Most of the farmers are honest, and there are few lazy people in their work, in their opinion, food is life, even if it is not their own crops, they cannot be perfunctory, otherwise God will punish them.

Because the nearby mountains are all planted by Song Yao, even if the yield is not high, the area is there, and there is a lot of time to harvest.

couldn't let Hu Jiayue stay here all the time, so after Song Yao received a piece of land, she asked a few people to beat beans and weigh them first.

"Owner, one acre of land has beaten nearly two stone beans, and this mountain land is about to become a treasure." The chief steward excitedly reported the harvest, and also held a handful of soybeans to show Song Yao.

"One stone bean, about fifty catties, two stone beans is nearly a hundred catties, this harvest is better than we expected." Song Yao is very satisfied with this harvest, and it is not in vain the capital she has invested in the past year.

The farm steward stepped forward and said: "This bean does not pick the land, and the average farmer will not use good land to plant, the best harvest of one acre of land is two or three hundred catties, and it is really good that we can have this harvest in this wasteland." Excluding this year's agricultural fertilizer and bean money, it is also profitable. Next year, the land is fertile, and it is possible to plant something else, and the harvest of this mountainous land will not be much worse than the inferior field in a few years, but the price will be seventy percent cheaper than the inferior field. ”

Hearing this, Song Yao shook his head with a smile and said, "I understand what you mean, but our Zhuangzi's land is enough for a few of your families to serve, I don't plan to add more people, and you won't be used to it." You don't have to hide the yield of the mountainous land, if the villagers are willing to buy land to plant and have more rations, the farmers are not short of this bit of agricultural fertilizer, and they have to leave some way for the villagers to live. ”

"The owner is benevolent." The farm steward can only say this, but he secretly says that it is a pity in his heart.

"If you want to buy some land, you can also consider buying a few acres of mountainous land, which is next to our Zhuangzi, and you can also take care of it, and you can't do long-term work for generations." Song Yao said with a light smile, then took Hu Jiayue's hand and walked to the other side.

Leaving the two stewards crying happily, they kowtowed to Song Yao's back.

"Third child, let's follow the right owner!" The chief steward's eyes were filled with tears, and he said excitedly.

"Big brother, let's tell the second brother the good news." The first thought of the farm steward was to share the joy with his good brothers.

"What's the hurry, our work hasn't been finished yet, it's not too late to talk about it in the evening, and we can drink two cups to celebrate." With the support of the farm steward, the chief steward stood up, and the person was a little more energetic.

Not to mention how excited the two stewards were, after Song Yao and the two walked for a while, Hu Jiayue asked the doubts in his heart.

"Sister, if you do this, aren't you afraid that the people under your command will be unfaithful to you? People have selfish intentions, they have their own fields, and they will definitely find a way to live their own small lives in the future, how can they do things for their sister wholeheartedly? Hu Jiayue didn't believe that Song Yao didn't think about it, so she asked.

Song Yao chuckled, pointed to the villagers who were grabbing the harvest not far away, and said, "Jiayue, do you know why they work so hard?" ”

"To fill your stomach." Without waiting for Hu Jiayue to answer, Xiaolian said on the side: "The slave grew up in a peasant family when she was a child, and her father and mother all said so. ”

"Yes, in times of poverty, the most important thing is to fill your stomach. But once you can eat three meals, you want to have your own family business, and you don't want future generations to live a precarious life. After all, it is not a long-term plan to send people under the fence, and no one is born with the bones of a slave. Song Yao sighed lowly, "The three stewards in Zhuangzi were originally all peasant families, and if it weren't for the disaster year, they wouldn't have been reduced to long-term laborers." Although they can't go back to their hometowns, the land is the life of the peasant family, and they are all worried about it. ”

When Song Yao was in exile, she came into contact with too many people, and she knew very well what the Zhuang family valued.

"There are rules in this world, if I don't open my mouth, they won't dare to buy land blatantly even if they have money, but in the end, they will not be grateful to me, but because of selfishness, it will damage my interests." Song Yao stopped, looked at Hu Jiayue and said, "Jiayue, you are from an official family, and there are also official families in the house, although you are a slave, you also have your own land, don't you?" After all, long-term workers are just working, relatively freer, if they really want to leave, I can't force them to stay. ”

Hu Jiayue nodded, understood Song Yao's intentions, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's not easy for people in the world, if you don't have no choice, who is willing to be a subordinate and grovel." ”

Song Yao smiled and didn't speak, Hu Jiayue, as a young lady from an official family, was very important to understand this.

Xiaolian fiddled with her fingers on the side, muttering about the account, and after a while, she laughed happily, which made Hu Jiayue look sideways.

"What are you thinking, little girl?" Hu Jiayue asked with a smile.

"Miss, the slave has also saved a little silver in the past few years, and if it is used to buy land at the foot of the mountain, it can also buy several acres!" After all, Xiaolian is from a farming family and has a passion for the fields.

"I'm thinking about how to make the dowry more silver, you're really not ashamed." Hu Jiayue didn't object, and after making fun of Xiaolian, she suddenly thought of something, turned to Song Yao and said, "Sister, if I want to buy some land at the foot of the mountain, my sister may help me find a long-term job?" ”

"Jiayue also wants to save a dowry?" Song Yao asked with a smile.

"That's not it." Hu Jiayue shook his head and said: "I have a surplus of monthly silver every month, but my father's family business is thin, and the expenses in the house depend on my mother's dowry. ”

"That's a good idea, but I wouldn't recommend you buy a mountain." Song Yao smiled and led the two of them towards the foot of the mountain, "After the improvement of the mountain, although the output is not bad, that income is considerable for the farmer's family, but it is of little meaning to you." If Jiayue can trust me, if we buy the nearby mountains together, although we will not see any income in the first three years, we will be able to make great achievements in the future. ”

"Buy a mountain?" Hu Jiayue was a little surprised, she didn't expect Song Yao to have such a bold idea, "But the mountain belongs to the imperial court, unless it is rewarded by the imperial court, it is very difficult for private people to buy it, and it is impossible to belong to the personal property permanently, at most it is only a few decades, and you have to pay taxes, so you won't lose money?" ”

Although Hu Jiayue has been in the house since elementary school, she is also aware of some policies of the imperial court, which is also something that everyone needs to learn, so that she can have topics with her husband in the future and participate in family affairs.

Song Yao smiled mysteriously and didn't explain.

The reason why she chose to cooperate with Hu Jiayue was that Hu Jiayue was righteous at the beginning, Song Yao was very grateful and was willing to pull her, which can be regarded as repaying this friendship.

The second is that Hu Youwei is the county order, and the matter of buying a mountain will be much smoother if Hu Youwei is there, and there will be no trouble on the mountain.

Hu Jiayue pursed her lips, thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

The cost of buying a mountain is not low, Hu Jiayue's body is not able to do it, and she can't give Song Yao an accurate answer in the first time.

"I'm going to discuss this matter with my family, and I'll get back to my sister in a few days." Hu Jiayue thought about it, but she was still interested in buying mountains, "Sister thinks it's really not cost-effective for me to buy mountains?" ”

"It's not like that, it's just a meager income, but it is to let outsiders know that it was bought by the daughter of the county order, I am afraid that while laughing at the county order is so shabby, I will also question the intention of the county order, which will do more harm than good." Song Yao analyzed.

Hu Jiayue was thoughtful, and Xiaolian on the side also collapsed her face, she was Hu Jiayue's personal maidservant, and she couldn't do what the master avoided.

As the three walked through the mountains, Hu Jiayue was drawn attention by the words of the casual villagers.

"This Song lady is really a strange person, a woman from a Taoist family, she is so good-looking, and she even understands farming. I just made use of the mountainous land, and the crops planted were not much different from the inferior fields, and if I heard that Song Niangzi could plant crops in the mountains one day, I would also believe it. "A mother-in-law has a big voice, and she doesn't forget to chat with the people in the same village when she works.

"No, I don't know where this Song lady came from, if I hadn't asked us to work here, I wouldn't have known that the master of this Zhuangzi was a woman's family. Listen to the people in the Zhuangzi said, Song Niangzi is willing to improve the mountain to tell us, if there are people who can't afford to buy the mountain, you can ask her to borrow silver, the first three years Song Niangzi out of seeds, we out of fertilizer, Song Niangzi only three percent of the harvest, three years later we planted the mountain land sold to us, I went home and discussed with the family, and so on to finish the work in the field, I will find a steward to go on five acres of land, and the family will also have a land in the future, so that I can fill my stomach is not. The other woman said with a smile.

Although the two women were chatting, the work of their hands was not delayed at all, and they were all good people.

When Hu Jiayue heard this, she felt ashamed in her heart.

After learning that the mountains were cheap and made money, she thought about her own interests, but Song Yao was willing to do things to lose money and give these poor people a way to live, which would make Hu Jiayue understand the meaning of what Song Yao said before.

Song Yao heard this, but just smiled, it is not difficult to imagine that after the autumn harvest, the threshold of Zhuangzi will be trampled, even if there is some money left, it will be safe to choose to give her a three-year long-term work, and then get the field without spending a penny.

"My sister is kind, and Jiayue is ashamed." Hu Jiayue owed herself and expressed what she thought in her heart.

"It's just that if you are poor, you can better understand the helplessness and sorrow of poor people, and when you can, you want to do something." Helping Hu Jiayue, Song Yao chuckled: "A few months ago, I wanted to help everyone, but I didn't dare to promise like this, a penny is difficult for a hero, how can it not restrain a kind heart." ”

"There are too many people who are rich and unkind, and if my sister can have this thought, it is already worth learning from Jiayue." Hu Jiayue said sincerely.

"Everyone has their own way of living, I just want to have a clear conscience, and I don't want to be a great man, and doing good deeds is also on the premise of not endangering my own fundamentals." Song Yao opened her mouth lightly, and suddenly saw a cluster of flowers, and the whole person was in good spirits, "It turned out to be rosemary!" How can there be rosemary here? ”