"Dad, I was wrong! I will definitely practice archery hard in the future, and I will never be lazy again! Zhang Lihu lowered his head, secretly stuck out his tongue at Gu Ye, and immediately returned to his bitter expression, and made an oath resolutely and decisively. Xiao Yezi, brother is easy to pull away the "hatred" for you!

"Grandpa!" Speaking of that valley, Gu Ye's eyes turned around, and he raised a smile and said, "I didn't enter the mountain in vain that time, and I found a good place to make a fortune with the whole village!" ”

She knew that although her grandfather had not been in Qingshan Village for a few years when he was young, he was conscripted into the army. But he has feelings for Qingshan Village, otherwise he wouldn't have resigned and returned here. Maybe this is the feeling of returning to the roots. If the villagers in Qingshan Village can live a good life, grandpa will definitely be happy to see it.

"What did you find? It can't be a gold mine, right? No, the gold mine belongs to the imperial court, and mining it privately is to rob the family and kill the head! Sure enough, as soon as Gu Xiao heard that he could improve the lives of the people in Qingshan Village, he immediately put her behind settling accounts. Gu Ming sighed angrily!

Gu Ye was defeated by his grandfather's brain hole, and the brain hole of the ancient people was unguardable. She rolled her eyes at the sky and said with a smile: "If it was a gold mine, I would have reported it to the government a long time ago, and I would have been able to earn some rewards." I'm talking about the valley! ”

"The valley? What's so unique about that valley? Gu Xiao was interested, sat up straight, and looked at his granddaughter with blazing eyes.

Gu Ye smiled slightly and said, "Although we haven't gone deep into the valley, we have found a lot of precious medicinal materials. The temperature there is a little higher than outside, and many wild vegetables and grasses have turned green. In addition, the soil in the valley is fertile, and it is a good place to grow medicinal herbs! ”

"Grow herbs?" Gu Xiao didn't feel too surprised, because old pharmacies such as Baicaotang and Tongrentang all had their own medicine fields to ensure the supply of medicinal materials. He was still a little worried, "Do you know how to grow medicinal herbs?" Will you serve the medicine field? Growing medicine is not like growing food, there are many ways in it! ”

Gu Ye has been growing medicinal herbs in his space for many years, and he has a lot of experience. However, she has to hide this matter and not be discovered, otherwise it will be difficult to explain. She still offered the almighty master: "When my master taught me to recognize medicine, he told me the method of planting by the way. Grandpa, don't worry, my memory is good! ”

Gu Xiao thought for a while and said, "You only know the planting method, and you haven't planted it yourself, I'm afraid that the villagers may not believe you!" ”

"We can provide seeds for medicinal herbs and make the planting methods public, and the villagers only need to put in some time and labor. The herbs are planted, and then give us the seed money. If they can't plant it, they have nothing to lose. "Gu Ye has harvested a lot of medicinal herb seeds in the space, and they are all idle, so providing seeds for free is no pressure on her.

Gu Xiao tossed and turned all night. Early the next morning, I went to the village chief's house and told him about it, and the village chief also thought that Chinese medicinal materials were a good idea. The fields in the mountains are barren, and after the tax grain is removed, there is basically not much left, and it is difficult to maintain even the most basic livelihood. This is also one of the reasons why the people of Qingshan Village are reluctant to make efforts to open up the mountains.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, the mountains gave the people of Qingshan Village selfless gifts, so that more than 30 families in Qingshan Village could barely survive on a hungry stomach. However, the village is too poor, and the daughters-in-law from other villages are unwilling to marry in, and the little girls in the village always want to marry out of the village.

In recent years, there have been more and more bachelors in the village who cannot marry their daughters-in-law. He, as the village head, sees it in his eyes and is anxious in his heart. It's a pity that his ability is limited and he is helpless in the face of the current situation in Qingshan Village. Now, such a good opportunity is presented in front of him, how can he seize it. As Gu Xiao said, if they fail, they have nothing to lose!

The village chief immediately summoned the heads of more than 30 families and said excitedly: "Fellow villagers, our little divine doctor Gu Ye'er has found a valley suitable for growing herbs. Brother Gu Xiao decided to share this valley with the villagers, lead everyone to grow medicinal herbs together, and make a lot of money! ”

When the villagers heard this, they began to talk in low voices. Someone said, "Aren't herbs wild in the mountains?" Can you still plant? ”

"It's just that I haven't heard that medicinal herbs can be grown like grain. We worked hard and got the seed money, and if we couldn't plant it, everything would be in vain. If you have that time, you might as well play a few rounds of cards at home. "It was the well-known second-rate man in the village who did not do his job.

"A yellow-haired girl, who has only been with the doctor for a few days, what can she understand? She hasn't planted it herself, so how does she know that she will be able to grow it? Li Zhu's daughter-in-law pursed her lips with a look of disdain.

Liu Shi listened and echoed: "It's not! If she can really make a lot of money, how can the dead girl push it out? With the old man's financial resources, he could buy the entire valley and plant it himself. It must be that they don't have a bottom in their hearts, so they put the risk on everyone's heads. Big guys, you have to think about it, don't end up trying hard and getting nothing! ”

When the few families standing around her heard this, they were indeed the reason, and they couldn't make up their minds in their hearts.

Gu Xiao has practiced martial arts, and his hearing is better than that of ordinary people. Hearing everyone's discussions, the enthusiasm in my heart decreased a little. He and his granddaughter are dedicated to the welfare of the villagers, but in the end they are exchanged for everyone's suspicion, how can it not be chilling?

Gu Xiao said in a deep voice: "I state two points: first, medicinal materials can be planted, and many pharmacies have their own medicine fields. Second, this is the first time we have tried to grow medicinal herbs, and there is no guarantee that we will succeed. However, we lend the seeds of the first year to everyone, and if you can't plant them, you don't have to pay them back! Those who are willing to work with us should register with the village chief. If you don't want to, I don't want to be reluctant! ”

The phrase "there is no guarantee that it will be planted" makes many people take a wait-and-see attitude. However, some of them had a good relationship with Gu Xiao's family and trusted his character, so they did not hesitate to sign up. Among them, there are Gu Mo, the ninth uncle of the Gu Ye clan, the family of Village Chief Li, the family of the Gu patriarch, and several clan elders, who also let their children and grandchildren come up to register. Zhang Orion, who had never farmed, in order to show his support for Gu Xiao, actually asked the village chief to write down his name.

Zhang Orion saw that he still wandered when he saw a few buddies who had a good relationship, and gave them a contemptuous look: "Anyway, I don't let you pay for seeds, and if the seeds are bad, it will only lose some time and labor." If the planting is successful, there will be at least a few tens of taels of silver per acre of land. I don't dare to take this risk, are you still a gentleman? ”

was so provoked by him, three more families registered. There are also a few families who went home to discuss with their families, and then came back to register their names. Finally, a total of 16 households were registered.

The next day, Gu Xiao's grandfather and grandson came to this valley with the heads of more than a dozen families. Gu Xiao and Zhang Orion walked in front with weapons to prevent wild beasts from infesting the valley. More than a dozen people walked back and forth in the valley, and roughly measured the land suitable for planting in the entire valley, about 200 acres.

Deep in the valley is a deep pool, in which the melting snow from the top of the mountain gathers. On either side of the cliff, there is a mountain stream that flows out of the valley. Surprisingly, the water in the deep pool is lukewarm, indicating that there is geothermal energy underground, but it is far enough to form a hot spring. Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why the temperature inside the valley is higher than outside.

It seems that the valley is the territory of the hunted leopard. Aside from the hapless leopard, they found no other beasts. Small animals such as pheasants and hares were disturbed by people's footsteps and scattered to hide. Gu Xiao and Zhang Orion, father and son, have gained a lot after a trip.

After measuring the land, each of the sixteen families claimed some. The village chief and the patriarch were not separated, and there were more laborers in the family, so they each selected more than 20 acres and marked them. Gu Mo and Zhang Lihu's families had a small population, so they each selected five acres. Other families also chose five acres and ten acres of fertile land. The land in the valley is fertile, and even if you don't grow medicinal herbs, it's good to grow food.

After the selection, there were still eighty acres of valley left, and Gu Xiao was all assigned to his name. The old patriarch looked at him in surprise and said, "Fifth brother, can you plant so much land?" ”

In order to encourage the common people to reclaim wasteland, the imperial court issued a decree that newly cultivated fields would not have to pay taxes for three years. However, the reclaimed wasteland must be registered with the government. After three years, it is still necessary to pay the tax as usual.

The tax law of Dongling Kingdom is similar to "apportionment into acres". All kinds of taxes are integrated into the acres of land, and in the end it is almost "one out of ten taxes". However, the yield in the mountains is low, but they have to pay taxes according to the average output of the north, and the taxes paid account for almost half of the harvested grain, so it is no wonder that the people of Qingshan Village would rather take the risk of going into the mountains to collect mountain goods than cultivating the wasteland.

If the famine is reclaimed, it must be reported to the government. After three years, taxes are paid every year. So, when it comes to choosing the number of valleys, every family is very cautious.

Gu Xiao thought for a while and said, "It's okay, if you can't plant it, you can spend money to hire someone to plant it." He had inexplicable trust in his granddaughter, and felt that there was definitely oil and water in planting medicinal herbs, otherwise Xiao Ye'er would not be so eager. These eighty acres of land will definitely surprise him.

Next, it is necessary to reclaim these wastelands before spring planting. Gu Xiao invited the stonemasons in the village to carve out a passage in the rocky rock that could accommodate two people to enter and exit, so that the villagers who planted medicine could enter and exit. He hired thirty men for his eighty acres of land, which took two days to reclaim.

The hired person has ten cents a day. They secretly felt that it was also beneficial for Gu Wuye to allow his granddaughter to toss around. Otherwise, where will they get the ten cents a day?

Five days later, all the fields of these sixteen families were opened, and the swarthy land was full of unique flavors. Gu Ye sent a letter to Jimin Hall early, asking Third Uncle Bai to collect some seeds of medicinal herbs for her. At this time, the seeds were also delivered.