Chapter 216 Slave Conflict
Now, in addition to the rouge shop, Zhounan Village also has a large food processing workshop.
This workshop mainly produces dried sweet potatoes, dried fruit tea, potato chips, etc. for export.
Su lived in Zhounan Village, mainly helping to supervise these workshops.
In addition to the workshop, the flower and herbal medicine planting base, rubber forest, etc. that Jiang Tangtang originally planned have also shown progress.
Nowadays, many of the flowers and medicinal herbs in Yanzhifang are basically self-sufficient.
The rubber forest has not yet started harvesting rubber, but large areas of rubber have been planted according to Jiang Tangtang's requirements.
Moreover, the reason why rubber is not harvested from rubber forests is not because it cannot be harvested.
In fact, many wild rubber trees in the forest were already ripe for harvesting rubber. The reason they hadn't been harvested was that Jiang Tangtang was too busy and forgot about it.
He Qiuniang had no idea what the trees Jiang Tangtang asked her to plant were for. She only knew to follow Jiang Tangtang's instructions, sow seedlings, and maintain the adult rubber trees.
Sitting in the carriage, Jiang Tangtang was thinking about all these things in her mind, planning to arrange them when she returned today.
The horses pulling the carriage outside were fed by Jiang Tangtang using the spiritual springs and herbs in the space. Not only were they very strong, they were also very spiritual.
In addition, in order to transport goods, the Lu family renovated the pipelines coming out of Zhounan Village.
Now, not only has the official road been widened on both sides, but the ground has also been paved with small stones, making it more than twice as fast to walk on than before.
Before evening, Jiang Tangtang and his group arrived at the village.
Su was very happy to see Jiang Tangtang come back, but she also scolded him, "You are so busy, if you have anything to say, just send someone to tell me, why do you have to come back in person?"
Jiang Tangtang smiled and said, "Mom, the people have had a bumper harvest this year, and the new policies have been implemented very smoothly. There's nothing to be busy about right now."
But Su didn't believe it.
The court has always been a man's world. In the eyes of these men, women can only stay at home to take care of their husbands and children.
The daughter-in-law now subverts tradition and manages a group of men. Can these old-fashioned people really accept it?
I don’t know how many difficulties my daughter-in-law faces every day!
Thinking of this, Su felt more and more distressed for Jiang Tangtang. She pulled Jiang Tangtang into the house to sit and immediately ordered the servants to stew bird's nest for Jiang Tangtang.
Lu Zhixi, who was standing behind Jiang Tangtang and was completely ignored, said: "..."
If she had known that as long as her sister-in-law was around, her mother would have completely forgotten her and she wouldn't have had to run away.
As long as she lets her sister-in-law come back to visit from time to time, she can attract all her mother's attention and she will forget about her completely.
Jiang Tangtang looked back at Lu Zhixi's resentful eyes and couldn't help laughing.
"Mom, please stop making the servants work so hard. I'm really not tired. It's my little sister, though. She's become so tired and skinny after leaving all these shops to her."
No bird's nest can compare to the spiritual spring in her space.
Instead of eating the swallow's saliva, it is better to go back to the space and eat two peaches when you have nothing to do.
"Why should she be so tired? You've already taken care of the shop. She's just checking the accounts. Why should she bother?" Su said this, but her mouth was grinning from ear to ear. It was obvious that this was just her modesty; inwardly, she was very proud of her little daughter.
Lu Zhixi cried out in a coquettish voice, "Mom, I didn't just look at the account books. I even opened a lot of branches! I've been running around for most of the past half month."
She raised her arms and wanted to complain to Su that she was tanned. But looking at her glowing white arms, her eyes rolled and she changed her words: "If it weren't for the ointment my sister-in-law gave me, I would have been tanned."
"Then why don't you thank your sister-in-law?" Su looked at her little daughter's anxious look and thought of her marriage. She pulled Jiang Tangtang and said, "You're so grown up, but you still act like a child all day long. Come and help me find a suitable Junxiu."
Lu Zhixi immediately regretted it and looked at Jiang Tangtang for help.
Jiang Tangtang suppressed a smile and asked, "Which families did you see, mother?"
Su took out the booklet she had prepared for her youngest daughter and explained the situation to Jiang Tangtang one by one. It included officers around Lu Shiyan and students with both good character and academic performance.
Jiang Tangtang looked at them one by one before she said, "These people are good, but they're not a good match for me."
Su fully agreed with this.
If they had not suffered misfortune and been exiled, with their family background and their daughter's talent and beauty, they should have been matched with the best man in the capital.
Although he has now gotten rid of the label of criminal and is now dominating a region, Lingnan is still a wild land after all, and the rising stars are no match for the men who have been nurtured by centuries-old aristocratic families.
In Su's eyes, the men she picked out were just the tallest among the short ones.
Seeing that Su agreed, Jiang Tangtang advised Su not to be anxious. After they conquered the Great Zhou, Lu Zhixi would be able to have whatever kind of son he wanted.
Su listened to Jiang Tangtang in everything else, but she disagreed on this matter. "We are already old maids now. Waiting for two more years... won't work. The marriage should be settled as soon as possible."
Lu Zhixi is actually only 18 years old now, but in the eyes of people nowadays, she is already an old girl.
Jiang Tangtang really couldn't agree with this.
"Mom, I heard from Divine Doctor Xue that getting married too early is not good for women. If a woman is too young, both mother and child may be in danger during childbirth. It's best for women to wait until they are 20 years old before giving birth."
"How can there be such a saying?" Su said this, but she unconsciously thought of the time when she gave birth to her child.
She was only 18 when she gave birth to Lu Shiyan, and she nearly lost half her life. If it weren't for the imperial physician, she would have died.
Even so, her health deteriorated afterward, and despite taking numerous tonics, she was unable to conceive again. She took those bitter medicines for four or five years, and only then, with much difficulty, did she give birth to her second son.
She couldn't bear to let her daughter suffer this.
Seeing her expression, Jiang Tangtang knew that she had taken her words to heart. She took the opportunity to educate many women about the dangers of premature childbirth.
Having heard that there are so many dangers for women to give birth too early, Su is not in a hurry to marry her daughter off, but she feels that the matchmaking process cannot be left unfinished.
You can wait and see first and get married two years later.
She decided to have someone keep a close eye on the few men she liked and make a decision after careful observation.
Jiang Tangtang was thinking about what she had just said to Su.
In the past, she only cared about her own business and didn't care about things that were not beneficial to her.
But now it’s different. Now that she is in a high position, there are some things she should do.
It is time to educate the people of Lingnan about the harm of giving birth too early to women.
In addition, some basic medical knowledge should also be taught to everyone. Universal education is urgent.
Jiang Tangtang thought to herself and immediately wanted to find someone to discuss it with.
However, thinking that this was in Zhounan Village and what he had to do this time, he temporarily put aside his thoughts and asked someone to call He Qiuniang over to talk.
"Madam!" He Qiuniang suppressed her excitement and bowed to Jiang Tangtang politely.
Jiang Tangtang asked, "Do you know why I asked you to plant rubber trees in the wild forest?"
He Qiuniang said ashamedly: "I am stupid and don't know."
"I read in a journal that when the trunk of this tree is cut with a knife, a thick white sap will ooze out. This sap has many wonderful uses. However, I've only read about it in books and have never seen it in person. Prepare the tools and take people to harvest the sap. After that... I'll take a look."
Jiang Tangtang borrowed a book and told her a lot of precautions for rubber tapping. He Qiuniang wrote them down one by one before leaving the room.
As soon as she left the room, Hu Dangui blocked her way.
Hu Dangui looked at He Qiuniang's decent attire and, thinking that his wife had just returned, he called her in for a talk.
The jealousy in her eyes could not be hidden. "What did the Madam say when she invited you in?"
"Just arrange some things in the woods."
He Qiuniang answered truthfully, but Hu Dangui didn't believe her and taunted her, "You're betraying me again, hoping Madam will promote you? Madam is different now. She has the final say in all of Lingnan, and maybe even the entire Great Zhou in the future. You'll have to try to please her."
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