Star Tycoon

Chapter 86 Li Cuihua

Remaining copper coins: 1914
I spent 100 copper coins to go out yesterday and 100 copper coins to come in today, for a total of 200 copper coins.

The extra 14 should be the tax for yesterday and today.

Tian Ersan looked around and found that it was still the same six mu of land, and Wang Bomin and Li Cuihua were sitting near the farmland.

The old man, Qian Fuweng, was leisurely strolling at the door.

Wang Bomin and Li Cuihua quickly walked over to Tian Ersan.

Wang Bomin said honestly, "My lord, it's not that I don't want to work, it's just that we don't have anything."

Li Cuihua stood with her hands clasped in front of her, her neck bent, "Who says it isn't!"

Tian Ersan ignored the three farmers who weren't working and took out his phone to check the time.

4:01
Tian Ersan quickly put away his phone and began using the remaining copper coins to build a house.

"Build farmhouses!"

Another farmhouse began to rise from the ground. Tian Ersan was not in a hurry to harvest the wheat. This time, he quietly watched the thatched house.

The thatched hut was completed in just two or three minutes. About a minute later, a man in his forties, dressed in a white vest and looking like a peasant, walked out quickly.

"My lord! I've come to get to work!"

Tian Ersan quickly gave this guy a name: Wang Ernong.

"How much wheat can be stored in this field? If I don't harvest it, how much will accumulate?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ernong said unhappily, "If you don't harvest the wheat, and we don't have the tools, what are we going to eat?"

Tian Ersan looked at Wang Ernong, then at Wang Bomin, "Why doesn't he lose the support of the people?"

After finishing his meal, Wang Bomin replied, "It's gone. You don't know? It's not worth mentioning unless you're under eighty."

Damn! There's still a window of opportunity for public opinion to react.

"I'll get you some food. Now answer my questions! Can we save up the wheat yield?"

Wang Ernong clutched his stomach with both hands and said anxiously, "I can save up! I can save up! Give me some food quickly!"

Wang Bomin warned, "This old fellow looks slippery; he's no good!"

Tian Ersan looked at Wang Bomin, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and then at Wang Ernong, who was wearing a vest but was a bit thin, slick and greasy.

"How to say?"

Wang Bomin said, "It is possible to accumulate, but only 100 cubic meters can be accumulated per field. Any excess will fall to the ground on its own, and over time the farmland will lose its grade and disappear."

Upon hearing this, Tian Ersan looked at Wang Ernong with a scrutinizing gaze, "How much food do you eat? How much tax do you pay? Tell me the truth!!"

Wang Ernong pouted and said aggrievedly, "I eat ten catties of grain a day and pay one copper coin. If I'm not full, I won't pay. If the people's morale drops to sixty percent, they will run away. They will slack off when working and desert when they join the army."

Grass!
Tian Ersan's expression was not good.

Wang Ernong quickly said in fear, "My lord, please don't hit me! My people's support has dropped a bit! My people's support is dropping at twice the normal rate!"

Cao Cao!

Tian Ersan yelled, "Sit down, I'll get you some food!"

Four farmers quickly stood at the edge of the field, eagerly watching their master go down to work and harvest the wheat.

Tian Ersan reached out and grabbed a handful of floating wheat, stuffing it into his arms, and then continued to grab handfuls.

After carrying a large bundle, Tian Ersan went back to the edge of the field and tossed a handful of wheat to Wang Ernong.

Wang Ernong quickly beamed with joy, grabbed the grain, and went back into the house to hide it.

One mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.165 acres) is 1500 jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 0.5 tons) of wheat, so six mu (another Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.5 acres) is 9000 jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 0.5 tons) of wheat.

Tian Ersan took out his phone and found that it was already 4:20.

Since we can store 100 cubic meters of wheat, there's no rush for now.

Tian Ersan worked for another hour, carrying two thousand catties of wheat to the four farmers.

Exhausted, Tian Ersan sat at the edge of the field, watching the four farmers.

"Can you use the sickles from outside to harvest the wheat?"

All four of them shook their heads. "No, it won't work."

Exhausted, Tian Ersan said, "So, the only options are to use the academy's technology, or have me do the work and harvest the wheat for you?"

The four of them said in unison, "That's right!"

Tian Ersan was so angry he almost fainted. He quickly asked again, "Can you go out to work? Do you still have to pay taxes after you go out?"

The four of them quickly looked at each other.

The wealthy man said, "Going out is fine, and you'll still have to pay taxes every day, but you'll have to provide meals. It's better to let Cuihua go out. With this scoundrel here, I'm afraid he'll cause trouble for no reason."

Wang Bomin laughed and said, "He doesn't even have that kind of guy, what's he afraid of!"

Li Cuihua quickly and cautiously glanced at Wang Ernong, then hurriedly said to Tian Ersan, "I'm scared, I'd better go out with my lord. My lord, please bring more food, I don't eat outside food."

Wang Ernong was very unhappy. "My lord! I want to go out too! Otherwise, what if this big man bullies me?"

Tian Ersan asked Wang Bomin, "How much does it cost to send one person out?"

All four answered at the same time: "Same as your son."

Tian Ersan quickly understood and turned back to collect the wheat.

They were harvesting wheat while simultaneously performing rapid calculations.

There are currently 914 remaining.
After going out, it cost 200, which is 714.
Going out won't affect tax payments; you just need to bring a few hundred kilograms more grain.

It takes eight copper coins a day and 27 catties of grain a day to build an academy. That is, it takes 8000 copper coins, or 1,000 days.

Wait a minute... The academy only allows you to research and harvest technologies; it doesn't unlock them for free.

Therefore, the academy is not an urgent building; one can simply work harder and come in every now and then to harvest a batch of wheat.

For each additional farmer, the tax rate is at least 1 to 4 points.

Currently, the tax payment is 8, and it will take 1000 days to reach 8000.

There are 714 people remaining. Each entry and exit costs 200. If you want to add one more person, it will take 60.75 days.

For every additional person added to the population, the time required to reach the 8000 target will be shortened to 889 to 667 days.

Even with the wasted 60.75 days, it's still shorter than 1000 days.

If the daily tax payment is between 9 and 12, it would take 84 to 112 days to continue increasing the population.

This should be 145 to 183 days later, at which point the tax period is 10 to 13.

此时再需要800~615天，完成8000目标会缩短至760~183天之间。

However, I have to come in every 100 days to resolve the issue of overstocking. At this time, the more people there are, the more taxes are paid, the more food is consumed, and the more tired I become.

Tian Ersan quickly calculated a lot of things and came to the conclusion that he needed to continuously increase the population instead of managing the academy.

Given that we must enter the country once every 100 days, our only option is to increase the population first!

The larger the population, the shorter the interval between the next population!
Tian Ersan quickly stopped thinking about the messy things, harvested nearly 10,000 catties of grain from six mu of land and distributed it to four people. After he was so tired that his back was about to break, he and Li Cuihua carried two hundred and one hundred catties of wheat respectively and left the space.

With a feeling of weightlessness, Tian Ersan found himself lying on a bed, and in the dark room there was a country woman dressed as a peasant.

"My lord, I've turned on the lights."

Li Cuihua quickly turned on the light, illuminating the dark bedroom.

Tian Ersan sat up and looked at the bed full of wheat grains.

The original ears of wheat were gone; after arriving in this world, only a pile of scattered golden grains remained.

Li Cuihua was picking up the wheat, carefully gathering it up with a bed sheet.

Tian Ersan got off the bed to make room for Li Cuihua to tidy up the wheat.

He took out his phone and checked the time; it was already 5 a.m. Tian Ersan picked up the camera he had set up earlier and quietly watched the scene unfold before he went to sleep.

In the video, I'm lying down with my eyes closed, breathing evenly and rhythmically, without any abnormalities.

Tian Ersan watched quickly, and it took quite a while before he got back to the point he had just been watching.

As if the camera had suddenly switched, Li Cuihua and the wheat fell on her.

Tian Ersan quickly deleted these items and then used the prepared pliers to crush the camera.

I need to be careful when entering and leaving in the future, otherwise it will be difficult to explain if I am discovered.

However, what to do with Li Cuihua became a problem.

Do you have an ID card?
"Yes, I have!"

Li Cuihua quickly pulled out an ID card.

When Tian Ersan took it, he realized that the person was not from the county.

Li Cuihua, 36 years old, No. 1 Lizhuang Village, Tao County, Central China Province.

"From now on, call me boss, and you'll be my official employee."

"Yes, boss!" Li Cuihua lowered her head and continued picking up the wheat grain by grain, showing little respect.

Tian Ersan soon had his first special employee.

Now that he no longer had to worry about the identity of the woman who had suddenly appeared, Tian Ersan focused his attention back on himself.

I no longer feel sleepy, and my body doesn't hurt, but I feel mentally tired.

"It seems like I inherited the memories, but my body didn't get any exercise. I just received the memories of working and the process from that time."

Tian Ersan roughly understood the situation. First of all, his body had indeed had a deep rest for more than twelve hours.

My energy, bodily organs, and food have all been digested, and now I feel very hungry and need to eat something as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Tian Ersan looked at the wheat scattered on the bed and the floor.

Tian Ersan picked up a peanut and put it in his mouth. After chewing it quickly, he found it was a little hard, but he quickly chewed it up, just like eating a peanut.

It's a bit harder than a peanut, and it takes some effort to eat it.

Li Cuihua looked up and glanced at Tian Ersan.

"Boss, when are we going back?"

While speaking, Li Cuihua moved swiftly, using a bed sheet to pack up a couple hundred pounds of wheat grains, and then continued to pick up the scattered wheat.

Tian Ersan felt that the wheat tasted very good, and soon sat down on the edge of the bed and grabbed a handful to eat.

"Two months, about 73 days later."

Li Cuihua looked worried. "Then we'll have to eat more sparingly. How can I possibly eat less than 300 jin (150 kg)?"

Tian Ersan clapped his hands and stood up, annoyed. "Look at you, so stingy! You can't even handle a handful of wheat, and you're secretly badmouthing me. This 300 jin isn't enough for you!"

Li Cuihua moved quickly with her hands and mouth, and stood up to tidy up all the wheat grains near Tian Ersan.

"We have to eat sparingly, because we farmers are afraid of going hungry and not having enough to eat."

Damn! That was definitely a deliberate attempt to provoke me!

Tian Ersan held back, not wanting to argue with this cunning village woman.

"Don't tell anyone about our affairs."

"Is that even a question?" Li Cuihua looked at Tian Ersan with annoyance. "Don't worry, I'm shrewd! We met when we were collecting scraps. Now that you're successful, Mr. Tian, ​​you can have me work as your housekeeper! I'll even wash your feet!"

Tian Ersan needed an informant in the company. "You'll come with me to the company, and... you can work as a cleaner first. Do you even know what a cleaner does?"

Li Cuihua quickly packed up the remaining hundred-plus jin of wheat, tied the bed sheet without looking up, and said forcefully, "I know exactly what cleaning is all about."

Seeing this, Tian Ersan felt relieved; this woman really did seem to know everything.

It was about 5:30 outside; it gets light early in summer.

Tian Ersan was still a little hungry, so he quickly opened the door and went out.

The living room lights were still on, but everyone else was asleep.

Tian Ersan left a note and soon took Li Cuihua, who was carrying a bag of fifty jin of wheat, out.

"Aren't you tired carrying this?"

“I’m not comfortable leaving them all inside.”

Li Cuihua looked like a rural woman who collected scraps in the countryside, carrying a bundle of bed sheets on her back and a checkered towel on her head, exuding a rustic air.

Standing together, Hetian Ersan stood out conspicuously.

The two quickly stepped out of the elevator and encountered a woman who had returned at 5:30.

The woman looked very young, and soon met Tian Ersan and their eyes met for a second.

She wore a beige knitted cardigan with a soft, delicate cashmere fabric, and the cuffs and hem were adorned with exquisite lace trim.

The inner layer was a pure white dress with a knee-length hem and a small bow at the neckline.

Her appearance also gives people the feeling of a well-behaved girl.

Tian Ersan politely glanced to the side, intending to continue to work.

With no one around, the woman quickly mustered her courage and took out her phone. "Handsome, can I have your contact information?"

Tian Ersan looked at the woman from the same neighborhood with politeness.

Just as she was about to speak, Li Cuihua, who was standing next to her, shook her bundle with both hands and said, "Girl, this man has been involved with several women. You're such a good girl, don't jump into a fire pit!"

"Shut up!" Tian Ersan cursed, then quickly walked out.

Li Cuihua quickly caught up, her bottom sticking out as she carried the bundle and ran out, shouting, "Wait for me! The truth is hard to hear!"

The woman stared in astonishment as the two walked away, then felt a deep sense of unease.

"I don't mind... why is that woman being so nosy!"

The obedient girl muttered a few words and soon went home unhappily.

Tian Ersan quickly got into the brand-new, beat-up car and told the village woman who was getting in, "Don't talk carelessly at the company!"

"Of course! Don't worry!" Li Cuihua sat happily in the car. "Find me an easy job. I'm getting old, I can't sit still, I'm afraid my back will hurt."

Tian Ersan was really annoyed by this nagging woman. "Just take your tattered bag and go to the warehouse to collect the clothes! Just pick out the damaged ones!"

Li Cuihua laughed and said, "Okay! I'm telling you, you can rest assured about this little thing! When I, Li Cuihua, was a beauty on the street!"

Tian Ersan remained silent and drove directly to work.

The company starts work at eight o'clock, and lunch is served around seven o'clock.

When they arrived at the company, it was around six o'clock. After getting out of the car, Tian Ersan took Li Cuihua, who was still carrying her tattered bag, to the cafeteria.

“Boss Niu.” Tian Ersan found Niu Jian.

Niu Jian was cooking when he saw Tian Ersan coming over and quickly said, "President Tian, ​​just call me Niu Jian. I'm working for you now, so calling me Boss Niu is inappropriate."

Tian Ersan smiled and said, "Boss Niu is indeed Boss Niu. He will definitely be a boss in the future. I'll just sign the document and get me some food. Anything is fine. I haven't eaten all night."

Niu Jian quickly replied, "Okay! We just made a pot for ourselves, but we haven't had a chance to eat it yet. Mr. Tian, ​​you can take it. We'll make another one later."

"Okay." Tian Ersan didn't stand on ceremony and introduced the peasant woman next to him, "This is Li Cuihua. I met her when I was poor. She will be working at the company and will be in charge of collecting clothes. You can get to know her."

Niu Jian smiled and said, "Hello! Hello, Sister Li!"

Li Cuihua chuckled and said, "Great! It's great!"

This woman gives off the same vibe as those gossipy, opportunistic women from the countryside—very unpleasant.

(End of this chapter)