Chapter 96: Back to the Manor
Early the next morning, according to the prior plan, Li Qikun accompanied Gao Feng to the Dong family manor, no, it should be called the Gao family manor, and Li Song and Hu Bao naturally followed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Along the way, I saw many tenants farming, and a small half of the land had been turned over and could be planted with crops after leveling.
Gao Feng is very pleased with this, as long as the land is not empty, the farmers will not go hungry.
None of the tenant farmers knew the new owners, so no one came forward to greet them as the peak passed. Gao Feng didn't care about this, and he went straight to a tenant farmer who was farming.
"Uncle, how much land does the family rent?" Gao Feng asked.
"Little brother invited, my family has a small population, and the three of us only have five acres of land." The old farmer stopped plowing and replied.
Gao Feng took a look and found that there were two people not far away, one should be his wife and the other was his son. The son is sixteen or seventeen years old, revealing the simplicity of the farmer.
The peak of the manor's data was obtained at the time of going through the formalities, so I have a better understanding of the basic situation.
In addition to the owner, the manor counts 12 households, 33 families, and 124 people. The area of the village and the manor is 87 acres; 185 acres of arable land and 82 acres of sandy land, totaling 267 acres.
After calculation, the average available arable land per person is only one and a half acres, and the old farmer's family of three has five acres of land, which is considered a lot.
"Uncle, what are you going to plant in this field?" Gao Feng asked again.
"What else can be planted? In addition to planting wheat this season, you can only grow some radishes, woad and other vegetables. The old farmer replied.
Gao Feng knew that the old farmer was talking about the cabbage of later generations, and if the tenant farmer had radish and cabbage to eat in winter, it would be good, so he asked, "Is there any surplus after the harvest every year?" ”
"Alas! What's left? It would be nice to be able to eat enough after paying taxes and rent. The old farmer replied helplessly.
The old farmer's answer was expected by Gao Feng, so he didn't care, and after thinking about it, he asked again: "Is the owner not good to you?" ”
This was a deliberate question, he wanted to see what he was like in the hearts of the tenants.
"The old club is still good and takes good care of us, but it's a pity that he moved away." The old farmer replied.
"Isn't the new owner treating you badly?" Gao Feng asked deliberately.
The old farmer looked around, lowered his voice and said: "I heard that the new owner is good, but I haven't seen it, so it's hard to say, I also heard that he is very young, but I am afraid that he will not have longevity." ”
"So what do you want the new owner to do?" Gao Feng gave the old farmer a smile of "understanding" and continued to ask.
"How dare we ask the proprietor to burn high incense as long as we can eat." The old farmer shook his head and replied.
"If you can't eat, why don't you do something else, like some manual work?" Gao Feng said again.
"I used to burn kilns, but when I fled here, I couldn't find this kind of livelihood and I died." The old farmer said in disappointment.
Kiln firing! Gao Feng nodded secretly after hearing this, and then asked, "Uncle, what is your surname?" ”
"My surname is Sun, and they all call me Lao Suntou." The old farmer replied.
Speaking of this, Gao Feng wanted to ask about some more things, but saw a person running over in a hurry, and it was Song Erdan.
"Dong-home-, when did you arrive?" After Song Erdan came, he couldn't take his breath and hurriedly bowed and saluted.
Landlord? The old farmer's brain was not enough, and he asked in a stumbling voice: "You-, you-, are you the new owner?" ”
Seeing that the old man was about to bow down, Gao Feng hurriedly stopped him and said: "Don't be polite to the old man, although I am the owner, I don't know some of the situation, so I talked to you, don't mind." ”
Then he said to Song Erdan: "You come with me." ”
After speaking, he walked towards the manor with Li Qikun. Song Erdan looked back at the old grandson, stopped talking, and then followed closely. Only the stunned old grandson was left here.
When he came to the manor, Steward Liu was still there, and after opening the door to welcome him, Steward Liu took Gao Feng and the others around again.
Gao Feng is more satisfied with the manor, especially the housing, the facilities are basically complete, and there is nothing to clean up.
Of course, he still put forward some ideas in some places, such as some places need to be isolated, some places need to be opened, and some places need to increase or reduce facilities.
After Gao Feng said it, Li Song wrote it down, and he will rectify it according to Gao Feng's intentions in the next few days, and the Gao family can move in directly after they move in.
Although Gao Feng didn't have much cash in his hand, it was still more than enough to complete these, even if he was almost, Li Qikun would also help him cushion, so he didn't think about saving money.
Out of the back door of the manor, I was greeted by a large blank sandy land, which was the eighty-two acres of useless land.
Gao Feng is very satisfied with this sandy area, it is located in an ideal location, and after moving, with a little planning, the area is divided according to the function to set up the workshop you want.
Gao Feng thought for a while, turned his head and said to Li Song: "Can you get some kiln bricks in the near future, I am going to fence this piece." ”
Seeing Li Song nodding, Gao Feng added: "First buy bricks according to the standard of one zhang high, and then I will personally arrange to build the wall." ”
One zhang standard, do you want to build a city wall? Not only Li Song was startled, but even Li Qikun also glanced at Gao Feng in surprise. However, they didn't ask why, after all, there were too many unexpected things for Gao Feng to do.
Gao Feng didn't seem to finish speaking, thought for a while and continued: "Help me buy some more limestone, gui stone, gypsum stone, ......." ”
After these explanations, Gao Feng suddenly remembered Takei Ichijo. There are many volcanoes in Japan, so it would be nice to be able to import some volcanic ash and quartz sand. It's just that he knew that the idea was a bit unrealistic, so he put it out of his mind.
After another turn around, the group returned to the manor to rest, and Gao Feng pulled Song Erdan aside and asked, "How did you do things?" ”
Song Erdan took out a crumpled note from his arms, handed it to Gao Feng embarrassedly, and said: "The owner, everything is done, this is the situation of each family and the situation of their craftsmanship, I found someone to write it on it." ”
Gao Feng didn't dislike the irregularity of the note, he took it and took a look, then put it in his arms, and explained to Song Erdan: "In the past few days, let's hurry up and plant the land, if there are any difficulties, everyone will help each other, in short, it is to plant the land as soon as possible." Also, Steward Liu may have to leave in the next two days, and I have to wait a few days before I move, and you will take care of this place before I move here, no problem, right? ”
"No problem, owner." Song Erdan immediately agreed.
Everything was arranged, Gao Feng said goodbye to everyone, took Hu Bao to Zhang An, and left home for a few days, I don't know how much my family will be concerned, it is better to go back early.
After Gao Feng left, Li Qikun did not stay, he took Li Song back to the county seat.