Chapter 325: What is the Cause?
Sure enough, it is a princess raised in the palace by golden branches and jade leaves, how can an ordinary housewife do something, it seems that this inspection to Zhuangzi is a formality, there is nothing moth.
Su Qingyan said: "I'll look at these accounts later, on the way I came just now, I saw the pleasant scenery on the roadside, if Director Huang doesn't take me around the grange, I can see how the tenants are working." ”
Huang Bin nodded: "Yes, if the princess wants to see it, the villain will accompany the princess to go shopping." ”
Sitting in the sedan chair again, the more she walked into the farmland, the hotter and hotter the temperature became, Su Qingyan held a cup of herbal tea in her hand, and she was still sitting in the sedan chair, those people who walked outside, as well as people working and in the farmland, were they not afraid of getting sick under the scorching sun.
"Princess, look, here are all confiscated officials and slaves, these people eat, drink, live and wear in the Zhuangzi, when Mi Tianzhuang was still the Huangzhuang, there were often official slaves sent here, the top said, since the rice Tianzhuang was rewarded to General Zhang, these official slaves will be private slaves in the Zhuangzi in the future."
Su Qingyan smiled: "Your Majesty is really right, and Director Huang has worked hard to manage such a big Zhuangzi." ”
"It's not hard, it's not hard, the villain has been in this Zhuangzi for more than ten years, and the days go by like this, I've long been used to it, and I'm familiar with the tenants in the mountain village, if the princess and the general have any orders, just tell the villain directly."
Tenants are commoners who have no land and no tools to work on, and they have to rent the landlord's land to work.
If you think about it, the people here are even more miserable than Chuanling Town, close to the capital, all the land is under the control of the dignitaries and nobles, unlike remote villages, the villagers at least have their own land. Walking through the work place of the official slaves, the figures that appeared behind were all tenants.
Su Qingyan couldn't help but admire: "Sure enough, it's Huangzhuang, it's different from the Zhuangzi in the small village of the town." ”
"Hehehe, the princess has won the prize."
The sedan chair stopped at the grass shed next to the farmland, Su Qingyan wanted to come down to rest for a while, the herbal tea in his hand was almost hot, Su Qingyan drank it all in one gulp, looked at the endless farmland, and said.
"I came here today with my own plans, the fields rented by the tenants, what to plant and what to plant, and the officials and slaves will come according to my requirements."
Huang Bin was stunned for a moment, and asked carefully: "What is the princess going to do?" ”
Su Qingyan said lightly: "I want to use the land over there to grow flowers and turn it into a flower garden." ”
"What?" Huang Bin was dumbfounded, it was the first time he had heard such a request, "This, this princess, all the fields in the rice field are planted with grain, and the tenants have planted a lot of corn on their side, and the grain is the most valuable. ”
"It's a pity to remove the grain and plant other things, but there is not only one Zhuangzi in the suburbs of the capital, but only the land used by officials and slaves to work, and now there is no war in the country, and it is not the time to use a lot of grain, so there is no need to feel distressed to remove this piece."
Huang Bin's eyes dodged, and after a while, he smiled and said: "The villain is afraid that the general and the princess will break the bank, not to mention that the flower seeds of better quality are expensive, this thing is very delicate, and it will be raised to death if you are not careful." ”
The maidservant next to her added herbal tea to Su Qingyan.
"This Director Huang doesn't have to worry, I have my own way to successfully plant flowers, these flowers will be of great use to me in the future, you just have to do what I do."
"Yes......" Huang Bin lowered his head, "I don't know what kind of flowers the princess wants to buy, so the villain can start asking someone to buy flowers and seeds." ”
Su Qingyan was not in a hurry: "Let me observe this for a while, and then I will make arrangements for it, and let people clean up the fields in the last two days." ”
In the past, when she used to make perfume in a flower shop, the people employed were all women, and the women were ingenious and careful, and it was not easy to make mistakes when blending, but this time in the capital, she also planned to use women.
"Director Huang, how many tenants are there in this mountain, if they are only women who can work?"
"It's estimated that there are nearly 100 people."
"That's great." Su Qingyan was secretly happy in her heart, as long as she taught these 100 people how to make perfume, she would be able to open up channels not only in the capital, but also in the surrounding cities.
After resting in the shed for a while, Su Qingyan returned to the original house, the most poisonous sun in the afternoon had gone down, and the room was no longer stuffy, but there was a faint coolness, which was very comfortable.
Su Qingyan began to check the account book sent by Huang Bin, at first she thought that Huang Bin had taken it wrong, the content recorded in the account book was vague and unclear, so some expenditure items were not even annotated.
There are also inconsistencies, the rent collected in the mountain month is a number, and it will change again next month, whether this is less or more, the reason is not clearly written, what does this call her!
Su Qingyan's favorability towards this Director Huang instantly decreased, did he take these things for himself?
"This guy, don't you think I can't read the ledger, fool me with these things, think you can pass the test?"
She looked through the basics again and again, and not only was the rent of the tenants vague, but even the records of the officials and slaves were not very good.
What can be used here is an official slave, shouldn't every account be recorded clearly, if something is used privately, it is found by the superiors, but it is a crime of killing the head.
"This group of people is really bold enough, in Huangzhuang, they dare to touch the things of the public, now Mitianzhuang is under the name of Zhangfu, they have ignored it for half a year, this group of people don't know how much silver they swallowed in Zhuangzi."
Dongzhu Yinzhu saw that the princess was angry, and came up.
"What's the matter, princess, this was fine just now, why did you suddenly get angry?"
"Of course I'm going to be angry!" Su Qingyan puffed out his cheeks and was indignant, "No wonder I said that I wanted to change the grain field into a flower garden, Huang Bin's face was so ugly, and it was not his money that moved, what did he feel sorry for!" Hmph, I didn't expect it to be his money. ”
As Huang Bin said, grain is the most valuable, after the grain harvest in Mi Tianzhuang, the managers of various places are responsible for picking and transporting, among which the person in charge of the account is naturally the supervisor.
Who the grain is sold to, how much money is sold, and how much money is distributed to the tenants below, these have to be handled by Huang Bin, whether the tenants can have a good winter, as long as Huang Bin says a word, if he is disgusting and moves his fingers, he can make nearly 100 families on the mountain feel bad.
Once it is confirmed that Huang Bin has a problem, all the stewards of this Zhuangzi will have to be replaced.
Su Qingyan called Dongzhu and began to plan for the next perfume production: "Dongzhu, you take this bottle of perfume, ask two guards to accompany you to the place where the tenants live in the back mountain, and tell the daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law there that the proprietors of Zhuangzi want to make such things, and there are tools and materials, as long as they are willing to learn and work for me, the wages will never disappoint, see how many of them are willing to do it." ”
"Yes." Dongzhu took the perfume and went out to run errands.
When Dongzhu came to the residential area of Houshan, it happened that the sun was about to set, and all the tenants who worked had just arrived at home, Dongzhu came in the name of Dongzhu and told everyone what Su Qingyan had ordered, and then took out the perfume to display.
"Yonetianzhuang has been rewarded by His Majesty to our General's Mansion, today the princess and Mrs. came to Zhuangzi to inspect, and at the same time want to recruit a group of people to make perfume, all the raw materials and tools Princess will be ready, and the production method will also be taught, as long as everyone is obedient and careful, there will be three taels of silver in a month."