Wang Shouwen was slightly stunned, and then said: "You can try this, if it really becomes it, it can anger the nest of birdmen of the Sun family!" ”

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After thinking about it, Xie Shen reached a consensus with Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi, and decided to try to drill a well near the test field first.

Watching the tenant farmers carrying huge stones together, Xie Shen was a little sad.

He is also from a poor family and understands the hardships of ordinary people's lives.

"Brother Shouwen, Brother Pixian, do these tenant farmers pay extra for carrying stones to build embankments?"

Wang Shouwen nodded and said: "This is natural, carry a stone and take a bamboo skewer, and finally pay according to the number of bamboo skewers in each person's hand." A stone block is Wuwen. If you have more strength, you can earn a hundred dollars a day with less talk. ”

Xie Pi also said: "This price is not low. The Qiufeng Ferry Wharf outside the east of the city gives people a power stick for unloading, and they earn this amount at the end of the day. They must have done more than my tenant farmers. ”

The two explained one after the other, which made Xie Shen very embarrassed.

Xie Shen sighed in his heart, these two people are children of wealthy families, and they naturally think about problems from the perspective of the family.

At first glance, a hundred dollars a day is indeed a lot, but these are hard-earned money. Moreover, the construction of the embankment will take a month at most, and it will be completed in about 20 days as soon as possible. This money can be earned for a month at most, and it is more than 3,000 wen when it is full.

More than 3,000 yuan is almost a showman's shackle for a month as Mr. Xixi.

The problem is that what Xiucai does is a grinding thing, and it can't be compared with these tenant farmers who work hard.

Of course, from the perspective of the two sons of the family, this can be regarded as a kindness. After all, if they don't build dikes and divert water to improve the soil quality of the tidal flats and plant cotton, even the tenant farmers won't get the more than 3,000 yuan.

With the more than 3,000 yuan, the tenant farmers could at least pull a few pieces of cloth for their wives and children to make some new clothes......

Hey, the social problems of the Ming Dynasty are actually still very acute, which is even more vividly reflected in the late Ming Dynasty.

However, the young man is not capable of solving this problem now, so he can't ask Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi to process money for these tenant farmers.

This is the market price, and giving a price higher than the market will not only break the rules, but also attract the envy of other foremen.

What's more, this is a common problem, and if you can't be in a high position, you can't just think about the gains and losses of one place.

Perhaps Xie Shen will go to the center of power in the Ming court in the future and promote some reforms will have a good effect.

But that's all for later, so let's not mention it for now.

"Yes, but it's getting hot. It is better to fetch more water, so that the tenant farmers will not get hot. ”

You can say what you can't say, don't say what you shouldn't say, and Xie Shen can only help these tenant farmers get here.

"Brother Shenxian, you can rest assured, these are all tenant farmers of our two families, we can count on them to farm, naturally we don't want to see them fall ill."

Xie Pi said: "Brother Shen, after this embankment is built, it is time to plant cotton." As for the matter of diverting water to irrigate the tidal flats, you can take it slowly, I am afraid that you will miss the agricultural time. ”

"Oh, I didn't think of that."

Xie Shen couldn't help frowning.

You can't make a mistake in farming, otherwise it will be a big sin to delay the growth of crops.

"That's it, when the farm is busy, we will stick to that side first, anyway, this time we are trying to plant cotton, and we don't need too many manpower."

Wang Shouwen nodded and said, "It's good to have Brother Shenxian's words, I'm afraid that Brother Shenxian will not agree with you." ”

Xie Shen glanced at Wang Shouwen angrily and said, "I'm such a bad talker." Besides, the people live on food, and what is more important than eating. If you farm by mistake, the county will not be able to fight with me! ”

The three of them laughed loudly, and the atmosphere was indeed very harmonious.

"Well, when the embankment is built, leave dozens of people to dig the well, if it can be dug out, it will directly draw water for irrigation, if not, we will discuss it again, it is a big deal to dig a diversion canal."

"Brother Shouwen's words are exactly what I want, it is enough to leave dozens of people here, and it is a waste to have more."

Xie Shen's heart sank, it turned out that the two had already discussed, but he stupidly followed the quilt.

It is no wonder that Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi are also famous landlords in Yuyao, so they naturally can't avoid the problem of farming.

"Okay, we can't help by staying here, we can only add to the chaos. Why don't we go to the restaurant for a meal together? ”

When the big event was agreed, Wang Shouwen was in a good mood, patted Xie Shen's shoulder and said with a smile.

Just as the three of them were about to leave the coastal desert beach, an old man in ragged clothes and gray hair stumbled towards the three of them from the direction of the tidal flat.

"Third Young Master, Third Young Master, please exempt Lao Sue's family from rent. Lao Suo is such a grandson as Huzi, Huzi's father went early, Lao Suo's family is a lone seedling, Lao Suo can't watch him starve to death! ”

This old man kowtowed to Wang Shouwen again and again, his hair was covered with mud and fluffy grass, which was heartbreaking.

Wang Shouwen hurriedly bent down to help the old man.

"Old man, what are you doing, you get up first, get up first."

The old man didn't listen to this, hugged Wang Shouwen's thigh tightly, and didn't let go of it.

Wang Shouwen was a little anxious: "You can't solve the problem by holding me like this, didn't you say last time, exempt your family's rent for three months, why is it necessary to waive it for another year now?" ”

It's not that Wang Shouwen is cold-blooded and ruthless, although he is a young master, his status in the Wang family is not high.

Although the old man Wang Hua is far away in Beijing, there is still Wang Shouren, the eldest brother in the house.

Although the second brother Wang Shoujian doesn't talk much, he is also the second brother, the elder and the young are different, the respect and humility are orderly, and the eldest brother has to listen to the second brother when he is not there.

Exempting this old man's family from renting for three months is already the limit of what Wang Shouwen can do. If he directly exempts his family from renting for one year, he really has no authority.

Xie Shen frowned and said, "Is this old man your tenant farmer?" ”

Wang Shouwen sighed and said, "Yes, he is from Lianhua Village and rents a few acres of thin fields in my house...... If you want to say ah, he is really miserable, he finally got a grandson and saw that life was getting better, but his son was beaten to death by people from a neighboring village. ”

Xie Shen just wanted to ask how a big living person in Duanduan could be beaten to death, but when he thought that it was too inappropriate for the old man to ask this question here, he had to swallow it raw again.

Yuyao is fierce, could it be that this old man's son was killed because of a fight?

When Xie Shen studied local chronicles in his previous life, he found that the villages under many prefectures and counties on the southeast coast had a strong sense of territory, so some armed fights would often break out.

Arms fights between these villages are often fought for water and land, and it is difficult for even the government to control them.

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...... (To be continued.) )