Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 718 I don't know, I don't know

Yao Shuqi's eyes widened: "Huh?"

Others were also very surprised.

Although the garden is beautiful, but my young master has never had enough time. I will not talk about the busyness of the imperial examinations; after becoming an official, I stay in the yamen all day long. Writing calligraphy and painting, I don't have time to appreciate the scenery of my own yard.

Therefore, the gardens created by the Du family have always been for others to appreciate.Du Jinning is just taking advantage of this to make money.

If we say that in the capital city, there are many literati and poets, and there are also many rich people. It is not bad for the young master to build a garden with his heart and soul. At least he can make friends and entertain friends when he is free, or it is not bad for publicity.

But the city of Runzhou is not big, there don't seem to be many rich people, and there are even fewer literati and scholars compared to the capital. My young master is not familiar with the place here, and he doesn't even have a friend.Building a garden in Runzhou City can only be used to shed sparrows, let alone this rural place where birds don't shit.

Yao Shuqi and others have always admired Du Jinning's intelligence, but now they feel that her head is caught by the door.

"Master, you said to build a garden?" Yao Shuqi wanted to make sure if he had heard it wrong.

"Yes." Du Jinning nodded.

"But why?"

Du Jinning glanced at him and said, "If you're told to do it, do it. Why ask so many questions?"

This look, this sentence, made Yao Shuqi's spine break out in cold sweat.

In the past, when the young master gave orders, he always carried them out without saying a word, never asking why.Just now, he actually overstepped.

"Yes, master." He hurriedly said respectfully.

Du Jinning nodded: "You can ask the people in Zhuangzi to come and cut down the trees later, and the wages will be calculated according to the market price. I will write to Liang Xiankuan for the gardening and ask him to send people to do it. When the field is not busy, I can also call in some Zhuangzi. The people above will do the rough work."

In order to grab the farming time, Yao Shuqi bought a house in Runzhou and asked people to raise seedlings in the rice fields in the house. He brought a few old farmers here.Those old farmers used to farm in the Du family's house, but they were specially selected by Du Jinning on the Zhuangzi in the capital, and this time they were brought to Runzhou.

Therefore, before the seedlings are grown, the tenant farmers on the Zhuangzi have nothing to do except to plow the fields and apply the base fertilizer again.And if there are more people, the trees in the grove can be felled in one day, and it won't take much time for them.

"Okay, sir."

"Before the garden is built, you send someone to clean up the house on Zhuangzi. I will stay here most of the time in the future."

Yao Shuqi responded, seeing that Du Jinning had no other orders, he immediately set off to find someone to do something.

Du Jinning turned around and told Aoki: "Go find Song Zhuangtou and go to the house over there, and I'll talk to him."

Aoki also left.

Du Jinning returned to Zhuangzi's house, sat down, and waited for Song Zhuangtou to come over.

Yao Shuqi also tidied up this house once before.It's just that Du Jinning rested here when he came to Zhuangzi, so he didn't tidy it up carefully.Now that Du Jinning wants to live here, that's another matter. At least a bedroom and a study should be arranged;

After a while, Song Zhuangtou came.

Du Jinning asked him to sit down, and began to ask him how many cows there were in the village, how much labor was there, how many old people, women and children, and how they usually plowed the fields.

Old man Zhuang was uneasy, but he answered Du Jinning's questions one by one.

There were not many cows in the village, but Yao Shuqi knew that Du Jinning was ordered by the emperor, and farming would not save money, so he bought seven or eight cows one after another in the past few days, which was enough for him.

It is good that there is plenty of time now, but if there is no land for cattle to plow in summer, it is easy to miss the farming time.

While Du Jinning understood the situation, he also revealed some farming knowledge in his words.As the saying goes, when a connoisseur stretches out his hand, he will know if it is there.Hearing Du Jinning say a few words, Song Zhuangtou found that the young man in front of him seemed to be quite proficient in farming, and every sentence was to the point.

He couldn't help but admire Du Jinning.

I also have some confidence in the double-cropping rice in my heart.

"From tomorrow onwards, you will turn over the cattle, plow the field deeply, and then fertilize. I will send someone to guide you then." Du Jinning said.

"Okay, Mr. Du's family." This time old man Song respected from the bottom of his heart.

After sending old man Song away, Du Jinning went back to his home and returned to Runzhou City.

After entering the door, she asked old man Zhu, "Has anyone been here in the yamen?"

"No." Old man Zhu said, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Du Jinning anxiously.

When Du Jinning came to Runzhou and was treated coldly in the yamen, all the servants in the mansion knew.This was also Yao Shuqi's intention to beat people up and tell them to be careful, so as not to be caught by others and drag Du Jinning back, and deliberately revealed it.

Du Jinning didn't respond, and went straight into his yard and began to write planting records.

This is the task she set for herself.

In Runzhou, she has to record how many acres of land, how many households to cultivate, how many cattle, what fertilizer to use, how to breed, and what the weather is like at this time, and send someone to send it to Qi Bokun every once in a while. , and then entrusted him to pass it on to Zhao Wei.

There are people in the court who have such benefits.Otherwise, if she wants to regularly report to the big boss and obtain political achievements, she has nowhere to ask.

This day passed in such a peaceful way.

When he got up the next day, Du Jinning went to the yamen again to order.

The yamen servants also told her again that the magistrate and two fellow magistrates had gone out of the city.

Du Jinning is still not emotional.This time she didn't go to the various yamen, but went to the workshop in charge of agriculture and water conservancy, and asked about the basic situation there.

"I'm sorry, my lord, these lower officials don't know much about it." The pawn surnamed Yu said expressionlessly.

Others secretly looked at Du Jinning's face.

Du Jinning was expressionless, showing no emotion.

"As a workshop official, you don't know how many fields and cattle there are in Runzhou?" she asked.

"These data are all in the hands of Tongzhi Master Wang. Master Wang didn't tell the subordinates, so the subordinates naturally don't know." Yu Dianli looked a little unnatural, but he still gritted his teeth and withstood the pressure, and still used this reason to prevaricate Du Jinning .

"How is the water conservancy in that state? How was the harvest in previous years?" Du Jinning asked again.

Official Yu Dian felt a little sweaty on his forehead, but he still said, "I don't know."

Du Jinning asked a few more questions, and Yu Dianli replied in the same way.

Du Jinning nodded and stood up: "Okay, I see." Then he turned and went out the door.

Dianli Yu exchanged glances with other subordinate officials in the workshop: "What does he know?"

"He knows your attitude, haha." The colleague laughed.

"Yu Huaigu, you are courting death." An old official glanced at Yu Dianli and shook his head pityingly.

"You old man is timid. With Master Zhizhou protecting you, even a strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake. How can Master Du treat Yu Dianli? Master Zhizhou just wants to give Master Zhizhou a blow. As long as this Master Du Be smart, take some gifts and go to Zhizhou's mansion to be soft, bow your head, and this matter will be over. The usual strife in officialdom, even if the emperor knows it, he can't control it, what are you afraid of?"

(End of this chapter)