The Legend of the Farm Girl

The four people assigned to Li Muwen had no background at all, which was a good thing for Li Muwen.

Halfway through the banquet, Li Muwen told the four people everything he knew about Liangzhou. The four people were sweating profusely and thought to themselves, this is really not an easy job. One careless move could easily cost you your life.

Seeing that the four people were a little scared, Li Muwen was actually also unsure. He still hadn't figured out the emperor's intention of sending him to Liangzhou. Was he sending him to die?

Moreover, there was nothing special about the four subordinates assigned to him.

Wang Yu bowed and asked, "Sir, I wonder what we should do next?"

The three with higher ranks had no experience in being officials, so Li Muwen had no choice but to turn his attention to Lin Zirui and Zhao Hui.

Lin Zirui and Zhao Hui did not refuse. Lin Zirui stood up and suggested, "Sir, the prefectural government is still short of some people. We also need treasurers, clerks and yamen runners."

Zhao Hui added: "The treasurer's clerk is a low-ranking official position. It can be selected by the prefect and reported to the Ministry of Personnel. Yamen runners are lowly people. The previous yamen runners should still be living in the prefectural city. They may be waiting and waiting. When the prefectural government is settled, they should come to the door. But Lord Li, most of these yamen runners are hereditary, and I'm afraid they have connections with those families in the county!"

Li Muwen nodded to show that he understood. Then he discussed with everyone about soaking wheat seeds in Oxalis juice.

Several people had never heard that this method could improve the drought resistance of seeds and increase the yield, but seeing Li Muwen's confident look, as subordinates, they expressed their absolute support at the time.

The first thing is to collect enough Oxalis. No one knows where to find Oxalis in Liangzhou, but Lin Zirui and Zhao Hui know that there are a lot of them in Yongzhou.

There are a lot of these grasses on the barren hills, and they are all unowned. If you send people to pick them as quickly as possible, you can collect a lot of them in just three days.

Li Muwen thought about it and decided to send thirty people to follow Lin Zirui to collect Oxalis.

After he proposed this idea, the other four people each contributed ten people and all the carriages in their homes to support Li Muwen's first decision after taking office.

Yunfang also managed to entertain the female relatives of Wang Yu and Huang Xuan very smoothly. Both of them were older than Yunfang.

Wang Yu’s wife is named Chen Sisi. Although she has an ordinary appearance, her eyes are bright and she can make people feel very approachable with just a few words.

Huang Xuan's wife Wei Jinling was more shy. She would always blush after speaking a few words. Her voice was soft and melodious, which also made Yunfang quite fond of her.

Yunfang chatted with the two of them about their journey from the capital. Since they had walked the same route and had a lot of common topics, they quickly became familiar with each other.

This was the first time the three of them got together, and they just exchanged some polite words, and overall it seemed lively.

It was not until Yun Yi brought a plate of fish to Yun Fang that Yun Fang suddenly began to retch uncontrollably, scaring Chen Sisi and Wei Jinling who were standing by.

I hurriedly asked Yunfang what happened!

Yunfang just answered "It's okay" and started retching again.

The two looked at each other and hurriedly called Yun Yi next to them to take the fish away. As the fish was taken away, Yun Fang's vomiting sound also stopped.

The two looked at each other and asked Yun Fang, "Mrs. Yun, I'd like to ask, do you have any children at home?"

Yunfang shook her head without hiding anything. It was impossible to hide the fact that she and Li Muwen had no children, so she might as well admit it openly.

Chen Sisi smiled and said, "Then the lady might be pregnant. Let's go find a doctor to take a look!"

Yunfang was a little stunned. She had been too busy recently and ignored her delayed period. She thought her waist was sore because she was too tired from the long journey. Could it be that she was really pregnant?

Yunfang still couldn't believe it. She and Li Muwen had been married for many years, but had never conceived a child. She had only been treated for seven days. Could she really get better?

Yunfang was a little hesitant to tell Li Muwen, and didn't dare to call a doctor, for she was afraid that it would be a false alarm.

Seeing Yunfang's incredulous and tangled expression, Chen Sisi suddenly understood Yunfang's worries and said, "Even if you are not pregnant, Madam, you should see a doctor for suddenly vomiting!"

Yunfang nodded, called Yunyi, and asked her to go out and find a doctor.

Yunfang continued to entertain Chen Sisi and Wei Jinling.

Soon, Yun Yi brought back a doctor. Among the few open shops in Liangzhou City, one was a clinic, and Yun Yi easily found the doctor sitting inside.

When he heard that it was the daughter of the new prefect's family who came to invite him, the doctor followed Yun Yi without saying a word.

As Yun Yi entered the courtyard to report, Yun Fang felt her heart was about to jump out of her chest. She said in a hoarse voice, "Let the doctor come in!"

After the doctor came in, he felt Yunfang's pulse and examined her. Yunfang stared at his expression closely, and the doctor's expression brightened up as he said, "Congratulations, madam. You are pregnant. It has been about a month. Your pulse is still weak, but you and the baby are both healthy."

Yunfang fell into a daze again after hearing this. Fortunately, Chen Sisi took out a tael of silver from her purse and gave it to the doctor, saying, "Our prefect's wife is so happy. I reward you with this tael of silver on his behalf. But you have to wait a while and talk to the prefect."

The doctor took it with great excitement. In Liangzhou, paying eight or ten coins for a consultation was not a small amount. This one or two taels of silver was what he could earn from seeing patients in a month.

Moreover, he will have to report the good news to the prefect later, so he can get a reward.

Chen Sisi's words also woke up Yunfang. Yunfang said, "Mrs. Chen, thank you for reminding me. I must have failed to entertain you well today. My mind is now occupied by my belly. I hope you can understand."

The two of them smiled and nodded. Chen Sisi said bluntly, "Jin Ling and I understand how you feel. We both have given birth to several children. You can tell us any questions you have. We will tell you everything we know."

Yunfang nodded gratefully.

The two were afraid that Yunfang would be tired, so they quickly told her to have a good rest and left together.

Before the two of them left, Yun Fang asked Yun Shi to inform Li Muwen.

When Wang Yu and Huang Xuan heard that their wives were coming home so early, they felt a little worried, fearing that they had offended Yun Fang.

Seeing that they were a little absent-minded and that everything had been arranged, Li Muwen suggested ending the banquet.

Li Muwen suggested ending the meeting, and the four of them agreed and left quickly.

Li Muwen immediately went to find Yunfang, but found a doctor carrying a medicine box beside her. Li Muwen hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Madam, are you feeling unwell?"

Yunfang smiled and shook her head. The doctor also responded quickly and said, "Sir, Madam is one month pregnant. That's why she had morning sickness symptoms when she smelled the fishy smell today. Just stay away from things with strong fishy smells."

Li Muwen seemed to not understand and asked, "What did you say? Who is pregnant?"

Yun Fang looked at Li Muwen's stupid look and said with a smile: "Who else could it be? I'm pregnant!"

Li Muwen was so excited that he wanted to hug Yunfang, but he was worried about hurting her, so he had to hold back.

Suddenly, he asked the doctor with some concern: "My wife followed me from the capital to Liangzhou, and it took more than ten days to travel. Is she okay?"

Yunfang said soothingly, "It's nothing. The doctor said that my child and I are both healthy."

Li Muwen smiled foolishly and said, "Okay, okay, okay, Fang'er, we have a child who is related to us by blood. I am so happy. I have to tell my parents, grandparents, mother-in-law and brothers the good news, and let them be happy for us."

Yunfang also nodded. She knew that both families were worried about their inability to conceive, so of course they had to tell them first now that they had a child.

At this time, the doctor waiting nearby said loudly: "Congratulations to Master and Madam Li. I am so lucky to be able to diagnose your pregnancy pulse."

The doctor, who was standing beside the two men, had not seen Li Muwen reward him with any money yet, so he must have become a little anxious, so he spoke up to remind them.

But what he didn't know was that Li Muwen and Yun Fang had no habit of giving tips to others. They didn't even have a maid to serve them personally. All their habits remained the same as before they passed the imperial examination and became officials. Their feelings were extremely pure and passionate.

Li Muwen replied casually: "Thank you, doctor."

There was no other way, so the doctor could only leave in disappointment. He had many dissatisfactions in his heart, but he dared not say them out loud. The prefect was a high-ranking official, and he didn't know why this official was so stingy. But he didn't dare to complain if he didn't get any reward money.

After the doctor left, Li Muwen took Yunfang back to their house. Li Muwen and Yunfang told each other that tomorrow Lin Zirui would take seventy people and the family would send thirty people to Yongzhou to collect Oxalis.

Yunfang nodded and said, "Then we have to ask the kitchen staff to prepare dry food tonight. We can't let them work on an empty stomach. The kitchen staff may have to work all night, but fortunately we don't have to prepare a lot of food for the next three days. In addition to the five people in the kitchen, we will leave five more people to protect your safety."

Li Muwen shook his head and said, "Fang'er, you should keep five people you are familiar with. You are not feeling well right now, so you need someone to take care of you."

He paused and then said, "Fang'er, look at the mistresses of other wealthy families. They are surrounded by countless maids and servants to take care of them. They don't have to do anything themselves. We didn't have that condition before, but now you are not feeling well. Do you want to use some maids and servants?"

Yunfang thought about the reward that Chen Sisi had given her today, and she did have more and more things to do, and some small things needed someone to do for her. But the forty people she bought had already been assigned tasks, so she could only buy some more people back.

Yunfang asked, "Husband, do you need it?"

Li Muwen hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't need it. The ten people you arranged to protect me are more than enough for me."

Indeed, those ten people can run errands for Li Muwen and complete the tasks assigned by Li Muwen. Li Muwen does not need anyone to serve him closely for the time being.

Among the ten people, eight are men and two are women. These two women can also act as maids when they go out.

Of the five people in the kitchen, three were selected from the interpersonal team, and two were selected from the business team.

Yunfang now feels that the ten people who are trying to gather information are not enough.

After thinking it over, Yunfang decided to buy some maids and servants. The 42 people of them were definitely not enough to staff such a huge prefectural government office.

However, Yunfang didn't know where to buy people. Liangzhou was complicated and if she bought someone who was useless, it would be better not to buy it.

Yunfang asked Li Muwen this question. Li Muwen thought about it and said, "I will ask Zhao Hui to take people to Yongzhou with Lin Zirui tomorrow. They are from Yongzhou, so it should be no problem to buy some people back."

Yunfang also thought that Li Muwen's method was the best solution, so she took out a hundred taels of silver and said to Li Muwen, "Give this hundred taels to him and buy a few maids and servants."

Li Muwen watched Yunfang easily take out another hundred taels of silver, and asked jokingly, "Madam, tell your husband how much silver you have left?"

Yunfang said frankly: "Except for the money I have deposited with my mother in the past few years, I have 20,000 to 30,000 taels!"

Yunfang was even richer than Li Muwen had imagined. In the past few years at Linglong Embroidery Workshop, Yunfang had saved a lot of money. Later, she opened a ready-made clothing shop and a wedding dress shop, which brought even more money into Yunfang's pocket.

Later, he went to the provincial capital to study with Li Muwen. She gave part of her share of the wedding dress shop to Yunying. Yunying was really suitable for business. She quickly expanded the wedding dress shop and hired many embroiderers. She was already showing signs of competing with Linglong Embroidery Workshop.

Every year, the bonuses given to Yunfang increased. Yunfang felt that it was inconvenient for Yueyue to give money to her mother and brother, so she asked them to put the money in her mother's hands.

Li Muwen was dumbfounded after hearing this, and kept sighing that he had married a treasure trove.

Then Li Muwen started to smile foolishly at Yunfang's belly again.

Yunfang could feel Li Muwen's anticipation for the baby in her belly, and their lives had new hope from then on.

At night, Yunfang did not continue to learn how to govern Liangzhou or how to raise children, but instead learned how to manage the inner house and how to be the mistress of a wealthy family.

Today's banquet for Chen Sisi and Wei Jinling made her feel that she was no longer the ordinary citizen Yunfang, but the prefect's wife Yunfang.

If some things don’t have rules or regulations, what will be affected in the end is Li Muwen’s prestige.

Yunfang studied for a whole night and her eyes were wide open. She couldn't understand why a family had to set up so many rules.

However, this night's study also produced some results. She planned carefully and set up some rules suitable for the current situation. When everyone came back, Yunfang arranged these rules.

The team going to collect Oxalis has already set out early. They are now racing against time so that the people can soak the seeds in Oxalis juice before farming.

The work went smoothly for these people. In less than three days, they pulled back thirty carts of Oxalis. The next step was to let the people soak the seeds in Oxalis juice.