Chapter 40 Repairing the Canal
While observing the surrounding fields, Yang Feng frowned slowly. The fertile land of Qianhuyuan was almost occupied by the powerful and powerful people. The remaining pitiful more than 2,000 acres of land were almost far away from the riverside. It was too troublesome to get water. No wonder Qianhuyuan was so poor.
Walking in the field, Song Ye, who was walking behind Yang Feng with his horse, suddenly pointed to the front and said, "Sir, look, Lord Geng is taking someone to repair water conservancy?"
Yang Feng looked up and saw that the place near Qianhushou was surrounded by Qianhushou military households. These military households and their families were waving their tools, digging pits or moving soil. There were brand new loess everywhere around them. Although there was still light snow in the sky, everyone was working hard.
Seeing Yang Feng arrive, everyone who was working greeted him with a smile. Although Yang Feng had been in Jiangdongmen Qianhu Station for a short time, the military households had sincere respect for the Qianhu Adult who distributed food and salary to them. The military households' views were very simple. Whoever treats them well and can give them a full meal is their benefactor.
Yang Feng smiled and greeted the soldiers in the fields, and came to the place where Geng Bingyi was. Today, Geng Bingyi took off his cotton robe and the standard leather boots of the Ming army, and like the soldiers who worked, he also put on a shabby dress and a pair of straw sandals. Combined with the wind and frosty color on his face, it was no different from the poor soldiers working around him. It was impossible to tell that the middle-aged man who was working with a hoe was actually a fifth-rank deputy thousand-householder.
After walking to Geng Bingyi, Yang Feng stopped and smiled and said, "Part 1, Geng Qianhu, how has our canal been repaired? Can we catch up with spring plowing?"
Geng Bingyi stopped his work. Although the weather was still cold, his forehead was still wet. It was obvious that he had been working for a lot of time. He held the hoe on the ground, held the hoe with one hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied, "No problem, brothers work very hard. At this speed, we can completely repair these canals before New Year's Eve, but..." At this point, he paused.
Yang Feng waved his hand, "It's just something, Geng Qianhu, when did you have the problem of only half of your words?"
"Okay, that's all for the sake of the humble rank." Geng Bingyi blushed: "Sir, there were originally a lot of military land in our Qianhu District, but now most of them have been occupied by the powerful. The rest are some low-level land far away from the riverside. It's not a long-term solution, but it's hard to water. Huyi thought it would be difficult to support our Qianhu District's thousands of people with just such a little bit of land. Even if the humble rank is pitying us and willing to give us money every month, it's not a long-term solution. Huyi is worried..."
Yang Feng nodded: "I know, you are worried that you will not be able to continue this way and finally return to the same old state. Is that true?"
"Sir, please tell me!" Geng Bingyi smiled awkwardly. Everyone, including Geng Bingyi, felt as if they were dreaming these days. Good days came too suddenly, which made the military households who had been living hard. Although Yang Feng had the words first and had to do his job for him after receiving his salary, wasn't this natural? He had to work hard for others to take the job for others. The problem now is that the price given by Yang Feng is too high. Everyone is worried that what if Yang Feng's expenses are too high and thousands of dollars are eaten up by Yang Feng? This is also the problem that Geng Bingyi is most worried about.
Yang Feng didn't explain anything. He just patted Geng Bingyi on the shoulder and said sincerely: "Old Geng, I understand your worries. But even if you put your heart in your stomach, our lives will only get better and better, and the problems you are worried about will not arise."
Yang Feng has said this, what else can Geng Bingyi say? If he says something again, he will clearly express his distrust of Yang Feng, the immediate boss.
"By the way!"
Yang Feng suddenly shouted loudly: "Li Ge, where did Li Limu run away?"
"Sir...whether the students are here?"
As Yang Feng shouted, a thin figure ran over, but Yang Feng was amused when he saw it, "Li Limu, what did you do? Why did you make a piece of mud?"
Li Ge smiled embarrassedly: "Mr. Yang doesn't know anything. The student took someone to dig the mud just now, so he didn't have time to change his clothes."
"Then you don't have to fight like this, right?" Yang Feng shook his head helplessly and expressed his incomprehension.
"My lord is such a bad word." Li Ge said seriously: "Since the adult has given the students food and salary, they are the students' parents of food and clothing. How dare the students not do their best to do their best to serve the adults?"
"Tsk tsk..."
Yang Feng stopped talking. He found that although the living conditions in this era were 100,800 miles worse than those in later generations, the current atmosphere was much simpler than in later generations. From the scene, we can see that these military households, regardless of men, women, old and young, worked very hard, and basically did not see such things as scammers. Even Li Ge, a thin person, was working hard, let alone others.
After thinking about it, Yang Feng waved to Li Ge and signaled him to get closer, then said, "Li Limu, before dinner tonight, you go to me to withdraw a sum of money, and you can recruit a few accountants to set up a Finance Department, and you will serve as the head of the Finance Department. From now on, all the property accounts of our Thousand Households will pass through your hands. Do you understand?"
At the beginning, Li Ge couldn't believe it. He widened his eyes and was stunned for a while before pointing at himself in disbelief and said, "Sir, do you... do you believe in students so much?"
"Of course!" Yang Feng smiled, "I have inquired about it. You have been a clerk in Qianhu Institute for many years. All the accounts you have passed through are organized and free of mistakes. It is enough to prove your integrity and ability. Who will the Finance Department take care of you if you don't take care of?"
Looking at Yang Feng's smiling face, Li Ge bowed to Yang Feng for a long time, with excitement and determination in his voice: "Dare not to serve the Lord!"
Yang Feng also said seriously: "Okay... Then in the future, the internal affairs of our Thousand Households will be asked by Li Limu! Limu, starting tomorrow, your first task is to buy hydroponic oxen in the market. Don't be stingy with money. The more you need to be better. After the New Year, we will start spring plowing. If there is no plowing oxen, it will be a big obstacle to our plan. Do you understand?"
In the agricultural society, spring farming is the top priority for the people, and even the emperor dared not neglect it. Therefore, Li Ge also said solemnly: "Students understand that they will never delay the major event of spring farming!"
Chapter completed!