To Rule in a Turbulent World

That night, a fat chicken steamed in water was served on the table, and You Miao's eyes were almost green. Li Zhifeng neatly arranged the chicken thighs, chicken calves, and tender parts, and asked You Miao to eat first, breast, chicken butt, Pick it out from the back and so on.Then pack the ones with more bones and the ones that are not tender and take them out, make two liang of wine, and give a bucket of rice to two craftsmen.

You Miao said, "You come to eat too."

Li Zhifeng sat down at the table, You Miao put the chicken legs into his bowl, Li Zhifeng ate it, and he ate whatever You Miao gave him, You Miao ate three big bowls of rice, his stomach was full and he spread it in the main room Li Zhifeng gave him another cup of tea and went to clean up the dishes.

You Miao thought to herself that life is really wonderful. When I lived in the capital, I used to eat and drink all the time, but the taste of this chicken is not as good as today's chicken. People really have to be hungry to eat.

Li Zhifeng said: "I found a cellar in the backyard kitchen."

You Miao said in surprise: "What's in it? It can't be that there are dead people."

Li Zhifeng said: "Eighty altars of good wine."

You Miao: "!!!"

Li Zhifeng said: "Take it out and taste it?"

You Miao said: "Forget it, I'm full, this wine must not be simple, you take me to have a look?"

Li Zhifeng led You Miao in, and found that there really was a wine cellar underground in Shen Yuan, and all the wine cellars were hidden in the top-quality champion red!It has been stored for hundreds of years, and now it has become a mellow fine wine. You Miao secretly thought that it was worth it. These eighty altars of wine are priceless treasures, and they must be used to entertain guests in the future.

After drinking tea, You Miao went to sleep and stopped taking a bath. In the middle of the night, she heard Li Zhifeng pouring water outside, so she said, "Come in and sleep."

Li Zhifeng took a cold shower, came in lightly, got into the bed, and fell asleep with his arms around You Miao. You Miao thought that this guy was really tough.

For several days in a row, Li Zhifeng went to dig the ditch with a hoe in the morning, but You Miao had no strength to dig, so he told Li Zhifeng several times not to go, but Li Zhifeng left without saying a word.You Miao couldn't find anything for him to do, so she left him alone.

You Miao got up early in the morning, so she patrolled around the Shen Garden. Starting from the front of the main house, the house was patched up bit by bit, the doors and windows were removed, and the surface was planed in the sun, waiting for new paint.Zhang Er came to read early in the morning, You Miao asked him to take care of it, and the daughter-in-law of Li Zhuang's family came to Shenyuan with a basket of eggs, and said to help the young master cook, You Miao knew that Li Zhuang probably went back and said, no Definitely go.So she was asked to stay temporarily in the Shen Garden and help the workers make lunch.

Since moving to Shenyuan, You Miao only eats two meals a day. Recently, she has gradually started to get up early, and she was so hungry at noon, so she packed two cans of the rice cooked by Li Zhuang's wife, rode on a horse, and took it to the highlands. Go up and plan to eat with Li Zhifeng.

Li Zhuang was standing on a pile of mud reclamation, watching Li Zhifeng dig the canal. After five days of digging, the canal has been opened for more than ten feet, and You Miao felt tired when he saw it.

"It's time to eat!" You Miao came over with the meal. Li Zhifeng was tanned in the past few days, his face was covered with mud, he climbed out of the canal, sat down beside the soil, and let out a sigh.

Li Zhuang said with a smile: "Just as I was talking, the young master came."

You Miao casually praised him, saying, "The food your wife cooks is delicious."

Li Zhifeng took the crock and opened it. Inside was bacon and fried winter bamboo shoots. Below was a big jar full of rice. He immediately ate it voraciously. While eating, You Miao said, "Please ask someone to help you. The digging is endless."

"If you don't use your strength." Li Zhifeng said: "It will become less and less, and you have to practice martial arts without digging. It doesn't matter."

Li Zhuang squatted beside Ken'er, said with a smile, "It would take too long to rely on only one person."

You Miao said: "After the spring, I will think about a way to see if I can hire a few people."

The three of them were talking, and You Miao gave half of his meal to Li Zhifeng. Li Zhifeng was obviously hungry and thirsty, and poured water. You Miao asked Li Zhuang when he would move out, but Li Zhuang said, "With my daughter-in-law After discussing it, if you don't leave, just farm with the young master."

You Miao laughed and said, "That's a good thing, why did you change your mind?"

Li Zhuang shook his head helplessly, and said: "It's not easy to beg for food in Yangzhou now, and I can't find work. I wanted to join my brother-in-law, but my brother-in-law just offended an official a while ago and was beaten up. My family opened a grocery store, and now I don’t invite people anymore, I’m afraid I’ll have to eat for nothing for a few months, and people will pick my nose and eyes.”

"Isn't that the truth?" You Miao said, "It's better to rely on your own hands than to rely on others."

Li Zhuang said: "If the young master hadn't come, who would want to live in the villa for the rest of his life! No one cares about the harvest, there is a drought, there is a flood, and no one talks about opening a canal. Come to someone to collect the rent, regardless of your harvest, whether you sell well or not, you will never let go."

You Miao said: "Since Jiangbo Villa was given to me, of course I won't leave you alone, just rest assured."

Li Zhuang said with a smile: "That's right, knowing that the young master is a good person, he also said to give Zhu Tang a rent..."

You Miao was amused in her heart, and the news was really well-informed, so she said: "It's all the same, you also surrendered, Liang Po's side also surrendered, anyway, everyone pays the same rent, you just pay me the rent, just give it to me Well, I'll keep it, if it's too late to pay, it's okay to delay it for a few days, you don't need to sell your wife to pawn off your daughter... I'm easy to talk to."

Li Zhuang smiled and nodded again and again. You Miao knew that after this incident, the four tenants knew that they were not mean landlords. Except that Zhang Er had to study and go to Beijing to catch the exam and could no longer farm, the other three tenants should not leave.

You Miao's mind wasn't on Li Zhuang's land, so he couldn't get any money in the first place.It is serious to get these wastelands out as soon as possible, but if you want to open up wasteland and plant, you need water, and if you want water, you need waterwheels and canals... After playing around for a long time, I finally returned to the issue of waterwheels .

It's really difficult for a penny to be a hero... There are many wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. Either give up some land, go to Yangzhou to attract a few rich people, ask them to borrow some money, and coax them to pay to help solve the canal and waterwheel , take the land in exchange, and hire a few long-term workers to help them farm?This idea is not bad, but I don’t know how many people are willing to pay. You Miao suffers because he is too young. The people who do business are as old as You Dechuan. He went to someone else’s house, like a child Yes, the weight of speaking is naturally lighter.

Just as he was thinking about this, someone came from outside the villa, Li Zhifeng got up and took a look, and whistled from a distance, like a messenger.

The person who came got off his horse, bowed and said, "Young Master You, sorry for the trouble. The last general, Tang Hui, hastened to deliver the letter all the way to eight hundred miles from the capital. The order must be handed over to you personally."