Alien landlady

Chapter 118
"Master President, what do you mean to say, we do business with you, and after we make money, we donate a little money to the Lord, so we don't have to worry about the Lord's punishment?"

"Of course, the Lord sent an envoy to manage his favorite world on his behalf, to spread the Lord's gospel and let the world know the Lord's love. If the lives of believers are good, the Lord will be happy, and will think that the envoy who manages this side is doing a good job. He will also be rewarded by the Lord, this is a good thing that benefits both parties, you are living in poverty, and there is no hope of getting better, this is the incompetence of the messenger, and you are not worthy of claiming to be the messenger of the Lord."

"Oh! God! No wonder we have a dead spirit living here, and the priest in the town doesn't know it at all, because he is an incompetent bastard himself."

"Why did the superior send this guy over here? Isn't this harmful!"

The villagers shouted angrily.

"Maybe it's because he has learned the theology well and has enough ability to spread the gospel, but he is mediocre in other aspects." Bai Tongtong said irresponsibly, anyway, the priest Barlow who took office has been transferred away.

"Master President! Master President! I have something to say, please listen to me." An old man squeezed over with a familiar voice, belonging to the pious believer who yelled loudly just now.

"Talk slowly, don't worry."

"I just heard from the president that donations from rich people are different from donations from ordinary people. Can you elaborate more?"

"Ah, of course, of course you can. Donation is very particular. If you don't do it well, it's tantamount to doing nothing and wasting money."

"Then what should we do? Please, my lord, tell us."

"Then my business of processing bedding?"

"We'll do it! We'll do it!" the villagers shouted, and the women rushed to the front, scrambling to reach for the cloth.

Ah Huang roared a few more times, scaring them back.

"Compared to ordinary people who can only donate a little money, rich people mainly donate things, which are all big, such as donating dome murals, wall murals, full-color collage window panes, these are quite expensive things, The churches in big cities are bigger, bigger than the Earl’s Mansion in the town, and it would take a painter at least one year to paint a dome mural, but it is not uncommon for a painter to paint for three years if he paints more characters and more complicated backgrounds.”

"Wow!" The villagers exclaimed in shock.

"A rich person who contributes such a large amount of money is of course quite conspicuous in front of the Lord, and the Lord will remember his name firmly, and bless his family and career. Ordinary people who can only donate a few coins cannot than is it?"

"Yes!" The villagers said in unison, "Then how should we donate to get the Lord's attention?"

"Don't worry, you have an inherent advantage." Bai Tongtong squeezed her eyes pretending to be mysterious.

"What is it?"

"The entire town and the eight surrounding villages will remember that there are not many people who donate to the church in normal times. Those who do business with me, after earning money, don't donate by themselves, but everyone joins together and the family gets a little money. , pool money to buy some fabrics, make several sets of bedding according to the number of people in the church, make sure that the clergy have them, and send them in the name of the collective, and win the attention of the master with the number of people, it will definitely work, behind one person is the whole family, get There are even more people in Fuyin."

"Ah!!!" The villagers only felt a burst of golden light shining in front of them, as if the door to a happy life opened in front of them, and they were so excited that they couldn't help crying again.

"Master President, we know we are wrong, please forgive us, we will definitely do business with you well, we are willing to do any job, please, please forgive us!" The villagers inside and outside the house prayed to God. He knelt down on his knees and sincerely repented to Bai Tongtong, tears streaming down his face.

Abel and his group of girls were completely dumbfounded, deeply impressed by their master.

"Okay, okay, get up, I'm not angry with you, just clear up the misunderstanding." Bai Tongtong waved his hands generously.

"That's right, it's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

"Everyone, calm down and listen to me. Try not to repeat the donation every time. The donation will only be counted when it is used. For example, the bed sheets and quilts donated this time will only be counted if they are actually spread on the priest's bed. It won’t work if you just put it in the storage room to collect dust, so you must remember to send it according to the number of people, if there are too many, it will be a waste of time.”

"Oh oh oh!" The villagers nodded quickly, reminding each other not to mess around.

"And more, the most important thing is to keep it secret." Bai Tongtong lowered his voice, with a serious expression.

"Oh??"

"Think about it, if people in other villages know that after doing business with the magician, it will be fine if you donate to the church, what do you think will happen?"

"There will be a lot of people grabbing business!"

"There is still a rush to donate! We will not be able to donate in the future, and we will not be able to donate murals and window glass!"

"Yes, it must be kept secret and cannot be revealed!"

"Especially those who marry from other villages, if they dare to leak secrets, they will be beaten to death!"

In order to protect their own interests, the villagers immediately united and set the rules.

"Calm down! Calm down! When you donate, the priest will definitely ask you where the money came from. If you tell the truth, it may leak to other people's ears." Bai Tongtong said with a distressed look.

"Then what should we do? Chairman, please tell us what to do, we will definitely listen to you!"

Bai Tongtong lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, and the villagers waited for her with bated breath. After a while, Bai Tongtong opened her eyes.

"Well, when you donate, you can frankly say that you were forced to work by me and received a reward. You felt uneasy in your conscience and feared the Lord's punishment, so you took part of the money to donate and repent. No matter what the priest said, you Listen first, learn from me when you come back, and I will know whether the priest was transferred from another small place, or if he really stayed in a big city."

"Master President, in this way, aren't you a bad person?"

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as we have a happy business, it doesn't matter if I'm a bad guy."

"Master President, when talking to the priest, can you say a few more words, the guild allows us to continue to use the woods, in exchange, we have to do things for the guild occasionally, and we will donate when we get paid. Do you think it's okay?" the village chief Got an idea.

"Well, I'll talk about it later depending on the situation. Don't have too many people going to send donations. If there are too many people talking, it's easy to say the wrong thing. See if there are any eloquent people in the village. Don't look for stupid people. Anyone who can become a priest A wise man."

"Understood, we have such a person, thank you, president, it's great that you can come here to be the president." The village chief returned to the villagers to discuss the next things with a beaming face.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Bai Tongtong waved to the widows, "Since your family's arable land has been desolate, why not rent it out from the guild to make a vegetable field, and your family can live a good life from now on."

"Master Chairman, what do you need so much arable land for? Planting so many vegetables will rot if they can't be sold." Not only the widows were puzzled, but other villagers were also puzzled. Come around and hear the details.

"It's very simple. It's spring plowing here, but in northern cities, it's still early. They don't have vegetables to eat. I want to sell them there."

"Wow! Can so many vegetables be sold?"

"Of course, you can go all the way north from Soller City. There are many, many big cities and even more small villages and towns. Even the vegetables in your entire village can be sold."

"My lord!" the villagers shouted again.

"Now can you really understand the benefits of doing business with a magician?"

The widows were speechless with tears in their eyes, and many villagers looked at them enviously.

"Hey, I have rented your farmland, but your landowners are still in charge of farming the land. I will hire you to be my farm laborers and grow local specialty vegetables for me. You also saw my farmers in the morning. They will Come to help you, and learn the technique of growing vegetables from you by the way, you have to teach them well."

"Okay, yes, we are happy! Thank you, Chairman!" The tears of the widows fell, and they could not be wiped away with their sleeves.

Some villagers couldn't hold back anymore, "Master President, when the grain is harvested this season, can I rent my land for the next season? I can grow anything!"

"My family is fine too! My family has a lot of land and a lot of people, so you can plant whatever you want!"

"And my home!"

"My family has it too!"

"The whole village agrees!"

Bai Tongtong smiled at the excited villagers, "Okay, it seems that I have to work hard to sell local vegetables in the past few months."

The villagers all laughed, and there were happy laughter both indoors and outdoors.

Having said all that needed to be said, Bai Tongtong asked the village chief to persuade the villagers to disperse. Only then did everyone realize that it had already rained. The villagers outside didn't know it, and they were all attracted by the conversation indoors.

The women who want to pick up the business stay, except for the widows, there are more men in the family, the women don’t need to work in the fields, they have more time to do sewing at home, and those who want to work in the fields don’t have much to do. Time, and it is impossible to wait for them to do it slowly, so they give up voluntarily and wait for the next opportunity.

Bai Tongtong's fabrics and needles were bought together, and the colors were matched. The women of each family received tasks and advance payments according to their own conditions. Pay remaining compensation.

The women who received the materials hurried home, and the widows were left until the end, and there was still nothing to talk about about renting land.

80 copper coins for a tenant farmer is a yearly rent for one mu of land, and Bai Tongtong pays 10 copper coins for a monthly rent per mu, and starting from this month, the rent will be paid once a month. The family of the village chief has testified that the number of arable land owned by each widow’s family is a real number , Bai Tongtong took out the space bag containing the copper coins and paid in full.

The widows with the least land have more than 20 mu of land, and the rent is more than 200 copper coins a month, which is roughly equal to more than half a gold coin. In addition, there are wages for farm laborers. The apprentice's craftsman's monthly salary standard is 2 gold coins per month, which is 800 copper coins, while the older children in their family who can work in the field are given the apprentice's wages, 150 copper coins per month.

In this way, the widow can get 1000 copper coins per month, not counting the children. In this remote and closed border village, there is more than enough to eat. According to the price of Abel and the others this morning, it fully shows that the price of the place of production is low. The ground flour is only 11 coppers a pound, if at least three times the price in the main city, they buy a 50-pound standard bag, and the poor often eat big oats, which is Bai Tongtong’s least favorite, 3 coppers a pound , cheap as hell.

As witnesses, the village chief's family watched Bai Tongtong settle accounts with the widows. In the blink of an eye, they saw a pile of copper coins piled up in front of each person. They were so surprised and envious that they couldn't close their mouths, and they rented the cultivated land to the magician. The Master Guild turned out to be more profitable than farming by themselves, and it was impossible for them to earn this amount throughout the year.

The village chief’s family has a deeper understanding than before. It turns out that the benefits of doing business with magicians are so great. If their family can have so much money a year, not only will they not have to worry about not being able to pay their taxes, but they will even have to pay their taxes for several years. Then there is money to renovate the house.

The tears of the widows were like turning on the faucet, and the tears flowed non-stop. They counted the money while crying. Bai Tongtong paid the land rent first, and the laborer's money and the next month's land rent were paid on the first day of the next month.

While paying, Bai Tongtong chatted with everyone and asked about the varieties of fast-growing vegetables. He learned that apart from the ones that take up to two months to grow, they also have varieties that can be on the market in ten days. , only eat vegetable leaves, and stop harvesting when the stalks change color. They either dig out the roots and feed them to livestock, or turn over the ground and sow other seeds in a few days.

The village head's wife was clever, and ran to someone else's house in the rain to borrow a basket to show Bai Tongtong. The thing really looked like a yellow bud and white leaves with the stalks cut off. When they saw Bai Tongtong, they knew what it was. Abel bought it today. The locals either chop it up and cook it in soup, or simply boil it in water before eating it. She fried a dish at noon and it was very tender.

In private, he named the vegetable Chive Yabai, and Bai Tongtong asked the village chief's wife to prepare a basket of the freshest ones for her tomorrow morning. She was going to sell the vegetables, and when she came back, she would discuss what vegetables to grow on the 100-odd acres of land she had just rented.

After busy work, he simply said goodbye, and Ah Huang flicked his tail, and led everyone back to the guild.

When he ran into the hall, Bernard hurriedly greeted him, holding an envelope in his hand, "Miss, you are finally back. After you have been away for so long, everyone is a little worried. A messenger came over just now. You sent a letter."

"It's all right, it's the first time we have a business cooperation, it's normal to have a longer discussion, but everything is under control." Bai Tongtong took the letter and looked at it. Under the mailing address, there were three handwritten letters written in three handwritings. The letter's name.

Bai Tongtong immediately decided that it was better for her not to watch it, since she would go there tomorrow anyway.

"Miss is very powerful, she persuaded the uncooperative villagers with a few words, crying and shouting to do business with her." Abel's words were echoed by the girls, and he chattered endlessly in the hall, Draw everyone else to the story.

"Hey, hey, let me declare in advance that the words I said are for outsiders, for the villagers. The purpose is to attract them to my camp, not to make you jump into the pit." Flicker It's not a good idea for outsiders to let their own people into the pit, Bai Tongtong warned his subordinates to keep their minds clear.

"Can we tell the townspeople?"

"Don't worry for the time being. We just won the land of those widows. First, we must fight steadily and make real achievements. The standard is very simple, that is, we can make money. If we keep losing money, we can't make a successful example to spread the word. Right?"

Everyone nodded, "Once the entire village changes its mindset and joins our camp, and sees their lives becoming more prosperous, other villages will naturally follow."

"That's right, all strategies serve this goal."

"Yes!" Everyone agreed in unison.

Bai Tongtong waved her hands in satisfaction, telling them to disperse and go to work separately, and then she called the accountant and cashier to go upstairs for a meeting and arrange work.

The farmland of the villagers was leased in the name of the guild, and Bai Tongtong rented the land with the guild in his own name, so Linton, the accountant, had to manage both public and private accounts, and absolutely not confuse some items of expenses.

This is not difficult for Linton. As an accountant of the nobles before, he has done both internal and external accounts. The money used for the internal accounts of the house is all transferred from the external accounts. He records the odd living expenses. The mistress Only after thinking about it, she didn't worry about it herself.

The same is true of Amis, the cashier who was the former math teacher. He is responsible for all the money spent, and every payment received by the male and female housekeepers must be recorded.

After explaining the financial matters, Bai Tongtong gave the two of them the materials recorded in her notebook to register as official receipts, while she went to the kitchen to study how to eat local vegetables. If she wants to sell vegetables across regions, she must do a good job in supporting services. First of all, there must be no less recipes, otherwise, how to attract customers to buy foreign dishes transported through the transmission array, if you don't know how to cook, just look at the freshness, then what's the use.

When she was free, Bai Tongtong still couldn't help opening the letter, and as expected, she was complained by the children, and she said that if she dared to show up, she must look good.

Bai Tongtong put the letter in the drawer with a sullen smile.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was only getting brighter. The village chief sent his son to bring Bai Tongtong a basket of freshly picked leek buds. Abel took the girls to buy fresh bread from the morning market. As soon as Bai Tongtong finished breakfast, Take a basket and share a basket of vegetables in your hand, throw the rest in the ring, and then walk into the teleportation array.

When she appeared at the Magicians Guild in Menise City, it was still very early, only the cleaners were doing the cleaning, and the clerk on the night shift was yawning and waiting for the colleagues on the day shift. Can't help but stare at the fresh green vegetables in her hands.

"President Bai, are you here on business so early?"

"Yeah, it's very important business." Bai Tongtong smiled and stuffed the basket into the clerk's arms, "This is for you to eat. I'm a part-time vegetable seller now, and I need to take care of my business in the future."

The clerk was holding the vegetable basket. Although he didn't understand why President Bai started working as a farmer in just two days, it didn't stop him from nodding his head repeatedly, "It must be. President Bai's business is definitely given priority."

Bai Tongtong smiled appreciatively at the clerk, left the guild, and appeared in the front yard of the principal's house in the city in a blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)