38 Reclamation of wasteland
Early in the morning of the second day, the front of the Luo family's small courtyard was lively again after a long time.
There are familiar faces, and there are also swarthy and honest outsiders.
The people of this village have long been familiar with the style of the Luo family, and when they saw Luo Xiaoqiao come out to speak, they didn't say a word.
A few people from the outer village muttered in their hearts, and they didn't know what to say when they saw that the people in their village were not surprised.
"Uncles and aunts, thank you for coming to our house to help", Luo Xiaoqiao moved a stool, stepped on it directly, and said in a loud voice.
Ming Yi and Ming Er stood behind him, and his burly body made several people who were careful to go down.
"Let's not talk about more, come to my house to open up wasteland, and strengthen the labor force 20 copper plates a day, if it is calculated according to the acre, 100 copper plates per acre."
"How much?" The man from the other village who came was a little surprised.
The price of a strong man is the market price, and there is nothing to say. How can it be calculated according to the acres of land, a hundred copper plates per acre?
Although it is said that the wasteland is not easy to open when it looks like there are too many shrubs, but a strong man can finish it in three or four days, and the owner is not wrong.
Whispers underneath.
The woman with high cheekbones who loved to take advantage of her before heard this, and she also twisted around: "Luo Xiaoqiao, are you serious?" Calculated as one hundred wen per acre per acre, no matter how many people come out? ”
"It's true, you heard it right. Because of the rush of time, encourage those who do it quickly, no matter how many people come out, and give money when they are done."
"Ouch, I need to go home and call my mother-in-law..."
"The pillar is also more than eight years old, so it's okay to come and hug firewood"
The villagers discussed for a while, and then left in a hurry, most of them were calculated by the acres of land.
A woman with high cheekbones, with the experience of OEM last time, did not dare to raise the price with Luo Xiaoqiao.
At this time, they are all idle, who are you looking for?
She used to be good friends with the Liu family, and she gossiped behind her back. But after giving up OEM, watching the villagers go home to get silver when they see the sky, can they not get angry?
There is nothing to say about people from other villages, the price is negotiated, not to mention the money, they can't turn one person into two people, and immediately open up the wasteland.
"Ming Yi, you write down the calculation method of personal choice, as well as the number of acres of land for each person, let's go over, we will give money after acceptance, one day a day, if the mu is not full of one acre a day, depending on the situation, first settle a strong labor money."
Hearing that the day is over, the crowd is even more excited, they go to the landlord's old rich house to work, meet a good owner, it is good to be able to settle in a month, but also to be in arrears, such a master's house, it is really very rare.
Everyone went to the edge of the wasteland to gather, and there were many discussions along the way, mainly people from other villages asked and people from their own villages answered.
Originally, I didn't think there was anything, but after asking and answering it, the people in the village felt that their waists were stiff, and they felt a little honored.
Especially when it comes to OEM, the envy in the eyes of the neighboring villagers is as bright as drinking cold water in summer.
"Brother, I can tell you", the old stone in the west of the village, patting a big brother from another village, began to chatter: "Don't look at my village now, they are all small earthen houses, you wait, my family will also build a new house during the New Year..."
Especially when he heard that Luo Dashan earned a tael of silver last month, the faces of the people from other villages couldn't hide their longing.
"Big brother, you tell me a truth, is this Luo family still recruiting? What kind of OEM can I do in my village? The man looked at the people of Luojia Village with envy.
Luo Jinrong, the village head, took the lead and walked in front, holding his head high: "If you can't recruit me, I'll go back and ask Xiao Qiao, you guys should hurry up and do a good job first, if you get into her eyes, maybe you can stay."
"That's that, we're going to do it."
Luo Xiaoqiao listened to the shouting in the distance with some tears and laughter, she was thinking about going to another village to find an OEM, and the village chief directly worked for her, and the effect was quite good.
The reclamation in full swing began.
"Boss, what about the shrubs that are cut down?" Someone came over and asked.
"When firewood, send it to my house, according to the market price, a bundle of firewood and three copper plates", Luo Xiaoqiao thought about it and said.
She is not a pure businessman, if she is not bullied, she is more kind to the working masses, and the common people earn food, just according to the market price.
"But the roots of the shrubs have to be dug out, if you encounter too many acres of shrubs, you come to find Mingyi, one acre of land depends on the situation, and add twenty to fifty copper plates", Luo Xiaoqiao was very generous.
"Great, we'll dig it up." As soon as I heard it, I could add money, and the eyes of the people who came over were almost green.
The families who choose to settle by acre are basically the whole family. Strong laborers planed, chopped, and ploughed the ground, while the old man and children followed behind. There were many people in the family, and before noon, they had already left the others far behind.
The weather was hot, Grandma Luo and Luo Xiaoni cooked mung bean soup for everyone, brought it over with a big iron kettle, and each family brought their own bowls, and drank it for ten minutes to get to the summer.
The people who came to work, looking at Luo Xiaoni's neat appearance, couldn't help but secretly inquire, wondering if they had a suitable offspring.
Luo Xiaoqiao counted, there are a total of more than 30 households, the ancients can give birth to and raise, there are about 100 small people, and these more than 90 acres of wasteland are estimated to be cleaned up in a few days.
She can be regarded as reclaiming the Great Northern Wilderness, Luo Xiaoqiao smiled a little self-deprecatingly.
Once the ground is open, you have to consider the planting conditions.
In ancient times, there was a tool called "ox turning and overturning", which was an improved version of the waterwheel, but the premise was that there must be a river.
Their Luojia Village is far away from the river, and there are only four wells. In a dry year, it is possible that there will be no harvest at all.
Luo Xiaoqiao pondered, there is still more to dig wells, even if he has not been able to make a mechanical pumping machine, first match all the pressurized water wells, and then even if he uses pressurized water wells to water the ground every day, it is better than using a roller bucket by bucket to carry it over.
She is a person who can do what she wants, and told Grandpa Luo about this idea.
"You're going to dig a well?" Grandpa Luo asked with a deep groan.
"Fight, not only fight, but also fight, these 90 acres of wasteland, just on the ground, every 10 acres of a mouthful."
"Hiss", Grandpa Luo couldn't help but speak, at this time, it was not so easy for them to dig a well, purely by hand, and there were only four of them in the whole village.
"Master Sun is here, grandpa, you can ask him if he can fight", Luo Xiaoqiao squinted at the sun and said.
"In addition, we have opened up the land, and there is a place, fence some places, buy some pigs to raise, catch some chickens, and buy two cows, just so that the dung of the livestock is used to raise the land," Luo Xiaoqiao continued.
"Yes, yes, it's time to catch a few chickens", Luo Xiaoni was happy next to her, "When I buy it back, I'll raise it."
"In the future, when there is more land, I will indeed have to buy cattle, so you will watch from here, and I will go to the tooth shop in the city in the afternoon to buy some cattle and come back."
Grandpa Luo said, a little impatient, the days are really getting better and better, even when his son was there, he never thought it would be so good.
"I'll go back to the mountains later, and I have to ask him to help me look at the cows, but don't buy the old ones back," Grandpa Luo said babblingly.
It's easy to say anything if you have money, and at dusk, Grandpa Luo and Luo Dashan came back.
Followed by a few descendants of the tooth line, helped bring back two big cows, drove four or five piglets, Grandpa Luo still held a basket of chickens in his arms, Grandpa Luo said, specially selected hens and other eggs, there are one or two little roosters, keep to crow.