It turned out that when all the refugees saw Liu Ming helping the old man and agreeing to take him in, they all knelt down around Liu Ming and kowtowed to beg to be taken in. Each story was more miserable than the last, just like Zhou Xingchi crying Xiao Qiang in "Tang Bohu Lights Up the Fragrance of Autumn"
The same thing. The difference is that Stephen Chow is an artistic exaggeration and a joke. But these refugees are real things and a miserable life.
Liu Ming is in trouble now. He wants to take them in. He is afraid that he will not be able to feed everyone, and he is also afraid that the government will say that he is taking in the refugees indiscriminately and gathering people to cause trouble. Don't take them in. Looking at these people kneeling in front of him, he feels very sorry and has a conscience.
I can't bear it.
Liu Ming had no choice but to discuss with Houde. After he expressed his thoughts, he unexpectedly learned that the current government has no control over whether to gather the crowd or not.
Concealing the number of people. (To put it bluntly, the big landlords recruited a group of long-term workers from the refugees who did not pay taxes^_^) As for feeding the refugees, Houde calculated that each person would eat one stone per month, and each stone would be worth thirty cents.
, two thousand people cost 60,000 taels per month, which is equivalent to 6 taels of gold. Liu Ming got 2,000 taels of gold from selling wine, gave the county magistrate 100 taels, and bought land for 100 taels. If he only supported two thousand refugees for ten years,
However, with 720 taels, there are still 1,020 taels of gold that can be used for other purposes. Now it is just a matter of output and income-income gap, and whether it is worth raising 2,000 people.
Liu Ming was overjoyed when he heard it, and thought to himself: It's just a matter of spending some money. It's not like these people just eat but don't make any money. Seeing how miserable they are, how many years can he support himself?
Shut it down. If you can't help yourself and rely on these people, you'll get even more angry.
Liu Ming made an agreement and everyone accepted the report. All the refugees were grateful and kowtowed. Liu Ming asked everyone to get up and ordered the two villagers he brought to lead everyone to their own land to build houses and granaries. He also picked twenty strong men.
He went with himself and Houde to buy food and agricultural tools.
Liu Ming and his party of 30 people went into the city to buy grain and farm tools. The food was not bad, because Houde was a wise old man. When they arrived at the grain store, they paid a deposit of 12 taels of gold and asked two villagers to lead the way and receive the grain merchant.
Go to your own place, pay the grain and then pay the balance. Buying grain is a perfect solution. But Liu Ming was dumbfounded when buying farm tools. He didn't expect that there were so many farm tools in the Han Dynasty, and he had never seen those in Lusang Village. Liu Ming didn't
I asked Houde for the answer, and I learned that feelings are not that no one wants to use them, but that they are reluctant to use them. Those things are much more expensive than people. Lusang Village is poor. Each villager only has 5 or 6 acres of land, and even the village chief only has 50 acres.
, you can just plan it yourself. Then you can buy those things.
When Liu Ming looked at the items in the store, he could recognize a hoe, a shovel, a plow, a shovel, and a sickle. The big item should be a plow, but it has a straight shaft instead of a curved shaft, and it has a double set.
When the shop clerk saw Liu Ming looking at something in shock, he curled his lips and said to himself: You have seen this country bumpkin before. However, seeing that Liu Ming was leading many people, he did not dare to neglect him. He quickly went up to meet him and said enthusiastically: "This young man
What do you want to use?"
Liu Ming pointed to something that looked like a plow but was not a plow and said: "I want to buy a batch of farm tools. What is that thing called and what is it used for?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he shivered and asked in a show of knowledge: "It is said that Shen Nong chopped wood and called it 蜖 (si), and rubbed the wood to make hoe (lei). Farming began in the world, and plowshares were introduced in the Spring and Autumn Period. When it came to our dynasty, there were even more
If you don’t have a coupler plow, this is a coupler plow.”
After hearing this, Liu Ming said to himself: Oh, this is a coupling plow. But this plow with a long shaft and a straight shaft is not as good as the plow with a short shaft and a curved shaft that he knows. By the way! Isn’t there a carpenter among the refugees he recruited? You can buy some.
Go back and change it yourself.
Liu Ming then asked: "What other good things do you have here?"
The waiter even proudly said: "In addition to the coupler plow, we also have a columbine cart. The columbine cart was invented by Zhao Guo, the commander of the grain search during the reign of Emperor Wu (the official in charge of agriculture). Cui Shi's "Political Commentary" records it as: Three
There are one oxen for the plow, and one person will pull it, sow the seeds and pull the coves, all of which are prepared. One hectare is planted every day, and the three assistants are still relying on it." The waiter shook his head and said. It seemed that this paragraph was quite familiar, so Liu said.
Ming also admires the workman's professionalism.
The store clerk saw Liu Ming looking at him, fearing that Liu Ming would not understand, so he pointed at the columbine cart and explained: "The columbine cart is composed of a columbine bucket, a columbine foot, etc. The columbine feet are directly connected to the columbine bucket, and the bucket stores seeds. When using it, the front
Pulled by animal power and then controlled by one person, the seeds are sown into the ground along the columbine's legs. The three columbine legs can dig out three ditches at one time, and complete ditching, sowing and soil covering operations at the same time, which greatly saves time.
Manpower. Moreover, it can ensure consistent row spacing and plant spacing. It is conducive to drainage and moisture conservation, and is conducive to cultivating and weeding."
Liu Ming wondered while listening: Well, this thing is good, it is almost the same as a modern seeder. It would be better if there is a dung bucket on top, and even fertilization is completed at once. I must add it when I go back.
The clerk kept talking about the uses of various farm tools, and Liu Ming listened with excitement. In the end, Liu Ming spent five taels of gold to buy 500 sets of farm tools, and the store delivered them to his door within seven days. He also asked the store to deliver them to his door.
It cost 25 taels of gold to purchase 500 oxen on my behalf. They were delivered within seven days. It cost a total of 30 taels of gold to be considered efficient.
After finishing these things, Liu Ming returned to the village with Houde and met the village chief. After dinner, he stayed alone in the house and could not sleep. Distraught, he subconsciously took a pack of cigarettes from the car cabinet (the car cabinet can be said to be a
Liu Ming's safe in ancient times).
Liu Ming took the cigarette and went back to the house and lit one. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled the smoke, feeling refreshed. He thought to himself: Since he decided to be a farmer in ancient times, he should be a good one. Now.
We have money, people, and almost all the tools. The only thing missing is a waterwheel. Although I haven’t found it, and I don’t know if it exists now, I will use the waterwheel I saw in my hometown as a basis to find a few carpenters.
, I should be able to imitate a cat and a tiger. After thinking about what I should do, I can't help but think: If I come to ancient times, will it affect the era I came from? If it does, will I still exist? If I don't exist anymore,
, history has returned to normal, then will I come back to ancient times? The more I think about it, the more headaches I get. It’s like a chicken lays an egg, and the egg lays a chicken. It’s basically an endless cycle. Suddenly I remembered what a physics teacher in middle school said.
In one sentence, a light flashed in my mind: Yes, why are you thinking so much? It’s okay if you’re still alive now. I can’t help but think that the world I came from had only one missing person, and the ancient world I have now only has one more person.
That's it. After thinking about this, what else should I think about: I am in an era where it is possible to have multiple wives and children, that is, there is no marriage law, and there is no family planning. I am rich, I can marry as many as I want, and have as many children as I want. If I were the father and mother.
How happy I am to know. I can’t help but feel sad when I think of my parents.
While Liu Ming was thinking wildly, he was unconsciously playing with the lighter in his hand. The flame of the lighter would come on and off. It didn't matter to Liu Ming, he was just playing with the lighter. But it frightened the person outside the window, and it was destined that Liu Ming would not be honest.