Chapter 34 Clearing the Wasteland
Jing Yi asked Qiao Hong to put a recliner in a sunny place in the yard, and then entered the wing, "Gu Guard, you help your son-in-law to go to the yard to bask in the sun, I will customize a recliner for your son-in-law, just let your son-in-law lie on it, so that breathing fresh air and basking in the sun is good for his body." ”
As long as it is good for his own prince's health, Gu Yu is willing to do it.
Xiao Yilin has been stuffy in the house these days, and he also wants to go out to breathe, so he asked Gu Yu to help him out of the door.
He saw that there was a strangely shaped thing in the sunny place in the courtyard, which should be the recliner that Chu Gongzi said.
Gu Yu helped him to walk to the recliner, Xiao Yilin looked at the recliner and saw that there was still a thick layer of cushions on the recliner, and sighed in his heart that this young man Chu was really careful. He let out a long breath as he lay down on the cushioned chaise longue. It's so nice to bask in the warm sunlight and breathe in the fresh air.
Gu Yu saw that his prince was comfortably lying on the strange-looking chair, looked around the recliner and said, "Childe, this is a custom-made recliner with drawings drawn by Gongzi Chu himself, it looks really good." ”
Xiao Yilin opened his eyes and looked at the blue sky with a few white clouds, and sighed, now he really felt that he would not die and could enjoy life.
Jing Yi walked to the courtyard, looked at Xiao Yilin's face and said, "In the future, Xiao Gongzi will bask in the sun for a while every day to help his body recover." ”
Exposure to the sun can promote the absorption of calcium, etc., and there are many benefits.
Xiao Yilin stood up and said, "Thank you Gongzi Chu for thinking so thoughtfully. ”
Jingyi's custom-made tools have all been returned. She took out the iron plowshare, the plough pole and began to assemble it with Qiao Hong.
Xiao Yilin looked at the young man fiddling with things in the yard and asked, "Young Master Chu, what is this?" ”
Jing Yi turned her head and replied, "This is a plow for ploughing the land." I saw that the plough that everyone commonly uses nowadays is not very easy to use, the efficiency is too low, and the depth of the plough cannot be reached, so I designed one myself. This plough increases the depth of the plough and allows the oxen to pull the plough with less effort. ”
Xiao Yilin was quite interested when he heard this, "Oh, it's really that easy to use?" ”
If it is really as the boy said, then the plow can be preached. The imperial courts of all dynasties have attached great importance to farming, which is related to the development of the country. If more practical agricultural tools can be invented, it will really be a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people.
Jing Yi said with a smile: "When the time comes, Xiao Gongzi can go and have a look." ”
Jingyi is of course confident, because she is standing on the shoulders of giants and was born in an era of advanced information. For the ancients, her insight was invaluable.
In the afternoon, Wang Xuhuai came to find Jingyi, "Gongzi Chu, I have already told the people in the village that you want to hire short-term workers to open up the wasteland, and many people have signed up, this is the list." ”
Jing Yi saw that almost every family had signed up, and she was very happy, and the workers who opened up the wasteland were not worried, "Uncle Wang, I am your junior, you can call me Jingyan or Brother Yan in the future, you don't have to see the outside world so much." ”
Wang Xuhuai was not polite again, "Okay, I will call you Jingyan in the future." ”
Jing Yi said: "Uncle Wang, my tools for clearing the wasteland are ready, and I can start work at any time." ”
Wang Xuhuai nodded, "The crops in the field are almost finished, let them come to you tomorrow." ”
Most of the fields are now privately owned. Wealthy families may own more land, but some poor farmers have little or no land.
In this day and age, even wasteland has to be bought for money. It's just that the price is lower, and the tax will be exempted for three years.
However, some families have very little money to buy wasteland. Therefore, although it is the autumn harvest season, many families with few fields will soon finish harvesting the grain in the fields.
After that, many people will go out to find a job to work part-time to supplement their families. Nowadays, there is an opportunity to make money at the doorstep, and no one wants to miss it.
After sending the village chief away, Jing Yi and Qiao Hong installed the tools together to ensure that they could be used tomorrow.
The next day, Jing Yi set up a table at the door of his yard, took out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and took out the list of registrations to prepare for the roll call.
Jing Yi is now glad that he practiced calligraphy for a period of time in his previous life in order to complete a task, and now he will not be able to write.
However, most of the characters used in ancient times were traditional characters, and Jing Yi also bought some books to learn traditional characters during this time. Otherwise, it will be difficult to prescribe medicine to others.
Wang Xuhuai also came to help maintain order, looked at the chaotic crowd and said, "This year, Gongzi Chu hired everyone to open up the wasteland, so that everyone can have an extra income." The salary given by Gongzi Chu is not low, and whoever does more will get more. But the fields must be cleaned, and those who are not qualified will not be paid. If anyone cheats and cheats, he will be removed from the list and will not be hired again. ”
Xiao Yilin learned that the boy hired people from the village to clear the wasteland and let Feng Zhi go out to help the town, so as to prevent people from bullying him at a young age.
With Feng Zhi standing on the side, and Wang Xuhuai's beating, the villagers did not pick thorns.
After Jing Yi came to Yunxi Village, she became famous for removing insects for the people in the village, and many little girls in the village had seen her, and they were all impressed by her handsome appearance, and they all secretly agreed.
If you can marry into the Chu family, not only can you live a good life, but you can also help the family. So Jingyi now has a lot of little fans in Yunxi Village.
At this time, many little girls stood aside and looked at Jing Yi, and they all wanted Chu Gongzi to look at them, in case they were looked at by Chu Gongzi.
Jing Yi was so busy, but she didn't have time to watch a group of little girls. After she named the tools, she took the workers to the wasteland, and whoever wanted to open up how much wasteland was directly measured.
Most of the land reclamation is based on the family unit, and the area of each family is different, and finally the settlement is based on the area of land reclamation.
At first, each family didn't want much, usually two or three acres.
Some families have a large population, and even the children of the family have come to participate in the reclamation and help gather the wild grass in the place designated by Jingyi.
Jingyi asked everyone to gather the wild grass in one place to dry, and then return it to the field after drying. These plant ashes are also a type of fertilizer that increases the amount of potassium in the field.
Feng Zhi didn't go to the wasteland with him, and when he saw that everyone had gone to the wasteland, he went back to the wing room and told his prince about the situation outside, "Childe, this Chu Gongzi has made a lot of battles, and almost all the people in the village have come to participate in the wasteland. The wages are quite high.
This Chu Gongzi is really popular, and the little girls in the village are all blushing and shy when they see Chu Gongzi, and they all want to go to Chu Gongzi. I heard a few villagers muttering that they wanted to marry their daughter to Chu Gongzi. ”
Gu Yu said: "What's so strange about this. Chu Gongzi is so handsome, and he has excellent medical skills, he is young and promising, and his family background is not bad, but he doesn't attract those little girls in the village. If you marry into the Chu family, you will simply enter a blessed nest. In the future, I can help my family, and there must be many people who have this idea. ”