The story of a noble girl

Chapter 11 97 Strong Workers
County magistrate Hu played with a smile: "No. It's just why your family only bought [-] acres of land?"

"It takes silver to buy land, my lord"

"Then it's cheaper for me to give you. Are you willing to buy all the more than 3000 acres over there?"

"This is ridiculous, my lord. You can figure out how much time and money it takes to open up 3000 acres of wasteland. My lord, you don't know how much firewood, rice, oil and salt are. Not only the manpower and material resources for land reclamation, but also the fertilizer for raising the land. Where does it come from. "

"Little girl is interesting." County magistrate Hu stroked his beard and smiled slightly, his eyes bright: "Little girl, have you ever calculated how much time, manpower and material resources it will take you to develop five hundred acres?"

"Forget it," Lin Xiaoning said openly, "every family in the village has a few acres of land, some have more than ten acres, and a family usually only has two or three main laborers. Three people can plant nearly ten acres. , then it is just land reclamation, without robbing the season, 100 people can cultivate [-] mu, and the land can be rented out for others to grow.”

"This is manpower, so what about the cost of these 100 people, have you calculated it?"County magistrate Hu followed closely and asked.

"I've done some calculations. It seems that now adults are working hard, and they are in charge of food. Ten to twelve cash a day. 100 people get one tael of silver a day. Including food expenses, count it as two taels a day. It takes about two months to open up wasteland, and then to support them later. Those in the land can hire another ten or so long-term workers to take care of them slowly."

"Old man of the Lin family, your granddaughter is a treasure!"County magistrate Hu stroked his goatee and laughed so hard that the thief said, "I'll sell you the land, not five hundred mu, but 1000 mu. I only charge 500 taels of silver, and the other 500 taels are kept in accounts. At the same time, I will provide you with manpower, but there is one thing , After these people open up the land, you have to lease the land to them for planting.”

"Aren't you joking, sir?" Lin Xiaoning said, "Can this be recorded in the account of buying land in the yamen?"

"Yes, I can do it if I say yes. This account will be paid within one year. You don't have to pay me the money. Use the house to pay for it."

"What do you mean by a house, my lord?"

"That is to say, you want to build a house for the land reclamation people to live in your Taocun, and it will be paid for the 500 taels of silver."

When things go wrong, there must be monsters. There is no free lunch in the world.Lin Xiaoning said: "My lord's kindness, Xiao Ning is very grateful, but the lord said to provide manpower for my family, and also asked my family to build a house for them. We have to take care of these things."

"Don't count, there is no such temple after passing this village, it's my lord, I hit it off with you girl at first sight, the master will draw up a treaty, do the land deed, you pay the money, my lord, I will take you to see the manpower, then everything It’s a strong and good labor.”

"Ask my lord again, who are these strong and good laborers?"

"Refugees! They are all middle-aged refugees!" Master Hu said decisively, "You open up wasteland and farm land to ask for people, and you have to pay your wages to go out. The refugees sleep in the open and have no food. You pay them their wages and food, and that's a big deal. Let everyone get what they want, and each other should be as good as possible.”

Magistrate Hu said again: "Girl, this is a great act of righteousness. You build a house for them to live in, and you give them a farm to grow. That is to give them a chance to survive. It's a pity that they are homeless... There is nowhere to use all your strength .” Speaking of this, the voice of County Magistrate Hu trembled a little.

Magistrate Hu also said: "Girl, my lord sees that you are a person with good roots, and I can also see that you are the one who can take care of things in the family. It is a great fate and a good fate to meet you today. I had a very happy conversation with you. How about making a year-end friendship?"

It seems that this County Magistrate Hu is as rare and good as the county magistrate of Jiantao Village. This Qingshui Yamen is so poor, and the little old man still cares about the people. In this feudal dynasty, there is such a single-minded The most rare thing is that officials of the people are so creative. This is the same as modern enterprises that let laid-off workers find jobs again. It's amazing!Lin Xiaoning watched County Magistrate Hu become more and more pleasing to the eye, more and more kind and lovely.

Seeing how cute this little old man was, Lin Xiaoning felt itchy for a moment, so he said, "My lord, you have a disease, and your heart aches all the time?"

Magistrate Hu nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes!"

"Are you short of breath, still wheezing and coughing?"

County magistrate Hu nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Today, I have a predestined relationship with your lord, and I will give you a prescription, which is a secret recipe handed down from our ancestors. Do you dare to try it? It will be effective in three days."

"Girl, I have made friends with you for a long time. This is a destiny. I really want to take your medicine!"

The village chief muttered: "Grandma, there are so many things passed down from the Lin family."

Lin Xiaoning smiled brightly like fireworks, determined that the little old man had a syndrome of phlegm obstructing the pericardium, reported the prescription of Gualou Xiebai Baijiu soup and asked the master to write it down and hand it over to County Magistrate Hu.

During the conversation, the land deed and the contract were sent in duplicate, one for the government office and one for the Lin family.Mr. Lin put it in his arms solemnly.

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The ruined temple in the west of the city is full of stench.

Lin Xiaoning swears that he will never believe that the feudal dynasty can have good officials again, liar!big liar!This old man Hu is a complete liar.

Looking at a large group of crooked melons and dates, unkempt, ragged clothes, old, weak, sick and disabled like African refugees in front of me, these are not refugees, they are clearly beggars, and there is no strong and good laborer at all!Lin Xiaoning's head is so big.

No, the contract has been signed, and it is written in black and white that manpower will be provided, but it has not been stated that it is a strong and good labor force.I regret that I was tricked by this big liar and didn't read the terms of the contract carefully.

In addition, seeing the longing in the eyes of the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled made her feel so tight.

Mr. Lin and Lin Jiadong, Li Zheng and the village chief were also stunned.

The magistrate of County Hu and the teacher calmly shouted to the "old, weak, sick and disabled": "Your future master's surname is Lin, this is Mrs. Lin, this is the young master of the Lin family and the second lady of the Lin family. You will follow the master to reclaim wasteland. The land that has been opened will be planted for you, and houses will be built for you, and your happy life is just around the corner, where you can eat enough every day, wear warm clothes, and have a meal of meat a month!"

The "old, weak, sick and disabled" cheered loudly: "Hello old man, hello young master, hello second lady!"

When Mr. Lin and Lin Jiadong heard this honorific title, they were a little uncomfortable, but the pride of the landlord was born again, and the "old, weak, sick and disabled" in front of them immediately became a strong and good laborer.

The master shouted loudly at the throat, all come out, all come out, men's left side, women's right side, line up.

After tossing for a long time, a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled people were lined up, and several of them were lying on the ground, and the master counted them one by one.

"A total of 97 people, all of them are strong laborers," the master said to Lin Xiaoning without changing his expression.

"Master Hu, you're so sinister, you're putting me together like this, and it's a huge conspiracy from the beginning." Lin Xiaoning's tone was already blunt when it came to this.

"It's a good relationship."Magistrate Hu stroked his beard and corrected.

"But you can give me a few adults to work for anyway! Even if there are only a few! A bunch of them are unusable! I really feel sorry for them, and I am willing to accept them, but can they open my land? Look at them, look, can they open up wasteland? The medicinal materials used on them are more than the five hundred acres of wasteland! Look at them, can they open up wasteland, can they open up wasteland?".

"Then you still need a few middle-aged laborers, and I still have more, tell me the number..." County Magistrate Hu asked seriously.

Lin Xiaoning trembled: "No need, thank you sir, these are enough, I will go buy them some food, take them back to reclaim wasteland, make a fortune, let them live a good life with my family from now on, have fields, have I live in a house, and I still have a meal of meat a month."

"Okay, okay, great, take them back now, take them all back, I thought you would have to wait a few days to bring people, this place can't live in people, all the good people are sick."

"You!" Lin Xiaoning was furious, "Your Excellency, you are overcast and overcast, and you are taking every step of the way. Why didn't you tell me that you can come back to pick up people in a few days. These people are so weak, and the road to Taocun is so far away, so hard to walk, you..."

"It's not difficult to walk, the way home, how can it be difficult to walk... Do you think it makes sense?" County Magistrate Hu asked loudly.

"Yes, we are going home with our master!" The crowd echoed loudly.

"My lord, my lord, you go back first."Lin Xiaoning wanted to cry but had no tears. "I'm going to arrange my 97 strong laborers now."

"Okay, okay, you arrange it, these people are starving, oh, I really still have a lot of strength, so why don't you watch it?"

"Don't look at the adults, you go back quickly, these strong laborers are enough."

"There are really two strong men, I won't lie to you, I'll let the master bring them to you later." County magistrate Hu left in a hurry after leaving these words.

(End of this chapter)