Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 439 Dividends
This year is the busiest year for Si Nong, especially in autumn and winter. From Shangguan to handyman, there are no exceptions. Some people have not even been home for half a month.

But the results after hard work are also gratifying.

The food in the greenhouse vegetable palace was good, and the emperor praised it many times.

Although other colleagues looked down on them, saying that they were just foraging in the fields and disdain to associate with them, they themselves could not hold their heads up before. Like Du Zhishu, who finally came out of the countryside and passed the imperial examination to become an official, but this time Even though we sent officials, we still had to deal with the fields.

When others asked, the old parents at home only said that he was an official in the capital, and they were embarrassed to say that he was an errand in the Agriculture Department.

But now Du Zhishu doesn't think so.

Because the King of Yue said, "The country is based on the people, the people are based on food and clothing, and the food and clothing are based on agriculture and mulberry." He said that they are as important as the six tribes, or even more important than the six tribes. The people are based on agriculture and mulberry. No, why talk about anything else.

Du Zhishu burst into tears after hearing this, and everyone in the Sinong Department also burst into tears. They are proud, they are from the Agriculture Department!

Now Du Zhishu is holding the account book and is once again proud of himself and their agricultural department. These are not numbers, but the fruits of their labor and their burning hearts for themselves and the people.

The King of Yue has said that next year these new vegetable varieties will be promoted to the whole Daqi to enrich the dining tables of the people of Daqi. As long as the people eat the vegetables they promote and grow, they will remember the success of their agriculture department's trial planting!

Du Zhishu sniffed, calmed down, and then read the account book to everyone. He planted several types of vegetables, how long the planting period was, what the harvests were, how much was given to the palace, how much was left, and how much silver was sold. , how much does it cost...

"The prince said to divide these in half, half according to the salary ratio, and the other half according to the contribution."

After Du Zhishu finished speaking, everyone looked at each other with excitement. Especially the excited expressions of several handymen were clearly written on their faces.

They were low-class servants who usually did the most work but received the least salary. They thought that today's dividend would be the same as before and they would not get much benefit. Unexpectedly, the King of Yue said that half of the dividend would be divided according to contribution.

In terms of contribution and hard work, who has worked harder than them?

He rubbed his hands together excitedly.

Zhao Guangyuan glanced around and glanced past several handymen. A few handymen almost live in Huangzhuang. If they get the least, it will dampen their enthusiasm in the future. He glanced at Yao Yongyi again and saw that he had no objections, and felt satisfied.

Yao Yongyi is a sensible person, smart, aware of current affairs, and highly cooperative with him. If it were another person, Zhao Guangyuan felt that he might not have such success in Si Nong Division.

After reading the account book, Du Zhishu opened the box on the side under the instructions of King Yue and Master Yao...

As soon as the box was opened, the white and silver light instantly blinded people's eyes. It's full of silver ingots, five ounces each. There is also a box of one or two small ingots next to it.

Just looking at them makes people want to hold them and take a bite. No matter how tenacious a person is, his eyes are full of joy.

Who can look at silver, a whole box of silver, and remain calm, and he is not a god.

"Pan diameter, thirty-five taels, Shiguo thirty-three taels..."

Panjing Shiguo listened to Master Shaoqing reading their names and excitedly stepped forward to collect the money.

There were several silver ingots of five ounces each, which were heavy in their arms. The two of them held them excitedly, "Thank you King Yue, thank you Lord Yao, thank you Lord Du!"

His voice trembled. For them, who have a salary of 2 taels per month, more than 30 taels of silver is almost equivalent to their salary for two years. How can it not be exciting!
And this is the money they got from their hard work and the external wealth they got in an upright way.

Full sense of accomplishment.

After a few servants finished collecting, they heard from Peng and Song, the two ninth-level chiefs, that the other adults received more than them, and they were no longer jealous. Although they contributed the most, they couldn't do it without the adults' advice and careful guidance. Even if you don't do anything, you won't get so much money.

After Mr. Yao finally received the dividends, everyone in the Si Nong Division looked at me and I looked at you. Everyone was smiling happily with big teeth. Don Wangzhi, who came last, also received twenty taels.

Don Wangzhi was fondling a few silver ingots, secretly enjoying themselves. This was his monthly salary for four months at the academy!
Feeling their happiness, Zhao Guangyuan also became happy.

"We prepared too late this year, and tried planting some unfamiliar vegetable varieties, and sent most of them to the palace, so the dividends are not much. In addition, I have left a thousand taels for dividends..."

They still have one thousand taels of silver left to share? !
The king of Yue intercepted a thousand taels?

"Does the prince have any special arrangements?" Mr. Yao and Mr. Du must have known about it. Chief Peng, who had gone to the imperial mausoleum with the King of Yue on errands, asked what everyone wanted to ask.

Zhao Guangyuan nodded, "Yes. I have an arrangement. Our Agriculture Department advises on mulberry farming. We should not only study methods to increase grain yields, benefit the people, feed and clothe the people, and establish the foundation of the country, but also discover more, cultivate more, and experiment more." We can grow various edible crops in Huangzhuang, so we are restricted by others. I took advantage of this opportunity and bought a small farm of 50 acres in the suburbs of Beijing. Starting next spring, we will conduct experiments on our own farm. The profits gained from growing vegetables on the farm in autumn and winter will also be our own.”

There was little money to be made in the Si Nong Division. Even Mr. Yao was living a tight life and had no money. His colleagues in various yamen still looked down on them, so Zhao Guangyuan wanted to seek some benefits for them.

It is said that money makes people courageous, and if their wallets are bulging, everything will go smoothly.

Everyone was surprised and happy, did they have their own Zhuangzi? Next year they will grow vegetables on their own farm, and the profits from the sales will be their own?

"Not only that, if we cultivate new species in the future, others will come to us to buy seeds."

Wealthy officials and wealthy households are asking them to buy seeds?
Which high-ranking official and wealthy family does not have Zhuangzi's land? If they really cultivated high-yielding crops, many people would be looking to buy the unborn edible crops!
Everyone imagined that people who usually looked down on them came to them to buy seeds. That scene...

He couldn't help but straighten his chest and straighten his back.

They have their own village! They don't have to be controlled by others. They can conduct various experiments without any distractions. They don't have to watch other people's gesticulations and make irresponsible remarks!

It's cool to think about.

"We all listen to the prince!" "Yes, we will do whatever the prince says!" Everyone respected Zhao Guangyuan more and more.

After Si Nongsi left the government office, Du Zhishu returned home with a few coins in his arms.

Seeing the busy figure of the mother-in-law and the maid in her small courtyard, my mood became better and better. Before that, their family was just a maid, a mother-in-law, and a boy, and the wife had to do many household chores herself.

But now they have hired a few more servants. Not only does the wife no longer have to do housework, but the children also have someone to take care of them.

"Dad!" When the two children saw their father coming back, they ran over and hugged his thighs. "Hey. Are you good at home? Do you listen to your mother?" Du Zhishu handed the bag of money to his wife and started kissing his two children.

After he finished speaking, he saw that they couldn't stay in the house, so he asked the maid to take them out. Seeing that his wife didn't even open the bag and take a look, he joked: "You don't even care about money now?"

Zhou rolled her eyes at him and said, "Isn't it just forty-two taels of silver? I heard you say that two days ago." What's there to be curious about?

Du Zhishu sat next to her, "Isn't it just forty-two taels of silver? Madam, you are very loud now. My husband thought that Madam, you are rich in wealth and don't even look down on the silver I got back."

Mrs. Zhou raised her eyebrows at him proudly, "Compared with the money I received, what you have is not enough."

Thinking of the more than two hundred taels of silver that Zhou had brought back, "That's incomparable to my husband."

Who would have thought that his wife had only been with the princess for such a short period of time and had earned several times as much money as he did.

"I still have a short time, you can see next year."

"Yes, yes." Du Zhishu stood up and bowed to her, "Then my husband will have to be supported by my wife. I hope my wife will take care of me in the future!"

"Go." Zhou smiled and pushed him.

Who doesn't love silver? He opened his bag and touched the few ingots of silver his husband brought back, smiling brightly. Who would have thought that last year they were still worrying about money.

There were gifts to Shangguan, gifts to the parents and relatives of both families, and favors to be exchanged here and there. Du Zhishu's annual salary of sixty taels, plus various subsidies, amounted to less than one hundred taels. Last year the couple was worried about money, but this year they suddenly became rich.

"Next year we will both work hard to buy a house of our own!" "Yeah!"

The next day, the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, all government offices in Daqi began to seal. By the time the seal is opened on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Da Qi will have a full month of annual leave.

Of course, the seal does not mean that there will be no one in the yamen and it will no longer work. There will still be people on duty during the year. Like the yamen in Beijing, documents sent from other provinces and cities are accepted correctly, but they are only accepted but not opened.

However, when important military and government affairs are encountered, they are still reported at any time.

"Daqi's annual vacation is quite long." Lin Zhaoxia was extremely envious. Thinking of how she would have to work on New Year's Eve, I shed tears.

Zhao Guangyuan felt a little sad when he thought about the women in her place who had to work and earn money to support their families just like men. He thought about her previous hard work. Thinking about loving her more in the future.

"It's also because transportation in Daqi is inconvenient. Roads are blocked by heavy snow in winter, making it even more difficult to travel. Officials from other provinces, states and counties have to go home to visit relatives. If the leave is short, they won't even have enough time on the road."

"That's right. That Du Zhishu of your Agriculture Department, the one from Yanzhou, I heard from Mr. Zhou that the couple haven't been back to their hometown for many years."

"They're going back this year."

Yanzhou is not too far from the capital, and a month is enough for them to go back and forth. They did not go back before, mainly because the cost was too high. The family lived on Du Zhishu's salary. After a year, they could not go back without borrowing money. All debts are good.

Lin Zhaoxia lamented how difficult it is to live in the capital. Countless people in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have struggled for many years and cannot afford to buy a house. They are afraid when the Chinese New Year comes and all the money they have saved over the year is gone. it's the same.

"This year your agricultural department should have a better time."

"Not only are they having an easy time, but I, the King of Yue, are also having a much better time. It is said that with the help of the Immortal Building, I finally got rid of my poor hat. I believe that it won't be long before the money borrowed from the pawn shop can be returned. Everyone is happy for this king."

Lin Zhaoxia then laughed.

"Even when I go to various banquets, the ladies are looking at me, for fear that the King of Yue is too poor and will wrong me, a princess from the common people. Every time I attend a royal gathering, the eldest princesses are eager to give me jewelry. , I’m afraid that my shabby attitude will embarrass the royal family.”

Zhao Guangyuan also smiled, "None of the imperial aunts are mean people. They treated me and the imperial brother very well when we were young..."

Speaking of the deceased late prince, the couple remained silent.

Seeing his gloomy expression, Lin Zhaoxia hugged him and said, "Several of the imperial aunts said that everyone in the family loved the seafood we sent, and they also said that Yuezhou would send more in the future. They gave me a lot. Return gift."

Zhao Guangyuan nodded, "Keep it."

Lin Zhaoxia responded. When talking about New Year's gifts, he remembered something again, "There were many people at the library sending New Year's gifts. I originally said I wouldn't accept them, but they left the New Year's gifts at the door and left."

I didn't expect that the ancients were so simple, they only showed some kindness and thought about repaying it.

Because of the opening of Huixian Building, some students from poor families in the library were invited to draw menus, cultural creations, comics, and children's enlightenment stories, and their calligraphy and paintings were collected, allowing those students to earn a lot of money. I have the confidence to stay in the capital for a few more days to study.

I heard from outsiders that the King of Yue was poor, and he helped promote it, and took the limited money to Huixian Tower to spend money. At the end of the year, he also sent gifts to the Palace of the King of Yue. Lin Zhaoxia was quite moved.

Zhao Guangyuan thought for a while, "I will ask someone to write down the list of gift givers, and next year I will introduce them to some great scholars and give them some guidance on their knowledge."

After the Yamen was sealed, the court meeting also stopped. Zhao Guangyuan has more time to spend with his wife and children. I also went back to Hyundai to give me some New Year gifts.

After Lin's father passed away, Lin's mother remarried, and Lin Zhaoxia didn't come back to Yuhang's family very often. I didn’t stay overnight again during the Chinese New Year. I barely see Lin Ma and Lin Yanran once or twice a year. But Lin Zhaoxia has not forgotten the exchange of favors.

After Lin's mother remarried, Lin Zhaoxia's ties with her were reduced.

“Let’s have a meal together on New Year’s Eve this year,” Lin’s mother said in the video. Next to him, Zhao Li stretched out his head and nodded in agreement, extending a warm invitation to Zhao Guangyuan.

Remembering that there was a New Year's Eve banquet in the palace this year, and officials above the fifth rank and their families were going to the palace to attend the banquet, Lin Zhaoxia refused, "We have arrangements for New Year's Eve, so we can't leave. If we have time during the year, we will go to Yuhang to see you. ”

Lin's mother looked worried, "How come both of them are like this? Yanran said she wouldn't come back during the New Year. If the crew doesn't stop working, you won't come back either." She complained a few times.

"We really can't leave on New Year's Eve. I sent you some things. Don't be reluctant to eat them. If you have anything, please contact us."

"Okay, I got it, hang up."

The video was cut off. Lin Zhaoxia looked at the screen of her mobile phone, thinking that she and Lin's mother had become the most familiar strangers, and felt melancholy in her heart. She still didn't like Zhao Li, and she also became indifferent to Lin Ma.