Qian Chunhua also reached the same agreement with Xu Jiang.

She gave all the land on the manor to Xu Jiang for management, and he was fully responsible for all affairs of the manor.

However, Qian Chunhua had the accounts firmly in his own hands.

Xu Jiang's salary was calculated at the rate of three taels of silver per month. If the farm's crop yields increased in the future, Qian Chunhua also promised to give him 10% of the profits.

As for the Xu family members working on the farm, Qian Chunhua stipulated that they should all be paid according to the established salary standard, which was impartial, fair and reasonable.

Such generous treatment made the entire Xu family cheer and rejoice, full of expectations and longings for the future.

This season, Zhuangzi planted wheat as usual.

By the second half of the year, Qian Chunhua still plans to engage in greenhouse cultivation. Otherwise, it would be difficult to feed the people on the farm solely relying on the crops grown on the land, let alone generate any profit.

She told Xu Jiang about this plan, and Xu Jiang started to prepare step by step according to the plan.

Xu Tao and Qian Chunhua asked him to come to their house to train with Steward Li for a period of time, and then arrange specific tasks for him.

Xu Tao agreed happily.

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At the Wang family, Wang Yunshen suddenly made an unexpected request - he wanted to take Dong Nianmei as his concubine.

When the king's father and mother heard this, they were surprised at first, but soon turned to joy.

For a long time, Wang Yunshen's reluctance to marry became a heavy stone in their hearts.

Every time they mentioned this, they felt extremely anxious, fearing that their son would miss the best opportunity to get married.

Now, even though it's just taking a concubine, it will be more difficult to marry a wife in the future if you have a concubine. At least my son is finally willing to take someone in.

What's more, the candidate for concubine is the daughter of the Dong family, with a noble status, so it can be considered a good match.

The only thing that made Wang's father and mother slightly dissatisfied was that Dong Nianmei had been married before.

However, in their view, this was just a minor flaw. After all, she was only a concubine and did not affect the overall situation.

They agreed to their son's request without much hesitation.

Considering their thinking, it was a great honor for Dong Nianmei to be favored by the daughter of the Wang family, not to mention that she was a divorced woman.

They never thought about asking the Dong family for their opinions or considering whether Dong Nianmei was willing.

In the hearts of the king's father and mother, everything seemed so natural.

However, when her son proposed to propose marriage on March 15th, the Queen Mother felt that the time was too tight and there was not enough time to prepare many things.

"Mother, I'm just taking a concubine." Wang Yunshen said nonchalantly.

Wang's father also helped his son, "Just listen to Yun Shen, it's just a concubine, find a matchmaker, bring some gifts, and go to the door to tell them."

Although the Queen Mother felt that it was inappropriate, she finally compromised in the words of the Wang family's father and son.

The same scene was also played out in the residence of Wang Yunshen's gang of cronies.

After discussing with Wang Yunshen, Zhou Jizi, Sun Jizi and Liu Jizi all mentioned to their family elders that they intended to take Dong Nianmei as a concubine.

The families these young masters came from were all leaders in the business world, but they were still somewhat inferior to the Dong family, a business giant.

The Dong family's position in the business world is as solid as Mount Tai, so they naturally dare not offend them easily.