The casual life of the flat space

After Uncle and Bai Tieying had read the fish scale book, Village Chief Wang spoke again:

"The land to the west of your house is all rocks, tree roots and grass roots. It was never reclaimed because it was no longer feasible. Also, these two plots of land are low-lying and will be flooded if it rains heavily, so they can only be considered low-quality land.

The lower-quality land is 200 wen per mu, and the wasteland is sold at one tenth of that, which is 20 wen per mu. Taxes are levied starting from the sixth year after the wasteland is reclaimed, and only 100 mu of the land is taxed for every 200 mu, and only 30% of the land is taxed. But for someone like you who wants to build a factory, I really don't know how to calculate it. I'll ask you about this later.

But I say, brother, there are only a few people in your family, is it necessary to go through so much trouble? If you really want to buy, a hundred acres is the most you can buy, right? You don’t know if you have never been to the village! For the wasteland in the west, it takes ten to fifteen workers to open up one acre of land. Who among your family can go to open up the wasteland? Then you have to hire someone to do it? And you have to provide two meals a day and 200 coins. "

Village Chief Wang got angry when he said this, his voice gradually got louder: "Isn't it just a matter of opening up the fields? After opening up the fields, it will rain and the weeds will grow out again. Will you weed them? If you don't, all your work will be in vain. But if you do weed, you will have to weed the fields three times and leave them fallow twice before you can plant them. Calculate how much you will have to spend on labor alone? This doesn't even include food and farm tools. The best quality land only costs one tael of silver per acre!"

"Brother, this black soil has a high grain yield and sells for a high price, but do you think that the land has remained the same for hundreds of years because the people of Xianhe Village are lazy? They really can't cultivate it! How many people have the spirit and strength of the eldest brother of the Wu family? It's not uncommon for the whole family to cultivate one acre of land in several years!"

Seeing that Village Chief Wang had stopped talking, Bai Tieying said, "Grandpa Wang, you are truly the backbone of our Xianhe Village. You look at problems comprehensively while taking into account details.

The location of our village means that the arable land is limited, and I have heard that it takes several years of hard work to reclaim the wasteland before you can see the return. Don't worry, I have listened to your words. I will also tell you the truth, I really don't plan to cultivate the wasteland in the west, as for what I will do, I will keep it a secret for now.

Grandpa Wang, our Xianhe Village has been peaceful for another hundred years, right? There are quite a few residential plots in the village, but why don't people separate their families? Most of them have more than a dozen people living together? Isn't it because they don't have money?

Families with more people can scratch more, but there are also families like us. Then going to the county town to do odd jobs or something, can it be as comfortable as staying at home in our village?

Regarding the factory, I really want to ask you to support me once more. I was not exaggerating when I said I knew people in Beijing and the county. What I can guarantee is that as long as this factory is open, under the same conditions, I will give priority to people from our village. Anyone who works in the factory will earn an annual income no less than farming at home. "

"Oh, what can I say now that you've said that? You have the money, you can do whatever you want. I also have to tell you that since the year the village started paying taxes, every acre of land that is opened will be paid one-tenth of the land price to the village according to the grade. Let's call it a village agreement!

It is true that our Wang family has always collected this money, but we have never touched a penny. We can check the account books for hundreds of years. We are not fooling your family. The elders in the village know it. We usually work for the village, including the money for your mother's funeral.

Others only pay a few dozen or a hundred coins for top-quality farmland, but they have less land! Although you only pay two coins per mu, it is roughly three taels of silver. I have to explain this to you first. Of course, seeing that you two are so rich, you won’t care about these few taels of silver. "

"Hahaha, Grandpa Wang, if you're angry just scold me directly. It's because I'm obsessed with money. How could I possibly doubt you about this? I just didn't listen to you and Grandpa Wu talking about our Xianhe Village. Just because you were able to restrain the villagers from coming to my house to collect debts after my parents passed away, I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life, really!

So after I figured it out, I have been thinking about how to repay you and the villagers. Without you, my sister and I would have died with our parents. But we can't do anything, and the only thing we can contribute is our brains.

If you still believe that I am a good kid, come and see me distribute the money from selling mountain products to everyone tonight, and then we can talk about whether to set up a factory or not. Is that okay with you?"

"Humph, who wouldn't be happy to receive money? What's there to see?"

"Haha, then it's settled! The foreman is still waiting, so my uncle and I will go back first! See you in the evening!"

"Haha, Brother Wang, we'll be leaving first then!"

Although the situation this time was much better than Bai Tieying expected, she was still a little angry and depressed. Village Chief Wang was not a bad person, and was even a good person. But he was like a stubborn elder, and only allowed things to happen within the scope of what he could understand and allow.

Although Village Chief Wang had good intentions and his words made sense, Bai Tieying could not accept this "I am doing this for your own good" approach. The education methods of her parents in the original world and the uncle and Grandpa Wu here were similar, so Bai Tieying was willing to repay them with her greatest sincerity.

She was mentally prepared and planned to talk more about her ideas for the development of the village, provided that Village Chief Wang could give her respect and understanding. Just like after Shopkeeper Xiang showed his sincerity, the VIP card and the model were all her rewards for respect.

As a result, what they said today became increasingly uncooperative. Not to mention his prejudice against his uncle, in the end he even had to bring up the subject of her mother's funeral expenses, which was not a good thing to say, so she quickly ended the conversation, otherwise she didn't think she could avoid showing off her cunning.

The two of them got on the ox cart owned by Manager Quan and went back. Along the way, Bai Tieying told everyone he met in a loud voice about distributing the money in the evening, which made the people of Xianhe Village who sold mountain products wonder how much money they could get all day long.

After returning home, Bai Tieying and his father discussed with Manager Quan the time and scope of construction, as well as the approximate location of the original homestead. Manager Quan led people to look for it and it was easy to find. In fact, it was not far from the current shoji.

After looking at the land, Manager Quan found that it was just like what Village Chief Wang said, that one mu of land would earn that much money. However, they were building a house, so it was simpler in some aspects. The only difference was the wages. Manager Quan brought people to do the work, and they got 300 coins a day, but they didn't have to provide food and lodging.