There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 171 Shang Ming

"What's the matter with you bringing this one here?" Wu Youwei knew that Wantong would not bring anyone here, and his subordinates had only come here a few times, and Wantong usually brought himself. The attendants or housekeepers often come over, and the most frequent ones are the coachmen.

Always sending things back and forth.

"The emperor wants the Huangzhuang managed by Shang Ming to do an experiment. The things you gave should be used in the Huangzhuang after they are prepared. They are easy to use. After the autumn harvest this year, they will be promoted." Wan Dao said: "Shang Ming It is in charge of Huangzhuang, and I will fully cooperate with you.

In the past, when he greeted Shang Ming, he just told Shang Ming not to bully his neighbors. Now, Shang Ming was ordered by the emperor to cooperate with Wu Youwei in the experiment.

"Yes, the emperor said, what kind of experiment does the master want to do? The slaves and maidservants cooperate." When mentioning the emperor, Shang Ming changed his self-proclaimed name.

Wu Youwei got goosebumps all over his body when he heard his words: "You're welcome, that, you can just call yourself our family."

Calling himself a "slave maid", he was really scratched upon hearing that.

Shang Ming smiled gratefully.

Wu Youwei’s request is very simple. He can actually experiment with the Bordeaux solution. He planted grapes here, and built a long shelf on the outer wall on the east side. He wanted to enjoy the shade in summer. It should be about the same this year.

And other formula medicines need some time, so you can't take medicine without illness, right?

Shang Ming was a little disappointed, and then made a crazy proposal: "Why don't you catch some pests and put them on the crops?"

"No!" Wu Youwei immediately objected: "What if I can't control it, what should I do? There is such a large area in the middle of Beijing, under the feet of the emperor, is there a pest problem?"

This responsibility is too great, Shang Ming shut up.

Not to mention that he is an ordinary eunuch in charge of Huangzhuang, even the father-in-law of the factory supervisor, he can't bear such a big crime!

And this is something that will damage the reputation of the emperor, the emperor will not be the first to spare him.

Wantong glanced at Shang Ming, never expecting him to come up with such a bad idea.

Shang Ming was very disappointed when someone rejected his proposal and said it was not a good idea.

Because both Wu Youwei and Wantong objected, the idea had to be dropped, but Wu Youwei still told him: "When I find a suitable crop, I will have to trouble you."

Only then did Shang Ming regain his energy.

"At that time, I will trouble my father-in-law." Wu Youwei said, "Don't feel troublesome at that time.

"No, no." Shang Ming quickly said that he was willing to help.

At noon, Butler Lin Su specially arranged for Chef Fang to say: "There is a father-in-law here who cooks his specialty dishes."

Chef Fang's hands were trembling: "Then I'll make a dish for the imperial meal?"

Butler Lin Su quickly shook his head, what do you mean by cooking the dishes on the imperial meal in front of the royal servants?

Chef Fang probably thought of this, and immediately vetoed it himself: "Let's forget it?"

"Forget it, forget it, now that you're out of business, you can make something light and meaty." Butler Lin Su had no choice but to tell him so.

Light without losing the meaty taste? ?

Chef Fang thought for a long time, soaked all the dried mushrooms, and made a stir-fried mixed mushroom; then made the five-spice dried tofu into the shape of braised pork; boiled pork with garlic; and fried a garlic yolk egg .

Finally, I made a light ginseng chicken soup, which can be regarded as the only high-grade dish.

The staple food is white flour steamed buns, the kind that have bloomed.

Wu Youwei entertained Wantong and Shangming with such a table of meals. The people who came with Wantong and Shangming ate white sliced ​​meat dipped in garlic, stir-fried mixed mushrooms, and egg soup. The staple food was also white flour steamed buns.

He made it in a large pot, stir-fried it over high heat, it tastes good, and because he knows that martial arts practitioners like Wantong and the others like to eat meat, the plate of this white-cut meat is very big, and the pile of meat is also high.

Anyway, after seeing such a meal, Shang Ming smiled and said, "It's really good!"

Wu Youwei twitched the corner of his mouth: "Hehe! Take a seat, take a seat!"

The three of them ate and didn't drink. Wu Youwei was a jack of all trades, and chatted with Shang Ming as he used to deal with stubborn parents of students.

But he very well avoided the affairs in the palace, and also avoided some unspeakable rules of Huangzhuang, and started talking from farming.

This is also in line with his personality. He defines himself as a family of farming and studying.

Plow first, read later.

Talk about some interesting things about farming, for example, Wujia Village is a good chat material, especially the warm house in winter to grow vegetables.

This made Shang Ming even more interested, and even Wantong listened carefully.

Shang Ming also talked about some things about Huangzhuang, especially that Huangzhuang does not always have a good harvest every year, and sometimes the emperor has to subsidize some rice grains, otherwise the tenants of Huangzhuang will not be able to live.

Wu Youwei suggested that he could make some appropriate changes, such as following him and building a new house for the tenants to live in, and using the old house as a greenhouse.

At this time, green vegetables are too expensive!

There is no shortage of rich people in Beijing, and just this leek can be sold for ten copper coins!

Shang Ming has two pieces of money in his hand, which were all greedy when he was managing Huangzhuang in the past few years. Everyone knows it well, but he dare not be greedy too much, mainly because his status is not high and he doesn't have the guts.

Therefore, his personal savings are not very large, and he certainly cannot compare with Wu Youwei.

Wu Youwei suggested that he could build new houses for the tenants first, and then calculate the cost of the new houses. When the tenants made money, he could draw [-]% of the house payment until the tenants paid back the house payment.

In this way, the tenants can live in a new house and earn money, the best of both worlds!

After paying off the house payment in the future, the tenants can still have some savings... that would be even more beautiful.

Obviously, Shang Ming was very interested in this, Wantong looked at Wu Youwei again, his eyes were very dark.

Wu Youwei felt that the ancient people were actually very easy to accept new things, like this father-in-law Shang Ming, it is very good.

After dinner, Wantong took Shang Ming away, meaning to go back and make arrangements.

As for what to arrange?

Wu Youwei didn't know, and he didn't inquire about it. The identities of these two people were unusual. If they inquired too much, they might be suspected of spying on the imperial city.

After the two left, housekeeper Lin Su came again, brought Wu Da and Wu Er, and talked to Wu Youwei about spring plowing, and what to plant on the wasteland that was reclaimed?The peanuts planted last year will be changed this year.

"Grow garlic!" Wu Youwei said, "Disinfect."

He remembered that when his parents were farming in their hometown, they said that old people used to farm without pesticides, and if they could not bear the boredom, they would grow garlic. Garlic is overbearing!

Moreover, crops that bear fruit underground have the function of loosening the land, so in general, the first crops of open-up fields are planted with crops such as peanuts or garlic.

Garlic is planted in spring and harvested in summer, and it can be replanted with cabbage or radish

"Disinfection...?" Butler Lin Su didn't understand.

"Do as I tell you!" Wu Youwei said, "Besides, if you grow a lot of garlic, you can consume it. Don't forget, in winter, yellow garlic is the most expensive and the best!"

Every family can grow some garlic seedlings, but garlic yellow is different. This is a good thing that Wu Youwei specially taught the people in Wujia Village to grow.

So far, no one can guess how this "garlic yellow" is grown....

hey hey....

Wu Youwei is a person from later generations, and he is an old fritter who has taught countless students in private schools. Of course he knows how to make money!

And he didn't think about monopolizing it, in these years, it doesn't matter if no one has money, monopolizing it is courting death, and joining forces with Huangzhuang is different, who dares to trouble Huangzhuang!

The other fields grow wheat, and those near Moling Lake grow rice. Although the harvest is small, Wu Youwei likes to eat rice. As for rice, he doesn’t sell a single grain, and he has to go outside to buy it and eat it...

"I also want to plant something else..." Butler Lin Su nagged, when he came last year, it was too late, and all the things that needed to be planted had been planted. This year is different. Butler Lin Su suggested that all kinds of miscellaneous grains They also need to plant some. There are many blank spaces around the front, back, left, and right sides of each new house, which Wu Youwei left for them to grow vegetables.

But this year, don't use the vegetable garden to grow cabbage and radishes. They can be planted in the field after the garlic is harvested, and the yield will definitely be large.

Wu Da and Wu Er pointed to another piece of newly developed wasteland at the foot of the mountain, and proposed to plant some miscellaneous grains. This piece of wasteland had already extended to a part of the mountain.

Wu Youwei readily agreed, and allocated money to housekeeper Lin Su, asking him to buy some good seeds and the like, and the farm tools also needed to be repaired.

The carpentry shop is busy.

Another thing is to contact the workers to see if those who can come back to work continue to work. His construction site has to be opened to build a house....

On the first month of spring, Yimao, enjoy the Taimiao.

Ji Wei, a great sacrifice to heaven and earth in the southern suburbs.

In Jiazi, Zhao Fu, the commander-in-chief, was the general who conquered the barbarians and served as the general officer. Han Yongzan, the censor of the capital, was in charge of military affairs, and he wanted to discuss Guangxi's rebellion against Yao.

Last year, rebellion against Yao started, but the imperial court needed to dispatch troops, because of the urgency of the war, they sent troops out before the first lunar month.

In February Wuzi, offering sacrifices to Sheji.

During this period, Shang Ming also came several times and got along very well with Wu Youwei. Wu Youwei was also very interested in this famous eunuch in history. Kan from South China Sea and North from South China Sea, Kan's two people are more sympathetic to each other.

Shang Ming felt that Wu Youwei was a good person, no wonder Wantong valued him so much, the emperor also left his name there, the most important thing was that Wu Youwei had no airs!

Never underestimate a eunuch like him.

Even the little eunuchs who served him had a good time with Xiaoxiao. Every time he came to leave a meal, Wu Youwei asked them to make them boiled mutton, braised pork, and all kinds of meat. I think they are too young to drink alcohol.

Shang Ming never cared about this.

Xiao Xiao got on well with them, and even stuffed them with beef jerky, not much, just a small bag per person, but these little eunuchs usually couldn't eat this stuff.

In March, Jiawu, plowing the fields.

Wu Youwei didn't know why Wantong brought Shang Ming, who was next door, to his place so early until he plowed the fields.

In addition to official business, there is this reason!

The meaning of Yitian is the fields that the ancient emperors and princes expropriated the people's power to cultivate.

There is Huangzhuang nearby, so of course the people's power will be expropriated on the spot. Of course, Wu Youwei is exempted because of his fame, but it is different for others, especially in the nearby villages. Under Wu Youwei's name, the second sister-in-law's family has no adult males and is exempt from the tax.

But other people can't do it.

In this era of imperial power, it is too simple for the emperor's Zhuangzi to use some people's power to farm. Although the tenants of Huangzhuang also work in the fields, they are more concerned with taking care of the fields rather than rushing to farm at the beginning. Break up all the rubbish in the field, level it, and cultivate it with a plow.

Naturally, let the requisitioned people do the pre-work for them, and wait for them to go to the fields to sow, weed and harvest.

And this job is the most tiring job.

I don't know what Shang Ming thinks, or Wantong is helping to operate it. There are also people from the Wu Mansion in the capital who come to work in Shang Ming's Huangzhuang. The one who was recruited was Wu Ying.

Wu Youwei didn't know this at the beginning, but one day, when he went to see people from Wujia Village going to the fields to fertilize the fields, he happened to see a group of people walking past him.

Wu Ying was wearing a half-new short dress and carrying a hoe. He originally walked in the line with a wooden face, but when he saw Wu Youwei who was also passing by in front, he immediately lowered his head. head.

He didn't want Wu Youwei to see himself like this!

Too much self-esteem, and too sad.

Wu Youwei didn't see him either.