When County Magistrate Chen came, he had just finished writing.
Magistrate Chen's eyes suddenly brightened when he saw this unique village collective plan for growing lotus roots and raising ducks, as well as concepts such as work points and dividends that had not appeared before.
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
He quickly asked who came up with it, and he wanted to recruit this person under his banner.
It turned out that it was an illiterate peasant woman who came up with it again. County Magistrate Chen said: "..."
He even doubted his life: "Is Xu really just an ordinary peasant woman?"
"Ah?" Li Zheng was suddenly asked this question. He was stunned for a moment and quickly replied, "Sir, Xu is the second daughter of Xu Mancang in Meihua Village. She has been strong since she was a child. Last spring, she hunted a brood alone. Wild boar…”
"Kong Wuli? Hunting a nest of wild boars?"
What the hell!
Magistrate Chen twitched his lips, that was not what he was asking.
Forget it, the other party was probably reborn in the wrong child. He was supposed to be born into a scholarly family and be the number one scholar in the scientific examination and be used by the imperial court. However, he was accidentally reborn in the countryside and became a womanly family.
Unbeknownst to Xu Yin, County Magistrate Chen hurried back to the county town with her proposed village collective wealth plan.
He was passing by here on an errand this time. Remembering the carts of lotus seeds he sent out years ago and the fourth prince's instructions, he asked the cart driver to drive into the village. He wanted Li Zheng to accompany him to the Cui Family Lotus Pond to have a look. He didn't want to have such a harvest. .
He thought further than Li Zheng. There were many rivers and lakes in Dawa Village, which was suitable for growing lotus roots and raising ducks. What about other villages?
Some, like Dawa Village, have developed water systems, so you can learn from Dawa Village’s plan to get rich;
Some villages have less fertile farmland and more mountainous areas. Can they grow more fruit trees? Will the village collective unify the species of fruit trees and sell the fruits?
There are also villages close to Black Rock Mountain. Can local villagers be allowed to dig black rocks for the court in the form of earning work points? Will you be paid by work points at the end of the year?
In this way, the court did not need to go to war to collect corvees, and men who needed to serve in corvees did not need to leave their hometowns to serve. They only had to work in their own villages, and the remuneration calculated by work points could be used to offset silk cloth and miscellaneous taxes.
The advantage of this is that everyone has work to do, and if there is work to do, there will be food to eat, and if there is food to eat, no one will starve to death. His Majesty is concerned about the country and the people, so he puts farming at the top of all walks of life and attaches great importance to owning farming. Don’t technical talents just want the world to be harmonious and the people to live and work in peace and contentment?
As long as the fourth prince implements this idea, he will definitely win the Sacred Heart!
At this time, Xu Yin did not know that an idea of common prosperity she had inadvertently thought of had been rushed to the Fourth Prince's Mansion by County Magistrate Chen.
Under the leadership of Cui Jikang, she found castor trees, cut down the surrounding thorn bushes, and then transplanted the castor trees to her temporarily vacant homestead. She then thought about how to cultivate castor saplings and planted them along the property. Plant a circle around the base.
The picked castor beans are peeled off their thorn shells, fried, dried and ground into powder. Comrade Xiao Jin picks them up and applies base fertilizer to the wetland.
Except for a few acres of rice fields in the wetland, which have just been transplanted after applying basal fertilizer, the rest of the land is still empty and can be used as a test field.
Two pieces of land of the same size were marked out, one using castor seeds as base fertilizer, and the other using rapeseed cake residue as base fertilizer. Ultimately, we will see which piece of land has more fertility and a better harvest.
As for what to plant... She looked through the seed bag, and most of it was contributed by the stall owner in Chunzhou Prefecture who ran away after selling.
She picked out the corn seeds, but even if she secretly mixed some system inventory in, it wasn't enough.
Let's mix in a little more. She was afraid that Comrade Xiaojin would be suspicious, so she simply put together a basket of taro seeds. There were two rows of corn and two rows of taro in both fields.
Let the game begin! Mr. Wetland!
After spring plowing, the work in the fields is relatively leisurely. Xu Yin plans to hire a few helpers. Otherwise, if they want to use the 20 acres of wetland around the lotus pond by themselves, they may have to work from the time they open their eyes until dark, every day. Only when you are free.
She had already thought about who to ask for help - her maternal brothers and cousins.
For this reason, she took the time to go back to her parents' home, and wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Sanya. She mainly wanted to ask her about her requirements for another partner.
The last time I went back to my parents' home was on the second day of the first lunar month.
Xu Yin had already lost weight by that time. Mrs. Xu saw that her body shape was no different from that of an ordinary young daughter-in-law. The image of her tough granddaughter in her memory gradually became blurred as time went by, so she wanted to treat her like other granddaughters. She asked her for 20 taels as soon as she opened her mouth. She said that her grandson was getting engaged soon and the bride price had not yet arrived. Moreover, with the new fertilization method, everyone wanted to buy paddy fields to grow rice. Of course, the old Xu family was also greedy. Erya Since you have this ability, how can you not help the family?
Xu Yin didn't like her, so she performed a scene on the spot for the old lady to crush the broom handle with one hand. The old lady was so frightened that she sat upright and didn't even dare to make any demands.
When Xu Yin went back this time and said she wanted to find help, the old lady was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to ask "if there is any wages?" and her face turned purple.
It wasn't until Xu Yin said that the wages were compared to those of day laborers in the town that she breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, my family is supposed to help each other, not to mention the wages. Erya, you sit down and I'll call for you. My brothers and cousins must be very happy."
After saying that, Mrs. Xu walked out with her little feet.
Xu Yin happened to want to talk to Sanya, so she went along with the old lady's arrangement.
Anyway, no matter who you hire, as long as you go to her house to work, you have to follow her rules.
"Sanya, dad said that he will give you a date and your marriage will be finalized in the first half of the year. What do you think?"
"I, I don't want to get married so early." Sanya lowered her head and her voice was as light as a mosquito.
"Are you simply not wanting to get married so early, or are you saying this because you have someone you like and don't want to be married by your family?"
"Second sister!"
Sanya raised her head suddenly, her eyes filled with shock and astonishment as her thoughts were revealed.
After reacting, he hurriedly lowered his head and twisted his clothes with his fingers: "No, no, I just want to spend a few more years with my parents..."
"Sanya, I don't have much time. If you want to fight for your lifelong event, just explain it to the second sister. The second sister will hold your eye for you to see if the other party is worth your wait."
"He is worthy..." Sanya choked up, "He is the only boy student in our village who has passed the exam in recent years. He was expected to take the exam. Unfortunately, something happened to his family three years ago and his father fell into the trap of Orion. , punctured the lungs. His mother was pregnant with his third brother at the time. She couldn't bear the blow and started the operation in advance. Because his third brother was born prematurely, his body and bones were very weak. In the past three years, the soup and medicine had been constant, and his mother had not been able to sit properly during confinement. , and often fell ill. His father was rescued, but he was out of breath after walking a few steps and could not do heavy work at all. His second brother was young and it was all up to him to support the family... Even if I persuaded his father Mom, my grandma will not agree to this marriage..."
It's true that it's strange that Mrs. Xu would agree to such conditions. It's not that he loves his granddaughter or worries that she will suffer hardship after marrying, but that such a poor family cannot afford the bride price she wants.
(End of chapter)
