Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 832 Reduced Production?
Of course, the monthly money does not need to be paid by Yao Shuqi out of his own pocket.Although Du Jinning transferred the tea garden to Qi Muyuan, other industries still exist.Although she arranged the property under her own name, Yao Shuqi and the others could not only get rid of slavery, but also obtain a certain amount of property.But Qi Muyuan expected her to return safely, so naturally he would not dispose of the property under her name at this time.

Unless one day he saw her dead body, or she did not come back after three or four years, he would send the letter that Du Jinning left in his hand to the three sisters of the Du family, and then deal with it according to Du Jinning's instructions Servants and property in her name.

But now, there is a field in Du Jinning's village. Although the rice in the field cannot be sold outside, it is still possible to sell it to the Ministry of Industry for rice seed.In addition, Du Jinning also has three shops in Runzhou, which were bought by Mrs. Chen to do business.These two incomes are enough to pay the servants of the two mansions in Runzhou and Beijing and support them.

The three sisters of the Du family saw that Yao Shuqi had arranged the house in an orderly manner, and even ran to negotiate with the officials of the Ministry of Industry who had occupied their land, and got back the benefits of the land, and then leased the land to them.Thinking about it, maybe Du Jinning would come back one day and continue to be her official, so they didn't insist on it anymore, and kept the two houses as they were.

Of course, this is preface.

On this day, Yao Shuqi inspected the whole house, and sent someone to inform Qingmu: "Go and tell Qingmu, let him go to Zhuangzi with me."

At this time, Zhuangzi seems to have become a royal forbidden area, strictly guarded by the army, and no one else is allowed to approach.

But this Zhuangzi's surname is Du after all, Yao Shuqi is the housekeeper of the Du family, and Aoki is Du Jinning's personal servant, and the two have been with Du Jinning for many years, and they also have experience in rice planting.The two are still literate, and their understanding of rice planting is different from that of Song Zhuangtou, Wang Laohan, and Qin Laohan, so the officials of the Ministry of Industry still welcome them to Zhuangzi.

However, in view of the fact that my young master has been missing for half a year, the government has not been able to find her, and now they have not even sent anyone looking for her. Yao Shuqi and Aoki have very objections to the emperor and the government; Taking the land as his own, and taking the high-yield rice that the young master has worked so hard to research as his political achievements, he is even more disgusted.Therefore, if the officials from the Ministry of Industry did not send someone to invite them respectfully, they would not go to Zhuangzi at all.

But today is different, the rice on Zhuangzi started to be harvested, Yao Shuqi specially asked Qingmu to go to Zhuangzi together.

Wang Fulai has always been Du Jinning's "queen" coachman. Since Du Jinning disappeared, Yao Shuqi refused to let him drive any more, but instead ordered the young coachman in the mansion.

The two left the city in a carriage and went up to Zhuangzi.

Twenty or thirty feet away from Zhuangzi, the carriage was stopped.

Yao Shuqi stuck his head out of the car and said, "It's me, Lord Du Jinning's housekeeper."

The defenders knew Yao Shuqi, but they didn't let them go directly, but let Yao Shuqi and Aoki get out of the car, checked it carefully, and found that there was nothing suspicious in the car, so they let them go.

Aoki has a calm personality, and has been with Du Jinning for several years. Under his influence, he is even more calm.

But at this moment, he couldn't bear it anymore. When the carriage drove away from the soldiers, he said angrily: "How angry! I feel like I'm going to be depressed."

"Don't be angry, there is a good show to watch today." Yao Shuqi said.

"What good show?" Aoki was puzzled.

He actually didn't understand why Yao Shuqi came to watch the rice harvest.

Seeing the bumper harvest, and thinking about it if the young master is still there, all the credit is due to the young master, but now the officials from the Ministry of Industry have taken over, wouldn't Yao Shuqi feel bored?Could this guy be masochistic?

Yao Shuqi played tricks: "You will know when you go."

Hearing what he said, Aoki looked forward to today's party.

Soon, Zhuangzi arrived, and the two were interrogated again.

In the end, the carriage and driver were left outside, and the two walked into Zhuangzi on foot.Instead of going to the small house where Du Jinning stayed, they went directly to the garden.

Lu Jiuyuan and the others went to Japan, and even An Shi left, leaving the garden empty.Yao Shuqi, who is proficient in business, simply rented the garden to the officials of the Ministry of Industry, and the asking price was quite high.Wu Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was grateful for Du Jinning's contribution and regretted her disappearance. Not only did he not bargain, but the Ministry of Industry paid a high price to rent the entire garden.

Yao Shuqi and the two arrived there, but they didn't go in (in fact, they couldn't get in easily). They explained to the guards guarding the gate that they came to see the rice harvesting, and the guards sent someone to take them to a field.

At this time, the able-bodied peasants of Zhuangzi were gathered here, as were Wu Zheng and the officials from the Ministry of Industry. They planned to follow Du Jinning's practice in the past, harvesting the lower fields first to see the yield, and then harvesting the middle and upper fields.In doing so, they feel that the output is rising wave after wave, which is an auspicious sign.

But when Aoki and Yao Shuqi went to the field, they found that Wu Zheng and several officials were not in a good mood.

He turned his head and glanced at Yao Shuqi, Yao Shuqi shook his head slightly at him, walked up to greet Wu Zheng: "Master Wu."

Although Yao Shuqi is just a housekeeper, for Du Jinning's sake, Wu Zheng has always treated him courteously.

He raised his hand and returned a salute, "You're here too."

"Yes. Let me check the output." Yao Shuqi said.

If it was normal, Wu Zheng would chat with him, but today he was obviously not in the mood.After saying this, he turned his head and looked at the men struggling to harvest in the field with a gloomy expression.

In a short while, more than half of an acre of rice field was harvested.Some men put down their sickles, picked up the ears of rice on the ground, and went to the threshing machine to thresh the grains.

There was more and more rice in the barn, and some men began to put the rice into baskets, and put them down before the scale, waiting to be weighed.

After a while, an official asked Wu Zheng: "My lord, have you started weighing?"

Wu Zheng nodded: "Let's start."

Everyone raised their hands together and started weighing.

"48 catties." The weighing official reported a number.

Even though Wu Zheng and a few officials knew what they were doing, they still held some hope in their hearts.But now when they heard this number, everyone's faces sank again.

These baskets are commonly used by farmers. Du Jinning also used these baskets to hold wet rice half a year ago. Wu Zheng still clearly remembered that a load of rice weighed 16 catties. (Note: In ancient times, it was [-] taels a catty)
But now, the same load of rice, even though it’s packed to the top, is only 48 jin. Everyone knows that it’s because the rice is not full at all, so the weight is so light.

(End of this chapter)