After the clan members and villagers witnessed the letter of severance between Qin Yi's second and first branches, they felt complicated. It must be said that Qin Yihan was wise and rational. The family finally had a promising grandson, so they naturally couldn't let others delay him and ruin his future. But if it were them, they would definitely not do such a thing as a letter of severance.
Sometimes, when one of the grandsons in the family becomes successful, they always ask him to help others. However, as long as the second and first branches of Qin's family do not do anything out of line, the existence of this family letter is nothing.
Alas... their deepest feeling was that, until now, they still couldn't believe that Qin had actually produced a general, a general higher than the county magistrate.
However, this is a good thing for Baili Village. This is why the villagers are so happy when a scholar or a juren appears in the village, because it means that the village has a backer, and other villages dare not bully them. But a scholar or a juren cannot be compared with a general. A scholar or a juren is the starting point for becoming an official, while a general is already an official, and a higher official than a county magistrate.
The Qin people had no clans and no family tree, so when the family relationship was severed, there was no need to open a clan temple and transfer the household registration. They only needed to settle the family relationship and that was it.
However, because of Qin Fang, Grandpa Qin decided to establish the Qin family tree starting from his generation.
Grandpa Qin put away the letter of severance and said, "Thank you, eldest brother and the villagers. Please keep the matter of the letter of severance confidential." He didn't want this matter to affect them when neither the second nor the first branch was at fault.
The clan leaders and villagers were certainly not stupid, and they all agreed.
The clan leader said, "Brother, A Fang has made great achievements and is now a general. We Qin people can't just let it go. We have to hold a buffet." Although the Qin people are not from the same clan, they just joined together to form a Qin group because people from the same village fled here and were afraid of being bullied by foreign forces. However, Qin Fang has made great achievements, which is good news for them. Since then, the Qin family has been the largest family in Baili Village.
Grandpa Qin said, "We have to celebrate. We have to hold a banquet. Please tell Big Brother and the villagers to tell everyone that we will hold a banquet in the next few days. Also, we want to buy ten acres of prime land. Please help us keep an eye out for anyone who wants to sell prime land."
The village chief was about to speak when Uncle Qin said, "Dad, I don't want ten acres of top-quality land. I want five acres of top-quality land. Can I exchange the rest for medium-quality land?" All the top-quality land was wasted, and some crops could be grown on medium-quality land.
Grandpa Qin said, "Sure. Ten acres of top-quality land is one hundred silver coins. If you only want five acres, the remaining fifty silver coins can be exchanged for medium and low-quality land. You can do it yourself. The total amount is one hundred silver coins."
Uncle Qin was happy to hear this: "Hey."
The news that Qin Fang had become a general spread quickly throughout the village. In less than half a day, everyone in Baili Village knew about it. Qin Fang was already popular, and because of this incident, even more people came to congratulate him.
Yunxiang County
After finishing her breakfast, Yang Haiyan said to Aunt Lian, "It's been a month and a half, and Aunt Fan hasn't come back yet. There's not even any news. Why does it make me feel uneasy?"
Nanny Lian said, "Who said it wasn't true? Sister Fan said she would be back in a month at most, and it's already June. Could something have happened?" Normally, Nanny Lian and Aunt Fan got along pretty well. Now that Aunt Fan has been gone for so long, Nanny Lian is worried.
Yang Haiyan sighed: "Wait a few more days. If they haven't come yet, send someone to check over there. How long does it take to get to Aunt Fan's county town from here?"
Nanny Lian replied, "It's not far, it's in Lin County. If we set out this morning and take a carriage, we'll be there by evening."
Yang Haiyan was surprised: "So close?"
Nanny Lian said, "Actually, it takes a whole day to travel by carriage, so it's not that close."
Yang Haiyan thought, it's true, just sitting in the carriage for half a day, my back and waist are sore, it's really uncomfortable. "By the way, Aunt Lian, what happened to the shop?"
Aunt Lian said that she and her wife went shopping a few days ago and bought a shop. The original owner of the shop moved away from Yunxiang County, but business in Yunxiang County was not doing well, so her wife bought the shop. However, the shop sells women's accessories and there are still a lot of inventory in the store, so the shop was sold for a while, but these things were not sold, so it would be a loss.
So, the wife taught the shopkeeper a trick, such as buy one get one free or something like that. Keeping the goods in hand would just be a waste of stock, so it would be better to sell them.
Aunt Lian: "Early this morning, the shopkeeper came and said that he could hand over the shop to us tomorrow. Madam, do you really plan to continue selling snacks after buying this shop? Sell those French fries you mentioned before?"
Yang Haiyan smiled and shook her head: "No, I just said it casually at the time. I don't plan to make snacks." She was a fifth-rank official with a monthly salary of sixty silver coins, so she really didn't want to open a snack shop.
Aunt Lian: "So what kind of business do you plan to start?"
Yang Haiyan said: "When we passed by the academy earlier, we saw many small stalls in front of the entrance of the academy. I think the snack business is good. However, selling snacks still requires hiring cooks, which is troublesome." If something goes wrong with the food, it will be troublesome, so she doesn't buy food.
"Madam..." Just as Yang Haiyan was lost in thought, Aunt Yu's voice rang out from outside, "Madam, Uncle Hong is here. He said that some villagers are at the door and want to see you."
Yang Haiyan was stunned: "Villagers?"
Aunt Yu said, "They are villagers from the nearby Miaopu Village. The food for the military camp was purchased from Miaopu Village before."
As soon as Yang Haiyan heard this, she understood what they were here for. "Please ask them to come in." She stood up again and said, "Madame Lian, let's go and take a look."
Aunt Lian: "Hey, Madam, they may be here for food. It's June now, and the food planted at the beginning of the year has a good harvest."
Yang Haiyan nodded. The barracks had not yet found an accountant, so the money was still in her hands. She was the one who ordered the food, vegetables, and meat for the barracks every month. Because of this, Yang Haiyan was very busy for a few days every month. Because there were thousands of soldiers in the barracks, the order quantity was large. Fortunately, it was only a few days a month. She made arrangements with the vendors, and the vendors would deliver fresh vegetables and meat to the barracks every day.
Yang Haiyan thought that the accountant of the military camp must be someone Qin Fang trusted. It would be a good thing if Qin Shouye could take over the accountant. She could teach Qin Shouye how to do accounting. Although she did not know professional accounting methods, she made her own forms and did accounting according to the forms, which was very convenient and clear.
Yang Haiyan and Aunt Lian arrived to ask for information, and the old woman who poured water had already served the tea. In the hall was a villager from Miaopu Village with a man. When they saw Yang Haiyan, they hurriedly saluted and said, "I greet the general's wife."
The villagers of Miaopu Village have some connection with Magistrate Bai. So when Yang Haiyan told Magistrate Yang that she wanted to order food for the military camp, Magistrate Bai recommended Bai Zhen. Miaopu Village is under the jurisdiction of Bai Zhen, and the girl of Miaopu Village married Bai Zhen.
Although they are related by marriage, the food collected from Miaopu Village is indeed good. Grain, vegetables, meat, eggs, etc., Miaopu has been delivering them to the military camp every day from April to now.
Of course, the crops were not only sent to Miaopu Village, but also to other villages, because the harvest from Miaopu Village alone could not meet the needs of thousands of soldiers in the military camp.
Yang Haiyan said: "Miao Cun, please stand up and sit down."
Most of the villagers in Miaopu Village have the surname Miao, which is the most common surname in Miaopu Village.
Miao Cun was a little nervous before coming. Although they had met the general's wife when she came to order food, and they felt that she was easy to get along with and had a good personality. But before coming, Miao Cun was still worried about what might happen. His relative Bai Zhen had already made connections for them, and he didn't want to trouble him again. Besides, if he troubled his relative many times and made him tired of him, he would dislike his daughter, which would be bad. So after thinking it over, Miao Cun brought his son and nephew and came to the general's mansion by himself.
Miao Cun didn't dare to sit down. He stammered, "Madam General, I am sorry for disturbing you by coming here today. I apologize first."
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "It's okay, but you came here suddenly, is there something going on?"
Seeing her approachable tone, Miao Cunxiao felt more relaxed. He said, "It's like this. The summer harvest is about to start. I want to ask you, do you still want to place an order for the grain crops that the villagers are harvesting in summer?"
Yang Haiyan asked: "If you want it, do you have a lot of grain crops in the summer harvest?"
Miaocun said, "Not as much as in previous years. Because no one buys the food and crops we grow, so we grow less and less every year. I think if you want to place an order, the summer harvest from our Miaonu Village alone may not be able to support the military camp for long."
Yang Haiyan said: "Thank you Miaocun for the reminder. The crops you grow are getting less and less every year, so what should you do with the extra land?"
Speaking of this, Miao Cunxian sighed: "Some people's land is left empty, while others continue to plant. Because the grain cannot be sold, if there are more people with more land, they have to pay to find people to plant the land, which is not cost-effective. However, we ordinary people are few, and most people don't have much land. However, even for those who don't have much land, we have more than enough from the harvest of these lands. I know that the military camp has its own fields. In autumn, the output of the military camp fields can be harvested. Alas, I don't know who we ordinary people can sell our harvest to."
Yang Haiyan asked, "Didn't you plant sweet potatoes in previous years and then dry them into dried sweet potatoes for storage?"