The sun was shining warmly on his body at noon. Xu Ping sat on the chair, listening to Xu Chang beside him reporting the situation in the village this month. He was increasingly accepting his current identity and really felt that he was a small landlord of this era. However, in terms of management methods, Xu Ping put himself in the role of the production captain in his previous life, both public and private, and this has endless benefits.

The yellow calf raised in the farm has grown up and can participate in spring plowing after the Chinese New Year. In order to grow rice, I bought eight buffaloes, all of which are old cattle. Due to the relationship between the chief clerk Guo Zi, the price of each head is less than eight guan, which is not expensive.

Nearly a thousand sheep raised have begun to be sold one after another. As the sheep in the northwest of Guanxi was transported to the capital in tens of thousands of land, the price of sheep was not high at this time, and a big sheep cost only five cents of money. Xu Ping felt it was a bit unprofitable, so he asked the farm to sell the ones that were obviously not long and raise the rest first, and then sell them after the price of sheep rose in the spring of the New Year. Anyway, there are a large amount of sweet sorghum and alfalfa hay for feed.

Cattle cannot be sold. Due to the government's price limit, the price of a cow is similar to that of a big sheep, so it is not worth it at all. At this time, most of the cattle on the Kaifeng Prefecture and Jingxi Road markets were sold from Jinghu Road, and they were all semi-free-range on the hillside and grassland. The cost was almost the same as the road cost, but the price was not high.

The grain planted in the farm is only a few hundred acres of land along the river, and the harvest is less than 200,000 kilograms. There are now more than 50 people in the farm. Even if there is a surplus, it is only 100,000 kilograms. All of them can only be sold for two or three hundred kilograms. With the current income scale in Xuping Village, selling grain is no longer meaningful and all of them are stored in warehouses. No matter which era, if the land is only used to grow grain, it will not have good economic benefits, which is far inferior to the cultivation of economic crops.

In addition to the income of the village, the scale of the village has also expanded. Since Song Laoshuan and Tian Sihai families built houses and settled their homes here, six more village customers moved their homes one after another and set up houses next to Xuping Mansion. Xu Ping wanted to recruit people, and the foundation was given to them for free. Even when building houses, the village customers went to help for free, and the village also subsidized them some food.

Listening quietly to Xu Chang's report, Xu Ping felt a little joy. A prosperous small village was taking shape in his hands. One business prospered and one business prospered. After working hard for two years, Xujiazhuang might become a famous and prosperous place with the attachment.

After reporting these, Xu Chang said again: "Dalang, what you told me before leaving, the village should use the slack days of farming to build roads and canals. The road from the village to the fields has been almost completed in the past two days, and the canals where the farming needs to be farmed have been repaired. The other wastelands are not useful now. The merchants discussed that the road from our village to Baisha Town is not easy to walk, or they would repair it during the period before the New Year. However, this road is not the same as the people in our village. I have asked someone to talk about the other villages, but they are unwilling to do it. If we only repair ourselves, the farmers will go to work, and the farmers will also have to provide grain and farm tools. It has become a waste of money for other farmers. It is a bit unprofitable, so I have to wait for you to come back to decide."

Xu Ping opened his eyes and said to Xu Chang: "You can first estimate how much labor will be issued in our farm, how much cash will be in cash if the road is repaired, and how much labor will be issued in our farm, how much cash will be in exchange for in cash."

Xu Chang agreed.

Since his previous life, Xu Ping knew the importance of roads than anyone in this era. After the autumn harvest, he organized people to repair the roads from the village to the fields. Although they were according to the standards of rural mechanized roads in his previous life, they were not highways, nor were they hard roads such as cement asphalt, but they were also flat and wide, requiring that two ox carts be allowed to drive side by side. With bearings, although they were not rubber pneumatic tires, the ox carts and unicycles used in the village were much better than before. With Xu Ping, a professional mechanical person, the car made in the village was definitely compact and easy to use, and it was much more labor-saving than the original car.

Ditches are the foundation of farmland, especially in this era when there is no pumping machinery. However, the surrounding area is full of sand, and it is much more troublesome to manage ditches than to build roads. Not to mention there is no cement in this era, even yellow mud is not easy to find around it. Xu Ping had to use bricks and pottery pieces to prevent seepage. The effect is not good and the price is also expensive. Xu Ping still remembers the method of firing cement, but firstly, there is too much work and no time. Another natural resources here are not suitable at this time, and the raw materials have to be transported from other places, so it is temporarily suspended.

After explaining these things, Xu Chang said again: "Dalang is back this time just right. There will be another happy event in the village tomorrow, which is just enough to catch up."

Xu Ping was stunned and asked hurriedly: "Which family is it? Get married or have children?"

Xu Chang said: "It's Lu Song from the village. He has gotten along with a widow from Baisha Town, Li Sisao, and will marry her to the village tomorrow to live together."

Xu Ping nodded: "This is a good thing! Now the village is thin and the more people there are, the more lively it becomes. By the way, has the village set up a house for him? Even if it is a betrothal gift, you can also sponsor him."

Xu Chang smiled: "Dalang has been thinking too much. There are not many things to pay attention to in the poor countryside. It is not the first time that Li Si's wife got married. She will just marry her tomorrow and hold a banquet for a lively banquet. This is also what the Lu Song and his wife mean. They don't want to have a big fuss."

"No matter what, this is the first happy event after I came to the village. You can't be too careless, and it makes our village look stingy. By the way, I will ride my horse to Lu Song to greet the bride tomorrow, and the village will give two more good silks to make good clothes for them."

The most important thing for a farm is to show signs of joy and give people a sense of prosperity, so that they can recruit farmers to come and surrender. At this time, the Central Plains area is the most lacking in labor. For farms and manpower, recruiting people has always been the first priority, and spending some capital is also the right thing.

Seeing Xu Ping being generous, Xu Chang said in agreement: "It's good if Dalang thinks this way. The sister-in-law Li Si is only in her early twenties this year. She married as a wife at the age of 18. Her husband died of illness in less than a year. She is smart and capable, and she looks a bit beautiful. I don't know how many people want to marry her. Lu Song can win her favor, and she heard that our village is prosperous this year. Dalang treats his servants well before she is willing to marry into the village."

In fact, there is another point. Last time he caught Ke Wulang and a group of thieves, Lu Song was very lucky and stabbed his second brother, one of the leaders, to death. He received a reward of ten guan from Xu Ping, and he was much more generous. He was a person who lived carefully and could get a house to get married.

This is the life of these ordinary shopkeepers. When they were young, they worked everywhere to make a living. When they met a place where they could stabilize, they saved money to marry and start a family and live. Romantic love is a luxury for them, and it is not a necessary product for life. What is more practical is that two ordinary people live together and face the ups and downs of life together, so that their next generation can grow up healthily.

Before we knew it, this small village in Xuping was changing the fate of many people.

After Xu Chang reported the matter in the village, the two went to see the newly made farm tools together.

In the courtyard, Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang were already waiting there, and there were several newly made cars by them.

A new tricycle is much smaller and much more compact than the original, and is inconspicuous compared to the original. This is specially made by Xu Ping when he met those wealthy families who modified his car. After all, this is not an era of equality for everyone, and not attracting attention is the basic philosophy of survival. The car still needs to be driven by three people, but the rear seats are lowered and no longer high.

The two cars next to them are newly made. Unlike tricycles, this car only uses two people, one in front and the other in the back, and the people in front control the direction part-time. The wheels are made of iron and very large, and there are holes for inserting anti-skid plates. This is designed by Xu Ping, specially used to transport seedlings, rice and fertilizer in paddy fields. If Xu Ping had done this kind of work in the previous life, there were special boat tractors for working in paddy fields. However, there were too many technologies involved in power machinery, which exceeded Xu Ping's ability, so he had to use this kind of substitute.

Mechanized operations in paddy fields were a difficult problem even in Xu Ping's previous life. It was very difficult to replace labor with machinery for many jobs, and efficiency was very problematic. Xu Ping had to do a little bit. Transportation in paddy fields was difficult to obtain. Because the plots were small and the ox cart was very long, it was not suitable to use, so he had to use manpower.

When he saw Xu Ping, Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang came up and sang a promise: "I have met a little official!"

Xu Ping nodded and said to them: "Have you ridden this new car smoothly? Walk two laps and let me and I take a look? It's better to change it early if there is something that is not suitable."

Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang received the order, and they got on the new paddy field transport truck.

Gao Daquan is ahead, and Sun Qilang is behind him, just focusing on pedaling.

As Gao Daquan said "starting", the paddy car slowly moved and walked back and forth in the courtyard.

The wheels are too big, and it is obviously bumpy when walking, so it is not easy to control. Gao Daquan held the handle tightly in the car, with a serious face and dared not neglect it.

There is no way to do this. There are many ditches and ridges in the fields, and only large wheels can overcome obstacles. If you want to reduce the wheels and reduce the center of gravity, you must have enough ability to overcome obstacles. You must use tracks. As the fundamental technology of agricultural machinery, Xu Ping is naturally familiar with tracks, and even the new and simple triangular tracks are clear, but with the current technical capabilities, it cannot be achieved.

The car stopped beside Xu Ping, and Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang got out of the car.

Xu Ping nodded and said, "It can be used barely, but it is still difficult to ride. You guys find some smart shopkeepers and let them ride more and wait until spring is easy to use."

Xu Chang and the other two agreed together.

At this time, the sun was already west, and the golden sunlight shone on the snow beside the wall, reflecting colorful colors.

Xiuxiu and Su'er were telling each other's events by the wall where the sun was shining. The little sisters naturally had a friendship that they were not understood by outsiders.

Xiuxiu brought back the toys, food, such as sugar people, mud tigers, all of which Xu Ping bought for her one after another. She took them out and placed them on the ground, savoring them with Su'er, while sharing them with Su'er.

On a winter afternoon, this small village appears calm and detailed.
Chapter completed!