After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

"Village head, this is as it should be. If the brothers from Jicun hadn't arrived in time, we would probably have died here."

The head of the village nodded in agreement and continued speaking.

"There are two more good news. The first good news is that the county government gave the village a reward of three hundred taels of silver."

With a buzz, the people below were excited and talked about this with the people around them. It was really a pleasant surprise.

"Qingya, this is really a good thing." Ye Xi said happily.

"You have a share too." Ye Qing revealed.

"Really? I have it too." Ye Xi hugged Ye Qing's arm and screamed softly.

The head of the village clapped his hands to get everyone quiet. He explained the distribution plan, and those whose children came out to help were all proud.

"We have no objection, Li Zheng."

For such a dangerous matter, it is only right to give some reward.

"What's the second good news?" Ye Zhu asked with his chest puffed out. He also came out to help and was very proud now.

The village head coughed twice to draw all attention to him, and then he slowly told the second piece of good news.

"This year's corvée labor is exempted. It is a reward from the Lord for us."

The crowd became lively and the laughter gradually grew louder.

Their village was wealthy, and the silver they received was icing on the cake.

But performing corvee labor was very important to them.

Someone in every household had to perform labor service, and the village had to start burning charcoal immediately, which would cost a lot of money.

The village head watched everyone finish their discussion and then brought up another matter.

"Fellow villagers, there are still too few people in our village. We have decided that in the future, whenever a child is born, the village will give 50 kilograms of rice for free."

Several pregnant women touched their bellies with a smile. They thought the little guy was lucky to have encountered such a good thing before he was even born.

Their lives have improved a little, but they still can't eat dry rice for every meal. The most they can do is put two more handfuls of rice in the pot and eat vegetable porridge.

With 50 kilograms of rice, the child can be raised.

By the time we got the silver, the moon had already risen. No one complained about the slow payment, and they gathered in groups of three or four to chat while waiting.

Some children received the silver and quickly gave it to the adults. If you lost the silver at night, you would get a bruise on your butt the next day.

Zhou did not accept the money from Ye Qing and Ye Dalang. It was the money they earned at the risk of their lives, so she let them keep it for themselves.

Ye Qing also took back her thirty taels of silver. She did not keep it for herself, but gave five taels of silver each to Ye Xuan and Wang Dayan who helped to gather information.

The two took the money and were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling. Wang Dayan went on a blind date that same day. With the money and the marriage, he could go out and build a house.

Ye Qing counted the money in his hand, and used it all to buy the land, including the money given by the government and the money earned from making mosquito coils.

Now the land around the village is mostly dry land, so she bought fifty acres of dry land and hired farmhands to help her farm.

Ye Qing touched the land deed in her hand, her heart beaming with joy. Her dream of becoming a landlord was one step closer.

Boss Ye and Zhou were also discussing buying land, so the money was just sitting there anyway.

He kept the money Ye Chenjing earned from his exams and used it all to buy land.

Boss Ye was reluctant to buy all the dry land, so he bought ten acres of dry land and ten acres of wasteland.

You can still grow crops on wasteland after two years of leaving it uncultivated.

The wasteland they were allocated when they first arrived has now been well cultivated, and this year there will definitely be more sweet potatoes than last year.

The government issued an official announcement that all the bandits in Erniu Mountain were arrested, several of the leaders were executed, and the others were immediately exiled.

In an instant, the entire Wu'an City became popular.

When he went out, he didn't ask if anyone had eaten, but talked about the bandits.

Ye Qing consulted with Ye Xuan and Ye Yuan and they decided to seize this opportunity to increase their popularity.

"Is our sweet potato stew ready?"

Ye Xuan is the manager of the winery, and he has everything under control.

"Okay, we can sell it now. Do you want to give it a name, or just call it sweet potato stew?"

"Give it another name, something more elegant or nicer sounding." Ye Yuan traveled a lot and knew that the name of the wine had a great influence on it.

Ye Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Let's call it a celebratory drink to celebrate the capture of the bandits."

"Okay, this is a good name. Everyone in the city is talking about this now. I'm sure many people will buy this name."

"How many sweet potatoes are there in the wine cellar?"

"About five thousand kilograms." Ye Xuan gave the answer directly.

"What's the price?" Ye Qing looked at Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan thought about the prices of other wines. The price of sweet potatoes was low, so the price of wine was also correspondingly low.

"Twenty cents a pound. Other wines are about twenty-five cents a pound."

Ye Qing decided to make concessions and promote the reputation of the wine first.

"Thirty cents per pound, buy one get one free." Ye Qing set the price.

Ye Yuan silently calculated that it was equivalent to fifteen cents per pound, so he should be able to make money if he sold in large quantities.

Once the winery released this price, there was a constant stream of people coming to buy wine every day.

Especially those restaurants, where people were drinking celebratory wine and discussing the bandits, as if they had captured them.

The celebratory wine tastes good and it is a new variety. Everyone who has tried it says it is good.

Restaurants also like to use this wine because it is low in price and tastes good, yet they charge a high price in restaurants.

When Ye Erlang heard the news brought by Ye Qing, he immediately wrote out the sign.

People passing by outside looked at the words on the sign and read them aloud.

"To celebrate the capture of the bandit, all cakes in our store are 30% off."

The 30% discount was still in my mouth, but I had already walked into the store.

He ordered one pound of all the ones he liked and took them back to feed the children.

Those who saw the news later all rushed in. Ye Erlang’s Shixiang Garden is very famous in the neighborhood.

When I pass by the market, I always take some home. This time, it is even cheaper because of the promotion.

Xuzhou was so busy in the front that he had no time to rest, while Ye Erlang was so busy in the back that he didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

After school, Ye Chenjing and a few others hurried over to help and managed to barely handle the work.

In the evening, Ye Erlang calculated the money he earned and found that it was half more than usual.

Xuzhou gets commission from selling pastries. He has been busy these days, but he is also happy and sad. He gets a share of every penny he receives.

The head of the village brought a few young people from the village, some cakes and an improved plow brought from Yangcheng.

Ye Laoer also gave them handrails and brushed them with clear oil.

The village chief brought five plows and a big fat pig and drove the ox cart to Ji Village. Village chief Xu did not go out early in the morning and waited for them at home.

"Brother Ye, why did you bring so many things?"

"Brother Xu, this is a token of our village's love. I feel bad for coming here so late to thank you."

Xu Lizheng pretended to be angry, "You have already thanked us by letting the children in the village go to school, and Lord Wu also exempted us from corvée labor. Why do you come again?"

"This is what we should do. Without you, we wouldn't be able to hold on until the people in the guard post come."

Xu Lizheng was looking at the things on the car. Everything else was fine, except the improved plow, which made him very envious.