My little cutie [farming]

There is already a plan to improve a certain industry, but it will take one and a half months to implement it, and the Tongsheng exam will end.Bai Su is also afraid of affecting Shi Changpu's mood for things that need to be done by Bai Su himself.

If one fails and Shi Changpu misunderstands something, it will be bad.

The most important thing is that after returning from Wangyue Lake the day before yesterday, the child became angry again.

Hey, that bastard Tang Er.

During the time when Bai Su waited for Confucian Temple Zhu to visit, something unexpected happened to him.A group of businessmen headed by Wang Yuanwai of Heihe Town came to find Bai Su to cooperate in buying peaches.

Under the circumstance that Bai Su didn't notice, this kind of fruit, which was not grown much in Wangjiang Mansion before, got unanimous praise from the merchants.It's not like no one grew peaches before, but the taste of peaches is definitely not as sweet as the ones Bai Su makes now.

And without Bai Su noticing, he actually monopolized the peach trees in the entire Wangjiang Mansion.

There are others who plant peach trees, and there are others who produce peaches.But this year when the peaches were ripe, no one dared to sell the peaches without Bai Su's nod.

After all, the county magistrate planted thousands of peach trees at one go, and no one knew what the county magistrate wanted to do.

Suddenly, Bai Su felt a headache.But this hole, he really can't open it so casually.Peach trees are really useful, to be precise, they are useful from peach leaves to peach blossoms, from peaches to peach pits.

However, it is indeed unfair to those who have already planted peach trees to monopolize directly across the board.After thinking about it, Bai Su asked Feng Gou to count all the other peach tree planters in Wangjiang Mansion, and then bought all those peach trees back.As for his own fruit, he also agreed to Wang Yuanwai's deal and sold half of it directly.

Half of it, nearly 300 catties.He sold it at a price of three Wen a catty, and made a profit of [-] taels of silver as soon as he changed hands.

Hmm, not as much as I thought.

Bai Su will not sell the remaining fruits. The 300 taels of silver is just to reassure those businessmen and the peach tree growers who were planted this year without noticing.

But this can be regarded as a reminder to Bai Su that he should pay more attention to what he does in the future.Under the circumstances that the people already have, it is even more necessary to think carefully, otherwise it will become a profit from the people if you are not careful.

On the fourth day after returning from the Confucian Temple, Confucian Temple Zhu finally came to the door.

After handing over the account book at Liufang and discussing everything, Bai Su invited Confucian Temple Zhu to the study.Bai Su's study is quite different from the study of ordinary scholars.

There are not too many esoteric books in it, almost all of them are information books needed for enlightenment and Shichangpu's current reading.As for the bookshelf belonging to Bai Su in the corner, most of them are books related to medicine.

The quantity is pitifully small.

"I haven't asked my lord yet, do you want to send someone to the Confucian Temple to coordinate management?"

After the polite meeting ceremony, the two sat across the desk.There is hot tea made by Bai Su himself on the table, using the good tea brought up by others.

Bai Su doesn't like drinking tea, but tea is very convenient for entertaining guests.

"Not for the time being. The Confucian Temple needs to be managed by Miaozhu himself for a few years. Afterwards, if Miaozhu has a favorite candidate, he can choose his own successor. Of course, if Miaozhu wants to leave Wangjiang Mansion or cannot find a successor, The county government will solve this problem in due course.”

Confucian Temple Zhu sat opposite, holding a teacup and meditating in silence.His expression was a bit tangled, and he raised his head to look at Bai Su from time to time.He hesitated to speak, but was too embarrassed to say it.

Bai Su chuckled in his heart, naturally he knew why Confucian Temple Zhu was in trouble.As a Jinshi, Confucian Temple Zhu's knowledge is beyond doubt.For so many years, I have also worked hard to teach those adopted children at the Confucian Temple.

However, the environment does not allow it, and poverty limits the development of Confucian Temple Zhu.So almost all the children at the Confucian Temple can know a few words, but they just can't improve it.

In the past, Confucian Temple Zhu was helpless, but now as he gets older, he feels more and more unwilling.Of course, these are what Tang Er said.

The most important thing is that the Confucian Temple has really produced a few good seedlings who can read in the past one or two years.Among them are three elder brothers, who are now in the elder brother's academy.

And the ones who can read the most are not brothers.So after seeing the achievements of the three brothers, the hearts of the Confucian Temple began to float.

Confucian Temple wishes that no matter how lofty and aloof the worldly affairs are, those adopted children can be regarded as their own children.Under such circumstances, he was naturally even more entangled.

Confucian Temple Zhu felt a little ashamed on his face, he took a deep breath and looked up at Bai Su.Bai Su's timely voice interrupted what Confucian Temple Zhu wanted to say.

"As long as they are abandoned children in Wangjiang Mansion, the Confucian Temple can take them in. But it's just to support them, not a good solution. I plan to set up a county government low-level academy in Wangjiang Mansion starting next year to teach 15-year-old children. A child can read and write."

"...Huh?" Confucian Temple Zhu was interrupted, and couldn't keep up with Bai Su's rhythm.When he came back to his senses, trying to understand what Bai Su was talking about, his eyes widened all of a sudden.

"Does your lord mean that all children should be able to read and write?"

Bai Su smiled and shook his hands, denying Confucian Temple Zhu's words. "It's a bit unrealistic for me to take care of all the children."

Although it was denied, Confucian Temple Zhu nodded in agreement with this statement.For a farmer's family, the whole family can support a scholar together, and the family who can provide for it is miserable, let alone the big money responsible for all the children in the entire Wangjiang Mansion to study.

No matter how rich Bai Su is,... Well, it seems that Master Bai's ability to earn more than 50 taels in three months is really not a big problem.

Wen Zhihao pursed his lips in embarrassment, feeling that he had taken it for granted.Even if Bai Su is rich, there is no need for him to invest such a large amount of money in Wangjiang Mansion.What's more, with Bai Su's current appearance, it won't be too long before he leaves Wangjiang Mansion.

Holding the teacup, Bai Su leaned back a little, his eyes narrowed slightly. "I plan to invest all the income from Peach Tree every year in the culture and education of Wangjiang Prefecture. The low school I founded is only responsible for teaching children basic literacy and arithmetic skills. According to my calculations, every school year You only need to pay a fee of one tael of silver, and you can almost make ends meet.”

The household registration population of the entire Wangjiang Prefecture is more than 7000.Among them, the number of children under the age of 15 is only slightly more than 5000.It was less than one-tenth, and it was still under Bai Su's control.

And even if you go to school, it is impossible to count from the newborn child.According to Bai Su's calculations, starting at the age of seven or eight is almost a reasonable plan, and the number of children aged seven or eight to 15 is only a little over 1000.

For the peach trees in Wangjiang Mansion, Baisu can continue to expand the scale.In the future, the income from peach trees alone can be guaranteed at least around 2000 taels of silver every year.In addition to the 1000 taels paid by these students themselves, it is no problem to start a basic school with 3000 taels of silver a year.

A basic school does not need a scholar to sit in the township, but a child student can do it.After all, he is only responsible for basic enlightenment, teaching some common words and arithmetic.

Based on a class of 20 students, these 1000 students are nothing more than fifty classes.Calculated by configuring two teachers in one class, a total of one hundred teachers are needed.

If 4000 taels of silver are distributed to 40 teachers, each person will get [-] taels, which is really incomparable to the hundreds of taels that a real private school can earn every year.

But it also depends on the actual situation. Private schools are opened by scholars, and they teach deeply and teach a lot.Tong students in the school can serve as teachers, and they can even hire some non-tong students who can do math.

What's more, according to Bai Su's plan, the school has five days off and two days off, and two hours of study time a day.In other words, only study for half a day.

Under such circumstances, 40 taels of silver a year is definitely not too small.After all, it doesn't delay those teachers from doing other business at all.

Well, even some schools can allow teachers to choose multiple substitutes after seeking the teacher's consent.That means double the working hours and double the wages.Working two hours a day, 80 taels of silver a year.

Tsk tsk tsk, the more you count, the more excited you become.If I had such a good thing before I took the scholar exam, maybe I would have done it myself.

It is easier to earn more than farming.In good conscience, it can be regarded as a costless business.

Bai Su outlined his plan, and Confucian Temple Zhu on the opposite side was hesitant at first, then shocked.He slapped the table for the last time and stood up excitedly.

"Bai lord, you are definitely benefiting the country and the people, benefiting the country and the people!"

Bai Su smiled reservedly, but didn't answer the words.It is indeed beneficial to the country and the people. It only teaches basic knowledge and improves the production capacity of the people.It will not teach too advanced knowledge, and it will not make everyone enlightened by studying hard.

For the rulers of the feudal dynasty, the people who are too enlightened are not easy to control.Fooling the people and fooling the people, even if it is not stated clearly, in the eyes of the ruler, fooling the people is the best existence to rule.

Don't you see that throughout the ages, how many dynasties have secretly done many things to make the people's hearts more ignorant?

Bai Su was noncommittal about those things, and he didn't have the intention to be a teacher. He wanted everyone to know what is called human rights and what is called freedom.

In the final analysis, what he is doing now is nothing more than selfishness.

Do good deeds, that is the way.

One tael of silver a year is definitely very little.Confucian Temple Zhu stood, and instinctively began to calculate how many taels of silver he could earn each year and how many children he could send to school after being excited.

The calculated results are not satisfactory.For a moment, his face, which had just flushed with excitement, turned a little pale.When there is no hope, people just feel that their life is hard.

But seeing hope but not being able to grasp it will really make people despair.

"In view of the special situation of the children in the Confucian Temple Shantang, I plan to set up a student loan activity specifically for the children there."

"What is a student loan?" Wen Zhihao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Bai Su suspiciously.His face was a little pale, and his nervous fingers clenched unconsciously.For a moment, the brain was divided into two halves.Half instinctively follow Bai Su's words to think, wanting to know what Bai Su wants to continue doing.

The other half, however, are still immersed in their own incompetence before, thinking about how to earn more money.People who have lived their lives with a breeze in their sleeves are really struggling to make money.

Wen Zhihao's brain started to hurt from doing things that he was completely unprofessional for.Looking at the breezy and breezy Bai Su across the way, envy almost overflowed.

There is such a big difference between people, why is Mr. Bai always able to solve so many problems so easily with such great ability.

Hey, maybe this is why Song Yiliang said that he was not suitable to be an official.

"Student loan means that you can borrow money from me to go to school during school. After I finish my studies and work, I will pay back the money with half the interest. At the same time, I also prepared some work-study things. The so-called work-study program , that is, work while going to school, and make money to support yourself.”

Wen Zhihao opened his mouth and looked at Bai Su in disbelief.This is no longer beneficial to the country and the people, this is simply the reincarnation of a saint.Half a profit is almost the same as a free loan.

And what about work-study programs...

Wen Zhihao's voice trembled a little, he pressed his hands on the table, and looked at Bai Su with burning eyes. "However, my lord, Wangjiang Mansion doesn't have so many jobs that can provide for those children."

Wen Zhihao has presided over the Confucian Temple for so many years, so he naturally thought about finding jobs for his grown children.But apart from those coolies, a slightly better job is not something you can find just by looking for it.

To be an apprentice, to be a shop waiter, or even to be a tenant.For so many years, the children who have come out of the Confucian Temple have not had an easy life.

Bai Su smiled reservedly again, and sat up a little bit upright. "I can almost solve the work of these people."

There are only 1000 people, even if they all go to work-study programs, it is only 3000 jobs.Not to mention that my own medicine field can provide dozens of hundreds of jobs, just the thousands of peach trees planted in Wangjiang Mansion, there will definitely be tens of thousands of peach trees in the future, the jobs that can be provided have just expanded, let alone a thousand , I can afford to hire two to three thousand people.

What's more, there is basically no need to pay wages, and all of them are charged to tuition fees.

Tsk tsk tsk, I am really a Huang Shiren.And it's Huang Shiren's job to ask others to be grateful.

"Well, based on this calculation, we don't have much time left." Bai Su frowned slightly, which surprised Wen Zhihao.Bai Su, who thought she had just made a big wish, suddenly didn't want to do it anymore.

"What time? Master Bai has something to do, I will definitely do it!" Wen Zhihao hurriedly bowed his hands, fearing that Bai Su would regret it.

Bai Su stood up laughingly, and quickly helped Wen Zhihao up. "Mr. Wen misunderstood me. I mean that there is still more than a month before the exam for children will start. Now that we are ready to establish this school, the first batch of masters can be selected from the academy. After the exam is over After the test, the candidate for the teacher can be almost determined. Before that, we have to settle the matter of the school site selection and house building."

Wen Zhihao was ashamed, his face flushed slightly.Following Bai Su's strength, he sat down again, his expression a bit cramped. "It's because the old man doesn't think well, he doesn't think well."

In just a few words, he claimed to have changed several times.Bai Su looked at Wen Zhihao, and he liked this kind of literati quite a lot.Sensible, courteous, not selfish.Most importantly, easy to understand.

"Well, I will send an official document to inform all the villages later. For the time being, there will be one school in each village and town. The classes in each school will be determined according to the number of school-age children in the village or town."

As he spoke, Bai Su took out a piece of white paper from the side and started writing.The official document that needs to be issued is written in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, which is what he wants to establish a school.

I made two copies of the official document, one for the establishment of the school, which stated that he would pay the bulk of the money, and directly stated that the proceeds from the peach trees he planted would be used for the school's children's repairs and other needs. .

Then it is also stated that for each child who needs to go to school to study, the tuition fee is one tael of silver a year.

As for the second official document, it was about the student loan and work-study program that Wen Zhihao had talked about.It is important to point out that no matter it is a student loan or a work-study program, the money will not pass through the hands of the students, and all of it will be charged to the tuition fee, so as to avoid anyone who wants to make a profit from it.

After writing it, Bai Su directly stamped the county magistrate's seal on it.Wen Zhihao watched from beginning to end, his excitement was beyond words, once again he stood respectfully aside.

After finishing writing, he called Tang Yi.This former Ouchi bodyguard now works part-time as Bai Su's butler and the microphone.Tang took the two pieces of paper expressionlessly and went to the sixth room, and then heard exclamations from the county government.

Not long after, the county magistrate's official document was transcribed as quickly as possible, and then Feng Gou and others hurriedly went to various villages to read it out.

It doesn't take much thinking to know that when all the official documents are issued, Bai Su's reputation in Wangjiang Mansion will rise again.

Maybe just like what Wen Zhihao said, Bai Su is not far from the saint in the hearts of everyone in Wangjiang Mansion.

Wen Zhihao returned home dizzy and excited, and Bai Su asked all the village chiefs and town chiefs to come to the county office for another meeting the next day.

The main content of the meeting was about the site selection and construction of the school.There is still a big difference from ordinary houses. The school only needs to build a solid and slightly larger empty house.These are all good deeds for their children and grandchildren. Naturally, the village and town chiefs will not hold back Bai Su.

With the construction cost of a school of 20 taels of silver, Bai Su paid the wages to each village head and town head on the spot.The only requirement is only one, when the children's exams are over, the school will be completed.

The official document has been issued, and the village chiefs and town chiefs have returned with the money.Even if they wanted to delay the construction period, the people in the village would never allow it.

At the end of the discussion with Confucian Temple Zhu, Bai Su directly told the other party that the children from Confucian Temple can now apply for a work-study program.There were tears in Wen Zhihao's eyes, and he couldn't be more moved.

I don't think it's Bai Su's lack of manpower at all, and I really think it's Bai Su's intention to make the children feel at ease earlier so that they can study hard.

So the next day, all the children from the Confucian Temple over the age of seven and under the age of 15 came to the county government to report.The first task Bai Su gave was to pick peaches.After picking the peaches, just wash them and send them back.

In mid-September, almost all peaches are ripe.In addition, making fruit wine does not necessarily require all ripe peaches, and half-ripe ones have a special taste, so Bai Su has no extra arrangements for picking peaches.

Just pick it up and wash it.

There is a river in Wangjiang Mansion that runs through the entire Wangjiang Mansion. The clean water itself is where the people in Wangjiang Mansion wash their clothes and vegetables.So now washing a peach or something, naturally there is no problem.

For the children picking peaches, Bai Su paid each of them [-] Wen a day, and the minimum requirement was that each of them brought back a basket of peaches.The money will not be sent to the child, it will be directly recorded in the register as the tuition fee.

However, since the children came too early, they still looked ready to do a day's work, so Bai Su contracted all the children's lunch.Steamed buns filled with rice, a spoonful of braised pork and a stir-fried vegetable per person.

Not too rich, but definitely not hungry.

Things happened one after another, Bai Su thought he could relax, but unexpectedly, he became a little busier.I found someone to order a shelf for drying dried fruits, and ordered a hundred of them.The upper, upper, middle, lower, and lower six floors, the shelves filled the county office at once.

It couldn't fit in the backyard, so it was put directly in the front yard.Even the courtyard on the other side of Liufang was not spared.The children cleaned and brought back too many peaches, Bai Su went to Liufang with a blank expression.

As long as the people who are not busy with work are all arrested by him, they will help him cut peaches.It doesn't need to be cut too thin, just cut eight pieces of a peach, and then put it on the shelf to dry.

For a while, the entire Wangjiang Prefecture Government Office was surrounded by the sweet and greasy peach smell.

Baisu is prepared to make fruit wine, not to make dried peaches.Therefore, it is only a short period of time for the cut peaches to dry in the sun.The workshop for customizing clay pots starts in the morning, and the pots are delivered to the county government in batches.

The custom-made shelves are for the future use of medicinal materials, which is considered excessive now.The sent jars were boiled in boiling water on a specially built stove outside the back door, and then entered the drying process.

After the jar was dry, Bai Su began to brew fruit wine with a layer of pulp and a layer of sugar.Among them, the most important thing is the well-fermented wine yeast, which is naturally indispensable. After making a pot in a muddy way, Bai Su decisively pulled a few strong men over to help.

Canning is not a technical job, and the only important thing is that as long as Bai Su doesn't talk about it, no one else can understand it.Because of the hard work of those children, Bai Su was forced to start working hard.

In the afternoon, when the washed peaches were several hundred catties more, Bai Su had no choice but to stop.

Set strict working hours for the hardworking children, and then set the unexpected minimum workload to the workload that can only be completed every day, which brought an end to the process of continuously sending back peaches.

The rest of the people were busy from day to night before they canned all the peaches.Bai Su looked up at the sky with deep eyes.Under the feet is the cellar that has been completely filled. Today, a group of people finished the work that took him more than half a month to finish.

If you don't want to make money, why is it so difficult!

The main target merchants of this batch of peach wine made by Baisu are women, so white sugar was not added to the brewing process.With the fermented wine made before the fruit wine, there is naturally no such thing as not being able to make fruit wine.

But when the time comes, the alcohol content will be as low as fruit juice.The biggest difference between fruit wine and white wine is that the brewing time can be very short, and it can be eaten as short as a week.

Bai Su has already started picking peaches in advance, so the time needed to wait for all the peaches to be picked can be extended to a week or two.In such a long period of time, he can make batches and then sell batches.

A huge cellar has been built under the Zhuangzi purchased by Bai Su for planting medicinal herbs.It is a full two acres of land, and a lot of pillars are used exaggeratedly to ensure stability.

The brewed peach wine was sent to Zhuangzi's cellar overnight.

It is imperative to buy people.Although Bai Su doesn't care much about these methods of making money, Bai Su doesn't want all the things about his family to be talked about by others after dinner.

And as the business that Bai Su didn't want to develop was getting better and better, some servants who could make him feel at ease were also indispensable.

Not long after Bai Su expressed this idea, two butlers, male and female, came to the door on their own initiative.Bai Su glanced at Tang Yi silently, Tang Yi couldn't pretend to look up at the sky anymore.

Naturally, Bai Su could only accept the reward from above.However, the matter of buying people still needs to be done.And on this point, the person above did not intend to stop it.

Bai Su and Shi Changpu called the people from Yaxing to bring people to the county government office. Bai Su picked out a few taciturn and strong men who seemed capable after all. Shi Changpu picked two book boys, and Bai Su alone. one.

I also bought a woman with guaranteed craftsmanship, and two people who cleaned the house.The house-cleaning and laundry women also bought four, and they were all of the kind that would not talk too much.

All of a sudden, the backyard of the county government became much more lively.People always have to follow the trend and learn to grow.Once upon a time, Bai Su and Shi Changpu could have imagined that they would need to buy so many servants.