The Dragon Boat Festival is a big festival, celebrations have been carried out in various places, the streets are full of colorful sachets, the prices are also diverse, it is only the cheapest wrapped in dried wormwood, and the ordinary dried flowers are more expensive, but the most expensive is still put a variety of sachets of anti-insect and anti-epidemic medicinal materials.

Taking advantage of the joy of the festival, other commodities also sold well, and the Lin family courtyard also made a small profit by taking advantage of this shareholder wind.

Because there are a lot of people who take advantage of the festival to hold banquets to cultivate lovers, today the owner of this house has a good painting, please go and see it, and then eat, drink, and listen to the commentary; Ming'er's wife was interested in inviting everyone to enjoy the flowers, and then eat, drink and listen to songs......

So the city was lively for three days before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, and the rich people also donated some food to make soup kitchens, and everyone was happy.

The Lin family is still keeping filial piety, and the post can't be delivered to their family, but in fact, the Lin family is also involved, well, to be exact, the Lin family's flowers are involved.

To hold a banquet and decorate the venue, you have to spend it, and you need more flowers than usual, Lin Shun is clever, taking advantage of the convenience of the Lin family's status, he quietly has a relationship with the stewards of several families, they need flowers, and he sells flowers.

In the end, not only did he sell all the flowers that could be sold in the Wen Garden, but he also sold the surplus flowers in the Lin Mansion and the old mansion.

So after the Dragon Boat Festival, Lin Shun gave Lin Qingwan a money bag, indicating that they had started to make money.

Lin Qingwan was very happy, and waved her big hand and said, "Now I have the money to buy ducks." ”

Lin Shun was embarrassed, "Grandma, you really raise ducks, what do they eat, you can't feed food, right?" ”

"Where is we with such a big empty land, and after ploughing, the tender grass will come out, and the ducks can't eat it?" The ducks eat everything, they don't feed food, don't they still have grass, and there are snails and all kinds of insects in the field, and the land is so big, are you still afraid of starving it?

Lin Shun scratched his head, "But I'm afraid I won't be able to pull out manpower, auntie, there is a shortage of people in our house now." ”

"You go to Fang Datong and ask him to send you a few people, and the big children in Zhuangzi can also use it," Lin Qingwan sighed: "They are physically flawed, some farm work is too hard, but it is much easier to release ducks." If you have a child who can use it, bring it into the house to teach it, and start using it. ”

Now the Lin family's households are all salaried, and they only get monthly money when they work in the house, and most of those children are working for their parents, and they don't get money from the Lin family.

Therefore, even if a family with many children relies on the Lin family, life will not be much better.

Lin Qingwan has always wanted to change this situation, and if she wants to benefit others as well as herself, she has to adjust the structure, and it is obviously not the best policy to let them do heavy farm work.

But her ability and capital are limited now, and she can only change little by little, and it is impossible to do it in one step.

The pond is dug and a gap is dug so that the overflowing river water flows into the pond through the dug ditch, and the water is boiled in the morning and the pond is full the next day.

The river also dropped slightly, revealing flooded rice paddies on both banks.

The four ponds are on the other side of the river, dug in previously uncultivated land, and are a kilometer away from the river, and about 200 meters between them.

The reason why they are so far apart is to make the most of the ditches that have been dug.

Four kilometre-long ditches connect the river to four ponds, and between them are reclaimed fields, which are much easier to irrigate and discharge.

As soon as the pond was full, Lin Shun selected four families from the village and handed over the four ponds to them for management.

The water in the pond still needs to settle for a few days before the fish can be released, and the duck seedlings will also be assigned to them in the future, under the influence of his grandfather and the big steward Zhong, Lin Shun also likes to brainwash them before doing things, and put the Lin family's kindness to them first.

“…… My aunt and grandmother said that if there are children aged eight and above in the family who can help with the work, they will be counted as entering the house, and they will have monthly money every month in the future, even if they are the most inferior little girls, there will be 300 Wen. In addition, if the fish pond is well managed, when the harvest comes, the fish and ducks in the pond will be divided into some for you, and it is up to you whether you eat or sell them. ”

The four families were enthusiastic when they heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Steward Xiaolin, when will we start releasing fish and ducks?" ”

"In a few days, you will learn how to make feed from the fishermen you invited in the next few days, and then put it down when the seedlings arrive."

"Then will we still farm in the future?"

"In the future, you can concentrate on the fish pond and the crops on the pond base, and you don't have to take care of the rest."

Everyone was happy when they heard this, this fish and duck farming is much easier than farming, especially if they have old wounds, hoeing and plowing are hard work, sometimes after working for a long time, the body will be throbbing and throbbing, and they can't always go to Dr. Xu to get medicine.

Although the medicine given to them by the Lin family is free, the medicine they take is more expensive than the work they do, and they are also very embarrassed.

Now I can do easier work, and everyone doesn't say it, but they are happy in their hearts.

Other people were also very envious, so Lin Shun secretly revealed to Fang Datong, "I listen to my aunt's meaning, when the Wenyuan is built, I will transfer some people over, and I will only be responsible for guarding the Wenyuan and doing some light work, and I have to hire someone else for other heavy work." ”

"Does my aunt want to buy someone?"

Lin Shun shook his head hesitantly, "Grandma doesn't seem to have such a plan, it seems that she wants to hire a long-term worker." ”

Fang Datong frowned, "If you don't sign the deed, I'm afraid you're not loyal enough." ”

Lin Shun nodded vigorously, "I think about it too, but my aunt and grandmother haven't decided yet, and the Wenyuan has not been built, so it's too early to say this." ”

"How many people can you settle in that garden?"

"Let's look at the opening next year, there are as few as two or three households, as many as four or five households, you can help me choose a few good-looking ones, Wenyuan entertains most of the scholars, and the requirements are higher."

Fang Datong frowned, "You don't know, they retreated from the front line, and they were somewhat injured, how many of them were good-looking?" ”

Lin Shun coughed lightly, "At least you can't have injuries on your face." ”

Fang Datong knew it in his heart, thinking that Lin Shun was well-informed, he couldn't help but pull him and inquire: "In addition to Wenyuan, does my aunt still want to arrange them elsewhere?" I think that during this period of time, most of the work in the field was hired by your father, and those short-term jobs still have a tendency to develop into long-term jobs. ”

Lin Shun gave a thumbs up and said, "Uncle Fang, you can guess this." ”

He pointed to the area of the pond in the past and said: "I saw that there was no clearing, and now it has been opened, and my aunt and grandmother plan to plant mulberry trees there, and then build a row of houses there, and then use it to raise silkworms, and it will take a lot of people to pick mulberry leaves and raise silkworms at that time." Listen to your aunt's wishes, you will be responsible for this in the future, and the work of farming will be handed over to the long-term and short-term workers hired by the family. ”

Fang Datong's eyes lit up, "If I didn't catch up with the spring this year, then I can only plant it in winter, and I will take people to dig a pit when the time comes." ”

Of course, Lin Qingwan didn't tell Steward Lin and Steward Zhong about this matter, because they wouldn't allocate money to her.

Mulberry seedlings also cost money, this year the Lin family planted mulberry seedlings on the ridges, and more than a dozen acres of relatively barren land were also planted with mulberry trees.

This is because the Lin family also wants to weave silk cloth, so they have to plant, but now Lin Qingwan has set aside hundreds of acres of land, which can be industrialized.

Not to mention the cost of mulberry seedlings and silkworm pupa, how much do you need for workers alone? Not to mention the spinning and weaving that followed.

Silk silk cloth is to make money, but the cost is also very high, if the Lin family is still the previous Lin family, Steward Lin doesn't blink an eye, isn't it just to invest thousands of taels?

But now that the Lin family has no cash, he can't really take out the things in the warehouse and sell them, right?

Lin Qingwan also didn't say it with interest, there are still five months to go into winter, so there is no hurry.

While she was waiting, an official letter in the capital was quickly delivered to Suzhou, and Zhou Tingshi went to the Lin family's courtyard to see Lin Qingwan non-stop after dismantling the official document.

It was a reissue letter from the Ministry of Rites, which was the definition of the attributes of these two jue fields, and the Ministry of Rites said that these two jue fields were the Yongye fields of Lin Qingwan and Lin Yubin, and they could inherit them if they had heirs in the future, and if they didn't, the state would take them back.

Lin Yubin didn't say it, Lin Qingwan, she will most likely not become a biological child in the future, so this land, unless she has a step-heir or grandson, can only be returned to the country.

But qualitative and indefinite are different, at least Lin Qingwan's right to dispose of land has become larger now.

Lin Qingwan accepted the official document and was very happy to ask Zhou Tingshi to stay for dinner.

Zhou Tingshi did not shirk, sat down with a smile, and shared with Lin Qingwan the news he got from the DPRK and China.

This time, the reason why the Ministry of Rites reissued the document was because the emperor reprimanded Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. It is said that during the Dragon Boat Festival, the emperor, whose waist bag had not yet deflated, was very happy, and invited several adults into the palace to eat and drink together, and chatted by the way.

Shi Yi, who was the living room, naturally followed the emperor's side, and everyone chatted and pulled Shi Yi in, because they were all private affairs, and there were no political affairs involved during the period, so Shi Yi also put down his pen and sat under the seat to chat.

As he spoke, he talked about the festivals that various families sent to the palace this year, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu had an old relationship with the Lin family, so he helped Lin Qingwan brush up on the presence of the emperor, and specially asked the Ministry of Rites about the gifts given by the Lin family this year.

sighed that it was not easy for the Lin family's aunt and nephew, and then talked about Lin Qingwan's vigorous development of Juetian, Shi Yi asked if the Juetian given to the Lin family was Yongye Tian, because it seemed that he had not been able to record this when he gave Juetian last year.

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Officials were in high spirits, and they looked at the emperor with blazing eyes.

The emperor was stunned, he really hadn't thought about this, but could he say that he had forgotten, usually he didn't give Juetian away, and as for other trivial matters, shouldn't the Ministry of Rites ask about it, and then decide?

Chen Shangshu didn't seem to have come to ask me......

Of course, the emperor couldn't say that he had forgotten, so he waved his hand and said that this was Yongye Tian, which was determined when it was given.

If the living room does not know, it is either the living room's dereliction of duty, or the work of the Ministry of Rites is not in place.

After a year, the emperor felt more and more the preciousness of the Lin family's property, because last year, when the green and yellow were not received, the silver was in time, and everyone did not make trouble.

And because the treasury of the six ministries is full, the number of quarrels has plummeted, and he has lived comfortably this year, so he naturally will not spare the thirty hectares of Juetian.

gave Juetian a sex, but the emperor was still unhappy, thinking that this was a mistake by the Ministry of Rites, but he asked him to take the blame, and he didn't clarify the attributes of Juetian when he gave the field, and I don't know if Lin Jiang noticed this when he left, I don't know if he will scold me for being stingy in his heart......

Then the emperor was stingy, and the next day when he went to the court, he found a trivial matter and scolded Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, fined him for three months, and let him think about it behind closed doors for a month, and the affairs of the Ministry of Rites were first handed over to the left and right servants to share.

So the first thing the Ministry of Rites did was to send an urgent official document to Suzhou, and first extinguish the emperor's fire.