The first peasant girl of splendid elegance

Chapter 538 What a melancholy (1)
"Then give the old man eighty acres. If it is well planted, the income from forty acres of land can be exchanged for a lot of money every year. If the old man wants to sell it if he can't finish it, just tell me, I will I will charge a high price for your food."

"Princess, can we really grow food in the land here?" The old man was a little worried, after all, he lived here all his life, and there was almost a shortage of crops every year.

"Yes, I'm going to gather young men tomorrow, dig a canal, and bring over the water source at the foot of the snow-capped mountains over there. If the old man's son is willing to come over, let them sign up. Let them work hard, and I will pay two taels of silver every month. wages."

"Alright, alright, little old man, thank you princess, I'll let those children come here." After speaking, the old man happily left.

Two taels of silver a month is simply a good thing that falls from the sky. Once the good news comes out, how can he still sit still.

On the second day, no less than a thousand strong men from inside and outside Changle City gathered at the gate of the city.

As for the older ones, Ning Qiaoyin rejected them. After all, he is a very physically demanding guy. They are too old. Wouldn't it be contrary to his original intention if they were exhausted.

However, it also kept some women busy. They set up sheds outside the city to cook, and sent them to the laborers after they were ready. It also saved them from working as clerks all morning and having to travel a long way back to eat.

Digging a canal is a very labor-intensive task, but compared to the people in Changle City who were tortured by Chai Changyun, now that there is such a good thing, they are naturally dizzy with joy.

This is definitely a lucrative thing, and fools are not willing to do it.

A few days later, the canal has been dug for several miles, after all, there are many people.

And Ning Mo Su also brought a group of soldiers to Changle City.

When thousands of sergeants arrived, the team of more than 2000 people excavated very quickly.

"Qiaoyin, the seeds in these carts were sent by my mother. Since this is dry land, there are mostly corn and soybean seeds, and there are also some fruit and vegetable seeds, but it will be a bit troublesome to plant, my mother said. In a few days, people will come to teach these people how to plant. My cousin also said that after the grain is grown, people will come to buy it, and then use it as military rations, so that there is no need to transport it from the capital, which saves a lot of money. "

"Cousin really knows how to pick up bargains." Ning Qiaoyin pursed her red lips.

"You girl, don't you think so?" Ning Mo Su laughed.

"Although it is!"

"Then it's settled. After the canal is dug, people will probably arrive."

"What happened to the border wall?" she asked.

"Don't worry, Baili is not an idiot, he will solve this matter himself."

"By the way, brother, there is one more thing here." After speaking, Ning Qiaoyin talked about the matter here in the prefect.

Ning Mo Su pondered for a moment after listening, and then said, "Are you leaving soon?"

"No, at least you have to see that the tens of thousands of acres of land have grown teeth. Brother, is there anyone in the army who understands water conservancy? I want someone to help me find out where it is more appropriate to dig a well. After all, there are so many people Well, at least make sure that the water source is sufficient." The water on the snow-capped mountains is only enough to irrigate the farmland, and it is not convenient to drink.

"I don't know about this. I'll ask Baili Ke when I go back tomorrow. However, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the army. Someone will know. Don't worry."

"Well, then I'm relieved."

Ning Mo Su looked at his younger sister and asked with a smile, "Are you going to do business like your mother?"

"No, I thought about it before I came here. My mother also said before that the border is bitterly cold, so I was thinking about whether I could help the people here, so I asked my mother for money to come here."

"Where's the money in your hand?" This girl has only received several million taels of good things from her cousin these years. If it comes to a critical moment, she will not think that the rewards from the emperor cannot be sold.

However, it can only show that the cousin rewards are all she likes.

"My money here is only tens of thousands of taels, which is not enough at all, so I asked my mother for 500 million taels this time." Ning Qiaoyin stretched out five fingers, shaking in front of Ning Mosu, "Envy me Bar."

"Yes, yes, I am very envious." Ning Mo Su nodded helplessly.

2000 people dug the canal, and it probably took about a month. And she also hired a special person to measure the land. There is no accurate number yet, which is enough to show how big it is.

Obviously guarding such a large piece of land, why is no one going to open up wasteland?

It seems that in these years, the people of Changle City have really been harmed a lot.

Digging the canal is a huge project, and it will take nearly two months to start.

Ning Mosu had already recruited three or four people from the army who were familiar with water conservancy. They helped to transfer the water from the snow-capped mountains to the barren land, and the people who came from Beijing and knew how to grow fruit trees also came.

Jun Yao heard that her daughter was going to plant crops at the border, but she agreed very much. There were seven or eight people who came this time, all of whom were experts in planting, and all of them were from the Ning family.

In addition, the new magistrate of Changle City also surprised Ning Qiaoyin, who was her seventh uncle, Jun Xiaoxian.

You must know that although the magistrate of a city is an official sent out, he is also a fourth-rank official of the imperial court. Except that Jun Xiaoxian first served as a fifth-rank official in the lower place, but later returned to the capital to become a fifth-rank civil official. Who knows This time it was sent to the border.

Hearing that the new magistrate took office, the common people were very murmured in their hearts, wondering who the magistrate is this time, a good official or a corrupt one.

Early in the morning of this day, the three brothers and sisters of Ning Qiaoyin waited at the magistrate's yamen, and there were only a dozen servants left. You must know that there are at least 70 servants in a magistrate. It is conceivable that Changle City How corrupt the magistrate's yamen is, it's no wonder that the people are so anxious and complaining.

Half an hour later, when the guard of honor in the distance slowly approached, accompanied by the sound of gongs, everyone knew that the new magistrate had arrived.

"Big Brother, Big Sister, is Uncle Seven coming this time, bringing Auntie and Brother Hong?" Ning Tianyu asked while looking at the sedan chair in the distance.

"They're all here. After all, Uncle Qi will work here for at least three years." Ning Qiaoyin replied.

As the official sedan chair came slowly, people on both sides of the street knelt down to greet him.

When the sedan chair stopped, the entourage next to it lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and a young man in his 20s came down from inside, wearing a brocade green robe with colorful auspicious clouds printed on it.

"Uncle, I didn't expect it to be you. You couldn't be the one who asked your cousin for a transfer, right?" Ning Mosu stepped forward and said with a smile.

Seeing the three people standing in front of the magistrate's yamen, Jun Xiaoxian pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Yeah, although the capital city is comfortable, it's too boring. It just so happens that there is a vacancy here, and no one in the court is willing to take the initiative to come here, so I just picked up a cheap one." .”

(End of this chapter)