Traveling back to ancient times begins with the use of stone tools

Fufeng Village, which has the smallest population, was removed from the list, leaving two towns and six villages.

Under Wuhe Town, there are Wangjia Village, Lengjia Village, Kankan Village, and Wuzhi Village.

There will definitely be no problem for Lengjia Village to survive the winter.

Under Sanhe Town, there are Fufeng Village, Baidi Village, Xiahe Village, and Xianhe Village.

The problem was solved in Fufeng Village.

Lengjia Village selected 8 villagers, 8 yamen runners, and 8 students of Liu Daxueshi to form 8 groups of three.

In addition to arranging villagers to make adobe bricks and chop firewood in the six villages, a pig farm, a chicken farm and a brick kiln were built in each village, and the pig and chicken manure were used for compost.

The students of Liu Daxueshi were responsible for registration and record keeping, the villagers of Lengjia Village were responsible for surveying the village and repairing the kilns, and the yamen runners were responsible for maintaining order and running errands.

The town has been thoroughly investigated.

Time was running out, and Leng Ruoxue had no way to go and check it out herself, so she had to prepare first.

Although it is a county town, its total population is less than 3500. Excluding the county town, the total population of the six villages is 5. On average, there are about 700 households with five people in a family.

According to the original price, building a standard blue brick and tile house would cost 100 taels of silver. However, if one made the bricks by oneself and hired villagers for labor, a courtyard would only cost 50 taels of silver. Leng Ruoxue could still afford this money.

If time wasn't tight, Leng Ruoxue would have built a kiln to make tiles herself.

The survey of Xiahe Village, Xianhe Village and Kankan Village was completed after three days.

During these three days, Liu Datong brought back the boat, boatmen, and experienced dock repair workers, and the construction of the dock officially started.

There were many small fishing boats that delivered sand to the temporary wharf and also delivered it inside the factory walls.

The kilns and furnaces in the factory have also been repaired and are being ventilated and dried.

In order to maintain the confidentiality of the factory, the warehouse has both outer and inner walls, and two doors, so that people who deliver materials and pick up goods can complete their work without meeting each other.

The core technical personnel are the people in the space. They can do all these things in the space. As long as security is passed, there is no risk of leakage.

The 50 laborers bought from the city were arranged into the factory and each took their position. Unless something unexpected happens, they will not be able to leave the factory in the short term.

Do they have any objections? No, they have a house to live in, enough food to eat, hard work can be exchanged for food and clothing, the life they dream of, what does it matter if they lose a little freedom? The factory is not much smaller than the home, fields, and mountains in the village.

There were few large households in the three villages, and there were no problems with the planning of fields and houses, so Leng Ruoxue arranged to buy beams, tiles and sewer pipes for the three villages first.

With the example of Lengjia Village, the three villages built temporary shelters in the threshing ground early on, using fuel to make adobe bricks and chop firewood.

The bricks had not yet been baked, but the people in the village were already ready. Leng Ruoxue had no choice but to arrange for them to demolish the houses and build the road first.

The debris from the demolition of the house can be used as a base.

This time there is no meal and no division of labor. Rice is only exchanged according to work. Brown rice is 20 wen per pound, which can be exchanged for work points, and work points can also be directly exchanged for silver.

Adobe bricks and firewood were recorded as work points, and there was no special treatment. Anyway, people who did not build roads could exchange firewood and adobe bricks for work points. As long as they were not lazy, they would not starve to death.

The price of rice was 5 cents per catty cheaper than in the town or county, so no one would want money. They would exchange for as much as they could of a catty of rice. Later, the yamen runners and the village chief said that since the house was not repaired yet, it was enough to have enough rice to eat, and the work points could be exchanged after the house was repaired. Only then did everyone stop hoarding rice.

Two days later, the brick kiln in the village started to make bricks, and the villagers were divided into two groups. One group demolished houses and built roads, and the other group concentrated on making adobe bricks.

Women and children chopping wood.

All the factories in Lengjia Village have started operations, and in addition to sand, they have also started collecting tree bark.

In an unowned mountain, you can cut firewood, but cutting trees is not allowed. However, you can cut the bark.

Leng Ruoxue seldom goes out to collect lard by herself. Now that the factory is about to start production, Leng Ruoxue arranges for Liu Datong to collect the lard.

Pork lard is difficult to preserve, but boiled lard can be preserved. In addition, with the new river, Liu Datong arranged fixed places to collect pork lard in two county towns and two prefectural cities. After receiving the pork lard, he boiled it and transported it back together with the oil and lard residue.

The lard residue was sold at the village store at 2 cents per pound.

After Leng Ruoxue inquired about Leng Zejin's soldiers, she arranged to repair the road from Lengjia Village to the county town.

There are several large households in Baidi Village, Wangjia Village, and Wuzhi Village. Leng Ruoxue put forward compensation suggestions. For those who can accept it, it will be planned according to the plan. For those who cannot accept it, they will be bypassed during the planning.

There is only one nail household in Wangjia Village. The big households in other villages were very grateful for compensating them with adjacent courtyards. There were already many inconveniences after the courtyard was divided, and now there is a chance to rebuild the courtyard. What is there to be unhappy about?

The people of Wangjia Village felt that the village atmosphere was not right and actually wanted to take the opportunity to ask for money and an additional yard. Leng Ruoxue simply had the bailiffs beat them out. She had no energy to waste as she was very busy.

The money for repairing the courtyard was paid by the county lord. Each household's original courtyard was roughly assessed. If the courtyard was new, no money had to be owed. If the courtyard was old, less had to be owed. If it was a thatched house, the full amount had to be owed. The homestead was also converted according to its size.

The money owed was deducted from the fees for the village's pig farm, chicken farm and the rental of their land after the autumn harvest.

If the deduction is not completed within 5 years, the house will be taken back and the village will give another piece of residential land.

Although many people think that they will never be able to earn enough money to buy a house with blue bricks and tiles in their lifetime, the county lord does this forcefully, and there is nothing they can do about it. At least they can live there for 5 years, and after 5 years, they will be given a piece of residential land.

All the villagers were looking forward to new houses with mixed feelings, but they were also worried about debts.

Those who were better off and raised pigs themselves, when they saw the new house and found no space to raise pigs, they also looked for opportunities to get rid of the pigs.

Chickens can still be raised. I went to a chicken farm to see how they raise chickens. I am secretly preparing to move to a new house and start raising insects to feed the chickens.

Everything went according to Leng Ruoxue's plan. The first piece of glass came out, the first roll of toilet paper came out, the first bag of cement came out...

Then each village began to rush to build houses.

Before October, the wharf was completed, the village houses and roads were completed, and the long-awaited "autumn harvest" was ushered in.

The average yield of 30 kilograms per mu shocked everyone, and the joy of moving into the new house was immediately suppressed.

Before I had time to feel sad, I was assigned to plow the fields, apply fertilizer, and build a greenhouse.

The purchase of adobe bricks has been stopped, and the purchase of firewood and bark has been increased.

Nangong Yi also bought a boat and took a trip out on it from time to time. Leng Ruoxue had no time to care about him.

The students of Mr. Liu were assigned to the Orchid Academy, where they worked with Leng Ruoxue every day and learned how to build and manage greenhouses.

Eunuch Li liked the retirement life in the villa. Anyway, his task was to wait until Leng Ruoxue's electric lights were installed in the palace. He would just cooperate in getting any metal materials that were needed.