Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 200 Farming
Qin's "white strip corvee" began.

The first batch of experimental subjects were the migrant workers of the last phase of the Zhengguoqu project.

There are three types of corvettes: two-year white strips can be exchanged for [-] yuan coins; three-year periods can be exchanged for one hundred catties of sweet potatoes or corn; five-year periods can be exchanged for two hundred catties of sweet potatoes or corn, and two feet of cloth.

Why biennial grants?Because the King of Qin can mint coins, winning coins is the easiest way to cash them out.

Because it was the first time that "white strip corvee" was applied, Lin Xiaoxiao was very concerned about this matter.Yingzheng sent Hu Zigui to personally supervise the execution of the "white strip corvee".

For hundreds of years, migrant workers in this era have been unpaid corvee workers.For the first time, a king was willing to compensate them.

Migrant workers are happy.Everyone ran to tell each other.

As everyone expected, the most migrant workers choose two-year IOUs.One is that people can’t pay back the sweet potatoes and corn, what’s the use, and the other is that the money that can be obtained in the short term always makes people feel more secure and real.

A significant portion of the remaining opted for a five-year period.The main reason for the past five years is that I have taken a fancy to those two pieces of cloth.Very few chose the three-year term.

Lin Xiaoxiao was supposed to take out some sweet potatoes and corn for everyone to taste, but right now she doesn't have enough.Rather than let a small number of people eat a bite or two, it is better not to do it.If the output can increase significantly next year, she will consider giving some of it to the migrant workers.

It can't be helped, it's not that Lin Xiaoxiao is stingy.The existing ones should be kept.

Because it is the last stage of the finishing project, about 180 million migrant workers were employed.

About 100 million people have chosen the two-year IOU.If all new coins are used, it means that King Qin will have to mint 3000 million more coins within two years.This is really not a small amount.

About 70 people chose the five-year IOU, and less than 10 chose the three-year one.

Hu Zigui led people to register the migrant workers' choices one by one.Lin Xiaoxiao also gave him a tablet computer and a high-power solar power bank, both of which were exchanged at the system mall.With the tablet, Hu Zigui no longer needs to carry around baskets of bamboo slips.

With the relationship between Lin Xiaoxiao and Hu Zigui, he has seen Lin Xiaoxiao and Cui Panpan using the tablet for a long time, and it is no surprise that he has long been familiar with it.

By the way, recently Lin Xiaoxiao thought about it again, she decided not to save points to exchange for big items, but to exchange for what she needs.For example, this time, in order to do a good job of the "white strip corvee" and the Ministry of Agriculture, Science and Technology, she exchanged several sets of tablet computers and high-power solar power banks in one go.

Of course, the bamboo slips must be recorded, and they must be reported to the court and kept on file.

The Agricultural Science and Technology Province approved by Ying Zheng to Lin Xiaoxiao has a total of more than 5000 mu of cultivated land and several high mountains.

Originally Yingzheng wanted to grant Lin Xiaoxiao [-] hectares, but she refused.Lin Xiaoxiao imagined that the Ministry of Agricultural Science and Technology would be a place to study agricultural technology in the future, instead of becoming the emperor's mansion.

The Huangzhuang system in feudal society is a Pandora's box, which is not a good thing.

After inspecting and measuring the land, Lin Xiaoxiao began to assign tasks to 20 people.

Cui Panpan served as the clerk, responsible for collecting and sorting out all documents, and entering them into the tablet computer.Cui An served as Cui Panpan's deputy.If they are too busy, they can also recruit clerks from the villagers.Anyway, this part of Cui Panpan is called the secretary's office, and the person in charge is Cui Panpan.

Each of the remaining eighteen disciples was assigned a piece of land.These lands are very fertile, but they are both near and far from water sources.Considering the advantages and disadvantages of the geographical location and the number of villagers living on each piece of land, Lin Xiaoxiao used the lottery system to divide the land, trying to be as fair as possible.

In the process of inspecting the land, Lin Xiaoxiao also made statistics on the villagers of the Agricultural Science and Technology Province.

There are a total of less than 500 villagers around here, with a population of about 400 people, of which about 5000 are available laborers.These people planted more than [-] mu of land is enough.

In order to facilitate management, Lin Xiaoxiao moved these hundred households together to form a small village.

The village was actually built in advance.

Before Lin Xiaoxiao went to Laiqi Mountain, she left Kong Ci and A Wu to work in Xianyang.The task she gave them was to hire craftsmen in advance to choose a livable place in the province of Agriculture, Science and Technology to build houses and form a village.

In the past two months, Kong Ci chose a place near water and mountains to build a village. He planned to build 100 houses, and more than [-] houses have been built.Each house consists of yard, kitchen, woodshed, cellar and two rooms.

The expenses for building the village were borne by Lin Xiaoxiao, but every expenditure had to be written down.Keep it for future reference.

After the relocation of the villagers was completed, Lin Xiaoxiao invited the whole village to have dinner together that day, just like in Laiqi Village.

In the evening, a bonfire was lit on the square in the center of the village, and hot pots were set up.The ingredients include meat and vegetables, all fresh.Lin Xiaoxiao took them all directly from the warehouse.

Lin Xiaoxiao exchanged for a megaphone.It is customary to deliver the speech first.

Knowing that the villagers have just moved here, I feel somewhat worried about what the future will look like.

Therefore, Lin Xiaoxiao talked about the development plan of the Agricultural Science and Technology Province for the next five years and the development direction of the Agricultural Science and Technology Village from the very beginning.

When they heard that there were new varieties of sweet potatoes and corn to be planted, the villagers all had never heard of these two things, so they all became sad.

Lin Xiaoxiao also said that the village adopts a work-point system, and villagers accumulate work points through labor, and then can exchange work points for food and money.

Lin Xiaoxiao drew up the detailed rules for obtaining work points and the redemption list in advance, and hung them in the canteen of the village.For villagers to check at any time.For illiterate villagers, she also provided vivid illustrations to explain.

In addition, like Laiqi Village, the canteen in the village is open to villagers for free.This benefit is also to take care of those who lack labor at home.

Lin Xiaoxiao finally added that it was work-related compensation.If the villagers are injured during work, the Ministry of Agriculture, Science and Technology will be responsible for treating the villagers and providing compensation.

When the villagers heard about work-related compensation for the first time, they all felt that it seemed to be pretty good, but they had no personal experience.

After Lin Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she started eating.

It's a great meal, and it doesn't cost a fortune.Don't worry about what will happen tomorrow, let's fill up our stomachs tonight.

The villagers all opened their stomachs and began to eat.In the end, a few of them even had enough to eat and had to be supported when they walked.

Because the villagers just moved here, Lin Xiaoxiao gave everyone three days off.

During these three days, the villagers began to get used to eating in the cafeteria.Almost no one will not come to the cafeteria, after all, the meals here are free.Not free food, but free food.It’s just that no leftovers are allowed, and work points will be deducted for leftovers.

Currently, the cooks and workers in the cafeteria are hired by Kong Ci from Xianyang city.Lin Xiaoxiao paid them a fixed salary.The ingredients are from Lin Xiaoxiao's warehouse.

However, Lin Xiaoxiao calculated and recorded all the expenses of the cafeteria.

After three days off, Lin Xiaoxiao started work.

The first is to build roads, from the village to the fields everywhere.Lin Xiaoxiao has customized a batch of carriages and wooden bicycles, which will be used by disciples and apprentices in the future.These things belong to the Ministry of Agricultural Science and Technology, and the expenses are also recorded.

Before winter, while the weather was still not so cold, Lin Xiaoxiao personally supervised, and the disciples led the villagers to start road construction.

Through the first road construction project, it happened that the villagers actually experienced how the work point system works.

A month later, the road was almost repaired.The weather is also starting to get cold, and the road construction work is over.

The villagers settle work points, some have more, some have few.

On this day, the cafeteria was crowded with people before the hanging boards.Everyone is looking at what their work points can be exchanged for.

More conservative people exchanged all work points for silver.

The more honest people all changed to grain.However, those who exchanged food quickly regretted it, and they forgot that the cafeteria provided three meals for free.But some people feel that they always need to store some food at home, just in case
There are also those who exchange for cloth, and no one cares about the slips.

It's winter and it's snowing.

Lin Xiaoxiao didn't intend to let the villagers do nothing at home.She asked several disciples to teach the villagers literacy in shifts.

At the beginning, the villagers thought it was troublesome and didn't study, so they only sent their children to study.

Lin Xiaoxiao elected a few representatives from the villagers, and after forming the village committee again, she clearly informed the village committee that the provincial capital of agricultural science and technology would often issue notices and village notices, and that if the villagers could not read, they would not be able to read the documents.

Lin Xiaoxiao also said that in the future, the village will recruit some positions that require literacy, and then they will choose the best from the village.

In addition, Lin Xiaoxiao did not distribute charcoal to every household, but ensured the supply of charcoal in the cafeteria and school.In this way, if it is too cold for the villagers to stay at home during the day, they will go to the cafeteria and school to keep warm, and they will follow the lectures subtly.

In this era, there are only about 3000 characters.Generally speaking, if you learn a thousand characters, you will have no problem reading documents.If you can learn all three thousand characters, you can basically write a book.

In the midst of busyness, time flies, and it is the end of winter in the blink of an eye.

The school has taught almost a thousand characters.Save the rest until next winter to continue.

Lin Xiaoxiao gathered eighteen disciples and began to prepare for spring plowing.

Originally, Lin Xiaoxiao planned to plant sweet potatoes and corn on the 5000 mu, but after preparations, she found that the seeds were not enough, so she had to replant more than 1000 mu of millet.However, in this way, the Ministry of Agriculture, Science and Technology does not need to buy millet for the villagers to eat.

When it comes to the autumn harvest, the Ministry of Agriculture, Science and Technology harvests about 400 million catties of sweet potatoes, about 240 million catties of corn, and the rest is millet.

There is a huge gap between this number and the IOUs to be honored.

Lin Xiaoxiao calculated that it would take at least [-] mu of land to meet the demand in two years.

Therefore, Ying Zheng gave Lin Xiaoxiao an imperial edict.With this edict, Lin Xiaoxiao can choose [-] mu of land to grow sweet potatoes and corn.

Lin Xiaoxiao and his disciples selected [-] mu of land around the Ministry of Agriculture, Science and Technology, and greeted the local government and villagers.

Lin Xiaoxiao didn't ask these villagers to farm for nothing, and said that during the harvest season, they would buy sweet potatoes and corn according to the price of millet.

After saving the seeds, there are still a lot of sweet potatoes and corn produced in the first year.In addition to keeping for the Ministry of Agricultural Science and Technology's own use and donating to the imperial court, Lin Xiaoxiao brought the remaining sweet potatoes and corn to Lu Buwei.

"Shannv wants me to sell these sweet potatoes and corn to other countries?" Lu Buwei was holding a roasted sweet potato, and couldn't help being surprised, "This food is delicious, why don't you sell it directly in China? You guys will definitely like it."

Lin Xiaoxiao said: "The yield per mu of sweet potatoes and corn is very high, but because I control the planting area now, the amount is small. In the future, we will definitely promote planting, so it is only at this stage if we want to sell more.

Earning money from one's own people is boring, it is better to earn money from the nobles of other countries.I don't have the energy to take care of these things anymore, so I have to entrust Mr. Lu to do it.If you want to say that the person who knows how to do business in this world is none other than Mr. Lu. "

After Lu Buwei resigned from the position of prime minister and donated his property to the national treasury, Lu Buwei's reputation was finally much better than before.

The people who originally gathered around him also gradually left him.Lu Buwei's mentality is much better now than before, at least not so domineering.

Lin Xiaoxiao's idea is that sweet potatoes and corn are now rare and expensive, and she wants Lu Buwei to transport them to other countries in exchange for some coins or supplies.

"The only chance is this time this year. Tomorrow there will be more sweet potatoes and corn, and then they will be sold in Qin State, so that people will become familiar with these two foods."

Lu Buwei swallowed a mouthful of sweet potatoes.

"What does the mountain girl want me to do?"

"I don't care about anything, you are fully responsible. I can provide you with funds for activities, and let Kong Ci and A Wu follow you. If you need other people, I can help you find them. You can give me an answer after thinking about it for a few days. "

A few days later, Lu Buwei asked Lin Xiaoxiao to receive ten gold for the activity, plus a thousand catties of sweet potatoes and a thousand catties of corn.

Lu Buwei said: "Since things are rare, the less the better."

Lu Buwei selected ten cities.Then divide the one thousand catties of sweet potatoes and corn into ten parts and sell them to the ten cities respectively.In the end, he earned a total of one hundred thousand gold.

500 gold can cast [-] million Qin coins.

This ten thousand gold was handed over to the national treasury in the name of the Ministry of Agriculture, Science and Technology.

There are millions of catties of sweet potatoes and corn left in Lin Xiaoxiao's warehouse.This time she can make the migrant workers who repair the canal eat sweet potatoes and corn.

With a wave of her hand, Lin Xiaoxiao distributed a catty of sweet potatoes and a catty of corn to all the migrant workers.No matter how Iowiao chooses, everyone has a share.

The millions of catties were thrown out, and the effect was immediate.Many migrant workers came to ask if they could replace their IOUs. They wanted to replace the two-year ones with five-year ones.

Lin Xiaoxiao, Hu Zigui and Ying Zheng discussed it and decided it was okay.On the one hand, it can relieve the pressure on coinage, and on the other hand, it can reduce costs.

The sweet potatoes and corn produced in recent years will definitely fetch a good price, and the price will definitely fall when there are more goods on the market.

In order to maintain the prices of sweet potatoes and corn in recent years, Lin Xiaoxiao decided not to expand the planting area for the time being, but to keep it at [-] mu.

As for the Ministry of Agricultural Science and Technology, Lin Xiaoxiao led his disciples to develop varieties of sweet potatoes and corn.Not only is it diverse in taste, but it is also diverse in use.

In addition, Lin Xiaoxiao also took her disciples into the mountains to collect various edible fruits and vegetables.

For example, Chinese kiwifruit is transplanted from the mountains to the fields, and then the varieties are improved.

Speaking of which, the origin of kiwi fruit is in our country, but it has not been developed, and later it became extinct, so it had to be imported from abroad.

(End of this chapter)