old lady in red

What can Jia Amnesty say? Her in-laws are justified and set an example.

The mother-in-law has gone to work in the fields herself, and the servants and maids in the mansion are more than worthy of death!

It is even more wrong to say that people are thrown out because they are afraid that they will have nothing to eat.

Whose life can be more delicate than the Duke's wife?

Jia Amnesty complied with all of them: "I listen to my mother, clean up when I get home, beat what should be beaten, buy what should be bought, and let go of what should be released. I will never tolerate it."

Shi Mei frowned: "What are you buying? You sold him, but he is still a slave. Don't ruin your reputation, you can just post a list and announce it. Those who are willing to leave the house can redeem themselves with silver. The price is set at ten taels for an adult. Five taels for children. After all these years, who doesn’t have a hundred and ten taels of silver. Some people are only afraid that you are richer than you.”

Jia Amnesty agreed.In my heart, I feel that it is better to redeem the body with ten taels of silver, and it is better to let it go in vain, because there is still human affection!

But they didn't know that the reason why Shi Mei wanted to release her was because the threshold of the government was lowered, and the number of slaves should also be reduced.

Both, Rongfu is in debt.

Originally, the slave's money was not a big deal, but if someone with a heart found out, he might attack Rongfu and pretend to be poor.

Third, there are some black sheep in the mansion, which must be eliminated in advance.

For example, the Bao family who let their daughter-in-law be a secret door, many girls, and girls Deng, took the opportunity to spend this time.

Shi Mei said again: "However, before you redeem your body, you must clearly hand over the errands in the house, such as the accountant, the silver cabinet, and the people in the warehouse. Redemption.

Something is missing from the silver cabinet in the warehouse, and it must be recovered. This is a prerequisite for redemption! "

Jia Amnesty agreed, but when he got up, he suddenly said, "Mother, the Wang family is in Jinling, and they have quite a few secret guards in their hands. Wang Zisheng is in charge of the Wang family's boats. They are well-connected and well-informed..."

Shi Mei waved her hand: "It's okay, the Wang family has two competent people, one Wang Zisheng, who is in charge of the shipping company in the sea area, this is the source of the Wang family's funds.

A Prince Teng was in Kyoto.

The Wang family doesn't look down on any of the people from the Wang family's ancestral home. Her letters are all sent to Wang Ziteng, and the other Wang family members are not in her eyes.It's also thanks to her high-sightedness and low-handedness, otherwise, it would be really difficult to guard against the Wang family.Fortunately, everything will be revealed soon, and you just need to be ready to go to Beijing. "

He said again: "Your brother-in-law, as well as your brother Jing and the eighth room in Jingdu are all here in the past few days, don't neglect."

Jia She said: "Son, it's easy to save. We send horses and chariots to wait at the pier every day, so there will be no delay."

On May 26, the Lin family mother and son arrived in Jinling.

Lin's mother seemed to be thinking about it, and when they met, they had a heated fight with Shi Mei, and when there was no one around, she annoyed Shi Mei: "This time, I can feel the feeling of my in-laws' filthiness after eating mosquitoes."

This is the Wang family.

The Wang family is vitriolic and greedy, and if they care about him, he will not deserve to die.Don't bother with her, she is like a cockroach in a soup pot, a mosquito in a dish, if you accidentally bump into her, it's disgusting!

This time, Mother Lin shot herself in the foot.

Aside from spending thousands of silver, I heard that Wang Xiuzhi cursed the Lin family and mother Lin in front of the neighbors, and talked about the Lin family's children.

Mother Lin almost died of anger!

Shi Mei was amused, but said: "My in-laws are joking."

Lin Mu this time with the mentality of apologizing, the gifts she gave to everyone in the mansion can be described as generous.

All are seed jade pendants.

Shi Mei's is the flower blooming and wealth, Jia Amnesty's is immediately enfeoffed as a marquis, and Jia Zheng's toad palace wins the laurel.

Zhang and Wang are both colorful butterflies and lotuses.

Jia Zhu, Jia Lian, and Jia Cong all jumped over the dragon's gate.

The one in Yuanchun is Phoenix Dance for Nine Heavens.

Others only have one, but Jia Min has twelve brocade boxes.

There are dragons and phoenixes presenting auspiciousness, happy events, harmony and beauty, everything goes well, auspiciousness, Avalokitesvara, giving off children, fish every year, lucky bamboo, lucky beans, happy Buddha, double jade cicadas, and double magnolias.

The presents were placed in Rongqing hall, and Shimei distributed them to his son and daughter-in-law.

Shi Mei immediately replaced Yuanchun's Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens with Carp Playing Lotus.

This kind of dragonfly playing with lotus, carp playing with lotus and Shimei have also prepared a lot, and they are going to reward them for the little girls who are close to the younger generation.

Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens is the matching color of white jade sprinkled with gold.

It just so happens that the koi lotus is also white and sprinkled with gold.

After all, Yuan Chun was still young, and when Shi Mei and Jia Min were evaluating the gifts, she was watching from the sidelines, and she probably couldn't tell the difference between the two.

Sure enough, Yuanchun got the Koi Playing Lotus, and he couldn't put it down, he was very happy.

This kind of gold and jade color combination is very attractive to little girls.

In order to prevent Lin's mother from leaking out, Shi Mei told Jia Lian, Jia Zhu, Yuanchun and Jia Cong that before the guest left, it was best not to wear the gift from the guest, or they would be laughed at.

Shi Mei was just wishing in vain, just in case.

The pendant was the size of an egg, and a three-year-old child hung it around his neck, and some of them couldn't bear it.

Most people don't do that.

Mother Lin still lives in Liuyuan.

This time, she showed her full of kindness, and Shi Mei told Jia Min to take a few nephews to talk to Mother Lin when she was free.

After all, Shi Mei wanted to keep an eye on Sweet Potato.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of May, Jia Jing, Jia Daixiu and Jia Dairu from the eighth house in Kyoto, and the nephews from the other six houses all arrived.

The palaces of the four princes and the Eight Dukes still sent housekeepers to pay homage.

This time, there are more young sons of Duji Restaurant, and the youngest son of Huang Jiukun, the servant of the Ministry of officials. Both of them returned to their hometown to participate in Qiuwei.

Shi Mei arranged accommodation for the young masters of the Du family and the young masters of the Huang family in the front yard, with Du Zongyuan and Mr. Du as neighbors.

This time, an unexpected guest came back, it was Shi Ding from the historian.

In the battles against pirates in the sea, he went into battle in naked clothes many times, took the lead, and bravely killed the enemy. He once chased the enemy for hundreds of miles, beheaded an enemy chieftain and countless minions, burned down the thief's nest, and captured more than a dozen warships.

This is a reversal of the victory.

As soon as our army changed from the previous decadent trend, its military power was greatly boosted.The governor of Fujian and Zhejiang made a report to Beijing, and Longyan was very happy, and Emperor Jiahe bestowed Shi Ding as Duwei of Xuanwu.

Generally, officials of the fourth grade or above have to go to Beijing to thank them.

This time, Shi Ding passed by Jinling and came to Rongfu to attend the filial piety sacrifice of his uncle.

Shi Ding was led into the inner house and greeted Shi Mei.

Shi Mei was of course happy when her nephew came to her door.

Shi Mei was just a little strange: "Didn't it mean that you were an official under General Xi'an, why did you go to Haijiang?"

Shi Dingyan said: "It's just that the sea area has not been peaceful in recent years, and has been frequently harassed by pirates and Japanese pirates. The year before last, there was a severe waterlogging in the sea area. The people were struggling to live, and then the pirates became rampant.

The guards in Fujian and Zhejiang were greatly reduced in number of officers, and the imperial court recruited officers below the rank of lieutenant from all over the country to supplement the lack of personnel in the coastal areas.My nephew is just doing some errands in Xi'an, and the chance of promotion will never come to my nephew, so I simply decided to go to Haijiang to give it a go.Just signed up. "

When Shi Mei learned that Shi Ding was promoted to captain, she was both happy and scared: "Oh, you have never participated in a naval battle before, have you suffered a lot in these years?"

Shi Ding said: "It's okay, my nephew is young anyway, and he has some martial arts foundation, so he can handle it."

Shi Mei thought of Shi Nai: "Where's your brother? This year Gansu has been plagued by locusts and refugees are everywhere. I'm afraid his life will be difficult."

Shi Dingdao: "We communicated a letter a few years ago, but it was just an errand, and safety is not a problem."

Shi Mei thought carefully about the three Shijia brothers, and in a flash, she suddenly understood the rift between herself and the three Shijia brothers.

But the eldest son of the historian, Shi Jue, was born with a weak body, followed the path of a literati, loved reading, and disliked martial arts.Shi Ding, Shi Nai, a partial student, has a strong body and an extraordinary stalwart.

When Jia Mu's elder brother was dying, he hesitated, wanting Shi Ding or Shi Nai to succeed him.

However, Mrs. Bowling insisted on letting the eldest son become the noble.

There is no other, because Mrs. Baolinghou was on the frontier with her husband, and when she was seven months pregnant with Shi Mei, she encountered a tartar attacking the grass valley.

It just so happened that Mrs. Bao Linghou was visiting the grass market that day, so she was frightened. Although there was no danger, she gave birth to her eldest son Shi Nai prematurely.

As a result, Shi Nai became weak and sick.

In order to prevent her eldest son from dying early, Mrs. Bao Linghou struggled to give birth to two more sons.

However, although Shi Nai was in poor health, he survived under the care of his mother.

Shi Mei has a good relationship with her sister-in-law, so of course she sided with her and persuaded her elder brother to act according to court etiquette.

Mrs. Baolinghou said: "Since my husband thinks that Nai'er and Ding'er are better than Nai'er, why worry about it? Since Nai'er and Ding'er are outstanding talents, can't they go out and earn their own future?"

At that time, Jia's mother was in line with her sister-in-law's wishes.

Therefore offended two nephews.

Shi Nai and Shi Ding may not have the intention of winning the title, but he learned from this that his aunt does not love them.

I feel a little nervous in my heart.

It's only been many years since we separated, and we have never sent back a single word.

The idea of ​​the bowling waiting couple actually makes sense.One focuses on the future of the Bowling House, and the other cares for the disadvantaged son.

Mother Jia, an aunt who meddles in her family's affairs, should be hated by her nephew no matter right or wrong.

Shi Mei said: "Your father did not misjudge you, and your mother did not misjudge you either! You are indeed an outstanding talent!"

Shi Ding hated his aunt in his heart, but he couldn't prevent his aunt from revealing it to her face.

Immediately bowed and confessed: "My nephew has realized the love and love of his parents and aunts over the years, our elder brother is weak, we should take care of him.

Moreover, the elder brother is the legal heir, and there was nothing wrong with the original decision of the parents and aunt.At the beginning, my nephew was just a little bit depressed, and had no other intentions! "

Shi Mei suddenly felt relieved.

Although they will not rely on their nephews to live, it is better to resolve misunderstandings than mutual suspicion.

Shi Mei raised her hand: "Sit down, you are promising, you will have great fortune in the future, but you have to take it easy, your grandfather, your father, and your uncle all suffered from old illnesses.

You have to take it as a warning and cherish your body, no matter how great the honor is, it is useless to suffer without your life! "

When Shi Ding heard this, he was thoughtful, but also very puzzled, why did my aunt link my uncle with my grandfather and father?

However, at this moment, Shi Ding really felt his aunt's love.

He bowed deeply: "Nephew remembers my aunt's teachings!"

Only then did Shi Mei wave her hands: "Go, your cousin is afraid that he will be in a hurry."

Jia Amnesty is going to take a martial arts test, and meeting a cousin who has been promoted in the military is like picking up a treasure.

Shi Ding used to look down on this handsome cousin.

This time, knowing that Jia She had been actively preparing for the martial arts exam for three years, he immediately had a new understanding of him.

The cousins ​​chatted happily.

On the sixth day of June, a grand sacrificial ceremony was held in Rongfu, and the wine opera was sung for three days.

The Rong Mansion also contributed money to set up a ten-mile hood outside the city, and donated porridge for three months.

Outside the city, many victims who fled from Shanxi, Gansu were able to eat for a few days.

As for disaster relief, that is the government's business.

The Rong Mansion only does what it is supposed to do.

On the 88th day of June, Master Yin, Jiangnan Xuezheng, came to propose a marriage. In addition to the heirloom of the Lin family, the flounder jade, there were [-] other gifts, ranging from silk brocade, fur and mink fur, to antique calligraphy and paintings, rare copies of the former dynasty, gold and jade vessels, and pearls. Agate, coral jade tree, tourmaline emerald, worth [-] silver.

This is the betrothal gift from the Lin family.

The four of Lin Ruhai also had a small rosewood box the size of a palm.

Inside is the farm shop that Lin Ruhai bought after entering Beijing, and another 10 taels of private money.

Generally speaking, in ancient times, when people engaged in marriage, how much dowry was given by the husband's family, and how much dowry was paid by the mother's family.

On the bright side, Jia Min should have a dowry of 12.

The [-] that Lin Ruhai gave privately was to prevent the Rong Mansion from not being able to come up with such money for a while.

However, Lin Ruhai had already heard about the debt owed by the Rongfu treasury.

That's why there are two betrothal gifts, one bright and one dark.

Mrs. Wang didn't know that she still had [-] silver in private, so she only stared at the [-] dowry, and instantly became mad at herself.

She has always been proud of her dowry of one hundred thousand denarii.

The Rong Mansion hired [-] yuan, her natal family married [-] yuan, and she still had money in the box.

At the beginning, the Zhang family hired [-] yuan from Rongfu, but the Zhang family only received [-] yuan as a dowry gift.

Then, Zhang's dowry was 2 taels.

She's been proud of it all these years!

Who knew that if this annoying Lin Ruhai threw out a dowry of 6 taels all at once, Rong Mansion would definitely prepare a dowry of 6 taels, wouldn't this poke her heart?

Her sister-in-law only had 3 taels, why did Jia Min suddenly have an extra 3 taels?

Her son also has a share in Rong Mansion's money, Jia Min is taking away her son's property.

The second son's division is divided into three parts, which is also 9000 taels?

Why?

Mrs. Wang is ready to move again!

However, Shi Mei didn't care about her at this time.

On June [-]th, the Rong Mansion held a banquet again for one day.

On June [-]th, Shi Mei left Shi Ding and Jia Jing who were about to say goodbye, and let them witness the digging of Rongfu sweet potatoes.

June fourteenth.

Shimei, together with Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Jing, Shi Ding, and Lin Ruhai, went to Zhoujia Village to dig sweet potatoes.

Along the way, Jia She explained, Lin Ruhai, Jia Jing, and Shi Ding knew what a sweet potato was.

It was also introduced that since the second half of last year, Rongfu has been secretly preparing to plant sweet potatoes.

He also explained that the sweet potato seeds were instructed by the old man of the Zhang family to send someone to Fujian to buy them.

Except for Shi Ding, Jia Jing, Shi Ding, and Lin Ruhai, this was the first time Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai had heard of it.

Jia She explained: "The second crop has been passed down from one generation to the next in the coastal area for hundreds of years, but the yield has not been high, and it has not been loved by the people. My mother was worried that the planting would not be successful, so she did not inform her. Please forgive me."

Jia Jing, Shi Ding and Lin Ruhai both said that it should be so.Since it is a trial planting, it should be kept secret until it succeeds.

When they arrived at Zhoujia Village, everyone entered the sweet potato experiment field.

This time, Jia Mei personally led [-] people to carry out the excavation.

Jia Mei prepared the baskets and scales early in the morning.

Face-to-face digging and face-to-face weighing.

Two hundred catties were dug out of the black soil.

This ridge of land was exactly what Shimei had told her to fertilize with only plant ash, and the yield was lower than that of the rest of the farm manure.

This is Shi Mei's trick.

Then, dig the sandy soil.It is also an experimental site where only plant ash is used as fertilizer.

The output of sandy land is 180 eight catties per sub-field.

Then the loess wasteland.

A piece of land also weighs thirty catties.

Shi Ding was the leader of the army. He said: "If the guard has this, it will be self-sufficient. Aunt, you are right to keep your nephew."

Shi Mei laughed immediately: "Nonsense again, you are a captain, and you are in a turbulent place like the sea, how can you have time to grow sweet potatoes?"

Shi Ding said with a smile: "Auntie, you forgot that the second brother is in Gansu. After the severe drought this year in Gansu, there was another plague of locusts. There are thousands of miles of barren land, and there is no harvest."

Shi Mei stretched out her hand to pat Shi Ding: "What a boy!"

After that, a sweet potato banquet was held in Zhoujia Village.

In the evening, Jia She wrote a pen and wrote a memorial, reporting the cause and effect of planting sweet potatoes in Rongfu one by one.Then, write down the estimated yield per acre.

Good land yields [-] catties per mu, sandy land yields [-] catties per mu, and wasteland land yields [-] catties per mu.

Then, Shi Ding, Lin Ruhai, Jia Jing, Jia She, Shi Mei, and Jia Mei signed and signed.

As for why the yield per mu has shrunk a lot.

Shi Mei explained that ten fingers have different lengths, and the yield of each piece of land will not be so precise, leaving room for maneuver.

The reason for writing [-] jin of good land is because Shi Mei knew that common people would not use good land to grow sweet potatoes.Most will use sandy soil and wasteland farming.

That night, Shi Mei recruited Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng to speak.

Shi Mei said: "Xie'er, Zheng'er, I am going to let your brothers come to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays, what do you think?"

Jia Amnesty was taken aback.

Jia Zheng frowned: "Mother, I'm afraid it's too late for my child to participate in the autumn chamber in August?"

Jia Amnesty glanced at Jia Zheng, but he didn't notice it before, but now it seems that this brother is really innocent and simple sometimes.

Jia She reminded him: "Second brother, what mother means is that we dedicate the sweet potato planting plan first to His Majesty as a birthday present. This is a great contribution, isn't it?"

Shi Mei said: "When you are human and human, you go to present treasures, which is also a birthday celebration. Whether you go or not, the impression left in Emperor Jiahe's heart is very different. Have you ever thought about it?"

Jia Zheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled tightly: "Whether I go or my brother goes, it's all meritorious service of Rongfu, what's the difference?"

Jia Zheng is very confident in the imperial examination!

"About the imperial examination, what did Shan Ziye say?"

Jia Zheng immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "The master said that my son may fail in the imperial examination, so I persuaded him to take the Mingjing. My son is currently studying landscape and garden architectural design, which is very interesting."

Mother, think about it, in the past dynasties, how many people have left their names in the history of those champions and scholars?

Thousands of years later, who remembers them?

Masters of garden design are different. In the current Forbidden City, the original designer's name is left in the archives of the Ministry of Industry.

There is also the ancient capital of Nanjing, thousands of years have passed, and the name and taboo of the designer are still traceable. "

Shi Mei and Jia She looked at each other, this guy was fascinated again!