Whether in the Nujun Mansion or the Duan Family, Qiao Lan is always the one who speaks the truth.
Pulling out half of the flowers and plants in the backyard and planting crops in the field is not something that can be done in a short while. There are not many servants in the Nujun Mansion, most of them are old people from the Duan family, so the Wang family can only choose some new ones.
Servants, in addition to those who manage the yard, also need to have some servants for the children at home.
It was no coincidence that Mrs. Wang called Yaxing to send the person over, and notices from various mansions came to Nujun's mansion like snowflakes, inviting Qiao Lan and the Duan family members to come over to drink tea, listen to a play and enjoy the flowers.
Wang knew that her old lady would not go, but she still brought the post to Qiao Lan.
"Go ahead and take Sitong and Feiyan over to have a look. Let Sitong have a good look at her. Feiyan, just take her over and see if anyone recognizes her." Qiao Lan said.
Mrs. Wang naturally nodded in agreement. However, if the day when the house buys someone comes into the limelight, some interested people from other families may come to the house.
This is not Wang's worry at all, but something like this has happened in the capital before.
Knowing people but not their hearts, it was difficult for Wang to guard against others who came to inquire with ulterior motives, so she told Qiao Lan about her concerns and asked whether she should buy someone else after a while, or use some other method.
After hearing this, Qiao Lan thought for a while and gave Wang an idea: "Our family is very prosperous and there is nothing for anyone to inquire about! If you are really worried, just buy some who know how to farm and let them go."
We have done all the work in the backyard, and after planting the land, we will do rough work in the yard. When we recruit people, we look at them carefully. Those who are good at farming are not good, and those who are not good at farming are even worse..."
"...To add people to your children at home, you don't have to buy them in the capital, you can buy them in other places. Find someone who is good at martial arts and can protect them. Don't be picky about their appearance, and their conduct must be good! Not necessarily.
Either a death contract or a living contract will do..."
In Qiao Lan's opinion, the matter of buying slaves at home is simple, just like recruiting people for a company, just hire people as needed.
Although many companies will plant commercial spies in rival companies to obtain secrets. But how can their family have any secrets that can be obtained?
If her farming methods were a secret, then she would rather those people could learn them all, learn them carefully and hand them over to the people.
Even if they learn how to increase the yield per mu, they cannot expect the nobles to go to the fields and farm the land themselves. In the end, it is the common people in Zhuangzi who will farm the land.
As for why you should choose those who are good at boxing and kicking!
From the beginning to the end, Qiao Lan still felt that the main thread of this troubled world was not over yet. Nothing about elegance, beauty or ugliness was important. What was important was that the family was safe.
Even if she thinks too much, it's better to be prepared.
After saying this, Qiao Lan talked to Wang about how to manage subordinates (slaves) in the workplace and deal with issues in the company (house).
It's nothing more than a few words: clear punishments, get to and from get off work on time, and get paid.
After doing all this, Qiao Lan directly became the hands-off shopkeeper and handed over the affairs of the Nujun Mansion and the Duan Family Residence to the Wang family. If the Wang family couldn't do it, there was also the Shang family and the Liu family.
The three people have known each other for many years, and there is usually such a tacit understanding. Each family member performs his or her own duties and can always get things done.
Qiao Lan packed up his things, then forced Duan Mingjing into the carriage and took him to Zhuangzi.
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In the blink of an eye, it’s winter again.
Winter in Beijing is the same as in the past, with only the heavy snowfall that comes every year and nothing else.
During the heavy snow season, although everything is frozen and the people do not have to work, the adults who are supposed to go to court still do not set the sun. In the remaining days, most people are huddled in the courtyard and shivering in the cold.
It's the same as usual, but there are still some differences.
In the past, winters were cold and bitter, and we couldn’t find fruits and vegetables that we could eat. This winter, there are many more seasonal vegetables that we can eat.
The rumors are all presented by Lady Huitian!
The items presented by the lady include several kinds of fruits, which are said to be extremely sweet and can be stored for a long time in winter. Although the color is not good, the taste is a bit sweeter than the fresh fruits in summer.
In the restaurant with orange lanterns hanging, in the whistling cold wind, white water vapor and the faint aroma of wine are drifting out through the cracks in the windows, along with the voices of the people inside.
"If you want to talk about the reputation of Huitian Nujun, you have to talk about the floods in the south in the past few years... The water in the fields has almost submerged the crops. Every household of Nujun is shouting to watch the fields and release water at all times.
Fertilizer should be applied after the rain has cleared... Now in autumn, when the crops are harvested, my dear, take a look at the scale and see that the harvest is hundreds of pounds more than in previous years! This makes the farmers extremely happy!"
In the restaurant, a man wearing ordinary cotton clothes walked around the hall holding a bowl of wine, loudly telling the story of Lady Huitian, with a hint of drunkenness in his words.
Sitting up and down in the hall, there were many rich men wearing brocade clothes and belts around their waists, holding hot tea in their hands and listening attentively to what this man said.
"...Besides, the wine brewed by this female queen is very fragrant! Let me start by saying that I have never smelled it. This is said by someone who lives in the yard next to the female king. You can smell it across the whole yard.
Smells like wine!”
"...Although I can't drink wine, I can still eat a plate of these crispy and refreshing bean sprouts!" The man said, turning back to his table and picking up a handful of bean sprouts.
The preparation of these bean sprouts is simple, just blanch them in water, add some meat oil and fine salt, and some people add vinegar, so the taste is not that good.
But in this winter where there is no grass to see, it is obviously very good to have such a bite of side dishes.
Fortunately, the price of salt is now so cheap that ordinary people are not willing to add salt in their cooking methods, let alone restaurants.
The man took a big mouthful of bean sprouts, and his mouthful was full of crunch. There were many rumors about the queen in the capital. It was even said that the drop in salt prices was related to her.
He didn't know whether these things had anything to do with Nujun. Although his family didn't farm, he didn't feel the joy of a good harvest. But Nujun put a dish on the tables of the people in the capital, and he was very concerned about it.
I am in awe of this female monarch and believe that this female monarch is an excellent farmer!
The sprouting of beans is not a secret in the capital, and it is quite difficult!
These bean sprouts are sold in the capital in the summer, and the shop that sells them is the shop in the Queen's Mansion.
It just didn't start well. The first customer to buy the product had a stomachache after taking it home and tasting it. He thought the product was poisonous and wanted to file a lawsuit against the store.
After all, bean sprouts are a new thing. Many people have never seen them before and dare not eat them.
Even if the case was investigated and it was found out that the man had eaten uncooked bean sprouts, no one dared to buy them, and it even affected the business of the shop.
Perhaps because of this, the shopkeeper posted the recipe for making bean sprouts at the door of the shop and told the people who passed by to teach them how to grow bean sprouts themselves.