Chapter five hundred and sixty-six people must have a destination after all
The conversation with Wang Wen at the county government office was fruitful, but Ye An felt that such a conversation was boring because Wang Wen's topic could not leave politics and the court.
Although Ye An received a lot of help from it, he still feels that it is not that important to him now.
Seeing Ye An's absent-mindedness, Wang Wen smiled slightly and did not continue his topic. Instead, he looked at Ye An and said with a smile: "Returning to Yangcheng County after immortality is not as simple as just returning home with honor! What else is there?"
Ye An immediately put down the tea cup and replied: "I came here to promote potatoes and sweet potatoes in Yangcheng County. Brother Wen Ping should also know the power of these two crops. You saw it with your own eyes!"
When it comes to sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes, Wang Wen's expression gradually becomes solemn. It's not that he doesn't know the goodness of sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes, but he doesn't dare to try it easily in Yangcheng County. There is no other way. The land in Yangcheng County is the largest in Henan.
They are all considered good. There are a lot of fertile fields in the county, and many of them are irrigated fields. It is a pity that such land is not used to grow wheat, rice, and sorghum.
Wang Wen was not only a scholar, but also knew his subjects very well. In his subconscious decision, it was far safer to plant the original crops than break the tradition of seed potatoes and sweet potatoes.
"O longevity! Food is the most important thing for the people, so the 12 restaurants you have in Tokyo are named Food is the Heaven. It shows that you also know how important food is to the people, and you cannot make any mistakes..."
Ye An nodded and said: "Of course Changsheng understands Brother Wen Ping's concerns, but there must always be someone first. When we were in Tokyo City, the official fields of Sinong Temple had cultivated a large amount of land and sweet potatoes, but now such a long time has passed.
, but it still hasn’t started to be widely planted in farmers’ homes. A large amount of land and sweet potatoes can only be stored in cellars, or eaten by snakes, insects, rats and ants, or sprouted and become inedible. Wouldn’t it be a waste to waste it?!”
Wang Wen's face was very embarrassed. He knew that it would be a pity to eat the food, but it would be a pity that no one would plant it until it rotted. However, he still did not dare to accept the matter and could only tremble with his lips.
, insist on one's responsibility to the people.
This was not unexpected by Ye An. On the contrary, he had already guessed that with Wang Wen's character, he would not hesitate to do it for the people, but he, a humble gentleman, could not gamble on the future with the people's output in a season or even a year.
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Ye An smiled bitterly and said: "Can this be piloted and promoted in Yangcheng County? Dawangzhuang is the property of the Wang family, so it is okay after all, right? Before leaving, Bachelor Wang specifically informed Guo Changsheng that Wangjiazhuang had abundant grain reserves, and Tianzhong could
Feel free to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes.”
Wang Wen immediately nodded and said: "Of course it is possible. If you can buy the land, no one can stop you from planting as much as you want. After all, it is your own land!"
Ye An looked at Wang Wen strangely and said, "You're not asking me to buy property in Yangcheng County, so you're making excuses like this, are you?"
"What are you talking about?! How can it be wrong for you to buy land in Yangcheng County? Even the Wang family has a village in Yangcheng County, and your family's household registration is from Yangcheng County.
Aren’t all Zhuangzi decent?!”
Following Wang Wen's words, Ye An became more and more convinced of his plan. This gentleman will also have a chance to use tricks! Let the Yunzhong County Marquis Mansion serve as a banner and rely on his reputation in the Song Dynasty to set an example. When the people see it,
When I arrived at Wangjiazhuang, I saw a bumper harvest of potatoes and sweet potatoes from Yejiazhuang. This dispelled the farmers’ doubts and they would start competing to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes.
It has to be said that Wang Wen's method is quite clever, and it overlaps with his previous backup plan.
The Song Dynasty did not prevent land annexation, which also led to the fact that as long as Ye An had money, purchasing land would not be a problem at all. Large areas of land would be sold at a fairly stable price, as long as the rent he offered was less than the court's two taxes
At the end of the day, there will be a lot of farmers vying to sell their land to the Yunzhong County Marquis Mansion, and it will be justifiable.
But in the end it is the country’s tax burden that is in short supply, and it is also the national funds that are affected!
So Ye An rejected Wang Wen's proposal and did not intend to buy the land from the farmers. This made Wang Wen a little disappointed. His disappointment was that after the farmers sold the land to Ye An, they lived under the protection of Ye Hou.
will get better.
But Ye An came up with the idea of buying a large area of wasteland. For Yangcheng County, there is all kinds of wasteland, and the price is ridiculously cheap. The land is inherently poor in fertility and requires a lot of time to level, plow, and fertilize.
Only by protecting the land can we grow crops with low yields. Who is willing to buy such land?!
Except for the refugees who had fled to Yangcheng County due to the drought locust disaster and were willing to work on the wasteland, no one was willing to buy the wasteland.
However, no one expected that the Ye Anque County Government bought the wasteland. Not only did it buy the wasteland, but the price was 30% higher than the original price of the wasteland, and a large number of farmers were hired.
It is already late autumn, and the huge autumn harvest has long ended. Farmers have already begun to sell excess grain and store grain for the winter. At this time, they have nothing to do and are the best labor force.
Hiring farmers is creating income for farmers in Yangcheng County! Anyone who doesn't want to go to Yejiazhuang in the north of Yangcheng County is a "stick"!
The farmers began to cut the slightly withered weeds from the wasteland, while plowing the land and carefully sifting out the stones. The steward of the Hou Mansion would pay a high price to have the famous local "Old Hand" inspect it.
, if the plowing is not done well, the price will be discounted. If the plowing is done quickly and well, not only can you get more money, but you can also get rewards!
The family that plows the most every day can even receive an extra reward of nearly fifty coins. This is simply a pie-in-the-sky job. Idle farmers from around Yangcheng County rush to Yejiazhuang to clean up wasteland and earn money.
With extra money, who doesn’t want to have a good year?
The first thing that appeared on the wasteland was a house. The house with blue bricks and black tiles was very eye-catching. It was in the middle of the large wasteland. The brick and tile house appeared according to the garden-style structure, with a huge backyard, a broad front yard, and a tall
Even Wang Wen felt that this canal was a bit too wide, even more like a moat.
There are similar canals in Dawangzhuang, but the canals in Dawangzhuang are only three steps wide, while the canals in Yejiazhuang are five steps wide. But fortunately, Ye An not only dug the canal in front of his house very wide, but also made it very wide.
All the river channels upstream and downstream were widened by him, so outsiders could not see the mystery.
With brick and tile houses and thick log beams, the deep house compound can be established in scale. Ye An took Qin Mumu, Tieniu and others to move in. Wang Wen came twice. In his opinion, Ye An's village was still good.
There is no scale, but the land has been leveled and needs to be cultivated for another winter before food can be planted until spring next year.
But Ye An has begun to recruit a large number of farm laborers who have no land to farm, and has also specially repaired their houses. This is another completely unnecessary expense in the eyes of outsiders.
The brick and tile houses were connected in rows, forming a kind of architectural structure and scale that people in the Song Dynasty had never seen before. In Qin Mumu's eyes, this was the prototype of a collective dormitory.
Of course, Ye An did not simply leave the matter hastily, but had people build a huge canteen. These farm laborers had no food. All the food came from Yejiazhuang's grain depot, and all the food was provided by Yejiazhuang's people.
The canteen is jointly responsible.
Farm laborers' monthly money is paid on the fifteenth day of every month, regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter, and the amount paid is calculated according to the results of daily labor. This is the farm system.
Even Wang Wen didn't know that a huge reform storm that was about to sweep through Yangcheng County was quietly approaching.