Farming and reading family

Now she knew that the conditions for her to start a tenant business were very favorable, but she had no intention of changing them.

In fact, she felt that after deducting the taxes she had to pay, keeping 20% ​​for herself was already a lot. This way, the tenants would live well and work hard on the farm, and her income would be stable.

Lu Qingluo lost all temper when he heard Gao E say this.

"Only by leaving something in reserve can life continue forever." Gao E said with a smile.

In fact, there was a time when she wanted to make a lot of money. Before she traveled through time, she worked so hard just to make more money.

But after traveling through time and bringing five children with her, she no longer had such a strong obsession.

Parents who love their children plan for the long term, even thinking about a hundred years from now.

Lu Qingluo didn't quite understand this, but didn't refute it.

After two days of busy work signing land lease documents with the tenants in Luoyun Village, many people from the village came and also wanted to plant mulberry trees.

Gao E asked them if they knew how to raise silkworms.

Everyone fell silent.

People in their village don't know how to raise silkworms.

Then Gao E did another accounting for them.

If they use their own land to plant mulberry trees, they will definitely not be able to grow crops. By then, there will be less food, and if there is a little turmoil, the food prices will soar and they will probably starve again.

Planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms is a process of selling them. When selling, everyone in the family is forced to leave, and the key is that there's no guarantee they'll be able to sell them...

If you want to weave cloth yourself, you must first learn how to weave, buy a loom, and then sell the cloth after you finish weaving.

After some calculation, everyone felt that planting mulberry trees was indeed very risky.

However, Gao E planned another way for them. They could still plant mulberry trees, but not in the fields. Instead, they would be planted on the ridges and edges of the fields, so as not to affect the planting of crops as much as possible.

If Gao E needs mulberry leaves at that time, they can sell them to Gao E.

I want to raise silkworms myself, I can raise some and sell them as cocoons...

It’s not too late to do it once they decide they want to reel silk and weave cloth.

Gao E also needed to hire people. Even if they didn't grow mulberry trees or raise silkworms, they could still do odd jobs for Gao E.

After calculation, many people think that it is better not to raise silkworms, but they can plant some mulberry trees.

Some people also plan to raise silkworms, thinking that they can make more money by raising silkworms.

Anyway, the most popular thing this summer is raising silkworms.

In a blink of an eye, the first batch of silkworms raised by Lu Er Niang and her friends had already formed cocoons. Gao E took Wei Kai to watch them boil the cocoons and reel silk.

"Boss." Lu Erniang happily greeted Gao E when she saw her coming.

"I'll bring Wei Kai to see if the silk reeling tools can be modified." Gao E said directly.

She only knew the general process and didn't know the details.

However, they will use it in large quantities in the future, so it is necessary to let Wei Kai take a look to see if it can be improved.

"Okay." Lu Erniang said happily, "Please come this way."

Except for a few old masters, most of the people who boiled cocoons and reeled silk were newcomers and signed the documents with Lu Er Niang.

"Nowadays, the prices offered by other workshops are getting higher and higher. Why don't we go and buy some human teachers?" Lu Erniang suggested.

"Don't have this idea unless it's absolutely necessary," Gao E reminded.

Lu Erniang was worried that their people would be poached and they would not have enough manpower.

Many people cannot understand Gao E's idea.

After observing the silkworm breeding situation for a few days, Gao E returned to Baotou Village. Lu Er Niang thought the silkworm breeding was going well, but since the scale of the weaving workshop would expand in the future, someone would still be needed to manage it.

Jin Ruyi is a rare talent, but unfortunately there is only one Jin Ruyi and she does not have supernatural powers.

Fortunately, all the children in the village have learned to read in the past two years. In two years, when they grow up a little, those who do not plan to take the imperial examinations can go out and work.

Autumn came in the blink of an eye, and Jin Ruyi came to pick up Jin Chaowo to participate in the autumn examination.

Originally, Chen Qing and Chen Jie were also studying to take part in the Autumn Examination, but when the Autumn Examination really started, they both felt a little hesitant and planned to take part next time.

"Have Chen Tao's family affairs been arranged?" Gao E knew that Jin Ruyi would be away for a while.

"Don't underestimate your apprentice. He can handle things well on his own now." Jin Ruyi said with a smile.

Gao E nodded. Chen Tao was indeed growing very fast. "I'll ask him what he thinks later. If he can handle it, I'll hand over all those properties to him."

"You really are not greedy at all." Jin Ruyi looked at Gao E and said calmly.

Originally, he wanted to wait until Chen Tao came of age before giving him his family property, but it would be better if Chen Tao could deal with it in advance.

"When one has enough food and clothing, he will know what honor and disgrace are." Gao E said that now is not the time for her to sell out her dignity.

Jin Ruyi taking Jin Chao away means that Gao E will have to deal with many things on her own.

The account books from various places were sent to her, and she would either look at the account books or go over to check them.

After all, a big store bullies customers. Now that her business is slowly getting back on track, it is normal for a few arrogant people to appear. They must be discovered and eliminated in time.

The rest of the time is spent calculating how long the money in hand can last.

Even if the bricks, tiles and wood are all produced by yourself, you still have to pay the workers.

Before, all the money from Lu Qingluo and Luo Dagang was with her, and the money that Yun Shuang gave to Yun Zhou was also with her.

With the huge sum of money given by the eldest princess and the thank-you gift from the Yan family, she didn't have to worry about money this year.

But in the current situation, even if there is income from honeycomb coal and some rare stones are occasionally sold, the total amount of silver is still slowly decreasing, so we still have to be frugal.

Large-scale construction is not something that ordinary people can do.

But if Gao'e had not risen quickly after the flood, many things would never have been hers.

It's like the Devil's Crying Mountain. Even if you eat something, you have to spit it out. It's so uncomfortable.

Speaking of Ghost Crying Mountain, there seems to be no movement recently. Gao E plans to buy it back after it returns to the court.

This year is another year of bumper harvest, but the time for the court to collect taxes has also come. It hurts to think that I will still have to pay so much taxes starting next year.

Villagers harvest pumpkins by the truckload. Now pumpkins have gone from being a rarity to being used to feed pigs.

After two years of renovation, every household in the village has livestock and poultry, and the land has become fatter, resulting in better harvests.

Nowadays, whatever the villagers in Baotou want to sell will be sold to Gao E first, and Gao E almost accepts everything.

Especially chili peppers, many people in the village grow them for the Chen family.

The reason for the food was that Gao E hired a large number of strong laborers to build the house and had to provide them with food.

Pumpkins and other things are needed because Gao'e's family has too many livestock and poultry, and if they don't stock up, there won't be enough to eat.

There were even people from other places who brought their goods over to sell to Gao E because the price Gao E offered was reasonable and they didn't have to wait.

Two large granaries were built when this courtyard was being constructed. Master Xie built them according to the standards of official granaries, so grain can be stored in them for three to five years without any problems.

Gao E was also very busy harvesting crops, so she called Chen Jie back to help.

If the harvested grain is not dry enough, it needs to be dried again. As for the grain with too many impurities, it will be discarded directly.

Chen Fansheng went out several times and saw people waiting to sell grain in front of Gao E's house. He couldn't say anything and had to go home with his hands behind his back.

Yang, who was in the house, heard the noise and peeked through the window. She saw that it was Chen Fansheng and started to curse the men of the Chen family for being conscienceless.