Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Suizhou and Caizhou are all vast and sparsely populated places, but the land is fertile. Several generations of emperors wanted to develop it, but they tried all kinds of ways, but they did not achieve much results. The land business was established and destroyed, and it was set up again and again. I don’t know how many times it has been tormented. The land business has not developed but failed, but the customers recruited by the land business have been sent to all directions.

Seeing that the sun was already rising, Wang Su said to Xu Ping: "The others have not come yet and can't wait. Now we have to grab the solar term to plant rice, and we can't delay for a moment."

After saying that, Wang Su said to an old man in front of the crowd: "Zhong Si, it's getting late, you can take people to the field!"

The old man bowed and greeted the farmers to prepare for work.

Two young and strong patrons came to the front and carried a drum, and two others carried a simple arrow, holding their heads and chests up, walking in front of the people first, just like a general holding the flag when the army set out on the war.

When Xu Ping saw this, he asked Wang Su with a smile: "Why did Zhongyi think of using these war tools in farming? This is not to send troops to fight, but to go on a verb."

"This is not what I thought of, it was brought by these farmers themselves. According to them, the rice transplanting in their villages is like this. They use the plucking of the rice transplanting leaks to restrict the rice transplanting people, and they always strive to be the first and dare not slack off at all."

Xu Ping felt novel when he heard this. Whether in sugar business or his own farm, he paid attention to the semi-militarized management method, but he never really felt like fighting when he was doing farming. However, he did not expect that these farmers had this kind of heritage and really worked in war when they were farming.

Since ancient times, China has always been talking about farming and war, and war always supports farming. Farming is like fighting. The two are tightly entangled together, and they are not so clear-cut.

With Liu Xiaoyi, Xu Ping and Wang Su following the villager, he wanted to see how these shopkeepers worked, whether they were moving forward like real war, and had such a shocking momentum.

Not long after leaving Zhuangzi, I saw endless paddy fields. At this time, they were filled with water, shining with swelling waves under the sun. The wild flowers beside the fields were in full bloom, colorful, and painted with endless farmland.

Wang Su whispered: "A few years ago, the Bian River was flooded, and the land here was flooded and the farmland was abandoned. When I bought it, there was no family within a few miles around, and I couldn't find the land contract. After all, I had to persuade him, and I bought more than 300 hectares of land for 5,000 guan. It was really a lot of effort."

The land where the owner cannot find the owner is called the land of the house. After three years of desertion, no one has claimed the official and can sell it. Of course, the land sale will be retained for a few more years. The original owner found the money that could be repurchased from the government for selling the land. However, for more than ten years, it was regarded as the land of the land without a land and had nothing to do with the original owner. Most of the land bought by Wang Su here was a waste of land, and it was flooded with the Bian River. It was full of waste and was spoiled and cheap. However, to apply for the land deed, you still have to pay the money and pay taxes. The income from the land of the land is a considerable income of the local government.

However, the price is much higher than that of Xu Ping's Zhuangzi in Zhongmu. He originally bought half-buyed and half-get it, and was compensated by the revocation and reclaiming wasteland by Chunze Supervisor, and his sugar shop was taken away by the Sansi.

Seeing the shopkeepers rushing to the edge of the field, Xu Ping said to Wang Su: "This year's time is too tight and I can't drive much paddy fields. In my opinion, it's better to grow alfalfa and soybeans in your wastelands. You can also earn a good income for raising cattle and sheep, and you can raise terrestrial power."

"I think so too, but I haven't made up my mind yet. I just heard that alfalfa and beans and beans are raised in the land, but I don't know how to raise cattle and sheep. Moreover, it's not easy to raise cattle and sheep, so it's hard to find people. I don't know how to feed it, but it's amazing to die."

Xu Ping said: "Source first, raise less, explore slowly. If you have any questions, you can go to my farm to ask. Alfalfa, soybeans, etc. are not impossible to store, and it has nothing to do after two or three years."

Wang Su was still a little hesitant. He had spent 5,000 guan to buy land, and in addition, he spent a lot of money in Sansi shop a few days ago, so it was not easy for him to take out so much cash from a big family. It was really necessary to grit his teeth if he invested money in the land.

During this time, the shopkeepers had already arrived at the edge of the paddy field. They first hung the drum on the trees on the field, and then the old man named Zhong Si didn't know what to say, and the others stood quietly and listened.

Xu Ping wanted to see how their drums and arrow leaks were used, and said to Wang Su: "Let's go over and take a look."

When we arrived, Zhong Si had finished speaking and the shopkeepers all went down to the fields.

Seeing Wang Su coming, Zhong Si bowed and bowed: "Officials, we are starting to plant rice seedlings. This time we planted for two hours, then we ate in the field, and asked the official to send rice to the farm. Planting rice is a hard work. If you don't eat this meal, people will have no strength in the afternoon. Moreover, the food delivered is better to have a little oily and water, and there is no energy in your work."

Wang Su nodded: "Don't worry, I have already told the shop that I can take enough food at that time."

Wang Su had long gained experience from Xu Ping in this regard. During the busy farming season, you cannot eat two meals like you usually do, add one meal at noon, and there are meat dishes. Never let the shopkeepers not get involved in oil stars, otherwise they will suffer losses.

There are many people in Xuping Village, and there is a sheep every day, or changing the pattern. Other meat such as chickens and ducks are equivalent to a sheep. However, the merchants usually don’t have much meat to eat, but they just ensure that the soup made from a large bowl of bones is made every day. During the busy farming season, the meat will also enter their stomachs.

Wang Su couldn't do it here, so she went to the mutton shop in Bajiao Town. She ordered the mutton bones they picked and bought some meat. The bones were used to make soup. They boiled them last night and then boiled them slowly over low heat. Today they were served with cooked meat.

The big bone soup is boiled until the heat is ready, and it has a lot of nutrition. With the food on it, it can not only make people eat enough, but also supplement the necessary nutrients of the human body. It costs less money. It is a good way for Zhuangzi with a large population.

At the beginning of the year, Wang Su suffered a little setback in his career, which made him feel alert. The whole family could not sit still and live in the countryside, so he had a lot of hope for the current farm. Xu Ping's family lived with Zhongmu Manor in the capital with ease. Wang Su, who was used to wealth, looked at him envious. There was such a farm that kept leaking money out, so he could save much worry. Therefore, he was careful about his own farm, and even the small matters such as eating, drinking, and urinating, tried to use Xu Ping's Zhuangzi as the standard.

Zhong Si received a positive answer, bowed to thank him, and said, "Then we will start working!"

After saying that, he adjusted the arrows on the side with his own hands, picked up the drumsticks and stood in front of the drum.

Taking a deep breath, Zhong Si's drumsticks hit the drum.

With the sound of the drum, the farmers in the paddy fields almost bent down to plant rice seedlings together.

Xu Ping looked at everything in front of him and sighed in his heart that he really looked like a few troops fighting.

With the slow drum sound, the farmers lined up in a row and slowly moved forward. There were also farmers who sent seedlings carrying loads filled with seedlings, staggeringly walking in the paddy fields, and dividing the unplanted seedlings on each person's route in advance.

The drum sound is clear and not as majestic and exciting as the war drum. It is obviously just used to ensure the rhythm of transplanting rice. It also has an important role to prevent people from cheating and laughing and talking while working. The drum sounds constantly, so people in the fields cannot stop transplanting rice, and they must continue to do it.

To put it bluntly, drum is more of a tool to maintain work discipline than inspiring people.

Xu Ping looked at it very seriously and thought about the pros and cons of this practice carefully. In his previous life, there was also a saying that farming was like fighting, which meant that time was urgent and had a major concern, just like war.

Discipline is really important for multiple people to accomplish the same thing together. If people are laughing in the fields when planting rice, you come on my route and I go to you, and the whole thing will be messed up. Not to mention the effect, the efficiency will be even less important, and in the end you don’t know where the chaos is.

Time waits for no one. Once the time window is passed, planting seedlings and planting seedlings in autumn will face significant losses. At this critical moment, you must not slackew on at all.

It seems that the drum and arrow leak are really good tools, and you can consider using your own farm.

At this moment, the others Wang Su invited finally arrived.

Xu Ping took a look and found that it was Ouyang Xiu, Mei Yaochen and Yin Zhu. They were all in a similar way. Wang Su had contact with each other when he was the magistrate of Xuzhou. Now they are all in the capital, so of course they are getting closer.

Compared with these people, Wang Su and Xu Ping are more likely to be together because of their relationship in the same year, and some official and private interests, and there are not much similarities in political ideas. This is not surprising. There are not many people who are in the same way as Xu Ping in terms of politics, and many of his thoughts are not understood by others.

When they arrived, everyone talked about the ceremony. Ouyang Xiu said, "The good place Zhongyi found is not far from the capital, and it is quiet. Although it is not as beautiful as the mountains and rivers, it has a unique wild taste."

Wang Su smiled bitterly in her heart. This is not a garden built by herself, but a manor that is truly used to farm. It has to support her family to eat and use. What are the beautiful mountains and rivers, wild and interesting things are not within her considerations.

In the past, I felt that my family's wealth would never be used up in life. After Xu Ping returned to the capital, the things sold by Sansi were equally more expensive, but it made people feel that it was impossible not to buy them. Wang Su felt that his family might not be able to last for a long time. In addition, now he is in the museum and has a lot of money, and his income has been reduced a lot, which has made him very eager to accumulate wealth.

Officials who serve as officials in local governments, especially governors, generally do not think that they are not enough to spend money. The minister has various channels to make money, and they are managed loosely, so they can eat, drink and have fun. In addition, the local bigwigs are flattering, and there are luxurious banquets from time to time. When recruiting a female prostitute, it is also an official prostitute under his control. That kind of life is really free and easy.

It’s not possible to return to the capital. The private income is gone without a job and a variety of expenses are paid. Unlike local governments, the money is generally not much, life becomes tight all of a sudden. Even wealthy families like Wang Su, although their families are rich, their daily expenses are also large, and they feel that they can’t bear it. There are no young officials like Ouyang Xiu, who have no family responsibilities to drag them down anyway. They spend as much as they pay, and sometimes they can earn some extra money, but they are worry-free.

Xu Ping, who never had to worry about money, made Wang Su envious. To be continued.
Chapter completed!