The time for reunion is always short. The next day, everyone left Xizhou and went back. After seeing these people off, Jinghan felt a little bad. It was rare for her family to come once, but she only stayed for one night before leaving. How could she not feel lost?

Zixuan also saw some of it, so he hugged Jinghan and kept comforting him, saying that he would definitely go home this year. Jinghan is not the kind of person who is particularly obsessed with stubbornness, so he let go of these things soon and went to coax his son.

Now Zixuan is already a magistrate, and his business is even more busy. Moreover, the counties below are newly divided and all kinds of things are complicated. In addition to the original county magistrate Zhao and Liu Zhuan, the other four magistrates sent by the court have not arrived yet, so Zixuan has to worry about it.

It just so happened that the magistrate Zhao County and magistrate Liu were about to take office. Before leaving, they came to thank Zixuan.

"The two of you can be promoted to magistrate this time because you are down-to-earth and willing to work hard. The rules of the court were originally not allowed to be an official in your hometown. However, our Xizhou was first established and everything was not yet complete. The emperor also understood us, so he asked the two to serve in the county under Xizhou. When they were in office, they would definitely do their best to live up to the court's painstaking efforts." Zixuan naturally had to give some advice when he saw these two people.

Zhao Magistrate Zhao and Liu Magistrate bowed to Zixuan, "Thank you for your support. We will do our best to do some practical things for the people. We will not let the adults' hard work be wasted."

The three of them exchanged a few more greetings, and the magistrate Zhao and Liu said goodbye. They had to hurry up and take up their posts.

Zixuan sent them to the door, gave them a few more instructions, then turned around and continued to handle official business. In this flood this year, grain production in various places has been reduced. Although Xizhou has not been flooded, grain production has also dropped a lot. The court has reduced this year's taxes, and the people can at least have enough food.

Fortunately, after four years of operation by Zixuan and his wife in Xizhou, each household has some foundation. The harvest of a year is not good, so it is not difficult to get over it. Besides, there are some livestock, and some of them can be exchanged for some money, so they can collect some food from outside.

Fortunately, I raise more cattle and sheep here, so I usually don’t need to eat much food. If I raise too much pigs, I’m afraid I will lose a lot this time.

It is already snowing in early October. This season is when people are at home when winter is winter, but there are so many workshops, and people go to the workshops to work during the slack season.

Jinghan's winery has been in a long time and has started brewing again this time. Although the grain harvest has been reduced this year, there has been no disaster in the south. Jinghan has sent people to the south to collect grain. The profit of brewing this wine is still very large, and even the grain recovered from outside still has a great profit.

There are busy working in the winery, and several batches of cloth are out of the weaving workshop. Today, the weaving workshop is already very large and there are many female workers inside. Some women take the wool home to spin and send it back at that time, so that they can take care of the family and do not delay making money.

The female workers who work in the weaving workshop have very high wages. They work in the weaving workshop every day and when they come home, their families are really good to them. You know, there are more than two taels of silver a month, and there are still many dividends during festivals. A female workers can earn more than sixty taels of silver a year. Even older men are not as good as those in their families, so how can they not treat their families well?

The girls who have not got married are reluctant to let them get married early. And those girls who are old enough to say they are renowned are also the ones that many families are rushing to marry. Whoever gets married with such a profitable wife will have to be very happy. So these female workers who work in the weaving workshop are living a pretty good life. Of course, there are also those who are unsatisfactory, but they are a few after all.

At this time, the ducks and geese that have been raised should be killed. Nowadays, ducks are raised in many places, not only those who eat meat, but also those who lay eggs. Jinghan came up with the recipe for making pineapple eggs, and also bought a secret recipe for pickling salted duck eggs from an old woman in Yueliangpao Village. The salted duck eggs pickled from the secret recipe are as moist as jade on the skin, and the eggs inside are golden and red, oily, and taste very delicious. These two are sold very well in other prefectures and counties.

This time, Mingyu also took a fancy to the pineapple and salted duck eggs, and thought that this thing could be sold well in the capital. However, it was obviously impossible to make it from here and then get it over. Jinghan gave Mingyu these two prescriptions and sent two experienced workers to come over to try a workshop there.

Some other oil and sugar shops are also busy. Although the production cuts slightly this year, which is slightly worse than in previous years, it cannot withstand the number of planted at that time, so the total volume is not less than before.

Just like this, life was over. This year, I agreed to go back to Songjiang River to celebrate the New Year, so after the winter months, Jinghan asked all the villages, ranches, workshops, etc. to send the accounts. Jinghan looked at them one by one, calculated the profits everywhere, and added 10% of the dividends that should be paid according to the past.

"Everyone has done a good job this year. Although the income is not as good as before, I won't blame you, it's God's fault. When the Chinese New Year is over, I will pay more wages to everyone so that everyone can have a good New Year." Jinghan said to the various managers.

Those in charge are naturally very happy. Jinghan has always been generous and has never treated the people below him unfairly in terms of money. These people know what they know, so they are all very grateful.

"This year, I will go back to my hometown for the Chinese New Year, so you must take good care of these industries here. You must not have any mistakes, do you know?" Jinghan reminded him worriedly.

"The workshops here stopped working on the 14th day of the 12th lunar month, and they were asked to go home to prepare for the New Year. After the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, they started working on work. They were tired for a year, so they should have a good rest. They all went home to reunite with their relatives and experienced these things."

"Thank you, Madam, for this, Madam, I think about everyone. Everyone will work hard in the future and will help her take good care of all these industries." The managers said one after another.

Jinghan nodded, "What's the situation with those ranches?" she asked as she looked at the ranches manager.

"Back to Madam, after listening to Madam, we started to build a cage for animals last year. This year, it has been completely done. The livestock are released to eat some hay during the day, and all of them return to the cage at night. This is quite good. This winter is much colder than in previous years. With this cage, there is no situation where the livestock has frozen to death." Several ranch managers said.

"That's good, I'm still worried. The weather this year is really abnormal. It's not hot in summer, but it's cold in winter. You must be careful, don't freeze those cattle and sheep to death." Jinghan has always been worried about this.

"No, we all remember what our wife said. At night, the cattle and sheep were crowded together, so don't worry." The people replied.

Jinghan nodded, then said something else, and asked all the people in charge to go back.

All the profits this year are roughly calculated, and there are about 80,000 taels of silver left. It is less than in previous years, but this is quite good, and Jinghan is also very happy. "Chunliu, hurry up and pack up everything, we will go back in a few days."

Chunxing got married a while ago, and now Chunliu and Chuncao are serving Jinghan. In addition, four little girls were found, all of whom were taken with Chunliu first. After a while, they could be placed next to him.

This girl came and went one after another. Jinghan always felt that she was reluctant to leave her, but she could not delay her family. Girls would have to get married sooner or later. Fortunately, these girls were basically given to the family manager. Although they were not around to serve her in the future, they could still meet frequently, which was a bit of comfort.

Chunliu is also a capable person, so she took two little girls to pack up her things.

Zixuan hasn't been home for four or five years, and Jinghan hasn't been back for more than two years. Now there are a lot of things to bring. Jinghan ordered people to kill four cows and a dozen sheep, and also got two trucks of fish from the Moon Soak. They were all big and looked particularly rare.

Of course, some local local products are indispensable, including yellow millet, plump oil-fried melon seeds, green green mung beans, crystal clear vermicelli, and golden tobacco leaves. A lot of them have been prepared.

The story of Zixuan and his wife going back to their hometown this year was spread. For a time, many people in the prefecture city came to give gifts, so Zixuan naturally didn't want it. The people from the chamber of commerce have now turned around and they also understood that Zixuan was sincere for the good of the people. So this time he had to invite Zixuan. Later, Zixuan had no choice but to have a meal with them. At the banquet, all of them expressed that they would fully support the decision made by the prefecture in the future.

The herdsmen on the grassland also came. Wuya and Batu are now the leaders of the tribe. They sent white felt carpets and beautiful carpets. This carpet was inspired by Jinghan's wool and other wools, and later slowly studied it. The wool was spun into yarn, then dyed into various bright colors, and finally, through the skillful hands of these women, weaving a magnificent carpet. Now women on the grassland have learned to weave such blankets, and these alone have a considerable income.

Jinghan knew from Wu Ya and others that the pens of livestock were built on the grassland now, so Jinghan was relieved. It was necessary to know that the herdsmen originally lived a nomadic life of living by water and grass. They had to change their concepts and form the current settlement model, but it was a very difficult thing. This was because the herdsmen were grateful for the kindness of Zixuan and his wife, so they did it.
Chapter completed!