"A few days ago, your mother met the fourth daughter of Lord Lin Shangshu. She is outstanding in both character and appearance. She will not wrong you if you think about it." Although Prince Qing was not very happy for Mu Qi,
The more he found such a powerful Yue family. However, he had also heard a lot of rumors in the market, and for the sake of the reputation of the palace, he had to make some appearances to show to outsiders.
Furthermore, since his family wanted to marry the Lin Mansion, some conditions had been agreed upon in advance. He only nodded and agreed after being sure that Lin Qingxue would be of one mind with the Qing Mansion after marrying him. If someone like Lin Zhu couldn't
No matter how much Mu Qiyue likes someone who has complete control, Prince Qing will not agree to it.
Not only Princess Qing, but also Prince Qing also gradually discovered that Mu Qiyue was not someone they could easily handle. At the same time, he also had a large amount of wealth in his hands. If Prince Qing's palace had this money, then many things would go smoothly.
It's going on.
It is not like it is now. Although the appearance of Prince Qing's Mansion is still the same as before, Prince Qing knows that the income of the Mansion is getting worse year by year. The two legitimate sons have not made any big names.
Resources arrive
It took a lot, but the results are pitiful. At present, the eldest brother has achieved some success, and he will inherit the Qing Palace in the future. Needless to say, the third child is better at eating, drinking and having fun than anyone else, and when it comes to business,
It's useless above all.
That's why Prince Qing set his sights on his fourth son, who had been disliked by him since childhood. The best way to control him was to find a daughter-in-law who could control the marriage.
Until Prince Qing left the front hall and returned to his courtyard with Princess Qing, Mu Qiyue did not express any opinions. However, depending on the situation, even if he could express his opinions, they would not be adopted by Prince Qing and Princess Qing.
Mu Boss and Mu Lao Er said false congratulations to Mu Qiyue with envy and jealousy on their faces. With unwillingness in their eyes, they also walked away.
As everyone knows, Mu Qiyue's expression has never been better from the beginning. Whether it was Prince Qing who was belittling Lin Zhu or thinking that he had appointed him the fourth daughter of the Lin family, even though it was a verbal agreement, Prince Qing still acted like a
He said in a tough tone that there was no need for discussion. So no matter from which aspect, Mu Qiyue would not agree.
However, the current situation is obviously not the time to go against Prince Qing. It can be seen from his momentum just now that Prince Qing attaches great importance to this marriage, and he will not allow anyone to make trouble under his nose.
In the past, Mu Qiyue's methods were okay to fool Princess Qing, but they were not enough in front of Prince Qing. After all, Jiang was very old. And Prince Qing specially called Mu Qiyue to bring this matter up solemnly.
He also deliberately reminded Mu Qiyue about the marriage.
Although Mu Qiyue was very angry, he did not refute immediately. However, this matter should be discussed in the long run. He did not expect that Lin Qingxue did such a thing and wanted to marry him after being caught by him. And the Lin family also
It's incredible for her to do this.
In fact, Mu Qiyue didn't know that Lin Qingxue wanted to marry into Prince Qing's palace. Only the Zhao family knew about it. Lin Qingxue only showed up a few times in front of Princess Qing to get a favor. By chance,
, was brought to Princess Changmin.
Most of the Lin family still don't know about this matter. And Zhao only plans to wait until Prince Qing's palace sends someone to propose marriage before announcing it to her family. She doesn't dare to publicize it until the matter is clear.
Prince Qing and Princess Qing only had this plan. They had not made appropriate arrangements for the specific matter. Their main purpose was to make Princess Changmin intend to support Mu Qiyue in marrying a daughter-in-law they did not like.
Things fail.
Therefore, for Mu Qiyue, there is still time to change the decision made by Prince Qing. However, this must be done more secretly.
On the other hand, Lin Qingxue was also very excited after returning to her home. After being recognized by Princess Qing, she had been in a state of excitement. Although she met Lin Zhu at Princess Changmin's mansion and received a slight cold reception, it did not affect her.
Her excitement.
A long-held wish was about to be realized. Although no one from Mu Qiyue was seen in Prince Qing's Mansion, Princess Qing's vaguely satisfied attitude also made her blush. She sat alone in the room, shyly
She kept twisting the handkerchief. I don't know what was going on in her mind, but looking at her cheeks that flushed from time to time, we could guess that she was probably thinking about the beautiful life after achieving her goal.
But Zhao is not as optimistic as Lin Qingxue. It's not that she is dissatisfied with Prince Qing's Mansion or Mu Qiyue. It's because she can't stand her daughter's embarrassment and secretly goes to make friends with Princess Qing. Will she let herself go?
Her husband is angry with Mr. Lin. She is worried about this.
Although she kept comforting herself that the Qing Palace was a relative of the emperor, and her daughter would definitely enjoy endless glory and wealth when she married into the palace, and her status would be different. But she felt a little uneasy, especially after hearing Lin Qingxue talk about being in the palace.
When passing by Princess Changmin's mansion, for some reason, she always felt that Lin Zhu would be a big obstacle to her daughter's marriage.
And every time she mentioned Lin Zhu, Ms. Zhao always felt an indescribable guilty feeling. But her youngest son was very close to her. Every time she came back from Lin Zhu's place, she was always overjoyed, even more so than when she saw her own sister.
He wanted to like her. So Zhao hated Lin Zhu even more for no reason.
Although Zhao and Prince Qing's Mansion had reached an agreement, Prince Qing's Mansion did not take any further action, which made Lin Qingxue a little anxious. She kept urging Zhao to find out about Mu Qiyue, but found nothing.
However, there was no news that Mu Qiyue had any interactions with Lin Zhu again, which made Lin Qingxue relieved a lot. He thought that Princess Qing's words to Lin Zhu had played a certain role in making Lin Zhu retreat in the face of difficulties, and did not hold back.
Don't bother bothering Mu Qiyue again.
In fact, Lin Zhu was already so busy with the affairs of the villa and farm under his own name that he had no time to pay attention to the little thoughts of Prince Qing's Mansion and Lin Qingxue.
As the demand for Zhuji sake continued to increase, Lin Zhu also had to make some adjustments to the planting amount of special grains in his farm. He increased the planting amount of special rice and special sorghum.
But as a result, the number of fields in Xiaowang Village was somewhat insufficient. So before spring plowing started, Lin Zhu asked Feng Yuanbo to look for a suitable large-scale farm to see if there was any chance to buy it.
On the other hand, a series of adjustments must be made to the construction of the bamboo garden. At present, the bamboo garden has become a vegetable planting base for Lin Zhu, but this is not in line with Lin Zhu’s purpose of building the bamboo garden. Therefore, the bamboo garden
The park still needs further renovation and improvement.
After a winter of publicity, hot spring vegetables are no longer a rare item. Of course, this is also news that the emperor deliberately spread. Even though Lin Zhu was a little dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do about it.
Fortunately, the vegetable seeds at the hot spring village are her own, and the quality is much higher than others. So Lin Zhu is not worried about this. However, growing vegetables next to the hot spring is really a waste. She herself
I wanted to own a leisure manor, but I turned it into a vegetable garden. You can imagine my frustration.
But before finding a good way to grow off-season vegetables, Lin Zhu had no good way. He could only take it one step at a time.
With Feng Yuanbo's hard work, he finally found a relatively large farm before spring plowing. Although it was somewhat far away from the capital, it was larger in size and agreed with Lin Zhu's request. However, the fields were a bit barren, although there was a village on the farm.
However, the population is small, and most of them are old and weak. I heard that the previous owner oppressed them too much, so many young and middle-aged people fled the village.
Not to mention that most of the slaves left in the hands of their masters were overworked and sick, and almost none of them lived past the age of thirty. Because the land was so vast and so few people were there, many of the fields were not well cultivated, so the man thought of selling the village.
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Even so, the man offered Feng Yuanbo the price of fertile land. After hearing this, Feng Yuanbo did not answer him in the affirmative. He only said that he would go back and talk to the owner before making a decision. He then left the man alone for a month.
However, there has been less rain and snow since winter, and many people expected a severe drought in spring. As expected, a month before spring plowing, not even a drop of rain fell. Therefore, there were constant rumors near the farm that this year's drought would
There will be a severe drought in the spring, and the harvest may be greatly reduced, or even no harvest at all.
The farm was originally a farm with bleak profits, but with rumors like this, even fewer people came to the farm.
The owner of the farm couldn't sit still. He had decided to sell the farm, and of course he didn't want the price to get lower as time went by. Therefore, he asked someone to find Feng Yuanbo and take the initiative to lower the price to a reasonable price.
An acre of good farmland costs 10 taels of silver, a second-class field costs 5 taels of silver per acre, and a third-class field costs 2 taels of silver per acre. His fields, not to mention fertile fields, even second-class fields are not much. Most of the fields are barren, with weeds.
Without it for a year or two, normal farming and production would be impossible. Even if it is a third-class field, it would be a bit of a loss.
So in the end, Feng Yuanbo bought a ten-hectare farm from him at an average price of three taels of silver per acre.
With fields, more people are needed to farm in this era of low productivity. The number of people in the village on this farm is really too small. And there are no semi-laborers, and there are very few that can be used, so
Lin Zhu decided to buy more people to meet the needs of farming.
In the absence of patent protection, this kind of direct purchase of people can also ensure that some of Lin Zhu's secrets are not easily known to outsiders to a certain extent. Therefore, Lin Zhu was somewhat resistant to buying and selling people as goods from the beginning.
There are reasons why I can accept it now.
After all, the master has the power of life and death over these people who have been bought in, and few people have any thoughts of resistance. It is also easier to manage. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly votes.