I have been farming since I crossed over.

After all the rice was harvested, Yang Mingxi kept Tang Jiahang and called Lu Jintang over to ask, "Master Tang, have you harvested enough rice seeds for the other villagers?"

Tang Jiahang shook his head and said, "All of them are definitely not enough. We can only go one town at a time. Let's start with the two towns I came to learn from my uncle!"

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "I also think it's not enough. What number did you count? How much is missing? It would be best to count the number of paddy fields."

Tang Jiahang called in Master Qin, who explained, "Qingshui County has four towns: Shanshui, Jiaoshan, Heliu, and Chuanbai. The towns we're studying this time are Shanshui and Jiaoshan. The paddy fields they reported are in mu and mu, respectively, and these don't include the paddy fields of the landlords. The other two villages reported mu and mu, respectively, and also don't include the land of the landlords."

Yang Mingxi asked, "Are there many landlords in these towns? Can we count them all?"

Master Qin said, "They are all small landowners, not particularly large. In our Nanling country, there is no tax for the first three years of land reclamation, and the tax is not high after that, so there are almost no tenant farmers. Everyone cultivates the land themselves."

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Let's also calculate the landlord's share. Otherwise, someone might sell the rice seeds to the landlord at a high price, and then the loss will outweigh the gain."

Mr. Qin looked at the book in his hand and said, "The landlords in Shanshui Town own 8564 mu of land, Jiaoshan Town owns 4632 mu, Chuanbai Town owns 3252 mu, and Heliu Town owns 3323 mu."

After listening to this, Yang Mingxi made a simple note in her notebook and found that the total paddy fields of the four towns added up to only 1 acres. How many acres did Lu Jintang's family still have?

Yang Mingxi thought for a moment and said, "You've only harvested a few catties in total. If you plant one mu (approximately 10 catties) of crops, you'll only harvest one mu (approximately acres) of land. This is the equivalent of the two towns you mentioned when you came to Lu Jintang to study."

Tang Jiahang nodded and said, "Yes, as long as we pass this time, we won't have to worry about the seeds later."

Yang Mingxi looked at Lu Jintang and motioned for Lu Jintang to speak.

Lu Jintang said, "I have a general order for this batch of rice, and I want to use it to expand the sales channels of the grain store. I'll ask Axi to find someone to help you urge the rice seeds, but the price is 100 wen per mu of land. How about I get it all for you?"

Tang Jiahang looked at his uncle. Although the price was high, the quantity was sufficient. After thinking for a while, he said, "I'll use the rice to make up for it first, and then I'll give you the money later. Is that okay?"

Lu Jintang said: "Okay, you are my nephew after all. But you can't delay payment."

Yang Mingxi said, "The four towns need to be staggered, otherwise it will be difficult to accelerate germination. When I notify you, he will have them prepare the fields. When you get the seeds in three days, you must plant them immediately, otherwise the survival rate will not be high."

Tang Jiahang glanced at Master Qin, who took note and said, "Sir, the people in the other two towns have already learned how to plant rice seedlings. What about the people in the other two towns?"

Lu Jintang said, "Notify them and tell them to quickly arrange for someone to come over to Uncle Yao's place to learn. They only have time to plant one season this year. Aren't some of Uncle Yao's crops almost ripe? Shouldn't we start sowing the rice seedlings again?"

Lu Jintang looked at Tang Jiahangdao and said, "Indeed, I have over 2000 acres of rice that are almost ripe, and I really need to plant the rice seedlings. It's a good opportunity to call them over to learn. The rice they planted won't mature until at least mid-August, so they shouldn't be able to plant the rice seedlings until July. By then, I'm afraid I'll have already planted the rice seedlings again."

Tang Jiahang nodded and said, "Really? One step slow, every step slow."

After discussing it, they talked about the sales of bitter melon. Hu Buyan had not returned yet, so they didn't know how the situation was.

After Tang Jiahang left, Lu Jintang said, "Axi, have you finalized the list of people who will be participating in Fourth Brother's closed-door training? Fourth Brother's training is about to begin."

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "I want to give each of them a chance. Let them all go. Whether they succeed or fail depends on themselves. I want all the children over eight years old in my family to go. Is that okay?"

Lu Jintang thought for a moment and said, "It should be possible. It won't be too difficult this time. Let them all go! Do you choose the villagers or do you choose me?"

Yang Mingxi said, "I'll take a look at the people who have been picked out and make arrangements for them all. Maybe they'll be useful in the future!"

"Okay, this is just a tryout anyway. If you perform well later, you can stay and train later."

"Okay, we're going to my grandma's house tomorrow. We'll be able to go after it's over in two days."

"I'll ask Fourth Brother when the time comes. It seems to be this day, or the day after."

"That's perfect, let them all go to the closed training!"

"What if the snack street opens but there's not enough staff?"

Yang Mingxi slapped her head and said, "I forgot that the snack street will open during the Dragon Boat Festival? And the workshop will open too."

Lu Jintang said: "If not, let's go buy some people. We have money now anyway."

"Buying people? Where can I buy them? Nanling's taxes are pretty reasonable, so why are there still people selling themselves?"

"You think too simply. There are many things that make people sell themselves. Otherwise, where would the maids, servants, and slaves come from?"

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Okay, that's fine. Let's go and take a look! Some skills still need to be kept secret. Only when we go somewhere else, someone will take them away."

The two agreed to go find some people tomorrow and have Lu Jintang arrange for some people to tend the rice seedling fields. They would then separate after sowing the rice seedlings in three days. Yang Mingxi still had a lot of things to do, didn't she?

The people from the fifth branch of the Yang family are pulling out seedlings in Lu Jintang's seedling field. People from other branches are also helping here. They will be brought to the fifth family early tomorrow morning to plant the rice seedlings.

Yang Mingxi came to the rice seedling field and found Old Man Yang and said, "Grandpa, I have something to tell you. The Lu family has arranged closed-door training for their personnel. I want to send all the men in our family over the age of eight to go. If my uncles and aunts want to go, they can also go. What do you think?"

Old Man Yang said, "This is a good thing, let them go! Uncles, let the sixth and seventh brothers go!"

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Okay, then everyone, get ready. We'll be leaving in three days, for a month."

"What about the snack street and workshops? Aren't they supposed to open during the Dragon Boat Festival?" Yang Mingjiang said.

"It's okay, I will arrange it. You can go with peace of mind, there will be more important things for you to do later." Yang Mingxi said.

The next day, Yang Mingxi and Lu Jintang came to the county government office and found Tang Jiahangdao: "Arrange a few people, we need to buy a group of people, the number is quite large."

Tang Jiahang glanced at his uncle and said, "Alright, I'll have Master Qin arrange it. You just wait here."

Later, Lu Jintang and Yang Mingxi bought more than 100 people in total, including servants, maids, and the rest were middle-aged women. If there was a family, they would buy them together and get four or five middle-aged men.

Yang Mingxi asked Lu Jintang to take people back to make arrangements, as she had no place to live. She then went to the small courtyard given by her uncle-master and moved out 2000 mu of rice, as well as chickens, ducklings, piglets, and several cows. She waited until her uncle-master came to search for them before returning to Changshan Village.

Lu Jintang gave the newly bought person a brief training and then prepared to send him to his fourth brother for training for a month. They would talk about it later if there was anything else.