I have been farming since I crossed over.

Yang Mingxi marked out nearly seven acres of land on the rice seedling field and asked Master Qin and others to measure it.

Master Qin looked at the four-inch-tall rice seedlings in the rice field and asked, "Wow, this rice was planted too early! It's already this tall."

Lu Jintang quickly approached and said, "This is a big project. I'm giving it to you, the county magistrate. You can handle the homestead later." He looked at Yang Mingxi and said, "What the young lady is doing is called seedlings. After transplanting, we can grow three crops of rice every year."

Qin Shi Ye took a deep breath after hearing this. He had followed his master, Tang Jiahang, to Qingshui County. Although he had a letter of appointment, the county magistrate, the chief clerk, the registrar, and others were all unwilling to obey their master. Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to come here to survey the land. Moreover, the yamen runners who came were the county magistrate's own attendants.

If my master has this achievement, then the entire county government will be under his control! The subsequent work will also be easier to carry out.

Master Qin figured it out. He looked at the seven acres of land measured by the attendant acting as a yamen runner, closed his eyes, and said, "Three acres of new land will be added to the homestead. Each acre will receive four taels of silver, for a total of twelve taels. Together with the amount just given, the total is two hundred and sixty-three taels." He pointed to the wasteland by the stream and said, "The boundary of the homestead extends from the stream to here. Mark it."

Yang Mingxi was amazed! This lawyer's actions were too obvious! He measured the wasteland himself along with the yamen runners. They took very large steps and calculated that it should be 250 mu, but they reported 150 mu. The gentle slope was even more exaggerated, at least 700 mu, but they reported 200 mu. He measured the homestead himself and added mu more. Adding the original mu, it was almost mu. Lawyer Qin only reported mu and included the thatched house on the riverside. Adding the previous mu, the current homestead was at least mu.

Such a large-scale release of water must have been instructed by someone. Who was that person? Yang Mingxi looked at Lu Jintang in the distance and had the answer in mind. After instructing his eldest brother and his father, he called Master Qin and his group to come for dinner and went back to cook.

On the wasteland side, after Master Qin finished measuring the Yang family's land, he looked at Old Master Niu and said, "Boss Niu, where is the wasteland your family wants to buy? Quickly point it out and we'll measure it together."

Boss Niu was already bewildered by the Yang family's display. Did Old Five Yang have so much money? To buy so much land? And that gentle slope, which you can't do anything with except mowing, was also bought? They really had too much money and nowhere to spend it.

Niu Laoda wanted to say that the wasteland he had his eye on was actually reclaimed by Yang Laowu's family, but now that it had been measured and given to Yang Laowu's family, he didn't dare to say it and was too embarrassed to say it. He shook his head and said, "My family has no money to buy land, so I'm sorry to bother you, Master."

"Get out! If you tell lies like this again next time, your family will have to pay for the silver. Got it?" Master Qin said angrily.

Boss Niu nodded quickly and left with his family in shame.

Here, Yang Minghu invited Master Qin to his home for a simple meal. Lu Jintang nodded and said, "Master Qin, let's go. Their food is delicious!"

The group arrived at the fifth room of the Yang family, and Old Man Yang was also invited over. Yang Mingxi prepared six dishes: boiled fish, braised pork, braised pork, pan-fried tofu, egg custard, and cabbage soup. Six large bowls, neatly filled to the brim, were placed on the table.

Old Man Yang, Old Fifth Yang, Yang Minghu and Lu Jintang were there, along with Master Qin and his party, and they all had their fill.

After lunch, Yang Minghu followed Master Qin and his group to the county government office to handle the land deeds, while the others went about their business.

Shortly after lunch, Yang Mingyang and his six uncles arrived at the Yang family's fifth room. As soon as they entered the room, Uncle Wu said, "Youyou, why didn't you tell your family about such a big thing? If you could just scrape together the money, even if you had to sell your pots and pans, you wouldn't tell us a word."

When Mrs. Wu heard what her eldest brother said, she quickly stepped forward and grabbed Uncle Wu and said, "Brother, I asked Ayang to come find you. Calm down and sit down and have a drink of water."

Several other uncles also blamed Wu, blaming her for not looking for her natal family first.

Yang Mingxi looked at the uncles of the Wu family, Mrs. Wu, and Yang Laowu arguing together, and smiled foolishly. This is what a family is!

Uncle Wu took out a large bag of silver, both large and small, but no copper coins. Yang Mingxi guessed that he had brought all the silver in the family.

Uncle Wu said, "Here are 100 taels of silver from the public treasury. The rest is collected by the six of us brothers, so we have taels in total. Let's take it and share it. How much do we need?"

Yang Laowu shook his head and said, "Brother-in-law, we have enough money now. Hu boy has already gone with Master Qin to get the land deed."

When Boss Wu heard this, he glared at his sister and said, "Where did you go to borrow the money? Use this money to pay back others first. We don't need the money for the time being."

Wu and Yang Laowu looked at each other, then simultaneously looked at Yang Mingxi. Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "Okay, uncle, if your family's money doesn't need it for the time being, leave me 100 taels for emergencies. I'll return it to you in three months."

Uncle Wu shook his head, then nodded and said, "No, Xier, keep everything! We don't need this money."

Yang Mingxi shook his head and said, "Uncle, 100 taels is enough." Then he counted out some of the loose change from the 100 taels and asked Uncle Wu to put away the rest.

After exchanging pleasantries, the group returned to the wasteland. Yang Mingyu and the three men sent by Lu Jintang were the only ones plowing the soil. Uncle Wu and the others naturally wanted to join in, but Yang Mingxi stopped them. Instead, Yang Mingyang drove the old ox to plow the soil.

Yang Mingxi brought his six uncles and his father to the gentle slope above the rice seedling field. He pointed to the patch of clay and said to his third and youngest uncles, "Look at this soil. What are the similarities and differences between it and the soil you used when you studied at the master's house?"

After Uncle Wu brought the bag of clay home, he gave it to his third uncle and youngest uncle. They tried using the clay to make pottery at home and were pleasantly surprised by the results.

After much effort, they successfully produced high-quality bricks and exquisite vases. These achievements made them very satisfied with the quality of the clay and proved its good firing properties. However, despite such good results, Uncle Wu did not disclose the source of the bag of clay.

Third Uncle Wu and Little Uncle Wu squatted down to examine the soil. After just a touch, they immediately stood up and looked at their eldest brother, saying tremblingly, "Brother, the soil came from here!"