Chapter 169: The Great Reclamation and Chicken Farms

It is said that they are subordinates, but in fact, they are all long-term workers who can work in the field.

After Lin Xiaoman was named the county lord, the wasteland in Qingping County could be planted by her, and the manpower needed naturally increased.

The north is already vast and sparsely populated, and there is a serious shortage of labor, so only relying on Lin Xiaoman's notices to hire people will only get fewer and fewer in the end.

Lu Jin, who is very self-conscious, naturally took this matter on his shoulders, and sent more than 100 people over this batch just to let Lin Xiaoman arrange work for them.

The people of Hedong Village have seen that they have made a lot of money by farming with Lin Xiaoman, and the land around the village will definitely be reclaimed and cultivated by themselves in the future.

It is impossible for Lin Xiaoman to grab the land on the edge of the village with them, and in the entire Qingping County, except for the little land that can be cultivated in the county, there is land outside the city, and there is no shortage of large areas of good land that has not been cultivated.

Lu Jin has traveled all the corners and corners of Qingping County in the past year, and he has long known where there is good land, and took out a map of Qingping County, which has long marked where the fields are suitable for cultivation and where the fields are too barren.

Lin Xiaoman looked around, and finally did not choose a field that was too close to Hedong Village, after all, maybe one day the people in the village would open up the wasteland and drive it outside the village, she still looked for some fields that were far away, the land area was large, and it would not be the best to quarrel with other people's families because of land boundary problems.

Lu Jin also agreed with Lin Xiaoman's choice, and only after dividing these pieces of land did he let people take down the map for registration.

As for the fertile land that the emperor rewarded before, because Qingping County was divided into Lin Xiaoman, those fertile fields were divided from the fields in Lai'an County next door. Because it was personally ordered by the emperor before he came, the county order of Lai'an County did not dare to have any opinion on this, and even raised his hands to welcome it.

God knows that he has been jealous of Lin Xiaoman in Qingping County in the past few months, and his eyes are red with jealousy.

Now that the lord of Qingping County has chosen their Lai'an County, he will be able to get close to the lord of Qingping County in the future, and no matter how good seeds there are, he can only plant them with them.

Thinking that his family now has endless land, and Lu Jin is helping to find someone to farm, Lin Xiaoman is full of energy.

The original 300 or so people in the village were also summoned, and looking at the people below, Lin Xiaoman cleared his throat and said, "The emperor has assigned all the wasteland in Qingping County to my ......."

"The county lord calls himself the county lord!" Xiuyu reminded in a whisper.

Lin Xiaoman cleared his throat again, "It belongs to the county lord, and the county lord's family will definitely not be able to plant so many fields, so they want to rent out some of the land." As long as the land of the county owner is rented, 30% of the output is paid as field rent every year. But what is planted in the field has to be arranged by the county lord. If you are interested, you can come to the home of the county lord to register. But when it comes to the ugly words, if anyone dares to let the land be barren from the land rented out from the county lord, don't blame the county lord for collecting the land rent, and he will not rent the land to him in the coming year. ”

Most of the annual rents for renting the landlord's fields here are fifty-year-old rents, unless the fields are too barren.

After all, the landlord has to pay two to three percent of the land tax when he gets the land rent, but Lin Xiaoman only receives three percent of the rent, which is rare.

However, as a county lord with a fief, Lin Xiaoman does not have to pay taxes to the imperial court, so he collects less rent, hoping to attract more outsiders to rent land in Qingping County and settle down.

Listening to Lin Xiaoman's words, everyone was gearing up to do a big job, although they rented other people's land to plant, but this is almost the same as their own land tax, and they don't need to spend money to buy land, but it is much better than other people's homes.

As for what to plant, no one has an opinion, everyone has seen it with their own eyes, or heard of how much the people of Hedong Village have earned from farming with the lord of Qingping County this year.

As long as there are people in the family who have land and are willing to work hard, they can earn at least one hundred and eighty taels, even if they don't earn as much next year as this year, it will be more profitable than the ones they planted before.

So, after Lin Xiaoman finished speaking, as soon as everyone dispersed and went home to discuss, she was surrounded by people.

"County lord, my family wants to rent ten acres, no, twenty acres."

"County lord, my family rents fifteen acres."

"My family wants ten acres of ......"

Lin Xiaoman was so troubled by the enthusiasm of these people that he finally asked Lu Jin to go to the little official he brought over to register, so that Lin Xiaoman could be rescued.

Lin Xiaoman deeply felt that she needed a housekeeper who could help her deal with things, otherwise, as the county lord of the emperor's own title, there was not even a person around who could be used, and it would be a joke to say it.

Since they will be able to rent land next year with very low rent, these people are very motivated to work, and the corn that has not been harvested in the field will be cut in a few days.

After breaking the corn pole, it is also stacked, and when it is done again, it can be burned, and then it will be raised to the ground for a winter, and the spring is the best fertilizer.

The autumn harvest was completed, and the punishment period for the three members of the Chen family who came to Lin Xiaoman's house to be punished also ended.

Chen Xiaoshuo's field is planted well, Chen Yu's ducks are well raised, almost every duck can have an egg a day, Chen Yao's pigs are getting fatter and fatter, and she herself has lost weight several times, although not so skinny as skinny, but people who knew her before walking on the road, may not be able to recognize her at first sight.

After losing weight, walking is windy, and it seems that his voice is getting higher and higher, and scolding people is even louder, and Lin Xiaoman is tired for Chen Yu's heart.

But no matter what, the punishment period for their family of three ended, Chen Xiaoxuan went back to the city to catch a carriage and came back, and took his mother and daughter-in-law back to the city together.

Before leaving, Chen Yao and Lin Xiaoman ordered two pigs that she hated the most, saying that they would come to pull them during the Chinese New Year and let Lin Xiaoman fatten them up.

Lin Xiaoman agreed, who is not selling anyway? As long as you have the money to take it.

However, the pigs were not fed too much, and after selling these two, Lin Xiaoman had no intention of selling them again, and the rest would be used to make bacon and sausages when it was cold, and then everyone would have nothing left.

The pigs over there are all pigs raised with feed for a few months, and her pigs have been raised for more than half a year, and they are bought by the big piglets over there, and they look several times larger than those raised by others.

Many people have already come to Lin Xiaoman's house to inquire, and they want Lin Xiaoman to help buy a few little piglets to raise next year.

In addition to the little piglets, the chickens, ducks and geese that Lin Xiaoman got also love to lay eggs, and the eggs are also big, and there are many people who can eat but have thick meat-eating chickens, including Chen Xiaolian, who found Lin Xiaoman and proposed to build a chicken farm in the village, and wanted Lin Xiaoman to help provide chicken seedlings.

Lin Xiaoman was impressed with him, but he didn't expect that he still had some business acumen, and the chicken farm was done, which was quite profitable.

The hot pot chicken restaurant in Hedong Village in the county is becoming more and more prosperous, and the store may be opened to other counties in the future, and the demand for chickens will definitely increase.

It's just that Lin Xiaoman is almost all too busy to sleep, and she once again thinks of finding a suitable housekeeper.