Chapter 30: Spring
"Here's the water, here's the water." The uncles shouted loudly in the distance, needless to say that it was already March after the New Year, and the river had already thawed at this time, but the river was still relatively cold, and it was in this cold river that Yang Heng and his wife set up the waterwheel together.
If you want to ask my father, my father has already gone to the county seat to participate in the spring government soldier training, and the things in this family are still given to the old lady and Yang Heng, not to mention that families with a small population will not recruit government soldiers, this is a big problem without labor, that is, no matter how to reduce the field tax, there is no labor to work, and there is no income, but Yang Heng's family will naturally not have this kind of thing, whether it is the old lady or Yang Heng is a good laborer, and even one person can use it for several people.
Dad is very relieved, this lady and son have the ability to take care of the family, he naturally has no worries, especially some time ago from his son also learned a set of so-called boxing, he doesn't care where this boxing method comes from, whether it is stealing or robbing, now the son will, that is his own inheritance.
Although this military body fist is a simple sixteen moves, this is a boxing method used in the army in later generations, and it still has a certain effect. Although these are all hand-to-hand combat moves, for Daddy, this is no less than getting a cheat, at least it will increase his prestige in the army. This is enough for Yang Heng.
At this time, the uncles didn't have any work in the fields, so they were all helping Yang Heng's house, and the children were still learning from Yang Heng.
That's why Yang Heng set up the waterwheel earlier, so that the uncles could have hope, and then they could apply for the rest of the wasteland. And Ah Weng Yang Heng was a little speechless, during the Chinese New Year, the uncle followed, but soon, Ah Weng came to bring the uncle back, not letting the uncle have any relationship with the father, as if the father would have something bad for him, a half-brother. If he suggested that Ah Weng should also open up wasteland, naturally he would definitely not agree, so Yang Heng also extinguished his desire to help his uncle.
In order to test the size of the water volume, Yang Heng specially opened a few acres of fields to be used as paddy fields, when the water flow reached the paddy field, the amount of water was quite small at first, but with the moistening of the channel, the water flow to the paddy field slowly increased.
"Uncle, how do you feel about this water, can you manage all the fields?" All the fields are only more than 300 acres, and Yang Heng's family accounts for 100 acres, and the remaining four uncles' families can share 50 acres. "Well, yes, this can really be done, especially these barren fields, once they are reclaimed, they don't need to be fertilized in the first few years, look at the fields reclaimed by your nephew, you will know that this is all good land, there was no water before, and there were even harassment by wild beasts, this is really not a good place, but now that you have a nephew, your family is here, the beast has suffered, and there is a nephew and your waterwheel, then this is Shangutian." The second uncle nodded and said.
"Then, what are you hesitating about, go to your uncle to ask for land immediately, otherwise it will be too late, with your uncle's appearance, once he discovers the benefits here, there is really nothing to do with you." Yang Heng's idea is that now when this waterwheel is not yet in use, no one can find out about this matter, so let the uncles go and occupy this wasteland first, if the uncle finds out, with the appearance of the uncle, it is not good to sell this place at a good price.
"Well, okay, nephew, we'll go to my uncle now, but this waterwheel, and if my uncle comes to see it." "It's easy to say, I'll put the waterwheel down first, even this channel will be filled, so that my uncle won't find any signs."
The second uncle's worries were indeed justified, and when the uncles went to find the uncle together, the uncle was a little puzzled, could there be any benefit to this place, so he came to check.
"Da Lang's daughter-in-law, let me take a look, how are you doing here, if you can't finish it this year, then you will have to suffer a lawsuit." As he spoke, my uncle walked around, "You can't do this, how can you reclaim such a little land, if this is a full year, it won't be finished, Dalang daughter-in-law, you make me very embarrassed, you asked me to explain to the above when you say it." ”
The uncle looked around, and didn't let the old lady speak, so he turned his head and left, he really didn't see any difference here, what could the four nephews want this place? Uncle was a little puzzled, he didn't see the waterwheel in Yang Heng's courtyard, and if he did, he couldn't guess the use of this waterwheel.
In the end, my uncle decided that these wastelands could be given to these four nephews, but not in vain, but to ask them to give them some money.
Similarly, the uncle still played a small trick, that is, the four uncles were also given a year's time, if it could not be reclaimed within a year, the four uncles would also be punished, but there was no hole to drill, that is, this field has a fallow period, that is to say, the 100 acres of Yang Heng's family's field, as long as 50 acres can be planted in a year, and the remaining 50 acres will be planted again in the next year, this is also reasonable, maybe the uncle's heart has not turned around, otherwise he would not have made such a mistake, I always think that I need to cultivate all the wasteland within a year.
Yang Heng's plan is like this, next, is to work with the four uncles to cut down the trees on the ground first, and the reclamation only needs to be planted in the winter wheat when each family can reclaim half of the field, this is considered a crossover, in the coming year, these fields will definitely be reclaimed, if the father can be promoted, maybe there will be a job field, then the field here can be transferred to the uncles, and even Ah Weng Ducheng, this is just a transit station for Yang Heng, not a place to live for a long time, and it is even possible, Yang Heng also hopes that his uncles will go with him.
The so-called three gangs of a hero, and these uncles are Dad's helpers, and the younger brothers and sisters of these uncles will be Yang Heng's helpers in the future, so Yang Heng now first wants to train these younger brothers and sisters, so that no one will help Yang Heng when he needs helpers.