The three Man Baos were so surprised that they gathered around one after another, "Why did you come to Yongzhou?"
He said again: "We were in a hurry to go out, and we forgot to tell you, because we were anxious before."
Yin Huan and Liu Huancai didn't believe it. They couldn't come to inform them in person about a word. What's wrong with asking the servants to send a letter
It can be seen that they still haven't taken them to heart.
The two were angry for a while, and all three of them saluted and apologized. It took a long time to coax the two of them, so the two of them didn't go to the house they had just booked, and went directly to the yard they rented. Wash and rest in Bai Shan and Bai Erlang's room.
The things Bai Shan and Bai Erlang used were all brought from home, so they were naturally very good. Yin He and Liu Huan didn't dislike them either, so they washed and changed their clothes and went to salute Mrs. Liu and others, telling them that they were coming. Then go back to the house.
Bai Shan and the others wanted to go shopping at first, but they didn't go out now, they asked the waiter to bring them food, so they sat together in Bai Shan's room, eating and talking.
Yin probably ate some, he had a small appetite, and soon he was full, and then he leaned on the couch with his hands propped up and fell asleep.
Man Bao wrote a prescription and dried it and handed it to Changshou, asking him to grab the medicine for his young master to drink.
Yin may just be a little tired, and there are no other problems, but he forgot to bring the medicine, and now it's time for him to take the medicine.
It was convenient for Changshou to take the medicine to go out, but in fact he didn't need to go, he just went out, and the servants of the Bai family stepped forward to take the order and went out.
Changshou turned around and stood up again.
Yin moved a little, waved Changshou and Qingyu to go down to eat, then looked at the four people with great appetites, yawned and asked, "How can you eat so well?"
Man Bao looked at his empty bowl, ate the last mouthful of steamed buns, and said, "We need to eat less, and we have to go shopping at night."
Liu Huan didn't take a nap either, and was a little sleepy at this time, so he yawned and asked, "It won't be dark until after Xushi? You don't have lights when you go out now."
Bai Shan responded and said: "So you guys go to sleep, we will go out together after you wake up."
Hearing what he said, the two immediately went to rest with peace of mind, and didn't care about it at all before they ate and couldn't sleep well.
But who cares, the two didn't go to their upper room, they directly occupied Bai Shan and Bai Erlang's bed, Liu Huan kicked off his shoes and fell asleep soundly.
Yin may be better. Under the service of Changshou, he loosened his clothes and slept in his inner clothes, which was quite comfortable.
They slept until the sunset. When they woke up, the room was already dark, but there was still light outside, but it was estimated that it would be completely dark within two quarters of an hour.
The two quickly got up, washed and dressed.
Bai Shan and the others were sitting in the yard chatting. There were pens and ink on the table, with a lot of writing and drawing on it, all about the planning of the job field.
Hearing the sound of them waking up, Bai Shan finished counting the data in his hand, and then packed it up after writing it down.
Yin Or came out while putting on his coat, and caught a glimpse of their manuscript. It happened to be a painting on the top, which was square and square. He couldn't tell what it was, so he asked suspiciously: "What is this?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's a picture of Man Bao's job field."
Only then did Yin He remember to ask, "So you are here this time to see Man Bao's career?"
The three nodded together.
Yin Ju took out the picture to look, and found that there was a river marked on it, and a circle was drawn on one side of the river, which seemed to be a pond or something.
He wondered, "Can Zhatian dig ponds?"
"No," Man Bao said, "This is not within the scope of my job field, but on the edge. It is a wasteland, mostly sandy soil. It is not difficult for me to rent or buy it."
"Then what if your job field is not here in the future?"
Man Bao smiled and said, "Then sell the pond to others, or rent it to others."
Yin He laughed, "What if no one buys or rents it?"
"It doesn't matter, Bai Shan's family has Zhuangzi nearby, and it will be the same when the time comes to hand over to his family's Zhuangzi."
It was also based on this consideration that they dared to plan to spend so much money to dig ponds.
Yin Or couldn't help looking through their drafts, which not only calculated how many chickens and ducks they planned to raise, but also calculated how many fruit trees they would plant. He asked in a daze, "How do you calculate this?" ?”
"Using arithmetic," Bai Erlang can give him an answer to this point, "It is better to go to the north, where the terrain is flat and the land is basically every acre. One hundred acres are almost all connected together, even if there is a gap in the middle, it is only a few acres of fields separated, not connected here, but also connected there, so it is easy to calculate."
"These are cultivated fields. It's a pity to use them to plant fruit trees, so fruit trees and mulberry trees are planted on the ridges. We calculated the distance. Except for the ridges that must be distributed to the tenant farmers, we can use them for planting. Fruit trees."
Yin was curious, "Why must the land be distributed to the tenant farmers?"
Bai Erlang choked for a moment and asked back, "I don't give them any land, what land do they get to grow mulberry? They have to pay the court for cloth."
Where did Yin know about this, and asked, "Don't they have land to grow mulberry?"
Bai Shandao: "Most of that land is the imperial court's working field. If you want to grow mulberry, you can only plant it on the wasteland, but there are overgrown with weeds, various shrubs and waste rocks, it takes a lot of money It takes a lot of manpower and material resources, so it’s better to plant it between the ridges.”
Man Bao nodded.
Yin Ju was silent for a while and then asked, "Will you get any fruit from planting fruit trees on the ridge? I heard that children in the countryside will steal the fruit."
Man Bao said with a smile: "I didn't count on these fruits to make money. I'll pick them up when the time comes. If the fruits grow well, we will give them the fruits with chickens and ducks during the holidays. We save money and they eat happily." no?"
Liu Huan, who came out after getting dressed, laughed and said, "I've only heard that Zhuangzi gave gifts to the master's family, but never heard that the master gave gifts to the tenant farmers. Are you wrong?"
Man Bao scratched his head and asked, "Is it the other way around? But when we were at home, we gave things to the long-term workers every year, and Grandma Liu and the others never said anything."
Bai Shan: "It's not the opposite, it's written in the book, you should give your subordinates thoughtful gifts during the New Year and holidays, so that your subordinates can have a more sense of belonging. The whole book is about how to conquer your subordinates."
Yin was curious, "What kind of book is this?"
Bai Shan was about to say the title of the book, when he thought of something, he smiled and said, "It's a miscellaneous book, I read it when I was very young, and now I don't know where I received it."
Liu Huan still didn't believe it, "Every year, the stewards of my family's Zhuangzi send things to my house, but I have never seen my family give gifts to tenant farmers. If you don't believe me, ask Qingyu."