I just want to build a city

Chapter 2 Building a Thatched Cottage

After owning their own land, the Cairo system can finally be opened by Qingshu. Anyone will immediately see how their land will develop in the future and ponder every function of the system. After lighting up the map of his own land, the first thing he considered was the problem of food.That's right, in the last life, he was what everyone called a Buddhist player. Don't worry about building your own land or something, just put it aside for now, nothing will happen.

On the second day after Genji's samurai left and checked the ledger, Qingshu summoned the steward of the manor, Fang Xing, the close maid of the deceased mother, and the first thing he announced was: from now on, the two meals a day will be changed to three meals a day. Meals are at 7 o'clock in the morning, 12 o'clock at noon and 6 o'clock in the evening.

Qingshu didn't think about asking them to change the food for him from the very beginning. Things should be done step by step and step by step. Anyway, he has survived these five years. He thought that he could only eat two meals a day for the rest of his life. Now he has the opportunity to let him Three meals a day, meat every day, he can still afford it.

Even so, when Haruki Minamoto proposed three meals a day, he was still opposed by the two of them.

"Ten in the morning and four in the afternoon, it's too inelegant to eat at other times." Matsumoto, the steward of the manor, raised objections. Although Xing didn't speak, seeing the look in her eyes, she didn't quite agree.

Qingshu held the painting fan in his right hand, spread it out, and slightly covered the faint smile on his face. The steward Matsumoto, who was kneeling down, could only see the corners of his mouth outlined by it, and he didn't seem to blame him for contradicting him.

After all, it is a five-year-old child, even if he is a nobleman, is it still afraid that he will understand prestige and punishment now?What's more, being placed in this manor in Tottori to live for a long time, no matter how you look at it, he is also an abandoned nobleman.At this time, the manager Matsumoto inevitably began to have some ideas in his heart, and his back straightened a little while lying on his stomach.

Apricot is Yuko Fujiwara's close maid's room, and the one who watched Haruki grow up to be five years old is the person who knows him best besides the Fujiwara family. Although this little master is only about five years old, his performance on weekdays is not too bad. Excellent, but the queen is smart and calm.A five-year-old child can be seen to be calm, and for this alone, Xing dare not underestimate Qingshu.Therefore, even if he did not agree with Qingshu's decision to eat three meals a day, he did not directly raise objections like Matsumoto.

Standing by Qingshu's side at this moment, seeing the unpredictable smile on the back of the little master's fan, he breathed a sigh of relief for his cautious words and deeds, and seeing the manor steward's wandering gaze, he couldn't help feeling sorry for him. Feeling pathetic and stupid.

If Genji Haruki was really a child abandoned by the Fujiwara family, how could he bring a dozen or so Genji warriors to escort him all the way when he came, that's really stupid.

"Two meals a day are elegant, but it is popular among the nobles in Heian-kyo. Now I am in Tottori, and there are no imperial nobles around me. I don't pretend to be elegant when I am facing the common people. I just do what I want to do."

This sentence has already expressed his meaning very clearly, do not accept objections, and do as he said.

The manager of the manor, Matsumoto, seemed to be about to say something, but was interrupted by Xing.

Xing knelt and sat down on the ground. "I'll go and ask the cook who prepares the meals later, and start three meals a day from tomorrow."

"Well."

Minamoto Haruki suppressed the smile on his face, closed the painting fan and put it on the small case, nodded and said nothing more.Obviously, there are no other orders, so you can go.

The manager Matsumoto walked away on his knees, but Xing didn't go with him because he had to take care of Haruki's food and clothing.

It was also because Qingshu had something to tell her.

After waiting for half a cup of tea, Qingshu put down the Waka book in his hand, and handed over the manor account book that had not been returned to the steward to Xing who was kneeling beside him.

"This is?"

"After ordering the cook, just drive the steward's family away. Before you find a new steward of the manor, you will be in charge of the books and catalogs in the manor, big and small."

"But your food and clothing..."

"I'm not a cripple who can't move my hands and feet. Food and clothing are prepared for me. I can come by myself. I'm only five years old, and I worked hard to manage the manor for me until I can manage things by myself and find a new manager. "Qingshu smiled childishly, and Xing took it for granted that Qingshu was only five years old even if he was precocious, and she should really stand up for him before he grew up.

This is also the responsibility she promised Miss Yuko to take good care of Haruki-kun.

Although smart, Xing still doesn't understand Qingshu, he is just lazy.

When he woke up the next morning, Qingshu saw his breakfast on time at [-]:[-] a.m., overcooked sticky rice porridge, boiled beans seasoned with salt, pickled radishes, a bowl of seaweed clear soup, an adult Thumb-sized soy flour rice cakes.

Compared with the usual meals, the amount is a little less, and I am afraid that this is also Xing's special order.

After breakfast, Qingshu took Xing to inspect the whole manor, and sure enough, he did not see the steward surnamed Matsumoto. The servants of the manor also trembled a little when they saw him. Just drove away the steward of the manor.

Meals have been successfully changed from two meals a day to three meals a day, and Qingshu is finally in the mood to look at his Cairo mini-map system.

After finishing his lunch, Qingshu returned to his study as if picking up a book to learn to read, but actually opened his own small Cairo system, and his own map of Tottori land was displayed in front of his eyes.

The map is successfully unfolded in front of the eyes, and the word menu below is also successfully lit up and can be opened.

Qingshu didn't rush to open the menu research function, and began to look at the scene of the map in front of him.It is a little different from the Cairo I played in the previous life. In some Kairo maps, there are vacant land, hillsides, rivers and sea areas, but there is no sandy land. In this Tottori map, nearly half of the seaside is sandy land. The plot is also dark.Qingshu reckoned that these dark plots were not included in his land deed, so they didn't appear.

The Cairo mini-game that Qingshu played in his previous life was called "The Story of Oedo". It was a small pixel game to build his own famous castle. At the beginning, he would have a straw house and two straw houses. There are two houses and a field, and there are one or two public facilities around the residents' houses, such as bookstores and grocery stores, which he can't remember clearly.

Looking at his current system, there are no thatched huts for civilians at the beginning, let alone public facilities such as bookstores and grocery stores. In the Heian era, where did the grocery stores and public bookstores come from?

The huge map is full of green. His manor is located in the lit map. There are only one or two roads extending to the unlit land and the sandy seashore. small village.

Between the village and the manor, there are four well-developed fields. When you click on the details, you can see that soybeans are planted in the fields.Moreover, the details of the field also had an unexpected value, something that was not in the previous game, the state of the crops in the field.A horizontal bar, like the blood bar of a game character, is only half of it, and it is still in a not-so-good yellow shape.

Therefore, how should he improve the current situation of the field? Farmland food is the foundation of people, and it is the same in the game. He vaguely remembers the game of "The Story of Oedo". Farmers with no skills will develop other hobbies and skills after they produce food and have spare money, and then they will attract more people with different occupations.

Then what?How can he improve the current condition of his own farmland?

Qingshu thought for a while, raised his head and called out. "Xing, are you outside?"

"Yes." Xing responded, and walked in slowly on knees, kneeling and sitting under the desk. "Is there anything you need?"

"I just want to ask you a few questions. I don't know the account book I gave you yesterday. Have you read it?" Qingshu asked. If you haven't read it, let's wait until Xing has read the account book. Anyway It's not a big deal either.

It's a pity that Xing is far more diligent and conscientious than Qingshu thought. He stayed up late yesterday to read the account book, and before preparing meals for him in the morning, he sorted out the shortfall in the manor's account book.I am planning to do it again today, and show it to Yuan Qingshu tomorrow.

"Yes, I have read all of them yesterday, and I am going to rewrite them for you to read today."

The thought that it could be delayed for a day was strangled to death, Qingshu let out a "huh" and said: "There is no rush to rewrite the accounts in advance, no matter how short-lived it was in the past, there is no need to pursue it too much, just remind the servant .I took a look at the account book the day before yesterday, and I remembered that the manor has reclaimed four farmlands, right?"

"Yes, ten cups of tea on foot from the manor."

"Who is taking care of the farmland, the manor's own people? Or are they hiring civilians from Tottori?"

"It's the manor's own people, the manager Matsumoto's family who were driven away."

Qingshu raised his eyebrows, he understood where most of the deficits in the account book were, and why the farmland was in such a bad state. As servants of noble families, how could these people know how to take care of the farmland, and they were so far away from the manor. These people also don't take much effort to walk over and tend to the fields.

They don't take much care of them, and they are taken care of by a group of people who don't do farming. It's a blessing that the state of the four farmlands is not red.

"You go down first, I will call you if something happens."

"Yes."

Xing Kexing exited the room and waited outside the door again. Qingshu looked at the system panel in front of him again.

Naturally, the farmland cannot be managed by the people of the manor. The people who managed it before were the manager's family who were expelled, which happened to be convenient for him to recruit farmers to manage these farmlands now.First of all, the necessary condition for recruiting farmers is to build several thatched huts around the road.

Qingshu clicked on the menu, and the first column was the construction column.Click on the construction menu, just like the beginning of the game, there are very few things that can be built, and you don’t even need to turn to the second page, which are: demolition, roads, huts, farmland and forests.

Although he doesn't remember the details anymore, he still remembers that the construction bar is divided into three pages, and the three pages have more or less three or four things that can be built, but...

Qingshu tossed and turned, but did not see any other options other than these five in the construction bar.

Does it need to be triggered for new buildables to appear?Qingshu didn't delve into it, so he put the matter aside, chose a thatched house, and chose a piece of land beside the road and farmland for construction.The price of thatched cottages is very cheap, as long as it is a copper coin, it can be built. Qingshu plans to build four directly and recruit four farmers to take care of these four farmlands.

However, the idea was good, but in fact, as soon as he clicked down, an interface popped up on the map, which said: The lord confirmed that the hut will be built on this land, please order your subordinates to build it.Estimated value of construction materials for the thatched cottage: 10 copper coins, and the wages will be calculated separately by the lord.

Wait, is there something wrong.

Isn't it supposed to click build on the system map, and a group of mysterious workers will appear in the manor, receive the construction materials, and disappear mysteriously after the thatched cottage is built.It was written like this in the novels of the previous life, so it seems that something is wrong with him.Workers need to look for it by themselves, purchase materials for thatched huts, and pay extra. So what is this system used for?

[System: Assist you in building a famous city:)]

Seeing the content displayed on the interface that popped up, Qingshu's eyes narrowed slightly, his consciousness directly shut down the Cairo city building system, and finally began to seriously read the book in his hand.

Well, let's talk about it later.

It can be said that it is very Buddhist.

For those four farmlands, it seems that Xing rearranged the people in the manor to take care of them. After reorganizing the accounts, Qingshu had a look over them, and then went to beat the servants in the manor.

The big deficit on the ledger is indeed from the steward Matsumoto, and there are also some fragmentary deficiencies below. According to Qingshu, Xing temporarily let them off this time without severe punishment, and the farmland was handed over to several people, at least there is no problem in the ledger Several servants take care of it.

Now that Xing has arranged for someone to take care of the farmland, Qingshu feels more at ease and doesn't care about it anymore, enjoying the hard-won good time.Although there is no animal meat for three meals a day, there are fresh fish near the sea, unlike Heianjing, which is too far away from the sea, so the sea fish sent are all pickled or dried. It's not very good, it's not delicious, and it has a lot of nutritional value, so he doesn't really want to eat it.

Tottori's geographical location is very good, with the sea and mountains, and there are not too small plains for farming.At least until the soybeans are ripe and harvested, and Qingshu is tired of the current meal, he probably won't bother with Cairo's city building system.

It didn't take long for this day to come. It wasn't that Qingshu was tired of the current three meals a day, he was very contented, but the soybeans in the four farmlands had gone through a month and were about to harvest.

By the time the Fujiwara family was buried, the dirty day was over, and they were about to go to Tottori Manor, it was already June, and the soybeans had been planted for nearly two months.Haruki and his party traveled from Heiankyo to Tottori for nearly a month, and now they have spent another month leisurely, and the soybeans are about to be harvested.

Although the people who rearranged the farmland did not make the state of the farmland reach full value, it is much better than before in the hands of the steward, and the value will be lush green.

I think the harvest is at least better than the previous year, and there is no manager who is greedy, so there will be no harvest but consistent money.

This time, Qingshu also had to think about building thatched huts and recruiting civilians.

Sitting in the porch, Qingshu was holding a tea made from apricots, looking at the cherry tree in the courtyard covered with fruit, he couldn't help but think of the farmland and city building system that he had neglected for a long time, and his face suddenly turned pale. Hang up a dark color.

"Qingshu-kun?" Apricot had never seen such an expression on Qingshu's face except when Miss Yuko died, when she was seriously ill.

"Hmm... Xing, do you know any craftsmen in Tottori with good craftsmanship?" Qingshu lowered her eyes, turned the tea bowl in her hand, and watched the tea leaves in it sloshing up and down.

"Do you want to build a new garden, or do you think there is something that needs to be improved? I am afraid that you will have to contact January in advance to prepare the wood and tiles before people can repair it." The manor in Tottori, Xing was also sent by Fujiwara to inspect it before. , I also participated in one or two repairs, so I know a little bit.

Haruki shook his head slightly. "No, it's not that the manor needs to be repaired, and there is no need for such craftsmen to build courtyards, as long as they can build thatched huts for civilians."

Xing was slightly stunned, and didn't ask Qingshu what she wanted to build the thatched house for, she turned her head and thought for a while. "For thatched huts, in the small seaside villages where the farmland is in front, you can ask any villager to help build them. The materials for thatched huts are not difficult to find, and the wages are not bad. Those villagers can find suitable materials to build thatched huts by themselves. "

So as long as the wages are paid, the material cost of the thatched cottage is saved?

Qingshu opened his mouth, but he still didn't express what was in his heart.After taking a sip of tea, he finally arranged the charter for the thatched cottage, which was a month late.

"We want to live here for a long time, and there will be more and more things in the future. Those few farmlands should be rented out to the common people to plant them. Once you pay 50 yuan for renting the land every year, you will pay [-]% of the food for planting. good."

"Do you mean to build thatched huts for these commoners who rent out the fields?"

"Yes, it will be more convenient for them to take care of the crops if they are closer to the farmland. Only when the farmland is carefully taken care of can there be good harvests."

Xing frowned, struggled for a while, and still couldn't help saying. "However, isn't the rent of 50 cash a year too low? I have specially asked someone to estimate the soybeans this season. The Ueda family has taken good care of them. This season's harvest can have a nearly consistent income."

"Yeah, that would be great. What I want to do is to attract more people to my land. Xing, in my plan, we are going to live in Tottori forever."

"Yes."

"Without our own samurai, vassals, and us alone, we won't feel at ease living here. If there are more people, the rent will be more. You don't have to do anything to receive coins. It's not very good. something?"

However, the city lords in other places also collect high taxes, enjoy themselves all day long, and collect coins.Xing originally wanted to say this sentence, but after thinking about it, she still didn't say it.The land of Tottori is different from other places. There are few residents here, and Haruki-kun is not like those city lords. He owns a large piece of land, and the civilians living there have to pay taxes.

According to Haruki-kun's title deed, there are no civilians living here.Let alone sit and collect taxes.Moreover, common people are treated so well, and Qingshu-kun will definitely attract his own warriors and advisers before he becomes an adult.Moreover, the population is sparsely populated, and it is inevitable that there will be... haunts.Collect less coins, but get more in the future, Qingshu-kun is very considerate.

Xing thought about it so much, but Yuan Qingshu didn't think about it at all. The reason for the rent of 50 cents for the field was that he was not short of money, and he didn't know how much a normal commoner's annual income was.When a person is poor, there are many things to do, so he wants to be a leisurely lord with less income, and it is good to be quiet.Moreover, Kan Xing didn't have any objection to his proposal, and made him think for a while, whether 50 Wen was the normal land rental price, or whether it should be lowered by a few more copper coins.

In this way, under Qingshu's instructions, Xing took a bag of copper coins, took four or five burly male servants, and went to the village closest to them in Linhai. It was exactly what Qingshu could see on the map, that A small village with dozens of households.

Because of the unpredictable weather near the sea, in order to save time and reduce the cost of house repairs, the common people in the village built loess thatched houses.Xing took a look at the entrance of the village with his servants, all of them were low thatched huts that were only a little taller than a person.

Although they are servants, their clothes can be said to be well-dressed compared to the villagers here, especially Xing who is the leader. When a group of people enter the village, they immediately welcome the villagers to watch. After a while, this village can be called The person who was talking stood up and talked with Xing.

The one who stepped forward to speak was a man who could not be regarded as young. Years of fishing and farm work by the sea made his strong body a little rickety.The man's eyes showed determination, but probably in order not to cause trouble, when talking to Xing, he lowered his waist so that the visitors would not feel slighted.

"Are a few nobles from the south manor?"

"It's not noble, we came out to do things for the master." Xing said.

"Excuse me, come to Linhai Village, do you need our help for the nobleman's business?" The man knew very well that no one would come to the door for no reason, and he had to wait until someone from the village who could speak came forward to explain the reason.

Xing nodded, and nodded sideways towards the farmland of the manor. "My master needs to build a few thatched huts near the farmland of the manor, so he sent me to a nearby village to find someone with good craftsmanship."

It was just building a thatched hut, which made the man secretly relieved, but what was he going to do to build a thatched hut?The man has also seen that manor from afar. It is beautifully repaired, and it looks like a manor repaired by nobles.He was lucky enough to meet the little master, but he didn't know if the master of the manor was a talkative nobleman.

"If we build thatched huts, we will naturally have no problem."

Xing nodded in satisfaction, the man in front of him was not in a hurry to ask if there was any wages, and the cost of the materials for the thatched cottage, it can be seen that he would not be a greedy person, and his eyes were also very upright, if he wanted to entrust the building of the thatched cottage to this man, it should be no questionable.

"Wages won't treat you badly, but you need to worry about the materials for building thatched cottages. What's your name?"

"My name is Hiroichiro."

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