Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 254 Arrangement
The time of happy gathering is always short. The next day, everyone left Xizhou and went back separately.After seeing off these people, Jinghan felt a little bad.It's rare for my natal family to come here once, but they only stay for one night and leave. How can I not feel lost in my heart?

Zixuan also noticed something, so he put his arms around Jinghan and tried to comfort him, saying that he would definitely be able to go home this year.Jinghan is not the kind of person who likes to get into the horns, so she let go of these after a while and went to coax her son.

Now that Zixuan is the prefect, the business is even more busy, and the counties below are all newly divided, and various things are complicated.In addition to Zhao Xiancheng and Liu Zhuzhu, the other four magistrates sent by the court have not yet arrived, so Zixuan has to worry about it.

Coincidentally, County Magistrate Zhao and County Magistrate Liu were about to take office, and before leaving, they came over to thank Zixuan.

"You two, this time you were able to be promoted to county magistrates because of your hard work. Originally, according to the rules of the imperial court, you are not allowed to be an official in your hometown. But our Xizhou is just established, and everything is not yet complete. The emperor is also considerate. That's why we let the two of you work in the counties under the jurisdiction of Xizhou. You two must work hard to live up to the painstaking efforts of the imperial court." Zixuan naturally couldn't do without seeing these two people Admonish some.

Zhao Zhixian and Liu Zhixian bowed to Zixuan, "Thank you for your support, sir. We will definitely do our best to do some practical things for the people. Your hard work will not be in vain."

The three of them exchanged a few more pleasantries, then Zhixian Zhao and Zhixian Liu left, and they had to go to their posts quickly.

Zixuan sent them to the door, gave them a few more instructions, then turned around and went back to continue dealing with business.This year's floods have reduced food production everywhere. Although Xizhou has not been flooded, the food production has also dropped a lot.The imperial court has already reduced or exempted this year's taxes, so the common people can have enough to eat.

Fortunately, after four years of management by Zixuan and his wife in Xizhou, each household has a certain foundation.One year's harvest is not good, but it is not difficult.What's more, there are still so many livestock, how many of them can be exchanged for some money, and then they can collect some food from outside.

It is also fortunate that there are more cattle and sheep raised here, and generally do not need to eat much food. If there are more pigs raised, I am afraid that this time there will be a lot of losses.

In early October, it started to snow.This season is originally the time when people stay at home, but with so many workshops, people go to work in the workshops during the slack season.

Jinghan's brewery has been closed for a long time, and this time it has restarted brewing.Although the harvest of grain this year is less, there is no disaster in the south. Jinghan has already sent people to the south to harvest grain.The profit of this winemaking is still very large, even the grain recovered from the outside is still very profitable.

The wine shop was full of work, and the weaving shop had several batches of cloth going out.Today's weaving workshop is already very large, and there are also many female workers in it.There are also some women who take the wool home to spin, and send it back when the time comes, so that they can take care of the family and not delay earning money.

The wages of the female workers working in the weaving workshop are very high.They work in the weaving workshop every day, and when they come home, their family members really treat them very well.You know, there are more than two taels of silver a month, and there are a lot of dividends during the festivals. A female worker can earn more than 60 taels of silver a year.Big men can't compare, so how can the family not treat him well?

For those unmarried girls, their families are reluctant to let them marry early.And those girls who are old enough to talk about marriage are also the ones that many people are vying to marry.Whoever married such a daughter-in-law who can earn money must be overjoyed.So these female workers working in the weaving workshop are doing well one by one.Of course, there are those unsatisfactory ones, but they are a minority after all.

At this time, those raised ducks and geese should also be killed.Nowadays, ducks are raised in many places, not only for meat, but also for laying eggs.Jinghan figured out how to make preserved eggs, and also bought the secret recipe of salted duck eggs from an old woman in Moon Pao Village.The salted duck eggs marinated by the secret recipe, the outer skin is as clear and moist as jade, and the inner egg is golden yellow and red, oily, and it tastes very delicious.These two things sell very well in other states and counties.

This time Mingyu also took a fancy to the preserved eggs and salted duck eggs, and felt that these eggs could be sold well in the capital.However, it was obviously impossible to make it from here, so Jinghan gave these two prescriptions to Mingyu, and sent two skilled workers to set up a workshop there to try.

Other oil mills and sugar mills are also busy.Although the production is slightly reduced this year, which is a little worse than in previous years, but it can't stand the fact that more plants were planted at that time, so the total amount is not less than before.

So busy, the days passed.This year, it was agreed to go back to Songjiang River for the New Year, so when Dongyue came, Jinghan asked all the villages, pastures, workshops, etc. to send up the accounts.Jinghan looked at them one by one, and calculated the profits of various places, and also increased the bonuses that should be distributed by [-]% according to the previous ones.

"Everyone has done a good job this year. Although the income is not as good as in the past, I don't blame you. It's because of God. When the Chinese New Year comes, give everyone more wages so that everyone can have a good year. "Jing Han said to the various stewards.

Those in charge are naturally very happy, Jinghan has always been generous, and has never treated the people below badly when it comes to money.These people know it well, so they are very grateful.

"For the Chinese New Year this year, my lord and I are going back to our hometown, so you all need to take good care of our properties here. Don't make any mistakes, do you understand?" Jing Han asked worriedly.

"All the workshops here will stop working on the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and let them all go home to prepare for the New Year. They will not start working until the 25th of the first lunar month after the year. They have been tired for a year, and it is time to take a good rest. They all go home and have a good time with their relatives. Let’s reunite and go through so many things.”

"Thank you ma'am, ma'am is so considerate of everyone. The big guy will work hard in the future and help Madam take care of these properties." All the stewards said one after another.

Jing Han nodded, "How is the condition of those ranches?" She looked at the steward of the ranch and asked.

"Back to Madam, we listened to Madam's words. We started to repair the animal pens last year. This year, it has been completely finished. Those livestock are released during the day to eat some hay and so on, and they all return to the pen at night. This is quite good. Yes. This winter is a lot colder than previous years, but with this pen, no animals have been frozen to death.” said the stewards of several pastures.

"That's good, I've been worrying about it. The weather this year is really abnormal. It's not hot in summer, but it's freezing in winter. You must pay attention, don't freeze those cattle and sheep to death." Jinghan has always been worried about this. .

"No, let's remember Madam's words. At night, the cattle and sheep are crowded together, so don't worry." Those people replied.

Jinghan nodded, and then said something else, and let those in charge go back.

Roughly calculating all the income this year, there will be about 8 taels of silver left.Compared with previous years, it will be less, but this is not bad, and Jing Han is also very happy. "Chunliu, quickly pack up your things, we will be going back in a few days."

Chunxing also got married a while ago, and now Jinghan is surrounded by Chunliu and Chuncao.In addition, four little maids were brought in, all of them were brought by Chunliu first, and after a while, they were easy to handle, so they could be placed by her side to serve.

This girl came and went again and again, Jinghan always felt that she was a little bit reluctant, but she couldn't delay her, girls had to marry sooner or later.Fortunately, these girls are basically allocated to the family stewards. Although they will not be around to serve them in the future, they can still meet often, which is a bit of comfort.

Chunliu was also capable, so she took the two little maids with her and went to pack her things.

Zixuan hasn't been home for four or five years, and Jinghan hasn't been back for more than two years, so there are a lot of things to take with her now.Jinghan ordered people to kill four cows and a dozen sheep, and also brought two carts of fish from the Moon Pao. They were all big and looked very rare.

Of course, some local local products are also indispensable, such as yellow millet, full-grained oily melon seeds, emerald green mung beans, crystal clear vermicelli, and golden tobacco leaves. A lot of these have been prepared.

The news that Zixuan and his wife were going back to their hometown this year was spread. For a while, many people in the state city came to give gifts, and Zixuan naturally didn't want them.Those people from the chamber of commerce back then have all turned around now, and they also understand that Zixuan is sincerely for the good of the common people.So this time Zixuan had to be invited, and later Zixuan had no choice but to have a meal with them.At the banquet, those people all expressed their full support for the decision made by the state government in the future.

The herdsmen on the grassland also came. Wuya and Batu are now the leaders of the tribe.They sent white felt blankets, and carpets of beautiful colors.This carpet is a woman on the prairie. It was inspired by Jing Han's knitting and so on, and then slowly researched it out.Wool is spun into yarn, then dyed into various bright colors, and finally through the skillful hands of these women, carpets with magnificent patterns are woven.Now the women on the grasslands have all learned how to weave this kind of blankets, and these alone can earn a lot of money.

Jinghan knew from Wu Ya and the others that livestock pens had been built on the grasslands now, so Jinghan was relieved.You must know that the herdsmen originally lived a nomadic life of living by water and grass. It is very difficult to change their concepts and form the current settlement mode.This is because the herdsmen were grateful for the kindness of Zixuan and his wife, so they followed suit.

(End of this chapter)