dhibooks Chapter 190 An Ideal Eunuch
Chapter 190 An Ideal Eunuch
Seeing the fireworks blooming all over the sky, Wu Youwei breathed a sigh of relief. He has been here for five years.
After this year, he will be 20 years old.
After watching the fireworks, I also greeted him to have a New Year's Eve dinner.
This year's year is better than last year, and there are many more people.
There are already four tables in the main room, instead of the original one table, and there is no room for one table.
Wu Youwei's place here is the housekeeper and the eight nurses in the first grade of junior high school, with ten people at a table.
The chef and the others sat at another table, and then the female relatives, separated by two screens, sat on the other side.
Same as last year, Wu Youwei toasted three glasses of wine, the fourth to everyone, and after the fifth, they all congratulated the master for passing the test.
Wu Youwei smiled on his face, but hummed in his heart: I don't know if I can hit it!
The New Year's Eve dinner is richer than last year, and there are even fresh strawberries to eat.
Chinese New Year is full of excitement, all kinds of excitement, visiting relatives, and giving gifts. Wu Youwei sent his second sister-in-law back to her natal family in the second year of junior high, and gave her a lot of valuable gifts.
Little Wu Qiong has become more sensible, thanked her uncle for the generous gift, and took her mother and sister to her grandfather's house in Tongzhou.
And Wu Youwei counted his own gifts at home, and then went out to socialize and socialize. Liu Xuan and the others hardly have any rest days when they are at work, but they can still take three days off during the New Year. This is the last day of rest. On that day, they got together and had a very grand table in Taibailou.
Li Dongyang, Liu Xuan, and Liu Daxia, who had passed the imperial examination, taught the other four people a lot of experience in the imperial examination, and the four listened very carefully.
The excitement of Chinese New Year lasted until the twentieth day of the first lunar month. Wu Youwei's strawberries had a great influence in Beijing. Many people ate one and a half strawberries when they entered the palace to celebrate the New Year. The taste was very good.
Especially strawberries can be eaten directly without spitting out seeds!
Then, Shang Ming came to the door.
During the Chinese New Year, Shang Ming gave Wu Youwei a lot of generous gifts. All he could use to give gifts were made inside, especially when he thoughtfully gave Wu Youwei two sets of clean hair.
Wu Youwei gave it to his second sister-in-law Wu Mengshi after changing hands. This time Wu Mengshi wore it when she returned to her natal home. She looked low-key and gorgeous, with a particularly long face.
In particular, there is a box of silver ingots and a box of gold ingots, which are nicknamed: New Year's money!
In fact, it was to repay Wu Youwei in a disguised form, because Wu Youwei and Shang Ming had registered in front of the emperor and had a name.
Even Xiao Zhuzi has a place in front of Shang Ming.
But at this moment, Shang Ming's nose is not the nose and the face is not the face. Crusading Wu Youwei: "It's not that our family is talking about you, you have good things, you can't cover them up, cover them up and hide them, our family is not a scourge... ...
Wu Youwei's begging for mercy didn't work, and he was nagged for half an hour before he had a chance to cry out: "I didn't think about it, I'll plant some first, to gain some experience, and this thing is to be eaten Things, you can't just let you plant them casually, and you have to pay tribute to the palace, that's a big deal!
When he said that, Shang Ming felt much more comfortable.
In fact, Shang Ming is afraid. He is afraid that others will also befriend Wu Maid and get the credit that should belong to him.
Everyone in Wu Ju is kind and has a strong backing. Anyone who comes to him can get a piece of the pie, so Shang Ming never puts on airs at Wu Youwei's place, and even gives generous annual gifts.
The purpose is to make friends with him, and Wu Youwei is indeed good to him.
It is rare that there is a literati who does not "see him differently": scholar, of course he must maintain the relationship with others well.
So even though he was shocked, after he came, he only cared about himself and let out a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he asked Wu Juren to raise the white flag to him. Wu Youwei was afraid that he would give him another hour of Tang monk chanting scriptures, so he explained as quickly as possible: "This thing is an overseas product from Fanbang. I am not Think about it, if you plant the same thing first, if it is ripe, you should try the same thing first!"
Although the ancients did not lack the spirit of innovation, the entrance was an exception, because the more colorful the mushroom, the more poisonous it was, and the more colorful the snake, the more poisonous it was. In view of this, of course, he dared not to import such a red thing. Tell anyone casually that this thing can be eaten.
I can only eat it by myself, and then let people cry and beg to eat it!
For example, Shang Ming now, if he lets Shang Ming grow strawberries alone, he will definitely... dare not pay tribute, afraid of taking responsibility!
The strawberries are bright red and have small spots... the big ones can grow like this all day long, which makes people worry about it.
"You're right." Finally, he made sense of Shang Ming.
But then Wu Youwei told him about the strawberry planting plan!
"We don't have this kind of seeds, so we can only eat a little bit, but after the spring, we will open all the greenhouses and plant them in the greenhouses. This thing will be able to produce seeds in April, and we will plant two crops in summer. Son, the seeds are enough anyway, we will build two more rows of greenhouses and plant strawberries alone..." Wu Youwei said to him.
Shang Ming's ambition is even bigger. He plans to build ten rows of greenhouses, all of which will grow strawberries!
"What about the vegetables?" Wu Youwei was afraid that he would stop growing vegetables.
"Our family made money last winter, and our tenants also made a lot of money. They have relatives and friends nearby. Let them all build greenhouses and grow vegetables. Anyway, their own houses need to burn fires for heating, and they burn fires every day. When the time comes, let the flue go through the warmth next to it..." Shang Ming has his own plan, it is not good for him to live in Huangzhuang, but it is true that the people living next to Huangzhuang can live well good.
Wu Youwei did not expect that he still had such a great ideal: Shang Ming is an eunuch with ideals.
"That's a great idea!" Wu Youwei said: "The other people living near Huangzhuang are living a good life, at least they don't think there is any advantage in being next to Huangzhuang. If you can do it, take them with you." Let’s make a fortune together, who will be afraid when mentioning Huangzhuang in the future? I’m afraid that Huangzhuang will be opened on their own land!”
In the Ming Dynasty, there was Huangzhuang, which was the private property of the emperor.
In addition to the emperor's Zhuangtian, the Huangzhuang in the Ming Dynasty also had the empress dowager and the crown prince's Zhuangtian.
These are the royal manors, the fields, the things produced and the money collected, which are exclusively for the use of the masters in the palace.
The emperor's Zhuangtian is the "self-management" land that the emperor appointed eunuchs to manage.
The income of Huangzhuangzili or Huangzhuangziniu silver is directly controlled by the Guanzhuang eunuch, and is at the disposal of the court itself.
There are many sources of land in Huangzhuang.Among them, there are mainly the Muma grass factory land that was originally the official land of the state, the farmland that was recaptured by nobles and relatives, the private land that was occupied, part of the official and private land donated to the eunuchs of Guanzhuang by "traitors", and the land that was not returned to the palace of the vassal.
There is no complete record of the amount of land occupied by Huangzhuang, because the data has been changing.
The distribution of Huangzhuang is mainly concentrated in the eight prefectures such as Shuntian in Beizhili.
Especially in Shuntian, Baoding, Hejian and other prefectures.
In the land of the capital, there are five Huangzhuang, with a total area of more than [-] hectares.
This data is absolutely true!
Anyway, the land in the outskirts of Beijing is expensive, basically the emperor's family takes up half of it, and the rest of the Xungui's family takes up a quarter, and a quarter is in the hands of ordinary people... It can't be regarded as ordinary Common people, it may be someone's concubine's natal family, which cheap brother-in-law's mother's family, etc.
Then a quarter is liquid and can be bought and sold, which is also a high price!
Just like the [-] acres of land he prepared for Wu Xinyue, they were separated, one was ten acres, the other was ten acres, not next to each other.
Generally, Huangzhuang is managed by eunuchs. They are the royal family slaves, the number one domestic slaves in the world, so there are some domineering ones, but he is domineering and domineering, and the neighbors next to him are unlucky.
Otherwise, Wantong would not have greeted Shang Ming specifically at the beginning, telling him not to do anything to the neighbor next door.
According to later reports, Wantong wanted to find Xu Niang at that time, and asked Xu Niang to send him to a Huangzhuang, because Huangzhuang has a nursing home, which is equivalent to a royal nursing home, and each of them can be equipped with a knife. It's just that at that time he didn't know that Huangzhuang was next to Moling Mountain Villa, but he turned to Moling Mountain Villa and made a mistake in the Zhuangzi. He didn't find Xu Niang but met Wu Youwei in the rain.
It is absolutely unlucky to be next to Huangzhuang, not to mention helping to work for free, there is some trouble, it is very scary, I am afraid that the only land that survives will be annexed by Huangzhuang.
Being a tenant, even a royal tenant, is not as good as a freeman!
So for Huangzhuang, the people fear more than respect, hate more than love.
It would be great if Shang Ming could change people's impression of Huangzhuang!
When the time comes, the people will praise it, so the emperor is still not happy?
As soon as Wu Youwei thought of this, he encouraged him: "I have another suggestion, listen to it!
He suggested that when the soil is dug in the spring, instead of plowing the fields, the people will be directly hired to work and paid wages. Although it is not much, for those who have no livelihood and no land, working to earn money to support themselves , not bad!
In this way, for a small amount of money, those people who have been expropriated can be exempted from being expropriated, and they can have money to get them, saving them from complaining about this and that.
The emperor's reputation can also be much better.
This made Shang Ming's eyes light up: "It's not that I didn't know that our Zhuangzi had a bad reputation before, but our family can't help it. Now after hearing your words, I think it makes sense."
He plans to go back and make changes little by little. When he pays the account this year, because he has generated income, he earns the most among the five imperial estates, and his tenants live the best. The workers in the factory even showed off their good life in Huangzhuang to outsiders.
It made Dongchang's father-in-law treat him kindly.
He didn't dare to change it all at once because he was afraid that the action would be too big. The other four eunuchs in charge of Huangzhuang were staring at him.
So Shang Ming went back in a trembling spirit.
Wantong came within two days: "What did you tell Shang Ming? That guy has been particularly good at jumping recently. He has been tossing around Huangzhuang all day and has sent a lot of news to the emperor.
"It's nothing. He likes strawberries. We two want to grow more strawberries together. After saving the seeds, we plan to grow strawberries and sell them in winter." Wu Youwei can't say that he encouraged Shang Ming to carry out reforms, but he can only point out Talking about strawberries.
Wantong didn't continue to ask, but instead asked him: "Do you have any more strawberries?"
"Yes!" Wu Youwei didn't grow any vegetables this year. Except for watermelons and cantaloupe, he only planted strawberries. Anyway, people in Wu's Village can buy vegetables.
Moreover, as long as the strawberry grows and is not short of nutrients, it will soon mature when it blooms and bear fruit. He has not lost strawberries in this first month.
"Give me some more!" Wan Tongdao: "The strawberries in the palace are also taken care of, but they are all eaten, and the rest are not yet ripe, you pick some ripe ones for me and I will take them back! "
"Is it for the empress in the palace?" Wu Youwei asked as he walked out.
"Well, I will send it back today. Actually, the princess wants to eat it, but there is no such thing in the palace." Besides, they dare not pick strawberries for the princess if they are not ripe. What if the underripe strawberries are poisonous?
That's why Wan Zhen'er sent someone to spread the word, and Wantong also wanted Wu Youwei, so he led his people and rushed here.
It was the first time for Wantong to enter the strawberry shed. He saw a room full of wooden boxes, with strawberries hanging down one by one, the red ones were particularly conspicuous.
Wu Youwei picked a big one and handed it directly to Wantong: "Eat one!"
Wantong ate the ground fruit on his hand in one bite, and thought it tasted really good, no wonder those people like to eat it.
Wu Youwei picked strawberries in the front, and Wantong followed behind with a basket to collect strawberries, chatting while working: "I said, have you done that?"
"It's in progress, don't worry." He has already found someone to start the operation.