Favorite Planter King

Chapter 20

Liu Shangzhi was speechless, and said, "Why don't you give it to you?"

Yin Peinan smiled and said, "If your lord is willing, we are very grateful."

Liu Shangzhi didn't want to talk to him anymore, he waved his hand and said: " Okay, this official is just for the sake of you building a columbine, so don't take an inch."

Seeing that the county magistrate was a little impatient, Yin Peinan also became serious and said seriously: "Sir, seriously, that mountain bag. It has no value and cannot produce any crops. Irrigation is a big problem. No one wants to put a lot of effort into reclamation. Just weeding every year is exhausting. We also took a great risk and wanted to give it a try. If it doesn't work, it will only be left uncultivated."

Naturally, reclaiming wasteland is not so easy, Liu Shangzhi naturally knows, otherwise, there will be fewer and fewer people who would rather pay high rents to rent land for farming rather than reclaim wasteland. .

Yin Peinan added: "Look, this is how you see it as an experiment supported by the county government to see if it can create income on the barren hills? Even if the above asks, it is also a measure for you to implement the new policy. Right?"

"The New Deal experiment?"

"Yes! Think about it, turning barren hills into a part of generating income is a political achievement?"

Liu Shangzhi was lost in thought.

Here Yin Peinan is still struggling with the magistrate, and it can be said that he is trying his best to persuade him.

Over there, Wu Ming walked up to Zuo An quietly and asked him, "Brother Ang, do you want to open up wasteland to grow crops?"

Zuo An nodded and said, "The rent of a large household is too expensive to pay."

Wu Ming said: " But reclaiming wasteland is very hard work, and it will take several years for the land to be fully cultivated, and the harvest in the first few years will not be good, and when the cultivation is mature, it is still necessary to pay rent and pay the emperor's grain." It is equivalent to giving the government wasteland for nothing.

Zuo An and Yin Peinan are not afraid of reclamation and weeding. With them around, these two tasks will be much easier. They only need to consider how to increase soil fertility and water supply, which they have discussed before. But it's impossible for anyone to know that.

Zuo An said helplessly: "That's better than renting."

Wu Ming had cultivated land when he was a child. Knowing that it was hard work, he thought about it and whispered to Zuo An: "If this is the case, you should just buy the wasteland, The wasteland is much cheaper than the existing dry land and paddy fields, and it will be owned by oneself in the future, so there is no need to pay rent."

He had heard from the Yue family before that Yin Peinan had hunted worms and should have some money.

When Zuo An heard this, his eyes lit up.

Yes, you can also buy wasteland! Existing fields are expensive, but wasteland is cheap. They all fell into the misunderstanding of thinking before, thinking that only the cultivated can buy and sell.

Anyway, wasteland must be reclaimed. Instead of reclamation and then renting, it is better to become your own from the beginning. He

hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Can you buy wasteland too? How much is one mu?" "Seven taels?" Zuo An asked with his mouth. Wu Ming nodded. Zuo An asked again, "What about the hill bun?" The hill bun said it was a hill bun, but it was not small, and the area was quite large. If it is calculated according to the area, it will not be worth it, and the soil is not as fertile as the soil at the foot of the mountain. Wu Ming had been to Nanpo Village and could guess which two hills Zuo An was talking about. He made an estimate and pointed his index finger towards Zuo An. "one hundred?"















Wu Ming nodded and added: "One."

Buying a mountain for one hundred taels is actually not expensive, but now they can't afford it. After the spring, there are still many places to use money.

Zuo An thought about it for a while, and he already had a plan in his mind. He called Yin Peinan over, and the three went to the side to discuss quietly for a while.

Liu Shangzhi watched his heart skip a beat, he glanced at Wu Ming, and asked, "What did you tell them?"

Wu Ming teased and said, "No, just ask Ange, when will they get that new farm tool out. Liu Shangzhi looked at him suspiciously for

a while, but he was dizzy when Yin Peinan said it, and he didn't have the energy to think about it. He only asked, "When did he say it?"

Wu Ming said, "He said he was still thinking."

Liu Shang sighed . When they saw Yin Peinan and the others coming back, they asked, "Tell me, what do you want to do?" They all lost their temper after being tossed.

Yin Peinan smiled and said, "Sir, how much is an acre of wasteland?"

Liu Shang looked straight at the master.

The master replied: "Seven taels."

Yin Peinan asked, "Is there any difference in location?"

The master replied: "Yes, the seven taels that depend on water sources are far less fertile and cheaper. But generally fertile ones rely on water sources. Yes, all that can be reclaimed have been reclaimed."

"Yes, there are some left that no one else wants." Yin Peinan sighed and asked again, "Then the remaining wasteland in our village are those two hills. What about the land at the foot of the mountain? How much is an acre of silver? The location is not good, it is far from the water source, and it is not fertile, right?"

The master turned over his booklet, and the remaining wasteland that could be reclaimed was not very good according to the records. The land has not been cultivated for so many years.

He replied: "Five taels, but it must be used for farming. If we want to build a house, we need 12 taels of one mu."

Yin Peinan nodded and asked, "Sir, if we buy wasteland and open up wasteland, is it true? Can't you still enjoy the six-year tax holiday?"

The clerk looked at Liu Shangzhi, there was no such example before.

Liu Shangzhi thought about it and said, "Yes." They bought wasteland, which can be used as a reward for the inventor of new agricultural tools, and the above investigation also makes sense.

Yin Peinan glanced at Zuo An, Zuo An nodded at him, and he said, "Sir, let's buy the 30 acres of wasteland under those two hills."

Liu Shangzhi nodded: "Okay."

Yin Peinan added. : "Let those two mountain buns to us as you promised just now."

Liu Shangzhi: "...When did I agree?"

Yin Peinan reminded him: "Test

it." Liu Shangzhi was silent, still hesitating. .

The two mountain buns are different from the wasteland. They bought the wasteland, which makes sense. If this mountain bag is rented to them for 100 wen, it will still be fifty years. If it is reported by a caring person, others will think that he has received Yin Peinan and them for any benefit, and he may be accused of using power for personal gain and accepting bribes.

Next to Wu Ming, he knew the thoughts of the magistrate. He didn't have much room for improvement anyway. He had been in Xinping County all his life, so he wanted to help Zuo An and them. After all, Zuo An and the others helped their son-in-law's family make some money before.

Upon seeing this, he stepped forward and whispered to Liu Shangzhi: "Sir, those two mountains, as your subordinates know, are full of thorns, thatch and stones, and there are not many larger trees, so why not plant them for them, anyway, we don't have any. Losses. If they can really grow something and make a difference, then other barren hills may be reclaimed by others, which will be good for our yamen."

Liu Shangzhi was hesitant, and after being persuaded like this, he was already very satisfied. Heartbroken.

Zuo An added another piece of firewood and said, "Sir, as far as I know, today's sages attach great importance to agricultural production and innovation. The Ministry of Personnel also takes this very seriously when assessing the officials below. The yield per mu and the total amount are the primary assessment points. Sir, do you want to move up?"

Liu Shangzhi thought naturally.

Zuo An continued: "Sir, the achievements we have made here are your achievements. Give us a year, except for this columbine, we can bring you closer to the position above. I promise you will not I regret today's decision, and I will thank us in return."

Liu Shangzhi heard the words and snorted coldly, "I'm not ashamed."

Zuo An spread his hands, "It's up to you to believe it or not."

Liu Shangzhi frowned and asked, "What are you going to do? Zuo An: "

It's hard to tell you this now. In short, the yield per mu of rice will increase a bit."

"How much?"

"About fifty to one hundred pounds."

"Really?

" An said, looked at Liu

Shangzhi and said, "Sir, don't miss the opportunity, the position above is waiting for no one, you will have a new term next year, right?" In the end, if there is no political achievement, it can only be a small county magistrate.

If Zuo An and the others can really increase the yield of rice per mu, they can also grow something out of the barren hills...

He gritted his teeth and decided to give it a try, saying, "Okay."

Seeing his agreement, Yin Peinan and the others were happy and quickly pulled the master. book to write the lease agreement for the two hill packs.

The agreement did not spell out the lease term, but stated that as long as they rented it, it was 100 yuan a year. Yin Peinan also specifically requested that if they plan to buy it in the future, they should sell it to them at the current barren mountain price of 100 taels per small mountain, so as not to have to evaluate it according to the economic forest.

Afterwards, they made an appointment with the master bookkeeper to go to the village to measure the wasteland tomorrow, and then they inquired about who the big family who bought the paddy field was, and then they left.

The dry land and the mountainous area have become more visible, but the paddy field is still only seven mu. Rice is fertile, and the newly cultivated land cannot meet the requirements for rice cultivation, and paddy fields have to find another way.