After Liu Fei'er returned to "home", she also had some novelty. She lived in the prairie all year round, and only this time did she set foot on the land of the Central Plains, although, according to her husband, they circled the great north of "China". But the unique geographical landscape of the Guanzhong Plain still attracts her very much.

The loess here is so thick and so strong! Just dig a "hole" and you can use it as a house!

There are so many people here, much more than Fort Willow Springs! There are even more people in a county town than in Dragon City! How did she know that the population of Maoling was actually more than that of Chang'an City!

There are many new things, not to mention the crops, and there are many fruits and vegetables that she has never seen!

"Brother Fan, so much wheat, are they all from our family?" Liu Fei'er followed Geng Xiaofan to inspect her "territory".

"Yes! I don't know. Geng Xiaofan is also an "outsider", he is even more unclear, so he has to tilt his head and ask Geng Sanniang.

"Yes! These are your grants. ”

"Who is planting these fields? How do I pay the rent? Geng Xiaofan knew that there must be a "tenant" or something, and he had to know how much he had a year's harvest.

"It's all rented by farmers on the farm, see tax tithes." Geng Sanniang replied cautiously.

"What does it mean to see tithe? Fifteen percent? Geng Xiaofan guessed that he was a big landlord, and it seemed reasonable to collect 15 percent of the rent from the "tenants".

"Fifteen percent?" Geng Sanniang was confused by him, and when she saw that he didn't bother to explain, she explained herself, "Seeing that tax tithes are ten taxes and five." ”

"What!" Geng Xiaofan was taken aback! Not fifteen percent, but fifty percent!!

"The lord can't be higher, seeing that the tax tithe is official, and in some places the tax tithe is already four." Geng Sanniang thought that Geng Xiaofan was too little, so she quickly explained again.

"It's not too little, it's too much! People work hard for a year, and you directly take half of them! ”

"Here, you also have to pay the field tax!" Geng Sanniang understood.

"How much is the field tax?"

"Tax!"

"Taxes one, then we still have forty percent!" Geng Xiaofan is still not calm, this "exploitation" is a bit too serious!

"In this way, starting this year, the tenant farmers will give us two good results, and they should keep more for their hard work."

"Twenty percent!" This time it's Geng Sanniang's turn not to be calm, "I'm afraid it won't work!" ”

"Why?"

"You only receive 20%, what about the others? Aren't you a slap in the face? Besides, if everyone rushes to plant your field, it will be troublesome for anyone to give it to or not! "Geng Sanniang is still experienced, hurry up and explain.

"Oh! It's as simple as I thought. Geng Xiaofan immediately realized his "mistake".

"Follow the local customs", you can't be different. In that case, it is undoubtedly to make enemies for yourself. It is only the tenant farmers on their own village who are maintained, and it is the "landlords" of the county who are offended!

"Then it's the lowest in the county, see the tax tithe! We can't afford to let our own families suffer. Geng Xiaofan thought clearly, and when the New Year is over, he will find a way to "return" some to everyone.

"Lord Ende, the people of Gengjiazhuang are blessed!" Geng Sanniang hurriedly "thanks" for the people, and besides, her "own family" also planted the lord's land!

"Sanniang, are those wastelands on the slope?" Geng Xiaofan pointed to the "loess high slope" not far away and asked.

"It's a wasteland, what do you ask that for?"

"If I open up those wastelands, will it be mine?" Geng Xiaofan has an idea.

"If it's ownerless, you open it, go directly to the government to prepare a case, and it's yours. But what do you want to do with that land? It's uneven, and you can't grow crops. Geng Sanniang really couldn't guess Geng Xiaofan's thoughts.

"If you can't grow crops, plant trees!" Geng Xiaofan began to arrange, from ancient times to the present, how can there be cash crops to make money!

The loess slope near the river is reclaimed into terraced fields, drought-tolerant chestnuts and jujubes are planted on the slope, and apples and pears are planted at the bottom of the slope!

Fei'er must not have eaten any fresh fruit after living outside the Saiwai for a long time, so she has to let her taste it. Moreover, the mountains of fruit trees should be so beautiful when the spring flowers bloom!

"What are you planting tree trunks? Even if you can grow live, you can't grow without water. Geng Sanniang didn't understand the master's whim.

"Plant fruit trees! You can do it, as long as it is a fruit tree, you can plant it. Chestnuts and jujubes are drought-tolerant, planted in high places, and planted with apples and pears at the bottom of the slope. Below is the Wei River, how can you say that there is no water? I have a way to get the water up! ”

"Ahh Plant fruit trees! Geng Sanniang was really shocked by Geng Xiaofan's decision. However, it would be a great idea to actually be able to bring the water up!

"Are you sure you can bring the water up?" Geng Sanniang is making the final confirmation.

"Look there!" Geng Xiaofan knew that if she didn't explain it to Geng Sanniang clearly, she wouldn't feel at ease, so she pointed to a place in the upper reaches of the Wei River and explained to her.

"I have a way to draw water from there halfway up the mountain, and build a canal there, and that's it."

"You, how do you bring the water up?" Geng Sanniang saw that she understood, but she still didn't understand.

"Barrel car! You can find me a carpenter. ”

"Tube car? What is a barrel car? ”

"Hey! If you can't tell you, you'll know when you make it. Geng Xiaofan was too lazy to explain to Geng Sanniang.

Unexpectedly, the carpenter found by Geng Sanniang couldn't understand it.

Geng Xiaofan was a little angry, such a simple "mechanical principle", is it so difficult to understand?

"Brother Fan, don't worry, I didn't understand, you mean to be a big wheel?" Liu Fei'er didn't understand either, and she was also a little curious.

Geng Xiaofan stopped losing his temper, he didn't know why, as long as it was something Fei'er wanted to know, no matter how complicated it was, he would try his best to explain it clearly.

Looking at the creek in front of the door, Geng Xiaofan had an idea, picked up the bamboo pole, did it himself, quickly made a simple model, and led Fei'er and the carpenter to the stream.

"See! And just like that, did the water come up? ”

Geng Xiaofan held the "model" he made in one hand, put it in the stream, and helped the water flow with the other.

"Brother Fan, you are too smart!" Liu Fei'er understood it at once.

"This, what a big wheel to make!" The carpenter also understood and went to the water's edge to try it out.

"The bigger the better, in the place of the river bay, the water flow difference is not small, just right." Geng Xiaofan wiped the sweat on his head, these "ancients", it's terrible to be uneducated!

"That's not going to work! The hillside is so far away from the water that even if the canal is built, the water will not be delivered. The carpenter had one more doubt.

"Why are you so stupid!" Before Geng Xiaofan could speak, Liu Fei'er called out in advance, picked up half of the bamboo pipe and gestured, "You can even take a wooden trough as far as you want!" ”

Geng Xiaofan is happy, this little lady is smart!

"Brother Fan, you are simply too smart!" Liu Fei'er was a little excited to figure out the "working principle" of the tube car.

"What's this, your husband has a hundred ways to get water up, and this is just the simplest one." Geng Xiaofan began to brag again.

In this way, Geng Xiaofan gave full play to his "ingenuity" and began to lay out his own "agricultural planning".

Of course, the winemaking workshop is also indispensable, Fei'er still likes to raise sheep, so Geng Xiaofan specially planned a small "pasture" for her. In addition, chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, etc. were raised.

A self-sufficient "rural commune" was established, and Geng Xiaofan became a veritable "Han landlord"!