The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 725
On the second day, Su Yunduo made arrangements for the wine shop, and was about to return to the city. Unexpectedly, before she left, she saw Lu Jinkang bringing Jiu'er to the villa on a horse, and asked in surprise, "You don't have to be an adult today?" value?"

"Well, the Holy Majesty gave me a day off, and I will accompany you to visit the southern suburbs." Lu Jinkang greeted the three old people first, and then looked at Su Yunduo with a little pride.

Su Yunduo couldn't help being amused and moved in his heart, and he didn't know how this person got this day off.

After bidding farewell to the three old people, Lu Jinkang simply got into Su Yunduo's carriage, and the couple went all the way to the southern suburbs.

There is no need to turn around the city from the western suburbs to the southern suburbs. Although the road is relatively narrow and relatively bumpy, it is better than the word "near".

If you turn from the city, the carriage will take about two hours, and if you take a shortcut without any accidents, you can reach it in an hour at most.

Su Yunduo set off from Leyou Mountain Villa when he was a party, and he could already see the lake of the "Lotus Garden" when he first entered Si.

Ever since the Grand Duke's Mansion started to discuss the sale of the "Heyuan", Su Yunduo sent a letter to the old doctor Kong in Geshan Village, asking him to ask Zheng Daniu and Zhang Zhong what they meant, and see if any of them would be willing. Come to the capital to help her manage the "Lotus Garden".

Although at that time, she was not fully sure that she could buy the "Lotus Garden", but she did lack people who could help her manage the water surface.

After several years of action in Geshan Village, the income from the artificial lake has almost caught up with the income from planting medicinal materials.

In the letter to Su Yunduo, the old doctor Kong lamented that Su Yunduo employed people well more than once.

Both Zheng Daniu and Zhang Zhong are very good breeding experts, and the two have brought out several apprentices.

Since Zheng Daniu married the daughter of Heli from the Liu family in Geshan Village, and gave birth to another son, he has now completely established himself in Geshan Village. Lake aquaculture industry.

Besides, Zhang Zhong stayed in Geshan Village because of his marriage contract with Baiying, and now he also takes Geshan Village as his home. In less than three years, he has a daughter and a son with Baiying. Zhang Zhong, who has both children, has completely Think of yourself as a member of Geshan Village.

Although Su Yunduo most hoped that Zheng Daniu would come to the capital to help her, but he also knew that he could not force it. After all, Zheng Daniu was not her servant, but a long-term worker who signed a five-year long-term contract with her.

Su Yunduo thought over and over again. In the letter to the old doctor Kong, she only mentioned finding a suitable person to come to the capital to help her manage the breeding affairs, but did not specify who would help her. room for consideration.

But what Su Yunduo didn't expect was that Zheng Daniu, who came to the capital this time, was the one she hoped most. Half a month ago, Su Yunduo received a reply from Dr. Kong, saying that Zheng Daniu had handed over all the artificial lake in Geshan Village to Zhang. Zhong, he himself brought his mother, wife and children to the capital with the team that transported essential oils and medicinal materials from Geshan Village to the capital.

It is said that the homeland is hard to leave, especially the old people are most particular about returning the fallen leaves to their roots. Although Zheng Daniu's mother is not very old, she can definitely be counted among the ranks of the elderly here. It really shocked Su Yunduo to let people of this age leave their homes.

According to the departure time of Zheng Daniu's family, there are at most three or five days before they can reach the capital. This is also an important reason why Su Yunduo has always wanted to visit the southern suburbs.

Since Zheng Daniu brought his family all the way to help her, she naturally had to arrange the basic necessities of Zheng Daniu's family in advance.

Although Su Yunduo has been to the "Lotus Garden" twice, because he is only a lotus-appreciating guest, the places he visits are limited each time. The most impressive thing about the "Heyuan" is the beautiful lotus in the lake and the island in the middle of the lake. Singing birds and fragrant flowers plus a fish pavilion.

This time I came here, changed my identity, and appeared as the owner for the first time. In addition, the "Heyuan" has to be greatly rectified, so that the "Heyuan" is responsible for its own profits and losses. Naturally, it is inevitable to look around carefully. .

This garden occupies a large area. If you walk on two feet, you will not be able to go around in half a day. Fortunately, Lu Jinkang came with him and directly carried Su Yunduo onto the horse. "You, as long as Su Yunduo wants to take a closer look, Lu Jinkang will stop the horse and hug Su Yunduo to get off the horse, and then get on the horse and go to the next place. After doing this, Su Yunduo spent two full hours looking at the "Heyuan" Finally got a general understanding.

The Grand Duke's Mansion's management of Zhuangzi is indeed reckless!

Although the surface of the lake in this Zhuangzi is much larger than the dry land, the number of fertile fields is not much, but there are nearly [-] mu of them. Because of the large lake surface of Zhuangzi, even in a drought year, the fertile fields will not be short of harvest.

It’s just that the Dachang Princess Mansion’s positioning of this Zhuangzi has always been to enjoy the lotus for leisure. It’s almost a small scene of five feet and a big scene of ten feet. ideas.

What this Zhuangzi lacks most is experts in raising flowers, lotuses, fish and birds, but the manpower for planting crops is very limited. As a result, the good farmland fails to produce income every year, which not only fails to generate income for Zhuangzi, but also aggravates Zhuangzi's difficulties. burden.

"How do you plan to reform this Zhuangzi?" Lu Jinkang asked, holding the rein in one hand and holding Su Yunduo in the other, looking down at Su Yunduo who was in his arms with a thoughtful expression.

"If I want to abandon all the lotus flowers in this lake, will it be a pity?" A sly smile flashed across Su Yunduo's face, and he raised his clean face and asked Lu Jinkang back.

Lu Jinkang raised his eyes and glanced at the emerald green lake. It would be a lie to say that it is not a pity, but Su Yunduo wanted to abandon the lotus in the lake. As her man, he naturally firmly supported him, so he said with a faint smile: "You If you feel that you should give up, there are naturally reasons why you should give up, and even if you feel it is a pity, I will firmly support it."

Su Yunduo pouted, and said two words "boring" in his heart, but still looked up at Lu Jinkang with a smile and said: "Since my husband thinks it's a pity, let's keep it. I don't know if my husband has discovered that the lotus here is actually not It is not an ornamental lotus that can only be used for viewing, but an edible lotus. I wonder if the Grand Duke's Mansion has ever dug lotus root from the bottom of the lake before.

According to me, such a large lake, not to mention the fish raised in the lake, only tens of thousands of catties of lotus roots are dug up every year. In addition, the lotus pods picked after the lotus blossoms can be taken out of lotus seeds and lotus leaves can also be made into lotus leaves Tea, there are so many ways for lotus in this lake to make money. I can't figure out how the Grand Duke's Mansion is losing money year after year. "

After listening to Su Yunduo's words, Lu Jinkang stared at the emerald green lotus leaves on the lake for a long time. It was the first time he had heard that lotus can be divided into ornamental lotus and edible lotus. He always thought that there were edible lotus under such lotus. .

Hearing what Su Yunduo said now, Lu Jinkang couldn't help thinking that the Grand Princess' Mansion never seemed to have dug lotus root in this lake, so didn't the Grand Duke's Mansion lose money for many years with a cornucopia in hand? !That's really a waste of money!
As for the lotus leaf tea that Su Yunduo mentioned, Lu Jinkang has never heard of it. He only knows that lotus leaves can be used to make porridge and lotus leaf chicken. Of course, he still knows about lotus seeds. Eat red dates and lotus seed soup.

But this lake is big and deep, and digging lotus root is not like fishing. You can use a net to net directly. The lotus root grows in the mud at the bottom of the lake. If you want to dig the lotus root, you have to drain the lake. It is not easy to drain such a large lake, even if there is a way to drain it After the lotus root is dug, where should water come in to fill this lake again?
These are all problems, and I think this is the root cause of not being able to dig lotus roots in the Dachang Princess' Mansion.

Seeing Lu Jinkang's thick eyebrows furrowed into a ball, Su Yunduo took a moment to guess what he was thinking at the moment, and couldn't help but smile: "Is your husband worried about drainage and water inflow? Didn't your husband forget that we have invited you for a long time?" Someone explore this lake?"

Lu Jinkang felt a little hot on his face, and Su Yunduo asked him to hire a special person to investigate the lake privately as soon as he contacted the eldest princess's mansion, because he had forgotten about it because there were so many things going on recently.

Could it be that there are already results?
Su Yunduo showed a smile and said: "A few days ago, the results have been sent to the mansion. Although I haven't found out where the entrance and exit are, I am sure that this lake is running water."

Since it is running water, it must not enter.

It's just that after they took over the Zhuangzi from the Dachang Princess' Mansion, no one in the Zhuangzi could tell where the entrance and exit were.

Su Yunduo had no choice but to spend money to find the entrance and exit of this lake again, but the time is short, the exact location has not been found yet, and it must take some time.

After hearing Su Yunduo's various arrangements, Lu Jinkang couldn't help but sigh in his heart for Su Yunduo's meticulousness and foresight.

I think Su Yunduo started to pick up people from Geshan Village when he first contacted the eldest princess. At that time, he still teased Su Yunduo, thinking that Su Yunduo was too impatient. Looking back now, he is not as good as Su Yunduo in terms of business and farming. a lot.

Therefore, in terms of farming and business, Lu Jinkang was extremely at ease with Su Yunduo's arrangement, and was willing to obey Su Yunduo's arrangement.

Regarding this Zhuangzi, Su Yunduo already had a preliminary plan in her heart, but she still had no idea about some things, and she had to wait for Zheng Daniu to bring someone over to investigate carefully before she could finally confirm.

Since the lotus in this lake is edible lotus, the matter on the lake is not urgent.

There is no rush for this matter. When Zheng Daniu arrives, he will search carefully and slowly with the invited professionals.

It is only April now, and there is still more than half a year before digging the lotus root. There is plenty of time, so take your time.

What this Zhuangzi needs to solve the most is how to make rational use of the nearly [-] mu of fertile land. According to the soil quality of those fertile fields, Su Yunduo naturally wants to grow rice.

In this era, the grain yield per mu is low, and one season of rice can harvest three to four hundred catties, which is considered high yield.

Although Su Yunduo has nearly [-] mu of fertile land in Yangjiaji and a hundred mu of fertile land in Leyou Villa, she has to support many people and needs a relatively large amount of food.

Thanks to Jiang Xiao's efforts, the food at Yangjiaji can barely be regarded as self-sufficient now.

However, Su Yunduo has some new ideas for the development of wineries. If this new idea can be carried out as expected, the food gap will be even greater.

The [-] mu of fertile land in Leyou Villa is planted with Japonica rice, and the yield is lower, but Su Yunduo is not willing to give up the cultivation of Japonica rice.

After all, whether it is the old lady Lu in Dongmingfang or An Shi in Zhen Guogong's mansion, they usually eat green rice from Leyou Villa.

How to make good use of the nearly [-] mu of fertile land in the "Lotus Garden" is imminent.

Not only the development of the nearly [-] mu of fertile land, but Su Yunduo felt that if the gardens could be used appropriately, huge benefits could be expected.

Jiang Xiao was the first person Su Yunduo thought of how to develop these fertile fields. The nearly [-] mu of fertile land in Yangjiaji was rejuvenated by Jiang Xiao.

Although they haven't reached the peak that Su Yunduo wants, the distance is getting closer.

In Su Yunduo's previous life, he grew up in the southern countryside, where there were basically two crops of rice and one crop of wheat, and three crops of grain could be harvested a year.

Here, no matter how good the fertile land is, there are basically only two crops, one for rice and one for cash crops, and the yield per mu is not high.

Consciously or unintentionally, she once gave Jiang Xiao the idea of ​​three-season planting in her previous life, and Jiang Xiao has started a small-scale experiment. Presumably, the three-season planting in the not-too-distant future is not a dream.

Su Yunduo understands that the season of grain planting does not wait for anyone. Early April is the season for rice transplanting. Yangjiaji's [-] mu of paddy fields should have started transplanting, but the paddy fields in the "Lotus Garden" are still deserted. The deep plowing has not been done, and the two hundred acres of fertile land can only be planted with other cash crops.

It was obviously too late to start raising seedlings at this time, Su Yunduo thought about it, discussed with Lu Jinkang, and planned to go to Yangjiaji in person, and discuss with Jiang Xiao how to remedy it.

Lu Jinkang didn't want Su Yunduo to work so hard, so he only asked Jiu'er to go to Yangjiaji, and Jiang Xiao to come to the "Lotus Garden" to see and guide him. It would be best if he could make up for it. It is better to plant some other crops first than nothing.

Su Yunduo sighed, this matter can only be left as it is, if only half a month had been bought this Zhuangzi, it would have been able to catch up with the season of raising seedlings, and let Jiang Xiao raise more seedlings for "He Yuan" If there are some seedlings, there will be no regrets today.

It's useless to sigh, just wait until Jiang Xiao comes here to see it.

It was not too early, Su Yunduo and Lu Jinkang hurried to the "Second Breeding Farm" not far away, and Chen Linbo had already brought people to deliver ducks here one after another.

In order to improve the survival rate of ducklings, not only ducklings but also some adult ducks were transported from Songhuazhuang this time.

When Su Yunduo and Lu Jinkang arrived here, these adult ducks were quacking and cruising happily on the surface of the pool.

The ducklings that had only dared to chirp on the bank also headed towards the surface of the pool. First one, then two, and gradually more and more ducklings plopped down the pool. The scene was very festive.

Looking at the big and small ducks cruising happily on the water, Chen Linbo smiled happily: "The water is very fat, and the ducks here are definitely better than those in Songhuazhuang. It is estimated that the ducklings here will be able to lay eggs in three months at most! "

After a pause, Chen Linbo said hesitantly: "I wonder if we can put some fish fry and shrimp fry on the surface of the water. It can not only increase the food for the ducks, but also increase the income of those fish and shrimp that can escape the duck's mouth when they grow up."

Su Yunduo couldn't help laughing, this Chen Linbo is also a person who has ideas and is willing to use his brain, which is very good, and she can rest assured that he is here to take care of the breeding.

Chen Linbo has only raised ducks but not fish. Although he intends to try it, he doesn't dare to make up his own mind. That's why he hesitated to mention this sentence. Unexpectedly, he was praised by Su Yunduo: "It's good that you have such an idea." , Someone will come here in a few days, what kind of fish fry and shrimp fry should be put in, and how much should be put in, Chen Guanshi can just follow his instructions."

After more than two years of experience, Zheng Daniu can now be regarded as a breeding expert. If he comes to take charge of the breeding, the several water surfaces in Su Yunduo's hands can be expected to benefit.

Looking at Chen Linbo, he couldn't help thinking of Jiang Xiao, Jiang Haizi, Tongshan from Yangjiaji, Zhang Pingan and Chunlei from the wine shop, Zeng Wang who managed the store for her, and Zheng Daniu who was coming soon. Su Yunduo was surprised to find that he There are already so many capable people on hand!

There are also Bai Shao and his wife who are taking care of Piaoxiang Building for her, and Zisu who is about to take care of "Yunshang" for her. With so many people, the income in the coming year is really promising.

(End of this chapter)