426 A great harvest
That night, Sun Sicheng lectured Ping An again. He promised his child to go play on the sea, but he was worried about many things afterwards. He found that he was becoming as nagging as a woman.
Ping An just obeyed whatever his master said.
The next morning, Ping An and his men got up early.
The early mornings here are much colder than in the city. Everyone wears a cloak and carries a cloth bag, as their clothes might get wet at any time. Clothes cannot be bought on the boat.
Ping An brought three thousand taels of silver with him when he came here, and he took it all with him this time, with some of it scattered in the package and some of it wrapped in oil paper and placed in the interlayer of his waistband.
Fu An and Chen Xuan also brought a lot. Minzhou Guluowan Market is quite famous. Many big businessmen leave people here to collect goods. Not only are there all kinds of goods from the sea, but foreigners can also be encountered occasionally. Since foreigners come here, they usually bring some rare things in their hands. These rare things may have a difference of three to five times when they are resold.
Of course they want to seize such an opportunity.
He Jin also brought some silver for his master and Wanli, so he would naturally spend money when he came across something good.
Sun Sicheng stood at the gate of the yard and watched Ping An and a group of people leave. Wang Tao chatted and laughed with them, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Master, the sea breeze is strong at the entrance of the courtyard. Let's go back to the house."
Sun Sicheng pointed to the outside, which had already disappeared, and said, "Look, they are so heartless. You are worried about them going out to sea, but they are just talking and laughing without even turning their heads."
Wanli laughed.
In fact, there is no need to worry. With Wang Tao and his friends, the boat is better than the one outside and we are not going to the deep sea. The weather has been good in the past two days. It can be said that everything has gone smoothly. It is no wonder that the eldest son has developed feelings for the child, as it will be eight years soon.
The two young masters of our family are only together for one or two months a year, and sometimes not at all. However, Young Master Ping'an and the eldest son have basically never been separated. Even cats and dogs can develop feelings for each other, let alone a child who is good in everything?
Half an hour later, Ping An boarded the boat with Wang Tao and others.
Wang Tao divided the more than 30 people into two boats and split the people he brought with him in half.
Ping An, Fu An, and Chen Xuan were on a boat. As soon as they got on board, Fu An exclaimed, "My uncle also has a big boat, which is even bigger than this one, but that kind of boat is not used for fishing. It is usually used to carry people and cargo. I have never been on one. Fishing boats are much smaller than this one."
Wang Tao said: "The Ying family's fleet goes out to sea for business. They are merchant ships with two floors. If they go to far places, they may stay on the ship for a year. Military ships are also large, but private individuals like us cannot use them.
These two boats are used by the military camp for fishing. The military camp also needs to eat, and occasionally when they catch a lot, they go to the market to exchange for some daily necessities. Today, each boat has brought two skilled workers, and you can learn to fish with them later. The weather is a bit cold, so we may not be able to catch much."
Ping An, look, this boat has a square head and a flat bottom, and the other end is much more pointed, but the hull is wide, so it is stable and resistant to wind and waves. There is a special fish warehouse on the boat to store fish, and a cabin for people to live in. It is no problem to prepare some simple meals. The fishing boats of ordinary people are much smaller than this one, and they can't hold many people, and they are also not very stable. "
Ping An certainly knew that the Zhou court was still willing to spend money on military camps. Even during the poorest times, it was said that members of the royal family would reduce expenses, but the military camp supplies would not be reduced.
Chang family in Beijing.
Chang Chunfeng is on a day off today and is going to the farm with a few people. He made an appointment with Da Wu, the manager of Ping An, yesterday.
At the beginning of this year, Ping'an asked Dawu to bring people to help him plant medicinal herbs on the newly purchased farm. Because in the first year, many lands had no time to be cultivated. In addition to grain, only a dozen acres of annual and biennial herbs were planted. In this way, the autumn harvest was sold to Baicaotang, and the income was also considerable.
Da Wu brought a herbal medicine grower with him today to make plans for the farm for next year. Now that the weather is good, it would be better to plant some older and more expensive herbs. The seeds are available in Ping An Village, so there is no need to spend extra money to buy them.
"Husband, let Xiao Sanzi and the others take these, some fruits and steamed buns. It may not be convenient to buy them on the way. Our newly bought farm is still a bit far away."
Chang Chunfeng motioned for Xiao Sanzi to take it. "It's pretty good, but it's a half-day drive. Which store near the capital is willing to sell it? You can't buy it even if you have money. Be content."
"My husband, can you talk to Ping An's manager and ask if I can grow some medicinal herbs on my dowry farm next year?"
"Madam, I remember that your dowry farm is mostly paddy fields, with not much dry land. Even if you plant it, you can't plant much. It's really inconvenient to ask Dawu to send people to plant it for such a small amount of land. It won't be too late to make plans after my people learn how to plant medicinal herbs next year or the year after next."
Zhang Jinyu sighed, "Forget it, there are indeed more paddy fields. Husband, it will be the twelfth lunar month in ten days. I don't know if the winter vegetables from Ping'an Village can be delivered this year. The ones in the cellar are not fresh. We can eat them, but the two children always want them to eat better. Can you ask his steward today?"
She asked cautiously. The relationship between the couple had finally improved in the past two months, and she didn't want to go back to those cold days.
When her husband is cold-hearted, he can really be cold-hearted, unlike her elder brother who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
"Madam, I won't ask about this today. It seems that it was only in the beginning of the twelfth lunar month last year. If Ping An arranged it, they would send it. Servants always listen to their masters. What if Ping An is in a hurry and forgets about this matter in the first lunar month? If I mention it, won't it embarrass them?"
"I see. I also heard that Ping An's vegetables were just released yesterday and were sold out before they even entered the market."
Chang Chunfeng said no more, got on the carriage and hurried away.
Less than half an hour after Chang Chunfeng left, Wang Quan brought someone with a basket of vegetables.
Zhang Jinyu heard the doorman's report and looked at the basket in his hand: "Has the visitor left?"
"Madam, he left after putting down the food. He said he had to deliver it to another family. This is the first crop of food this year."
"Got it. Send it to the kitchen and tell them to use it carefully. Winter vegetables are more expensive than meat and are hard to buy even if you have money. Can you tell me when you will send more?"
"That's not the case."
"You go and do your work." Last year, the food was delivered basically every three days, and a small basket was just enough to finish. Occasionally, it was delivered every five days, and it was barely enough if we were frugal. This year, I don't know how many days Ping An will deliver the food.
This stepson, if you say good things about him, he's not very considerate; if you say bad things about him, he does everything well and leaves people speechless.
She was already fifteen years old, and they had never lived together, so she really had no enthusiasm to meet him. If it was a child of three or five years old, it might have been much better.
Her husband felt uncomfortable because of this, and her eldest brother and father also scolded her for being pretentious and ignorant of the ways of the world.
She is just being real and doesn't want to force herself. She has never done anything bad to Ping An. If you meet a powerful stepmother who is two-faced, saying one thing in front of your husband and one thing behind his back that wants you to be obedient, otherwise she will do this and that. What can you, a stepson, do?
At this time, Ping An had no idea what his stepmother was thinking. Everyone on the boat was very happy. After casting a few large nets, they actually reaped a lot of rewards. It was rare for winter fishing to be so smooth.
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