Shi Yannian had no relatives and no friends in the capital. He rushed to Xu Ping's house to celebrate with him and also helped Xu Ping write a memorial to thank him.

After a big drunken relationship, the next day, the two left the capital together. Lin Suniang led Xiuxiu Gao Daquan and others to walk slowly behind.

As a result of the Bachelor's College, Xu Ping had the best grades, and the Zhishi Museum was also a relatively high-ranking library position. Han Qi was second to Zhijixian Academy. Shi Yannian was similar to Zhao Xu, and both were secret cabinet managers. The library position was also promoted year by year, and Xu Ping was only one step ahead. But no matter what, as long as he obtained this position, he gained a huge reputation and became a bachelor's rank.

Generally speaking, a position in a school can be called a bachelor's degree, but unless you want to highlight this noble status in some special occasions, except for the two-system real bachelor's degree, other miscellaneous bachelor's degree and low-level academic bachelor's degree will not be called a bachelor's degree directly. For example, Xu Pingzhi History Museum should be called a Xu History Museum, and miscellaneous bachelor's degree such as Bao Longtu, will not be called Bao Xueba.

It is autumn and the harvest season. Not long after Kaifeng, there are continuous rice fields on both sides. Since Xu Ping promoted rice planting in his own manor, the rice fields around Kaifeng have increased a lot over the years.

Xu Ping and Shi Yannian simply used some wine and food in their restaurant outside the city, and then rode their horses and drove quickly. Several people in the capital set off separately, and the time difference was not too much. Wang Su from Xuzhou had not received any news yet, so he might have been waiting in the farm for a long time.

The restaurant in the Xu family outside the city is now managed by Liu Xiaoyi, and the main business is still wholesale business. Now the Xu family's method of making liquor has been spread. Several companies in the capital have also started selling liquor, especially several powerful families. The production of liquor has impacted Kaifeng's wine tax revenue mainly relies on the qu monopoly sales, and the Duzhi Department, who is in charge, is trying to find a way.

However, the Xu family has always maintained the initiative, from selecting materials to making koji to aging wine, which other families cannot catch up in a short time. The high-end liquor is still monopolized by Xu Ping's family.

At noon, the two arrived at Baisha Town.

In front of the Xu family restaurant, the "Jiugui Pavilion" was still there. The couplets written by Shi Yannian had already been replaced with wooden plaques carved in words, and now they have become a famous scenic spot in Baisha Town. The literati and scholars who rushed from Luoyang, Xijing to Bianliang, Tokyo, all had to stop here and drink a glass of Xu family wine. Enjoy the handwriting of Shi Yannian, the number one poetic figure in the world.

Xu Ping and Shi Yannian looked at the Jiugui Pavilion by the river. At this time, there were three tables full of scholars, all of whom were literati. However, there were no officials they knew from the two, so they did not go to join in the fun.

Xu Chang was not here, Tan was in charge of the store this year. When he saw Xu Ping coming, he hurriedly came up to greet him in surprise.

Xu Ping looked at the store, except for Tan Bennian. No one he knew back then, and even the servants had been replaced. In six years, the Xu family's industry was as big as a year, and the elderly here were slowly diverted out, and they worked as a small supervisor in other places, got married and had children, and started their own life.

Shi Yannian was used to being casual and just called wine when he arrived at the store. Even Tan arranged for the little pavilion this year, he stood by the counter with Xu Ping. He drank three bowls of aged spirits with a plate of cooked mutton and a few braised dishes.

"Happy! I've been on Jingdong in recent years, and I've been fading out of my mouth! This time I'll go to Yunxing Village and drink a lot of wine that I've missed in recent years!"

Feeling that he was drunk, Shi Yannian clapped his hands and stopped drinking. He still had to keep his stomach, and only then did he let go of the wine at Xuping Village to relieve his alcohol addiction in recent years. When he was on Jingdong Road, Lin Wensi was not far away from him for the first three years, and often gave him a few jars of good wine brought from his family to Shi Yannian to slightly relieve his craving. Later, both of them changed places to take office. Shi Yannian lost the source of the spirits. Water wine was really like water to him. What's the point?

After drinking a few bowls of wine, all over his body was full of strength. Xu Ping and Shi Yannian got on the horse again and rushed straight to the farm.

As Xujiazhuang became larger and larger, the road leading to Baisha Town was wider, and there were even more pedestrians coming and going. Even a Cao Market appeared not far from Xuping Tianzhuang.

Before he arrived in front of the village, a man in the village who was grazing cattle outside saw him and who knew Xu Ping said hello far away.

Xu Ping responded all the way and arrived in front of Zhuangzi in a short while.

Seeing Xu Chang, who saw the village, received the report and hurriedly came out of the village. After seeing the ceremony, he took Xu Ping and Shi Yan's horses and said to Xu Ping: "The officials are back, and the other officials have been waiting in the village for a long time."

Xu Ping asked: "Where are they now? Didn't they go around the village?"

Xu Chang smiled bitterly: "Why didn't you turn around? Since the Wang Guanren from Xuzhou arrived the day before yesterday, he has gone to the pond next to the village several times a day. Yesterday, several other officials came, and they passed by with Wang Guanren early this morning."

Xu Ping and Shi Yannian looked at each other, thinking that Wang Su and others didn't seem to like fishing, so they went to the pond to see something? When they arrived at the village, they were still resting without any food and drink.

After giving Xu Chang a few instructions, Xu Ping and Shi Yannian all the way to the pond beside the village.

I saw Wang Su in front, Han Qi and several others standing behind, pointing at the edge of the pond, and occasionally using wooden sticks to scribble on the ground, not knowing what they were saying.

Xu Ping coughed and went up to Shi Yannian to see everyone.

Xu Ping asked Wang Su curiously: "Zhongyi, what's the matter that makes you guys linger here?"

Wang Su took Xu Ping's arm to the pond, pointed to the surroundings and said, "Yunxing, I have looked around your countryside. I have been doing it well in recent years. It's just that it's too vulgar and there is no place to visit. This pond is very close to Zhuangzi and the water surface is wide. If you are good at repairing it, you can move some strange flowers and plants, and connect them to Zhuangzi, and it will not be difficult to renovate it into a beautiful scenery. Planting rare lotus in the water and planting some plum trees and bamboo forests on the shore is enough to cultivate your mind."

After hearing this, Xu Ping was stunned for a while. He was still thinking about raising fish, planting lotus, and growing water chestnuts here. Unexpectedly, what Wang Su and others were thinking about were flowers, plants, lotus rockery, and people were indeed different.

Think about it, Wang Su was born in the prime minister's house since he was a child, and he was truly in a wealthy nest as soon as he was born. Except for one of his brothers, he also took office early. In this generation of Jinshi, the Wang family of Sanhuaitang was booming.

Wang Su himself has long surpassed the initial stage of wealth and advocating extravagance. In his eyes, if there is no exquisite garden in the village, can it still be called Zhuangzi? It is best to raise dozens of good singers, listen to the songs and beauties. That is the life you should live. As for the cattle and sheep in the village, what is the use of those things?

Xu Ping was kind-hearted and said to the people around him: "My family was originally a winery family, and they were not proficient in these things, which made them laugh. After having some time these days, I helped me plan and build a good garden here!"

Wu Yu smiled and said, "Of course we can help Yunxing's adviser, but we are afraid that you will not be willing to use the money."

Xu Ping sighed: "I have difficulties in doing many things. The easiest thing for me in the world is spending money. Although this farm is vulgar, cattle and sheep are full of the pens and the grain is like mountains. What I worry about is how to spend the money I earn!"

Everyone laughed together.

Xu Ping's family was rich, and everyone knew when he was a Jinshi. They stayed in this farm for a day or two and looked around. Except for Wang Su, the others still had an impression of money. They knew that this farm looked inconspicuous, but in fact the output was amazing. It was not an exaggeration to say that he could not spend all his money.

Especially Zhao Xu, although he was from an official family, he was a small family. He was not as good as his other parents. He was very envious of Xu Ping's farm. The prices in Kaifeng were expensive, and he was a small official. He lived a difficult life. He had been in the capital for several years and had no money to move his family here. If he had such a farm, it would be much easier to become an official, and he would no longer have to worry about the few dou rice every day.

It is not easy to live in Kaifeng City, but once you live there are countless benefits. Not to mention anything else, it is much easier to participate in the imperial examination and examination as a Kaifeng native, and it is not as easy as other places, and it cannot be bought for that amount of money.

Han Qi said to Wang Su: "Since Yunxing is so rich, we will help him come up with ideas and build a scenic spot by the pond. My colleagues in Beijing have free time and have a place to relax."

Wang Su Lianlian said yes and said to Xu Ping: "I have ordered my servant to go back to Beijing, pick up some good flowers and trees from my house and slowly cultivate them. After a while, I will take some time to visit good craftsmen and slowly rectify them."

Xu Ping nodded and thanked.

After all, Han Qi is indeed an official, and everyone else is only interested in elegance and vulgarity. Only he immediately thought of setting up this place to serve as a place for colleagues to gather. With such a place, he can slowly gather connections and I don’t know when it will work.

It was precisely because Xu Ping thought of this that he agreed with the ideas of these people. Otherwise, according to his meaning, this farmer would certainly be farming crops and raising livestock. Is the farmer who works in agriculture the farmer? What about playing the piano under the pineapple and lying on the stone beside the water? It’s a pity that he has not learned this tune for two lifetimes.

But officials and scholars of this era like to travel around. When their colleagues came, there was no decent place. Could it be that they would lead them to see their cattle, sheep, pigpens? Or to see rice and grass?

It doesn't matter to people like Shi Yannian. He took him to the place where he made wine, and he could drink it for three days and three nights. But others couldn't do it. They wanted to appreciate the flowers and moon, recite poems and lyrics, but they didn't come here to experience the life of the farm.

When he returned to Beijing to become an official, he no longer lived in the high mountains and far away places of the emperor in Yongzhou. He had the final say and did not have to consider the ideas of his subordinates. At that time, he built the entire Yongzhou into a large farm. No matter how literati and scholars were, he did not say that he was vulgar. He praised him for attaching importance to people's livelihood and blessings to the people.

In the capital, I also have to learn to appreciate the flowers, look at the moon, recite poems, and write lyrics when I have nothing to do. I have to get along with my colleagues and others around me.
Chapter completed!