I heard that Yang Fan was leaving again, and all his wives had to follow him to the capital.
During this period, Yang Fan was used to playing with them at home every day. As soon as the master said he wanted to leave, he couldn't bear to leave.
Yang Fan thought about it and said, "You can go, but you can't take the child with you. Let Aunt Mei and Sixiang take care of the child at home. Anyway, there is milk powder at home, and there are so many aunts who care about them, so it's probably okay. Let's go to the capital to stay. In a few days, I’ll be back when I’m done.”
Seeing that Yang Fan agreed, the wives happily packed their suitcases.
Yang Fan couldn't just deal with the mutiny. We must lead troops.
Therefore, just a few days after Zhang Geda came back, he had to immediately gather his family and prepare to go to the capital with his master.
On the school grounds of the new city, the Xinghe Regiment trained 7,200 cavalrymen from the Jia Ding Regiment and a battalion of 500 women's corps. After gathering, they set off from the new city under the protection of 3,000 temporarily requisitioned militia and baggage trains.
Matters in the new city are temporarily in charge of the administrative committee led by Song Yingsheng. Ask Yang Fan for instructions at any time on major matters, and they will decide on routine work themselves at meetings.
It is late autumn now, but the rivers south of the Great Wall will not freeze until December. Therefore, Ji Canal and North Canal are still navigable. Yang Fan decided to take the water route and take a boat to the capital for convenience.
To be honest, if conditions didn't allow it, Yang Fan would have wanted to take a boat during the Western Expedition.
After all, the conditions on the boat were so good that I didn’t suffer at all.
These ships were pulled by steam engines and small steamer tugs, and formed a line with ten tankers, passenger ships, and cargo ships. It can accommodate people, horses, vehicles, weapons and ammunition, and food and supplies.
Tens of thousands of people came to Beijing this time, so Huang Hao prepared more than thirty rows of tugboats.
In order to ensure the safety of his master and his family, Huang Hao sent three newly built shallow-water heavy gunboats to escort him.
This new generation of shallow water heavy gunships is equipped with a main gun at the front and rear. The semicircular protruding platforms on both sides of the ship's side are equipped with four three-barreled light Gatling cannons. Caliber 30. They are arranged on both sides behind the main gun.
On the top platform, six three-barreled 7.92 Gatling light machine guns are also installed. The firepower is quite powerful.
Yang Fan's ship is a river gunboat with its own power and armor. It is about 450 tons and is the largest of these ships. Equipped with two triple-expansion steam engines. There are gun emplacements at the bow and stern of the ship. There were machine guns on both sides.
The second floor in the middle of the cabin is a very well-decorated cabin. It's similar to a small yacht. Very comfortable stay. It’s just that people of this era tend to have ancient design concepts.
The decoration is all wooden floors, suitable for sitting cross-legged on the ground. Both the coffee table and the small table have short legs.
The windows are also designed to be low. When sitting, your arms can just rest on the window sill.
Xiao Niangpi, Lin Yueru, Mei Xiang and others like this design. There is a sense of relaxation and comfort at home. They like to lean on cushions, half-lying and looking out the window to watch the scenery.
Make a pot of good tea on the small kang table, place four plates of dried fruits and refreshments. Eating melon seeds and roasted chestnuts with sugar. Chatting beautifully.
If it weren't for the fact that I hate the noise of playing mahjong. It can also be played in eight circles.
But at this time, the weather was getting a little cold in the morning and evening, but it was fine at noon. You can also open the windows.
Yang Fan was wearing loose home underwear and robes, half-lying lazily, too lazy to move.
Look where the wives are arranging flowers. They used scissors to trim the flower branches, added various kinds of grass, and then inserted them into the bottles. Fidgeting with little hands.
Several people were chattering and discussing how to make the colors look good.
Yang Fan felt very comfortable. The wives are wearing cool clothes at home and in the bedroom. I have to say that ancient clothes, especially those worn in the boudoir, have a different kind of sex appeal.
Yang Fan was delighted to see it.
After finishing the flower arrangement, the little girl crawled over, lay on Yang Fan's chest, grabbed a strand of hair with her little hands, and played with Yang Fan's nose.
"Sneeze!" Yang Fan was tickled and sneezed, and glared at her. Too lazy to pay attention to her.
"Master, can you take out your Dahongpao and drink it? Okay." Xiao Niangpi shook it with her little hand
Holding Yang Fan's arm, he said coquettishly.
The six trees in Fujian were found by Yang Fan the year before last. I bought all the mountains and forests everywhere. Fifty households of slaves were moved there to look after the trees for him.
He is also responsible for picking and making tea. Yang Fan gave them all the relevant methods.
They also asked them to graft some and plant some new saplings around them. In a few years, these Dahongpao will breed into a large tea forest. At that time, tea like Dahongpao could be provided in large quantities.
But it's not possible now. Those six trees can't produce three kilograms of tea leaves in a year. Moreover, the six trees are not the same variety, and the taste is also different. Each can only pick half a catty of tea leaves.
Yang Fan is also very precious and usually puts them away.
The main reason is that wives are arty and harm things.
They can't judge the quality of many things. They just think this thing is good, cherished and rare. So use it. Yang Fan felt that all the good things had been spoiled.
In particular, Yang Fan had a piece of ink used by Su Dongpo. Yang Fan loved it very much, and there was also an inkstone used by Huang Tingjian.
Among stationery, the most precious thing is a pen washer.
Azure glazed porcelain contains agate in the glaze, which makes it green and lustrous. The glaze juice is fat, moist and bright, like a pile of fat.
It looks like jasper, the sound of the button is like sweet, and the texture is very good.
This thing is said to be "like jade but not jade, but better than jade". Its color is simple, elegant and natural, and it has the reputation of "the rain breaks the sky and the clouds break the virginity".
Yang Fan keeps these things locked because he is afraid that his wives will harm them.
Take it out and write arty poems and paintings.
Their work is simply appalling.
When Yang Fan was a child, he received a systematic education in calligraphy and painting from his grandfather. Although Yang Fan's second bedroom was in ruins. But my grandfather’s generation was taught in traditional private schools of the older generation.
Lin Yueru's calligraphy and painting are just mediocre, and even Yang Fan can't look down on them, let alone a real master.
Just for the sake of pretending to be a good person and a good husband. I have been practicing hard work since childhood. Not to mention the little girl, her calligraphy and painting can make Yang Fan awkwardly dig out three rooms and one living room on the ground with his toes.
However, the maids and ladies at home all gathered around to praise him. He brags about his wife as if she is a great talent. Every time Chen Xi was around, he suppressed his laughter. I have to say against my will that Madam already has the charm of Zhao Mengfu.
The inkstone lasts forever, and Yang Fan doesn't feel bad about it. She didn't need much use of that piece of Song Mo.
However, good things of this quality have already been used. How could we not take out Yang Fan's pet, the brush washer from Ru kiln?
If they accidentally broke it into pieces, Yang Fan would cry to death.
Except for the firewood kiln, which has not been handed down, there is no authentic product left in the world. Among the five official kilns, the most precious and rare is Ru porcelain.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, a minister presented Zhao Gou with a complete set of 64 pieces of Ru porcelain, which made the emperor extremely happy. It's rare to win consecutive titles. This shows how much you cherish your porcelain.
A piece of porcelain can't match your wealth, but even broken porcelain pieces can be framed and hung on the wall.
If Yang Fan has any good things, he will definitely not be able to hide them from these people on his pillow. He was tired of being with them every day. Their big Kazilan eyes were all watching.
"Sir, are you okay?" The little girl will not give up until she achieves her goal.
"Okay, okay, I'm defeated by you." Yang Fan knew that if he didn't agree, the matter would never end. He had no choice but to get up, take out the key ring from his waist, and find the key. Ask Xiangyi to bring his small tea box.
This small box is a lacquerware box from the Tang Dynasty. It looks like a Japanese style, but it is actually a Tang Dynasty style. Inside are three square buckets of tea. Yang Fan added a modern lock to the box. It's usually locked.
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru are both masters of unlocking, which is part of their business. However, it is still impossible to open a modern lock.
otherwise. Yang Fan was not at home, and they had already drank all the tea.
I heard that the master was making Dahongpao for everyone to drink. The wives cheered and ran to the small kang table. They sat down like ladies and waited while holding their own cups in their little hands.
"Don't use stainless steel cups to make this kind of tea. Use blue and white tureens instead.
Bar. Yang Fan said.
Yang Fan sighed inwardly, knowing that he couldn't keep this jar of tea. This kind of tea requires a large amount, and you only need to fill half of the tea container with tea leaves. Four people would drink a lot in one sitting.
Fortunately, it is durable and can be brewed seven or eight times.
Yang Fan used snowflake charcoal and an iron kettle to boil water, and used boiling water to wash the tea sets. Tea is then brewed using a modern conveyed tea set.
Yang Fan poured boiling water into the tea set, then quickly pressed the button, and the water rushed out. This is tea water, throw it away.
Then pour 100% boiling water into the pot, let it steep for 5 seconds, and then pour it into the teacup.
Yang Fan handed the four cups to Xiao Niangpi, Lin Yueru, and Mei Xiang in turn, and finally took one cup for himself. This order cannot be wrong. This is a big question of right and wrong. This is in the Ming Dynasty, and wives are very hierarchical.
A strong aroma rose and hung in the air.
The wives all held the tea bowls with their little hands, and first sniffed the aroma of the tea intoxicatedly with their small noses. Then he stuck out his little pink tongue and tasted it.
Great tea! The lively, sweet, clear and fragrant flavors ripple on the tip of the tongue in turn.
The little girl’s satisfied eyes are really good.
Yang Fan discovered that Xiao Niangpi has a strong taste. She likes to eat Sichuan food and drink oolong tea, and she also has a special liking for Pu'er tea. I also like to put chili oil in my meals.
Lin Yueru is mainly light and likes to drink green tea. Like to eat steamed fish.
The four of them sipped fragrant tea, chatted, and looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window.
At this time, it is the autumn harvest season again. The boat is walking in the river, and there are golden rice fields on both sides of the river. Farmers are busy harvesting.
The 500,000 acres of paddy fields here belong to the Yang family. But this is a flood zone.
At the end of this year, the reservoir will begin to fill with water. At present, the dams are basically completed. The reason why there is no water storage is because there is still a season of rice that has not been harvested.
"These people, sir, are all the victims we have resettled. They have been planting rice here for two years. We have not collected their land rent. However, this is also the last season of rice. Next year, this place will become a lake." Xiao Niangpi said.
Yang Fan looked at the bustling labor scene outside the window and felt a little emotional while sipping tea.
"Master, how to resettle these farmers? We can't let them leave. They don't have land. Although we have had a good harvest in the past two years and we have made some money from selling grain, it is not a long-term solution." Xiao Niangpi sympathized with these people and whispered. said.
"It's definitely not going to work here. The land between us and Jizhou was originally a planned inundation area. It was just a pity that it was abandoned, so we decided to let these disaster victims plant it temporarily. We don't charge land rent, but we do. How much of it belongs to themselves." Yang Fan looked at the smiling faces of the farmers and women, who were happy because of the bumper harvest.
There are many naked dolls running around and playing around. The big yellow dog at home is also catching voles everywhere.
For farmers, autumn is the happiest season.
But Yang Fan knew that although these people's faces were full of joy of harvest. But my heart is still heavy. They also know that after the autumn harvest in the dam, they will be given ten days to collect the autumn harvest, and then the water will be stored.
The temporary shack they built and the land they had lived on for two years were about to be submerged.
And they have to leave this stable home for two years and continue to wander.
They have developed a dependence and affection on this place in their hearts. How wonderful it is here, with the protection of the Yang family, no yamen to collect taxes, and no corvee to assign.
But next year, they will have to go through the wind and rain again.
The owner treated them well and gave them two crops of rice and one season of winter wheat for free in two years. Not even a grain of grain was paid for the field rent, but they were asked to pay back the money they had borrowed without interest to purchase farm tools, seeds, and fertilizers.
These seeds are incredibly productive. They had never seen such high-yielding seeds in their lives. They all secretly left seeds.
They don't know what to do in the future, and they are too embarrassed to ask for help from their employer.
I just don’t understand in my heart, half a million acres of good land. How could the owner be so willing to be flooded?
Woolen cloth.
Yang Fan said: "It takes time to store water in the reservoir. During this time, we continue to buy land downstream. Downstream to the estuary, there are too many wastelands and dry lands. No matter what kind of land we want, we also want saline-alkali land. I have something to absorb salt-alkali. Plants can eat up the salt and alkali within three years of planting. These people can go to the newly purchased land we bought."
The reason why Yang Fan built this dam was to develop the entire basin. Turn the wasteland and saline-alkali land here into rice fields. One season of rice and one season of winter wheat.
As early as the construction of the dam, land was purchased on a large scale downstream where reservoir water conservancy could be utilized.
The price Yang Fan gave was good, fully twice the market price. A lot of land has been bought. The remaining land belonged to the gentry and they were unwilling to sell it. Yang Fan didn't force it.
However, if it is not his own land, Yang Fan will not provide water.
His water is delivered through pipelines, so no one else can take advantage of it. Those landlords and rich people who think that land prices will rise sharply after the water supply is opened, just dream.
"That's fine. After all, these lands need people to develop them. They need to collect stones and remove salt and alkali. As long as they are willing to spend three years preparing the land, we will rent it to them." Xiao Niangpi nodded happily.
