Tang He didn't expect that he would do this part-time, and was extremely surprised.
Man Bao shook his head while looking at Magistrate Tang, and sighed: "Brother Tang, you are so unprofessional. You are a county official after all. How can you ignore such an important matter?"
“Is it important to buy you eggs?”
"This is farming, do you know? Farming is the basis, so how can it not be important?"
Chang'an County is more difficult to manage than Huayang County. Mr. Tang is so busy every day that he is going bald. The affairs in the court seem to have little to do with him as a small county magistrate. After all, he cannot participate in politics. However, every matter
Everything has something to do with him.
For example, if this official went to Chunfeng Tower and the censor impeached him, the Ministry of Personnel might have to go to the censor's desk to conduct a major inspection on official conduct, and various entertainment venues in the capital might have to inspect.
Unfortunately, most of the capital city belongs to Chang'an County, and most of the prosperous places like Huanchang are under his rule, so do you think he is busy?
After finishing his work, he still had to be careful not to let Wannian County, who was opposite him, see the joke.
So why should he bother with two thousand eggs?
Magistrate Tang suddenly remembered something and said, "And your job field is not within the scope of Chang'an County. Isn't it from Yongzhou?"
Man Bao blinked and said, "Brother Tang, you have to have universal love, you know? Although you are only the magistrate of a county now, in the future you will definitely be the magistrate of a prefecture, a state, or even the whole country. Ahem, that's not right.
, is the prime minister, so you can't just look at the people of one county now, you have to think long-term and love broadly."
County Magistrate Tang said: "There are quite a lot of fallacies, but if you are not in your position, you will not seek to govern. To put it bluntly, you just want to go through the back door. If you have the ability, can you go to the governor of Yongzhou to find eggs for you?"
Mrs. Tang on the side couldn't help but glance at him and asked lightly: "Do you want to take the back door with three taels of silver?"
County Magistrate Tang choked up, as if he really couldn't say that, as if his labor was cheap.
Yang Heshu interrupted their meaningless quarrel and said: "Okay, I've taken over this matter. If you argue again, I'll let you take over on your own."
Tang He and Man Bao immediately shut up and stopped talking.
Man Bao ate and drank enough, leaving two prescriptions, one for Cui and one for Ying Yue, and then left.
Yang Heshu didn't keep her much longer and asked Wan Tian to send her out.
As soon as Man Bao left, Magistrate Tang couldn't help but ask Yang Heshu, "Can you really buy two thousand hatching eggs at once?"
Yang Heshu said: "It's not that difficult."
He said: "There is a way to buy it at the Ministry of Finance."
Magistrate Tang was confused, "Why would the Ministry of Household Affairs care about such a thing?"
Yang Heshu glanced at him and said: "There are so many forbidden soldiers in Xineiyuan. Every month, funds are allocated from the Ministry of Household Affairs. There are ways to buy eggs for their purchases, as well as for purchases in the palace. Each family
At the beginning of Zhuangzi's life, the household departments were more or less connected, and two thousand eggs, even for laying eggs, were just a matter of words."
It is difficult for Zhou Lijun and others to buy eggs outside, because the eggs sold in the market are basically chickens raised by farmers, and there are not many.
She wanted two thousand at a time, and they also required that they must be hatching eggs, which was naturally difficult, but for Yang Heshu, it was really not that difficult.
After giving the order, within three or four days, someone arrived at the side door carrying eight baskets of eggs.
There were two hundred and fifty eggs in one basket, and the person who delivered them added a few more to avoid being bumped.
Wan Tian personally came out and took over. He lowered his head and looked at it. He couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, but seeing that it was quite big, he thought it was good. He asked, "Are they all hatching eggs?"
"They are hatching eggs. According to the adults' instructions, there are more hens and fewer roosters. The young ones have all checked them."
Wan Tian then took out a piece of silver and said, "If we can't hatch any chicks, or if we hatch more roosters than hens, we won't be lenient."
"Don't worry, my lord personally ordered it. Even if we have a hundred courages, we wouldn't dare to fool it. If you don't believe me, you can find someone who knows how to take a photo. You can tell that these are good eggs without even hatching them."
Wan Tian was satisfied and gave him the money.
The steward took out a small scale to weigh the silver. Seeing that it was exactly three taels, he took out three strings of copper coins from his arms and returned them. He said with a smile: "Master Wan, because you are afraid that the hands and feet of your subordinates will be heavy, so I return the small ones."
There are two extra eggs in each basket in case they are damaged and there are not enough eggs. This is the change for you, please take a look."
Wan Tian then knew that today the price of silver to copper coins is one thousand to one.
He took it and gave him another bunch of money directly, saying: "You are considerate of your Excellency, so we adults will naturally not treat you badly. You have worked so hard for this trip, and this bunch of money is our reward for you."
, take it for flowers."
The farmer took it with both hands, smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes, and bowed repeatedly to thank him.
After he left, Wan Tian called someone to drive the car over, put the basket in the car and transported it to Zhou's house.
It just so happened that Lao Zhoutou and the others came back to the capital from Pucun today to prepare for Liu Lang's wedding. They were stunned for a while when they saw the eggs they had sent. Then Lao Zhoutou asked someone to unload the basket and said, "Why?"
How can Master Yang spend money? And even if Lao Liu holds a happy event, he won't be able to use so many eggs."
Wan Tian was stunned for a moment and then said: "Mr. Zhou, Miss Man asked us adults to buy these eggs. Don't you know?"
Lao Zhou was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Why did Man Bao buy so many eggs?"
Wan Tian naturally knew, but seeing Lao Zhou's shocked expression as if he didn't know anything, the words went around in his mouth but still didn't come out.
He smiled naively and said, "Youngster doesn't even know. I just know that these are the hatching eggs that Miss Man wants to buy. By the way, this is the remaining money. Your Majesty asked me to return it to Miss Man."
After giving the money to Old Zhou, Wan Tian threw away his hand and ran away, "Mr. Zhou, I sent you the eggs, so I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he took his servants and ran away.
Mr. Zhou heard that he specifically emphasized "hatching eggs", but he still didn't understand. Manbao planned to buy them to hatch chicks.
Raising chickens is actually quite good. Not only do you have eggs to eat on a daily basis, but you can also kill a chicken during holidays and so on.
But looking at the baskets lined up in two rows, it was obvious that it was impossible for them to hatch all the eggs and raise them by themselves, so it was very clear who to raise them for.
Old Zhou lowered his head and looked down at the two strings of money in his hand. He looked around and saw that no one had noticed. He immediately put it in his arms and then began to pinch his waist and mutter: "You are so lavish, what's wrong with being so lavish?"
"
While chanting, he shouted loudly, "Boss, Fourth, Fifth——"
Zhou Lang and Wu Lang disappeared somewhere. Only Zhou Dalang responded, and Old Zhoutou shouted: "Come here and move the basket back, let your wife carefully select it to see if it is a hatching egg, and then find a way to hatch it later."
When Zhou Dalang came out of the yard, Old Zhou had almost reached the yard where he lived. Zhou Dalang glanced into the corridor and could only see his blurry back.
Zhou Dalang then looked at the baskets placed in the yard. He was a little surprised. Why did his father leave the eggs here?