Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

This field can be cultivated for a lifetime and inherited by future generations. This small sum can be calculated into a large amount.

According to what her mother, Dachun, said, she would be given two taels of silver for every five meters, and since she had a 40-meter-long land, she could only get 16 taels of silver.

Although for me now, if I have 16 taels of silver, it would be a lot of money, but if I calculate it on an annual basis, it is not cost-effective at all.

Who would complain about having too much money? When everyone heard Li Damao say this, they all fell silent.

Shen Ping knew they wouldn't agree so easily, so she smiled and said, "Li Damao, what conditions do you want?"

"1 meter and 1 tael of silver!"

When Li Damao said this, everyone gasped. Oh my god, Li Damao really is asking for too much.

But they didn't say anything. It was rare for someone to take the initiative, and they wouldn't suffer any loss anyway.

"Li Damao, you are crazy about money!" The village chief was angry: "Mrs. Dachun paid for the village road repairs with her own money, so that we villagers can have a good way to go in and out. Why don't you know what's good for you?"

"Ha ha……"

Li Damao smiled contemptuously and said sarcastically: "Village chief, it's not me who said it, it's Dachun Niang who said it was for us villagers, but in the end, the biggest benefit of repairing this road is herself.

Now all the horse-drawn carriages passing through the village are going to their house and have nothing to do with us.

Besides, I don’t have enough money to buy a carriage, and it doesn’t matter to me whether the road is repaired or not. If you think it’s too expensive, you don’t have to repair it! ”

"Da Mao, how can you talk like that!"

The village chief interrupted him, turned his head and looked at Shen Ping again, but to his surprise, she didn't look angry either.

"Ah……"

Shen Ping didn't realize that the tall and thin man in front of her could be so smart in calculating. Instead of getting angry, she laughed.

Everyone is selfish, and he is right to think so. Just like doing business, you can bargain.

In the long run, this amount of money is not much, but Shen Ping cannot let them bid like this. After all, what she offered was not low. She can add a little bit, but not too high.

"Big Spring Lady~"

The village chief looked at Shen Ping as if asking a question.

Li Damao picked up the bowl and took a sip of water. He was calm now. He thought Shen Ping would definitely agree. Of course he had to raise the price, the higher the better.

Shen Ping said seriously: "Village Chief, Damao is right. Nowadays, all the carriages entering and leaving this road are related to my workshop."

"But~"

Shen Ping paused and said: "My workshop's good business is also closely related to everyone. My workshop can recycle everything these people grow.

While I am rich, I am also leading everyone to become rich. Everyone, tell me, am I right? Take last year’s peppers for example, did you make any money?

This crop of peppers will be available soon. After selling rice, the peppers can be sold for money. There will also be cassava and peanuts later..."

Everyone's faces turned red when they heard Dachunniang say this. She was right.

Today, we can have such a good life, all thanks to her.

From the drought at the beginning, to Dachun Niang’s successful prayer for rain, and then to the later discovery of food, everyone was given seeds and could eat their fill from then on.

Finally, the planting of peppers and the high-yield rice, all of these things are inseparable from Dachun Niang.

In other words, without Dachun Niang, they might still be on the run and wouldn't be where they are today.

Li Damao also knew this truth very well, but if a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. Since he had already spoken, he could only hold on. Anyway, the bad guy had done it, so he might as well see if he could do more.

Li Damao's tone slowed down: "Dachun Niang, I understand what you said, but I only have two mu and three fen of land. You know that this land is the foundation of our survival. This land is gone, but it has been passed down from generation to generation..."

Shen Ping understood what he meant, he still wanted to take more.

Shen Ping pondered for a while and made up his mind: "Okay! I can add more, five meters and three taels of silver, no more!

And you can use this money to buy back more land than you originally had.

I tell you the truth, I am buying up these rices now, and the imperial court will take them back later, so I have to build the road.

If I go to Magistrate Zhang and the court issues an order, there won’t be any such amount at that time, and you will have to give it to me whether you want to or not.”

Having said that, Shen Ping stood up and said seriously: "Everyone, think it over carefully. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again. If I go to find Magistrate Zhang, I won't be so easy to deal with." Having said that, Shen Ping was about to leave.

"Hey, Dachun, don't be in a hurry to leave! We can discuss something!" Li Damao smiled.

He wanted to raise the price just now, and although it hasn't reached the number he had in mind, it is more than at the beginning.

If the imperial court intervenes as Dachunniang said, then it won't be a matter of money anymore. It will have to be given whether you want to or not.

Seeing that Damao's tone had softened, Shen Ping sat down again. What she said was true and she also wanted to put pressure on him. She didn't want to drag this matter on for too long.

After their discussion, everyone finally agreed.

Damao was delighted. If the calculation was based on 5 taels of silver for 3 meters, he could get 40 taels of silver for his 24 meters of rice fields, and the smallest villager could get 5 taels of silver.

After this news spread, many people became envious, because it was not a loss at all. An acre of medium-sized land only cost a few taels of silver.

Now is a good time to build the road since everyone has not yet plowed the soil. There is no time to lose.

Shen Ping discussed it with the village chief, who gathered everyone together and asked each household to contribute one worker to build the road, so as not to delay everyone's farming.

The village road is only about five or six hundred meters long, so a few dozen people are enough.

Moreover, Shen Ping provided free meals for helping to build the road, and not only that, he was also paid 25 cents a day.

Everyone was delighted when they heard this. They thought it was free, but they also got food and money. This immediately increased everyone's enthusiasm.

Shen Ping divided these people into three groups. One group was bricklayers. She selected more than a dozen men with bricklayer experience, and they were responsible for laying stones.

In addition, a dozen people went up the mountain to pull back the rocks that had been blasted earlier, and then the masons built up the walls on the side.

The remaining group of people were responsible for collecting the crushed rocks and slag in the mountain, filling the area and leveling the ground.

Although the village road was only a few hundred meters long, it took fifty or sixty people ten days to expand the two-meter village road to four meters.

Previously, only one car could pass through, but now two cars can meet with room to spare. The road is also flat and higher than before, and some gravel is spread on it, so it won't be muddy on rainy days.

Now, oxcarts entering and leaving Kaoshan Village no longer have to wait for oxcarts coming in from the opposite direction before they can leave, as before.

The villagers from other villages were all very surprised. A few days ago, they heard that the road was narrow and someone wanted to collect tolls, which frightened them. They came in with trepidation.

I didn't expect that in just a few days, the road had been widened, and there was no toll collection as they said.