Is my wife farming today?

Chapter 7 Reorganizing the Manor
  After leaving Sungkyunkwan, he refused to climb into his carriage.

Jiang You was not surprised when he saw it. He just used to ask: "Going to Mingyue Pavilion? Or Yilaixiang?"

Xie Xie's face darkened, what kind of nonsense is that?
  "Go to the northern suburbs garden."

"Where are you going and what are you doing?"

She didn't answer, just leaned against the soft cushion and closed her eyes to rest.

Less than an hour later, the carriage finally stopped bumping.

"Miss, we're here." She declined and opened the curtain. Jiang You had already laid out the horse stool, and she stepped out of the car.

In front of him was a barren land overgrown with weeds, with a small square yard surrounded by large connected fields.

Presumably it was for people who managed the fields.

Xie refused to step closer, but saw a black figure suddenly fall out of the door and fall to the ground, with bruises and scars on his face.

Then a plump middle-aged woman walked out holding a wooden stick as thick as a baby's arm.

He cursed fiercely: "I'll beat you to death, you little bitch who eats everything inside and outside. I don't believe that your bones are harder than this stick!"

Xie Yi winked at Jiang You and stepped forward to stop her.

"Manager Li."

The woman known as Manager Li threw the stick away and kicked the man who was curled up on the ground, "Get out of here, I'll take care of you later!"

Then she changed her face and came to Jiang You. She only recognized Jiang You, but she had never seen him refuse before, "Steward Jiang, why are you here?"

Jiang Youyi stepped aside and introduced: "Second Miss, would you like to come and see how Zhuangzi's recent harvest is?"

"It turns out to be the second young lady. I'm here to say hello to you."

Xie refused to look away and fell on this flattering old face, "Why are the fields so deserted?"

"The second lady doesn't know something. There have been frequent insect infestations recently, and nothing you planted has yielded any results." Li Juan explained.

There were no pesticides in ancient times, and I am afraid we are still stuck with the ancient methods of catching and controlling insects.

She nodded and asked: "What did you grow in the past? What kind of crops yield the best harvest?"

Li Juan paused, "Well, let me go and call that bitch slave for questioning." She walked to the door of the manor, picked up the collar of the man in brown clothes, and dragged him all the way over.

The man was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he forced himself to kowtow.

"This humble slave is the only one in Zhuangzi who knows a few words, so he writes all the accounts. If the second lady has anything, just ask him."

The man's voice was hoarse and he wished he could lie on the ground, "I have seen the second lady."

Xie Bu frowned and asked Li Juan, who was in charge, "Did you beat them all?"

"Second Miss doesn't know that these cheap slaves are disobedient and disobedient," Li Juan replied.

Declined: "Okay."

"Manager Li said that there have been many insect infestations recently. What kind of insect are they?"

The man muffled no answer.

"Why don't you answer?" she asked.

Li Juan kicked her away violently, and the man's frail body flew half a meter away. "Second Miss, I want to ask you, are you deaf or mute?"

The man breathed rapidly, clenched his palms, quickly raised his head and glanced at her, then gritted his teeth and said, "There are no bugs."

"No bugs?"

Li Juan's expression changed, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'll skin you carefully!" She picked up the stick she just had and started to deal with him.

"Manager Li." Xie refused to call her in a soft voice, "You are more powerful than me, the master." Li Juan knelt down and said she didn't dare.

Xinyi walked over to the man, knelt down and asked him, "Why are the fields barren and there is no harvest?"

"All the farm laborers have been driven away by Manager Li, and no one is willing to come to Zhuangzi to help."

I never thought it would be for this reason.

Then he asked: "Then why do you still stay?"

The man answered quickly as he climbed to his knees.

"The slaves from the poor family were sold here, and having enough to eat is already a luxury."

"Okay, in that case, I will leave this village to you to take care of from now on." After that, without waiting for the man to reply, he declined and smiled, stood up and walked to Li Juan, "Manager Li said, don't beat me if you are a lowly slave." I agree with him for being disobedient, which hand did you use to hit him just now?"

"Second Miss, please spare your life. I know my mistake. I will never dare to do it again."

Li Juan begged for mercy in panic, her nose and tears were mixed together.

"It's good for you to be in charge of Zhuangzi. If you don't control him, you will develop a master's temper."

"Jiang You, break both of her hands to me, and then publicly announce the sale. Let the word go out. If anyone dares to bully my Xie family's farmhands in the future, even if they openly oppose me, I will definitely punish them. No tolerance!”

"Second Miss, please spare your life, Second Miss, spare your life..."

Jiang You grabbed Li Juan by the collar, took her away and disposed of her.

Xie Xie looked at the people on the ground and asked uncertainly: "How many days will it take to clear out the wasteland?"

Unexpectedly, the man was confident, "It takes seven days to hire five people, and only three days to hire ten people."

"Okay, I'll see you in three days. If you need anything, just pay it in my name. If anyone dares to make things difficult for you, show this to him." She took off the jade pendant from her waist and handed it to him. The flawless Hetian jade is carefully carved with the word "thank you", which is enough to prove your identity.

"Slave..." The man choked and was speechless.

Declining to get on the carriage, he was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and opened the curtain, "By the way, I almost forgot to ask you, what's your name?"

The man raised his head, his eyes flickering, "My name is Xue Hanxiang."

In one day, Xie Xie visited five manors in the northern suburbs. These manors were all specially purchased by the Xie family with a lot of money. The locations were excellent, and most of the other manors were not near Kyoto.

Of the five villages, three grow grains and the remaining two grow vegetables. Xie Xie happened to pack up a batch of turnips that were about to be sent to the mansion, and planned to take them back to study hybridization.

Except for the fact that Li Juan's garden had no harvest, the other harvests were average.

Just now I heard Li Juan calling Jiang You the housekeeper, and I remembered that since she woke up, she had entrusted Jiang You to take care of all the matters around her. He was quite capable.

"When did you become a butler? Why didn't I know?"

Jiang You was driving outside, and when he heard the voice, he replied slowly: "Miss, I forgot, half a year ago, you insisted on changing your courtyard into a place to raise young men. The master is afraid that you will do something that will harm your face." I have assigned my subordinates to take care of the backyard for you."

He declined and held his chin up while reminiscing, but he really couldn't afford to recall what happened half a year ago, so he didn't bother to think about it.

She asked one after another about the trading of grain and vegetables in this world. Jiang You answered patiently and told her about the current war.

He said that most of the reasons for the poor harvest were because the able-bodied men of each farmer's family were forced to serve in the military. Therefore, most of the farmers left to farm were the old, weak, sick, or disabled, or like today's Xue Hanxiang. Generally, people from poor families are trafficked here.

Most low-level slaves like this will not end well unless they are valued and treated well by their masters and change their slave status.

Li Juan's beatings and scoldings were relatively mild.

Hearing what Jiang You said, Xie couldn't help but sigh and miss the beauty of the 21st century. She is an absolute advocate of gender equality, so she neither wants to pursue women's rights as paranoid as some extreme feminism, nor does she want to be like Li Juan today. This exploits and exploits men.

In everything, it is better for those who can do it. This is also her consistent style.

A boy like Jiang You is very good. Of course, it would be better if he could get rid of his habit of monitoring his every move for his mother.

(End of this chapter)