Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

"Wenxuan and Wenchang told me that they are bored studying at home now and want to find a place to practice. As you know, I am with the emperor and cannot arrange for them. I think it is better to come with you. , just let them stay with Zixuan and practice hard. I will let the two of them participate in Qiuwei next fall. I wrote to Zixuan before and he said it is okay. You see. How about it? "That's what Wen Han wants to say.

Wenxuan was also admitted as a scholar last year and studied in the county school with Wenchang. By coincidence, Wenhan's father-in-law was teaching them. Master Zheng said that the two of them are still young and should not go to the Qiu Wei Festival too early. Even if you pass the exam, you may not be able to pass the exam. It is better to study steadily for a few years and then take the scientific examination. It's best to go out and have some experience, which will be good for the future.

Jinghan listened and nodded quickly, "That's good. It just so happens that I'm worried about no one to help Zixuan. My eldest brother doesn't know that Zhendong, said to be a county, is actually as big as a state. The county The manpower in the yamen is simply not enough. It’s time for the Wen and Xuan people to learn these things. Even if they don’t take the imperial examination, it will be useful.” Now that Zixuan agreed, he was of course even happier. If the two younger brothers can go there, I think they can help Zixuan share a lot of burdens.

"However, there is one thing. When you go there, you only get food and accommodation, no salary." Jinghan looked at her two younger brothers with a smile and joked.

"As long as the second sister is willing to give us a chance, we don't want the salary or anything like that." The two of them almost jumped up with joy.

"When I go to your second sister's place, be more cautious. Things in the yamen are not trivial. Don't cause trouble for Zixuan, got it?" Wen Han warned a few more words.

Wenchang and Wenchang quickly agreed, and the matter was settled.

After a busy day, everyone was tired, so they went back to rest.

The next day, Mingyu sent someone early to take the Xu family to the palace, and naturally everyone was having a lot of fun in the palace. On May 28th, Mingyu accompanied Jingxian back home. Jingxian was married from Wenhan's family, so she should naturally return to Wenhan's family.

During lunch, the old man told the young couple about their departure. Mingyu and Jingxian tried hard to persuade him to stay, but the old man was determined, so Mingyu had no choice but to agree.

So, on the twenty-ninth day, the group set off from the capital again and headed northeast. Jinghan led Wenxuan and Wenchang, separated from Zhixin and the others in Shenzhou, and then walked all the way north to the east of the town. By the time we returned to Zhendong, it was already June 13th.

As soon as he entered the county town, Changshun hurried back to his hometown to report the news. As soon as Zixuan heard that Jinghan was back, he excitedly threw down the pen in his hand and walked out.

Before Zixuan could reach the street in front of the Yamen, he saw a large number of carriages parked in front of him. The carriage in the middle was occupied by Jinghan. Of course Zixuan knew him and walked directly to the carriage.

Just as the curtain of the carriage was opened, Chuntao jumped out of the carriage and helped Jinghan get out of the car. In another carriage next to him, Qian also got off the carriage with Qingyuan in his arms.

Zixuan took a step forward, not caring about so many people watching, and directly held Jinghan's hand, "Madam, you are finally back."

Jinghan's face turned red, "Zixuan, so many people are watching. Let's go in first and talk about it later." She withdrew the hand that was held, then turned around and took Qingyuan from Qian, "Come on, son , look at your dad. We have been gone for so long, have we forgotten what dad looks like? "

Zixuan was also aware of his abruptness, and couldn't wipe it off his face. He just stepped forward to tease his son, "Son, come here, let daddy hug you."

Maybe it was because they hadn't seen each other for so long, Qingyuan actually didn't want to be hugged by Zixuan, and turned around to look for Jinghan, muttering, "Mother, mother."

Zixuan was somewhat surprised to find that his son could actually call him mother. "Jinghan, did you hear that? My son actually called you mother."

"Qingyuan is already eleven months old, and it's time to start talking outside. He still doesn't understand what mother means, he just calls her out of habit. After two days, you get to know him well, and slowly teach him , let him call you daddy." Jinghan smiled, such an old child changes the fastest, not to mention that the father and son have not seen each other for four months. "Let's go back to the house. It's really tiring after walking all this way."

"Okay." Zixuan supported Jinghan and was about to walk inside.

"Second brother-in-law, there are still us. You only have eyes for my second sister, and you didn't even notice us." Wenxuan and Wenchang came forward and complained to Zixuan.

"Hey, Wenxuan, Wenchang, why are you two here?" Zixuan was a little surprised.

"Let's go in first and talk. It's not easy to talk on the street." Jinghan was really tired and just wanted to take a good rest.

So everyone hurriedly walked back and came to the courtyard where they lived. The girls and women at home had known about it for a long time, and they all came to welcome him. The daughter-in-law of the Zhao family stepped forward and said, "I have prepared hot water for Madam. It's better to wash up first. It's been a dusty journey and washing up is also a relief. I also told the kitchen to prepare food and wash up later." Okay, let’s have dinner.”

Jinghan nodded. The weather was getting hotter and hotter. She was sweating all the way in the carriage and felt extremely uncomfortable. "Okay, let's go clean up. Let's have dinner together later."

By the time everyone had finished packing, everyone had dinner together and then went to rest.

Qingyuan has been weaned, so he doesn't have to stay with Jinghan at night. Qian took Qingyuan to his house early, leaving Jinghan and Zixuan alone.

Zixuan hugged Jinghan tightly and felt a little more at ease. "Are you willing to come back? I thought you didn't want to come back."

Jinghan couldn't help but laugh when she heard Zixuan's resentful tone. He hugged Zixuan's neck and kissed his cheek, "Ms. sir, I miss you. Have you missed me?"

As a result, Zixuan kissed her red lips fiercely, "You will know in a moment whether I miss you or not."

Jinghan responded enthusiastically to Zixuan's kiss. After four months of separation, how could words express the longing in her heart? On the contrary, it is not as good as physical contact to prove everything.

Zixuan bent down and picked up Jinghan, put her on the kang, and then kissed the red lips that she had missed for a long time. "You have to compensate me." Zixuan murmured.

Jinghan chuckled softly, "Okay, I'll make it up to you and see who can't straighten up tomorrow. My husband, take the move."

The night is still very long, and the lovers who have been apart for a long time are dancing the most beautiful chapter of love on this refreshing summer night.

When Jinghan returned to Zhendong, her life became busy. This year, the weaving workshop has negotiated with several customers in the south for the shipment of 10,000 pieces of cloth. In this case, we will have to hurry up and start weaving. Now there are more than 100 looms and nearly 200 spinning machines in the weaving workshop. Moreover, many people take the materials home and spin them at their own leisure, so they don’t have to worry about supply shortages. However, Jinghan decided to ask Manager Ding to get fifty more looms to expand the scale.

In terms of raw materials, Changshun and the others have already found someone to sign a contract with several people from Beiyuan Kingdom, asking them to collect the wool on their behalf, and then pay these people three to five cents per catty. You know, Beiyuan Kingdom is a very big country, and it is basically all about raising cattle and sheep. And a sheep can shear its wool several times a year, so you don’t have to worry too much about the raw materials.

Jinghan also knows that what she has done cannot be kept secret forever. Then it's best to take advantage of these two years, when others haven't thought of it, to earn more if you can. By the time others figured out what was going on, I had already established a firm foothold in the market.

"Manager Ding, there are still a lot of empty rooms in this place. Why don't you recruit more apprentices and let them learn well. Once they learn how to do it, we can install a few more looms. Anyway, we don't have to worry about the raw materials now. This fabric If you are not afraid of not being able to sell it, you might as well take this opportunity to expand it. I estimate that by next year at the latest, someone will rush to build a weaving workshop." Jinghan said to Ding after looking at the inventory of the weaving workshop. said the steward.

"Well, that's good. We can weave this thing, and others can learn it. We have to take advantage of the fact that the price of raw materials is cheap now, and it would be best if we can press more raw materials. I'm afraid that if someone comes to build a weaving workshop, The price of wool will rise in the future. "Manager Ding is an expert, and he knows these things even more.

"Okay, let's do it like this. We can't say we won't allow others to build weaving mills. Then it will just be fair competition. But we must win over these female workers in our weaving mills, as long as they are not If we poach them away, there won't be much of a problem. The new weaving mills will have to train workers. Let's double the wages of these female workers. At this price, I'm afraid they can support a family every month. It's enough." Jinghan is not afraid of spending money, but she is afraid that her experienced people will be poached by others.

Manager Ding said as soon as he heard this. "Madam, is this salary too high? In the past, it was one tael of silver per month, which could actually support a large family. If it has increased to 2 taels now, it is a bit high. A man has to work for a month. You can't even earn two taels of silver, let alone some female workers. "The life in this place is already poor, and one tael of silver can last a whole family for a long time.

"If Madam pays her wages like this, it is estimated that these female workers will be treated as ancestors by their families when they return home." Manager Ding joked.

"That's good. Let them see that women can also make money, and they don't have to make less than men. Let's do it this way. People come to our weaving workshop, work for us sincerely, and give them more wages. , normal." Jinghan looked at Manager Ding and said, "In addition, the wages of the masters who came from the Yue family will be doubled, and the wages of Manager Ding will also be doubled." To make people settle down, they must be able to make money. .