Chapter 172: Divine Decree
On the morning of the second day, Jiang Xi got up and dressed up, and today was the day when she went to compete for the fruit grove. Once she had bought the grove, at least a month or two later, she would have to buy fruit from outside.
With the fruit trees in the village on the Li family's side, plus the fruit trees here, how could she make a lot of them. When the time comes, naturally they are not afraid that some people will take advantage of their canned food to increase the price of fruits.
Buying this fruit grove can be very useful.
"Girl, you look really heroic in this today." Lianzi watched from the side, and he would also use two idioms.
"Girl, you see, lotus seeds are getting smarter and smarter now, and they can even use idioms." Jiang Qian's words successfully ushered in the pursuit of lotus seeds.
Jiang Xi smiled and said to them, "Don't make trouble yet, it's time for us to go." ”
"Yes."
The two girls laughed together and got into the carriage behind Jiang Xi.
The auction garden held by the prefectural government is held at the prefectural lord's mansion. Jiang Xi is also here for the first time, although she has had some friendship with the county magistrate, and it is also the first time she has come to this courtyard of Lord Liu.
Mrs. County Commander was in charge of entertaining them, and she seemed to be a capable and hearty person, and her eyes were smiling when she saw Jiangxi.
"You are Jiangxi, I have heard my husband talk about you a long time ago. At a young age, some of them are capable and smart, no wonder he gave you a thumbs up when he mentioned you. ”
Yesterday, the county magistrate and Jiangxi went back to tell their wife, and the county magistrate's wife immediately showed surprise, this little girl can be regarded as solving their urgent needs.
There aren't a lot of people here today, and most of them are still pretending. After all, everyone knows that Liu Xianling only had dinner with Jiangxi yesterday, and it is said that Jiangxi also met the third son of the Song family in the provincial capital.
But in every squire's house, there are a few brains made of elm. To go against such a family for an orchard, and to anger the county master, isn't this self-defeating. It's just three or four hundred taels of silver, it's obviously not worth it.
Give the county lord a face, and it will be much easier for the caravan to go out of the city gate to do business in the future, and it will not be easy to be stumped.
In fact, what really made them decide not to compete with the Jiang family was the Chen family. Everyone knows that the Chen family offended the Jiang family before and an old man of the Jiang family to death, but the night this Jiang girl came back, the Chen family was wiped out.
There is also the Shen family, which is a big family, even if it is placed in this county, it is by no means a person without a name, and such a family has also suffered disasters. Everyone knows who did it, but who dares to say it.
In their hearts, they have long reached a consensus that there is no good fruit to eat against Jiang Jingren.
At the beginning of the auction of the garden, except for a few people who came to the scene to call a few low prices at random, they were bought by Jiangxi for three hundred and seventy-five taels of silver. Others naturally celebrated, and the Jiang family bought the garden. Jiang Xi also returned the salute one by one, and he did enough to work on face.
After buying the garden, Jiangxi immediately followed the county master to visit.
The area of this garden is indeed not small, and it takes a long time to walk from beginning to end. In the garden, there are several old people who are taking care of the fruit trees, they have been here for more than ten years, and they also have feelings for this garden.
Jiangxi kept them all, gave them three coins of silver every month to take care of them, and prepared a gift for the New Year's holidays, and those old people were naturally grateful.
Before leaving, Jiang Xi appointed an old man who seemed to be trustworthy to be the steward, and said to him: "I will stay here for these twenty-five taels of silver, and you can help me find a few more people to take care of the garden together." In addition, the rest of the money invites everyone to have a drink together, which can be regarded as a reception banquet for our Jiang family. ”
Originally, four hundred taels were prepared for the garden, but it was bought for only three hundred and seventy-five taels of silver, and the rest were picked up by Jiangxi and sent away.
The person who was called by her to be in charge was naturally grateful to Dade, touching the heavy twenty-five taels of silver, and there was indescribable joy in his eyes. He had never seen so much money, nor had he been so trusted by his master.
Before, the steward in the garden was a relative of the Chen family, and he always instructed them not to say anything, and even the things given by the New Year had to be withheld, and they had been in dire straits. I thought that the change of owner was just a change of another harsh steward from above, but this master family valued them so much.
Thinking of this, the old steward made a heavy decision in his heart, he must take care of this garden for the Jiang family.
After inspecting and going back, it was already evening, lying in the small courtyard in the county town, Jiang Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that the family is much better than before, and there are fruit groves, when she has more money, she will go and buy some good paddy fields, and then she will not have to buy the family's grain. If the old man can watch all this from the sky, he should be relieved in his heart.
Because he was too tired, thinking about it, Jiang Xi fell asleep.
By the time I woke up in the morning, the sun had been out for a long time.
"Jiang Qian, lotus seeds!" Looking at the sunlight shining outside the window, Jiang Xi suddenly lost her sleepiness at all, she actually overslept.
The two girls suddenly ran through the door, "Girl, you called us." ”
Jiang Xi frowned and glared at them, and asked, "Why didn't you wake me up earlier, I'm going home today." ”
Lianzi and Jiang Qian glanced at each other, but Jiang Qian opened her mouth first: "Girl, you are too tired these days, and I am in charge of not letting Lianzi call you up." If I go back today, as long as I don't travel at night, I will be able to do it at any time. It's hard to get a good night's sleep, and we don't want to disturb you. ”
was explained by Jiang Qian, and Jiang Xi's feigned anger couldn't be pretended.
"You two, you're really going to think about me. Alright, come and wait for me to freshen up. ”
Jiang Qian and Lianzi looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly stepped forward to dress Jiang Xi and comb her hair.
Breakfast has been put on the table, and with the lesson of Mrs. Wang, the meal cooked by Mrs. Xie is more than a star. However, Jiang Xi is not the kind of person who wastes, and deliberately let her do less, so as not to waste food in vain.
After breakfast, the horses on Changshun's side had already been led, and they waited for Jiangxi to get into the carriage.
She had just come out of the courtyard gate, and before she could go up, suddenly a servant from the county government office hurriedly came running.
When Jiang Xi saw this, his first reaction was that the princess ran away.
"What's the matter, little brother?" Jiang Qian was quite calm and asked.
The official took a few breaths, and then said: "Miss Jiang, let's go to the county government quickly, the reward from the capital has come down, the girl has made meritorious contributions to the rescue of the victims, and the saint has rewarded many things today." Now, the father-in-law of the rice paper is still waiting at the gate of the county office! ”
Jiang Qian immediately became excited and looked at Jiang Xi in surprise. "Girl!"
Jiangxi was also happy, and even Chang Shun, Mrs. Xie and the two little maids who came out to see him off were all smiling. The little master was rewarded by the emperor, and even took their identities several times higher.
"Quick, go to the county office!"
The carriage galloped away, and there was no delay on the road, lest the father-in-law who delivered the decree in the capital wait for a long time.
"Huh~~"
As soon as Chang Shun pulled the reins, Jiang Xi immediately jumped off the carriage, and he didn't care about any rudeness.
The one who came to deliver the message was an old man, who saw Jiang Xi running in a dress, and asked Liu Xianling, "Lord Liu, but this girl?" ”
Lord Liu nodded hurriedly, also with excitement on his face.
"Father-in-law, it's her, Jiangxi."
The old man nodded and glanced at Jiang Xi with satisfaction. This woman looks different, and this time she was also commended by the saint, and her future is really limitless. It's just a little bit of a pity, if only it were a man.
"I've seen my father-in-law, I've seen Lord Liu." Jiang Xi stepped forward, bowed on his knees, and then knelt down in front of the holy decree with Lord Liu.
"Ahem, since everyone is here, then our family will start to announce the decree."
"Fengtian carried the emperor, summoned and said: Jiangxi, the daughter of the Jiang family, has both ability and political integrity, is willing to be kind and charitable, and has made meritorious contributions to saving the plague this time, and has given a hundred taels of gold. Liu Yong, the county commander of Qingshi County, has a good governance, and has cultivated such a talent for me, and has been promoted to the sixth grade, and went to Xuanxian County to report three days later. ”
"Thank you, Lord Longne!"
Jiang Xi kowtowed with Liu Xianling, took the holy decree, and couldn't hide the smile on his face.
There were also many people gathered around, and when they heard the news, they admired the Jiang family even more. Even the emperor personally rewarded it, and Liu County Ling also won the glory of the Jiang family and was promoted, this Jiang family is in Qingshi County, and no one dares to offend at all.
Xuan County is not far from here, but it is closer to the provincial capital, and the county officials over there are all one grade higher than here. In addition, both the degree of prosperity and the strength of the soldiers and horses are much better than this Qingshi County.
More importantly, if the official documents of Qingshi County want to be handed over to the provincial capital, they must first pass through the fortress point in Xuan County.
Liu County Commander was promoted and went to Xuan County, although he could no longer directly take care of the Jiang family, but the new county official had to give this Liu County Commander a face and take care of the Jiang family.
So, after the old husband who passed the decree left, the people who came to congratulate him did not dare to snub Jiangxi except for surrounding Liu County's order.
Including Liu Xianling, he thanked Jiang Xi, if it wasn't for Jiang Xi to treat the plague, how could he have been promoted so quickly.
Lianzi and Jiang Qian watched from the side, and they were very happy.
Among so many people, only Jiang Xi herself understands that it is not just for her to treat the plague that the emperor rewarded her, it is very likely that it is a horseshoe matter, but the matter is too confidential for the emperor to say it in person, so he found such an excuse.
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