Chapter 109

Xi'er's family got out of the car, and the middle-aged couple brought their daughter together to salute Xi'er and the others.

"Slave, Zhu Zhouzheng, slave girl, Zhu Qianshi, slave girl Zhu Yuerou, I have met my master"

"get up"

Xi'er looked at Guanshi Liang, "Is this the janitor you bought for me?"

"Yes, a family of three, I have investigated them all, you can use them at ease, this is a contract of prostitution, you take care of it"

Steward Liang handed their deeds of sale to Xi'er, she glanced at the three of them, took them and put them in her arms.

"How much silver, I will give you"

"You have entrusted us with such a large project. This is for you. No money is required."

"Well, the three of you, one tael of silver a month, do it first, keep the gate well, don't let people you don't know come in, even if someone is planning my banner, as long as you don't know them, don't let them in."

"Yes, master"

After the confession, they got into the car again. There was no way, the farm was too big, and walking would be exhausting.

Manager Liang introduced to everyone in the car, "Our entire farm is 360 mu, and the cemetery takes up a fraction of it, including [-] mu of ponds and [-] mu of pastures.

The remaining [-] acres are all orchards, with [-] acres of each kind of fruit planted. There is an apple orchard next to it, a pear orchard next to it, a cherry orchard over there, and an orange orchard on this side of the road.

Here is the peach orchard, there is the apricot orchard, further in is the hawthorn orchard, and there are also ten kinds of vineyards, lychee orchards and osmanthus orchards, all of which can be canned. It was made at Miss Xier's request."

"It's hard work, Manager Liang, I'll treat you to dinner another day"

"Eating is free, and I have work in the future, just think about our dental care."

"no problem"

Ji Kang didn't understand business, and he didn't mix it up. Hearing Manager Liang's introduction, he really thought this farm was good.

Mrs. Luo looked out the window and pointed to the saplings, "When were these planted?"

"July and August"

"Well, it doesn't grow slowly. It's too cold here in winter. Judging by the thickness, it should be able to survive."

"Old madam, I'm not boasting. The Fengshui of your land is really good. It was so thin when it was planted, but now there are children with thick wrists. I'm envious when I look at it. They say that the fruit trees bear fruit for three years. If it's like this The speed, two years is enough.”

Xi'er asked him, "Where are the workers?"

"They are all working in the field. I hired fruit farmers and specially taught them. As agreed at the beginning, there are 30 people in the orchard, five people in the pasture, and ten people in the pond. I have sent people to plant the lotus root. The seedlings of fish and shrimp I also let people put it in, but what do you want to raise in this pasture, "

"Can you get me a dozen cows? I don't want anything else, just cows."

"Yes, we are close to the frontier herdsmen, the cows are fine, about 20 taels per cow"

"Then let's get fifteen, two males, and the rest will be females,"

"Why don't you raise horses?"

"Do not raise,"

"why?"

Xi'er looked at the pasture, "The ones raised by me have feelings, and I can't bear to kill them. Raising cows can be milked to sell milk products, and the cakes pulled by cows can provide fertilizer for the fields. Otherwise, there are so many lands, where can you get fertilizer? go?"

"Miss Xi'er has great love and she doesn't want to kill. I really admire her. Then I will contact you tomorrow to get a cow."

"Well, do you still need to sign the paperwork when the goods are delivered in cash?"

"No, I'm relieved to deal with Miss Xi'er"

A group of people came to the pond, which was already full of water. Steward Liang pointed to the front left.

"Two canals were dug over there, one is a diversion canal and the other is a drainage canal, so that the water in the pond becomes running water
"Why didn't the lotus root grow lotus leaves?" Mrs. Luo asked.

"Old lady, when the pit was dug, it was almost October, so the lotus root was planted late. If you want to see the lotus leaves, you have to wait until next year."

Xi'er pursed her lips and looked at the ten people by the pond, "You can find workers for me now, but I can't do any work. Am I going to pay them three or four months' wages for nothing?"

"Hey, when winter comes, their families will have a hard time, so you can find some other jobs for them first, and pity them."

"That's ridiculous. There are people in my workshop and people in the vegetable garden. What do you want them to do?"

"Is it okay to sell vegetables?"

"It's too troublesome. They are all honest men. They are not good at doing business. Forget it. Now that you have found them, I will think about it later and arrange for them to do something else."

"Thank you Miss Xier"

Xi'er glared at him, "It never occurred to me that you, a trader, would show kindness to help these poor people."

Manager Liang immediately argued: "I buy and sell people through legitimate channels, and I have never harmed anyone. Let me put it this way, I, Liang, seem to be a big villain. I suddenly realized my conscience and did something good."

"Haha" everyone laughed.

The carriage made a big circle around the farm, because they were all small trees that hadn't grown up yet, and they didn't have much to see, so they planned to leave.

Xi'er stopped by to see the couple who were guarding the tomb, and saw that they were well fed, well dressed, and the house was warm, so she felt relieved.

When he arrived at the gate, he left nine taels of silver for the middle-aged couple, opened the monthly payment for three months at once, and then ordered to double it before leaving the farm.

At this point, the Luo Family Farm has officially been handed over.

Back home, Xi'er didn't do anything, lying on the kang table in her own room, racking her brains to think about how to find some work for them in the winter.

This manager Liang can really find work for himself.

Ji Kang brought over a pot of hot tea, poured her a cup, and then sat quietly with a book and read it.

He couldn't help, but he couldn't mess with her either.

Not knowing what Xi'er was thinking of, she climbed to the side of the kang cabinet, "turned over" five books from inside, put them in front of Ji Kang, and took out three ingots of ten taels of silver.

"Brother, you bring these five books to the school, and find poor students to copy the books, one or two books, and six copies at the same time."

"This is?"

"Planting and pruning fruit trees, how to raise cattle, and how to raise fish, shrimp and mussels in ponds, how to reduce pests and diseases, and how to treat livestock diseases"

"Are you going to let the dozens of people on the farm learn this?"

"Well, these guys don't have much to do anyway, so it's better to learn something well."

"Heh, your boss is really kind, you let them learn with wages"

"Just train yourself as a good fruit farmer, fish farmer, and storage farmer"

"What you cultivated so hard, don't be poached away"

"If you don't own it, you can't keep it, it depends on whether they have a conscience."

Ji Kang took those books and looked at them, then went back to the room and began to copy them.

Xi'er pursed her lips, left the house and drove the carriage to the farm, where she asked to gather all the workers together.

"You go to the surrounding villages to collect wheat orange stalks, one penny per catty, as much as you want. After you buy them, you go to work every day and weave straw curtains here. You watch the weaving. After weaving, the straw curtains cover the bottom of the saplings. Tie them all up, don't let their roots freeze, understand?"

"Understood?"

"Well, during the three months of idleness, each person will be paid one or two wages per month. At that time, someone will come to the farm to pay the wages. If someone's family is in difficulty, they can also go to the Luo's shop in Huaishu Town to ask for an advance payment from the accountant."

Afterwards, Xi'er left ten taels of silver to Zhu Zhouzheng, who was guarding the gate, to pay for the purchase of wheat orange stalks. Before leaving, she was worried, and showed them how to put winter clothes on the saplings on the spot, and then drove the carriage away .

As soon as November enters, the weather changes every day. A wind or a night of rain can make the temperature drop suddenly.

(End of this chapter)

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