That afternoon, Li Miao summoned the village guard team. Li San, Hu Si, Hu Wu and Li Qi will go to Jinling tomorrow. Guard the Jinling store. Li San is the captain, and the monthly regulations refer to the monthly regulations of the shopkeeper. Wang Daoqi currently serves as the shopkeeper of the tea shop, and the new shopkeeper has not yet been appointed.
It is estimated that the shopkeeper usually earns five to ten taels of silver per month in Jinling City. The monthly rates for the other three guards are based on 50% to 80% of the shopkeeper's monthly rate. The assessment is jointly conducted by the boss Wang Daoqi and the captain Li San. Li Miao will not do anything for you. Don't give Wang Daoqi and Li San rights. How can we better command the people under our command?
The earliest group of village guards who remain in the village now. There are only two people left, Li Ba and Li Shi. The fifteen newly recruited village guards have only been trained for three months, and their strength is not enough to be used. "Li Ba is appointed as the captain of the guard team, starting from tomorrow. Twelve domestic slaves aged 16 to 20 years old will join the village guard team."
There is no reason why you should not train your domestic slaves well. From now on, these servants will be the real servants of the Li family, and their special skills such as Cun Jin will be passed on to them. There are now nearly thirty people in the village guard team.
"Li Shi stays." After everyone retreated, Li Miao began to assess Li Shi. This time, Li Shi did not dare to hide his clumsiness. Li Shi is indeed a seed of reading. He has mastered the Four Books and Five Classics including annotations, and he is already familiar with them. That is to say, the article is still lacking in warmth. Even if he takes the county examination now, he has a high chance of passing it. This also sounded the alarm to Li Miao that scholars of this era should not be underestimated.
There are many capable people and strangers out there, and Li Shi has only read books for a year and a few months so far. Moreover, he still practiced martial arts for three days and studied literature for one day. It has already reached this level. Li Miao even wondered whether this Li Shi also had a photographic memory? No matter what, Li Shi still values feelings, and if he cultivates them well, he can be his helper in the future.
Li Miao looked at Li Shi and said, "You can stay with me and study from now on. There are a lot of miscellaneous books here that you will have to read in the future. They can broaden your horizons and be useful for writing articles. You will also need to practice your handwriting in the future. Just practice Guange Ti. Don’t let your martial arts fall behind, and you have to find time to exercise in your daily life. Without a good body, you won’t be able to survive the exam.”
After hearing this, Li Shi couldn't kneel down and choked with sobs, "Master, I understand." Li Miao: "Let's call him Young Master from now on." "It's Mr. Li Shi" responded.
Li Miao is getting married in less than half a month. Ke'er, are you okay? Knowing that your husband and I won the imperial examination, I may not be so happy. And my father-in-law, you won’t be jealous, right? I have already won your dream son-in-law.
Before the river freezes in November, we must rush to the capital, the twelve golden hairpins in the capital. I don’t know how I’m doing. My Kung Fu relies entirely on you, and now I can only practice it and watch it.
Li Miao's days at home are numbered. Now there are 3,044 acres of land in the house, most of which are planted with northern drought-resistant crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. The annual income of one to two million silver from spices and tea is enough. Now the focus is still on seed improvement in the north. Wheat and rice in the south can only be promoted slowly. It is estimated that it will take nearly ten years to complete the rollout.
This year, the village had a bumper wheat harvest. Let’s look at the autumn rice harvest soon. It is estimated that the price of land around the village will start to increase this year. It turns out that good paddy fields cost about 25 taels of silver per acre, and the annual income is about 25 taels of silver. This year, with the use of Li Miao’s new seeds, the autumn harvest will be as good as expected. It is estimated that the income will be five taels of silver per mu. How could the price of fields not increase?
In feudal society, land is always a difficult problem to solve, especially in the agricultural economy, where land is the lifeblood. Historically, changes in feudal dynasties were due to land issues. Land annexation resulted in a large number of landless farmers losing their livelihood. become the most unstable factor in society.
Those who annex land must be wealthy officials, and if we expect them to pay taxes in full, the national treasury will become increasingly empty. So if there is a slight disturbance, a change of dynasty is not far away. Li Miao is now worried that his seed promotion plan will trigger a new round of land annexation? "Hey" let's go and see, you can't give up eating because of choking.
After dinner, General Manager Li Qiang led the two clan leaders into the house. The first issue they discussed was that Jinling City had opened a tea shop and a spice shop, and they were currently short of manpower. Wang Daoqi was too busy by himself. They wanted to send one person from each clan, and the Li family also selected one person to go to Jinling.
On the one hand, by strengthening learning, people in the clan and village will still have peace of mind in the future, and on the other hand, supervision is also strengthened. OK? Wherever there is interest, there will be people working in it. They can think of all the problems you can think of, and they have policies and policies in place. They share the interests and supervise each other.
The second thing is the seed issue. Li Miao's family had a good harvest of wheat this summer and set a good example. The wheat seeds harvested by Li Miao's family were basically divided among the villagers. The villagers saw that Li Miao's family had a good harvest of wheat. Can you not fight for the wheat seeds from the Li family? Later, they simply planted rice seeds provided by Li Miao's family. This is the power of role models!
Due to the demonstration effect of Li Miao's family, no one hesitates anymore. Now it seems that a bumper harvest is in sight, and nearby villagers have begun to come to the village to order rice seeds. Although the rice in the village has not been harvested yet, experienced farmers can see at a glance that there is no problem in increasing the yield by two to three hundred kilograms.
The two patriarchs saw that more and more people from other villages came to order seeds, and the chaos became more and more chaotic. This family negotiated with people from other villages how many kilograms they could supply, and the other family negotiated with people from other villages about the price. Negotiate this price. Anyway, it was a mess, making the village uneasy. Therefore, the two clan chiefs added up the total, and after each household counted it, the village sold it to the outside world.
OK? Li Miao originally wanted to give some advice, but the two clan leaders had already walked to the front. Li Miao gradually began to realize something. Some things you just need to grasp the general trend, such as increasing grain production. As long as there is a good demonstration effect. There will be no problem with subsequent promotion. As for some minor issues, there are always smart people who will figure out how to do it and help gradually improve it. Everything just falls into place.
Li Miao always wants to consider things more comprehensively and try to be as perfect as possible. But sometimes I care about my head and not my butt. One person can be short-changed, but three cobblers can stand up to Zhuge Liang. I vaguely felt that my Tao Yun had improved a bit.
As for land expansion, both clan leaders have said that people in neighboring villages are not willing to sell their land. Not to mention twenty-five taels. Some villagers offered thirty-five taels an acre, but they refused to sell it. In this world, those who sell their land are generally regarded as prodigals.
No one would sell their land unless absolutely necessary, let alone the folks in the countryside. Everyone knows that their village has replaced good seeds this year, and all the farmers have become rich, and they can't hide it.
