Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 453 Implementation Arrangements
The next afternoon, the good son-in-law brought not only two servants, but also the chief steward Chang Qing, the chief housekeeper Gu Dachang, and the chief steward Gu Dahua.

Starting from Gu's house, with the current head of Qingyang Village, Gu Youcheng, leading the way, they went from the east side of the river in Qinghe Village to the west side of the river, and then met up with Zhou Sishun to go to the wasteland in the west of the river.

Although it is called wasteland, Zhou Sishun, who wants to plant something in every corner, how could he let it remain vacant? Today it is very different from when he first acquired it.

In just less than three months, according to the drawings drawn by Gu Wenxuan, the wasteland between Hexi and Wangbei Village has taken shape.

All the wasteland near the foot of the mountain that could be used for growing crops was planted with sweet potatoes or sown with alfalfa seeds, all the way to the pigpen and sheep pen at the south entrance of the village.

A piece of land was also fenced off near the pigpen and sheeppen for the construction of Qingyang Manor. At this time, Zhou Changgen's eldest son led people to dig the foundation and reinforce the pigpen and sheeppen.

As for the surrounding good fields, bad land and ponds, Gu Wenxuan didn't want to see them.

When it comes to farming, let alone him, even his father is far inferior to his father-in-law.

His father-in-law pointed to a place and said that piece of land had been planted with winter wheat, and that piece of land had been planted with something else that needed to be harvested before winter. He just nodded.

Asking too many questions in areas you are not good at will only make you laugh. Whenever his father-in-law mentioned what he harvested, what he planted, and so on, he would ask her all the time.

Gu Wenxuan always thought that his father-in-law had made good arrangements and brilliant plans, otherwise he and his wife only knew the basics and would be really dumbfounded if they were left to him.

Although he and his wife came from the mountains in their previous life, they are really not good at farming, not to mention the differences in crops between the north and the south.

Even when natural disasters struck in the past few years, they were only used to fool the city dwellers, who only dared to cultivate a vegetable garden and plant a few familiar crops.

Many?

I need to look through books and find videos.

After visiting here, the group led by Zhou Sishun and Gu Wenxuan turned to the entrance of Qinghe Village and went straight to the entrance of Gujiazhuang Village, where they stopped again.

After comparing the drawings and circling the land for the tofu shop and oil press with white lime, Gu Wenxuan handed these matters over to the chief steward Gu Dachang for overall planning.

The things that needed to be dealt with were almost finished. He was not the kind of father-in-law who liked to do things personally, but he still followed Zhou Sishun's advice out of respect.

Before planning a trip to the workshop and the manor, he left half of the staff in the village to discuss with Zhou Changgen, while he accompanied his father-in-law to the site for the paper mill.

Zhou Sishun was very happy.

What about the big pit of papermaking?

The pit here has already been dug and is in use. Together with the large pit dug in the wasteland near the foot of the mountain on the west side of the river, according to my brother-in-law, we can make another batch of paper before it freezes.

But it is completely unnecessary to enclose the entire site of the paper mill. There is no time to build mud walls, and there is not much point in making a fence with wooden strips and branches.

It would be better to use a thick straw rope to draw a line and hang a sign saying "No Trespassing". If some unlucky person is so blind as to sneak across the line, it can't be blamed on his daughter or son-in-law.

After all, this line involves a huge market, not just the big pit of papermaking. If you fall into the pit, it is not an accidental intrusion at all.

Besides, this side is not the other side of the river. Construction will start soon at the entrance of the village. Why not go here if you have nothing to do? If you have time, you can go to the workshop or to Ma's house.

Gu Wenxuan agreed with this. It was not a question of whether it would waste money or not. The key point was that it was not time to make a final decision on the planning of this land.

A mere paper mill would not require such a large piece of land. At least it is too early to decide what to do with the vacant land between the paper mill and the workshop.

Here the father-in-law and son-in-law reached the initial consensus - don't move it for now, wait until we move to the manor here, or plan it next year. After the matter was settled, Zhou Sishun didn't want to play with his son-in-law anymore, and let him take care of himself, while he returned to the entrance of Gujiazhuang.

After separating from Zhou Sishun, Gu Wenxuan was busy, but there was actually nothing to be busy about. He had originally planned to use half of the afternoon to deal with some outside matters.

Now the arrangements have basically been made on what to build and where to build it. Gu Dachang and others will cooperate with Zhou Changgen in the future, and he will go to the workshop next.

The workshop remains the same.

From the guards to the internal workers, everyone performed their duties well and did not slack off or engage in cheating due to the absence of the general manager, the chief steward, the chief housekeeper and others.

All of these are naturally inseparable from the existence of a good set of rules and regulations, from hierarchical management to clear rewards and punishments, which are sufficient to ensure the efficient and orderly operation of the workshop.

Gu Wenxuan visited and inspected the workshop. Seeing that everything was still going in order, he went out directly from the back door accompanied by Zhou Molan.

At the manor, carpenter Master Zheng had led his team to complete the work a month ago, paid all the wages and left. Now all the hardware facilities have been completed, leaving only the interior decoration.

Such as curtains and door curtains.

The sewing room has never stopped since the day it was established. After preparing autumn clothes for the servants, it is now winter clothes. In recent days, it has been busy with the work here.

His wife said that he didn't need to worry about the needlework, so he just let his wife take a look and see if the plants, trees, and rocks could be arranged properly.

Then check the current status of the granaries in visible and dark places, and whether there are any abnormalities in the entrance and exit of the secret cellar in the courtyard where he and his wife keep their wife's dowry.

After taking a look around and doing a rough check, the sun was setting and it was getting late, so Gu Wenxuan immediately took the accounts for September and went home.

When I got home, the house was unexpectedly lively.

Ever since his sister-in-law completed her double confinement, the number of visitors has unsurprisingly increased. It is obvious that the quiet days before are gone forever.

During that period, every time he came back home, it was quiet. Even though it was a little lively the last time he came home, it was not like today with some laughing and some crying.

Listening to the noise, wow, there were at least three children crying together, and five or six people, including his sister-in-law, were laughing so loudly!
Gu Wenxuan shook his head secretly and quickened his pace, walking from the backyard into the inner courtyard. Not surprisingly, as he had guessed, the noisy sound came from the east wing.

The question is, where is his wife?

"I'm here."

Zhou Banxia was trying to do two things at once, watching the fun and listening to gossip while paying attention to the movements outside, when he heard the old women and maids in the yard outside calling the Second Young Master.

When she came out of the small hall of the east wing, she saw that it was Gu Wenxuan who had returned home. He was standing in the corridor outside the small hall of the west wing, looking at where she was standing.

Zhiming and Jiaxing were moving things next to her, and Mai Huang was walking quickly towards her, probably because this made him feel embarrassed to call her wife.

Gu Wenxuan jumped down the steps in front of the corridor and walked forward in two steps. When Mai Huangxu came towards them with Zhou Banxia, ​​he couldn't help but hold his wife's hand.

"Hahaha……"

"Am I right?"

"Look, they are holding hands..."