The way Ni Guzhu probed his head fell into the eyes of the Queen Mother.
"Niguzhu, come here... The Queen Mother waved to her.
Ni Guzhu immediately stood up, trotted forward, and said to the Queen Mother: "Mother Uku, I can also sing drinking songs, and I also want to toast... The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Then toast."
The eighteenth elder brother and the ninth elder brother had returned to their seats, and the fifth elder brother was still beside them. The fifth elder brother carefully prepared a khata and a silver wine glass for Ni Guzhu.
The hada was too long for Niguzhu, so I folded it in half and held it.
Hearing that her daughter was about to open her voice, Shu Shu and Brother Jiu looked at each other, and there was a smile in their eyes. Everyone could see it for once.
"Lang Kun... Dao Teran... pay a visit to Du... Ni Guzhu's loud voice started to sing.
Every note is correct, but none of it is in tune.
The Queen Mother listened with a smile, not feeling out of place, and nodded along with the niguzhu. Kangxi couldn't help but glance at Ninth Brother and Shu Shu.
I have never heard Brother Jiu sing, let alone Shu Shu, his daughter-in-law. I can count the number of times I have met him. Who does this kid follow?
The same long tune is completely different from what others sing.
On the contrary, the spirit of holding one's head high and chest high has some traces of Ninth Prince.
Ni Guzhu sang a drinking song and toasted like his elders. The Queen Mother, Kangxi and Concubine Yi drank Ni Guzhu's toast.
Shu Shu hesitated for a moment and asked Jiu Age in a low voice: "Master, since it is a family banquet, should I also toast?" She is the daughter-in-law, granddaughter-in-law, and the hostess of the village, so it is not good for her to sit like this.
Brother Jiu said: "Yes, but you should use a silver cup instead of a bowl, so as not to prevent the emperor's grandmother and the empress from getting drunk." The kumiss has a mellow taste, but the stamina is not small and it is easy to get drunk.
Shu Shu nodded and went to toast too, starting from the Queen Mother.
It's just that she didn't sing a drinking song, she held the khata in a decent manner.
The Queen Mother took it, looked at Shu Shu with a smile and said: "I have eaten your eggs for several years. I will go to the chicken coop later. How many chickens are there now?" Shu Shu had only met the steward in the morning, so he remembered clearly.
He replied truthfully: "More than 2,400...
Originally there were more than 2,500, but dozens of them were brought out to make the afternoon meal. The Queen Mother was surprised: "There are so many?"
Kangxi and Concubine Yi also looked over.
You must know that the chickens and ducks in the palace are supplied by the imperial palace of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on a rotating basis. A village that supplies more than a hundred chickens and ducks every year is a big village.
Jiufujin, a dowry villager, actually raised so many chickens.
Shu Shu said: "In the past few years, there were only a few hundred. In the past two years, corn has been planted on Zhuangzi. The chaff can be used to feed chickens, so we divided several chicken coops and raised more." The Queen Mother said: "Then
How many eggs do you have to pick up every day? What if you can’t finish them all?”
Eggs are meant to be eaten fresh, and will only go bad when the weather is cold. In the summer, they will go bad in ten and a half months.
Shu Shu said: "In addition to what I use at home, I also provide it to four restaurants outside, and the surplus is made into pickled eggs and preserved eggs." The Queen Mother praised: "If you arrange it well, you will have a successful life."
Although the ninth elder brother had a title, his viscount salary was only 2,500 taels a year, and he had to support hundreds of people. Kangxi couldn't help but look at the fifth elder brother.
You are really stupid. The Dong E family has raised more than 2,000 chickens, and they are still fine. The fifth elder brother raised hundreds of chickens, and the whole army was completely destroyed. He can't learn anything nowadays.
Sifu Jin and Qifu Jin, who also studied with the E family, have achieved small successes. They are not as big as the Jiao E family, but they can still be self-sufficient. The fifth elder brother looked stern.
If you learn, you just have bad luck.
This chicken must be protected from chicken plague all year round.
He also specially arranged for someone to come and learn for several months. He raised chickens exactly according to the model here, but he didn't develop them. Shu Shu toasted Kangxi again.
She was respectful and her eyes were lowered.
Kangxi took the silver cup and asked a question without drinking directly.
"I heard that your village has planted a lot of corn. How many acres are planted? How much is the yield per acre?"
Shu Shu replied: "We planted 440 acres, and the average yield per mu last year was 316 pounds." Kangxi couldn't help but ponder after hearing this.
He remembers clearly that when Brother Si was experimenting with growing corn, the yields of high-grade fields in Haidian were 350 kilograms per mu, the yields of medium-grade fields in Tongzhou were 290 kilograms per mu, and the yields of low-grade fields in Baoding were 190 kilograms per mu.
Dong E's farm is next to a mountain, with many sloping fields. It is not considered a good field. It can barely be called a medium field, but the yield per mu is much higher than that of a medium field. "Have you used fertilizer?"
Kangxi thought about the chicken farm here and said.
Shu Shu said: "Not only heavy fertilizers, but also deep plowing, dense planting and full seedlings, the handling is more detailed, which consumes a lot of human and animal power." The main reason is that there are chicken coops and pig farms here, which require a lot of feed every day. .
In the past, rice bran was bought from the mill, but that was not a long-term solution, so he asked people to grow more corn, and he became self-sufficient last year. Kangxi nodded, drained the wine in his glass, and said to Brother Jiu: "Call back later." Ding Enzaobao, stay here and learn more."
Corn can be used as feed and wine. If you store more, you won't know when it will be used.
Brother Jiu proudly said: "Learn, learn, don't say anything else. There are so many imperial villages, they have been well organized a long time ago. In the early years, the daily necessities of the palace were all provided by the imperial villages. It makes no sense that there are so many imperial villages. This supply On the contrary, if we can’t supply it, we have to buy it from outside.”
This purchase expense is an additional expense.
This is equivalent to doubling the palace's expenses, but there is no change in everyone's supplies. Brother Jiu thought of the eggs that were not included in the prince's share.
It's really the most slippery thing in the world.
1. Ordinary people can eat something that costs two cents a piece. Princes and princesses like them have to send people to the imperial kitchen for a few taels of silver if they want to eat a plate of yellow vegetables because it is not included in the quota. , to get back a plate of eggs.
Those imperial palaces also complained about poverty, as if supplying twenty eggs every day was such a huge task, so they asked for credit. Kangxi also thought about the food expenses in the palace.
A Baylor Mansion has not made much use of the Zhuangzi under the name of the ninth elder brother. It only has the Dong E family's dowry Zhuangzi, which can be self-sufficient. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has a grain farm, a bean farm, a vegetable garden, a melon garden, and an orchard, which add up to three or four
Baisuo should not be so inactive. There is also Rehe, where farmland can be reclaimed and dozens of villages added to prepare the supplies for the Rehe palace.
Last year, the supplies for the Rehe Palace were all transported from the Imperial Palace in Gyeonggi Province, which consumed a lot of manpower and animal power. After asking this question, Kangxi said nothing else.
He was also very curious about Zhuangzi and planned to ask Brother Jiu carefully later.
When they arrived at Yifei's place, Yifei drank wine first, and then she smiled and said with ease: "I heard before that there are people who are 'playing the autumn wind' outside. Today I am here to catch the autumn wind. When I leave, I will ask someone to pretend.
Take the caged eggs back to me and give them away."
Shu Shu said: "I don't want to say anything, but I still want to show my respect to you. In addition to eggs, early cherries are also ripe, and there are some snacks made from corn." When the Queen Mother heard that there was something new to eat, she turned around and said, "What snacks are there?"
Son, I’m going to ask someone to bring it up for a taste right now.”
Shu Shu turned around and ordered someone to bring snacks.
After a while, Xiaotang brought two girls in, holding a tray in their hands. Inside was a small platter with four compartments. There were four snacks in it, including cheese corn chips, corn crispy rice, corn gummy candy and fried popcorn. On each table
Placed one serving.
Although corn is a coarse grain, the snacks made from it are novel and exquisite.
Except for the corn crispy rice which is salt and pepper, the other three are sweet and are loved by women and children.
The Queen Mother ate them one by one, pointed to the cheese cornflakes and corn gummy candies, and said to Shu Shu: "I'm going to enjoy the autumn breeze too, so I want to pack more of these two to take away." Shu Shu said: "I've prepared one for you, that's it.
Add one more."
The Queen Mother nodded and said: "Okay, okay..." Shu Shu finished her toast and returned to her seat. She glanced at Guarjia.
The identity of Mr. Gualga is not that good even when he gets up, and he is also embarrassed if he doesn’t get up. Mr. Gualga lowered his head and took small bites of corn gummy candy.
Shu Shu looked away.
She remembered what the ninth elder brother said. The fifth elder brother was going to bring his legitimate son over.
For a moment, Shu Shu couldn't explain what she felt in her heart.
In the past few years, whether in front of Concubine Yi or in front of the Queen Mother, Shu Shu kept it in check and respected her sister-in-law Wu Fujin in front of her. The two sisters-in-law got along very happily most of the time.
It is better to be valued by the fifth elder brother, the fifth brother, and to be personally taught by his side than not to be valued at all. When he went to school, he was relaxed, and the matter of the title could not be said to have turned around.
The main reason is that the younger brother has controlled his illness well and does not get sick frequently. After all, the status of the legitimate son is noble. If he marries a wife and has children as a adult, it is not impossible that the title will be directly passed on to the legitimate grandson. I hope Wufujin will think better and move forward.
Think about it.
The tender and plump mutton, the crispy Mongolian fruits, and a few new delicacies made everyone feel satisfied. The Queen Mother could not wait to see the chicken coop.
Everyone gathered around the Queen Mother and left the yurt.
The chariot was prepared outside the yurt, and the Queen Mother got on the chariot.
The others mounted their horses and followed Kangxi and Concubine Yi.
As for the children, they were arranged to be held by someone.
Kangxi was asking Brother Jiu about other affairs in Zhuangzi. How many pigs and sheep did he raise?
I heard there are also cows.
Brother Jiu said: "Pigs are so edible that we don't raise as many chickens as there are, less than two hundred, and ten are slaughtered every month. However, my son Fujin also asked people to raise pigs in two villages in Daxing and Tongzhou.
It’s also ten heads per month, which is enough for the daily needs of the house.”
Kangxi: "..."
As far as he knew, there were only a few dozen servants inside and outside Baylor's Mansion, plus the guards and guards who were on duty every day, that is, one white, four or fifty people. As a result, they had to kill a pig every day.
No wonder the guards and military guards of Baylor Mansion all looked very energetic, and they only had food, which was the only one in the capital.
Brother Jiu then said: "Children don't like to eat pork, but prefer to eat mutton. There are more than 300 sheep on Zhuangzi, and one is sent to the house every other day..." "There is a sheep at the foot of Baiwang Mountain.
With water, I raised two more groups of ducks, totaling more than 400 ducks.”
"There are more than sixty cows in total. There are 20 oxen given by my son's father-in-law every year, and 20 cows given by Shifujin. The rest are bought by my son and distributed to the tenants. The corn needs to be cultivated deeply.