The Xia Ji Grange outside the city ushered in another wave of harvest after the autumn harvest.

The fields here are very different from the bare fields elsewhere, and many crops are grown in the fields close to the water source, which are full of life and fruit.

Ding Daqiang took everyone to the Grange, and Chen Yongtian and the others were stunned by the harvest scene in front of them.

The fields in the Grange were planted in batches, and the place where they disembarked was in a cucumber field.

The cucumbers in the field are growing well, and if you stand on the ridge and look at it, you can see a lot of large and small cucumbers hanging on the vines, and if you have good eyesight, you can also see the small yellow flowers on the vines.

The farmer in charge of the hill saw that the steward had brought someone over, and he hurriedly picked a few cucumbers and ran over.

"Everyone has come from afar, and it has worked hard. This is the cucumber I planted, you come all the way and taste this cucumber to moisten your mouth. ”

As he spoke, he handed each of them a cucumber.

Chen Yongtian got out of the carriage and bought a cucumber, looked at the cucumber with small thorns, and laughed: "This cucumber grows well and is fresh enough." ”

The man who came from the next table was called Yu Quan, and the three men at the table with him all came.

Yu Quan directly brushed off the small thorns on it, and took a bite: "Crispy and sweet, the taste is good!" ”

Chen Yongtian listened to his words, and couldn't wait to take a bite, the taste was not inferior to the old lady planted in the yard.

While eating, he asked, "Shopkeeper Ding, you are also in charge of this grange?" ”

Ding Daqiang shook his head with a smile, pointed to Yonggen who was standing next to him, and said, "Yonggen, you go and call that kid from Zuo Jiuchuan." ”

Yonggen answered, and ran first.

Ding Daqiang saw that people had run away, so he smiled and said: "I am only in charge of Huaxia Real Estate Firm now, and Zuo Jiuchuan is now in charge of this Grange, you can talk to him if you have any needs." ”

"Shopkeeper Ding is a capable person, where your princess needs you, let you preside over the overall situation, it can be seen that you are very favored by the princess."

"Haha, Brother Chen has won the award!"

Regardless of whether he was favored by the princess or not, hearing this from other people's mouths still made Ding Daqiang very useful.

While the two were talking, Zuo Jiuchuan walked over from another ridge.

After getting to know each other, Chen Yongtian ate the last bit of cucumber, wiped his mouth and asked, "Steward Zuo, what other summer vegetables do you have in your grange besides cucumbers?" ”

This question is also the most concerned by others, and everyone up their ears to know what has been planted in this grange?

Zuo Jiuchuan led everyone to other planting areas, and replied: "Due to the consideration of transportation, the summer vegetables planted in the grange this year are easy to transport and can be stored. Everyone follow me to take a look, if you are satisfied, you are welcome to order. ”

Chen Yongtian and Yu Quan glanced at each other, with expectation in their eyes.

Whether enough supplies can be brought back this time depends on this trip to the Grange.

Just went through all the vegetables in the grange, and the two of them were dumbfounded.

There are quite a few varieties, but most of them have never seen them, and there are only a few varieties they know.

"Steward Zuo, where did you get these vegetable seeds?"

Zuo Jiuchuan glanced at everyone's suspicious eyes and smiled: "The varieties were all taught to me by the princess, and I heard her say that they were seeds found from overseas." ”

"Something extra? I think the princess should have understood, can she eat it? What does it taste like? Chen Yongtian was afraid that they would misunderstand, and explained: "I'm not worried that these vegetables are poisonous, but mainly because I'm worried about whether the taste of this dish is acceptable to our Dayu people?" ”

If you can't accept the taste, no matter how rare it is, no one will be willing to pay for it.

"No matter how delicious I say, you can't realize how delicious it is, why don't you let the kitchen clean up at noon, and everyone tastes the taste of these new vegetables together, what do you think?" Zuo Jiuchuan proposed.

Chen Yongtian agreed: "This is a good idea, so I will disturb it at noon!" ”

"Don't bother, don't bother, you can stay for a light meal, it's too late for me to be happy." Zuo Jiuchuan invited people back to the courtyard and arranged lunch meals in the kitchen.

Sanjin's house was newly built after the Grange was cleared, and it was Xia Jing's other courtyard in the Grange, and the group was all big men, and they were not good at wandering around, so they sat in the front yard and gossiped.

When Chen Yongtian remembered, he saw the buildings on the mountainside in the distance, so he asked Zuo Jiuchuan: "Steward Zuo, when we came over, we saw that the rows of houses on the opposite halfway up the mountainside were for tenants to live in?" ”

When Zuo Jiuchuan heard this question, he probably knew where he was referring to, "The halfway up the mountain opposite is the farm of our grange, and the rows of houses you see are the factories of the farm. ”

"Farms?"

It's the first time you've heard of it.

"Yes, the farm." Zuo Jiuchuan explained to everyone what kinds of poultry and livestock are raised in the farm.

Chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep are all raised, in fact, the cattle in the grange are also farmed, but the cattle are used to plow the fields, not to slaughter.

"Can poultry and livestock still be raised intensively? This is the first time I've heard of this type of farming. Yu Quan was shocked and intrigued by this farming method.

It's just that he hasn't proposed to go around the farm, Zuo Jiuchuan took the first step and said: "This breeding method was proposed by the princess, but unfortunately, in order to avoid poultry and livestock infection, non-breeding personnel are not allowed to enter the breeding area, otherwise, I can also lead you to see." ”

"You can't get in." Anyone could hear Yu Quan's regretful tone.

It's just that the host has explained so, and it's not good for everyone to force a visit.

Zuo Jiuchuan apologized and said: "Please forgive me, this rule was set by the princess herself, and I took the lead in violating it as the steward of the grange." ”

"It doesn't matter, the guest is as he pleases, and the left steward doesn't have to blame himself." Chen Yongtian smiled and played a round game, "It's better to be like this, it's okay for us to sit here anyway, why don't we go to the kitchen and see how the cooks cook?" ”

Ding Daqiang heard this, and stroked his palms happily, "Brother Chen's words are on time, there are new vegetables, and I also want to learn a trick or two, and I will know how to make this new dish at home in the future!" ”

In the end, everyone agreed to go to the kitchen to learn two tricks.

In this era, cooking is basically done by stewing or boiling, which makes Xia Jing, who is used to stir-frying, unbearable, so she taught the cook a lot of cooking methods.

No, the chef who has learned a lot of new dishes has finally played a role this time.

The chef also wanted to show off her cooking skills in front of the guests, and the two sides reached a consensus, a group of people stood by to observe, and the cook stood in front of the stove to be busy.

There are not too many dishes that can be matched with green peppers and red peppers, stir-fried meat with green peppers and garlic sprouts, scrambled eggs with tiger skin and green peppers, stuffed meat with green peppers, etc., as for the red peppers, there are more dishes that can be matched, and the red and red colors are both beautiful and delicious.

The eggplant chef only made two dishes, one was an eggplant pot and the other was a garlic roasted eggplant.

The beans, pumpkin, cucumbers, and tomatoes in the back were all made two dishes by the chef.

Several cooks are as fierce as tigers, and it took them a lot of half an hour to make a meal.

All kinds of delicacies were served on the table, and a group of big men drooled.

This is a way of cooking that they have never seen before, and the same ingredients are also something they have never seen before.

"Ding shopkeeper, left steward, I want to order 2,000 catties of each of these vegetables, I will come over tomorrow to load the car, strive to return the day after tomorrow, return to Changsha County before the Chinese New Year, and make a wave of silver before the New Year!" Chen Yongtian ate and drank to his heart's content, and began to place orders with a wipe of his mouth.

These fresh out-of-season vegetables were shipped back before the Chinese New Year, so that the powerful and rich people in Changsha County could taste a wave of fresh dishes, and the price could be doubled.

"Okay, I'll ask the tenants to help pick vegetables tomorrow!" Zuo Jiuchuan happily wrote down the quantity.

What Chen Yongtian could think of, Yu Quan also thought of it, he saw that Chen Yongtian seized the opportunity as soon as he was not careful, and he was not to be outdone, "Steward Zuo, I will order 3,000 catties of each vegetable, and I will bring someone over to load the car tomorrow, and return with Team Leader Chen the day after tomorrow, everyone will take care of them along the way!" ”

"Okay, I'll arrange for some more tenants to help pick vegetables tomorrow." Zuo Jiuchuan smiled and couldn't see his teeth, he was worried about the sales of vegetables, but he didn't expect the customer to send it to the door!

Chen Yongtian turned his head to look at him unexpectedly, "Brother is luckier than me, my caravan vehicles have been loaded a lot, two thousand catties can barely fit it, and no matter how much it is, it can't be transported back." ”

Yu Quan said with a smile: "God favors, the materials shipped back this time are too small, and I didn't think about another village, which is really lucky!" ”

In the thirty-fifth year of Huiyuan, many major events occurred in the Yu Dynasty in this year.

Years of drought have caused the people to live poorly, the invasion of Beidi, the formation of rebels, the southward migration of the imperial court, and the funeral of Emperor Huiyuan.

Even if there are many disasters and difficulties this year, it will not affect the people to be busy for the New Year.

In the last two months of the year, everyone in Lingnan Xia Ji Grange is very busy.

Ding Daqiang used the connections he knew in Yanpu to pull a lot of caravans from the city to the Grange.

The leaders of these caravans, seeing the delicacy of out-of-season vegetables, boldly placed orders.

The caravan swelled, which caused the people of the Grange to be busy.

Picking, weighing, and loading of vegetables all need to be done by personnel.

The tenants of the Grange are busy and happy, and this is the first time in three years that they don't have to worry about the New Year.

The people are preparing for the New Year, and Xia Jing is also preparing for the New Year.

Years ago, the accounts of shops, granges, iron workshops, salt pans, cement factories, textile factories and breeding farms, all the industries were compiled on Xia Jing's desk.

Fortunately, the accounts have been settled, and only the general ledger of each industry is summarized.

The turnover is several million, which is really not a small amount, but fortunately, Xia Jing's computing ability is good, and it didn't delay her much time.

There are also New Year's gifts issued to employees everywhere at the end of the year, as well as red envelopes that need to be given for the New Year, these have Ye Fei to worry about her, she only needs to sign.

Looking at Ye Fei's handsome back as he went out with the ledger, Xia Jing asked Hongmei: "Do you think I put Ye Fei in the wrong place?" ”

is obviously a domineering president Fan, but she has become a little assistant!

Hongmei was burying her head in sorting out the account books, and after listening to her words, she was slightly stunned, "Where does the princess think he is suitable?" ”

Xia Jing propped her chin, tilted her head slightly to look at Hongmei, and her red lips lightly opened: "Just by virtue of his extraordinary skills, strong martial arts, and good ability to handle things, he can be qualified for the position of the head of the inner house!" ”

Hongmei: "." Princess, you dare to think!

Speaking of this, Xia Jing's eyes lit up: "You say, how about I let him be my chief executive?" ”

"Ahem!" Hongmei was so frightened that she coughed violently, and it took a while for her to calm down, "Princess, are you serious?" ”

Xia Jing nodded: "Ye Fei's ability is undoubted, plus he is bold and careful, staying by my side, I feel particularly secure."

The most important thing is his ability to do things, and he can do it very well and beautifully when I explain it. It saves me a lot of energy and time! ”

"But." Hongmei pondered the words in her heart, and whispered: "But the position of the head of the inner house, it's really not everyone who dares to use it!" ”

That is the palace has this position, if the princess also uses this position, she is afraid that she will be known by the people above in less than three days, and her life will be endangered!

Xia Jing glanced at her maid helplessly, "Won't your brain turn?" We can continue to use this position, but the external name can be changed, called manager. ”

Bai Mei walked in from outside and stepped forward to salute: "Princess, Anu is here." ”

"Something is wrong with him?" Xia Jing asked in surprise.

Bai Mei shook her head, "It's said that the prince wants to invite the princess over, do you want to let Anu come in and reply?" ”

Xia Jing bowed: "Let him come in and talk back!" ”

Anu Mu said with a face: "I have seen the princess, and the old slave came to invite the princess on the order of the prince." ”

"Do you know what he's looking for me for?"

"The old slave doesn't know very well, the prince has been reviewing this year's account books in the past two days."

When Xia Jing heard this, she raised her eyebrows in surprise, "What is he doing with me when he checks the accounts?" Could it be that the ledger is not clear? ”

Anu urged: "Please take a trip to the princess, the prince is still waiting for you." ”

Xia Jing stood up, stretched her limbs, and sighed, "Let's go, go over and take a look." ”

The study in the front yard of the palace.

As soon as Xia Jing walked in, she saw a mountain of ledgers, "Yo, your ledgers here can bury people!" ”

"Wechen has seen the princess!"

Mr. Zhang and Mr. Yan, who were sitting to check the accounts, stood up and saluted Xia Jing.

Xia Jing waved her hand, "No need to be polite, just sit down." ”

Saying that, Xia Jing found a place to sit down and looked at the ledger piled up in front of her, "What's going on with you?" Didn't ask Mr. Bookkeeper? ”

"Please." King Qian glanced up at her, "When I came to Lingnan, I took too big a step, and I was pulled for a while." ”

"These ledgers are the expenses of building roads and bridges, clearing seeds, repairing city walls, military salaries and rations, and the expenses of various government offices and yamen.

Xia Jing flipped through a ledger casually, "You have a lot of expenses and a lot of income, not to mention the rest, this year's autumn tax is several times that of previous years, plus the salt fields and mines, you don't want to be too rich!" ”

King Qian stroked his forehead, "Don't mention your income to this king, no matter how much your income is, anyway, this king will be dizzy when he sees the number consumed every day!" ”

Xia Jing listened to his words and couldn't cry or laugh, "So, why did you call me over?" Is it for me to come over, so that you can show off in front of me? ”

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