Fang Heng didn't come forward until Zhu Zhi left with his disciples.
He just wore a bamboo hat and stared coldly at the two people in the corner, as if he could see Feng Jing's proud uncle and aunt through them.
"Sooner or later."
Whether it's the Fang family or Zhu Zhi, this account will always have to be settled.
At the gate of Xieyang County, on the occasion of farewell.
The governor of Anshui County told several children, "There will be a new magistrate in Xieyang County in a few days. I can't guarantee that he will love the people like his own son, but if something is wrong, just come to the capital to complain."
Jiang Sheng stretched out his head and said, "Master Sheriff, are you still going to hit fifty boards this time?"
The Anshui County Sheriff couldn't help but laugh, "No fight, the scholar is complaining, no fight."
Magistrate Pang was even more excited when he saw him off. This sincere-hearted old magistrate always remembered Zheng Ruqian's words, and would hit him twice if nothing happened, "You must have the world in mind, and you must not harm others without benefiting yourself."
Zheng Ruqian was a poor talker, but he obviously agreed. When Magistrate Pang got on the carriage, he added, "It is better to benefit oneself at the expense of others."
Magistrate Pang was so angry that he almost jumped out of the speeding carriage and beat him.
Finally, everything returned to tranquility.
The six brothers and sisters stood on a hillside outside Xieyang County, looking at the colorful clouds on the horizon, and suddenly realized that it was already summer.
If they were still a bunch of embarrassed children last year, now they have experienced one wave of difficulties and have begun to show their adult appearance.
Xu Mo has a graceful appearance, a full-body robe, and an elegant demeanor, as if he had stepped out of a painting.
Zheng Ruqian is tall and strong, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a square mouth and a broad nose. His face is a mixture of integrity and shrewdness, but it is not inconsistent.
Fang Heng's brows were firm and his lips pursed slightly. The fear of darkness and the other party's family were shattered in one incident after another.
Wen Zhiyun had a smile on his face. Dealing with Zhu Zhi made him realize the power of drugs. He used to be timid because of his thin body, but now he seems to have found a way to be powerful.
Chang Yan said nothing, put his right hand on his left hand and clasped his fingers gently, his dark pupils seemed to penetrate the space and reach Fengjing.
Even Jiang Sheng had grown a lot taller. He was wearing a newly bought light-colored dress and holding his belly obediently.
Just hearing the sound of "Gulu", several brothers were startled.
Jiang Sheng looked shy and whispered, "I'm hungry... I'm hungry."
Xu Mo chuckled, "Let's go home and have dinner."
"Let's go home for dinner."
With six children, there was quite a lot of movement.
Fortunately, Pang Pang Shan had a donkey cart waiting there early in the morning. They sat down in order, raised their whips and whipped the donkeys, and ran towards home.
Not long after they left, two servant-looking people walked out quietly.
"Really? It doesn't look like it to me." A servant asked.
"It's a little bit similar, mainly because he's grown a lot taller, so I'm not sure." Another servant shook his head.
"It's better to go back and explain to the madam first how the eldest daughter's legitimate son could be living outside." said the first servant.
The two of them looked at each other affirmatively, went to the forest to take out the carriage, and headed straight to Anshui County.
In the small courtyard.
Xu Mo rolled up the sleeves of his robe and stir-fried in the big iron pot, sweat dripping from his forehead.
"Brother, wipe your sweat." Jiang Sheng stood up on tiptoes obediently.
Zheng Ruqian, who was sitting not far away eating melon seeds, spat out the melon seed peels, shook his head and sighed, "Brother, you are so noble outside, but when you come home, you are sweating and cooking for us. It's so sinful."
"Are you going then?" Fang Heng glanced at him.
Zheng Ruqian quickly shut up.
It's not that they don't want to work, it's that the rice they cook... isn't as mushy as Jiang Sheng's food.
Everyone has his own ambitions.
Zheng Ruqian understood clearly that since he couldn't cook, he could just make more money and hire more cooks in the future.
So, the dining room.
Zheng Ruqian proposed that he should leave the matter of collecting vegetables to and from Yunshui County to Pang Pangshan brothers, and he would go to Fucheng to discuss cooperation with Youran Ju of Anshui County.
"Are you going by yourself?" Jiang Sheng bit into a piece of chicken leg and was surprised. "Second brother, I'm worried about you."
There is nothing you can do to worry, Fucheng is the territory of the Wang family, and it is also the forbidden area of the third child.
Zheng Ruqian didn't dare to take Fang Heng with him.
"It's not okay to just hand over the business in Yunshui County." Xu Mo also reminded aloud, "Although the Pang Pangshan brothers are also acquaintances, their interests are at the forefront and friendship takes a back seat."
Zheng Ruqian clicked his tongue. He was really worried about this matter, but there was nothing he could do. If his business wanted to grow, help was inevitable, and Pang Pangshan was already the best candidate.
"Perhaps, second brother can consider signing a contract." Chang Yan said softly.
Everyone who was eating looked over.
"You mean, slave contract?" Fang Heng raised his eyebrows, "That's not good."
"There is also a work contract." Chang Yan said with a smile, "Otherwise, how would the long-term and short-term laborers of the landlord's family do the work?"
Zheng Ruqian opened his mouth wide, and his big eyes under his thick eyebrows were glazed in place.
After a long time, he came back to his senses, "I...I have been upgraded to a landlord?"
A landowner on the same level as the cattle officer who sets off fireworks in the town?
Xu Mo pursed his lips and couldn't help laughing.
Jiang Sheng put down his chopsticks and rummaged through the banknotes in his small purse.
Yes, after the Fang family gave her one hundred taels of silver notes, Xiao Jiang Sheng realized that she didn't need to carry several kilograms of silver all the time. It was really tiring, so she decisively exchanged the entire silver into silver notes.
After counting, the whole family actually has a total of two hundred and twenty taels in savings.
According to the calculation that ordinary people in Xieyang County can earn up to two taels of silver a year, this is indeed a small fortune.
Zheng Ruqian danced excitedly, "Sign, you must sign."
There are three types of deeds in the Dayu Dynasty, one is land deed, one is personal deed, and the other is property deed.
Among them, there are two types of human contracts, slave contracts and labor contracts.
The slave contract is easy to understand. It means selling yourself into slavery. It is usually divided into a dead contract and a living contract. The dead contract cannot be redeemed, and the living contract is automatically terminated when it expires.
A work contract is a bit more dignified than a slave contract. It is just a contract signed for the purpose of dividing work. Generally, it is divided into long contract and short contract. The long contract is twenty years and the short contract is a few months.
When Zheng Ruqian found Pang Pangshan and asked him if he wanted to sign a long-term contract, Pang Pangshan was stunned for a moment.
"It's not a contract like being a slave or a maid, but you work for me and I pay you. It's no longer a verbal agreement, but a contract." Zheng Ruqian explained, "We have to follow the official path. If there is If you breach the contract, you have to pay compensation.”
Pang Pangshan hesitated for a long time and finally nodded, "I'll sign."
Regarding how much money to pay, Zheng Ruqian thought about it all night, "Our scale is small now, and one trip only costs three to five taels of silver. I can't pay you much, but if it gets bigger in the future, it's not fair to pay too low." , so we adjust the currency once a year."
This year, one person will receive one tael of silver per year, and Pang Pangshan will receive 2 taels for his hard work.
The two of them signed the contract with one hand and paid the money with the other.
Pang Pangshan held the warm six taels of silver in his hands with mixed feelings in his heart.
From now on, he is no longer a beggar, he is a person with a work contract.
Zheng Ruqian was also happy, he was one step closer to the landlord.
The two parted at the gate of the county town. Pang Pangshan took his younger brother to Yunshui County to transport vegetables, while Zheng Ruqian trudged to the county town on two feet.
As he walked, he thought that he must buy a carriage.
How can the landlord continue to make donkey carts?
The more he thought about it, the happier he became. When passing by Youranju, he was suddenly stopped.
"Xiao Zheng, come here." It was shopkeeper Bai.
