not far from the city, and it is quite quiet, and it can be self-cultivation. Because he was close to Tang Wen, the head of the Tang family, in the capital, he rented this place from the Tang family for a favor.

It stands to reason that such a family, if it does not interact with the neighbors, it is understandable, after all, there are all Zhuang households around, even if it is a large family's manor, there are few masters living here, and they are all taking care of their livelihoods. They used to be high-ranking officials of the fourth grade, so they didn't need to associate with these countrymen. It's just that this rank of the Ministry of Works seems to be idle, and this Zhuangzi has added a lot of livelihood after being rented by him. It is said that this squire started from the bottom of the crafts in the Ministry of Industry, and he was not only familiar with all kinds of blacksmith stone crafts, but also loved them very much, so he could not stay idle after he was dismissed, and often pondered various crafts at home. Therefore, the subordinates of Zhuangzi often come out to purchase various raw materials, which are said to be used by adults to do various trial productions. After this lord was no longer in office, he began to do business, and purchased a large amount of wheat locally all the year round, saying that it was shipped to the southwest where wheat was not produced, and in exchange for all kinds of good wood there, made into various furniture, and set up a store in Luoyang City to sell.

Mrs. Guo listened to these things, and she didn't think much about it, until she thought about it temporarily in the past few days, and found that part of her wheat was also sold to the guests of Jiahezhuang. This year, because of the lack of rain, the wheat harvest is not good, and the wheat yield in the eight townships has decreased by nearly 40 percent, and the price of wheat is naturally 20 percent higher than in previous years. Many buyers are looking elsewhere to collect grain. However, the strange thing is that the guests of Jiahe Village not only collected the wheat according to the market price according to the amount of the previous year, but also told him that he had also collected 20% more this year. It stands to reason that with such a high price, the other party should be flat, or even less and not enter. After all, the price is so high, isn't it just to make the difference in the middle? And people say that there are a lot of cars pulling iron tools recently, and it doesn't look like trying to make simple crafts. He sent people to follow up and found that the wheat did not go to the southwest, but to Hexi Road.