Manager Bai smiled and said: "There is no way. It is close to the mountains. Not only are weasels stealing chickens, but mountain rats are also very big and often bite chickens. Zhuangzi went to buy some geese and brought them back. Mr. Zhou introduced them to them."
After all, there are not many people raising geese in Luojiang County, so they are not easy to buy.
The three people who originally wanted to go into the chicken shed and touch a few eggs immediately gave up their idea. Forget it, they could just watch from a distance.
Their family's life as long-term workers is pretty good. In addition to the fixed monthly money, Zhuangzi also gives them rewards every time they harvest. For example, the chickens and ducks raised in Zhuangzi will be given 30% of the output, and the wheat bran they feed will be given to them.
They all come from Zhuangzi.
The long-term workers from the four households all came out to meet Bai Shan and the others. Except for the two new households, the other two households and Man Bao were all very familiar with each other. After all, they had planted fields together, pulled weeds together, and harvested wheat and rice together...
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The three of them took a look at the land, and together with Manager Bai planned the planting situation for next year.
Naturally, the fertile land was used to grow rice and wheat, but the other less good land, Manbao, planned to grow more ginger and yams. She looked at the mountain where there were still only about twenty fruit trees, and said: "Looking back, I and I
My elder brother tells me to leave some branches of Ligustrum lucidum for you to cut."
The long-term workers naturally had no objection, but Manager Bai was a little hesitant, "Didn't you say that medicinal materials are not easy to sell?"
Others didn't know it, but he knew that Jishitang in the county town had a limited supply of Ligustrum lucidum from the old Zhou family, which kept the price down, so they sent it to Yizhou.
But I heard that the pharmacies in Yizhou can’t collect all their Ligustrum lucidum.
Man Bao said meaningfully: "Don't be afraid, you can plant as much as you can. If you prepare it later, my fourth brother can harvest it."
Even if their planned Imperial Medical Office is not good, even if they build one more female imperial hospital, there will be more doctors to treat patients in the future. If there are more doctors, there will be more patients and more medicines.
Bai Shan obviously expected this, and nodded with Manager Bai: "Yes, you can plant as much as you can, don't worry about not being able to sell."
Manager Bai turned to look at the lush mountain and sighed: "Master, I don't know how much manpower it will take to cultivate this mountain to grow medicinal materials."
Man Bao: "Buy two more cows?"
Bai Guanshi thought about it and felt that it was feasible. One bullock could be worth two people's labor.
The three of them briefly planned the land, walked to the ditch, and saw that there seemed to be fish in it, so they ran to borrow barrels from the long-term workers to catch fish.
Seeing that they were no longer doing their job, Manager Bai shook his head and wanted to go back, but Bai Shan stopped him and asked, "Have you caught any fish this winter?"
Manager Bai said: "I've already caught it."
The three of them were very sorry that they did not catch this year's fish.
However, they were not discouraged. Changgong still had a fish basket at home. Bai Shan tied the fish basket with a wooden stick and put it into the water. He slowly dragged the fish basket forward with a wooden stick...
Daji followed them, watching them playing in the water, oh, no, catching fish.
But the fish in the ditch are not so easy to find. After working for a long time, not to mention the big fish, I didn't even catch the small fish as big as a palm, but I caught a lot of small fish.
But Bai Shan and the others took one look and poured in again. These little fish are all next year's big fish, and they can't kill them all now.
After playing for a long time, they felt hungry, and then they were surprised to realize that it was noon.
The long-term workers invited Manbao to stay here for lunch, but the three refused.
The long-term workers thought for a while and simply went into the house to collect a basket of duck eggs for them, which they regarded as gifts to their masters.
Manager Bai glanced at the duck eggs in the basket and said nothing.
Manbao and the other three were very happy, and they said goodbye to them with their duck eggs in hand and went back to the village.
Sitting on the mule cart, Man Bao picked up a duck egg and played with it in his hand. He thought it was bigger than an egg, so he curiously asked, "Guanshi Bai, how much does a duck egg cost at the market?"
Manager Bai said: "Two pennies and three."
Man Bao was stunned for a moment, "Eggs seem to cost three pennies each."
Manager Bai nodded and said, "Duck eggs are not as delicious as chicken eggs."
Therefore, every time he divided 30% of the eggs, he replaced duck eggs with eggs and distributed them to the long-term workers, and then sold the eggs.
He glanced at the basket of duck eggs again, but the masters didn't know about it.
Man Bao didn't think much, took the duck eggs and said: "Ducks are not as delicious as chickens, and they are also dirty. If our farm was not far away from the village and there was a big ditch in front of it, I wouldn't want to raise ducks."
Bai Shanze glanced at Guanshi Bai, then at the duck eggs in the basket, and became thoughtful.
Bai Shan and Man Bao said, "You can take these duck eggs home and eat them."
Man Bao shook his head, "No, I have eggs at home, I'd better take them to your house."
Bai Erlang said: "You don't want me anymore."
Bai Shan and Man Bao nodded together, "Okay, I'll give it to you."
Bai Erlang: "I'll ask the cook to fry it for lunch. You can come to my house for lunch."
Bai Shan and Man Bao both refused and said they would go back to their homes to eat.
Bai Erlang vaguely felt something, and said to Daji: "I'll go over to the lower bridge in a moment and go back to my house through that road. Humph, I don't believe these duck eggs are so delicious."
When Bai Shan and Man Bao heard this, they did not refuse to go to his house and followed him to deliver the basket of duck eggs to the kitchen.
No one knew where they were going to eat, so the Bai family's cook didn't prepare their lunch, but it was not slow to prepare. The stove was still hot, and there were also meals. Some freshly cut vegetables were cooked directly.
Just fine.
So the cook promised to make them a dish using duck eggs, and finally coaxed them out.
Bai Shan turned around and warned: "Don't cook too much. Just cook three. If you cook too many, you won't be able to finish them all."
Man Bao said: "Put more ginger. I heard that duck eggs are more fishy than chicken eggs."
But Bai Erlang said: "Cook it as you like, you're welcome."
Cook:......
"You eat if you cook too much!" Bai Shan said angrily to Bai Erlang: "We didn't trick you into asking for it, you asked for it yourself. Why are you angry now?"
"That's right," Man Bao also said, "Do you know it will be a waste?"
Bai Erlang: "I hate it when you talk unclearly."
Bai Shan: "Then I'll pass it on to Man Bao, and I don't want to pass it on to you."
"Yes, I also recommended it to Bai Shan, and I didn't involve you."
Bai Erlang: "I'm even more angry!"
The cook listened to the argument between the three people and saw that they were moving forward without any delay. After a moment of silence, she looked at Manager Bai aside and asked, "Is this a quarrel?"
Manager Bai was silent. He had no idea why they were quarreling.
Daji was not affected at all. When he saw that they had returned home safely, he stopped following them. He waved his hand and went back to the white house next door, where he had lunch and rested.