Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Lin Yinan picked it up and took a sip. It felt like grass juice at first, and then it tasted refreshing and sweet.

"It tastes good, right?" Yun Er asked proudly.

The sugarcane grew like a bamboo, which was very useless and could not be bitten by people with bad teeth.

Lin Yinan finished drinking and put down the cup. "It tastes fresh, really good. Is your manual juicer very labor-intensive?"

Yun Er frowned. They were martial artists and this question was not within their consideration at all.

He gestured with his hands, "Just use a little more force."

Upon hearing this, everyone was not very optimistic about the machine he made.

Now that there were people harvesting sugarcane, Lin Yinan asked about the construction progress at the third sugar refinery.

"Has the sugar truck at the sugar factory been installed?"

When the sugarcane was about to mature, Lin Yinan chose a remote location in the city and built a sugar factory.

"It has been installed a long time ago. Uncle Qingxiang is leading people to carry out the final debugging. Some changes have been made on the original basis. Trial production will begin tomorrow." Yun Erdao.

The sugar cart was made by Yun Er according to the picture in Tiangong Kaiwu. It needs to be pulled by cattle or horses when it is operated. The sugar cart is installed in the large yard of the sugar factory, which is large enough.

Lin Yinan looked at Pan Qingfeng, "How is the staffing arrangement going in the sugar factory?"

"We selected about twenty people and have been training them over the past two days to explain the operating procedures and some precautions." Pan Qingfeng said.

Lin Yinan took note of this and decided to go to the sugar factory tomorrow to take a look.

"If nothing else, go as soon as possible."

Lin Yiheng stood up and said, "Then Qingfeng and I will go and register them now."

Lin Fu cleverly began to tidy up the account books on the table.

When a few people arrived at the city gate, the villagers gathered around them consciously.

A young man supported an old man and tremblingly stepped forward and asked respectfully, "Sir, how can we settle down in Longtan?"

After arranging the tables and chairs, Pan Qingfeng and Lin Yiheng looked at each other.

Pan Qingfeng immediately cleared his throat and said loudly, "There happens to be an uninhabited village at the junction of Longtan and Xihe. If you are willing to stay, you must register again. According to our new Longtan regulations, anyone who settles in Longtan this year will be exempted from two years of tax and grain."

After hearing this, everyone immediately understood what was going on. It turned out to be the same as what they had heard.

Knowing the situation in Xihe, he was worried, "Is the village too close to Xihe County? There are Japanese pirates there."

"Yes, yes, it sounds scary." A villager echoed.

Lin Yiheng smiled and waved to everyone, signaling them to be quiet, and everyone looked at him.

He said slowly, "Don't worry, everyone. We have already wiped out all the Japanese pirates in Xihe County. Currently, our Longtan guards are guarding there, and there are still many people in Xihe who are farming."

"Didn't they say that all the people in Xihe County were killed?" a villager exclaimed.

Lin Yiheng, "They hid. After we eliminated the Japanese pirates, they came back again."

After he said this, the villagers felt relieved.

"I heard that you can buy rice seeds on credit?" a villager asked cautiously.

They had originally decided to go begging, so they didn't leave any grain seeds behind. Now they can resume farming, but they haven't found the rice seeds for next year yet.

Lin Yiheng smiled slightly, his eyes were as gentle as spring breeze, and he patiently answered the villagers' questions, "Yes, we also have professional technicians to guide rice planting."

"No need, we all know how to grow rice, so there's no need for you to teach us." The villagers behind immediately shouted.

"But the new rice planting method invented by our city lord can increase the yield per mu to 200 kilograms. Don't you want to learn it?" Lin Yiheng asked in return.

After these words were spoken, the villagers looked at each other.

"Is this true? I have been growing rice all my life, and the highest yield per mu was only 150 kilograms."

"How can we grow so much food?"

"Could it be that he lied to us?"

"..."

Lin Yiheng pointed to the rice fields on both sides of the official road and said, "Those are the rice grown using the new method. Some of them have not been harvested yet. Send a few quick people to check each rice ear and you will know if I am lying."

Several young men immediately emerged from the group of villagers and ran towards the golden rice fields.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the young man who went out to check came back.

"how is it going?"

One of the young men panted and said, "Uncle, really, we pinched them carefully, and only about 10% of each rice ear was empty."

"And the machine they use to thresh rice is very strange. You put the rice stalks in and step on them a few times, and the grains will come out," said another young man.

Lin Yiheng smiled and said, "That is also a foot-operated rice thresher invented by our city lord. When the rice is harvested, each village will be equipped with one. You can rent it then."

"Good! Good! Good!" The old man said three good words at the beginning. He turned to the villagers behind him and said, "We want to stay."

So everyone took out their household registration documents and went to register with them.

Pan Qingfeng clapped his hands and said, "There is one more thing I want to announce. We need to hire people to harvest the sugarcane we planted. Two meals a day will be provided, and 20 cents will be paid. If there are young and strong people willing to do it, you can register separately."

Not only do you get food to eat, but you also get paid. Only a fool would not want to work!

This is simply pie in the sky for them.

In addition to the elderly and young children, even women signed up enthusiastically.

Lin Yiheng and Pan Qingfeng quickly registered the household registration information of all the citizens, and everyone received a new ID card.

A woman stepped forward hesitantly and asked Lin Yiheng tentatively, "Sir, I only have an old mother and a child who is less than five years old at home. Can we bring them to the construction site as well?"

Afraid that others would misunderstand that her family was taking advantage, the woman hurriedly explained, "Sir, please don't misunderstand, they will not eat with us who go to work."

Lin Yiheng looked at the pairs of expectant eyes behind him and said gently, "As long as it doesn't affect your normal work during the day, there will be no problem. When you build the shack, just make it bigger."

The woman waved her hands quickly, "Don't bother, they don't have to sleep in the shack."

After all, when they were begging in Nanzhou Prefecture, they would just randomly find a shabby house or a remote street corner, spread a mat and lie down, closing their eyes and another day would pass.

"The weather is getting colder. It's easy to get sick if you sleep outdoors."

The man stopped the woman who was about to speak and said, "We will do as the adults say."

The young man who had just gone to the rice field to look at the rice ears came over and stared at Lin Fu who was packing up his things.

Lin Fu felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, so he asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

The young man scratched his head and asked, "Sir, are you still accepting people?"

Lin Fu stretched his neck to look at the official road, "Is there anyone else who hasn't arrived yet?"

The young man's face flushed and he didn't know how to start for a moment. The villagers immediately understood who he was talking about.