Chapter 154: The Bitter County Order
The tile factory does not belong to the jurisdiction of Pearl, and their family does not occupy shares, which is considered to be the factory of the entire Dazheng County. Everyone in the county government has a share, and now everyone's mood is in a state of excitement, and there is also a cement factory, which is a pearl factory, hanging under the name of a guard, and there is no need to worry about being seized, after all, the many people in Mingqian's hands are not vegetarians. To build this reservoir and canal, the government also has to give the cement factory money, otherwise the workers will have to eat!
When the canal was repaired, no one could see any water in the canal. Mingqian and the others are also very helpless, this year is drought and water shortage, they have to store enough water in the reservoir. Later, seeing that it couldn't be done, Mingqian ordered waterproofing. And the people are like feasts, and many places are going to them, and they are going to take a vacation in the canals. Ming Qian couldn't, and continued to repair the canal, but this money is a problem, but fortunately, there are many rich people over there, and their farmland accounts for the vast majority, so they donate enthusiastically.
The tile factory is now finally able to make tiles that the pearls are satisfied with, but this is already the autumn harvest. Ming Qian and Master Qian Gu Bao Chunlai began to get busy. Such a situation made Pearl feel that it was imperative to hire another gentleman for the children. When Pearl told Ming Qian about this, he nodded and said, "That's how it should be." Are the girls going to do it too? ”
"Let's get it all! Obviously, Zhu'er is not too small to drink Huaiyi, so let's go along! ”
Ming Qian nodded and said, "It's okay, you can concentrate on calling Zhen'er!" When the children are older, you can teach them something else. If you need to learn it now, you must have that arithmetic problem. It's still good to teach, I see that several children are very talented, and the masters are afraid that they are far inferior to you. ”
Pearl smiled and said, "Ming-sama is really good at talking. ”
Mingqian glared at her, causing Pearl to burst into laughter.
There are some ways to collect taxes in the county, and it must be called a tax of one or two silver, but the common people have to collect one or two or two or two or a half cents, why do you collect so much? For silver is worn out, and so much silver is handed over. Who will pay for the missing part? Then there are only ordinary people. This year, Mingqian collected one or two, not a lot of money. These officials have extra salaries, of course, they won't risk collecting these, and how much is it!
Pearl also made a lot of money here. Many families come to sell rice bowls. This cement is not very expensive. But it's super sturdy, and everybody wants to have a house, the kind that can be passed down for at least a few generations. Therefore, there are many people who come to buy, and there are even more people in Zhangzhou Mansion, and this cement also has a feature that makes them flock to it, that is, it can be shaped, make a mold, and you can do whatever shape you want.
The things sent by Zhuozhou Zhuangzi were personally escorted by Qiao Dazhu, and he also brought a lot of bodyguards, so it is conceivable that things must be precious. Carrying them into the storeroom, Pearl sent everyone away and began to look at the contents of the box.
There are six chests in total, three of which contain jadeite ornaments, and the gaps are filled with jadeite beads, pendants, jade pendants, hairpins, bracelets and jadeite rings. Another box contains six sets of jadeite jewelry. The remaining three boxes are all Hetian jade ornaments, including Guanyin, handles, bracelets, rings, and head jewelry, which are really a lot.
Among them, there are many kinds of jadeite, all of which are superb, and the carved ornaments are very artistic. Not to mention those Hetian jades, eighty percent of them are mutton fat jade, and it can be seen that the best ones were sent to her. Without saying a word, Pearl swept into the space. Then there are many common medicines in the space, including injection drugs, disposable syringes, needles and so on. There are also those antique clocks and watches bought in the space, and there are twenty antique pocket watches. The box was sealed, and it came out.
The sticky corn in Zhuozhou has been sold, and it has been maintained at the original price, which is very good. The old grain is used to buy wine, and according to the method provided by Pearl, Zhuangzi has made a soju workshop, which is estimated to be not bad. Pearl also offers a recipe for medicinal liquor, so that they can dry well, and the reward is great. But Pearl also reminded them that if they don't do well, they will be punished with double bonuses.
On this day, Qiao Zhuo told Pearl that Mingqian went to the countryside, saying that there was a murder case, and he might not come back for dinner all nights. When Pearl heard this, she told him to take care of Mingqian. also asked Ming Qian to bring six guards, no way, now is an eventful time, and in such a place, it is not okay to be careful.
In addition to attending classes, Ming Zhen'er also has contact to write, unlike Sanniu, she requires Ming Zhen'er to be able to write plum blossom seals with both hands, and she is even more strict with her embroidery skills, Ming Zhen'er's biggest advantage is that she can endure hardships, be obedient, and the homework left by the pearl is definitely not discounted. Now her words have been better by the three girls.
Pearls have now accumulated a lot of small embroidery drawings, all of which are 1.5 meters long and 50 centimeters high. There are "Eight Horses", "Carp", Zheng Banqiao's "Bamboo and Stone Map" and "Bamboo Orchid Map" have also repaired several pieces, at this time is embroidering "Flying Sky", has completed one-third, this picture, embroidery for a year. Pearl feels slow, often take it to the space to embroider, rest before it comes out, so it is not tired, and the eyes will not be tired.
Pearl is living a comfortable life here, but Mingqian is anxious because of the case. The case is also very simple. Chen Er and Liu Peng planned to go out to do business together, and they had 30 taels of silver on them, but after making an appointment to meet in the town, Liu Peng waited for a long time and didn't see Chen Er, so he went to Chen Er's house to find him. Chen Er's wife is called Erniang by everyone, and when she heard that her man did not come to the town, she was frightened, and quickly asked her relatives and friends to go out to find her, and after that, Chen Er's body was found next to the official road outside the town.
In the evening, Mingqian was reading the case file and the case record again, and Pearl gave him bird's nest, so he looked at the case file. Not often, the master came to look for it, Ming Qian went to the front, Pearl wrote a few words on a blank piece of paper, and then went out with a bowl. When Mingqian came back, he saw a piece of paper written on the case file, and took it over to take a look, "Call Erniang when you enter the door, I knew that Erlang was not at home" This sentence was suddenly like an empowerment, and it was written on the record that Liu Peng came to find Chen Er, thinking that he had not come out of the house yet, but when he entered the door, he called Erniang, in this way, isn't it obvious? Normally, it should be called Chen Er, not his second mother!
The case was quickly decided, and everyone said that the new county magistrate was capable. Ming Qian returned to the back house and gave the lady a bow, "Thank you for your advice." ”
Pearl smiled, "Thank you, gentleman, don't blame me." ”
Ming Qian is very rare like this, it stands to reason that if it is an ordinary man, he must feel uncomfortable. Mingqian can think like this, which shows the character of the person, and Pearl is very happy.
After autumn, the crops are all harvested, and they are about to freeze, Ming Qian organized people to go to the reservoir to fish, although the fry were released, but they will not grow much now, but this is a reservoir of living water. The fish left upstream are certainly not good. Pearl also asked people to sprinkle all the sake lees they got from Zhuozhou into the reservoir to feed the fish. Those who have distilleries in this county have also sent them, and the government has also given some silver. Of course, there is something else to fish food.
This time, the county magistrate led the team and found ten boats, as well as those officials, all of whom were eager to try, prepared a big net, and began fishing. Pearl has already said hello to the big merchants in Zhuozhou and Zhangzhou, and also made a simple oxygen pump by himself, with a separating funnel, a double-empty rubber stopper, an Erlenmeyer flask, and a right-angle catheter, of course, these things are taken from the laboratory by themselves, and they are also made according to the drawings. Then add hydrogen peroxide and manganese dioxide, which is really not difficult for pearls.
On the riverbank, a group of people took a look at the excitement, and there were many horse-drawn carriages parked on one side, and large buckets were placed on the carriages, and the carriages were drawn by two horses, using rubber tires. It was from Pearl's car. If you send it to a closer place, you won't need such a carriage.
Soon, I heard someone cheering, it turned out that someone had caught a net of fish, looking at their laborious appearance, it was estimated that there were a lot. Immediately after that, someone pulled the net in. Ten boats, all full, put them on the cart, and then put a lot of water in the buckets, and the wagon began to depart.
A total of six carts were sent away, and slowly, immediately. There was also a large bucket with four large fish one meter long in it! This one was going to be sent to the capital. By the second time, all ten boats had returned. began to divide the fish, and most of them were sent to the capital, a total of ten trucks were delivered, and there were homemade water pumps in the buckets. The largest fish is one meter long, the smallest is one foot long, and the rest of the smaller ones are bought by local merchants. Of course, these officials also got a lot.
In the end, each official received forty taels of silver, which made everyone happy, and some people bought two shares and earned eighty taels. You must know that being a servant is only a few taels of silver a year! A five-pound big fish can be sold for 100 wen, and there are ten truckloads of big fish sent to Beijing, and they are all alive, of course, it is expensive.
Now, those officials have already discussed it, and spontaneously went to the reservoir to guard it, and if they saw fishermen, they would go out to fish by boat, and they would not be able to catch them and not die. Ming Qian also knew about this situation, but he didn't stop it.
The pearl got a lot of mutton fat jade this time, and others put a piece of jade pendant in a separate box, but the pearl is really not that big, all put it in a tray, layer by layer, of course, this is good quality, fine workmanship, and the worse are all put in the big drawer like a Chinese medicine cabinet. And those mutton fat jades in her space, any one of them is at the level of a national treasure. Easily will not give. (To be continued......)