Yun Chao stipulated that the four hundred boys under his command should be ranked according to the time of arrival and have priority in renting land.
If they come from the same batch, draw lots.
Twenty acres of land is one share, and you can only rent twenty acres at a time. You can’t rent less than that, and you can’t rent more than that.
Twenty acres of land, according to the current productivity of the Dawu Dynasty, apart from 30% of the land rent, was barely enough to feed a family of five or six people, or even not necessarily enough.
Thinking about a life where you can put your hands on clothes and open your mouth for food is simply overthinking.
In order to prevent his subordinates from losing enthusiasm, Yunchao only provided them with basic survival. If they want to live a good life, they still need to continue to work hard.
In fact, Yun Chao didn't receive much.
The cost of constructing water conservancy projects, repairing roads, and training troops to suppress bandits are all included in the 30% rent, and Yun Chao does not intend to charge additional fees.
Not only that, Yun Chao will also lend cattle and grain seeds to the tenants, and will pay them back slowly after their lives improve.
To be honest, the people who rented the land definitely made a lot of money. If Yun Chao was not eager to revitalize the economy and wanted the farmers to recuperate, he would not have been able to do this in troubled times.
In troubled times, heavy codes are used, in order to raise more troops and have enough self-protection ability, renting 50% of the land, or even 70% to 80% of the land.
Yunchao only needs 30% of the land to rent, and the construction of water conservancy and other projects does not require tenants to contribute. It is definitely the conscience of conscience, the benevolence of benevolence and righteousness!
Therefore, as soon as the notice came out, the entire Sanshui Town exploded.
All the boys under Yun Chao come from every village in Sanshui Town.
Some of the ones that are far away are just so confusing that they go crazy.
Should I rent this land or not?
Rent it, you can't travel more than ten miles or even dozens of miles every day to work.
Don't rent it. With such good conditions, there is no store like this after passing this village!
Fortunately, Yunchao quickly made supplements.
If you feel that the conditions are not suitable, you can give up your qualifications for this lease.
Giving up your qualifications does not mean that you will no longer be eligible.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t rent this time, you can still sign up next time.
Moreover, those who give up this time will have priority in selection next time.
This time, many people were relieved.
Land reclamation is still in progress, and everyone is not afraid that there will be no opportunities in the future.
In less than two days, more than 200 boys signed up.
Those who have not signed up are basically those who are relatively far away.
Yunchao plans to release the first batch of 350 places, but there are less than 150 left.
The spring sowing was about to begin, and Yunchao did not intend to waste time and immediately asked the helpers with the most attendance to sign up.
At this moment, many guys who were still envious and jealous almost went crazy with joy.
I thought I had no chance, but it turns out that Yun Chao not only takes care of his boys, but also his own helpers!
The craziest ones are the helpers whose attendance is not enough, especially those who are only missing a few days. They want to slap themselves in the face.
If I had known that such a good thing would happen, I would have taken a break and worked for a few more days, okay?
Yun Chao follows the rules completely, and no one can use the back door.
To this end, Yunchao also made a public announcement, trying to be fair, just and open, so that everyone can see clearly and no one can cheat.
Under mutual supervision, those who wanted to take advantage of their close relationship with the Yun family and secretly make small moves stopped.
After the quota was filled, Yun Chao immediately began to appoint candidates in order.
Yun Chao doesn't need to worry about these, Jia Mancang, Zhang Sihai, and Luo Zhiyuan's fathers are in charge.
Although the common people are uneducated, when it comes to measuring land, each one is better than the other and they supervise each other, making almost no mistakes.
Everyone has a quota of twenty acres, no one wants to take more, and no one wants to take less. The three-man team in infrastructure construction does not need to spend much effort at all, and the people can finish the work themselves.
Divide the fields and then divide the farm tools.
After dividing the farm tools, then divide the cattle.
Farming cattle are not just one for each family. One cow cultivates twenty acres of land, which is really a waste.
A family with twenty acres of land cannot afford to raise a cow.
Yunchao stipulated that four households should have one cow.
In other words, four families who rented land jointly raised and used one cow.
These days, cattle are the treasure of old farmers.
There is no need to worry about the four families arguing with each other.
Everyone is supervising each other. If anyone spoils the cattle, the other three families will not be able to spare him without Yun Chao's words.
Of course, whether it's farm tools or cattle, Yun Chao doesn't give it for free, he has to pay for it.
Yun Chao borrowed the loan method from later generations and converted it into a certain amount of grain according to the size, age and strength of the cattle.
Pay more every year when harvesting grain, and pay off the debt within ten years.
It is true that Yun Chao wants to revitalize the economy and let the people recuperate, but the policy of benefiting the people is not without a bottom line.
Appropriate care is enough. Over-care is equivalent to causing trouble for yourself.
Moreover, these generous policies have preconditions.
Once someone makes a mistake and is killed by Yun Chao or driven back home, they will no longer be able to rent the land in the second year.
Those who no longer want to work with Yun Chao will have their fields taken back.
After dividing the land, Yun Chao also signed a contract with everyone.
At the signing conference, Yun Chao gave an impassioned speech.
In addition to looking back on the past, grasping the present, and looking forward to the future, Yun Chao strongly suggests that it is best to plant soybeans as the first crop in newly opened wasteland.
"Brother Chao, why do you want to grow soybeans? I want to grow wheat!"
"Yes, I want to grow millet. Millet is much more fragrant than soybeans!"
"Shut up, we will plant whatever Brother Chao tells us to plant. How come there is so much nonsense!"
"..."
You Yunchao are capable of fighting and doing business, but when it comes to farming, as a young person, you shouldn't dictate to us old farmers who have been farming all our lives.
Old farmers are also arrogant, and we can’t do anything else. When it comes to farming, no one can compare with me!
The more honest a person is, the more stubborn he is.
Even though many people regard Yun Chao as a reincarnated god, there are still some who don't want to listen to him when it comes to farming.
What happened to the gods?
Even gods are not omnipotent.
Several wives in the village had begged for so long, but Brother Chao never let them conceive a baby.
Just like burning incense and worshiping Buddha, not everything may come true.
The Chinese people are the most pragmatic and believe in ghosts and gods, but they do not believe that ghosts and gods are omnipotent.
You are a money-spreading boy. Is it okay for you to spend money? Farming? forget it.
Yun Chao touched his nose. It seemed that these old farmers were a little unconvinced.
However, some things are really hard to explain.
Tell them that leguminous plants have rhizobia bacteria that solidify nitrogen in the air and increase nitrogen content in the soil?
The key is that they don’t understand even if you say it.
Tell them that soybeans are a good green manure and can quickly turn newly cultivated fields into mature fields?
This seems okay.
"Dear fellow villagers, even if I tell you the truth, you don't understand. All you need to know is that planting soybeans can fertilize the fields. Under normal circumstances, it may take four or five years for newly opened fields to become mature fields. If soybeans are planted, Maybe three or four years, or even two or three years will be enough!”
"ah?"
All the farmers looked at each other.
Can it still be like this?
Why haven't you heard of it before?
Is it true or false?
"Brother Chao, I don't know where you heard this from. Is this what the gods in the sky do?"
"Brother Chao, do gods also eat soybeans?"
"Brother Chao, how many soybeans can be harvested from one acre of land planted by the gods?"
Yun Chao: "..."
