After sitting at Zheng Xundao's place for a while, Xie Shen withdrew and returned home. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a day's rest, Xie Shen woke up to laughter the next morning.

He got up and pushed the door and walked into the courtyard, and when he saw the second daughter and Chen Hu'er surrounding Lu Zuotian, he couldn't stop laughing, and he only felt very embarrassed.

"Ahem!"

Xie Shen coughed and said, "This is our family's new nursing home, named Lu Farming." In the future, you must get along well. ”

After the matter of the Xie family was decided, the eldest brother Xie Fang and the sister-in-law Xie Chen set off to Hangzhou to take care of the tea business. The eldest brother is not there, Xie Shen is naturally the head of the family, so he has to put on the appearance of a little adult to suppress the formation.

Lu Chongtian scratched his head and said, "Young master, we can help chop wood and carry water, but don't let us be idle." ”

Xie Shen shook his head and said, "The matter of chopping wood and carrying water is naturally done, but the most important thing is the responsibility of guarding. I'm going to go out in a minute, so you'll come along. ”

In fact, Xie Shen intended to conduct an investigation of Lu farming. If Lu Farming is really as honest as he appears, Xie Shen will retain him, and even ask him to recommend some people who are responsible to come to the Xie family as guards.

After all, a person sometimes lacks skills, and it is necessary to have a few more guards to feel safe.

But if Lu Farming was disguised as honest, just to deceive Xie Shen's trust and get the position of nurse, then Xie Shen would not hesitate to dismiss him. This is also an internship arranged by Xie Shen for Lu Farming.

Lu Chongtian rubbed his palms and said with a smile: "What the young master says is what it is, let's go out with the young master." ”

What Lu Tangtian signed with the Xie family was either a deed of sale, or a two-year contract that is often signed by ordinary nursing homes. When the term is up, the host family can choose to renew the contract or not to renew it.

But during the contract period, Lu Farming must have lived and eaten at the Xie family.

Chen Hu'er said with some grievances: "Won't the son take me?" ”

Xie Shen only felt funny in his heart, this tiger knew how to be jealous at a young age, and he was still a big man like Lu Tangtian......

"It's not good for you to stay and rest, do you want to go with you to build a dike?"

Barrier dam? Hearing this, Chen Hu'er shook his head again and again, his body was thinner and weaker than the young master, and he really couldn't stand this suffering.

Xie Shen didn't care about him, and took Lu Zuotian towards the coastal barren beach.

This is not that he deliberately scares the little scholar, and the project to turn the tidal flats into fertile fields for growing cotton is not ordinary.

The first step is to build a dam to stop the continuous erosion of the tidal flats, and if part of the land is very alkaline, it is necessary to open a canal to divert water and wash it repeatedly to improve the soil quality.

In the summer, the soil quality is almost the best. Grass and reeds, tsk, this scene is picturesque when you think about it.

Of course, Xie Shen and the others are only cultivating a small part of the tidal flats, which are used for experiments. As long as you can grow cotton, you will be successful.

As for large-scale cotton cultivation, it has to be completely transformed after the soil quality is completely transformed.

The construction of the dam was the first and most important step in the entire project, which Xie Shen estimated would take more than a month. If all goes well, the test plot will be ready to be planted with cotton before May.

It's a little late, but it's acceptable, and it should be rewarding at least in September and October.

Lu Chongtian has changed from a tenant farmer to a guard by Xie Xiaoxianggong's side, and he is naturally proud.

But when he followed Xie Shen to the barren beach again, he was dumbfounded.

Why did the young master come to this barren beach again, didn't he already tell the tenant farmers all the essentials last time?

"Don't be stupid, go and help."

Xie Shen's voice pulled Lu Tangtian back from his thoughts.

He looked in the direction Xie Shen was pointing and saw hundreds of tenant farmers carrying stones to build the embankment.

"Young master, I, I'll go too?"

At first, he only thought that Xie Shen was talking casually, but he didn't expect that he was really going to build a dam.

Xie Shen rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't go, will I go?" ”

The smug look on Lu Chongtian's face disappeared in an instant, and he helplessly drooped his head and dragged his steps towards the barren beach.

Xie Shen sighed in his heart, it seems that this Lu farming is still unwilling.

Anyway, when he's done with this while, he should also be beautiful.

Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi were also supervising the work, and Xie Shen walked over and quipped: "How is it, Brother Shouwen and Brother Pi Xian think they can repair this embankment before May?" ”

In this regard, Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi have great differences.

Wang Shouwen was pessimistic, mainly because he didn't understand the purpose of Xie Shen's move.

The income from selling tea and bookstores is enough for the Xie family to live well, so why bother to reclaim the tidal flats to grow cotton.

And he doesn't think that the cotton grown in the tidal flats is better than the fertile land, and he is afraid that it is also a loss of money.

It's just that out of brotherhood, he had to mobilize the tenant farmers in his family to help.

And Xie Pi is very optimistic about this model.

"If we work harder, maybe by the end of April, we will be able to repair the dam and plant cotton."

Xie Pi clenched his fists and said, "Brother Shen, the next step is to open a canal to divert water, but I'm afraid this piece will have an intersection with the Sun family." ”

"The Sun family?"

Xie Shen frowned and said, "Why did you get involved with the Sun family?" ”

If Xie Shen offended any family in Yuyao the most, I'm afraid it would be the Candle Lake Sun family.

If Sun had a chance to take revenge on him, he would never hesitate.

"Brother Shen doesn't know that most of the fields near the tidal flats are in the hands of the Sun family. If we want to open a canal to divert water, we will inevitably have to borrow from the acres of land in the name of the Sun family. ”

Xie Shen suddenly realized.

No matter how you say it, the Sun family is also a prominent family in Yuyao, and there is a lot of land under their names. Almost all of the Ueda near the beach are in the hands of the Sun family, which means that as long as the canal is opened to divert water, it is impossible to bypass this old enemy.

"Brother Shenxian, you won't be afraid, right? The Sun family's nest of birdmen are all fierce and inward-looking, you don't need to worry! ”

Wang Shouwen didn't buy the Sun family's account, and cheered Xie Shen up.

"It's not that I'm afraid of the Sun family. It's just that if the Sun family deliberately makes things difficult, I'm afraid it won't be easy to divert water. ”

Without fresh water to improve soil quality, cotton cannot be grown on a large scale, and this is indeed a dead end.

Could it be that Xie Shen had to join forces with Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi to buy some of the land?

This idea was vetoed by Xie Shen as soon as he was born.

Not to mention that the Sun family will not sell the land, even if it is really sold, it will be an outrageous price.

This kind of thing is really terrible, and Xie Shen doesn't plan to be wronged.

So what about bypassing the Sun family's fields and opening a canal to divert water?

Although the amount of work has increased a lot, it does seem to be a solution.

Wait a minute!

Xie Shen suddenly had a thought in his mind, and then laughed wildly: "Brother Shouwen, Brother Pixian, can we dig a well to get water?" ”

"Dig a well for water?"

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