Buddhist palace maids want to be rich

Chapter 163 Progress
On August 26, the collection was completed.The application period was on August 28, and the marriage was scheduled on the ninth day of September.

Although the time is a bit rushed, everyone understands it very well.After all, both the man and the woman are older men and women.There is no need to delay it for so long.

Although the time was relatively short, Chu Tiankuo's process did not save at all.

On the day of the application period, I still brought the elders, the official media, live geese and gifts, and walked down step by step according to the process.

After the application period, there is only one last thing left in this marriage, the wedding ceremony.

These things do not require Jiang Zhixia to come forward.It was Mrs. Lin who took Jiang Matchmaker and the matchmaker from the Chu family to finish the job.

After the application period ended on August 28, Chu Tiankuo rushed back to the military camp the next day and took a long wedding leave to prepare for the wedding.

The next day after the deadline, Jiang Zhixia went to the farm to see the progress of the wine making.

This time, there was no need for Xing Zhuangtou to pick him up - before Chu Tiankuo left, he brought his carriage and the driver over.

Jiang Zhixia naturally declined.But Chu Tiankuo made it clear this time, saying that the carriage was originally bought for Jiang Zhixia.After all, it is more convenient for him to ride a horse.

Before, his remarks about the carriage were just to prevent Jiang Zhixia from becoming suspicious.

However, Jiang Zhixia Leng never used his carriage once, which made him helpless.

Now, two people are going to get married soon, so naturally they don't need to be so clear about each other.

What's more, the coachman is also a person who knows boxing skills.

In this way, a personal servant girl who knows kung fu, a driver who knows kung fu, and the two of them guarding Jiang Zhixia together will naturally make Chu Tiankuo feel more at ease.

What Chu Tiankuo said made sense, but Jiang Zhixia was speechless.Therefore, he had to use his family's carriage.

The work of making wine in the village has been going on like a raging fire.

The grapes in the nearby villages had all been harvested, and Jiang Zhixia instructed Xing Zhuangtou to go to the town to harvest grapes in further villages.

The grapes in the Dali Dynasty today don't know what kind of grapes they are, they mature late, but they go out of the market early.

The early ones are ripe in mid-July, and the late ones are ripe at the end of August.However, the generally mature time is around the Mid-Autumn Festival.

For large-scale wine making, it is still suitable around the Mid-Autumn Festival.Otherwise, the early ones and the late ones are not enough to hire people to do the work.

The current grapes are not easy to preserve—unlike the refrigerator in the previous life, they can be stored for a longer period of time.

So Jiang Zhixia planned to stop harvesting grapes in large quantities by the end of the month.

Today, the large batch of brewing is considered to be the last batch, so Jiang Zhixia rushed over to finish.

Seeing that the last jar of grape juice was sealed and placed in the cellar, Jiang Zhixia took a deep breath.

Whether it's a mule or a horse, we'll just have to wait and see when it opens in Kaifeng a month later.

After finishing his work on wine making, Jiang Zhixia went to the back garden to check on the condition of the peppers.

The transplanted peppers are very adaptable.Otherwise, Jiang Zhixia would think that pepper is easier to grow than cotton.

This batch was planted in late June, and it has been more than two months now. Because of the hot spring, the peppers are ready to be harvested one after another.

This time the harvest was quite rich.

Jiang Zhixia planned to divide the harvested peppers into two parts.

Some of them were brought back to the capital.Keep some for daily eating; others are threaded and dried to make dried peppers.

The other part stays directly in Zhuangzi.They are dried in the sun and used as seeds, and are planted on a large scale next to the hot spring room.

After all, the number of peppers planted in the mansion in the capital is small.Therefore, when it was transplanted, Jiang Zhixia also opened up a large piece of land in the back garden, and planted all the pepper seeds in his hand at that time.

It has been almost a month now, and the thin seedlings are also slowly fluttering in the wind.

When the weather is hot, peppers grow fast and can be harvested in about two to three months.However, if the weather is cold, the time will be unpredictable.

Not to mention the batch planted in early August.

The batch harvested now has to be dried in the sun and then planted again, the weather will really turn cold.Even if there is a hot spring, it may take four to five months to harvest it, right?

Now that I have received the dowry, I have money in my hands.Rather, the house can be built.At that time, the peppers will all be grown in the greenhouse, so the cycle can be shortened, right?

However, they will get married on the ninth day of September.There are also many things about getting married, and it is really inseparable from manpower and heart.

Do it in a hurry, and there may be omissions.Let's wait until we get married.

When the time comes, she will calm down and focus on this matter.

Jiang Zhixia thought about it, and at the same time thought about finding a piece of paper to write down these things after going back.

But fortunately, there are quite a few peppers on hand now.

According to the extent that people in the Dali Dynasty eat peppers, it should be no problem to survive these two batches of harvest.

However, Jiang Zhixia himself became greedy - the spicy hot pot can also be arranged.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhixia wanted to drool.

Nowadays, hot pot is still relatively popular in the Dali Dynasty, and it is called antique soup.

However, it is generally used to cook all kinds of meat and vegetables directly with plain water.There are fewer types of dipping sauces.

Winter is coming, if we launch a spicy hot pot, there should be many customers, right?

Jiang Zhixia thought slowly.

There were too few peppers before, and she was reluctant to use them in spicy hot pot.This time, after harvesting such a pile, how can she let her have a first addiction.

Well, I will make spicy hot pot when I go back.You can also consider the business of spicy hot pot base.

Xing Zhuangtou reported to Jiang Zhixia again.The winemaking cost was indeed quite a lot this time.

Jiang Zhixia gave Xingzhuang the first banknote as an extra, and asked about the situation of the five newly bought servants in the village.

"It's all okay. I have done rough work before, and the work can be regarded as quick. I don't have any complaints about working in Zhuangzi."

Xingzhuangtou is quite satisfied with the performance of these five people during this period of time.

"In the past, I was busy making wine, so I didn't divide the work for these people. This time, the wine is finished. I plan to let the three women take turns to raise the chickens, ducks and geese, and the housekeepers will do the cleaning. Meals and tidying up are left to them. Let these two men follow me, raise horses, tend peppers, and go to the fields to look after them. Looking back and waiting for the autumn harvest, I have to get busy again."

Xing Zhuang said with a smile.

Now, with five people under his command, he really felt relieved.I also put my heart into tending the pepper and the crops in the field.

"Okay, look at the arrangements. I'll hand them over to you, and you can manage them well. They'll just relax for the past six months, and they'll have to get busy again next spring."

Jiang Zhixia said with a smile.

On the day of the invitation, she saw Chu Tiankuo and remembered the matter of Cotton, so she asked him if there was any news from the people who went to Yazhou.

It did not disappoint her, there was indeed a letter.

However, it is not good news.After walking a section of the official road, there is no main road.There are always various trails, even if you are riding a horse, the speed is obviously slowed down.What's more, they are not familiar with the route and have taken a lot of wrong roads.

In the past half a month, I haven't gone far.It was later that Chu Tiankuo remembered and asked them to hire a business guide.

Now, I can only plan for the worst, hoping to come back when the seeds are planted in March and April next year.

At that time, after planting cotton, I will be busy.

Not to mention that cotton has to be topped one by one, even when picking cotton, it has to be operated by pure labor.

In this way, after the arrangement in Zhuangzi was completed, Jiang Zhixia returned to the capital with the harvested peppers.

(End of this chapter)