Next, we went to see a pig farm, which was also an individual farmer, but it was a few miles away from the chicken farm.
I thought it would be very dirty, but instead I saw that the pig house with blue brick floor looked cleaner than the wooden brick house where the tenants lived in the front.
Brother Fourteen saw him and Digu said, "Did you get the news and sort it out in the morning?"
Shu Shu nodded and said: "That's right, but you should also sweep it up on weekdays, because this excrement can be sold to the vegetable garden. Although a basket only costs a few cents, it is still a living wage..."
The fourteenth elder brother was puzzled: "But didn't this pig belong to Zhuangzi? Even if it has excrement, it is still public property, so why do we need to pay another share?"
Shu Shu said: "Livestock breeding is most afraid of being dirty. It is easy to get sick if it is dirty. However, it takes manpower to clean up the whole day, and there are not so many people to urge the cleaning. This saves trouble. The person in charge can just go around every ten days and take a look. Yes, they took the initiative to clean it up themselves."
The fourteenth elder brother calculated in his mind and said: "But Sister-in-law Ninth, this way, your village has spent a lot of money. Isn't the cost high? Why bother with this? Just ask someone to buy it outside. That’s it…”
Shu Shu didn't want to talk about being a preachy sister-in-law, so she smiled and said: "What I was thinking at the time was that I could have a safe life in my village, but as the number increased, the rules became more cumbersome to prevent the plague."
So chicken farmers are one mile apart, and pig farmers are even further apart, about two miles apart.
There are more than twenty tenants in Zhuangzi, all scattered.
The Fourteenth Brother lost interest after looking at two places and said: "Then let's go up the mountain. There are no big things. We can also hunt pheasants and turtle doves..."
Shu Shu looked at the sky. Everyone got in the car and drove around for half an hour. Brother Thirteen and Brother Fourteen were fine, while Jiu Gege and Shi Fujin had some sweat on their foreheads.
"Drink tea first, eat a few mouthfuls of cakes and then go up the mountain..."
Xiaotang and Walnut came over early to clean up the Xing family's house next to Zhuangzi.
When Xing Quan and his wife were away, the main room was empty, so it was swept out to serve as a resting place for everyone.
The tea has been boiled, and several kinds of cakes are also served, including mung bean cake, small twists, beef jerky and milk cakes.
Everyone had some cakes and two cups of tea before getting ready to go up the mountain.
The top of this hill is short, so climbing is not very tiring, and there is no problem in climbing up the nine grids.
Shu Shu told Xiaotang: "We'll see how the seizure goes in a while. If it's mediocre, come down and eat."
Xiaotang thought about the number of people and said: "Then let's kill six chickens, as well as the Black Guards and the Spring Guards..."
Before he finished speaking, there were footsteps outside. It was Chun Lin coming.
He left a little hastily and said: "Fu Jin, master asked me to tell you that a noble person has arrived. I don't want to disturb anyone..."
As he spoke, he pointed upward.
Before Shi Fujin and Jiu Gege realized what they were doing, Brother Fourteen had already pulled Brother Thirteen and ran out.
Shu Shu looked at the backs of the two people and knew the reason.
Is this because my young son is worried about traveling?
The kindness of an old father? !
Shifu Jin said: "Why are they running away? Noble? Sister-in-law Jiu's Zhuangzi is next to the Zhuangzi of Prince Kang's Palace. Is someone from the Prince's Palace here?"
Jiu Gege looked at Shu Shu with a bit of disbelief and said, "Could it be..."
Shu Shu nodded, looked at Shi Fujin and said, "Let's go and greet them too. It's probably because the elders are worried about these two elder brothers..."
At this time, Kangxi and Concubine Yi were looking at a tenant's pig farm.
When he saw the blue bricks on the ground, he paid attention several times.
Although Yifei was born in a wealthy family, she grew up in an official family. This was the first time she saw a pig pen, and she said with surprise: "It looks weird, it's clean..."
Kangxi looked towards Montenegro.
Heishan is taciturn, but his iron tower-like stature also attracts attention. He is a head taller than ordinary people.
Heishan had just walked around with his guards behind Shu Shu, and heard Shu Shu's explanation, but he never liked to talk, so he looked at Xing Hai next to him.
Xing Hai was a little cautious and learned what Shu Shu had just said.
Kangxi nodded after hearing this, and the money and silk moved people's hearts.
It is also pig manure. If people are forced to clean it every day, they will inevitably slack off; but if it is exchanged for copper plates, the common people will really want to clean it up cleanly.
Concubine Yi said with a smile: "This kid loves to be clean and doesn't want to see the dirty things around him. He's right and wrong. It sounds really good."
Kangxi looked at Xing Hai again and said: "How many livestock farmers are there in total? What kind of feed do they feed?"
"There are five families in total. They order rice bran from the mill in Haidian Town and distribute it every ten days. They also allocate vegetable plots to the tenants, mixed with radish and cabbage..."
Xing Hai said honestly.
When he heard that no grain was fed to the pigs, Kangxi looked better and said, "All the tenants are raising pigs and chickens? Then who is farming?"
As far as he knew, there were thousands of acres of land under Zhuangzi here.
Xing Hai said in a muffled voice: "The young men are working on the farm, and there are five oxen from the public school that can be used in turn, and the old and young women and children are taking care of the chicken coop and pig pen..."
Kangxi nodded and wanted to ask someone else. Brother Fourteen and Brother Thirteen came trotting over.
Brother Fourteen smiled happily and ran up to him. When he saw Kangxi and Concubine Yi dressed up, and there were only guards in regular clothes around them, he rolled his eyes and said: "Ama..."
Kangxi glanced at him and nodded slightly.
The fourteenth elder brother had already turned to Concubine Yi, took her arm and said, "Eniang!"
It turned out that he thought of the "incognito private interview" mentioned in the storybook and thought it was very interesting, so he changed the title.
Yi Fei smiled and nodded in agreement.
The fourteenth elder brother said: "You are dressed up so energetically today, you look like a sister!"
Yi Fei was overjoyed and said: "My brother has drank honey water, his mouth is so sweet!"
The fourteenth elder brother shook his head and said: "My son is sincere. Say whatever you want!"
Brother Thirteen didn't know what to call him when he was making such a fuss.
At this time, Shu Shu, Shi Fujin and Jiu Gege also arrived.
Before they could greet them, Brother Fourteen said: "Sister-in-law Ninth, Sister-in-law Ten, Sister Ninth, Amma and E Niang are here!"
Shu Shu, Shi Fu Jin, Jiu Ge Ge: "..."
Is there anyone else at the moment?
Except for one tenant from Xinghai and Zhuangzi, they are all their own people.
What kind of drama is this?
The fourteenth elder brother was addicted to the performance, and urged: "Hurry up and call someone?"
Kangxi glared at him, because he was young, chattering and had no rules.
It has nothing to do with elegance. Everyone thinks that he is the youngest and is willing to let him go. But like the third elder brother did yesterday, they are just enmity.
"Ama, my mother-in-law..."
Seeing that Kangxi didn't say anything, Shu Shu called someone like this.
Shifujin also followed suit.
She also found it fun.
Although she had never read the storybook and did not know what a "private visit" was, seeing that the emperor did not display a guard of honor, she thought he did not want others to know his identity.
Both sisters-in-law called, and Jiu Gege had no choice but to bite the bullet and call for someone.
Seeing that she was uncomfortable, Yi Fei smiled and held her hand, saying: "I was holding it back. I heard that you guys were coming out today and wanted to come out for some air, so I begged you, Ama, to take me out to join in the fun. Originally, We plan not to look for you first, but we will go around in private, but we want this black guard to catch him, so we can only disturb you now..."
Jiu Gege shook his head and said: "No worries, I don't have any plans at all. I just came here to see what I know. When I get Zhuangzi, I will ask them to learn from Sister Jiu..."
The Fourteenth Brother saw Kangxi looking at Black Mountain and said: "This is the Black Guard in the Ninth Brother's house. He can draw the Fourteenth Bow. The Ninth Sister and Brother Fusong all learned their bows and arrows from the Black Guard... "
Kangxi had never seen this person, but Brother Jiu had reported to the emperor whether he wanted people or recommended guards.
In addition, this person also escorted the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother and his wife south.
He also asked people to check and found out that this person had obtained merit cards during the Battle of Yaksa in 24 years and the Battle of Ulan Butong in 29 years.
According to the Eight Banners' rules for discussing merit, this person would have been able to open an account and discuss the matter a long time ago.
As a result, because his wife died during childbirth, and his only daughter was working as a companion to the Dong E family, there was no discussion of household divisions, and she only served as the head of the nursing home in Dutong Mansion.
It wasn't until Brother Nine opened his house that he opened an account.
It's a pity that Kangxi brought him six and a half feet tall and a fourteen-strength bow. Such stature and qualifications are rare in the army.
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Unfortunately, he had no heirs, only one daughter.
Now that he saw the emperor's concubine, he couldn't continue talking in front of the pig pen, so Shu Shu invited the two of them to serve tea at Xing's house.
Passing the vegetable garden on the road, everyone stopped to take a look.
Most of the vegetable garden consists of radishes and cabbages, and a small part consists of various seasonal vegetables.
It's mid-May, and there are some edible vegetables in the vegetable field, including cabbage, radish, leeks, spinach, etc. The climbing cucumbers and beans are also in bloom, but there aren't many that can be eaten.
Kangxi looked at the cabbages and radishes covering dozens of acres of land, looked at Shu Shu and said, "Why do people grow so much?"
Shu Shu said: "We have gradually stopped purchasing vegetables from outside, and plan to supply them directly at Zhuangzi..."
Brother Fourteen said: "You won't have to pay me more, right?"
Shu Shu nodded and said: "Give it, and it will go into Zhuangzi's public account..."
Brother Fourteen said: "It's too troublesome to do it with the left hand and the right hand."
Shu Shu smiled and did not explain.
This is not only true for vegetables, but also for eggs and pork. They all have to be reckoned with.
The clearer the accounts, the harder it will be to manipulate them.
There is also the issue of private property versus public property.
Her dowry is her private property.
The prince's palace is operating normally and its income and expenditure are healthy. There is no reason to use her dowry to supplement the prince's income.
Likewise, she will not take the proceeds from the public property of the Prince's Mansion into her own inner treasury.
The inside and outside are very distinct.
Shu Shu couldn't tell his Fourteenth Brother these words, but he reminded Jiu Gege: "As the Gege descends, it's better to make the account books below clearer. If they are unclear, they will be easily confused. It’s clear, there are traces of any changes…”
Jiu Gege knew that these were all good words, so she nodded and said, "Thank you, Sister-in-law Jiu..."
The fourteenth elder brother felt strange and whispered in front of Kangxi: "Amma, in that case, my son will not be able to get the glory if he marries Fujin, who has a rich dowry? Otherwise, instead of choosing a dowry, he will choose a longer one." Be well!"
Kangxi looked at Brother Fourteen and scolded in a low voice: "How else do you want to take advantage of it?"
Brother, a dignified prince, actually has to choose whether the dowry is generous or not when marrying Fujin, and he also wants to eat "soft rice"?
The fourteenth elder brother said "hehe" twice: "My son misunderstood before and thought that the eggs in Ninth Sister's place belong to Ninth Brother. However, Ninth Brother still has to pay the bill, so it is not considered a 'soft rice'..." "
