Chapter 117 Commencement
Early morning.
The light of dawn has not yet risen from the horizon.
The civilians in Hanzhong County have already got up from their beds, picked up farm tools in twos and threes, and started farming for a day.
"Erwazi, what are you doing with this 'Quyuanli'?"
"It's Uncle Tiezi! Didn't I just want to take advantage of the good weather today to borrow the farm cattle from the village chief and open up a few more acres of barren land to grow vegetables!"
"Open the field! It's good to open the field! Open a few more acres of new fields to grow vegetables, and you can sell them for a lot of money in the future."
"Hehe~~ I think so too, now this plow is much easier to use than before, not only easy to handle, but also can be pulled by only one cow, Shengping Jun is really a great official with great skills. !"
"Tch! What a big deal, I don't see any difference between him and those corrupt officials and landlords. The imperial court only collects 30% of the tax, and now the entire Hanzhong field is his, and he has to pay half of the grain. This is not the same as before. Isn't it the same?"
A young man following 'Uncle Tie Zi' heard what 'Er Wazi' said, and immediately curled his lips in disdain.
"Hey~~ You can't say that, little wooden baby. When we paid taxes to those landlords, we had to collect at least 60%, sometimes even 70%. Now Mr. Shengping helps us save the land from those landlords. Snatch it back from the hands of corrupt officials and nobles, and only pay 50% of the tax in the future, this is already my great kindness to us."
"Snatch it back, it was originally our field, besides, I haven't seen that Mr. Shengping return the field to us now! If he is really a kind person, he should return our field to us. .”
"You baby, why can't I talk to you?"
'Uncle Tie Zi' was also upset by the 'Little Wooden Baby'. If Mo Jun were here at this moment, he might have discovered that this 'Uncle Tie Zi' who spoke was the old farmer he met on the edge of the field back then.
The old farmer is older than the few people present, so he can see some things more clearly, although he also hopes that Mr. Shengping can return the farmland to them.
But he was even more aware that they alone could not guard his farmland.
Because if they could hold on, they wouldn’t have been taken away by “forced buying and selling”.
It's a pity that even if he said this truth, others would not believe it. Most of the men in the fields have this kind of virtue, and they are very stubborn.
as expected.
Without waiting for 'Uncle Tiezi' to say anything else, 'Xiaomuwa' poked his neck again and said: "There's nothing that makes sense, this thing is that Mr. Shengping did it unethically, what does Erwazi think?" ?”
"ah?"
Seeing the topic suddenly shifted to himself, Erwazi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head naively and said: "I don't know, but I heard from the old man who distributed the grain seeds that this time we are all planting Shengping The 'new grain' that you have improved can double the output when it is harvested in the future."
"If this is the case, even if we hand in half, the rest will be equal to our previous harvest!"
After listening to the 'little wooden baby', he was immediately happy, and laughed: "Er Wazi, no wonder people say you are so stupid! You can believe what those corrupt officials say. I haven't seen any 'grain' in my life." Planting 'can double the harvest!"
"I put my words here today. When the grain matures later, I don't need to double it. As long as the output of these 'new grains' can increase by 50%, I took off my clothes on the spot and ran around the village. Then build a living shrine for that Lord Shengping and keep it at home."
The words 'Little Wooden Baby' speak loudly and powerfully.
And this time, even the old farmer rarely refuted him. After all, whether it is [Quyuanli] or [Water Wheel], although they are very effective, they are not magical in the final analysis.
But this kind of 'improved rice seed' technology is obviously not accessible to ordinary people at present.
Lived for so many years.
Don’t say I’ve met the old farmer, I’ve never even heard of such a thing.
Hearing the words of 'Xiaomuwa', Erwazi scratched his hair, and couldn't help but wondered: "But... Xiaomuwa, the seedlings in your farmland are obviously growing much better than last year!"
As he spoke, Erwazi stretched out his hand and pointed in front of them. Everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look. The next moment, they saw a farmland full of vitality, slowly coming into their eyes.
In an instant.
The eyes of several people were all frozen.
"This... how is this possible?"
"How can it grow so fast?"
Several people looked at each other, and they all saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Last night, a spring rain washed away the dust and haze in the air, and at the same time, it also made the seedlings in the farmland completely rejuvenated.
Until then.
All the people suddenly discovered that the growth of these seedlings this year was completely incomparable with last year.
"Gulu~~"
Looking at the pleasingly growing seedlings in the field, someone couldn't help swallowing, and murmured, "What the officers and soldiers said before is not true, is it?"
Just when several people were shocked, a group of people carrying packages suddenly ran past them in the distance.
Several people were taken aback immediately.
Before they could react, another group of people came running from behind, and this time, several people who came running were villagers from the same village that the old farmer and others knew.
The big stone was taken aback by someone suddenly, but when he saw the people in front of him, he subconsciously said, "Why are you still here? There are people in the next village recruiting workers, and they pay six dollars a day!"
"Six big money a day!"
Suddenly hearing this sentence from the other party, even the old farmer's voice raised a lot.
What is the concept of six big money?
Don't look at the time when Mo Jun was a corvee, he was paid six dollars a day.
But that was on the battlefield, even if the logistics were safe, there was a possibility of death.
In normal times, it is estimated that only a metropolis like Xianyang has workers who can get a wage of six dollars a day. In a small and remote place like Hanzhong, it is extremely rare to see a small worker who earns a lot of money a day, let alone six dollars.
1 gold coin = 360 big coins.
1 stone grain = 35~40 big money.
Converted down.
If calculated on the basis of six big renminbi a day, it only takes seven days at most to earn back a whole stone of grain.
Such a good job, even Lao Nong, the oldest person present, had only heard about it from some businessmen from other places before. As for reality, even after living for forty or fifty years, this is still the first time I've seen it.
"Since when did we have such a big job here?" Shocked in his heart, the old farmer subconsciously doubted.
"I heard that the house was built for Mr. Shengping... Okay, I won't tell you, people from several nearby villages are rushing to Kunshan County. If you don't hurry up, the people there will It's full."
Big Stone casually explained something to a few people, then quickly broke free from Xiao Muwa's hand, and hurriedly ran away into the distance without a trace.
"This...Uncle Tiezi, what should we do?"
After listening to Dashitou's words, Xiao Muwa and the others were stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked at the old farmer.
The old farmer was silent for only a few seconds.
Then he said decisively: "We will go too. Anyway, the old man, I believe that Mr. Shengping is different from those corrupt officials and landlords who have no conscience. Besides, the crops in the farmland are growing so well now, it will be fine if you leave it for a day or two."
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the other side.
The construction of [Xinmo House] is also in full swing.
The [Xinmo Mansion] built by Mr. Mo in Hanzhong is very large, because he intends to directly include the entire 'Huaihui Mountain' into the area of [Xin Mo Mansion].
Not only that.
Jun Mo started construction this time, and specially invited many people from the Gongshu family to design his manor, and arrange billions of organs along the way.
Because of this, Mo Jun needs a huge number of manpower to start the construction this time.
Otherwise, the recruitment news would not have spread all the way from Kunshan County to Heishi County next door.
A salary of six big money.
Enough for a large number of farmers to leave their homes and go out to work.
"呀~"
Accompanied by a sharp and domineering cry, I saw a bird with a wingspan of more than ten meters and its feathers were cast like gold. It shone brightly under the sun and landed on the top of the 'Huihui Mountain'. Then hide in the miasma dense fog.
Hundreds of workers who were building [Xinmo Mansion] heard the movement, just looked up, and then continued to be busy with the work at hand.
They have been working here for seven or eight days.
When they first saw such a huge Jinpeng, they were naturally shocked.
But later I heard that this Jinpeng was the owner of this place, a pet raised by Lord Shengping of Qin State, after a long time, it gradually became normal.
After Jinpeng learned to fly a few years ago, he has rarely stayed in the Sheriff's Mansion in South County. He only returns two or three times a month, and the rest of the time he basically soars above the Nine Heavens.
However, during this period of time, Jinpeng has been staying on the 'Huaihui Mountain'.
Firstly, it was because of Mo Jun's compulsory request.
The Qinling Mountains that separated Xianyang from Hanzhong made the transportation between the two places extremely inconvenient, and the 'elixir' and the 'new vegetable seedlings' cultivated by Mo Jun were not convenient to delay for too long on the road.
So during this period of time, Mo Jun has been using Jinpeng as an 'airplane' to carry some small but important items.
Relying on the speed of Jinpeng, the distance between Xianyang and Hanzhong only takes half an hour.
Secondly, it was because of the temptation of those poisonous blood snakes on the 'Huaihui Mountain'.
Maybe it's the gene hidden deep in the blood, which caused Jinpeng to have a special liking for the poisonous spirit and blood snakes on the "Huaihui Mountain". He has already eaten up the "labor fee" paid to this little guy these days More than a dozen poisonous blood snakes.
If Mo Jun hadn’t found a way to cultivate poisonous blood snakes now, the current inventory on the mountain would not be enough for this guy to make...
(end of this chapter)