After walking for an hour, Qiu Hao found that 30,000 acres of farmland are on the west bank of the Wenlan River flowing from south to west, and learned through the guards that the Wenlan River is the largest river in Lingao, and it is also a mother river, and the 30,000 acres of farmland on the west bank of the river are three kilometers wide and seven kilometers long.

Walking all the way, Qiu Hao also saw more than ten villages, it is only about four o'clock in the afternoon, every household is already curling with smoke, and there is a faint smell of firewood drifting in the air, but unfortunately I didn't see a few people walking, and I rarely heard the sound of chickens and dogs barking, so the village seemed very dull and lonely.

There is a big stone erected on the side of the battlement at the entrance of the village, engraved with the three words of "Dutou Village", there is a small piece of green betel nut growing on the side of the road, under the green shade is a few horizontal wooden piles, there are a few bubbles of fresh cow dung around, and the cool air exudes a strange smell of rot.

Qiu Hao didn't care, walked over and patted the wooden stakes, motioned for the guards to sit down, and then looked curiously at the grass and wood structure of the houses in the village, took a look and asked: "Zhao Quan, why don't you raise some pigs, dogs, chickens and ducks in the countryside, is it because there is not enough food to eat?"

Under the green shade, the guards fanned their clothes to dissipate heat, Zhao Quan heard the words and remembered the origin of this employer, it seemed that he came to Qiongzhou Mansion for the first time, and he didn't understand the specific situation of Fuluo Township, and sighed: "Yes, it has become more and more sad over the years, and the farmers themselves can't eat enough, where is there any surplus grain to feed the livestock?"

Qiu Hao was not surprised, there were indeed many disasters in the late Ming Dynasty in history, either a major drought here, or a locust plague there, this situation is global, although Qiongzhou Mansion is located in the rainy tropics, it must have been affected by something.

However, what he is thinking about now is another question, why was Qiongzhou Mansion, where rice crops three times a year, so poor in ancient times?

Zhao Quan was also a little confused after hearing this, scratched his head and said: "My subordinates heard that Annan's rice is also harvested three times a year, but there are many poisonous fog miasma there, which makes the literature and Taoism not prosperous, and the business is not very good, this may be the reason for Annan's poverty, I expect that Qiongzhou Mansion should also be like this!"

Qiu Hao heard a little understanding, not to mention the text and Taoism for the time being, Qiongzhou Mansion is located in the tropics is indeed a miasma, in such a frequent environment, agricultural development has been limited, and the mainland side is almost no one willing to come, and finally make the island's science and technology relatively primitive for a long time, so poverty is not difficult to understand.

It didn't take long for Qiu Hao to rest enough to take people back, but there was a commotion in the village.

Qiu Hao's ears are extraordinary, and he listened carefully to the conversation of the villagers, and found that they were actually packing their packages and preparing to move tomorrow, and the neighbors had all discussed that they would move to Qiongshan County in the east with a certain old man......

What's going on? Qiu Hao was very puzzled, but when he turned his head, he saw that the guards were relatively calm, and complained: "Zhao Quan, it's just a change of landlord, is it necessary to move away, isn't it that those landlords are not rich and unkind in the morning, so they are reluctant to follow?" Or are you afraid that I will collect more rent and dare not stay? ”

Zhao Quan smiled when he heard this, looked down at a few bubbles of cow dung and then thought of something, and speculated: "My subordinates guess that the reason why the people in the village moved should be worried about cultivating cattle and grain!"

"Well, that's what I thought!" The bald guard Lu Chong also echoed.

"Ploughing cattle and growing grain ......"

Qiu Hao pondered it himself, and immediately realized that most of the tenants relied on the means of production of the landlord's family, and they did not have much cattle and grain, and now the landlords are gone, so the tenants have to consider whether to go together, as for their future big landlords, the tenants are likely not optimistic, after all, they are just an outsider, and they may be able to easily buy 30,000 acres of land, but there may not be enough cattle and grain, and when the land cannot be planted, it is not that they have to starve to death!

"Can the landlords still find the fields when they go away?"

Lu Chong played with the big knife, pouted and said: "Definitely can, they are willing to move away, then they must have already found a new place to stay, even if there is no problem, it is not a big problem, Qiongzhou Mansion has a total of 3.8 million acres of farmland, of which 23 out of 10 are in Qiongshan County, as long as they run to Qiongshan County, they can always buy enough land!"

Zhao Quanquan guarded Qiu Hao, and in order to make a good impression on the new employer, he tentatively said: "Son, most of the tenant farmers who are going to leave are young and strong, do you want to stop them?"

"Stop them?"

Qiu Hao shook his head, he doesn't like to force others, those tenant farmers want to go, then let's go, it may be better to have fewer people and be clean, even if there is a shortage of people, it is not difficult to recruit people, so that the loyalty of the tenant farmers can be guaranteed, but after thinking about it, he finally sighed: "Divide a few people to persuade me, just say that since I can buy so much land, then I can come up with enough cattle and grain, I hope they can stay, of course, if they insist on leaving, then there is no need to force them to stay!"

Most of the guards didn't believe what they heard, how easy is it to prepare cattle and grain seeds, a healthy cow can plough two acres of land a day, and one mu needs about four catties of rice seeds, so how many cattle and rice seeds do you need to cultivate 30,000 acres?

However, it was just a message for the employer, there was no difficulty, and immediately five guards walked into Dutou Village to negotiate with the villagers, and when they came back, they were followed by an old gray-clothed gray-clothed farmer, after Zhao Quan's explanation, Qiu Hao knew that the gray-clothed old farmer was the villager of Dutou Village.

There were already a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the village, and the gray-clothed old farmer was a little restrained, looking at Qiu Hao cautiously with cloudy eyes, and opened his mouth to say: "This son, autumn sowing is about to be done soon, but there are not enough rice seeds and cattle in the village, so I have to ...... Cough, dare to ask Childe, how much land do you plan to plant during autumn sowing, and how many rice seeds and cattle can you take out? ”

In the face of the old farmer's eager gaze, Qiu Hao felt infinite emotion, it seems that they don't want to leave their hometown, but the world is difficult, so they have to move the nest with those landlords, and replied: "In the morning, I negotiated with the local landlords to buy 30,000 acres of land, and I am currently preparing 25,000 acres of it, 400 cattle have been prepared, 200 buffalo cattle and cattle are each, and there are 100 horses. Rice seeds are prepared...... 84,000 catties, I don't know if it's enough, if it's not enough, I'll look for it again! ”

"Ahh The old farmer exclaimed, and even the guards were shocked.

At the current price, an ordinary adult horse has to start at least twenty taels, although cattle are cheaper than horses, but one is more than ten taels, and the price of grain is definitely much more expensive than the price of grain for food, so four hundred cattle, one hundred horses, forty-two thousand catties of rice seeds, the total value must be more than 10,000 taels, and considering that it is not easy to collect five hundred cattle and horses, and even need to be shipped from Leizhou Mansion, it can be seen that the future new owner in front of him is not simple!

"Uncle, isn't it enough, how much is missing?"

"Uh......" The old farmer said embarrassedly: "There are 60 tenant households in our village, and in previous years, we planted 500 acres of paddy fields and 1,500 acres of dry land for several foreign masters, and we needed 50 cows and 8,000 catties of rice seeds!"

I didn't say if it was enough, I just said the overall needs of the village!

Qiu Hao smiled, the system communicated the two time and space, and what was lacking was directly made up, and said: "It's no problem, tell the villagers not to move!"

"Childe, please don't tease the old child, it's really okay?"

The old farmer stared at Qiu Hao without blinking, he must confirm the authenticity of the matter, if it is true, the people in the village will not have to leave their hometown, if it is fake...... He didn't dare to joke with the lives of the villagers!

Qiu Hao couldn't, the old man was not easy to convince, and immediately pointed two fingers at the top of his head, and said in a deep voice: "Naturally it's true, if there is deception, I am willing to be hit by five thunders!"

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