Need for money

Calculated according to the area of ​​the field, this piece of wasteland will be enough for 6000 to [-] people to cultivate in the future. If a family of four has two main laborers, it can only accommodate more than [-] people. Only about two or three thousand houses can be built. No matter how many more, after the locust plague recedes, it will be idle and useless.

And if too many houses are built, the arable land area will also be wasted.

There are now nearly [-] refugees in Los Angeles, and there are also people who have fled from the depths of the north to join in a steady stream. Two to three thousand houses are obviously not enough to live in.

When Lin Jingzhi asked this question, Zhang Jia also frowned, felt troubled, pondered for a while, and then said: "How about letting their families squeeze together in one room?"

Shaking his head, Lin Jingzhi silently vetoed it. In this day and age, it is necessary to avoid suspicion between men and women. How can several families be crowded into one room?Although there was a reason for the incident, they were fleeing from disaster and away from home, but since the Lin family took care of it, they had to take care of it thoroughly.

Otherwise, it won't be long before there will be trouble here.

As the old saying goes, beauty is a disaster, if several families are crowded together in a yard, it will be too inconvenient to sleep, get up and get dressed, and it is easy to cause accidents, and if there are too many families living together, it will be easy If there is a quarrel, if the words are serious, it will naturally be staged full of martial arts.

"Mr. Zhang, besides the planned points, are there any flat areas that cannot be cultivated?" After thinking for a while, Lin Jingzhi felt that even if more wooden houses were built, the victims should have a more comfortable life. habitat.

"Yes, but there are few trees in this wasteland. If you really want to increase the number of houses, you will have to go to farther places to harvest wood. Isn't this a waste of labor?" Zhang Jia asked rhetorically.

After waving his hand, Lin Jingzhi said: "It's okay, at worst, when the victims leave, use those spare houses as granaries. It will be winter soon, and the victims must have a comfortable house to live in, otherwise it will be bad. You'll catch a cold and get sick."

Seeing that Lin Jingzhi had made up his mind and it was a great thing for the victims, Zhang Jia stopped talking.

The two chatted for a few more words, and Lin Jingzhi asked Zhang Jia to lead him to the land that was planned to build houses for the common people. The first few pieces of land were fine, but when they came to the sixth piece of land, Lin Jingzhi frowned. Frowning, he looked around, looked back and forth several times, and said: "Mr. Zhang, is the terrain here too low?"

"Well, it's a bit lower here, but the quality of the soil on the high side is quite good. After it's opened, it's full of fertile fields, and the other side is full of hills. Except for the uneven ground, the soil quality is not good, is it? If a house is built on sandy land, the foundation will collapse if it is washed by rainwater too many times.” Zhang Jia pointed to the surrounding area and explained to Lin Jingzhi one by one.

After carefully looking in the direction of Zhang Jia's finger several times, Lin Jingzhi shook his head and said, "There is a lot of rain near Luocheng, so it is indeed not suitable to build a house on sandy soil, but it is not good to use this place as a homestead. , look at the bottom, there are traces of rainwater puddles. If there is a heavy rain after the canal is completed next year and the water is poured into the river, this place is likely to be flooded. By then, the houses will be washed away and the damage will be small. But if the people fail to retreat in time and are caught in the flood, it will be a disaster."

It is rainy in the south, and there will be several torrential rains every year, so Lin Jingzhi is very concerned about flood control. You must know that natural disasters are merciless, and once they happen, there will be heavy casualties.

Seeing that Lin Jingzhi paid so much attention to the safety of the common people, Zhang Jia admired Lin Jingzhi, and said, "Mr. Lin, in fact, this height has been carefully measured by Zhang and his subordinates. Even if there is a heavy rain, it will not be submerged. this place."

"Is there no other suitable place around here?" Lin Jingzhi still disagrees with building a house here. Human life is at stake, so don't be careless.

Zhang Jia shook his head, he was still waiting to persuade, but Lin Jingzhi said again, "Then build the house on the edge of this fertile field, the wasteland used as the homestead is not small, and I think it's just stones If there are too many, it will not be a big problem, after two or three years of cultivation, the tenant farmers will clean up the stones, and then they will be able to transform them into good fields.”

As Lin Jingzhi said, he squatted down and dug into the ground with both hands, and found that the quality of the soil was still very good. Lin Jingzhi was too careful, but he still complied, and took out a pen and drawings, and made changes on them.

Lin Jingzhi and Zhang Jia discussed here for a while, and then walked through the wasteland used to build houses one by one, watching and exchanging opinions, and just after noon, they saw a dark cloud coming from the direction of Los Angeles. The crowd, from a distance, at least 3 to [-] people.

"The refugees have come, let's go up and have a look." After Lin Jingzhi said, he took the reins of the white horse from the hand of the guard beside him, turned over and jumped on, and galloped the horse.

Just as Lin Jingzhi got on the horse here, the black horse grazing over there ran over by itself. Aunt Yu did not stand still and wait for it, but stepped forward to meet it, and when she met the black horse, she dodged to the side, Missing his body, he lightly pressed the black horse's neck with his hand, then leaped up briskly, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and then chased after him.

The more people there are, the more accidents are likely to happen. Aunt Yu has also traveled the rivers and lakes, and she is very cautious.

Zhang Jia and the guards of the Lin family showed admiration when they saw Aunt Yu's movement of getting on the horse like flowing clouds and flowing water, then they also got on the horse and ran towards the crowd.

Leading in front of the victims were a few guards of the Lin family, because these guards were here with Lin Jingzhi and Zhang Jia last time, so they were very familiar with each other, and the one riding in the middle was the chief steward of the Lin family, Pang Lu.

"Second Master, it's getting late and you're starving. Seeing that this old slave is going to go out on business, Second Mistress asked this old slave to bring you some meals. These meals were cooked by Second Mistress herself." When Pang Lu saw his master approaching him, he dismounted quickly, took the food box from the guard beside him, and handed it over.

Lin Jingzhi heard that Tang Yuxiang asked the chief steward to bring these meals, with a smile on his face, this woman finally took herself to heart, he took it casually, and handed it to Aunt Yu beside her, Aunt Yu didn't want to Pick up Tang Yuxiang's things, but there are so many people here, she is not obedient, so she can only obediently put it in her hands.

"You brought all the shovels and trolleys from the mansion to the refugees?" Lin Jingzhi looked behind and saw many grown men holding trolleys, which were filled with bundles of shovels. asked with a smile.

The chief steward turned around, looked over, and replied, "Well, except for the dozens of handcarts in the house that have not been refitted, the rest of the old slaves have all the refugees move here."

Speaking of this, he paused, and added: "The old slave also asked them to bring ax and saws for logging."

"Okay, with these things, we can start working today." Lin Jingzhi was overjoyed to see that the chief manager was so careful in his work. In the future, he would be much more relaxed if he had such a capable and good helper to take care of him.

"Second Master, where do you plan to start?" Pang Lu was afraid that his master would be exhausted, so he planned to let Lin Jingzhi sit and direct and run errands by himself.

Lin Jingzhi pointed to a piece of wasteland not far away, and replied: "I plan to build a house here first, so that the victims can have a shelter from the wind and rain to sleep at night, otherwise it won't be long before winter comes and the weather will change." Cool, easy to get sick."

"What the second master said is true, this old slave will take them to cut wood and build a house." After Pang Lu said, he called Shi Mo and led a large group of refugees over.

Lin Jingzhi knew that the chief steward was focusing on cultivating Shi Mo, so he could take over his class in the future, so he didn't care that Shi Mo disobeyed his orders and left the kitchen without permission. There would be no problem, so he wanted to call Zhang Jia and go to the side to eat something together.

Zhang Jia had previously heard that the food in the food box was made by the second grandmother of the Lin family, so he waved his hands repeatedly. The things made by the second grandmother of the Lin family were not something he could eat, so he went to the food box brought by the guards He took the two steamed buns, chewed them, and trotted in the direction of the chief executive,

The area of ​​the building here is planned, without him directing it, it would not be possible.

Seeing that Zhang Jia persisted and ran away with the steamed buns without saying a word, Lin Jingzhi shook his head and smiled wryly. It seemed that Zhang Jia was indeed a workaholic, as rumored.

Turning around, he originally wanted to go to the side with Aunt Yu to enjoy the loving lunch brought to him by his lovely wife, but when he saw Aunt Yu forcefully stuffed the food box into his hands, he was about to leave, and he frowned , hurriedly pulled back, holding Aunt Yu's slippery and tender catkin.

With so many people beside her, Aunt Yu's pretty face hidden under the veil instantly flushed with embarrassment, but the scholar-scholar didn't intend to let her go.

"Do you want to eat or not? If you don't eat, I'll just hold on to it." I've already guessed that Aunt Yu and Tang Yuxiang should have had some conflicts, so Lin Jingzhi didn't speak in a normal way to persuade him, otherwise, relying on Aunt Yu's stubborn temper, the effect would be the same. It must be not very good, so he rolled his eyes, cheeky, and played a rogue.

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Aunt Yu didn't expect that Lin Jingzhi, who was always gentle and refined, would play a rogue with her. She was so angry that she couldn't laugh or cry, she glanced around with the corner of her eyes, and saw that many people were already looking towards her, she was ashamed. He raised his little foot, stomped the ground vigorously, and finally, he finally complied unwillingly.

Obviously, Aunt Yu is not as thick-skinned as Lin Jingzhi.

Lin Jingzhi didn't care about Aunt Yu's annoyed staring eyes, but she was a little curious that she, who had always been strong, would stomp her feet angrily like a little girl. Under the annoyed gaze, he lifted his chin triumphantly, and walked towards a big tree swaying.

Being able to force Aunt Yu to show a shy posture like a little girl, he feels quite a sense of accomplishment.

However, in Aunt Yu's eyes, this stinky fart immediately caused countless rollicking eyes and secretly swearing, "Cheek-skinned, shameless, a disciple!" '