Time flies by, and seven days pass in the blink of an eye.
Qin Ming had a certain understanding of the writing, weights and measures of this era.
At this moment, he was sitting in the pavilion, digesting the information he had obtained in the past few days.
Now the family has 2,000 acres of fertile land and 15 servants.
Two days ago, Qin Ming also counted the money and rice in the family's treasury.
Today, there are about 3,000 guan of money and 1,000 shi of corn in the treasury.
At the current price, 5 copper coins buy a dou of rice, 10 dou of rice is one stone, and a dou of rice is about 6 kilograms.
If we calculate according to the price of future generations, one pound of rice costs 4 yuan, and one stone of grain is equivalent to 240 yuan.
The usual amount of money is equivalent to 4,800 yuan. After this calculation, Qin Ming can be considered a millionaire.
If you include the 2,000 acres of fertile land, Qin Ming's net worth is probably tens of millions.
From ancient times to the present, land has had a fatal attraction for people.
As long as the better farmland on Zhuangzi is sold, no one will sell it. The selling price of one acre of land is as high as 2 guan.
Most of the tenants in Zhuangzi cultivated 10 acres of fertile land, and their annual harvest was only two thousand dollars.
If you remove another year's expenses, there won't be much money left at the end of the year.
Although Qin Ming has no worries about food and drink now, his life these days is full of various discomforts for a modern person!
Not to mention anything else, just going to the toilet is not something that ordinary people can bear!
When Qin Ming thinks about it now, his head is full of black lines. He never expected that there was no paper in the toilet!
As for the dark wooden stick in the corner of the toilet, he wouldn't use it even if it meant beating him to death.
This is not a matter of pretentiousness or not, but a matter of health and life safety!
After having the first toilet experience, considering the backyard, there are only Qin Ming, Wan'er and three nuns who cook.
Qin Ming found Wan'er and told Xiao Nizi that from now on, everyone in the backyard of the house would have to use cloth when going to the toilet.
If you feel it is a waste, you can collect the used fabrics and wash them! In this case, it won’t cost much!
For this reason, Xiao Nizi felt distressed for a while.
After all, the current market price of cloth is also very expensive.
Fortunately, in the end, she did not violate Qin Ming's arrangement.
Of course Qin Ming also thought about making some paper!
But after all, he has just arrived, and this world has not been around for a long time, so it is not easy to act rashly!
Besides, he didn't know exactly how the paper was made. He only knows to use wood, branches, or crop straws.
Forget it, if it doesn’t work, you can recruit some craftsmen and help them paint the pie.
In this way, Qin Ming believes that given time, he will be able to make paper.
Many things need to be done slowly, and there is no need to rush this.
Another thing that Qin Ming couldn't adapt to was eating.
There was no cooking in the Tang Dynasty.
Most of the food is either boiled or steamed, and there is always some weird taste in the dishes.
This is really hard to accept for a modern person.
Of course, in addition to these, there are many things that Qin Ming is not suitable for.
For example, every night, Wan'er had to help Qin Ming bathe. At first, Qin Ming refused. After all, asking a junior high school student to serve him felt a little uneasy.
But every time he saw Wan'er standing next to the tub with a towel in her eyes and tears in her eyes!
Wan'er's beautiful peach blossom eyes seemed to be able to speak, constantly explaining her grievances to Qin Ming!
Qin Ming felt as if he had become the biggest villain in the world!
There was no other way, Qin Ming had no choice but to agree to this "rude" request.
Of course, there weren't many inappropriate scenes during the bathing process. Qin Ming just asked Wan'er to wipe his back every time.
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Wan'er was walking from the front yard carrying a bowl of hot soup.
These days, Wan'er always feels that her husband has become strange since he woke up.
It's like a different person.
But with her little mind, she probably couldn't figure it out that her husband was already a different person.
The strangest thing is that Lang Jun suddenly asked her to inform everyone in the house last night, asking them to stop calling him "Lang Jun" and call him "Gongzi" in the future.
Wan'er asked why, but Qin Ming just said that the young master sounds more pleasant to the ear than the husband.
In fact, the reason why Qin Ming asked them to change their names was because he went out yesterday and accidentally learned that in the Tang Dynasty, wives also called their husbands "Lang Jun".
So Qin Ming did not hesitate and ordered his master to change his title.
Otherwise, Qin Ming would always have a creepy feeling when he was called "Lang Jun" by the family members.
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Wan'er saw Qin Ming sitting on the stone bench in the pavilion in a daze from a distance!
For some reason, Wan'er always felt a touch of sadness in his eyes when looking at her husband in the pavilion.
"Sir... Young Master, this is the soup that my servant just made for you in the kitchen. It's getting cold, so drink it while it's hot."
With that said, Wan'er brought the soup bowl to Qin Ming.
Qin Ming came back to his senses, raised his head, smiled at Wan'er, and said:
"Well, Wan'er, you came just in time. Yesterday, I saw an interesting story in an ancient book. There was a kind of beggar chicken that eats food. How about we try to make it at noon today?"
After speaking, Qin Ming picked up the soup bowl and drank.
Wan'er nodded and said respectfully:
"Okay! Master, tell me how to do it later, and I will do it for you."
Wan'er didn't think much about the idea of the young master. Ever since she was a child, Wan'er had never refused the young master's request.
The young master is her god, as long as the young master is happy, she is willing to do anything.
"Let's go to the kitchen first and bring all the seasonings. Today I will take you to eat out, and then we will go to the village to have a look."
With that said, Qin Ming took Wan'er's hand and walked towards the kitchen.
Not long after, the two came to the kitchen.
This is the first time Qin Ming has entered the kitchen of his house since he traveled through time.
When he got here, Qin Ming discovered that his kitchen was quite big, almost 100 square meters.
There are two rows of long tables neatly placed in the kitchen, with various vegetables and meats neatly placed on the long tables.
After Qin Ming made a circle, he directed Wan'er and several cooks at home to prepare two chickens.
After that, Qin Ming asked them to marinate the chicken with onions, ginger, and garlic for a while. Finally, he put mushrooms and green onions into the chicken belly, and finally wrapped it in lotus leaves.
After everything was done, Qin Ming took Wan'er and Ada out of the courtyard.
Walking on the small road in Zhuangzi, Qin Ming was filled with emotion.
Looking at the fields of corn in front of him, if it weren't for the fact that everyone around him was wearing ancient costumes, Qin Ming would really feel like going to the countryside.
After walking across the small bridge in Zhuangzi and looking at the clear river water, Qin Ming thought that it would be a good thing to come here to fish if he had nothing to do.
With this in mind, he asked Ada to get some yellow mud at the river bank and cover it on the lotus leaves.
Qin Da smacked his lips while working.
"Sir, is the chicken made this way really edible?"
Qin Ming smiled and nodded.
"Whether they can be eaten or not, we will know soon. Just do as I say, then make a fire and put them in the fire. In about half an hour, we will have something to eat."
"Wan'er, let's go and let Ada stay here to watch the food. Let's go for a walk in the fields."
"Okay, sir."
At this time, the fields are full of harvest scenes. You can see many tenant farmers harvesting corn in the fields.
While walking on the road, tenant farmers would greet Qin Ming from time to time.
Qin Ming also responded one by one. As they walked, Wan'er suddenly whispered to Qin Ming:
"Sir, there seems to be a village leader in front of me, would you like to go over and say hello?"
Qin Ming was a little confused at first, but then he came to his senses.
Li Zheng was equivalent to the village chief, the smallest administrative official during the Tang Dynasty.
Qin Ming heard the housekeeper Lao Huang mention it about the integrity of Qinjiazhuang.
Qin Ming thought that as the largest landowner in Qinjiazhuang, he would have to have a good relationship with the official people in the future.
Thinking of this, Qin Ming said:
"I want to say hello, let's go over there."
At this time, Li was directing several tenant farmers on the roadside to weigh the corn in the fields. They should be collecting this year's taxes.
Qin Ming stepped forward at this time, bowed and saluted:
"Young man Qin Ming, I have met Li Zheng."
When Li Zheng heard this, he turned around and saw a young man in a white robe looking at him with a smile.
Next to the young man was a young lady in a pink skirt.
He secretly praised in his heart that the young man of the Qin family was becoming more and more handsome as he grew older.
"Oh, it's the husband of the Qin family. Are you feeling better? I heard that you fell into the water and injured yourself a while ago?"
"Thank you for your concern, Li Zheng. The kid is fine. It's autumn harvest now. You've been working very hard in the fields these days, haven't you?"
Li Zheng nodded and said:
"Well, I'm a little busy, but it doesn't matter. This year is a rare bumper year. The previous few years were either drought or locusts."
"The weather has been good this year, and it can be said to be a bumper harvest. Haha, when this year's taxes come in, I can rest at home and wait for next spring to sow seeds."
Qin Ming smiled and nodded. After greeting for a while, Qin Ming bowed and said:
"Then you are busy first, I won't disturb you."
Qin Ming said goodbye to Li Zheng and walked to the river with Wan'er.
However, while walking, Qin Ming always felt that he had missed something very important, but he couldn't remember it.
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