In the summer morning, the sun rises early, and although there is a gentle breeze by the river, it is still relatively hot.

Zong Xiu found a place with shade to cool off while waiting for the villagers of Jiangjia Village to gather.

As time went by, more and more people gathered in the village, dragging their families with them, and even Jiang Chen, who was recuperating at home, was supported by his wife Jiang and came over.

"My lord, I really don't know how to thank you. The three-year tenant ......"

Jiang Chen's face was embarrassed, as if he was excited, and as if he was ashamed. He thought that Zong Xiu spent a huge amount of money to buy the land in Jiangjia Village because of his blocking of arrows, and deliberately exempted him from rent for three years.

Zong Xiu smiled: "Brother Jiang, don't say anything polite, I also have my own plans." You have a wound on your shoulder, you should take care of it at home. ”

"It's just a little injury, adults beckon, how can you not come."

The two of them said a few more polite words, and saw Jiang Jian leading a group of people over, still holding a thick account book in his hand.

"The owner, this is the list of households in Jiangjia Village, as well as the properties of each family."

Jiang Jian respectfully held the thick account book in his hand.

Zong Xiu waved his hand: "No need, Jiang Lizheng, you can just leave these alone." ”

Zong Xiu swept around, and two or three hundred people had gathered densely, and asked, "All the villagers are here?" ”

"If you go back to your lordship, there are seventy-six households in Jiangjia Village, with a population of three hundred and fifty-six, excluding eighty-three young and strong people who are serving in the military outside, there are currently two hundred and seventy-three people in the village."

As the Li Zheng of Jiangjia Village, Jiang Lian returned quickly.

However, dozens of households, who don't look down and don't look up on weekdays, can't remember.

Ay...... The ancients were difficult!

Zong Xiu sighed slightly in his heart.

In a small village with more than 70 households, there are more than 80 young men serving in the military, no wonder he hasn't seen a single strong guy these days.

However, this is the general trend of the world and the national condition of Datang.

Zong Xiu knew that he couldn't change anything, so he cleared his throat and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, there are two things to do today. Presumably the first thing, Jiang Lizheng has already informed everyone yesterday. ”

As soon as the voice fell, someone shouted: "The owner is benevolent and righteous, rent-free for three years, and I can't wait to be grateful." ”

This singing and harmony seems to be a good rehearsal.

The other villagers also chimed in, and for a while, the whole village was filled with voices of gratitude and thanks.

Zong Xiu pressed his hand and said, "Now what I want to say is the second thing, a better thing than three years of rent-free!" ”

Jiang Jian saw that Zong Xiu was going to get down to business, and scolded the villagers loudly to shut up.

"Folks, I plan to build a workshop in Jiangjia Village, the work is simple, five hours a day, in addition to three meals a day, I will also pay three dollars of silver every month."

"Really? 3 meals? Give back three pieces of silver? ”

Jiang Shihu looked at Zong Xiu with bright eyes, he didn't care about the three coins of silver, what he cared about was three meals.

"Haha, naturally, it's true, every meal is meat and vegetarian, and it's full."

At this time, all the villagers were excited, and even Jiang Lian licked his lips and asked, "Is it really full for three meals a day?" ”

Don't say that now that the Tang Dynasty has just been founded, and the war in the world has just stopped, even in any feudal era, the old peasants facing the loess and facing the sky have never eaten three meals a day.

Zong Xiu is a traverser, and three meals a day is his habit.

However, the ancients were different......

Now wealthy farmers can eat two meals a day, and they are still dry and thin.

If the conditions are clear, there will be one lunch a day.

As for meat, that's a luxury.

The tenants who relied on farming land for the squires to earn a living, when they encountered a famine year, it would be good to be able to live, where could there be meat to eat. The farmers who can eat meat once a month are rich peasants.

Now Zong Xiu said that he has three meals a day, and there are meat and vegetarian meals, who is not excited?

All the villagers swallowed their saliva and looked at Zong Xiu with bright eyes.

"Not bad! Three meals a day, and there is meat in one meal! After Zong Xiu finished speaking, he threw a depth charge again. As long as I work in my workshop, I can bring food home every day. ”

"Shhh...... Bring rice? My lord, this, this is not good. ”

Jiang Chen always felt a sense of guilt, he felt that Zong Xiu was repaying his life-saving grace in disguise.

However, he was also a heroic man and did not want such favors.

Zong Xiu thought for a while and said, "Also, it's too troublesome to bring food or something." In this way, in the future, I will set up a dining room outside the workshop, as long as it is from our Jiangjia Village, anyone who is hungry can go to eat. ”

"What!"

Jiang Chen exclaimed, and his sense of guilt deepened.

But the other farmers in Jiangjia Village shouted wildly.

Seeing that the atmosphere had achieved the effect he wanted, Zong Xiu beckoned to Jiang Lian.

"Jiang Lizheng, how many literate people are there in the village?"

Jiang Jian was immersed in the days of three full meals a day, and when he heard the voice, he hurriedly said: "If you go back to the owner, in addition to being the Jiang family's village, the old man also teaches the children to read a few words on weekdays, and now most of the literate people are children." ”

After speaking, Jiang Jian was a little apprehensive: "Dongjia, do you still need to be literate to work in your workshop?" ”

In these years, most of the books were in the hands of the scholars, and there were not many ordinary people who could read and write. Besides, if you recognize a few words, you will definitely go outside to be a housekeeper, an account office or something, who wants to dig in the field.

Zong Xiu shook his head: "You only need seven or eight people who can read and write." ”

"Hoo ......"

Jiang Jian and the villagers breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, they didn't require everyone to read.

When Jiang Jian gathered all the literate children in the village, Zong Xiu counted them, and there were more than twenty. He was worried that these children didn't know many words, so he took the test.

Under the puzzled eyes of the villagers, Zong Xiu asked the children to write the words they knew on the ground with a tree branch, and after writing, Zong Xiu divided the people into three groups, and then beckoned the villagers to rush to the courtyard built by the warrior in Jiangjia Village.

Although Jiangjia Village is a small part of the samurai industry, it is better than in a good location. Just outside Chang'an City, adjacent to the Qujiang River, so the courtyard built by the warrior Yan here is quite large, three in and three out, there are courtyards and halls, accommodating three or five hundred people.

"Jiang Lizheng, let the villagers dismantle the seats in these halls."

"Is there a carpenter in the village? I'll draw you a picture in a moment, and let you help you make something according to the picture I draw. ”

"By the way, organize the women who cook well in the village, divide them into three shifts, and cook in the front yard in the future."

“……”

Zong Xiu led the villagers to wreak havoc in the courtyard left in the village by the samurai, and asked the villagers around him to move home when they saw anything and what was redundant.

After a busy day, the whole courtyard was in a mess.

Jiang Jian felt distressed, when the samurai built this courtyard, they all contributed as tenants. But now it was demolished by the new owner in one morning. Not to mention that all the houses were opened, and everything was thrown away from the gold-painted tables and chairs.

"Boss, what kind of workshop are you going to build?"

Zong Xiu smiled and said mysteriously: "You'll know in a few days." Remember, in addition to the children, the elderly, and the women I picked out just now, as well as the women who cooked, you can organize a team of village warriors, and in the future, they will patrol outside the hospital in three shifts every day, as long as they are not from our village, they will all call me out. ”

"Hit ...... Hit out? ”