Make a fortune by farming: The sweetheart of the first assistant family

Listening to Huo Yunchao's "self-defeat", County Magistrate Wang made a serious assessment: "Profiteers can only be proud for a while, but not for a lifetime. I have seen many wealthy landowners and businessmen, but their families fell into decline when the second generation passed on. He is a treacherous person who benefits himself at the expense of others.”

Huo Yunchao chuckled: "I don't expect to be famous forever, I just hope to protect my children and grandchildren during my lifetime."

He is a man with a family. His wife, children, and children come first, and he only takes care of others when he has spare time.

Magistrate Wang smiled and said: "Yun Chao, just by your discovery and promotion of sweet potatoes, this achievement is enough to protect your grandchildren."

Huo Yunchao said everything sincerely: "I will try to promote a new kind of grain, accumulate more achievements, and protect my great-grandson's generation!"

When County Magistrate Wang heard such innocent words, he had to pour cold water on him: "Yun Chao, even if new grain seeds are discovered again, the merit cannot be given to you alone. If you had the intention to obtain this merit, you should not have given everything you had done in the first place." The new grains you have drawn have been drawn by so many people, and those new grains you drew have long been targeted by those who want to monopolize the credit. Maybe someone has discovered the new grains and reported them to His Majesty."

What County Magistrate Wang didn't expect was that Huo Yunchao really wanted to take credit, but he also hoped to mobilize the power of the people at the bottom to discover and promote the planting of new grains such as corn and potatoes earlier.

By marrying Xu Ning, Huo Yunchao had a real connection with this different world, and he no longer regarded himself as an outsider.

When little Fubao was born, Huo Yunchao's heart was completely settled. He no longer lived in panic, but had his own goals in life: "Sir, I want to make great achievements and become famous, but I have self-knowledge. I can only rely on myself." With one person's efforts, the efficiency is too low and the progress is too slow. I may not be able to discover corn and potatoes until the day I die. I am a person who has been hungry, and I know how difficult it is to endure hunger. Sir, I really, really, really I don’t want my children and grandchildren, and other people’s children and grandchildren, to go hungry.”

After hearing this, Magistrate Wang no longer doubted Huo Yunchao's true intention of building 500 iron farm tools. He promised to contact craftsmen and blacksmiths to build 500 iron farm tools as soon as possible.

Huo Yunchao pointed to the pickaxe on the first picture and said to Magistrate Wang: "Sir, I sent someone to the blacksmith shop to customize it. When Changxing came back, he told me that the blacksmith shop can make ten pieces at a time, which takes three days. Sweet potato seeds are sown Good opportunities wait for no one. Sir, please arrange for craftsmen to make a pickaxe as soon as possible, preferably a hundred pieces. The pickaxe is suitable for digging soil and rocks during land reclamation and for eradicating grass roots and tree roots. The pickaxe of the pickaxe is made of iron. When it comes out, its efficiency will be much higher than using a pickaxe made of hard wood."

The terrain of the wasteland is uneven, covered with weeds, shrubs with well-developed root systems, and hard rocks. Therefore, the pickaxe head must be made with a pointed end and a flat end. The pointed one is suitable for digging grass roots and rocks, and the flat one is suitable for weeding and plowing. Therefore, it is best for pickaxes to be made of iron.

It's not impossible if the pickaxe is made of wood, but the wooden pickaxe is not strong enough to dig out rocks or grass roots. A pickaxe cannot achieve the purpose of saving time and effort.

Zhou Changxing came back and reported that the blacksmith's shop had to pay one tael of silver to build a pickaxe and add materials manually.

For ordinary farmers who earn less than one tael of silver a year, just making a pickaxe would cost one or even two years of harvest, which is too heavy a financial burden.

Huo Yunchao was not so generous as to give a pickaxe to every household. Even if he had the ability, he would not do so.

He never expects others to be grateful to him, let alone be a savior. He is stingy and vengeful, and he is afraid of trouble, so he will not do such thankless good deeds.

Therefore, Huo Yunchao's plan to divert misfortune to the east was to target the county government under the jurisdiction of Magistrate Wang, and let the county government take the blame.

Magistrate Wang was not that simple and easy to deceive. He knew Huo Yunchao's little plan, but he benefited so much from making five hundred farm tools that he was willing to jump into the pit Huo Yunchao dug for him.

After agreeing on five hundred iron farm tools, Huo Yunchao said goodbye and left. Before leaving, he did not forget to invite Magistrate Wang again: "Sir, come to my house and taste the bean sprouts when you have time. Ning Niang said that I gave out the bean sprouts. It’s crisp and refreshing, and you can eat half a bowl more rice.”

"It's better to choose a different day than to hit it. I will go back with you today." Magistrate Wang made a decision immediately.

A quarter of an hour later, Huo Yunchao stood on the wasteland and said helplessly: "Sir, why did you go through such a big detour? Wouldn't it be better if you just asked and said you wanted to see iron farm tools?"

Magistrate Wang pointed to the wasteland at his feet and said, "Yun Chao, I'm not involved in production. I don't know how useful the iron farm tools you mentioned are without my own eyes."

Huo Yunchao waved his hand and said: "Since you insist so much, I won't disturb your interest in learning farming. Changxing, find some good farmers to come to the wasteland and demonstrate it to the county magistrate with a pickaxe!"

"Yes!" Zhou Changxing took the order and retreated, and soon came over with ten strong tenant farmers.

Magistrate Wang exempted the tenant farmers from the courtesy and told them to stop talking nonsense and start using the pickaxe directly!

The ten tenant farmers all looked at Huo Yunchao, waiting for him to give orders.

Huo Yunchao took a few steps forward and pointed at the wasteland in front of him: "For every acre of wasteland you open, I will pay you 30 cents in wages. Thirty cents per acre, only for today."

The ten tenant farmers' eyes immediately shone, and they all shouted: "Thank you, Mr. Marquis!"

Magistrate Wang frowned: "Yun Chao, is your price too high?"

Huo Yunchao shook his head and signaled to Magistrate Wang: "Sir, this wasteland is so close to the road, why is no one willing to open up wasteland? There are many stones in this wasteland, the soil is very lumpy, and what's more terrible are the weeds and thorns. , shrubs, etc. These plants with well-developed root systems can absorb underground water and are very difficult to eradicate. Without a pickaxe, only part of the grass roots and tree roots are removed, and the grass roots cannot be removed. If the roots are removed without removing the grass, the weeds will compete with the crops for water and fertilizer. , How can delicate crops compete with weeds that are naturally raised in the ground?"

Listening to Huo Yunchao's introduction, County Magistrate Wang watched as ten tenant farmers used sickles and woodcutter to clear away weeds, branches and other plants in the designated area. This alone took half an hour.

Immediately afterwards, Magistrate Wang saw ten tenant farmers skillfully operating pickaxes, digging out the roots of plants buried beneath them again and again. From time to time, he would hear the numbing sound of iron tools and stones hitting each other. The sound coming out.

Magistrate Wang couldn't help but stepped forward: "Let me try this pickaxe!"

The tenant farmer held up the pickaxe with both hands in fear, and watched as Magistrate Wang lowered the flat pickaxe head down. He pulled it out for a long time but didn't pull it out!

"Pfft~"

Huo Yunchao couldn't hold back his laughter: "Sir, the pickaxe looks light and simple, but it is too heavy for a noble person like you who has never been on the ground."

Magistrate Wang said without changing his expression: "Yun Chao, come and give it a try!"

Huo Yunchao was not afraid at all: "Just give it a try."