Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

Although he had a great time drinking with Li Ping and Sang Li at Yunfeng Tower, when he returned to Shigu Lane that night, Ye Changyan still noticed that Liang Jingcheng was in a low mood.

In Ye Changyan's mind, Liang Jingcheng has always been that optimistic and cheerful person. Even though his schoolwork is so heavy now, Liang Jingcheng has never complained. Instead, he often pulls him to discuss studying together.

Liang Jingcheng knew that the Dengwengu case mentioned by Li Ping today had rarely aroused the compassion in Liang Jingcheng's heart. Perhaps it was also because of the heavy academic workload that had suppressed Liang Jingcheng for too long, and today he finally found an opportunity to vent.

Ye Changyan felt that it was a good thing for Liang Jingcheng to vent today as it was a way to release pressure. If the string in a person's heart was always too tight, it might not be a good thing.

So that night, Liang Jingcheng found Ye Changyan extremely proactive and gentle, and felt the care and concern of his beloved. Liang Jingcheng seemed to have received great comfort in his heart, and he responded enthusiastically to Ye Changyan's initiative and gentleness, so that both of them fell into an ecstatic entanglement until they vaguely heard the sound of the fourth watch, one long and three short, and then they fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng took Xing Wang to Tong Luyao's farm in the suburbs of Shengjing. Now was the time when the first batch of watermelons were on the market in large quantities. Li Rongxu, Dalang and Erlang were all helping here recently.

When Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng arrived at the farm that was given as a dowry to Tong Luyao at the Duke of Wei's mansion, they saw Erlang directing the helpers to load watermelons onto more than 20 ox carts beside the official road. The scene was in good order. Erlang had been running a caravan with his father-in-law for two years and was very familiar with this kind of affairs.

When Erlang saw Ye Changyan and his group coming, he hurried over to greet them. Although he was just giving orders, beads of sweat were clearly visible on Erlang's forehead. Erlang wiped his forehead with his hand and greeted Ye Changyan and the others.

"Sanlang, Master Liang, Master Lu, and Brother Lu, come over here, come on, come and eat watermelon."

"Second brother, where are these watermelons going to be sent?"

"These were ordered by the wealthy families in Beijing last month. There were a lot of ripe watermelons selected from the greenhouses in the past two days, so we picked a lot today and immediately loaded them onto the trucks and prepared to transport them into the city."

After listening to Erlang's introduction, Ye Changyan walked forward and patted a watermelon that had just been loaded onto the ox cart. The watermelon then made a "bang bang" sound with a deep sound and a strong resonance. The watermelon was about 80% ripe, and it was the time when it had a crisp and delicious taste.

Ye Changyan checked the ox cart carefully again. There were three layers of straw mats on the ox cart, which were very thick. The ox cart could not be compared with the shock-absorbing cars in his previous life. Even on the official road, the bumps were very obvious. The mats on the ox cart should not be a big problem.

Seeing Ye Changyan nodded with satisfaction, Erlang also smiled, said a few words to the helpers, and then asked Ye Changyan and his party to go into the farm.

Erlang led everyone towards the farm yard while telling Ye Changyan and others about the recent situation. Ye Changyan listened carefully and nodded from time to time. When he entered the yard, he saw Dalang and Li Rongxu checking the accounts.

Seeing Ye Changyan and others coming, Dalang and Li Rongxu hurriedly put down the accounts in their hands, invited Ye Changyan and others to come in and sit down, and asked the manager of the farm to cut watermelons for everyone.

Ye Changyan and the others did not go into the house, but sat down on the wooden benches in the yard. As soon as they exchanged a few words of greeting, the manager of the farm came over with a large basin of cut watermelons.

The manager of the farm knew the identities of Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng, and was also aware that the two of them occupied a considerable share of the farm, so he invited everyone to eat watermelon with a very respectful attitude.

Seeing that the steward of the farm was respectful but not at all attentive or fawning, Ye Changyan nodded secretly in his heart. This steward trained in the Weiguo Mansion really had the demeanor of a big family. So he nodded politely to the steward and asked the steward to sit down beside him.

Ye Changyan asked the manager of the farm about some topics that concerned him. Li Rongxu, Dalang and Erlang, who were standing nearby, heard Ye Changyan asking about the manager's situation on the farm and listened attentively.

The steward answered all the questions asked by Ye Changyan with ease, and he was also familiar with some specific details, which made Ye Changyan very satisfied. He smiled and nodded, then started talking.

"Thank you for your hard work, Manager Zheng. This is the time when the first batch of watermelons are ripening. We will have to trouble Manager Zheng to pay more attention to the subsequent melon field care, watermelon harvesting, shipping, and farm security. We will check with Manager Li about everyone's first quarter rewards later. If there are no problems, they will be distributed to everyone as early as this afternoon."

When Manager Zheng heard this, the joy on his face was beyond words. He was originally a servant of the Duke of Wei, and later was arranged to be the manager of this farm. Compared with the managers of the neighboring farms, his income was considered top-notch. Last year, when the eldest daughter got married, this farm was given to the Wang family as a dowry. Originally, Manager Zheng was worried that he might not have a good life in the future.

Unexpectedly, the eldest lady and her brother-in-law's two junior brothers jointly built this experimental field. Although the work was much more complicated than before when they grew wheat, grains and vegetables, the number of helpers on the farm also increased a lot. Master Ye also sent Manager Li to provide guidance from time to time. The overall workload did not increase much, but the income was much better than before.

The red envelopes given before the New Year alone were almost enough for half a year's wages. Moreover, Master Ye also said that 10% of the farm's income, in addition to being used for necessary expenses and subsequent investments on the farm, would also be used as quarterly and annual rewards for everyone.

This made Manager Zheng and the original helpers on the farm very happy and more motivated. This was very different from when they were working for the Duke of Wei in the past and received a fixed salary. Now that the farm's profits were higher, everyone's income would also increase.

Through the questions asked by Ye Changyan, Li Rongxu also discovered that there were many shortcomings in his daily management, especially many details, which were not as detailed as what Ye Changyan had just asked.

He silently kept these questions in mind. Ye Changyan asked these questions in front of him, which was an intentional reminder to him. Li Rongxu was very grateful to Ye Changyan for his advice and trust in him.

Ye Changyan highly values Li Rongxu, a person who can learn things quickly, has a flexible mind and has his own opinions and ideas. This is the main reason why he originally planned to transfer Li Rongxu and the couple Da Niu to Shengjing.