The Path of the Peasant Girl

Chapter 103 Chapter 102
Although merchants come in faster, the money they sell is actually much faster than farming, but if their family wants to follow the route of scholars, they cannot work as merchants for a long time.

So now Aunt Rong Rong is doing business. If their family opens a shop in the future, the name written on the shop must be Aunt Rong or Lu Sheng.

Merchants in ancient times were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, at least in the Great Wei Dynasty that Zuo Shi traveled through, they were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, and they would not be able to make a living as a merchant. If a person takes the imperial examination, there is no hope of entering the court and becoming an official.

Of course, there are policies above and countermeasures below.People who are officials will also capitalize their own property and engage in some commercial activities, but this commercial affairs will not be named in their own name, but they will be hung on the servants of their own family.

The slaves are all lowly, and they are not eligible to take the imperial examination, and they are not even counted as good citizens, so it is very safe to report their names and make money for new students, because these people's bodies are held in the master's house, so Don't be afraid of these, like servants running away with money.

In fact, if there is no one who takes the imperial examination in the family, it is nothing to become a merchant.

Although the Great Wei Dynasty had strict requirements in this regard, it was not absolutely unaccommodating. For example, Huang Sheng's status was relatively high. For example, merchants who made major contributions could also receive the emperor's grace and become officials in the court. , and even His Majesty the Emperor would make his family members eligible to take the imperial examination.

But this kind of thing is far away from Zuo's family. Their unique skills are not eligible for this kind of special care, so they can't be injured by four elements, and they can only put this name on Lu Sheng and the others.

As long as this kind of thing has a justifiable reputation, the people will not sue the officials and will not prosecute, and as long as they don't go too far, businessmen like Zuo Shi and the others are not taboo.

So Zuo Shi thinks that they should buy more drips, find more outlets, use their financial management methods, and earn more money, otherwise, life will be very difficult.

Land reclamation was going smoothly. After picking up Aunt Rong every day, Lu Sheng spent the rest of his time on reclamation by the river. However, he was very efficient and took two hours a day before resting.

He also has to take care of the pad printing of the land reclamation workers next to him, so Lu Sheng is very busy during this time.

This day Zuo Shi and Lu went to the town angry.I bought some ingredients and came back to prepare extra meals for the workers.

I was going to buy some pork belly to make braised pork, some tofu, some pork bones, some fish, some cabbage, some green vegetables, and when I got home, I picked some tomatoes from the ground.

These tomatoes were not available in the Wei Dynasty. Zuo Shi exchanged some tomatoes from the system and planted them in his yard nearby. Now he has picked them and they are just edible.

When they got back, Wen's and Aunt Rong had already prepared the food, and Zuo Shi was in charge after returning, and the few of them prepared the food together.

Then two or three tables were set up in the yard, and the meals were placed for the workers to eat.

Zhao Li's food tastes good and has been unanimously praised by everyone, especially tomatoes, which are sour and sweet, Zuo wrote several kinds, stir-fried green peppers, mixed with sugar, tomato scrambled eggs and soup...

After everyone ate, they began to open up wasteland happily again.

Because the soil on the side of the river is relatively hard, but it is relatively flat, and there are not many trees growing on it, so the speed of land reclamation can be regarded as fast.

More than half a month later, the land of the Zuo family was cleared up by the land reclamation workers, and Zuo Shi began to vomit fat as the housewife Lu Sheng.

There are chickens, pigs, and mules in the house, and their excrement is also in the latrine, plus the mud and plant ash from the river they collected.

Although the more than ten acres cannot be completely fertilized, several acres of fertile land have been cultivated one after another.

Looking at Zuo's posture of vomiting fat, Tian was amazed: "You really used all the things that can be used. Where is the land going if it is not fat?"

In fact, the types of fertilizers in ancient times were very single. In normal times, we used only some feces and plant ash, and most of the fertilizers used by rural people were not very fertile. Think about how much nutrition can be contained in feces when everyone can’t eat enough?
There are also a few families who can grow deep in the house, so most of the apprentices sprinkle plant ash, and the effect of plant ash is limited.

Zuo Shi also asked Lu Sheng to use the method of making a biogas digester to get some fertilizer, so the manure in their house was rich and nutritious.

Tian's has already discussed with Wen's, and they will start renting and planting their family's land from next year.

After all, the conditions offered by the Wen family are very favorable, as long as half of the rent is handed over, like the rent in the village, it is basically [-] or [-] cents, most of them are [-] to [-] cents, and only a few are [-] to [-] cents.

It is the income from Tian Zhong. In addition to the taxes paid to the court, the remaining [-]% is given to the master's family, and [-]% can be left in his own family.

If it is now, I will definitely think that the conditions are harsh. I have worked so hard for a year and only get [-]% of it, and others don't have to do anything, just take the big head.

But in ancient times, this was a very favorable condition. People couldn't afford the land, and it would be great if they could get a little harvest all year round, as long as they put in a little effort.That's all, just do it by the way, it's a little bit harder, and you can get hundreds of catties or thousands of catties of grain. This is the livelihood of the family. Poor farmers want to rent a few acres of land even if they blow their heads.

The conditions offered by the greenhouse are actually very generous. In the first three years of land reclamation, only [-]% of the grain is required, and after three years, it is [-]% to [-]%. It can be regarded as a very rare favorable condition.

When Tian went back and told Zhou Dazhuang, Zhou Dazhuang agreed.

His family has three sons and one daughter, with little land and a lot of people, half of them eat their father to death, and there is not enough food all year round. Now someone is willing to rent land for them, which is still ten mu of land.As long as they work hard and make the Zhangjia Temple better, they can still solve the food for the year, which can be regarded as a very good income for their family.

"What do you plan to plant next year?" Wen asked.

Mrs. Tian thought for a while: "Let's rent half of your land to grow wheat and half to grow corn. I will grow some rice on my own land. I don't know what the weather will be like next year. I will plant everything so that I can be safer by then. , there is a way out."

Wen nodded: "Okay, as long as you have something to do. This autumn has passed, and after the Chinese New Year, spring will start soon. Get busy then, and next year will definitely be a good harvest."

Tian nodded with a smile: "I hope that thanks to you, I can have enough food next year."

(End of this chapter)