Chapter 171 Harvesting Herbs
In the garrison hall, Yang Zhengshan welcomed the new military assistant into the main hall.
The new military assistant was named Xu Jin, a thin, short, and shriveled old man.
"Please sit down, Mr. Xu!" Yang Zhengshan asked Xu Jin to sit down.
Yang Zhengshan didn't know much about the officials of the Censorate. He had never dealt with the Censorate before, and had never seen this Xu assistant.
The two sat down, and Han Fei served tea.
"Does Mr. Xu want to see me for something?" Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to be polite and asked directly.
The main reason was that Mr. Xu didn't look like a person who was easy to get along with. He had a sullen face from beginning to end, and there was no smile on his face.
"I want to go outside the city to see the farming!" Xu Jin took the tea and took a sip slowly and methodically.
Yang Zhengshan knew that this old man didn't come to chat with him.
Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. I will ask the garrison officer to come tomorrow and have him accompany Lord Xu to take a look!"
"If any problems are found, the garrison officer can also deal with them in time."
Xu Jin raised his head and frowned at Yang Zhengshan.
In fact, he wanted Yang Zhengshan to accompany him, but Yang Zhengshan was unwilling to accompany him, and he did not force him.
Although he had the right to supervise and manage the garrison office, he also understood that the garrison was the chief officer of the garrison office. If he managed too much, Yang Zhengshan, the garrison officer, would inevitably be dissatisfied.
He had just arrived, so it was not appropriate to make a big move.
But he did not like Yang Zhengshan either. Yang Zhengshan refused to accompany him, which made him feel that Yang Zhengshan was a little arrogant.
In fact, it was not just Yang Zhengshan, he did not like most military officers. He had been a deputy magistrate in Chongshan Town for more than ten years. In the past ten years, most of the military officers he met were greedy.
"Then I'll take my leave first!" Xu Jin stood up and said goodbye.
Yang Zhengshan stood up to see him off.
He had no idea what Xu Jin was thinking. The reason why he didn't accompany him was because he had just inspected the fire road pier and the beacon tower. Now asking him to follow Xu Jin on another trip would be a hassle, wouldn't it?
After seeing Xu Jin off, Yang Zhengshan had a rare moment of leisure.
His marriage with Yu Qingyi had been decided. Since Yang Zhengshan was a second wife and Yu Qingyi was not a young girl, the process of their marriage was relatively fast, and the wedding date was set for May 5th, one month later.
Before the marriage, Yang Zhengshan couldn't see Yu Qingyi again, which made him a little depressed.
The relationship between the two was at its strongest, but they couldn't meet. Yang Zhengshan didn't know how many times he complained in his heart.
But when in Rome, do as the Romans do. For Yu Qingyi, he had to abide by the local customs.
It was a rare moment of leisure, so Yang Zhengshan locked himself in the room and entered the Lingquan space.
Half a year has passed, and the Lingquan space has expanded a lot.
The dark land is now more than one acre, and it doesn't look so narrow anymore.
In the past, because the space was too small, Yang Zhengshan always felt a little stuffy in the space, but now the space has expanded to more than one acre, and Yang Zhengshan feels much more comfortable.
Yang Zhengshan squatted beside the stone pond, scratching his head as he looked at the almost full Lingquan water.
Although there are many places to use Lingquan water now, the Lingquan water is still used more and more, and the stone pond can't hold it anymore.
He is almost like a sprinkler now, and the Lingquan water is sprinkled wherever he goes.
The existence of Lingquan water must not be exposed, so Yang Zhengshan will be very cautious when releasing Lingquan water.
And he can't use pure Lingquan water for others. The effect of pure Lingquan water is too obvious. The weaker the physique, the stronger the feeling after drinking Lingquan water.
In order to avoid exposing the existence of Lingquan water, he pours out bowls of Lingquan water every time he uses it.
It's not that he is reluctant, but he must be cautious.
The efficacy of the spiritual spring water is too tempting for warriors. If other people know the existence and efficacy of the spiritual spring water, Yang Zhengshan may become Tang Monk meat and be targeted by countless people.
"You can use more spiritual spring water at home. It doesn't matter if you waste some. Anyway, I can afford it now."
"Wait until the horse farm is built, go a few more times and give the horses more spiritual spring water."
"Also, the spring plowing in the garrison camp is almost over. When the soldiers of the garrison come to receive training, they can also consume more!"
Yang Zhengshan calculated in his mind and felt that he should not worry about too much spiritual spring water in the short term.
Well, this is a happy trouble.
Then, Yang Zhengshan picked up the hoe and dug in the medicinal field.
Some of the herbs he planted have reached the time of harvest. The number is not large. They are all rare herbs planted at the beginning.
Of course, those herbs that need longer years are far from being harvested, such as ginseng and golden thorn blood vine.
In addition, Yang Zhengshan has planted a lot more recently.
As the land became larger, he had to plant more herbs to avoid wasting such good land.
Now he has a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. When he sees empty land, he wants to plant herbs.
So he has to enter the space every few days to act as a herbal farmer and plant herbs.
Today is different. Today he is here to harvest.
Yang Zhengshan felt very happy when he dug out the herbs one by one.
This is all silver!
Although the number of herbs harvested this time is not much, only about three or four hundred, but he planted the most expensive herbs on the market.
One plant can be sold for at least one tael of silver, and three or four hundred plants can be sold for three to four hundred taels of silver.
The point is this is just the beginning.
Looking at the lush medicinal fields, Yang Zhengshan seemed to see countless silver coins falling towards him.
As time goes by, he will harvest more and more herbs.
But he also has to face a new problem.
That is, the land in Lingquan Space is getting bigger and bigger, and it won't be long before he can no longer cultivate it by himself.
He can't always stay in the space and be a medicine farmer!
"You can't plant too many herbs with a short growth period, otherwise I won't be able to take care of them. This acre of land is enough."
"In the future, if the land is expanded, we can plant some medicinal herbs such as ginseng and golden thorn bloodvine. The medicinal herbs will take longer and we don't need to take care of them regularly. This way I can relax a little bit."
"If it expands to dozens of acres, we can also plant some trees, fruit trees and the like!"
"There is also more and more spiritual spring water. Several canals can be built for irrigation."
Yang Zhengshan was digging for herbs while planning the space of Lingquan in his mind.
This is not a delusion. The Lingquan space is expanding faster and faster. Maybe in a few years, the Lingquan space will be able to expand by one acre a day, or even more.
After working for more than half an hour, Yang Zhengshan dug out all the herbs. However, he did not take them outside immediately. Instead, he processed the dug herbs directly in the space.
Herbal medicine processing is the processing of Chinese herbal medicines using methods such as baking, blasting, frying, washing, soaking, bleaching, steaming, and boiling. The purpose is to eliminate or reduce the toxicity of drugs, enhance the efficacy, facilitate preparation and storage, and make the drugs pure.
Only prepared herbs are medicinal materials and can be used better.
The processing method of each herbal medicine is different. Fortunately, Yang Zhengshan does not grow many types of herbal medicines. He has learned them all after studying them for a period of time.
It took Yang Zhengshan another hour to process all the herbs, but they still needed to be dried for a while.
There is no need to take it out to dry, just dry it in the space.
Then, Yang Zhengshan planted medicinal herbs on the vacant land. When he came out of the space, it was already dusk.
This took half a day. If more herbs are harvested in the future, it will take more time.
Fortunately, Yu Qingyi hasn't come through yet. When Yu Qingyi comes through, Yang Zhengshan can't just leave his sweet-smelling wife alone and go digging in the space.
Therefore, too many herbs with short growth years cannot be planted in the Lingquan space.
After a brief cleaning, Yang Zhengshan walked out of the room.
Spring is here, everything comes to life, and the plants and trees in the yard are full of new life.
Yang Zhengshan walked out of the main courtyard and strolled by the pond, looking at the budding plants and trees, feeling rarely at peace.
This courtyard is really well built, every plant and tree has been carefully arranged, and the corridors and bluestone paths are intertwined, which is quite a surprise.
Looking at such beautiful scenery, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but thank Cao Han again.
Forefathers planted trees for future generations to enjoy the shade.
To have such an exquisite residence, Yang Zhengshan still took advantage of Cao Han.
It's a pity that Cao Han is dead, otherwise Yang Zhengshan would definitely come to thank him.
"grandfather!"
Just as Yang Zhengshan was spreading around the pond, Yang Chengye trotted over.
Six-year-old Yang Chengye has changed a lot compared to last year. Last year, this kid was acting like a naughty boy all day long, but now his every move is more like a wealthy young man.
The reason why there was such a change was because of the nurturing mother-in-law that Yang Mingcheng hired.
The mother-in-law's surname is Li. She is fifty-three years old this year. She once worked as a maid in the palace, and then became the mother-in-law when she returned home. For more than 20 years, she has taught many young ladies from official families.
Yang Mingcheng spent a long time searching to find such a person, and spent a lot of money to invite this Granny Li to the Yang family.
After finally recruiting such a person, Yang Zhengshan naturally made the best use of him.
One sheep is being driven, and two sheep are being driven.
Girls like Yang Yunxue have to learn rules and etiquette, and Yang Chengye naturally has to learn it too.
Of course, Yang Chengye and the other boys only learned the rules and etiquette from Granny Li, and did not learn anything else.
Granny Li is also a dedicated person. From the beginning of her class, she focused on Yang Yunxue, Yang Chengye and Yang Qingwan.
Because Yang Yunxue is the second young lady of the Yang family, Yang Chengye is the eldest grandson of the Yang family, and Yang Qingwan is the eldest daughter of the Yang family.
She was extremely strict with Yang Yunxue and the three of them. She would not allow the three of them to make any mistakes in any etiquette and rules she had taught them.
In contrast, she was more relaxed towards Wang Yunqiao and Wang Mingzhe.
Wang Yunqiao and Wang Mingzhe are Yang Zhengshan's apprentices, but in fact they are more like adopted sons and daughters of the Yang family.
Although they were raised in the Yang family since childhood, they are not descendants of the Yang family no matter what.
Yang Zhengshan looked at the well-behaved Yang Chengye and couldn't help stroking his beard.
In his previous life, he felt that children should have a happy childhood. Obviously Granny Li could not bring happiness to Yang Chengye.
But Yang Zhengshan couldn't interfere with Granny Li's teachings.
This is the world. The higher the status, the greater the rules and etiquette.
These things must be cultivated from an early age. Although Yang Zhengshan hopes that Yang Chengye can be more relaxed, he does not want Yang Chengye to know etiquette when he grows up.
"Hey, there are gains and losses, as long as the child doesn't grow crooked!"
Yang Zhengshan sighed softly in his heart, but a kind smile appeared on his face.
"Did you study hard in school today?"
The school he asked about was the Enlightenment School. Although Yang Chengye was learning etiquette and rules, his main focus was on enlightenment.
"Grandpa, I studied hard!" Yang Chengye stood in front of Yang Zhengshan and said with his head held high.
Yang Zhengshan smiled and nodded, stretched out his hand to hold the little guy's hand, "Come on, walk with grandpa."
It's better to accompany children more. Although this grandson came cheap, he also watched him grow up, so he still has feelings.
Two figures, one big and one small, walked slowly by the pond, and the sunset stretched their shadows very long.
Yang Zhengshan asked Yang Chengye about his studies while walking.
Yang Chengye is still very smart. He can recite the book almost by reading it a few times, and learn things very quickly.
