In the following days, Niu Dali's house can be said to be like a city, and there are constantly villagers carrying bamboo baskets to come to the door, what does it mean, Niu Dali is still clear, considering that a few people left last year, plus some people are also needed to reclaim wasteland.

Therefore, it is necessary to hire people to do the work.

What's more, now is the time for spring ploughing, even if his family pays a high salary, but for many villagers, the land is their lifeblood.

If there are more than 10 acres of land at home, they will not come to their house to work, so most of the villagers who come to visit this time are landless, or have less land and a larger population.

Compared with the villagers who came to the door for the first time, this time Li Xianglan did not panic, but talked to the villagers calmly.

Who should use it and who should not use it, in fact, Niu Dali and Li Xianglan discussed it before, and it is better to choose some honest villagers to work.

Some villagers who learned that they could come to Niu Dali's house to work kept saying words of thanks and left with a smile on their faces, and some villagers who were rejected by Li Xianglan were full of disdain before leaving, and did not forget to spit in front of Niu Dali's yard.

Next, it is the matter of reclaiming wasteland, Niu Dali does not plan to reclaim this wasteland at one time, but reclaims while planting.

Since sunflowers are now planted everywhere in Kaiyuan County, there is no need to worry about what people are worried about, Niu Dali let Dajin manage the planting of sunflowers alone, while Fan Zhongyun and Dongzi are responsible for the reclamation of the wasteland in the back mountains.

However, what Niu Dali didn't know was that because the news of his purchase of wasteland for reclamation reached the ears of some people, who tasted the sweetness last year and heard that sunflowers could also be grown on wasteland, not to mention that people went to the yamen to buy wasteland for reclamation.

Nowadays, the price of dry land in Kaiyuan County is not much worse than that of paddy fields, and wasteland is quite cheap, if the wasteland can really be reclaimed to grow sunflowers, although people are needed to reclaim it, but after careful calculation, it is also a profitable business.

For a time, the wasteland that no one wanted was actually robbed, and the price rose step by step.

The Huang family is not far behind, although at the end of last year, a "little spicy" dish inexplicably appeared in the Stork Tower, robbing the Yellow Crane Tower of a lot of business, but with the sale of melon seeds, their Huang family also earned some silver.

This is a great good thing for the yamen, especially Ye Qingyu, who wants to make political achievements, and some people buy dry land and wasteland, which can not only increase the financial revenue of the yamen, but also fill in the tax in the future.

You must know that Kaiyuan County is not a wealthy county, and it can only barely support the yamen by taxes, but if you want to do something for the benefit of the country and the people, you are empty-handed.

Nowadays, the yamen has enough to do more things.

At noon, Ye Qingyu looked excited, and returned to the house with his hands in his hands, feeling that he was walking lightly.

You Shi saw that her husband's face was full of red light, and he must have encountered something good, so he chuckled and said, "I see that you have a happy look on your eyebrows, could it be that there is something good about the yamen?"

Ye Qingyu smiled: "Those who know me, you too!"

You Shi was curious, she had rarely seen her husband so happy, "Oh, what's the good thing about the Yamen?"

Ye Qingyu smiled and told the recent robbery of the wasteland.

You Shi was a little dumbfounded, she rarely went out, and she didn't know the situation outside, but she never thought that the wasteland that no one wanted in the past would now be robbed by so many people.

"This is thanks to that bull force!"

Ye Qingyu couldn't help but sigh: "That sunflower was passed down from Niu Dali's family, and those local squires heard that he bought wasteland to grow sunflowers, so they bought it!"

"Are you talking about Niu Dali, who popularized chicken raising?" You Shi said in surprise.

"Well, it's him!" Ye Qingyu nodded, "Because of his sunflowers, many abandoned dry lands have been put to use, and now the wasteland is even more sought-after because he has become popular, which is not only beneficial to the Yamen, but also to the people in all parts of the county!"

"If those squire landlords want to reclaim so much wasteland, and they want to plant sunflowers on those dry lands, they need people, and some people who have some fields at home will naturally not go, so those poor people will help them reclaim and farm!"

The more Ye Qingyu said, the more joy on his eyebrows became, "I'm afraid you don't know, in the past, those squires were so desperate that they refused to give more wages, and they were eager to squeeze the villagers dry and let them do the work of several people alone, but now in order to plant the sunflowers first, those squires have to spend a high price to hire people to work." ”

"This is a good thing!" You knew that her husband might be selfish, but he was really for the people.

"Haha, this is naturally a good thing, I still heard some interesting things in the yamen!" Ye Qingyu said with a smile.

"What's the funny thing?" You said curiously.

"Didn't I say that those squires spent a lot of money to hire people to work? Actually, those squires before were not so kind!" Ye Qingyu's eyes were cold, "Originally, they planned to hire people to work at a low salary as before, but those villagers were not happy when they heard that Niu Dali's family let people farm the land for a salary of eighty yuan a day." ”

"It's the same to plant sunflowers and reclaim wasteland, but Niu Dalijia can spend eighty yuan, but they are only willing to pay ten or twenty yuan, and one person has to do two or three people's work!"

"Because of this, those squires almost can't hire people, and they have no choice but to hire villagers to work until they are forty or fifty yuan!"

Hearing this, You Shi was very surprised, she didn't expect that Niu Dali would be willing to spend eighty yuan a day to hire people, you must know that the ordinary servants of the yamen are only this number a day.

"Don't you think it's incredible, that Niu Dali would actually pay such a high price to hire someone?" Ye Qingyu smiled: "However, it's not strange that you heard about their family!"

After that, Ye Qingyu told Niu Dali about holding a staff banquet at the end of each month, as well as about the wedding money last year.

"I heard that the banquet at the end of each month cost no less than ten taels, and at the end of last year, their family gave five taels of happy money to those who worked for their family, to thank them for their hard work in the past year!"

Ye Qingyu heard about these things from He Da's mouth, and his first reaction when he heard this was the same as his wife's expression at this moment, dumbfounded.

"When you say that, I'm really curious about what kind of person that Niu Dali is?" You Shi became interested, "By the way, what kind of person do you think Niu Dali is?"

"How to say it, when I first met him, he gave me the feeling that he was a simple and simple man, but when I met a few days ago, although he still gave me a simple feeling, I felt that he was a little different from before!" Ye Qingyu pondered.

"You also said that he has now opened a workshop and bought the entire wasteland in the back mountains, how can he say that he is also a big landowner, it is not surprising that there will be some changes, not to mention that he has not become mercenary, and he can still think about the villagers, which can only show that he is kind-hearted!" You explained.

Ye Qingyu nodded in agreement, and there are a few people who can maintain their hearts after being ordinary people.

"And what about his family?

"I remember that Niu Dali only has two daughters, and her appearance is quite pleasing, while his wife looks dignified and delicate!" Ye Qingyu recalled.

"I thought that Niu Dali was kind to our family, and if he had a son, he would recommend him to study in Jinshu's school!"

You Shi shook her head regretfully, she knew that Niu Dali had indirectly helped her husband, and if he did well in the appraisal next year, he might be able to help her husband be promoted.

Ye Qingyu also felt that he owed Niu Dali a favor, and You Shi suddenly thought of something, "In a few days, isn't Shu'er planning to hold a lantern riddle banquet?

Ye Qingyu was silent for a moment, "Isn't this not good, Shu'er invited all the ladies in the city when she arrives, I'm afraid that the two daughters of Niu Dali's family are not very adaptable." ”

You Shi smiled, "It shouldn't be okay to have Shu'er to take care of it, besides, if their family wants to stay in the county for a long time, it will also be good for them to know some famous families in the county?"

Ye Qingyu thought for a while, nodded and said, "You can make the decision on this matter!"

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Niu Dali didn't know that buying wasteland on a whim would bring so many things to Kaiyuan County, but even if he knew, he would only laugh it off.

This morning, he was idle and bored, went to the back mountain to help reclaim the wasteland, and at noon he went back to the village with Fan Zhongyun, Dajin, and Dongzi for lunch.

But when he was about to reach the front of his house, he saw a group of villagers surrounding his door from a distance.

Niu Dali and the four of them glanced at each other and stepped forward quickly.

"The owner, last year we were wrong, we shouldn't have left the workshop, but we were also deceived, please let me go back to the workshop to work, we are old, we are young, without this job, we can't live?"

A desolate voice came.

"Please, let my father and mother go back to the workshop to work!"

Immediately after, the cry of a child was heard.

"What are you doing here? Hurry up?"

Li Xianglan wanted to help up the two children who were kneeling on the ground.

The two children were dressed in shabby coarse linen clothes, with large and small patches on the linen clothes, and their little faces were covered with plaster, like two little beggars, which made people feel pity to look at.

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