Chapter 15 Commencement
Early morning.
The light of dawn has not yet risen over the horizon.
The civilians of Hanzhong County had already gotten up from their beds, picked up farm tools in twos and threes, and began their day's farming.
"Erwazi, what are you doing when you move this 'Quyuan plow' out?"
"It's Uncle Tiezi! Didn't I think about taking advantage of today's good weather to borrow the ploughing cattle from the village chief and open up a few more acres of barren land to grow vegetables! ”
"Kaitian! Kaitian is good! Open a few more acres of new fields to grow vegetables, and you can sell them for a few more dollars in the future. ”
"Hehe~~ I also think so, now this plow is much easier to use than before, not only easy to operate, but also can be pulled with only a cow, Shengpingjun is really a big official with great ability!"
"Shhhh What kind of great ability, if you want me to see that he is no different from that group of corrupt officials and landlords. The imperial court only collected 30% of the taxes, and now the entire field in Hanzhong has become his, and he actually has to pay half of the grain, isn't this the same as before? ”
A young man following behind 'Uncle Tiezi' heard the words of 'Erwazi', and immediately pouted with disdain.
"Alas~~ You can't say that, little wooden baby. In the past, when we paid taxes to those landlords, we had to collect at least 60 percent, and sometimes even 70 percent. Now Sheng Pingjun has helped us snatch the land back from the hands of those corrupt officials and nobles, and we only have to pay fifty percent of the tax in the future, which is already my great kindness to us. ”
"What to snatch back, it was originally our field, and now I don't see what Shengpingjun returned the field to us! If he is really a great good man, he should return all our land to himself. ”
"You baby, why can't I make sense of you?"
'Uncle Tiezi' was also tempered by the 'Little Wooden Baby', if Mo Jun was here at this moment, he might find that this 'Uncle Tiezi' who opened his mouth was the old farmer he met by the ridge at the beginning.
The old farmer was older than the few people present, so he also saw some things a little more clearly, although he also hoped that Sheng Pingjun would return the farmland to them.
But he knew better that they alone could not protect their farmland.
Because if they could hold on, they wouldn't have been taken away by 'forced buying and selling' in the first place.
It's a pity that even if he says this truth, others won't believe it, most of the men in the field are so virtuous, and they have a lot of tendons.
Sure enough.
didn't have to wait for 'Uncle Tiezi' to say anything else, but saw the 'little wooden baby' stalk his neck again and said: "What's unreasonable, this matter is what that Shengping Jun did, what do you think?" ”
"Huh?"
Seeing that the topic suddenly shifted to herself, the second baby was stunned, and then shook her head and said: "I don't know, but I heard the official master who distributed grain seeds before said that this time we planted all the 'new grain seeds' improved by Shengpingjun, and when the harvest is in the future, the yield can be doubled." ”
"If that's the case, even if we hand over half of it, the rest will be equal to all of our previous harvest!"
After hearing this, the 'little wooden baby' was immediately happy, and sneered: "Second baby, no wonder others say that you are very naïve!" You can believe what those corrupt officials said, after living so big, I haven't seen any 'grain seeds' that can double the harvest! ”
"I'm putting my words here today, and when the grain is ripe later, I won't need to double it. As long as the yield of these 'new grains' can be increased by 50%, I will take off my clothes on the spot, run around the village, and then set up a shrine for the Shengping monarch to put at home. ”
The phrase 'little wooden baby' is loud and sonorous.
And this time, even the old farmer rarely did not refute him, after all, whether it is [Quyuan Plow] or [Waterwheel], although it has a great effect, it is not magical in the final analysis.
However, this kind of 'improved rice seed' technology is obviously not accessible to ordinary people at present.
Lived for so many years.
The old peasant has never heard of such a thing, not even of it.
Hearing the words of 'little wooden baby', the second baby grabbed her hair and couldn't help but wonder: "But······ Little Muwa, the seedlings in your farmland are obviously growing much better than last year! ”
As he spoke, the second baby stretched out his hand and pointed in front of several people, and everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look, and the next moment, they saw a farmland full of vitality, which slowly came into the eyes of several people.
In a flash.
The eyes of several people froze.
"This ······ How is this possible? ”
"How did it grow so fast?"
Several people glanced at each other, and each saw the look of shock in each other's eyes.
Last night, a spring rain washed away the dust and haze in the air, and at the same time, the seedlings in the farmland were completely rejuvenated.
Until this point.
It was only then that everyone suddenly discovered that the growth of these seedlings this year could not be compared with last year's growth at all.
"Gollum~~"
Looking at the seedlings growing happily in the field, someone couldn't help but swallow their saliva and muttered: "What those officers and soldiers said before won't all be true, right?" ”
Just as a few people were shocked, a group of people suddenly ran past them in the distance with packages on their backs.
Several people were stunned immediately.
Before they could react, a group of people suddenly ran from behind, and this time several of the people who came were villagers from the same village who knew the old farmer and others.
The 'little wooden baby' was quick-eyed, and when someone rushed by, he scooped it up to his side and said directly: "Big stone, what are you doing here?" Panicked. ”
The big stone was also stunned when he was suddenly pulled by someone, but when he saw a few people in front of him, he subconsciously said, "Why are you still here?" There are people in the next village who are now recruiting workers, and they give six big dollars a day! ”
"Six big bucks a day!"
Suddenly hearing this sentence from the other party's mouth, even the old farmer's voice increased a lot.
What is the concept of six big money?
Don't look at the previous time when Mo Jun was a conscription, his daily salary was also six big money.
But that is on the battlefield, even if the logistics are safe, it is possible to die.
In normal times, it is estimated that only in a capital city like Xianyang, there are workers who can get six big dollars a day. In a small remote place like Hanzhong, not to mention six big money, it is extremely rare to have a small job with a big amount of money a day.
1 gold = 360 coins.
1 stone grain = 35~40 big money.
Convert it down.
If it is calculated according to six big dollars a day, it only takes seven days at most, and you can earn back a whole stone of grain.
Such a good job, even the old farmer, the oldest person present, had only heard some businessmen from other places say it before. As for reality, even if you have lived for forty or fifty years, it is still the first time you have seen it.
"When did we have such a great job in this place?" Shocked in his heart, the old farmer subconsciously doubted.
"I heard that it was to build a house for Shengpingjun······ Okay, I won't tell you, but now people from several nearby villages have rushed to Gunsan County. If you don't hurry, the people over there will be full. ”
Dashi casually explained to a few people, and then quickly broke free from the little wooden baby's hand, and hurriedly ran into the distance without a trace.
"This ······ Uncle Tiezi, what should we do? ”
After listening to Da Shi's words, Xiao Muwa and the others were stunned, and then subconsciously looked at the old farmer.
The old farmer was silent for only a few seconds.
Then he immediately decided: "Let's go too, no matter what, old man, I believe that Shengpingjun is different from those corrupt officials and landlords who have lost their conscience." Besides, the crops in the field are growing so well now that it's okay to leave it for a day or two. ”
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The other side.
The construction of [Xinmo House] is also in full swing.
The area of the [Xinmo Mansion] built by Mo Jun in Hanzhong is very large, because he intends to directly incorporate the entire 'Huitou Mountain' into the area of the [Xinmo Mansion].
And that's not all.
Mo Jun started construction this time, and he also specially invited a lot of people from the Gongyi family to design his manor, and by the way, arrange hundreds of millions of organs.
It is precisely because of this that the number of people needed for Mojun's construction this time is quite large.
Otherwise, the news of recruitment would not have spread all the way from Gunsan County to Heishi County next door.
A salary of six big bucks.
It is enough to make a large number of farmers leave their homes and go out to work.
"Wow~"
With a sharp and domineering cry, I saw a wingspan of more than ten meters, the feathers all over the body like gold, shining in the sun, the Shenjun Peng bird descended from the sky, landed on the top of the 'Huitou Mountain', and then disappeared into the miasma fog.
The hundreds of workers who were building the [New Ink Mansion] heard the commotion, only glanced up, and then continued to busy themselves with the work at hand.
They've been working here for seven or eight days.
When they first saw such a huge Jinpeng, they were naturally shocked.
But then I heard that this Jin Peng was the owner of this place, the pet raised by the Shengping Jun of the Qin State, and after a long time, it slowly became strange.
After learning to fly a few years ago, Jin Peng rarely stayed in the county guard mansion in Nanjun, only returning two or three times a month, and basically soaring above the nine heavens the rest of the time.
However, during this time, Jinpeng has been staying on the 'Turning Mountain'.
First, it was because of Mojun's mandatory requirements.
The Qinling Mountains, which are separated from Xianyang and Hanzhong, make the traffic between the two places extremely inconvenient, and the 'elixir' and the 'new vegetable seedlings' cultivated by Mojun are not convenient to delay on the road for too long.
So during this time, Mo Jun has been using Jinpeng as an 'airplane' to carry some small but important items.
With the speed of Jinpeng, the distance between Xianyang and Hanzhong only takes half an hour.
The second is because of the temptation of those poisonous spirit blood snakes on the 'Huitou Mountain'.
Perhaps it was the genes hidden in the depths of the bloodline that caused Jin Peng to have a soft spot for those poisonous spirit blood snakes on the 'Huitou Mountain', and in the past few days, he had already eaten more than a dozen poisonous spirit blood snakes just for the 'work fee' paid to this little guy.
If it weren't for the fact that Mo Jun had found a way to cultivate the Poisonous Spirit Blood Snake now, the current stock on the mountain would really not be enough for this guy to build······
(End of chapter)