Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 10 Worry
Huang Laifu returned to his house and found a problem, which was about charging the laptop.

If his solar-powered notebook needs to be charged, it needs to be placed in the sun, and there are people coming and going in the thousands of houses, so leaking secrets is a matter of minutes.After much deliberation, Huang Laifu thought of the Qinglianhe Huang's farm he went to in the morning, and it was hidden there.Maybe I can move there myself, and it will be easier to concentrate on doing things.

After making up his mind, after dinner, Huang Laifu shared his thoughts with Huang Sihao and Yang, and the two elders agreed.

Yang even ordered Steward Yang to clean the farm well so that her son could live comfortably, but she asked Huang Laifu to come back at least once every two days, preferably every day for dinner.Because it is rare for Huang Laifu and his sisters to come back together this time, the family members should reunite well.Besides, the in-laws and the unmarried daughter-in-law are still in Qianhu House.

Huang Laifu agreed, anyway, the farm is also close to Wuzhai Fort, and it only takes ten minutes to ride back to Qianhu House on horseback.

At noon the next day, Huang Laifu sorted out some clothes and supplies casually, took the start-up capital of 200 taels of silver from his father Huang Sihao, took Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu, and moved to the farm on horseback.

The small courtyard has been tidied up a long time ago. It is a single-family courtyard, but it is also clean and will never be disturbed by anyone.Huang Laifu let Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu live in two houses not far from the courtyard, and stipulated that no one was allowed to enter his courtyard without his personal greeting. At that time, the gate of the courtyard was buckled.

The computer security problem was finally solved, and Huang Laifu also set up a small study in his courtyard. After charging his laptop, he turned on the computer and started working on the big water truck.He found some information and pictures of the big waterwheel on the computer, then found some paper, and drew some pictures and the structural diagram of the waterwheel as detailed as possible.

Three days later, the drawings were ready, and Huang Laifu got up early that day.Habitually turn on the computer and look at the date. This day is the 16th year of Wanli, November 1588, 11 AD, seven o'clock in the morning.The reason why he knows that this year is 17 is because he has a perpetual calendar in his computer. He can check the AD calendar from 1588 to 1583 AD, and there is also a time calculation table between the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar.

Back in ancient times, there were many things that Huang Laifu was not used to, and this date and time was one of them.In ancient China, Guibiao, sundial and clepsydra were always used to keep time. Until the Ming Dynasty, most of them still used clepsydra, with an error of about 10 minutes a day, and there was one in a thousand houses.

Accustomed to the time concept of later generations, Huang Laifu is certainly not used to the current timekeeping method.Fortunately, he could see the exact time on his computer, which comforted him a lot.

Huang Laifu hid the computer and opened the courtyard door. Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu had already been waiting outside the courtyard, seeing Huang Laifu come out.Yang Xiaolu hurried forward and said, "Master, are you up?"

Huang Laifu nodded, stretched his body, and said, "Get some water and wash up."

Yang Xiaolu answered loudly: "Okay!" and went happily.

Not long after, Yang Xiaolu brought hot water, and Huang Laifu took something like a toothbrush, dipped it in green salt, and brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth.

A very fat woman came into the courtyard with a pot of millet porridge, and said with a smile, "Young master got up so early? Come, drink some porridge while it's hot."

This woman is called Aunt Yang, who was specially sent by Huang Laifu's mother Yang to take care of Huang Laifu. Yang asked Huang Laifu to go back to Qianhu House for dinner as much as possible at noon and evening, but in the morning, he could only eat at the farm. He was worried about Huang Laifu's life. So he sent Aunt Yang over.

After entering the main room, Huang Laifu sat down to drink porridge, Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu also drank together.

After drinking four bowls of porridge, Huang Laifu felt comfortable all over, he got up and moved his body, and said: "Dazhong, you go to the castle, and tell Steward Yang to call all the tenants in the farm, I want to give a lecture, young master. "

Jiang Dazhong replied: "Yes, young master!"

Turn around and go out to lead the horse.

Huang Laifu said to Aunt Yang: "Aunt Yang, after those tenants arrive, you can cook another big pot of rice porridge to warm them up."

Aunt Yang said, "Yes, young master."

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It was almost noon, butler Yang came, bringing a large group of tenants, and Gu Yunniang also came.

According to what she said, when she heard that Huang Laifu was going to lecture the tenants, she came to watch the excitement, and Huang Laifu let her go.

Soon, all the tenants gathered in the grain drying field of the farm. According to the account book on the farm, there were 41 tenants in the farm, with 51 people.These tenants are old and young, most of them are military surpluses from Wuzhaibao, renting and planting some fields of Huang's family.

These tenants knew Huang Laifu's reputation in Wuzhai Fort, and they were a little nervous about what this Young Master Huang was going to do to them.

Looking around, these people were all in ragged clothes, and their clothes were ragged and ragged, with some black and worn cotton exposed from the holes in their clothes.Today's weather is rare, there are no snow particles, and there is no wind, but these people are standing there trembling, obviously their clothes and bodies can't resist the cold weather.

There are also some people who stand there with a feeling of fluttering, probably because they are very hungry.

Huang Laifu was sitting on a chair above, drinking hot tea slowly, while looking at the tenants, Gu Yunniang also stood aside, looked at Huang Laifu from time to time, and then turned to the tenants, although she was sympathetic, but she did not feel sorry for them. She wasn't surprised by the plight of the tenants, it was obvious that this kind of poor military households was seen a lot in Zhenxiwei, Kelan Prefecture.

Steward Yang stepped forward, lowered his body and said, "Master, everyone is here."

Huang Laifu nodded, put the teacup on the small table next to him, and said to Yang Xiaolu: "Little donkey, go to Aunt Yang's side to see if her porridge is ready?"

Yang Xiaolu responded and went to the kitchen.Soon, he and Aunt Yang came over with several large pots of porridge.The porridge was steaming, and from a distance, it was as thick as grease, which was quite conspicuous and attractive in this weather.

The tenants below were in a commotion, not knowing what Huang Laifu wanted to do.They looked at the pots of porridge, their eyes were shining brightly, and their Adam's apples kept moving, showing a look of great desire.

Aunt Yang came forward with a smile and said, "Master, according to your order, the porridge is ready."

Huang Laifu said: "Divide the porridge and let everyone warm up."

Those tenants were in a commotion again, none of them could believe it, they casually said one after another: "Thank you, Young Master Huang, thank you, Young Master Huang..."

Aunt Yang held the porridge in a bowl and said with a smile, "Come on, come on, come one by one, everyone has something."

The tenants came up one by one, and after receiving the bowls, they all said, "Thank you, Young Master Huang."

When they returned to the field, they couldn't wait to drink.

Huang Laifu looked at the crowd, while picking up hot tea, drinking it slowly, feeling Gu Yunniang's eyes falling on him, Huang Laifu raised his head and smiled at her, Gu Yunniang's pretty face was slightly red, she gave him a white look, and turned her head away.

After the tenants finished their porridge, their spirits looked quite different from before. Huang Laifu coughed lightly, and the whole grain drying field was immediately silent.

Huang Laifu put down his teacup and said, "I called everyone here today to discuss something with you."

He said: "Everyone knows that these years are not good. Every year, it is either a drought or a cold disaster. At present, everyone is farming alone. How can this method withstand future disasters?"

Wuzhaibao currently implements a natural economy of one person and one household. Not only is its productivity backward, but it is also weak in the face of disasters. Huang Laifu decided to change.

He said: "I have already discussed with my lord father that I will manage Huang's farm in the future. I have decided to change the current tenancy method. I am calling everyone here today to discuss this matter."

The tenants below were a little worried when they heard this, and didn't know what Huang Laifu was going to do. An old man who seemed to be prestigious among the tenants came out and boldly saluted, "I don't know what the young master Huang wants to do?"

The old man is quite tall, but his hair is gray, his skin is dark, and the cotton robe on his body is worn out. He is obviously overwhelmed by the heavy life.

According to previous memories, Huang Laifu knew that the old man's surname was Liu, and he was called Mr. Liu, and that his nephew was the general banner of Wuzhaibao.Because of this relationship, he has been taking the tenant in the fields of the Huang family.

Huang Laifu said: "Facts have proved that it is difficult to fight against natural disasters with one person and one household. The water conservancy cannot be built, and the cattle cannot be used intensively. As a result, my Huang family cannot collect rent, and everyone has to live in disaster years. Food and clothing. So I decided that in the coming year, the land of the farm will no longer be rented, but will be cultivated intensively, and the cattle, farm tools, and seeds will all be used intensively. As for everyone’s identity, they will be considered employees of the farm in the future.”

Huang Laifu has already decided to implement the farm system in Huangjia Tianzhuang, so that manpower and material resources can be concentrated to fight against natural disasters, and some advanced experience from later generations can also be adopted.

Huang Laifu was full of confidence. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the faces of Mr. Liu and his tenants changed drastically.

Old Zhang Liu tremblingly said: "Your Majesty wants us to quit the tenancy?"

He knelt down and begged: "If you have offended the young master in any way, please tell me clearly that the young ones must repent. Please don't take our land."

The tenants behind him also knelt down one after another, kowtowed desperately, begging.

Huang Laifu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he said: "I'm not trying to drive you away, I just change the way of tenancy, you will still work in the farm in the future, don't worry, I won't cut your wages."

Mr. Liu and the others got up numbly. It seemed that Young Master Huang was determined to take back their land.Of course they know what hired workers are. There are short-term workers and long-term workers all over Daming.These people have to obey the boss's command and arrangement throughout their daily lives, without any freedom.Moreover, when he was fired by his boss for an excuse, he felt insecure in terms of future generations.

In the past, Mr. Liu and others lived as tenants. Although the rent was heavy and even accounted for half of the harvest, at least they could be independent. After a year of hard work, after paying the rent, they could return some of their own harvest to the warehouse.Over the years, they have been used to this kind of life, and suddenly they lost their land and changed to other identities with unknown prospects, which made them a little bit at a loss and at a loss.

They were just worried about their own future. They didn't understand what Huang Laifu said that the natural economy is difficult to fight against natural disasters. Hasn't it been like this for many years?Could it be that if he changed his identity and took back the land, the harvest would improve?
They were worried in their hearts, but they dared not speak out against Huang Laifu's decision.

Huang Laifu could see everyone's expressions in his eyes. He understood everyone's worries, but he would not change his decision. Large-scale farming is not comparable to the small-scale farmers' production methods. In the future, these people will will understand.

(End of this chapter)