In two weeks, Han Mingxiang and the children will be going to Youzhou City to participate in the scientific expedition.
Before dinner that day, Hua Zixi sailed his large boat to Peach Blossom Spring.
He came this time to pick up Han Mingxiang and several children to go to Youzhou City to participate in the scientific expedition.
This was Master Xu's instruction to Han Mingxiang and the others to go early, to check out the examination venue and familiarize themselves with the environment, and then to prepare for the exam in peace at the Sifang Restaurant.
Li Lanzhen, however, felt it was too early. Preparing for the exam at home, in a familiar environment with familiar people, would help them stabilize their emotions.
Another reason is that after they arrived there, neither Master Xu nor Lu Boyan went with them.
If they encounter problems and have no one to answer them, trying to solve them on their own will only increase their anxiety.
Later, Master Xu said that we should go five days before the start of the imperial examination, and we couldn't delay any longer.
So they sent someone to inform Hua Zixi not to come so early.
However, Hua Zixi still came to Peach Blossom Spring today, as agreed beforehand.
Both the main dining hall and the dining room have been expanded.
The dining room was lengthened by three meters and widened by five meters to the south.
There are now three rows of square tables arranged side by side in the dining room, with a 1.5-meter-wide aisle in the middle, making it very spacious.
There are now 12 large iron pots in the dining hall.
There are two large iron pots specifically for boiling water, so that there is always warm water for everyone to wash up.
After the meal, Hua Zixi and Xuan Shen sat down and chatted with the people from the village committee.
The establishment of the village committee was proposed by Li Lanzhen.
Everyone felt that an organization should be formed to collectively discuss and decide what should be done in Peach Blossom Spring each season.
Therefore, when Li Lanzhen brought it up, everyone applauded.
It was in this dining room that adults and children alike participated.
The village chief is still Han Shunde, and the deputy village chief is Han Minghai.
Four directors were appointed: Zhang Deshui was in charge of agriculture, Xue Laohu was in charge of safety and security, and Xue Nizi was in charge of logistics.
The last director in charge of women and children's protection was Aunt Huaihua.
The team leader of the woodworking workshop is Li Xishui.
The team leader of the poultry farm is Huang Shanhua.
The team leader of the livestock farm is Han Dazhong.
The leader of the infrastructure construction team was Han Zhaoxiong.
Before the election, Li Lanzhen proposed that women should participate in the village committee to manage various tasks in the village together.
Three women were selected, and Li Lanzhen noticed that the men did not show any discomfort or disapproval; the women and children were all overjoyed.
Peach Blossom Spring also established a clinic, which was a scaled-down version of a hospital.
There are doctors' offices where staff can see patients and take their pulse, as well as rooms for patients who need to be hospitalized for recuperation.
There is a medicinal herb warehouse and a pharmacy.
The hospital in Peach Blossom Spring appointed Bai Houpu as its director, Wu Shi as its gynecologist, and Han Yuemei also went to learn from Wu Shi.
The names of all these positions were determined by Li Lanzhen.
Everyone understands the meaning of these job titles.
After hearing it, I didn't have any objections; I just found it novel because it was different from what they knew.
The people attending the meeting now are the aforementioned responsible persons.
As usual, there were two attendees.
One was the Crown Prince, and the other was Su Changsheng, the eunuch who served him.
The prince would participate in every such event in the village, and Su Changsheng would take out a notebook to record it.
All of their actions were approved by Li Lanzhen.
Seeing that Li Lanzhen remained silent, the others tacitly acknowledged their presence.
Hua Zixi brought two pieces of news.
One is a contract he has with Taohuayuan for the variety and quantity of vegetables they regularly order.
Li Lanzhen took it and looked up at him in surprise.
"Manager Hua, do you need this many vegetables all year round? Can you eat them all?"
Without waiting for his reply, she began reading aloud the various clauses in the contract.
"We need 10,000 jin of tomatoes, 10,000 jin of cucumbers, 1 jin of peppers, and 8,000 jin of eggplants every month."
Li Lanzhen looked up at him, and Hua Zixi smiled and nodded.
"Yes! This number is correct! Based on last year's vegetable sales and our market research, this number is a conservative estimate!"
Zhang Deshui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he stared at Hua Zixi with eyes as if he were looking at gold.
Hua Zixi was already used to this look in his eyes, so he smiled and nodded at him.
After the two parties reached an agreement, they signed a contract.
Another piece of news concerns the issue of residency registration for everyone in Peach Blossom Spring.
After hearing his words, everyone stared at him intently, wanting to know what kind of resettlement policy it was.
Hua Zixi glanced at everyone, then looked at Li Lanzhen.
Li Lanzhen knew that he was asking her whether she should reveal the fact that Peach Blossom Spring was a gift from the Emperor.
She nodded in agreement, and from her bosom—or rather, from her spatial storage—she took out the land deed for Peach Blossom Spring and placed it on the table.
Nobody knows what this is.
Hua Zixi picked it up and handed it to Xuan Shen.
Xuan Shen took it, coughed, and said.
"This is the land deed for the Peach Blossom Spring Grand Canyon, which was bestowed upon Li Lanzhen by the Emperor."
"Splash!"
"thump."
When Li Lanzhen looked up, she saw only herself sitting on the stool, with Xuan Shen and Hua Zixi standing beside her, bowing their heads.
Everyone else knelt on the ground!
The crown prince behind him also stood up, while Su Changsheng knelt on the ground.
Only then did she realize the helplessness of the common people in the ancient imperial system, where they had to kneel down at the drop of a hat.
Just as she was about to kneel, Xuan Shen glanced at the Crown Prince and said to everyone.
"Everyone, please stand up and sit down to listen. This is not an imperial edict, so you don't need to kneel to listen."
Li Lanzhen knew that apart from Hua Zixi and herself, no one else knew the Crown Prince's identity.
Therefore, their actions just now were an involuntary act ingrained in their very bones, born from living in this imperial capital.
She sighed inwardly. Either she would stay away from officials, or Han Mingxiang would study hard and take the imperial examinations to obtain an official title for her.
This damned "kneeling" ceremony!
Xuan Shen quickly read through the contents of the land deed bestowed by the Emperor.
Li Lanzhen stood there somewhat awkwardly, glancing back at the Crown Prince, who smiled at her and winked.
Li Lanzhen understood, which meant that she shouldn't be too rigid about this formality, and he wouldn't tell the emperor.
So Li Lanzhen smiled and sat down.
Others were a bit confused about the matter.
How did this Peach Blossom Spring become the personal property of Li Lanzhen?
What will they do then? Are they going to sign a contract with Li Lanzhen to sell themselves into servitude?
Everyone frowned in thought, but Han Shunde remained unmoved.
He had already made up his mind; even if it meant signing a master-servant agreement, he was willing to follow Li Lanzhen.
Hua Zixi continued, "When Madam Li was fleeing famine, she rescued the princess and her cousin."
Furthermore, he saved Xuan Shen on several occasions.
Scrophularia is the younger brother of the current Empress's sister-in-law.
Everyone then realized that's how it is.
Xuan Shen added, "Most importantly, Aunt Lanzhen donated grain to the border soldiers during the winter."
Of course, there are other more important things, but it's not convenient to tell you about them right now.
By autumn, everyone should be able to find out the reason.
Therefore, the Peach Blossom Spring Grand Canyon now belongs to Li Lanzhen.
Han Dazhong immediately asked, "Then what do we do? This Grand Canyon belongs to Lanzhen, so where are we going to settle down?"
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