Datang romantic little landlord

"That's right, you need to pay for helping you transport some food for a little baby. If you say this, will Dingzhou Village still have more face?"

"That's right, Mr. Li took such good care of us back then, not to mention your family now has you, a young man, and the women and children in your family. How much do we need to pay for doing something for you? If this news gets out, we will definitely be scolded in Zhoucun. dead."

"Haha, everyone, work harder and help Xiaolang of the Li family transport the food back home as soon as possible."

What the villagers of Dingzhou Village said made Li Wangyou feel ashamed.

I really didn't expect these Guanzhong men to be so righteous, and it seemed stingy to pay them.Forget it, don't give it if you don't give it, anyway, the food is reserved for the villagers.

A month later, there will be a plague of locusts, these are life-saving food!

But Li Wangyou also knew that a man in Guanzhong would never reach out to beg even if he was about to starve to death.If I give them food, it will hurt the self-esteem of these Guanzhong men.

In a disaster year, if there are rich households or the main family to release grain, these Guanzhong men will say that they borrowed it, and they will definitely return it when the harvest is ready in the next year.

If they dare to say that they will give it away, they will definitely leave the food behind and would rather starve to death than have it.

And if you do what you say, you will definitely return the food after the disaster year, and even add interest.

Li Wangyou felt a headache when he thought of this, and if he wanted to send food to these Guanzhong men, he would have to spend a lot of time talking.

"In this case, how about I invite the whole village to dinner tomorrow? So that everyone won't refuse, right? How about treating my Li family as a housewarming banquet in Dingzhou Village?" Li Wangyou thought about it and invited the whole village Have a good meal, let's have fun.

In the future, many of his businesses will have to rely on the villagers to help out a lot. Inviting the whole village to eat is a thank you, and it will bring everyone closer.

"Haha, Xiao Lang, are you kidding? There are more than 500 people in the village, how did you invite them?"

"No kidding, tomorrow I'll invite everyone to eat pig-killing rice!" Li Wangyou recalled the pig-killing rice that was cooked every year in his hometown, and it was nothing to eat with five or six hundred people.

"What is pig-killing rice?" Lao Cunzheng was puzzled.

Li Wangyou smiled without explaining, "Old Villager, can I trouble you to buy two pigs for me tomorrow?"

"Tsk... Do you really want to invite the whole village to dinner? Two pigs? That's a lot of money."

"It's okay, it should be, then it's settled. Tomorrow at noon, I will invite the whole village to eat pig-killing rice. Old Village Zheng, please help me to inform you."

Seeing that Li Wangyou said so affirmatively, Laocun nodded and agreed.

After talking about treating guests to dinner, Li Wangyou was in a good mood. He stood on the embankment and looked around at the scenery of the Gan River, but noticed a large piece of deserted land beside the river beach.

There are at least a few hundred acres of land beside the river beach, with only a few plants growing sparsely on it, which looks extremely desolate.

"Old villager, why hasn't this wasteland been reclaimed?"

The old village was looking at the land behind him, and sighed: "It's all saline-alkali land, and nothing can be grown. Who will open up wasteland?"

Saline land?

Li Wangyou looked carefully at the land, the soil was mostly white, yellow and other light colors, and there were several weeping willows growing on the large land.

If there is no mistake, this wasteland should be alkaline land.Weeping willow, also known as strange willow, cannot survive in acidic soil, only alkaline soil can survive.

Li Wangyou knelt down and picked up a handful of soil, it would feel prickly when holding it.

He also took water from the river and poured it on the deserted land.He observed carefully and found that the speed of water seeping into the soil was slow, and white foam appeared on the surface of the water.

Standing up and clapping his hands, Li Wangyou can be sure that this wasteland is alkaline land.After all, he grew up in the countryside. There used to be a large area of ​​alkaline land in the village. Later, under the guidance of technicians from the Agricultural Science Station, the land was washed and improved to turn waste into treasure.

Even after the original abandoned land was improved, the food grown on weakly alkaline land was more popular.

But now is the early years of the Tang Dynasty, obviously no one will improve these saline-alkali lands.

Li Wangyou suddenly felt that he seemed to have found a way to make money, and he could justifiably give away the food.

If he can improve these hundreds of acres of land, wouldn't it be a huge fortune?Moreover, improving the land requires hiring labor, and hiring these villagers with food at that time will not kill two birds with one stone.

"Old Villager, where do these wastelands belong?" Li Wangyou was going to ask first if these wastelands belonged to them.

"These lands should belong to the county, right?" Old Villager was also not sure: "But they are all useless wastelands, worthless."

"Then what if I reclaim these wastelands?"

The old village looked at Li Wangyou like a fool: "Xiao Lang, these are saline-alkali lands, and you can't grow crops. What are you doing to cultivate these lands?"

"Hey, old villager, don't worry about how this land is used. I'll ask who will own this land if I reclaim it?"

The old village is shaking his head: "Of course it belongs to you. The county encourages land reclamation. The land reclaimed only needs to be registered with the county, and the reclaimed land is free of tax for three years. But this saline-alkali land can't grow crops at all, Xiao Lang Mo It's messed up."

Li Wangyou didn't refute, just looked at the hundreds of acres of wasteland in front of him and smiled.Sure enough, knowledge is productivity!

In Li Wangyou's eyes, this piece of land is a precious land at all. It is close to the Ganhe River, whether it is water for washing the land when treating the saline-alkali land, or water for future irrigation, it is very convenient.

However, to win this piece of wasteland, you still have to say hello to Yang Zuan and complete the formalities. There are hundreds of acres of wasteland, so it's better to be safe.

Don't look back and take care of the land by yourself, only to have a "master" come out, that would be disgusting.

Li Wangyou thought about Yang Zuan's promise to reward him with a hundred guan for winning the top prize in the poetry meeting, so he wondered if it was time to go to the county government office in Hu County again.

As he thought about things, all the food had been shipped ashore from the river.The embankment here is only one or two miles away from Dingzhou Village, which is very convenient.

It didn't take much effort, and the three hundred shi grains were all moved back to Li Wangyou's home by the men in the village using wheelbarrows and ox carts.

There is too much food, and the granary at home is full, and many have not been moved in.

Fortunately, his family is small, and there are still many vacant rooms.Even so, the three hundred stones of grain filled the granary and the two wing rooms in the front yard to the brim.

Li Heng saw that his young master had brought back so much food after leaving home for a few days, his old face was wrinkled with a smile, and Pei Lan was busy busy with excitement, non-stop.

For people in this era of the Tang Dynasty, having food is the happiest thing, not to mention that there is so much food that the family can hardly pile it up.

After finishing their work, the men in the village bid farewell and left without even drinking their saliva.The Niu family brothers were also about to leave, but were held back by Li Wangyou, who desperately asked the two of them to bring back a stone of grain.

A stone of grain is worth more than three copper coins, how could the brothers of the Niu family want it.

"Xiao Lang, the two of us brothers didn't do anything for you. How could we get so much food? If you say it, someone will poke your spine." Niu Yong insisted not to do it.

Niu Wu also rubbed his hands together: "Hey, these few days dragging Xiao Lang's clothes, we have had a good time riding horses, and eating delicious food in Chang'an City, how can we take some more food back? Xiao Lang don't want to talk anymore .”

Li Wangyou went to pull the two brothers, and persuaded him sincerely: "Both brothers of the Niu family, you must take this food back. Did you forget your nine robes? Take it as my kindness."

What he said made the Niu family brothers hesitate a bit. The two brothers really didn't need food, but the nine physically disabled and unable to work needed it...

After refusing for a long time, Li Wangyou couldn't hold back her persistence in the end, so he had to thank him repeatedly and went back with the food.

067 The Goddess' Reward

After seeing off the Niu family brothers, Li Wangyou had the time to introduce Qiu Kun to Su Zhangqing and the others. Qiu Kun, a fat man, did not know anything, and greeted Su Changqing and the others one by one.