After hearing what the housekeeper Lao Huang said, Qin Ming pondered for a while and said:
"Well, you are right. There are some things that I have not considered."
"Let's do this. The wheat seeds needed for this farming will come from home. At the same time, we made an agreement with the tenant farmers, because this farming is a temporary decision, and we will calculate another wage for the tenant farmers."
"Well... we will give you 50 cents per acre of land. The more you plant, the more you will get."
"If the wheat is harvested next year, we will give them an extra 10% of the grain as a reward."
"Of course, I also want to reassure them. If the wheat is frozen to death in winter, then next spring, we can just cultivate corn as usual. What do you think of this, Lao Huang?"
After listening to this, Lao Huang frowned and said
"If we follow the master's wishes, the tenant farmers will definitely be willing to do it, but once all the wheat they planted freezes to death, the family's losses will be huge. Almost all of this year's harvest will be used."
Qin Ming can completely understand that the housekeeper Lao Huang is worried about this.
But he had traveled through time after all, and the experience of later generations told him that wheat would never freeze to death.
And the more snow there is in winter, the better the harvest will be in the coming year.
So he said with confidence:
"Old Huang, feel free to do it. Our family can still bear these losses, and if this season's grain cultivation is successful, do you know what it means?"
"It means that we in the north can also have two crops a year. Although we are not officials, once this is successful, it will be able to feed many more people."
"This is a great good deed. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a great achievement that will go down in history."
After hearing this, Lao Huang shook his body and said excitedly:
"Young Master, I don't dare to dream about leaving my name in history. If I want to leave a name, I'll leave my name to you, Master."
Speaking of this, Lao Huang looked serious.
"Since you have made up your mind, Master, I will start making arrangements now and summon the tenants in the village to prepare for farming."
"Well, go ahead. After the arrangements are made, you go to the accounting office to get 100 coins, and take more people to Chang'an to buy wheat seeds. By the way, there is one more thing.
Choose thirty acres of land close to home. Don’t grow food yet. Reserve it for someone who will be of great use in the future. "
"I obey, I will make arrangements now."
After saying that, Lao Huang hurried out.
Qin Ming turned around and said to Ada again,
"Ada, there is something you need to do below."
Ah Da immediately said after hearing this
"Master, please give your orders."
"I am going to replace the tables and chairs at home. I have drawn the drawings of the tables and chairs. After dinner, I will ask Wan'er to give them to you. How much money do you need to get them from the accounting office?"
"Yes, sir"
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After explaining the matter, Qin Ming took Wan'er to the study.
Wan'er remained silent along the way.
Wan'er was somewhat surprised by the various performances of the young master today.
She felt that the young master had become a different person since he recovered from his illness.
But she likes this kind of young man even more.
The young master is more attractive than before.
Since my wife passed away two years ago.
The young master has become a bit taciturn, and rarely speaks when seeing the servants in the house.
Although the young master occasionally looks at the sky in a daze recently, he is much better than before.
The young master now does things much more resolutely than before!
Especially when I just heard the young master say that his family would rather lose some money than try to see if they could harvest two crops a year.
Wan'er's eyes were full of little stars, and she felt that the young master was so great.
Seeing the changes in the young master, Wan'er secretly made up her mind to take good care of the young master.
The young master is a person who does big things, so he cannot be distracted by small things.
After entering the study, Wan'er said softly:
"Master, you have arranged things for Lao Huang and the others. What about your servant? Is there anything you need to do? I also want to help the house."
When Qin Ming heard this, he pinched Wan'er's little face and said:
"There is something very important here that Wan'er needs to do. This is related to my young master's lifelong happiness."
When Wan'er heard this, she was stunned for a moment. Then she thought of the scene when she was hugged and kissed by the young master just by the river, and her pretty face suddenly turned red.
She lowered her head, kept rubbing the corners of her clothes with her little hands, and said shyly:
"Young Master, Wan'er, Wan'er, of course I am willing to help you, but you are still observing the period of filial piety. After the New Year, Wan'er will depend on you in everything."
When Qin Ming heard this answer and looked at the little girl's squirming expression, he knew that her words had been misunderstood.
But looking at the shy look on the little girl's face, I couldn't help feeling that people in this era are really precocious.
Qin Ming is not a beast. Even if he has needs in that regard, he would not bully a half-year-old child.
But obviously Qin Ming didn't realize that he was only a fifteen-year-old boy now.
"Wan'er, what are you thinking, little girl? What do you know at such a young age?"
"Wan'er is not young anymore, and most of the girls like me in our village are already married.
Moreover, Grandma Wang at home has told me about those things. The slaves are the young master's personal maids, and those slaves know everything. "
After hearing this, Qin Ming finally understood. No wonder people in the past were precocious. It turned out that enlightenment education was so early.
But he didn't want to think too much about it for the time being. According to his plan, there are still many things to do next.
So he quickly stopped the topic that was gradually going off the rails.
"Okay Wan'er, the young master knows your loyalty, but what the young master wants you to do next is another important thing."
"Young master, just give me your orders. I just promise to finish it!"
"What do you think of the beggar's chicken we had for lunch? Is it delicious? I also found some other eating methods from ancient books. Do you want to learn them?"
Wan'er's eyes lit up when she heard something delicious, and she immediately transformed into a snack foodie.
"Really? There are other delicious things. Wan'er wants to learn. After learning well, she will make delicious food for the young master every day."
"Yes, it's true. By the way, take these drawings first and send them to Ada later."
As he spoke, he picked up the drawings of tables and chairs that had been drawn on the table and handed them to Wan'er.
Wan'er took the drawing and looked at it, and couldn't help being surprised.
"Sir, did you draw these drawings yourself? They look so delicate. What kind of pens were used to draw these? Are the lines so thin?"
Qin Ming picked up a charcoal pen made two days ago and said:
"This is a charcoal pen invented by a certain person. You can write faster and better with this pen.
Okay, you sit down first, and I will tell you about other ways to eat. If you have time these days, just do your own research in the kitchen. If you are short of ingredients, let Ada buy them. "
Next, Qin Ming explained to Wan'er in detail how to make lard and some basic processes for cooking, as well as the required ingredients. The little girl went to the kitchen to study the rest.
Seeing Wan'er running to the kitchen excitedly, Qin Ming was full of expectations for his future life.
In this way, more than half a month passed quickly. Following Lao Huang's arrangements, the village became busy, and tenant farmers could be seen everywhere in the fields.
Qin Ming has not been idle these days, because he knows that winter in this era does not have air conditioning and heating like in later generations.
If you don't pay attention to keeping warm and catch a cold or a fever, you may die. Isn't that how the predecessor died? This is no joke.
Of course, apart from colds and fevers, what Qin Ming was most afraid of was the plague. After all, this was the Tang Dynasty and there were no vaccinations. If one accidentally contracted the disease, he would have to leave it to fate.
Qin Ming racked his brains and finally thought of a way to prevent one of the diseases. So these days, he took people to visit several nearby villages, and finally found a cow with cowpox in Hongluandu, Lantian County.
Qin Ming spent a lot of money to buy the cow back on the spot without saying anything.
After that, Qin Ming vaccinated about ten people in the house with cowpox. Of course, all this was done in private, and Qin Ming did not explain much to them.
Four or five days passed like this, after repeatedly confirming that the servants who had been vaccinated with cowpox were fine.
Qin Mingcai vaccinated himself and Wan'er with cowpox.
Except for some red blisters on Wan'er's hands and face, everyone else was successfully vaccinated against smallpox.
During this period, Wan'er was afraid that she had smallpox, so she cried indiscriminately, and almost died from crying. Qin Ming comforted her for a while, and stayed with her to sleep for two nights. It was not until the chickenpox fell that Wan'er's face regained its color. smiled.
Of course, during the process, Wan'er was really moved by Qin Ming's persistence.
But I wonder if Wan'er knew that the reason why she got chickenpox was because Qin Ming deliberately pricked her with a fine needle dipped in cowpox, would she still be so grateful to Qin Ming.
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