Bai Shan and Bai Erlang held the cakes and ate them while watching their father and daughter interact. It took Lao Zhou a long time to recover. Fortunately, he has been taking medicine for the past two days, so he didn't pass out this time.
But I was not dizzy, and my head was dizzy for a while. It took him a long time to recover, swallowed his saliva and asked Man Bao again, "How much?"
Man Bao said: "A total of twenty-three shilumi and one thousand mu of land."
Old Zhou Tou struggled for a while and then asked in a low voice: "The job field can't be just pointed at, and it's all mountains and sandy land for you, right?"
"No," Man Bao said, "Although there are good and bad jobs, they are all cultivated by people. Even if there is a mountain, the mountain must be planted with beans or fruits, but this situation is also very rare. No, I heard people say that most of the job fields are familiar places."
Ripe land is a field where wheat or rice can be grown, and some good wasteland will take three to five years to become a mature land.
If it is not good, after more than ten years of planting, the land will still be green, except for beans and some melons and fruits, other crops will not survive.
One thousand mu, this obviously exceeded the cognition of old Zhou Tou, he leaned on the wall of the car and thought for a long time but couldn't think of anything, he just said: "It's strange that so many people want to be officials, one thousand mu , how many fewer children will be born to share this?"
Man Bao three people: ...
Old Zhou wiped his face, but still couldn't come to his senses, "Where are so many lands allocated? Can we allocate them to our Qili Village? Then Dad can show you, no, Qili Village doesn't have so many lands. It's gone..."
Man Bao said: "Father, I can't allocate that far away. The Ministry of Households allocated me the land on the Yongzhou side."
"Where is Yongzhou?"
"It's not far, the carriage will arrive in half a day," Man Bao said, "It's just to the northeast of the capital, and because it's the accompanying capital, many of the capital's jobs are allocated there."
"Then you have to hire long-term workers or hire tenants, otherwise you won't be able to plant so many lands."
"Father, there are special personnel to manage these fields. I just wait for the annual summer and autumn harvests to share."
"Then how can I do it?" Old Zhou was confused about other things, but never confused about the field. He said, "How can I entrust others with the work in the field? This work is tiring. If they don’t do their best, wouldn’t it be a big loss for you?”
Old Zhou Tou said directly: "Take it back, I'll show you later."
Man Bao: "...Father, this is a job field. If I don't become an official, it won't be mine anymore."
"Then aren't you in front now? Officials are getting higher and higher. You are still young, and it will not be a problem to be fifty or sixty years old..."
Man Bao three people: ...
Bai Shan subconsciously took a bite of the pancake, and glanced at Man Bao nervously.
For the stubborn father, Man Bao has nothing to do, this matter can only be left to her mother.
But her mother is not here at the moment, so she can only sigh and agree, and wonders if her father will forget about it next time when she takes a rest.
How nice it is to only pay the rent, the tenants are already in charge, why do you have to find work for yourself
Bai Shan finished eating the pancakes in his hands, and suddenly said: "It's here."
Only then did Man Bao realize that the carriage had slowed down, and then gradually listened.
The sun has come out now, but there are not many officials coming to work. Most of them are still working in the imperial city and do not go into the palace, so the gate of the palace is very deserted.
Man Bao was about to say hello to her father and get out of the car, when she saw her father carefully hiding behind the car window and quietly looking outside.
Man Bao: "Father, you can look at it openly."
Old Zhou Tou had already felt the solemn atmosphere here, and he felt a little regretful, why did he suddenly propose to come to see the palace
There is no one else outside except the officers and soldiers with knives and swords, and it is scary to look at.
Bai Shan asked him, "Uncle Zhou, would you like to get out of the car and take a walk?"
Old Zhou Tou quietly glanced at the officers and soldiers outside, and shook his head again and again. He'd better forget it and just watch in the car.
But when he peeked like this, the guards guarding the palace gate were not fools, and when they noticed a veiled sight, they looked over like lightning, so frightened that Lao Zhou put down the curtain and died without looking out the window.
Man Bao couldn't quite understand her father's timidity, stretched out his hand and scratched his head and said, "Father, then you and Daji go back, we are entering the palace."
Old Zhou nodded, thought for a while, and said: "Eat well after entering the palace, listen to the emperor and the prince, and don't cause trouble."
Although her father's words were not quite right, Man Bao still nodded.
She jumped out of the carriage, but before she could stand still, several carriages and horses rushed up like a gust of wind, and their classmates also jumped off the horses or the carriages in a hurry.
Seeing that Bai Shan and the others did not enter the palace, they all breathed a sigh of relief, it's okay, it's okay, it's not too late for them.
Feng Zongping asked Bai Shan, "Why are you so late?"
Bai Shan said without changing his expression: "It's late."
Several people were relieved when they heard this, and Liu Huan even said directly: "I'll just say, it's rare that you can rest for two days, why don't you stay in bed?"
Zhao Liulang had already brought his things to the guards for inspection and was about to enter the palace. Seeing that they were still moaning, he said, "Hurry up, when we came, we saw Lord Wei and Kong Jijiu's carriage. They should have already entered the imperial city."
Everyone immediately went to line up to go in. The guards were used to it, and they let them go after the routine inspection.
While stuffing things to Bai Shan to queue up, Man Bao said to the old Zhou who was lying on the window and peeking again: "Father, I'm going into the palace."
Old Zhou nodded in the crack of the window.
Feng Zongping and the others looked back curiously when they heard Man Bao's words, and asked, "Who are you talking to?"
Man Bao went to line up and replied casually: "My father!"
"Your father is here?" Feng Zongping and the others were hesitating whether to pay a salute when they saw the frame of Kong Jijiu coming from a distance. They immediately forgot about it and rushed up Urging the guards, "Hurry up, hurry up..."
The guards guarding the palace gate were not surprised, but they still checked one by one before releasing them.
This time, Man Bao took advantage of his power to inspect them first. Once they passed, he took his own basket and pulled his horse and ran away.
However, Master Wei who followed Kong Jijiu still saw it.
He twitched the corner of his mouth, and said to Kong Jijiu: "These disciples of Kong Jijiu are a little lax."
Kong Jijiu always protected his shortcomings, and said, "Zhou Man is still an official of the court, isn't it still too late?"
We all know that Wei Zhi and Zhou Man have a good relationship. If you say my disciple, then I will talk about your friend.
Bai Shan and the others ran away in a hurry, only a few carriages and a few horses were left at the gate of the palace, and the servants of each family began to gather together to leave the imperial city.