A farmer, no matter what you grow, must pay three hundred kilograms of grain to the government every year. Regardless of whether you grow it or not, you must reach this amount. If you can't reach it, write down how much you owe. Over time, most of the farmers here
They all owed the villa food, so even if Li Wanguan inhumanely suppressed them, they could not escape.
She canceled her previous agreement and now chose to enter into an ordinary employment relationship with the farmers.
Farmers grow food, rice and other crops here for her.
At harvest time every year, she only collects 20% of the grain harvest, and the remaining eight layers are equally divided among the 200 farmers.
Upon hearing about this good news, farmers came one after another to sign contracts with Su Yuanyuan.
Su Yuanyuan did not expect them to be so enthusiastic and fierce. She repeatedly asked them to back off and explained to them, "You must pay attention to the regulations above. I cannot guarantee that the harvest will meet the standards every year."
Mrs. Pei held her little baby in her arms, the joy on her face could not be concealed, "Madam, don't worry! We will definitely work hard to ensure this year's harvest."
The other ladies had the same reaction. When they met Su Yuanyuan for the first time, they thought that just because she was beautiful, she must be as visionary as those city dwellers and look down on them. But they didn't expect that this lady
Not only are they beautiful, but they are also kind-hearted and considerate of their people at all times.
Su Yuanyuan had made a rough estimate before. There were about 20 acres of vegetable land, about 80 acres of wheat land in the south, and the area in the west was quite open. She wanted to gather some young people to mine it.
The land used to grow rice does not need to be too organized, as long as the water from Lanyue Lake can be borrowed.
Qing Yi had been lurking here for some time before and became familiar with the people here. He summoned a hundred young men to go to Lanyue Lake in the west.
The procession was huge, and people who were busy in the world turned their heads to watch.
There was an old grandfather who was very skinny. When he saw groups of men walking towards the west, he became interested and picked up his hoe to follow them.
Many men see this, even an old man refuses to admit defeat and goes to open up wasteland. Why don't they go?
They picked up their hoes one after another and gradually gathered towards the team.
Su Yuanyuan stood in the small pavilion and looked at the growing team, with a slight smile on her lips. The breeze blew the broken hair on her forehead, making her whole body brighter.
There were a few ladies resting in the pavilion. When they saw the men, they couldn't wait to go to the west. They all stretched their heads to see if there was anyone like them in the team. When they saw their men carrying hoes, they were heading west excitedly.
As they left, they all covered their mouths and laughed.
Su Yuanyuan was also infected by their smiles, her eyebrows arched and she said, "There is strength in numbers!"
In her free time, Su Yuanyuan also taught those ladies the grafting technique. She grafted two plants together, combining the best of both worlds, and the fruits they produced were numerous and large.
Those ladies had never seen such technology before, and they all found it novel. When Su Yuanyuan explained the demonstration, they all squeezed their heads and wanted to go up and take a closer look.
Su Yuanyuan was blocked by a wall of women for a moment, and she smiled helplessly, "Don't worry, I will teach you what you don't know."
There was a young lady looking at the tomato seedlings and eggplant stems tied together, her big eyes full of doubts, "Is this transplanting flowers and grafting trees?"
Can you survive?
Su Yuanyuan strongly agreed with her statement. Grafting is just grafting flowers and trees!
With this said, those ladies also understood the meaning of grafting.
After she demonstrated it once, she asked the ladies to practice it on their own. Most of the farmers in the mountains had been doing handiwork since they were young. Most of them were ingenious. They tried it once and then learned it under Su Yuanyuan's personal guidance.
Su Yuanyuan looked at the ladies working in the vegetable garden and looked over. There were several ladies in bright clothes scattered among the lush green, just like flowers blooming in the grass. The smile on her lips could no longer be suppressed.
, and my heart feels light.
When Su Yuanyuan went to the south to see the growth of wheat, she found that the wheat did not grow very tall and the ears of wheat that were pulled out were not full.
She observed the leaves carefully. The outside of the leaves turned yellow, which seemed a bit like a symptom of water shortage.
Su Yuanyuan asked someone to take her to see the well on the villa. After asking, she learned that there were only two wells in the entire villa, one in her yard and the other in the southernmost part of the wheat field. Farmers on the villa
Domestic water depends on it.
Isn't this a typical case of supply exceeding demand?
So the next time Su Yuanyuan came to the villa, there were three well diggers, an old man, and his two young apprentices following behind him.
Although the two young men are young, they have been following Master Qian who dug wells for four or five years.
Su Yuanyuan plans to dig three wells this time, one in the place where the farmers live, the other two in the east garden where vegetables are grown, and the south where wheat is grown.
The master who dug the well was not in a hurry. He followed Su Yuanyuan to the three places to check. Every place he went to was marked. He asked two landowners to take out shovels to dig out the soil. They dug it out in one morning.
There are three large pits, each of which is as deep as a person and as wide as two arms.
After digging the hole, Su Yuanyuan thought Master Qian would continue digging, but Master Qian waved his hand calmly.
"etc."
Su Yuanyuan was a little confused, what are you waiting for?
Master Qian saw that Su Yuanyuan was a woman, so he must not understand these skills, so the young apprentice on the side explained it to her.
"Madam, when digging wells, we are looking for springs. The three pits we dug first are just for testing. If there is water vapor steaming out of the pits at night, we can conclude that there is spring water below and it is a good place to dig a well.
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Su Yuanyuan was good at treating illnesses and rescuing people, but she was really a layman when it came to digging wells.
At night, the two young apprentices jumped into the pits to check. Except that there was no water vapor where the farmers lived, there was water vapor coming out of the pits in the vegetable gardens and wheat fields.
On the second day, Master Qian drove a wooden stake on top of the pit, tied a rope to it, and tied the other end tightly around his waist.
He went down with a hoe and started digging.
Su Yuanyuan squatted on it curiously and watched Master Qian digging the soil hard below, biting into the crispy cucumbers.
Master Qian's back was soaked with sweat, and he wanted to take some time off. When he looked up, he saw a small head protruding from the small hole, with his mouth still chewing.
Master Qian: "..."
It was originally going to take more than a day to dig the hole, but in the afternoon, Master Qian saw water seeping out from below as soon as he dug the hoe.
He pulled in the rope to let himself go into the air, then hoeed down a few times, and the spring water gurgled out.
Su Yuanyuan also saw water emerging from the ground and felt happy.
"Out of the water!"
Master Qian was very calm, staring closely at the water that emerged.
