Chapter 1669 Speed
Tang He was surprised that he didn't expect that he had this job part-time.
Manbao looked at County Magistrate Tang and shook his head, sighing, "Brother Tang, you are so unprofessional. You are the chief official of the county after all. How can you ignore such an important matter?"
“Is it important to buy you eggs?”
"This is farming, you know? Agriculture is the foundation. How can it not be important?"
Chang'an County is even more difficult to manage than Huayang County. Lord Tang is so busy every day that he is almost going bald. The affairs of the court seem to have little to do with him, a small county magistrate. After all, he cannot participate in politics. However, every matter has some connection with him.
For example, if this official went to Chunfeng Tower and the censor impeached him, the Ministry of Personnel might ask the Censorate to conduct a major inspection of the officials' reputation, and all the entertainment venues in the capital might be inspected.
Unfortunately, most of the capital belongs to Chang'an County, and most of the prosperous places like entertainment venues are under his jurisdiction, so do you think he is busy?
After finishing his work, he still had to be careful not to let Wannian County across the street laugh at him.
So why should he care about two thousand eggs?
County Magistrate Tang suddenly remembered something and said, "Besides, your official land is not within Chang'an County, right? Isn't it in Yongzhou?"
Manbao blinked and turned the tables, "Brother Tang, you have to have a heart of universal love, you know? Although you are only a county magistrate now, in the future you will definitely be the magistrate of a prefecture, a state, or even the whole country. Ahem, no, prime minister. So you can't just focus on the people of one county now. You have to think long-term and love more widely."
County Magistrate Tang said, "You have a lot of crooked ideas, but it's not your place to meddle in other people's business. To put it bluntly, you're just trying to get in through the back door. If you have the guts, why don't you go find the Governor of Yongzhou and get him some eggs for you?"
Mrs. Tang, who was standing by, couldn't help but glance at him and asked calmly, "Are you going through the back door for three taels of silver?"
County Magistrate Tang choked, as if he really couldn't say that, as it would make his labor seem cheap.
Yang Heshu interrupted their meaningless quarrel and said, "Alright, I've taken over this matter. If you keep arguing, I'll let you take over it yourselves."
Tang He and Man Bao immediately shut up.
After eating and drinking his fill, Manbao left two prescriptions, one for Cui and one for Yingyue, and then said goodbye.
Yang Heshu didn't keep her any longer and asked Wantian to send her out.
As soon as Manbao left, County Magistrate Tang couldn't help but ask Yang Heshu, "Did you really manage to buy two thousand breeding eggs at once?"
Yang Heshu said: "It's not that difficult."
He said, "There are ways to buy it at the Ministry of Revenue."
County Magistrate Tang was completely bewildered. "Why would the Ministry of Revenue be involved in such a matter?"
Yang Heshu glanced at him and said, "There are so many imperial guards in the Western Inner Courtyard. They need funds from the Ministry of Revenue every month. They have ways to buy eggs for their purchases. And there are also purchases for the imperial palace. Each family's farm has some connection with the Ministry of Revenue. Two thousand eggs, even breeding eggs, are just a matter of a word."
It is difficult for Zhou Lijun and his friends to buy eggs outside because the eggs sold at the market are all loose eggs, and most of them are from chickens raised by farmers at home, and there are not many of them.
She wanted two thousand at once, and required them to be breeding eggs. It was naturally difficult, but for Yang Heshu, it was not that difficult.
After the order was given, within three or four days someone came to the side door carrying eight baskets of eggs.
There were two hundred and fifty eggs in a basket, and the person who delivered it added a few more to prevent them from bumping into each other.
Wan Tian came out and took a look. He couldn't tell whether they were good or bad, but he saw that they were quite large, so he thought they were good. He asked, "Are they all breeding eggs?"
"They are breeding eggs. According to the adults' instructions, there are more hens than roosters. We have checked them all."
Wan Tian then took out a piece of silver and said, "If we fail to hatch chicks, or if we hatch more roosters than hens, we will not let you off easily."
"Don't worry, this is the master's personal order. We wouldn't dare to cheat even if we had a hundred guts. If you don't believe me, find someone knowledgeable to take a look. They'll tell you these are all good eggs without even hatching them."
Wantian was satisfied and gave him the silver.
The steward took out a small scale to weigh the silver. Seeing that it was exactly three taels, he took out three strings of copper coins from his pocket and returned them, saying with a smile, "Master Wan, I was worried that my men might be too heavy-handed, so I put two extra eggs in each basket to prevent them from being damaged. Here is your change, please take a look."
Wantian then knew that the exchange rate of silver to copper coins today was one thousand and one.
He took it and directly gave him another string of money, saying: "You are thinking about the master, so we will naturally not treat you unfairly. You have made this trip hard. This string of money is a reward from our master. Spend it."
The farmer took it with both hands, smiled so hard that his teeth showed, and bowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.
After he left, Wantian called someone over, drove a cart over, put the basket on the cart and transported it to Zhou's house.
As it happened, Old Zhou and his men had returned to the capital from Putian today to prepare for Zhou Liulang's wedding. Seeing the eggs they had sent, they were stunned for a moment. Then, while having the baskets unloaded, Old Zhou declined, saying, "How can we let Lord Yang spend so much money? Besides, even if Sixth Brother were to have a wedding, he wouldn't need so many eggs."
Wan Tian was stunned for a moment and then said, "Master Zhou, these eggs were bought by Miss Man for us, didn't you know?"
Old Zhou was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Why did Manbao buy so many eggs?"
Wantian naturally knew about it, but seeing that Old Zhou looked shocked as if he knew nothing, the words went around in his mouth but he didn't say them out loud.
He smiled innocently and said, "I don't know either, I just know that these are the breeding eggs that Miss Man wants to buy. Oh, and this is the remaining money. My master asked me to return it to Miss Man."
After stuffing the money into Old Zhou's pocket, Wantian ran away. "Master Zhou, I've delivered the eggs. I'll be leaving now."
After saying that, he ran away with his servants.
When Mr. Zhou heard him emphasize the "seed eggs", he understood that Manbao was planning to buy them to hatch chicks.
Raising chickens is actually quite good. Not only do you have eggs to eat on a regular basis, but you can also kill a chicken during festivals and so on.
But looking at the baskets lined up in two rows, it is obvious that it is impossible for them to hatch and raise all these eggs by themselves, so it is obvious who should raise them.
Old Zhou looked down at the two strings of money in his hand, glanced around, and seeing that no one noticed, he immediately put them in his pocket. Then he began to pinch his waist and mutter: "What a waste! How can you be so wasteful?"
He kept muttering and shouting, "Big Boss, Fourth Boss, Fifth Boss——"
Zhou Silang and Wu Wulang had disappeared, and only Zhou Dalang responded. Old Zhou called out, "Come here and bring the basket back. Have your wife carefully select the eggs to see if they are breeding eggs, and then we can figure out how to hatch them."
When Zhou Dalang came out of the yard, Old Zhou was almost at the yard where he lived. Zhou Dalang glanced into the corridor and could only see his blurry back.
Zhou Dalang then went to look at the basket in the yard, feeling a little puzzled. Why did his father just leave the eggs here?
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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