This is also one of the reasons why Steward Lin has been worried about the lack of money, the Lin Mansion pays these craftsmen very high, in the past, the Lin family had a silver building, a silk shop, and a furniture shop, and these craftsmen have a place to use.

Although the wages are high, they also earn a lot, but now their shops are all gone, and many craftsmen are temporarily idle.

Lin Qingwan was obviously also thinking about this, and the affairs in the Zhuangzi were handed over to Steward Zhong and Lin Quan's father and son, so she had time to think about it.

"The silkworms have begun to spin silk, and the weaver and embroiderer have work to do, so we don't have to worry about it, as for the others, Wenyuan needs a lot of manpower, and arrange for the rest of the craftsmen to go over." Lin Qingwan said: "Build the cloister pavilions inside to look better, and there are all kinds of tables and chairs, and they have to do it one by one." ”

"When the Wenyuan is built, let them build houses for themselves, as well as cowsheds, sheep houses, and dormitories for long-term workers," Lin Qingwan pointed to the map and said: "The farm is so big, in the future, the long-term workers and farmers will definitely have to be dispersed to ensure more convenient management of crops and livestock, so we need to build a lot of houses." It doesn't matter what kind of craftsman you are. ”

Lin Qingwan marked the blueprints she had designed on the map one by one, and said: "The farm, the orchard, the mulberry garden, and the pasture garden must be separated, but there is only one big river in it, and although it rains in the south of the Yangtze River, it sometimes needs to be irrigated. Before, I thought that after my death, the court would take back this Juetian, so I didn't dare to make much action, but now that the court has designated Juetian as my Yongye Field, then we should do a little better, and the water conservancy project should also be planned, and craftsmen are needed in all aspects. ”

Steward Lin's mouth opened wide when he heard this, and he was about to speak, when Lin Qingwan raised his hand and said, "I know what you want to say, we don't have enough money." ”

Steward Lin shut up and looked at her silently, with a clear attitude.

Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "Money is not a problem, I don't have to do it well this year, things can be done slowly, but the blueprint can be planned in advance." The main thing is that money is really not a problem for us. ”

Lin Qingwan looked at Steward Lin confidently and said, "We have so many talented people and skilled craftsmen, are we still afraid that we will have no money?" You just said that you only used twenty horses of fine cotton silk and one horse of cooked silk for the fifteen cows? ”

Steward Lin nodded silently.

"Doesn't that mean that one horse of Saiya can be exchanged for so many cows, and there are even some leftovers?"

Steward Lin bowed, "Yes." ”

The corners of Lin Qingwan's mouth curled slightly, "I remember that my Lin family's weaver girl just happens to be able to weave colorful silk." ”

"That's right, but it takes two weavers a year to weave a colorful silk, and if you are stricter in light and thin colors, I'm afraid it will take longer."

"I remember that there were several boxes of Aya in the storeroom."

Steward Lin couldn't help coughing, stared at Lin Qingwan nervously, and said, "Auntie, that's the dowry left for the eldest lady." ”

"And those colorful silk are just the inferior products of the silk and satin we put away, and one of them is a colorful butterfly flying Ayaluo is collected separately, which is worth a thousand gold."

Steward Lin looked at Lin Qingwan pitifully.

Lin Qingwan couldn't help laughing, waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, I won't touch these things, as you said, it's for the eldest sister, but that also shows that we have a lot of wealth, doesn't it?" So you don't have to be so careful. Although our Lin family doesn't have much cash, they still have wealth. ”

When they sold their stores last year, they collected the most precious goods in each store, and the Lin family almost didn't move except for cash, and all of them moved to Suzhou, so there was a lot of wealth.

It's just not easy to monetize.

But silk cloth has always been directly used as currency, so Lin Qingwan is telling Steward Lin that in fact, their family has a lot of money.

What's more, they will harvest a large amount of grain during the autumn harvest, and the grain is also hard currency.

Steward Lin was persuaded by Lin Qingwan, and slowly let go of his hands and feet, and began to hire people to clean up Lin Yubin's Juetian on the other side of the mountain.

Because of the distance, the stewards and day laborers had to move there to make it easier to work.

Lin Quan was moved by his aunt's trust last time, and this time he took the initiative to take over this drudgery and handed over the work of the farm here to the steward of Zhong, and he took people to the other side of the mountain with great dignity.

They cut down some trees to build a house, and they simply braided the straw mats with the cut thatch, and covered the roof to form a house.

There are only a few wooden planks in a room, and there are ten people.

In addition, they hired women to cook for them, because they had soup to drink every day, and it was summer, and they could sleep bare-chested and bare-back at night, and it was not uncomfortable, but they were very sun-drenched during the day.

Lin Qingwan asked the cook at home to make sour plum soup for everyone from time to time, and then sent it to the ground bucket by bucket, and the summer heat disappeared a lot in an instant.

The action of the Lin family's courtyard is too big, but there are few who really care, after all, such a large piece of wasteland is there, and it is reasonable for them to be in a hurry to open up the wasteland, so the big families in Suzhou City laughed when they heard it, and they didn't think so.

But for the vast majority of poor people and ordinary people, this is different. The Lin family's fame quickly spread among the middle and lower classes.

I all know that Suzhou Lin Gong has a younger sister who has been named the county lord and has obtained a large piece of Jue Tian, and he needs someone to open up the wasteland.

There were many workers, and the wages were sufficient, twenty wen a day, and the big farm on the other side of the mountain did not cover food, but they could take grain from their own homes and hire two women to help cook the rice.

Well, the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the woman also hires her own mother-in-law.

The pasture on the other side of the mountain is too far away, and the work there is heavier, and the accommodation conditions are poor, so it also includes three meals a day, and I heard that it is very good, and there can be a meal of meat every two days, and there are all kinds of soup every day.

Afraid that the Lin family will be in arrears?

Don't be afraid, the Lin family's wages are settled in ten days, that is, they will be settled when they leave, which is convenient and fast, and they don't have to be afraid of being deducted by the owner as in previous years.

So, Zhang San happened to go to the Lin family to work for ten days, and after getting paid, he took a day off and went back to bring his brothers, and within two days, the brothers who played together in the same village, as well as all kinds of cousins in the family, touched me, and I took you all to the Lin family to work.

Not only the idle laborers in the city of Suzhou, but also the villages under its jurisdiction, and even the villages far away, people came to apply.

The Lin family's Zhuangzi is in full swing every day, and money is flowing out like flowing water.

Steward Lin and Steward Zhong forcibly put their eyes away calmly, trying not to look at the dwindling money.

Then, Xia received.

Winter wheat can be harvested, and those who have many brothers in the family can take two out to go home to harvest grain, and those who do not have many brothers can only ask for leave to go back.

As a result, only a quarter of the original people were left in the Zhuangzi in an instant, but there were quite a few such people.

The two old farms of the Lin family also planted winter wheat, and the chief steward of Zhong arranged for the short-term workers to harvest the wheat first, and then continue to work in the big farms and pastures.

It was also at this time that the major households in Suzhou City felt the impact of the Lin family, because they could not hire short-term workers this year.

The masters were reported by their subordinates: "The slaves waited for the Fang Market to recruit people, but except for those who were used to being lazy and slippery, they couldn't find any other laborers. ”

The vendors who brought things over to sell and bought some grain by the way were also told that the short-term workers who carried the bags could not be recruited, "The small ones found several acquaintances, but they all refused, and the Lin family gave a lot of wages, and they were not willing to come back." ”

The merchant was angry, "Isn't it twenty wen, and I also gave twenty wen." ”

"But the Lin family also includes food, and those who don't include food are also sent every day with sour plum soup or some soup to relieve the heat, and they work for four hours a day, and the hottest two and a half hours in the middle are not working."

In the summer, the Lin family arranged working hours from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., and the five hours at noon were nap times, and no one was allowed to work.

But the merchants are different, their work is uncertain, most of them work in the hottest noon, carrying large bags, and many end up suffering from heat stroke.

But even if the short-term workers suffer from heat stroke, they don't have the money to buy medicine, so they drink more water by themselves, or go to the field to pull a handful of Lei Gong root and boil water to drink.

The landlords were even deeper, and hired day laborers who were eager to call them as livestock, and except for a few large families who paid more attention to fame, the rest of the families worked at dawn, and at noon they could eat for a short time, and then work until the sun went down.

Why was the Lin family able to gather so much labor in such a short period of time in such a closed ancient period?

A large part of this is due to the amount of time they have arranged.

Therefore, the landlords also raised the price to 20 wen a day, but still no one came to apply, you must know that the landlords used to hire short-term workers for 18 wen a day, while the merchants have mentioned 23 wen.

No one left the Lin family and threw themselves into their arms.

But the goods had to be unloaded, and the wheat had to be harvested.

Everyone can only raise the price to twenty-five wen a day, and finally recruit people, but the number of people recruited is also limited.

Lin Qingwan did not stop the short-term workers from leaving, because this was originally voluntary and she had no intention of offending others.

Steward Lin and Steward Zhong would not stop them, they originally wanted to take advantage of the busy farming to give the short-term workers a long vacation for a month.

But thinking that the autumn harvest will be soon, and it will be even busier at that time, and the Lin family is short of manpower, and the time will have to come to harvest the rice fields.

So this time I can only hold on.

But other families can't hire people, and they are unwilling to raise wages, so they can only find the Lin family in the end, hoping that the Lin family can raise their noble hands and release a group of short-term workers to them.

Lin Qingwan shook her head and laughed when she heard Steward Lin's relay, "We can't fire the short-term workers, right?" If they still can't hire workers if they raise wages, that's their own fault. Why not let them think about why? ”

Steward Lin frowned and said, "I'm afraid that they will only blame the Lin family, and they won't think about their own reasons." ”

Lin Qingwan said lightly: "Don't pay attention to such a character." ”