It seems that the actions of the Minister of War were ordered by the emperor himself, but the dignitaries in Kyoto couldn't understand why the stone that no one wanted in Jinjia Village had now become a hot commodity and attracted the emperor's attention. . No matter how much they thought about it, they would never think about weapons, and they also wondered why this matter was handed over to the Minister of War. Shouldn't this matter be under the control of the Ministry of Industry?
There are more than 1,000 acres of fields in Sujia Village. There are not many stones in the fields, only the top two meters. If you dig further down, there will be soil. However, the Minister of the Ministry of War did not give up at all, and asked people to dig down two more meters. I really didn’t give up until I saw a single stone. But there were a lot of rocks in the mountains behind Jinjia Village, almost the whole mountain. This made the Minister of War extremely happy, and he sent two more battalions of troops. The men of the four battalions took turns digging, and it only took After five days, the mountain behind Jinjia Village was dug out. Only when no more stones could be found, the guarding officers and soldiers withdrew.
After all the officers and soldiers had withdrawn, the villagers in the village dared to go out of their homes. Seeing that their fields were dug into big holes, they all wanted to cry without tears. The man who sold all the land to Su Yu was immediately overjoyed. His things at home had been packed up in the past few days. As soon as the officers and soldiers withdrew, they quickly moved their family to another place, fearing that the officers and soldiers would come to them again. Can't leave.
When Su Yu heard that the officers and soldiers had left, he took Bai Mo and Er Hu to Jinjia Village. When they arrived at the village, Er Hu ran directly into the woods and disappeared. This guy was really depressed after holding it in for several days in the city.
As for his eldest brother, he went to the Imperial College to study yesterday, but because the bookboy he bought for him was still in Jinjia Village and could not get out, Su Sheng went to the Imperial College alone these two days.
Su Yu looked at his eldest brother's face when he came back and felt relieved that nothing was wrong.
In the small courtyard, the four newly purchased servants stood uneasily when they saw Su Yu finally arrived. These people all came from the Vice Minister's Mansion, so they were naturally discerning. The three masters and servants Su Yu were dressed as if they were from other places. They might have some money, but definitely not too much. When they came to Sujia Village and inquired about it, they found out that the Su family brothers and sisters had bought hundreds of acres of land here. They were happy at that time, and it would be good to be stewards in the future. But before they could be happy for a day, the government officials Came to the door.
Looking at the messy fields that were dug up, and the land that was completely dug up, everyone felt very uneasy.
"girl."
Su Yu raised his hand to stop the middle-aged man who wanted to speak.
"May I have your name?"
Wang Kuan immediately knelt down.
"Please also ask the girl to give me a name."
"I'm not going to do that. Whatever your names were before, you should call them whatever you are now."
How could a few people be unhappy if they could be called by their previous names?
"Girl, the younger one's name is Wang Kuan."
"Take twenty taels of silver, go and find some strong laborers in the city. The more the better, the better. When the people come, you can directly lead them to work and fill in the fields I bought."
"Don't worry, girl, I'll go right away."
Su Yu was quite satisfied with Wang Kuan and did not ask her where the farmland was or how many acres it had in total. Apparently she had already inquired about it in the past few days and she was a practical person.
After Wang Kuan took the money and left, Su Yu looked at the three people standing in the yard.
"Tell me your own name."
"Yes, girl, my servant's name is Cao Zhi, and this is my wife, Mrs. Wu."
The couple quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Su Yu.
The two of them looked like honest people, and Su Yu didn't make things difficult for them.
"Cao Zhi, you will be responsible for driving the carriage from now on. I remember you said that you used to be the driver of the carriage."
"Yes, I used to be in charge of the carriage in the palace of the Vice Minister."
"Well, Wu will be responsible for three meals a day at home from now on."
"Yes, girl."
Su Yu looked at Li Mu.
"Tell me girl, the younger one's name is Li Mu."
"You will go back with us later, and tomorrow you will follow my elder brother to serve in the Imperial College."
"Yes, girl."
After giving the instructions, Su Yu looked around at the small courtyard in front of him.
"Girl, the servants in the courtyard have been cleaned up in the past few days. The Jin family left this morning, and the servants in the two rooms in the main house have also been cleaned up."
Su Yu thought to himself, slaves who have worked in wealthy families are different. You think of them without giving orders.
"You did a good job. I bought some rice, flour, grain and oil on the carriage. You can move it to the kitchen."
After hearing this, several people hurriedly moved things to the kitchen. Seeing that it was already noon, Mrs. Wu hurriedly cooked. She didn't know the girl's preferences, so she could only choose the best ones from the existing dishes, trying to leave some food for the girl. Next good impression.
After giving orders to a few servants, Su Yu ignored it and took Bai Mo to the back mountain.
The back mountain can no longer be called a mountain, the entire mountain is gone. Su Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't expect that the government's work efficiency was so high. It took only five days to level a mountain. Now it can also be used as a field here, but how to allocate it is a bit difficult. Su Yu After thinking about it, I went directly to the village chief’s house.
Village Chief Jin has been so worried these days that half of his hair has turned gray, but there is nothing he can do about it anymore. Now it is better. More than 20 families have been moved out of the village at once, and there are not even 20 families left. Jin Can a village be called a village in the future?
At this moment, Village Chief Jin's grandson saw Su Yu.
"Grandpa, Miss Su is here."
When Village Chief Jin saw Su Yu's evasive eyes, he felt a little sorry for this girl. It had only been two days since he bought the land in their village, and now this happened again.
"Village Chief, I have something to discuss with you."
"Miss Su, please tell me, as long as I can do it, I will definitely do it."
"Actually, it's not a big deal. The piece of land in the back hill I bought has been dug up by the government. In the future, that piece of land will naturally be converted into fields. How do I calculate my more than 700 acres of land? I have to ask the village to do this. Please help me."
Village Chief Jin didn't know what Su Yu was thinking. Is this the time to care about the ground?
"Girl, now Tian has become like this, are you not worried at all?"
Su Yu looked at Village Chief Jin.
"It's not a good thing that the government helped us clean up all the stones. Now all that's left is backfilling. What's so difficult about it? I just asked my servants to go to Kyoto to recruit people, and it took two days to fill it all up. "
When the village chief heard this, he realized that it was exactly what Su Yu said. The government had helped clean up all those annoying stones, and all that was left was to fill the fields and level them for use. How could he be so stupid? The little girl in front of me is smart.
"Village chief, what are you going to do with the mountain behind?"
Speaking of which, the village chief has another headache. What can he do?
"How about this? I'll ask someone to fill in the back hill, and then measure how many acres of land there are in total. You can count how many acres of land each family has. Then, according to the number of acres of land, Let’s allocate it. If it’s not enough, let’s talk about it later. Do you think this is okay?”
(End of chapter)
