The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 292 Preparation for departure ([-])

Su Yunduo had some guesses in his heart that Lu Jinkang's visit to Yanshan Mansion was probably related to saltpeter ice making. Sure enough, Lu Jinkang said: "The Holy Majesty is very happy to see saltpeter ice making in person. Last month, he gave the saltpeter mine an order to increase mining efforts. .

This time I said that I would accompany my uncle to pick you up, but in fact, picking you up was just incidental, mainly to inspect and supervise the production of the saltpeter mine, and escort a batch of saltpeter to Beijing by the way.The heat in the capital is unstoppable, and next month will be the peak of ice use, and a large amount of saltpeter will be needed.

Cousin, take the time to pack up the arrangements, and you will have to leave for Beijing in half a month at most. "

Su Yunduo silently calculated the time, and it took seven or eight days to go from Yanshan Mansion to the capital by fast horse. It took half a month for a light vehicle, and Lu Jinkang had to escort saltpeter to Beijing. Naturally, a heavy vehicle would be slower, and it would take about [-] days anyway. It would not be too late to delay Su Chengzhi's return to Beijing to start his job.

Fortunately, she already knew that she was going to Beijing, and she had already packed everything that needed to be packed, and most of the things that needed to be arranged had already been properly arranged. Su Yunduo had no objection to Lu Jinkang's statement that she would leave in half a month, so she nodded and agreed.

Vegetable fields and medicinal materials fields have already been taken care of by people. Chen En and Tongshan are reliable people, and there are old doctors and iron heads to look after them. Su Yunduo specially entrusted his uncle Ning Zhongping to come and visit them often when he finds time. Nothing will go wrong.

The new vegetables in the field this year include peppers called croissants and tomatoes called lantern fruits. Su Yunduo has only signed a supply contract with Zuixianlou for the time being.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Su Yunduo's new varieties of vegetables are only limited to Zuixianlou, and he specially left a few recipes for Qian Bingtai. Of course, the selling prices of tomatoes and peppers are not cheap.

For more than a year, Qian Bingtai has made a lot of money from the vegetables provided by the Su family, and has an almost blind trust in Su Yunduo.

Even though he hadn't even seen any new vegetables, and only tasted a dish of boiled fish fillet that was spicy enough, it completely conquered him.

Having been in the restaurant for so many years, Qian Bingtai's vision is naturally very sophisticated. When the restaurant has this seasoned dish called croissant, the business will definitely rise to a higher level.

He never dared to miss the mushroom that Su Yunduo painstakingly cultivated because of a negligence like before, let alone give up because of Su Yunduo's high asking price.

It doesn't matter if the price of vegetables is higher, as long as Zuixianlou can be regarded as the only one, he can naturally earn more.

Although Su Yunduo and Qian Bingtai set a limited supply, they added a note at Qian Bingtai's request.

If the amount of new vegetables harvested by the Su family exceeds the limit, the needs of the Zuixianlou will still be given priority. Only when the Zuixianlou cannot digest it will other restaurants bid for it. Naturally, the highest price will win. .

These Su Yunduo have had many exchanges with Chen En. After a period of time, Chen En has thoroughly understood Su Yunduo's advanced ideas in vegetable management. From now on, we will only see how Chen En can improve the situation created by Su Yunduo. floor up.

The medicinal land is all entrusted to Tongshan under the old doctor. Although the medicinal land is several times larger than the vegetable land, there is no sales problem for the medicinal materials, and there is an old doctor in charge of field management, and part-time workers can also rely on it. Liu Donglin and Ning Zhongping, so the burden on Tongshan will not be heavier than Chen En.

At present, only the artificial lake will take some time.

Although the water gates and waterwheels for the artificial lake have all been installed, most of the water in the lake has been pumped from the Linxi River these days, but Zhang Zhong, who is in charge of the artificial lake, has just come with Lu Jinkang.

"Slave Zhang Zhong, I have met the eldest lady." When Zhang Zhong met Su Yunduo for the first time, he did not insist on kneeling down to kowtow to Su Yunduo like Chen En and the others did when they first came to Geshan Village. Instead, he hugged Su Yunduo. Clasped fists, very capable of a soldier.

Su Yunduo called Zheng Daniu over in advance, and after Zhang Zhong met him, he asked Zheng Daniu to take Zhang Zhong to the artificial lake first, to see if there was any room for improvement in the artificial lake.

As long as everything is in order in the artificial lake, Ning Zhongping can be notified to send the ordered lotus root seeds and fish fry.

After Zheng Daniu took Zhang Zhong away, Lu Jinkang revealed Zhang Zhong's background to Su Yunduo.

It turned out that Zhang Zhong was the son of the Duke of Zhen's mansion, and his father was the gardener of the Duke of Zhen's mansion.

Originally, Zhang Zhong should be at ease following Father Zhang to serve the flowers and plants in the garden of Zhenguo Gongfu. Zhang Zhong did learn from Father Zhang what a gardener needs to do, but he prefers to dance with a spear and stick.

At the age of 16, the son of Duke Zhen, that is, Lu Jinkang's father, Lu Da, went to the border town to guard the city. Zhang Zhong insisted on persuading Father Zhang to follow Lu Da to the border town, and he stayed there for five full years.

In the war last year, he injured his back because he rescued Lu Da, so he couldn't stay in the border town anymore, so he had to go back to Zhen Guogong's mansion to work with his father.

Lu Jinkang received a letter from Ning Zhongping and learned that Su Yunduo had bought the beach land by the Linxi River to dig an artificial lake to grow lotus root and raise fish. Lu Jinkang began to look for talents in this field among the children of the Zhen Guogong's family.

When Zhang Zhong heard the news, he immediately found Lu Jinkang and recommended himself to come to Geshan Village.

Lu Jinkang also knew that Zhang Zhong didn't like to stick to the world of Zhen Guogong's mansion, he preferred the simple and comfortable life in the countryside.

Regarding Zhang Zhong's character, Lu Jinkang had nothing to worry about, but he was a little worried about whether Zhang Zhong could take on the heavy responsibility of the artificial lake.

Zhang Zhong patted his chest and said that what he is best at is not serving the flowers and plants in the yard, but the lotus roots in the pond. Although he is not very good at raising fish, he has some experience.

Although Father Zhang said he was reluctant to let Zhang Zhong travel far again, he also knew that Zhang Zhongxin was not here, so it would be better to fulfill his wish, because it would be better than being unhappy every day, so he said a lot of good things for Zhang Zhong in front of Lu Jinkang. Zhang Zhong got the job.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhong's waist was injured, no wonder his walking posture is a bit weird!

Naturally, Su Yunduo has nothing to criticize about the people sent by Lu Jinkang, but raising fish seedlings is not an easy job, and it needs to be launched into the water. Since Zhang Zhong has suffered a waist injury, is this job suitable for him?

Lu Jinkang introduced Zhang Zhong to Su Yunduo in such detail, naturally he also wanted to remind Su Yunduo, but this really made Su Yunduo a little embarrassed.

Even though it was difficult, Su Yunduo also said bluntly: "Growing lotus root and raising fish must be in the water, Zhang Zhong once hurt his waist, this job is a bit inappropriate!"

Lu Jinkang understood the truth, but he also knew Zhang Zhong's insistence, so he just nodded and said, "Don't worry about letting him do it. If he really can't do it, he will arrange other people to do it. After all, the work in the lake, It's not that he has to go into the water!"

Su Yunduo nodded thoughtfully, and had a rough plan in mind.

(End of this chapter)