"I'm not afraid of making fun of you. All these workshops in my house were thought up by my daughter. I have taken advantage of my daughter. If you had relied on me, I would still be busy working on the one-third of an acre of land in my hometown."
Zhou Yu's reputation is indeed not obvious to the outside world now. The external public opinion about the workshops opened by his family is that they are run by his family. As for who came up with the method, this has not been spread.
It was also the first time that Duke Zhen Guo heard that all these workshops were run by Zhou Yu. It was not surprising to think that his son, a demon king like this, was obeyed by the supervisor of Jiahe County. Zhou Yu admired him very much. .
"The county prince is still capable of giving birth to such a capable daughter, unlike me who gave birth to a son who was of no use at all. I have been worried about it since I was a child."
Duke Zhen Guo didn't blush at all when he said this. He had been obsessed with Qin Ke, his only son, since he was a child, and he had not yet raised him.
"Now that the prince is away working for the emperor, maybe he can have an official position when he comes back this time."
"That boy has just fallen into the favor of the county master. Without your daughter's guidance, those people who spend their days playing tricks on cats and dogs would never have the opportunity to do things for the emperor."
What Duke Zhen Guo said was true, and Zhou Bang also felt that Duke Zhen Guo was right.
The two of them chatted all the way, and the more they chatted with each other, the more they became more and more interested in each other.
Then when they left the workshop, they took not the small door on the Zhou family's side, but the workshop door that opened in the other direction.
After going out, the Duke of Zhen saw a house built not far away and heard the quacking of ducks.
"How come there are so many ducks in the village?"
When we entered Jinjia Village today, Zhen Guogong had already seen several places where ducks were raised near the river, but he didn't expect that there were more ducks here.
"My family raises these ducks. There are more than 10,000 of them. After they are raised for four to five months, they are all taken to restaurants to make braised ducks."
As the two of them talked, they arrived at the duck pen and saw Cao Zhi cleaning the duck pen. After arriving at Jinjia Village, Cao Zhi did not follow Zhou Bang. The two of them continued to do what they should do as before, but after returning to Kyoto City , Zhou Bang would take Cao Zhi with him when he went out.
The Duke of Zhen also recognized that the man cleaning the duck pen was the attendant following Zhou Bang, and was very surprised.
"Isn't this your attendant? Why is he here cleaning the duck pen?"
"What's the point? There's nothing to do in the village anyway. I usually come here to clean when I have nothing to do."
Zhou Bang thought to himself, if I hadn't been with you today, I would still be weeding in the radish field.
"It's not surprising that your family used to work in the village, but I didn't expect that you would do the work yourself now that you are the king of the county."
"I've been doing this for half my life. If I don't do it, I feel uncomfortable all over."
After looking around for a while and waiting to leave, Zhou Bang asked Cao Zhi to catch two ducks and then go back and cook them for the Duke of Zhen.
Duke Zhen Guo had never tasted any delicacies from the mountains and seas in the mansion, and he didn't care about these two ducks. He looked at the back hill of Jinjia Village and had an idea. However, it was already half time today, so he might as well wait until tomorrow.
It was only when the Zhou family had dinner together in the evening that they knew Duke Zhen Guo had come to their house when they saw the people at the table.
It wasn't that Zhou Bang didn't want to tell a few people, but that his family was just too busy.
Zhou Yu stayed in the laboratory of the workshop all day today. No one came out after entering in the morning. Even the food was brought in by Ye'er.
Mrs. Lian was also busy, and she was extremely busy in the soap making workshop. When Zhou Bang took Zhen Guo Gong there during the day, she happened to go to get the raw materials and was not in the workshop, so she didn't see anyone.
As for Zhou Yan, it's even harder to see his people, as he is away from home most of the time.
"Princess Princess, I've been disturbed a lot these days."
"It doesn't matter. The Duke of Guo can come and stay for as many days as he wants. Our family doesn't have that many rules."
Mrs. Lian was a female family member, so Duke Zhen Guo couldn't say much to her. Although the brother and sister were royal relatives, to Duke Zhen Guo, they were considered juniors, so he just nodded and said hello.
There was an extra person at the dinner table at home, which did not have much impact on Zhou Yu's family. The most important thing was that they did not feel any malice from Lord Zhen Guo.
"Dad, our family is hatching a batch of ducklings. We have almost saved duck eggs. We have three more farms outside the city. I have visited all three villages. They all have ponds. It would be too difficult not to raise ducks. Pity."
"Sure, it's up to you."
"But I'm afraid Guang Cao will be too busy this time, so I'll have to find some helpers for him. There will be more ducklings hatched this time."
Zhou Bang is very self-aware when it comes to his ability to see people. He feels that he does not have that sharp eye, but his daughter has a good eye. So far, he is very satisfied with the servants he has chosen.
"This time we are back with ten servants. You can pick a few and let Cao Zhi teach them."
"I know dad."
When the ducklings were hatched last time, their family had not yet become royal relatives, and the servants in the family were enough. When the ducklings were hatched, Cao Zhi and Mrs. Deng of the Wu family were able to help, and Su Wu and the others were enough.
It's just that now Su Wu is sent out to do things by Zhou Yan, and Su Lu and others stay at the county prince's house to look after the house. Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Deng are busy cooking every day and can't spare much free time, so they hatch. The ducklings are a bit stretched.
The most important thing is that Zhou Yu has a lot to do and doesn't have much free time.
Then the family talked about some trivial things, talking and laughing and looking very warm.
While Zhen Guo Gong ate his meal in silence, he watched the Zhou family chatting. This atmosphere was so exaggerated to him that he even ate an extra bowl of rice. This was an experience he had never had when visiting other families. I think he came to Jinjia Village at the right time.
After eating and drinking, Duke Zhen Guo went to his guest room in Zhou's house, where the boy had prepared hot water for bathing. After taking a hot bath, he fell asleep.
When it got up early the next morning, I planned to go find Zhou Bang and ask him to take him for a walk in the mountains. However, after walking around Zhou's house, except for the fact that the county owner was still sleeping, everyone else was He ran away without a trace.
Hearing that Zhou Bang was weeding the grape fields, the Duke of Zhen was curious and asked the boy to lead the way. He also came to the grape fields. It was extremely cold in the winter morning, and there were a lot of ice on the radish leaves in the grape fields. Later, Duke Zhenguo saw Zhou Bang and his servants weeding in the fields with special leather gloves on their hands, which made him feel cold.
"Prince, the Duke is here."
Zhou Bang was bending over to weed the grass at this time. When he heard the boy calling him, he turned around and saw the Duke of Zhen Guo smiling.
At this moment, Duke Zhen Guo saw that Zhou Bang's face was stained with a layer of moisture, and he didn't know when he got up to work.
"My lord, why don't you sleep a little longer? It's still early."
