farming female castellan

Chapter 229 The governor sent sheep, the county magistrate sent ducks
"The Changhe River and Qingxi River in this section have no bridges." Chen Fan said.

Tang Chaoying smiled: "It doesn't matter if there is no bridge here. Anyway, there are almost no people on the opposite side. If you want to cross the river, you can take a boat."

Everyone started to descend.

"We have a map there, and I'll give you one when we get back to Qijiadu," Tang Chaoying said.

Chen Fan said thank you.She hasn't thought about the scope of the painting in that booklet, but the officials have pictures, so they can look at them right now.

They have to draw those maps and report to the higher authorities, right?
There are four villages on the road from Qijiadu to Qingshan Village, namely Hejiabian, Liujiawei, Hongdougang and Qianjiadi.He Lin went to Lizheng of the four villages one by one.

Others went to those two small villages in Guangyun County.

It is really a small village, with 21 households in Qingxi Village and [-] households in Songlin Village.There is no bridge on the river section here, so everyone has to go to Hetian Village and then go back.Chen Fan looked at the large stretches of bare land and those low brick houses, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

Tang Chaoying went directly to a family in the north of Qingxi Village. The owner of the house was surnamed Shi, and he was Lizheng of the two villages.

Tang Chaoying didn't talk to him much, but just told him to go to Youyidu tomorrow morning to discuss something.

Passing by Hetianli Village, everyone rode their horses around.

It is a big village with more than 200 families.The grass is also overgrown, and the wheat fields around the village are barely growing, and there are no vegetables in the fields.Maybe there used to be vegetables, but they were pulled out by the surrounding people.

Chen Fan sighed.

When I got back to Youyidu, many officials had already arrived, watching the cattle and sheep grazing and looking at the medicinal materials and vegetables around the field, but they didn't enter the yard.

Seeing Zhongshu ordered them to come back, those officials immediately surrounded them.Governor Cui introduced them one by one, and the officials saluted and said hello.

Then the officials began to introduce themselves, and Zhongshu ordered them to return the salute, causing the local officials to bend even lower in panic.

The Zhongshuling signaled Chen Fan to come forward, and said, "This is Chen Fan, the newly appointed Lord of Changping Township."

The local officials all had unexpected expressions on their faces, but they all saluted and greeted them politely, and Chen Fan also greeted them back.

Everyone didn't say any polite words, and they all looked at Zhongshuling quietly after saluting.

Zhongshu Ling smiled, and Chen Fan noticed that the expressions of those officials seemed to be in a trance.

"My colleagues are too tired, let's go into the house quickly." Zhong Shuling said with a smile.

The officials were overjoyed and followed Zhongshu to make them walk into the yard.Qingji and the others are in charge of serving tea.

The children go back to the main yard.Zhang Ci glanced at Cui Yunlang, and Cui Yunlang walked over.

"The officials invited to come this time include governors of eleven states and county magistrates of 56 counties," Cui Yunlang said.

The children looked petrified.So many high officials are coming?

Cui Yunlang smiled: "You are really honored, ordinary officials can't see so many at the same time."

The children were still dumbfounded, neither nodding nor shaking their heads.

Cui Yunlang looked at Chen Fan: "You must have heard of Qingzhou, Jingzhou, Yunzhou, Xuanzhou, and Chongzhou. They are relatively rich, and they are all in the southeast of Xiaguo. You must have heard of Huaizhou, Yuzhou, Xizhou, and Pingzhou. It’s not good. It’s Chunzhou and Xiangzhou, you may not have heard of it. Xiangzhou is in the west and belongs to the border area. Chunzhou is in the area of ​​​​Linya County and Langshan County, and the south is close to the river, which is also the border.”

Chen Fan nodded: "I don't usually hear people mention those two prefectures. The south of Gyeongju also depends on the Yangtze River?"

"Yes. With the Yangtze River as the boundary, Nanjiang Kingdom is to the south." Cui Yunlang said.

Chen Fan is a little melancholy, her hometown is south of the Yangtze River.

Zhang Ci looked at her, is she homesick?

Cui Yunlang didn't notice it, and continued: "I heard that Zhongshu Ling and General Yan are here, and these governors and county magistrates are here in person."

Even without Zhongshu Ling and General Yan, the few officials from the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Officials alone were enough to attract them to come.

Cui Yunlang suddenly smiled: "Eleven governors, 56 county magistrates, can you entertain them?"

Chen Fan smiled: "If you can't entertain, let the big restaurants in Yuanfeng County close for a day and come here to entertain the adults. They should be happy, right?"

Cui Yunlang was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I am willing, of course I am. If they really come, it will be enough for them to boast for a lifetime. They will hang a sign in the restaurant and write their hospitality stories."

Zhang Ci also smiled: "Perhaps we should really do this."

Hospitality is definitely entertaining.The magistrates of the Beijing lawsuit line up ten tables at most, and each table does not need to be too crowded.For a big family like the Liu family, they can easily cook ten tables of meals.

"Guess what gifts those officials brought?" Cui Yunlang smiled mysteriously.

Chen Fan glanced at the children.The children began to think.

"First of all, jewelry and jade will be ruled out?" Chen Yue said.

"Why?" Cui Yunlang asked with a smile.

"You look so mysterious, so it's not an ordinary way of thinking? Besides, so many officials, if they all give jewelry and jade, farmers like us can't return any valuables, and both sides will be criticized." Chen Yue said.

"Interesting, let's continue." Cui Yunlang smiled, "But you are not farmers anymore, you are classy."

Chen Yue stopped talking.Chen Zhonglin went on to say: "Pen, ink, paper and inkstone?" This gift is omnipotent.

"It is true that there are pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but there are even more rare ones." Cui Yunlang shook his body.

The children were brooding.

"Will there be cattle and sheep?" Chen Xiu asked.

Cui Yunlang was surprised: "You actually thought of this?"

Chen Xiu smiled embarrassingly: "Sheep are only affordable for the nobles, so giving the head sheep is considered a valuable gift."

Cui Yunlang laughed: "That's true. The governors sent sheep. Guess what the county magistrates sent?"

Chen Fan didn't want to guess, and stood up: "Go to the backyard and see."

Before everyone reached the backyard, they heard ducks quacking one after another.

"Duck?" The Chen family were all stunned.

"That's right, each county magistrate will send ten ducks. Is it unusual?" Cui Yunlang clapped his hands and smiled.

"Unified?" Chen Fan looked at him.

"Currently they are unified." Cui Yunlang smiled and said, "It is estimated that the ones who will come later will also be unified. The governor will send sheep, and the county magistrate will send ducks."

Chen Fan looked at Zhang Ci.She told him that she wanted to raise ducks. Did he mention it to any official?

Perhaps, those people hinted when they delivered the letter: "Don't give jewelry and jade. They are too expensive and impractical. What can I give you as a gift in return? The four treasures of the study are fine. There are many children in the family, so they are needed. Sheep are not easy to get, which is good. Everyone can eat it. Duck is fine too."

"Have you slaughtered the sheep today?" Chen Fan looked at Cui Yunlang.

"It's slaughtered. There are new sheep to supplement. It is still acceptable to slaughter a few of the family's sheep. My father and the second young master of the Liu family decided together."

(End of this chapter)