After rebirth, I went from a peasant girl to the richest man

"If you decide, we can send the first batch of materials to start production the day after tomorrow!"

"The day after tomorrow? It's the busy farming season now, can the shopkeeper call someone over?"

When Mr. Bai asked this question, he was also thinking about others. After all, the family had just bought some new land, and once the people from the government office came to measure the land tomorrow, the family would be very busy for a long time.

Normally, the land is measured and then sold, but thanks to the previous village foundation, the land has already been registered, and it only needs to be re-demarcated on this basis.

"My guest, you may not know that farming in Jiangzhou depends on the weather, and the harvest is poor every year."

At this point, the shopkeeper sighed heavily, his heart full of helplessness.

"Over time, everyone started to move to the city to find work, leaving only two or three acres of land for the family to make a living. The rest of the land was either planted with vegetables that were easy to grow or sold when the price was good."

The fields are the heaven in the hearts of farmers. If it were not for the strict supervision of the government, it would be a crime to leave the farmland abandoned, and those fields that are not taken care of will just remain there.

When the fields were flooded, all the family members went out and could concentrate on rescuing the two or three acres of land.

There was no time to rescue the remaining areas, and the farmers' grain seeds were wasted.

You can only grow some vegetables. If they survive, you can take them to the city to sell for money to supplement the family income. If they don’t survive, it is better to waste some vegetable seeds than to waste grain seeds.

"The people at home who are quick to cultivate those acres of land can finish it in half a month, and those who are slow can finish it in about a month. Now everyone is idle at home. If they knew there was work, I'm afraid they would run away very fast!"

Bai Qingyun was aware of the specific situation in Jiangzhou, so he naturally knew that what the shopkeeper said was true.

On the contrary, the sincerity in his tone makes people trust him naturally.

"That's fine!"

"Then please follow me to sign the contract. Our contract is different from others. Please listen to me patiently."

It was said that they were signing a contract, but in fact they were just entering a small compartment at the back, where there was a simple wooden table for negotiations.

"Please tell me quickly, shopkeeper."

I agreed with everyone to meet at the city gate, and the time is almost up.

"The first method is to settle the materials and labor separately, according to the size of the courtyard and the thickness of the wall, according to the price of each blue brick and tile."

"Because blue bricks are difficult to make, the current market price is twelve cents a piece. The price of tiles has always been very stable, and the market price is five cents a piece. According to the design of three-in-three-out courtyards, there are usually nine main buildings."

"Each building has about a thousand bricks and five hundred tiles. Not counting the cost of construction time, the entire courtyard cost about one hundred and eighty taels of materials to build."

"The second way is to calculate the materials and labor together. When the building drawings come out tomorrow, we will calculate the area and give you a quote directly. There will be no other fees during the period, just cover the workers' meals."

Bai Qingyun was somewhat surprised: "The shopkeeper's arrangement is really good!"

I am also surprised by the wisdom of the ancients.

Although the first option provides detailed expenditures, the family needs to spend a lot of energy to coordinate the workers and materials. If the workers arrive but the materials have not, or if the materials arrive but the workers cannot start work today, it will result in a loss of money or time.

The second option is to directly give the Bai family's house to him. The owner does not have to worry about anything except daily meals and can just go about his own business.

On the surface, the first one may save more money, but the second one can save more invisibly.

For the Bai family today, which option is better can be determined at a glance.

Bai Qingyun and Bai's father looked at each other, and saw joy in both of their eyes: "Then let's go with the second one!"

Father Bai spoke to the shopkeeper in a decisive tone.

It wasn't until the three men walked out of the store with the deed that the shopkeeper came back to his senses.

Holding the ten taels of deposit and a piece of contract in his hand, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "I haven't met such a straightforward customer for a long time!"

Then he looked around his shop, thinking that after this order was completed, he would buy the tea stall next door to expand his shop.

People in their line of work have worked hard to accumulate regular customers, but they are afraid that the customers won't be able to find their place, so they have never chosen to move their shop.

The housing prices in this area close to the government office are also high, so the plan to expand the store has been shelved.

This order from the Bai family is a rare big order.

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When we returned to the East City Gate, Village Chief Yang and everyone else were already waiting there, and they were all very happy.

"Brother Bai, the village chief bought a large jar of wine today. We can celebrate when we get home!"

Before he could finish his words, Village Chief Yang hit him with his cane.

"Little bunny!"

Then he said to Father Bai: "Let's go, everyone is waiting in the village, go back early and feel at ease."

When saying this, Village Chief Yang deliberately signaled Father Bai with his eyes to look outside the city not far away.

The people outside the city almost filled up both sides of the official road, craning their necks and waiting for the people in the city gate to come out.

Yang Dashan had worked in the government office before, so his observation skills were more meticulous than those of ordinary people. He whispered in Bai's father's ear, "When we were waiting for you just now, a carriage also left the city. It was fine when it just left the city gate and there were soldiers watching, but as it went further away, some refugees began to move towards it. I don't know if anyone followed the carriage."

Father Bai looked around at the people behind him. He had specially driven the horse-drawn carriage and ox-drawn cart here in order to buy more supplies. Now, seeing the situation outside the city gate, everyone didn't dare to buy much. Each household only bought some basic daily necessities and piled them in the carriage.

The oxcarts in the open air were all empty.

"When we leave the city gate, arrange a few people to guard the carriage on both sides. The youngest and I will drive the horses first, and the people behind you will drive the ox carts and follow slowly. Watch us go far away and then catch up."

The people outside the city were trying to survive, and in their minds, horse-drawn carriages were a symbol of wealth. Begging for alms from others when passing by was also a way of survival.

However, Dayang Village is now in a state of disrepair and has no extra energy to care about others.

There is no way to contain it at the source, so we can only use some methods.

The official road out of the city cannot be blocked. Even though there is chaos in Bingzhou now, life in the nearby prefectures must go on. Although there are not as many merchants and civilians coming and going as in the past, there are still some.

However, several ox carts from Dayang Village were resting on the official road, or were acting like bullies, blocking the refugees who wanted to follow the carriages. When the officials arrived, they would only try to disperse the people nearby.

By that time, Bai's father and Bai Qingyun had already driven their carriage three miles away and disappeared.

In addition, Bai's father and Bai Qingyun's horse riding skills developed almost under the witness of these people along the way from Pingcheng Prefecture to Jiangzhou Prefecture, so everyone had no objection to this!