Chapter 19: The Festival of Niu Er

Niu Er has become a popular figure among the tenants, the young master of the Su family first went to his house, and the promise of the young master of the Su family was also publicized by him everywhere.

There is not much wheat noodles left in the house, Niu Er asked his mother-in-law to make a hearty lunch, his daughter was full, and his mother-in-law was also full, Niu Er's appetite was big, and when he ate, he still held back.

Li Chang and Jiashou took the lead in going to Niu Er's house to count the situation and see how much stock there was, Niu Er also continued to publicize, faintly, the big guys were a little convinced.

To tell the truth, Su Tiancheng's statement among the tenants, everyone doesn't believe it very much, where can there be such a good owner, not only don't talk about the matter of collecting rent, but also give the tenants grain, seeing that it is winter, there is still not much rain, how will the harvest next year be, it is still unknown, can it be said that the young master of the Su family is ready to take out the silver himself to feed so many tenants.

Su Pingyang, the new housekeeper of Su Mansion, arrived among the tenants, and the most important thing was that Su Pingyang brought more than 300 stone of wheat noodles, and this time, the tenants became a sensation.

Only one day has passed, and the statistics of the lieutenant chief and the first head have not yet ended, but the wheat noodles promised by the young master of the Su family have been delivered, which shows that the young master of the Su family really does what he says.

Niu Er had already accepted the task, and right next to his house, he sorted out a vacant land, Su Pingyang said. When it comes to food distribution, there are things to arrange. Every tenant is to be concentrated here.

Early in the morning, the open space was full of tenants and men.

Niu Er boiled a lot of boiling water, the tenants did not pay so much attention, if anyone is thirsty and wants to drink water, he will take the bowl prepared next to him, pour hot water and drink it himself, the tea is not available, this is a precious thing.

Niu Er and her mother-in-law were busy, the mother-in-law boiled water, and the little girl was not idle, she was full of food in the past two days, and her spirit was better.

When I saw the carriage carrying grain, I heard cheers from the middle of the crowd.

Everyone was surprised to find that the young master of the Su family had also come, riding a horse and at the front of the carriage.

"Brothers, you have farmed for the Su family, they have suffered disasters in the past two years, and they have fallen into today's fields, on behalf of the Su family, I will compensate you, the day before yesterday, I went to Niu Er's house to see, and I felt ashamed, if the tenants of the Su family are going to sell their sons and daughters, they are going to starve to death, this is the sin of the Su family, such a situation can never happen, today first give each family a stone of wheat noodles, two catties of coarse salt, before the Spring Festival, each family will be given a stone of wheat noodles, as well as refined salt, meat, Su Fu also has to find a way to solve it, during the New Year, Every house must have meat to eat, and use refined salt. ”

The distribution of food, the big guy already knows the way, but each family distributes two catties of coarse salt, which everyone did not expect, and more than 300 people standing in the huge open space are silent.

Salt is a precious thing, three hundred and fifty tenants, two catties of coarse salt per family, that is, seven hundred catties of coarse salt, the price of salt in Pingyang Fucheng, coarse salt five dollars a pound of silver, refined salt one or two pounds of silver, even these seven hundred catties of coarse salt, also cost three hundred and fifty taels of silver, the young master of the Su family is really thinking about the tenants this time.

Salt is a very important thing, to put it mildly, sometimes, no less than the role of grain, long-term failure to eat salt, people's whole body weakness, immunity decreases, for farmers who farm, it is fatal.

Niu Er stood at the front, heard the young master say this, and saw the carriage at the front, it was really coarse salt.

He knelt down, raised his head, and looked at the young master.

"The great kindness of the master, Niu Er will never dare to forget it in his life, if there is anything in the future, the master will order, Niu Er will work hard."

After Niu Er knelt down, all the tenants knelt down.

The tenants are not good at talking, but when they kneel, it is the best performance, which also shows that the young master of Su Mansion has something to arrange, they will work hard, not to mention, the young master calls them brothers, this kind of treatment, the tenant is the first time to meet Lu.

"Okay, everyone, hurry up, I really have something to do today, and I ask you to do it."

Su Pingyang and Su Ertong had already beckoned everyone to get up.

"There are four things, we have to do, the first thing, immediately start sowing winter wheat, I have brought seeds, according to the number of seeds needed by each household, distribute it, we must seize the season, can not delay the agricultural time, the second thing, dig ditches, five hundred hectares of fields, ditches must all be unblocked, while digging three weir ponds to store water, this is a lot of work, but must be done, the third thing, dig wells for water, if there is no water, there can be no harvest of winter wheat, five wells must be dug within the yearThe fourth thing is that each family should collect straw and straw, chop it up and collect it, and it will be useful when the time comes. ”

Everyone didn't speak, except for the matter of collecting straw and straw, the rest of the things, everyone knew the Tao, which was actually something for themselves.

"Digging ditches and weir ponds, including digging wells, the chief and the capital of A have to count the working hours of each family, and after the winter wheat is purchased next year, the Su government will take out the silver taels, and everyone will get paid for doing things."

The reason why Su Tiancheng came in person was not to think that the tenants would thank him, but mainly to implement these things, if Su Pingyang and the lieutenant chief and the head of the first came to arrange such a thing, the intensity was not necessarily very large, and if he arranged it himself, the situation would definitely be different. His thoughts are still a little different from those of this era, and he has realized it through his dialogue with Su Pingyang.

Su Pingyang believes that these things he has done are the greatest favor to the tenants, and the tenants must be grateful, as for the few things that need to be done, there must be no problem, everyone is doing their best, including repairing canals, digging weirs and digging wells. But Su Pingyang didn't think so.

The construction of ditches and weir ponds should be something that the Su government does, and it is by no means a matter of asking the tenants to do it, and the matter of digging wells can also be next to the lives of the tenants, so the Su government must pay for the tenants to do these things, and besides, the harvest for two consecutive years is not good, as the owner's family, it is necessary to take into account the specific difficulties of the tenants, which is a basic human problem, and the Su government does not take these problems into account, and blindly asks for it, and will eventually lose everything.

The Su family is in Pingyang Fucheng, there are only 350 tenants for the time being, and it will slowly develop in the future, and there will be more and more tenants, which is a reason for managing tenants and managing the country, the tenants of Su Mansion have become rich, the tide is rising, and the Su Mansion is naturally richer, on the contrary, uncontrolled exploitation, fishing with all their might, the tenants can no longer survive, and the master family naturally does not get any wealth.

Based on this understanding, Su Tiancheng's starting point is different.

Now that my father and eldest wife have left Pingyang Fucheng, this is the base camp for my own fortune, and everything depends on myself, my subordinates and more than 300 tenants to create, including wealth.

If you want to take it, you must first take it.

This is the basic truth, tenants have their own property, life is gradually rich, will try their best to protect the property, once these interests are damaged, they will do their best to protect, not to mention the peasant rebel army, even the officers and soldiers come, they dare to pick up a hoe and fight hard.

If there can be such a benign development, everything will slowly get on the right track, and more things will be carried out step by step in the future.

As a modern person, Su Tiancheng has an unparalleled advantage in understanding, and he believes that through his own short-term observation, combined with the law of historical development, he can soon find the crux of the problem and find a solution to the problem.

Therefore, coming here today and personally arranging these things for the tenants is, in his opinion, a very crucial step.

After Su Tiancheng finished arranging, Su Pingyang continued to add.

Thirty li chiefs and armor heads were given tasks, including Niu Er.

Niu Er is of representative significance, the young master is in Niu Er's house, and the words he said are being fulfilled step by step, it can be said that Niu Er is a witness, Su Pingyang instinctively feels that the Su Mansion in Pingyang Mansion City, although the lord and the lady are gone, but under the leadership of the young master, earth-shaking changes will occur.

Niu Er has once again become a celebrity among the tenants, and the young master remembers his name, which is really not simple.