northernbook Chapter 179 What good stuff is this?
Chapter 179 What good stuff is this?
Upon receiving the imperial decree, Wei Shaoyuan dared not delay for a moment and immediately packed his bags and set off.
As for the chaos in the capital... he didn't think he had any problem with it.
He had no interest in those noble ladies; they had misunderstood.
With this in mind, Wei Shaoyuan took out the imperial edict and the secret letter that Ling Jun had given him, feeling at ease.
"A yield of 1,200 jin of rice per mu?"
"Potatoes...yield 3,800 jin per mu..."
"Sweet potatoes...yield 7,300 jin per mu..."
"How could that be?!" Wei Shaoyuan put the letter away. "Your Highness must have been deceived."
"Let me expose these people!!"
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Tian Tian hired people to harvest corn, and soon after she posted the notice, a large group of people arrived.
Everyone knows that Miss Tian Er pays high wages for hiring people; one day's work is equivalent to three to five days' work elsewhere.
Moreover, the corn that the second daughter is going to harvest... as everyone knows, is located outside Qianjiazhuangzi, in a place that is seven or eight hundred acres in size, enough for them to work on for a while.
With this wage, they can have a good holiday.
There are many ways to eat corn. It can be roasted like sweet potatoes, used in various desserts, dishes, and soups. It can also be made into starch and noodles like potatoes and sweet potatoes, and can be ground into cornmeal.
Tian Tian hopes the corn can be harvested as soon as possible, and she also wants to turn this land into a greenhouse.
In winter, the weather is cold and vegetables can be stored for a long time. She can sell fresh vegetables to various parts of Daqi through merchants.
"Everyone, please go register with Uncle Zhang."
Zhang Fusheng called everyone over and began registering names.
"Please don't push." He was in the crowd, registering each person and giving them a tag.
This is a check-in sign made by Tian Tian. The sign has her own markings, so no one else can forge it.
Every day when he goes to work, Zhang Fusheng will mark a mark on his time card.
The accounts are settled every ten days, and the attendance card is changed once.
"Don't push, everyone can write it down." Zhang Fusheng was jostled by the crowd, his pen wobbling precariously...
The people who received their "check-in" badges left happily.
Others continued to crowd in.
"Everyone, take this check-in card and come to me outside Qianjiazhuangzi first thing tomorrow morning to check in."
"After you finish your work for the day, come here to clock out."
"At noon, the second young lady will provide a meal."
Everyone shouted in the direction where Tian Tian was standing, "Thank you, Second Miss..."
But his body still kept squeezing towards Zhang Fusheng as always.
Zhang Fusheng's lips curled into a smile...
He understands everyone's feelings too well.
As long as you work for Miss Tian, you'll definitely earn a lot of money.
Take him for example. He and his wife followed Miss Tian Er, and their combined wages amounted to two hundred coins a day.
After planting a season's worth of rice, they kept 400 jin and sold the rest to Tian Er's daughter, earning 25 liang in profit.
Including wages... in just over eight months of this year, he already had seventy-four taels of silver.
That much silver... it would take him at least ten years to earn that much by driving an oxcart!
And this doesn't even include the second season's rice...
If you add the second season's rice...then the annual income would be one hundred taels!
This was something he never dared to even dream of before...
"Don't push, everyone, take your time, there will be room for everyone." Zhang Fusheng patiently reassured everyone while taking notes.
"Baishui Village...Lu Family".
"Willow Village...You Family".
"Qingliu Village...Feng Family..."
Zhang Fusheng hesitated, glancing towards the outside of the crowd...
Tian Tian happened to be looking in this direction.
"Oh dear, brother, you'd better write this down quickly." The person from the Feng family in Qingliu Village... was Liu Xianglan.
At this moment... she had a large headscarf wrapped around her head, in order to cover her appearance.
She was afraid that Tian Tian would find out...
"Hurry up and write it down," Liu Xianglan urged anxiously when she saw that Zhang Fusheng hadn't written it down yet. "There are still many people behind us."
Zhang Fusheng glanced back and saw that there were indeed many people impatiently pushing forward.
He didn't want to cause trouble under these circumstances, so he wrote down the name of the Feng family in Qingliu Village and gave Liu Xianglan a check-in card.
As soon as Liu Xianglan received the sign, she pulled her headscarf over her face and hid behind the crowd before leaving.
She carried the check-in card in her arms the whole way, feeling incredibly excited.
Every single thing Lu Tao's family did in the county town was reported back to the village.
Although everyone was stubborn and didn't say anything.
But... Liu Xianglan could tell that everyone actually regretted it.
Especially those families who testified for the Tian family back then...
At the time, they testified for the Tian family because Tian Bonian was a scholar who had passed the imperial examination and was also the village head.
Now...
Tian Bonian was stripped of his honors and removed from his position as village chief.
Everyone was filled with regret.
But everyone was too embarrassed to approach Lu Tao's family...
It was a coincidence that Liu Xianglan met Tian Tian's hired worker today.
She came to the county today to sell eggs.
Seeing a lot of people rushing in one direction, I thought there was some exciting thing to see.
When they arrived at the place, they found out that it was Tian Er Guniang, also known as Tian Tian, who was hiring workers.
She had already heard that Tian Tian paid high wages, and when she heard the people around her waiting to register say that the wages for picking corn this time were 100 coins a day, she became even more tempted.
That's why... they took the risk and registered.
Unexpectedly, she actually succeeded.
"Xianglan, what treasure are you carrying in your arms?" Zhao Jinhua, who was chatting with her at the entrance of Qingliu Village, called out to her.
Liu Xianglan clutched her chest, "No, it's nothing..."
"Look at you like this..." Zhao Jinhua didn't believe it. She raised her eyebrows and came to Liu Xianglan's side, bumping her with her elbow.
"It doesn't seem like nothing's wrong..."
"What good stuff is this?"
"We're all from the same village, there's no need to keep this a secret, is there?"
Liu Xianglan gave a perfunctory smile, avoided Zhao Jinhua, and continued walking home. "I sold a basket of eggs today and bought two rice cakes for my husband, in case they get cold..."
"hehe..."
Zhao Jinhua didn't believe it, but she didn't ask any further questions. She simply followed Liu Xianglan shortly after she left.
Liu Xianglan went inside and deliberately closed the door.
"It's still dark, why are you closing the door?" Old Mrs. Feng said impatiently.
Liu Xianglan, clutching her chest, came to her and said, "Mother, this is great news."
Grandma Feng looked up calmly, "What good news is it?"
The best thing right now is to send fish to the county school every ten days or so, so I can exchange them for some money.
other...
There wasn't a single good thing.
She glanced at the window behind the house. The Tian family used to never deliver fish, but for some reason, they insisted on doing so this year.
As a result, after the fish was delivered today, they started making a fuss and only stopped now.
This family is so annoying!!
"Mom, look!" Liu Xianglan took out the card that Zhang Fusheng had given her from her bosom.