The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 279: Plum Manor in the Suburbs of Beijing

The Dayong army set out, and Su Tang did not turn around and take Chunmei and the others back to the carriage until Qi Lingheng was no longer visible.

"Princess, are we going back home now?" Chunmei asked as she helped Su Tang get into the carriage.

"No, let's go to the farm first."

The curtain was lowered, and after Chunmei and the others responded, they also got on the carriage. The guards driving the carriage immediately waved their whips and turned the carriage around, heading towards the outskirts of Beijing.

Since they were walking in the opposite direction of most of the people who came to see them off, Su Tang and the others had a smooth journey.

The carriage soon arrived at a farm on the outskirts of Beijing.

"Princess." When the guard at the gate of the manor saw Su Tang's carriage, he immediately stepped forward and ran towards the carriage.

"Well, has the farm been peaceful recently?" Su Tang was helped out of the carriage by Chunmei, and Xia Mei asked the guard who was looking after the farm.

"Miss Xia, everything is fine on the farm recently, nothing much has happened.

If we talk about the busiest place here, it is the farm of former Prime Minister Xie. There are many people coming and going recently, and there are many carriages passing by our farm every day."

As soon as the guard finished speaking, as if to confirm his words, two carriages drove over from the direction of Xie's farm.

The carriage hurriedly passed by the road in front of Su Tang's farm. The curtain was not lifted, and there was no sign on the carriage indicating who the carriage belonged to.

It seems that these people came to the Xie family secretly.

Yes, the Xie family was in an awkward situation at this time. Although the deposed Prime Minister Xie was reinstated, he now only held a sinecure in the court. There was no news about Empress Xie yet. No one was sure why Emperor Jingdi reinstated Prime Minister Xie, so everyone visited in a low-key manner, only wanting to ease the relationship with the Xie family.

After all, when Prime Minister Xie's family was demoted, those who were originally on good terms with the Xie family all avoided them.

Su Tang just glanced at the two carriages and then looked away. With her current status, as long as Qi Lingheng and she did not rebel, no one in the capital would be so blind as to cause trouble for her.

When we entered Meizhuang, someone inside had already informed Mr. Wen and Mrs. Zhang.

Mr. Wen bowed slightly and said, "Princess."

"Ah."

Zhang came up to them with a smile, her hands were a little red, it seemed that she had been busy.

Zhang wiped her hands on her body again, then bowed and saluted Su Tang, smiling and saying, "Princess, you are here."

"Well, what were you busy with just now?" Although Zhang was wearing old clothes, she carried a faint scent of plum blossoms on her body as she walked towards him.

"I was just making plum blossom cream. When I heard that you were here, I realized that the clothes I was wearing were those I wore when I was working, and I had no time to change into clean clothes..." Zhang replied with a smile.

"Well, the shop in the capital has been renovated almost completely these days. Once your ointment is ready, I'll send it to the shop."

"Yes, the first batch of ointment will be ready in two days. I asked a few young ladies in the farm to try it out. After using it, their skin became whiter than before..."

Su Tang listened to Zhang's words with a gentle smile, and Mr. Wen also followed behind the two with a smile on his face.

Su Tang and Zhang took a look at the ointment workshop on the farm. It was in perfect order and the workers were all the farm's original slaves.

Su Tang was not worried that they would reveal the secret recipe of the ointment. Firstly, each of them only performed one step in making the ointment, and the final secret of the blend was only known by Zhang herself.

After Su Tang returned to her resting room on the farm, Mr. Wen told her about the recent situation on the farm.

Nowadays, the farm is managed by Mr. Wen and Ms. Zhang. Although the former manager of the farm still receives his monthly salary, he still has to listen to Mr. Wen and his wife on all matters of decision.

"According to your instructions, most of the fields on the farm have been converted to planting medicinal herbs this year. Everyone on the farm has planted crops before, and they are doing a good job of planting medicinal herbs..."

In addition to providing for everyone's livelihood, the farm also left a small piece of land for growing crops, and most of the fields were converted to growing medicinal herbs.

In addition to teaching the children medical knowledge and literacy, Mr. Wen was also responsible for teaching the people in the village how to grow and process medicinal herbs.

"......But the income from the farm this year may not be as much as in previous years." Mr. Wen added.

"It's okay. We've changed the crops on the farm this year. Besides, the medicinal herbs grown on the farm are not sold directly. It's normal that the income will be temporarily lower. After these medicinal cosmetics are sold, the income will not only be comparable to growing crops alone."

Su Tang took the teacup handed to her by Chunmei and took a sip.

"Yes, that's true. I just don't know if this cosmetic will be popular in Kyoto." Mr. Wen smiled naively.

"Mr. Wen, do you think this medicated cosmetic is not useful?" Su Tang said while glancing at Zhang who was standing beside her.

Mr. Wen followed Su Tang's words and looked at Zhang. Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Zhang covered her pink cheeks with her hands in embarrassment.

During the days that Zhang was recuperating at the manor, Mr. Wen took good care of her body. With the external application of the facial cream given by Su Tang, Zhang's skin is now much better than that of an ordinary woman. She looks at least ten years younger.

"This cosmetic is indeed effective, but I heard that the price is a bit high, starting at two hundred taels per box. It's just a small porcelain box, so I don't think those nobles would buy it."

Mr. Wen certainly knew the effects of these cosmetics, but Su Tang priced them very high. There were shops making rouge and powder in Kyoto, but the facial creams in those shops were only more than ten taels per box.

He was just worried that the price would be too high and it would not sell well.

"Don't worry about that. Our cosmetics are different from ordinary powders. After the women have used them, they will definitely come back again."

Su Tang is still confident in her cosmeceuticals. After all, they are the product of thousands of years of human wisdom, and they are stable products that have long been tested in the modern market. They will definitely amaze the ancients.

Su Tang explained some more matters, and finally said to Mr. Wen: "After a while, I will take away the children I brought here before, and then Mr. Wen will be more relaxed."

"Yes, most of the children are very smart and can now recite the Three Character Classic." Mr. Wen responded, but he thought that these children would stay in Meizhuang in the future.

He had also learned from the children before that these children were orphans in Kyoto.

He thought Su Tang bought these children to be maids and servants.

After all, she is with the princess, so even maids and servants need to be able to read and write, and it would be even better if she knew some medical knowledge, so she was sent to him to study first.