Traveling through ancient times.

In the second month after autumn, the radishes in the field are fully ripe.

With more than 300 acres of land, even if one hires 100 workers, it will take several days to complete the harvest.

It is a critical time to dig ditches and reclaim land in the saline-alkali land, which requires fifty to sixty laborers at any one time.

Based on his previous experience of only having more than a hundred helpers, Jiang Yizhou felt that it was quite good to be able to hire eighty workers to harvest radishes this time.

However, what she never expected was that this time there were many more people coming to help than before. Yunxin's final count was: 142 people.

Upon asking, I found out that most of these people were farmhands and tenant farmers who had left the landlords and gentry.

Originally, these landlords and gentry would exchange the high-quality wheat and corn seeds from Jiang Yizhou and then sell them to the tenant farmers at the original price for sowing.

After all, the tenant farmers are cultivating their own land, so any good harvest will go into their own pockets.

But they actually asked for exorbitant prices. They bought seeds from Jiang Yizhou at ten cents per pound, and sold them to tenant farmers for fifty cents per pound. They even re-set the land leasing price based on these seeds. The original rent was only 60% to 70% of the yield.

But now these landlords think that the yield of wheat and corn per mu can be over a thousand kilograms. If they only harvest 60% to 70%, wouldn't these peasants still have 300 to 400 kilograms left?

How can we leave so much for the peasants? Like before, as long as they had a hundred pounds to survive, they would be fine.

So they required the tenant farmers to give them 85% or even 90% of the harvested grain.

This was too much, so most of the tenant farmers simply quit.

If I rent 90% of the property, won't I still be hungry as before?

Can't I just stop renting it? I'll go to Yunshan Farm to work as a helper.

I heard that the head of the Jiang family is now building a dormitory. In the future, those who come to help won’t have to run back and forth every day and can live there.

There is food, shelter and money to be earned, which is definitely better than renting land from these landlords.

Some landlords saw that no one was renting their land and no one was working on it, and they thought it was impossible for them to do the work, so they could only lower the rent - maybe 80%.

Some people saw that with an 80% rent, based on the grain output, they could still harvest about 400 kilograms each season, which was slightly better than before.

I thought that the salary at Yunshan Farm was high right now, but I didn't know how long I could work there, so I decided not to offend the landlord.

Apart from those tenants who still remained on the landlords' land, there were still seventy or eighty tenants who broke with their original landlords.

That's why so many people went to Yunshan Farm to work.

Yunxin looked at the many people who came, and at least half of them were strangers.

They are mostly dark, thin and hunched, with fear and anxiety in their eyes.

It's like... I'm afraid I'll be rejected if I come here to work.

Yunxin asked Jiang Yizhou hesitantly: About a hundred people would be enough, because if there are too many, it will be more troublesome both in terms of venue and management.

Jiang Yizhou: "Yes, we will arrange for everyone who comes. Let the old employees guide the new ones. If the venue cannot be managed, it doesn't matter if the speed is slowed down a bit..."

In a word, keep people here.

Even in her original world, where productivity is so advanced, people are the most important thing. Talent is the greatest wealth.

Jiang Yizhou was not stupid, so of course he would keep these "wealths" that came to his door automatically.

When Yunxin heard the words of the head of the family, her eyes became moist.

Of course, she also understood the owner's underlying meaning: these people were poor people who were exploited by the landlords and had nowhere to go. If they did not stay, they would definitely be exploited even more severely by the landlords when they returned.

Therefore, even if too many people slow down the process of harvesting radishes, we cannot discourage these people.

Indeed, the patriarch she followed was the best patriarch in the world!

Jiang Yizhou's decision to keep all these people was the result of careful consideration - although most of them looked pale and thin, malnourished, and their labor force might not even be as strong as that of a half-grown child.

But if we reject them, I'm afraid we will really push them into a dead end.

The most important thing is that it destroyed the reputation of Yunshan Farmhouse, which he had worked so hard to build up.

However, just after she made this decision, when Yunxin began to register these people.

A pleasant "ding, ding" sound suddenly rang out in her sea of ​​consciousness.

This is……

[You successfully rescued a desperate person, rewarded with 100 merits]

[You successfully rescued a desperate person, rewarded with 100 merits]

[You succeeded...]

Jiang Yizhou looked at the merits that kept growing in her sea of ​​consciousness, and she smiled.

Looking at the group of ragged people in front of him, a sincere and loving smile appeared on his face.

...The progress of harvesting radishes was a bit slow this time, but with the combination of new and old employees, it was still well organized.

After work, a large group of people gathered together and chatted eagerly about something.

"...Aunt Zhang, I heard that you returned the land to Mr. Qiao's family. What's going on?"

"Yes, I gave up. You know that Master Qiao is going to raise our rent again, saying that the yield of the improved varieties is high, so the rent has to be raised. Bah, it's true that the improved varieties have a high yield, but you took them all away, what does it have to do with us? You also want us to work ourselves to death like before and not even have a full meal. There was nothing we could do before, but now we have Master Jiang, so of course we won't do this anymore. It's better to come to Master Jiang's place. He provides food and accommodation, and the salary is as high as those guys in town. Only a fool would not come."

"That's true, but...if something happens to this manor in the future, what will Master Qiao and his people do to Qiao?"

"Pfft, Yunshan Farm will surely become more and more prosperous. I heard that the couple from the Zhou family went to the wasteland on the other side of the mountain to build a canal. That place is several times larger than here. They said that they didn't know what method the Jiang family master used, but the grass seeds that were sown earlier have grown up and are very lush. The piglets, chickens, ducks and other things are raised there, and it won't be long before they can grow crops. You say, with such a large piece of land, the Jiang family master will definitely hire people, so how can he not need you and me to do the work?"

"But working part-time like this is a problem. After all, you need to have your own land and your own house..."

"Oh, let me ask you, Sister Yu, do you think you had more food to eat when you rented the land from Master Qiao or do you have more food to eat here?"

As he was talking, another middle-aged man interrupted: "I say you are all short-sighted. I heard that the manager of the manor accidentally let slip some information..."

"What the hell, tell me quickly."

Not only did the people around him gather around, but even people a few steps away came closer, eagerly asking the man: "What inside information did you hear? Tell me quickly."

The man was very pleased with himself. "The manager said that he would probably rent the wasteland to us after it is reclaimed..."

"Wasteland? Will that work?"

"Are you really going to rent it to us? How much is the rent?"