Erya nodded and said understandingly: "Oh! This is true, the people who live by nature are more afraid of things, and they can live a safe life, they still hope to live safely, as for whether they live well or not, it doesn't matter. Ay! It's just a pity that such a fat pasture! Erya bent down and pulled up a long piece of grass while pity.

Er Ya didn't expect the grass to be pulled by her like this, and even all the roots with sand were pulled out. "Huh! Are the grassroots here so shallow? ”

Li Zhen was surprised to see that Erya was very surprised by the grass roots that were very shallow, so he said in surprise: "The grass we have here is like this!" If you go further northwest, all the way to the border grassland, the grass can move with the sand. ”

"If this grass is like this, then this wasteland is not so difficult!" Er Ya began to think about how to deal with the problem of this grass in her heart.

This shallow-rooted grass is actually very easy to handle, and one way to do this is to buy a large number of goats to graze. Because goats have a bad habit of eating grass, they often eat the grass roots together, and if you can graze goats in one place for a long time, the grass in that place will gradually become extinct.

Another option was to build a few animal-powered lawn mowers, cut the grass from the roots, dry it in the sun, and sell it to the army's horse herders in the winter. The grass roots can be easily separated by ploughing and raking and plowing.

"Lord Risto, I want to ask. What are your policies for this wasteland? Can you say no? ”

"There are two ways to deal with the title deed, one is to open up how much wasteland is available and then apply for the title deed. The other is to demarcate the land boundary first and do the title deed. All the wasteland must be reclaimed within three years, otherwise, not only will the title deed be recovered, but the corresponding penalties will be imposed. Either way. The tax will be exempted for three years, and the tax will be levied in the fourth year. ”

Erya asked, "Is there a rule that you must grow grain or other crops?" Is it a violation of the treaty if it is bought back for grazing? ”

"This!" Li Zhen never thought that there was such a thing, he said: "We have never met this, whoever has livestock, they all go directly to the wasteland to graze, and never buy land for grazing!" ”

This is also true, grazing is where there is grass and rushing. It's impossible to buy that much land. However, Erya had other ideas, she said: "That's right. I want to cultivate crops here, but at the same time I want to develop livestock here. If I had planted crops alone, I would have gained much less than I had paid, something like that. No one would want to do it.

You also know that the real farm is only a few days. At least ten of the twelve months were idle, and I could not have had them go back to the south, for it was too far away, but it was also impossible for them to have nothing to do without their money. So I want to arrange for people to come over, and when it's time to farm, they will be busy farming, and the rest of their free time will be used for grazing.

In this way, at least I can ensure that I can protect my capital, not to mention whether I make money or not, at least I won't lose money! Sato-sama. What do you say? Please go back and discuss if you can guarantee that I have at least 1,000 acres of grazing land. I can buy it at the same price as the land that was cleared, but I just hope that you will not force me to quit the land on the grounds that I have not cultivated the land. ”

Li Zhen asked puzzledly, "Why do you have to buy wasteland?" You want to graze, as long as there is no cultivated land here, you can herd! ”

Er Ya replied with a smile: "If I raise a lot, I must have a sheepfold, a horse pen, a cattle pen, plus people to live, and a granary or something, if this is strictly planned, a thousand acres may not be enough!" ”

Er Ya thinks a lot, the most important thing to grow crops is fertilizer, sheep manure can be ignored, if you want to have more dung, you need to raise horses, cattle, and pigs. Of course, there are no less sheep, after all, her family has to set up a sweater, tapestry and carpet workshop here, which requires a lot of wool.

Li Zhen finally no longer has any dislike for women in charge of the house, at least this woman is sober-minded and does not let ordinary men.

"Okay! I'll go back in a moment, and I'll report what you said, and see what it says. ”

"Then it's going to be troublesome!" The second girl politely thanked her.

After looking at the ground and asking about the situation, there was no need to delay any longer. They went home and sent away Lizhen, and Erya began to discuss with Grandpa, Xiaohu, and Daman about opening up the wasteland.

"Grandpa, we are used to discussing everything, so please be sure to tell us what you think and what you know. After all, you're more familiar with this place than we do! ”

Grandpa nodded solemnly and said solemnly: "Don't worry, you can say anything you have to discuss, and if I think there is anything wrong, I will tell you." ”

Er Ya told him about the two ways he wanted to weed, and his plan to farm and graze afterwards.

Grandpa was really concerned about their affairs, and was the first to say: "I think it's better to cut the grass, if you really plan to graze, then you should buy it earlier, and the cut grass will be left for your own livestock to eat in the winter." As for the herding manpower, you don't have to worry about it, when we don't have farm work, we are basically idle at home, if you talk about the wages and hire people, it is estimated that there are many people who come to the door to find work and break their heads. ”

When Erya heard this, her eyes lit up, and she exclaimed in surprise: "Really?!" Then why don't they take advantage of this time to reclaim the wasteland? ”

Grandpa shook his head: "It's so easy to open up wasteland, it's not yours here." If you open it out, there is no money to make the title deed, it is not your family's land, and if someone comes to buy this land one day, it will be given to others for nothing, and there is no place to reason. Even if an acre of land is barren, it will cost two or three taels of silver to get it. In this situation, who still has money left! The money we brought back from you, last year, we reclaimed a lot of wasteland, got the title deeds, and spent all of it. This year, I didn't have any money to open up the wasteland, so after finishing the farm work, I was idle at home like everyone else. ”

Xiaohu and Daman were also happy to hear that they could find someone to work with, they were originally worried about people's hands, but now it seems that there is not a shortage of people here, and the real reason is the lack of silver! But this is a good thing for them, because they lack no money, only tools and manpower.

Even if the matter was settled, Erya picked up the pen and paper, and began to think back to the mechanical lawn mowers and mechanical mulders of the old world, where although there was no ability to be completely mechanized, she believed that she could always make it into an animal-powered semi-machine.

The lawn mower can be pulled by a donkey in the front, and the person can operate the mechanism in the back. The four flapping machines require a lot of power, but she can pull them with two cows!

It's just that although she has watched the patent program with Chen Guangbiao as a recommender, she has specially explained these practical and simple agricultural tools, but it is not very simple for her to toss them out at once.

Ay! Don't think about the difficulty, let's let it go step by step!

Although Erya drew the lawn mower and the bulldozer from memory, she got it until the middle of the night when it seemed simple to others. But she didn't forget to knit a sweater because of that.

The next day, Wang Shoucang was asked by Erya to lead them to Aunt Shi's house. Aunt Shi's family is naturally warmly entertained, so let's not say much, the second girl is busy talking to Aunt Shi about business: "Auntie! I'm going to set up a sweater knitting workshop here, and I'd like to ask you to help manage it, okay? ”

Aunt Shi's smiling face was full of pleated flowers, and she responded excitedly: "Okay! Good! You look up to your aunt, as long as you think that your aunt can me, my aunt will not refuse to you. ”

Erya looked at Aunt Shi as if she was nervous and trembling a little, and said with a smile: "Auntie! Don't be too nervous, what you want to do is very simple, just like my second aunt did over there, one is to check if there are defects, the second is to assess the grade, the third is to have the same amount of wool and the sweater handed over, and the fourth is to measure and calculate the wages, if you can't control the measurement and calculation of wages, my eldest brother can help you. ”

Aunt Shi originally heard that she should be paid a salary, so she was in the hair, but after hearing Erya add such a sentence later, she immediately relaxed her nerves again. Laughing: "That's good!" I'm really afraid of accounting for these things, and the point is that I don't know how to settle accounts! ”

"Huh! You don't have to be afraid, my eldest brother will be here in the future, and if there is anything else you can't manage, ask him to help solve it. ”

"Hey! Good! ”

"That's right! Auntie, there is another thing, I want to explain to you in advance, this handicraft money is not as high as the wage of yarn weaving. Coarse wool is 100 wen a catty, and veterans can weave six to ten pieces a month. The medium and thick thread is 200 wen per catty, and the veteran can almost weave three to five pieces a month. The fine thread is 300 wen per catty, and the veteran can weave almost three or four pieces a month. These depend not only on whether they are familiar with them, but also on how much time they spend in them in a day. ”

After all, Aunt Shi had knitted a lot of yarn clothes, of course she knew these things, so she smiled and said, "Okay!" This salary is already very high. I also want to ask, is this just to find those aunts and sisters-in-law in your own family? ”

Erya shook her head and replied: "Of course, my aunts and sisters-in-law can't be left alone, but if there are not enough people, you can also teach a few relatives and friends who are close to you and must be trustworthy." As long as people don't take advantage of the loopholes, I won't control them too much. ”

Aunt Shi nodded and said, "Okay!" I know what you mean, I'm going to try my best to keep people from getting this weaving method. Tell them about your family! ”

Erya smiled: "No problem! Then the matter was decided. ”

At the kind invitation of Aunt Shi, they had lunch there before leaving. Back at her grandfather's house, Erya began to revise the drawings again, and asked Uncle Wang Shoucang to help make a wooden model, and she wanted to use the various parts made of wood to find mistakes and practical inspiration. (To be continued......)