354 A Different New Year Gift
After staying in the county town for one night, they left the next day.
The reason was simple: Sun Yat-sen was too busy. People came to him one after another, and he couldn't go out for a walk in the middle of winter, so he might as well go back.
Sun Sicheng had a lot of things to do at the end of the year. His subordinates would be rewarded if they deserved, and punished if they did not perform well, but all of this had to be based on facts.
Ping An is concerned about greenhouse vegetables, and he has a natural love for making money.
He had sixteen men under him, including Xiaochen's brothers and Wang Quan. Later, Ge Xuejian, Master Qin, Qian Xingzi, Lengyue and Lengshui were added, making a total of twenty-one people.
There are more than seventy farmers in the two villages.
Behind him is a team of nearly a hundred people, and he has to worry about their food, drink and even their marriages.
Of course, he cannot be compared with his master. Baicaotang has almost two thousand people in various industries throughout Dazhou.
Speaking of property, his master and husband had helped him acquire a lot of it. He knew the specific locations of these properties, but he had basically never been there and had never managed them. He didn't even bother to ask about the people in these properties, and left everything to his master's people.
After returning to the capital safely, he took his men directly to the farm.
Even the road outside is white and cold, but it is warm inside the greenhouse. Some farmers like to work here during the day and are reluctant to go out.
Ping'an looked at the vegetables in the four greenhouses at the foot of the mountain in the village. They were green and pleasing to the eye.
One side of the greenhouse is backed by a mountain, which blocks a lot of cold wind in winter.
The manor given by the emperor was originally intended to grow greenhouse vegetables, but later thought better of it and decided to concentrate on doing it here. In the winter, people from the other manor moved in to live together. There are many houses on this side of the manor, and most of the more than 70 people are whole families, so there are only about a dozen families in total.
Not to mention, this makes management much easier. The children in the village can be taught to read or learn some medical knowledge, and practice kung fu in the early morning. When spring comes, the adults can go over to do work, and the children who are willing to learn skills can stay.
It would be impossible for him to always rely on his master's Medical Valley to prepare manpower for him in the future. He had to prepare some people himself early.
Master Qin agreed with his idea very much. He is now the manager of Ping An. Da Wu and Xiao Wu are his right-hand men, and people like Er Qiang are directly managed by him.
Fifty-year-old Master Qin is full of energy every day and looks younger.
On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the first batch of vegetables arrived in the capital and were immediately snapped up by restaurants and several wealthy households. Among them were the soybean sprouts grown by Ping An. The soybean part was sold to outsiders, and the white bean sprouts were simply called white jade vegetables.
Ping An also didn't expect that there were really no bean sprouts in Da Zhou.
It’s a very simple method and a very delicious side dish, but it’s a pity that no one would think of it.
The production of these soybean sprouts is done directly by the village head’s wife and two other women, all of whom are loyal to them, so they can be used with maximum confidence.
On this day, several kinds of vegetables appeared on the dining tables of Sun Sicheng, Chang Chunfeng and Mr. Sun's home.
The other families had not yet received their gifts, so he was preparing New Year gifts.
This year's New Year's gifts are these vegetables, as well as the fruits that he had stored in the cellar early on. Winter fruits are also very precious, and they are sold at particularly high prices in Beijing.
Master's house, father's house, teacher's house, Hao's family, Zhang's family, Marquis's house, Duke's house, General's house and Zhou Siye's house.
There are more people to be sent as gifts, because for the arithmetic competition, he plans to send gifts to all the arithmetic masters who have left him their addresses, including the Lord Jijiu.
As a person, diplomacy is a must. People who are too wooden find it difficult to do anything.
The vegetables from the four greenhouses can basically be sold every three or four days. Bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts are very popular, the price is affordable, and they taste good no matter how they are cooked.
It takes some effort to remove the soybeans and mung beans. If you don’t, I’m afraid someone will figure it out.
Ping An doesn't want to do this. He wants to make more money from this. How can he make his people live better if he doesn't make money?
So the women and children in the village all stayed in the greenhouse to pick the heads and tails. Everyone talked and laughed and enjoyed it very much. The greenhouse was warm, and lunch was delivered directly inside. The big greasy pot was brought in, and there was quite a lot of meat in it.
It is estimated that their master is the only one in the whole Zhou Dynasty who is willing to give farmers good food.
Ping'an didn't want to leave the village, but after a few days he was called away by his master.
When it's cold, there are a lot of people who get sick. Some children are young and cannot go out, so they have to go to the outpatient clinic. Even Qingshi, Wu Jun, and Xiaochen are very busy. Lengyue, the three female doctors, also have to help treat some female patients.
Although it is busy, it also has many benefits. The more you actually come into contact with patients, the faster you can master medical skills.
In the blink of an eye, it was the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, Ping'an carefully prepared his New Year gifts and asked Erqiang and others to deliver them one by one. Everyone was willing to give New Year gifts, and the red envelopes given by the other party were not small.
Following the young master, you will never lack money, but no one would complain about having too much money, right?
Erqiang and Tonglin have already received confirmation that Ping'an is safe, and they will be allowed to get married after the college entrance examination.
Ping'an had originally planned to get them married in the first month of the lunar year. Later, the master had already agreed, but later he thought about it and decided not to do it. If the master wanted to get engaged in the first month of the lunar year, why would the subordinate be in such a hurry to get married?
Come to think of it, it is true; they are not very old.
The master promised that next autumn, he would ask Fang Xiao to send another group of good female doctors over, so that everyone else could find the one they like.
He would look for people who did not have official deeds, as private deeds could only bind the person himself, but if their children had a talent for studying in the future, they could still go to school.
After these children actually go to school, very few of them can pass the imperial examinations. Most of them will become their masters' shopkeepers, accountants, etc.
But this is already very good. It is much more comfortable than most people in the village and it is also decent.
The gifts Ping An sent out were special, beautiful, affordable, and in large quantities. The people who received them all liked them very much and sent gifts in return.
These return gifts are varied, but all very good, including food, daily necessities, clothing and accessories.
Da Wu is in charge of most of the affairs in the city. Da Wu is steady and manages things well. His wife Xue Jian also manages the houses in the city very well, so Ping An doesn't have to worry at all.
Ming Wanli returned to the capital three days ago, bringing with him a letter and some things from Ping An's parents, including their thoughts.
Sun Sicheng did not make an appointment with Chang Chunfeng directly. Since Jinping and Sun Wen were the matchmakers for both parties, and Sun Wen was busy now, he went directly to find Jinping and told him about the matter.
Zhang Jinping naturally agreed.
Engagement should be the father’s responsibility.
But Ping'an's side is a little special. Fortunately, his mother and stepfather are reasonable people and are willing to leave the engagement matter entirely to his sister and brother-in-law.
As for what to do when the wedding comes, that is not something that needs to be considered now. According to him, all four people from both sides can be present, so why not? Their situation is special, and neither side is wrong, so they can interact.
But these were just his thoughts.
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