Back at Zhou's house, it was almost dark, Zhou Lizhong was surrounded by Zhou's family to talk about the grand court meeting, when he saw Zhou Man came back, he immediately surrounded him, "Are you tired, go wash up and rest?"
"Do you want to eat first? I heard from Lizhong that you are all in meetings all day."
Zhou Man waved his hand to show that it was all right, went back to the house and changed into casual clothes, then went to see Mrs. Liu, and told her about selling Longzhou's new grains to the household department. "
Mrs. Liu doesn't have a deep obsession with money. If she can exchange money for an official career, it will be a good deal for her.
So she just asked, "Can't we keep a single seed?"
"No, we can keep our own rice seeds," Zhou Man said, "Choose more when selecting seeds. Grandma, I have allocated some fiefdoms in Liyang. Well done, I am also benefited, so I plan to plant some grain in the spring equinox next year."
Mrs. Liu understood, and asked, "How do you plan to take care of it over there?"
She said: "Before you were the owner of the township or county, the land was not very large, and you could hand it over to the county government. But now that your land has expanded so much, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to hand it all over to the county government."
If the county government cannot receive money from the fief, it may not be more concerned. At that time, it will not only lose Zhou Man, but also the people in the fief, and it will not be good for Zhou Man's reputation.
Zhou Man thought for a while and said: "My brothers and sisters-in-law are not suitable for dealing with the county government. Lijun's place is already very busy, so I can't bother her with everything. Grandma thinks that Bai's side is suitable." people?"
Mrs. Liu's mouth twitched slightly, and she said: "If you don't worry, you can leave this matter to me, and I will choose someone for you."
Zhou Man smiled and said, "Of course I believe in grandma, so I will leave everything to grandma."
There is no one more suitable than Madam Liu.
Zhou Man got up, "I'll go and tell my parents, I have to leave enough seeds in my house, and the rest will be sold to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
She paused, then lowered her voice and said, "Grandma, I only sold grain from my natal family and our family. My cousin..."
Mrs. Liu raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile, "I will write to him."
Zhou Man left happily.
Those grains in Master Bai's hands should be hoarded, as well as those in Li Jun's hands.
With Brother Yang here, these grains have been planted in the hands of the Ministry of Households, and they must be distributed equally among the states. Some well-informed wealthy families will definitely find a way to buy them from him. Batch rice seeds come in handy.
Zhou's family has no objection to Zhou Man's sale of grain to the Ministry of Households, so much grain is still at a normal price, how wonderful.
Except for Zhou Lijun and Zhou Zhoulang, no one in the Zhou family could have imagined the price of new wheat seeds back then.
When everyone had dispersed, Zhou Man asked Zhou Lizhong to go to the study to discuss matters. Zhou Lijun and Zhou Zhoulang were already there.
Zhou Lizhong glanced out, "Sister-in-law, why did you only call us?"
Zhou Man said: "The four of us are enough, too many people are noisy."
She turned her head to look at Zhou Lijun, "How's your harvest at Xiang's Zhuangzi?"
"The output is not lower than that in the village."
Zhou Man nodded, and said to her: "Brother Yang has always been fair and considerate, he will definitely issue a decree to crack down on fake new rice seeds and the price of new rice seeds. point."
Zhou Lijun responded, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I know."
Zhou Man nodded, and then said to Zhou Zhoulang: "New rice seeds cannot be exported. They have not been tested in the Jiangnan area, and they cannot flow there. If you want to sell them, you can only sell them in the Central Plains area."
Zhou Zhoulang, "Can they still block the path to the south of the Yangtze River?"
"There's no need to block it, just don't allow it to flow in large quantities, so as not to cause disasters if the new rice seeds are not suitable for the south of the Yangtze River. If someone wants to try planting, we will not stop it," Zhou Man said: "Sinong Temple will choose test fields in various places later. , to try to plant new rice, and next autumn we will know whether Jiangnan is suitable for this new rice, I don't want you to go through this muddy water."
Zhou Zhou Lang touched his nose, "Okay."
Zhou Man stretched out his hand and patted Zhou Lizhong's shoulder and said, "Tomorrow I will take you to report to Sinong Temple, and His Majesty will immediately appoint you as Prime Minister of Sinong Temple, I'm afraid you will not get used to it."
She said: "The habit in the officialdom is that I have been in the court for many years and I am not used to it, so you don't need to accommodate them too much. Although we entered the court as officials, it is not for a great future. You look closer , this is just a job for us to settle down, so what was in Zhuangzi before is what it is now."
She said: "I can't stay in the capital for a long time. I will go back to Qingzhou after the new rice seeds and the medical office are confirmed. If you have any doubts, please ask Mr. Zhuang."
Zhou Li nodded his head.
Zhou Zhoulang asked her, "When are you going to Qingzhou?"
Zhou Man shook his head, "I don't know either, it depends on the speed of the court's discussions."
She and the Imperial Medical Office have been in operation for more than half a year, but they still haven't been able to fully determine the restructuring of the medical office. Although the emperor's consent has been obtained this time, who knows how slow the officials in the court are
After discussing the matter, Zhou Man asked them to leave. She sat on the chair and thought for a while, then took out the stationery and wrote a letter to Bai Shan.
After seeing the words, I complained aggrievedly, Your Majesty came forward, and I sold all our new rice seeds to the Ministry of Households at the normal price of grain. Previously, we wanted to use it to make a fortune like the new wheat seeds back then. If the matter is not completed, there should be an official letter from your place soon...
In Beihai County, the new rice seeds were basically used by Bai Shan on the official fields.
From the official farm, except for his share of the job farm, the rest of the harvest all belonged to the county government.
If the imperial court wanted to confiscate by force, they would not even have to pay the money.
Zhou Man wrote a letter to make Bai Shan mentally prepared.
After Zhou Man finished writing the envelope, until late at night, she stretched and sealed the envelope before going back to bed. She decided to sleep in tomorrow!
As a sent-out official who was recalled, she didn't have to go to the Yamen to ask for advice, and she didn't even ask for it from the Chongwen Museum.
So when Zhou Man woke up until dawn, if she hadn't been woken up by Xibing, she would have been able to sleep until noon.
She barely opened her eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Miss, someone came from the palace and told you to go to court."
Zhou Man pulled the thin quilt to the top of his head, turned over and wrapped the quilt around his body, and said in a muffled voice: "You have been cheated, you just finished attending the court meeting yesterday, how can you return it today?"
"It's not the big court meeting, it's the small court meeting, lady, get up quickly, the servant is still waiting outside."
Zhou Man lifted the quilt and sat up with a dazed expression, "Xiaochaohui? I don't need to go to Xiaochaohui."
Having said that, she got up in a hurry, washed her face in a hurry, put on her official uniform, put on her boots, and ran outside, "Lady, the old lady has prepared food for you, please bring it with you."