A village chief who does not want to be a village chief is not a good villager

The opening of the store did not make Jian Ping very happy.Not to mention when will he pay back the 300 taels he invested in the early stage, even if he earns a hundred taels a day in the store, he can only get a quarter of it. , it is a little pitiful.

The income in the shop is divided into four parts, one for Jian Ping, one for Jian Feng, one for Lu Carpenter, and one for the wages of employees.

As for the extra part of the fourth share, it was directly divided into a separate account book and used as a store fund.

So the little income from the store really can't make Jian Ping's mood fluctuate much.During the teaching of Tian Wen, Jian Ping also discovered that Tian Wen really has a great talent for flowers.

I just casually talked about the Lucky Bamboo and Guanyin Bamboo, but I didn't expect Jian Ping to actually make a fuss about it.

Finally, when Jian Ping traveled through this time and space for almost half a year, he found a real person who could fully implement his ideas.

Unexpectedly, that person was not the person surnamed Jian who he thought would become his number one subordinate, but Tian Wen.

The techniques of growing flowers that Jian Ping learned in order to survive are now carried forward by Tian Wen.Tian Wen not only made lucky bamboo and Guanyin bamboo with Jian Ping's few words, but also fiddled with small potted plants.

There are more and more flowers in the yard, and Tian Wen ordered more and more flowerpots.This is not the thing that surprised Jian Ping the most. The thing that surprised Jian Ping the most was that a while ago, he saw Tian Wen cross-graft wild roses and some other thorny plants, and they produced a flower that Jian Ping didn't even know. kind.

After that astonishing discovery, Jian Ping finally realized that there were more and more flowers in the yard that he didn't know.

So far, apart from obediently buying Tian Wen some technical manuals and books on flower cultivation, Jian Ping can't help at all.

At the end of September, the watermelons in the watermelon field by the river were all ripe.And the watermelons and rice in the watermelon fields across the river seem to be about to mature within a month at most.

This also symbolizes that Jian Ping's busy days have come again.Watermelon, which can be sold for at least half a tael, is naturally impossible to sell to the military camp.

Although Jian Ping has gotten used to using the barracks to make money, luckily he still has reason.In places like military camps, the money is paid by the emperor.It is right to give you food and clothing, but if you dare to enjoy it with the money given by the emperor, then you may not be far from death.

And in this time and space, watermelons belong to the ranks of luxury accessories just like the watermelons of later generations in Japan.

"Sir, I have already negotiated with the three major restaurants in the county, and they will accept all these melons at the price of half a tael each."

The day before the watermelons in the [-]-acre watermelon field in the village were fully ripe, Jian Meizhi finally brought back the good news that Jian Ping wanted to hear.As for the title of 'Sir' that Jian Ping didn't understand, Jian Ping didn't bother to care about it anymore.

Half a tael of silver at the time of sale does not mean that you can get half a tael of silver at the purchase price.Jian Ping's watermelon can be sold at such a high price, naturally because Jian Ping asked Jian Meizhi to take a few watermelons to taste for those restaurant owners and chefs.

Watermelons irrigated by Lingquan are naturally of guaranteed quality.

Jian Ping nodded, not surprised at all.After all, even if he has no confidence in Jian Meizhi, Jian Ping still has great confidence in his own spiritual spring.

Jian Ping calmed down, but Jian Meizhi couldn't calm down. "Sir, the three shopkeepers said that if the quality is guaranteed, they will also buy them at this price."

For something like watermelon, the yield per mu can reach [-] to [-] catties in later generations.In this time and space, it is not so exaggerated. Usually, if people take care of it carefully, it is considered a bumper harvest if the yield per mu reaches a thousand catties.

But Jian Ping was different. Jian Ping not only soaked the seeds with Lingquan, but also used diluted Lingquan to irrigate on weekdays. Therefore, the weight of watermelons in Jianping's watermelon field has reached an estimated yield of about [-] catties per mu.

Not only is the skin thin and the meat is sweet and moist, but each one is also full of roundness.Jian Meizhi went to the field to have a look, and each one weighed about fifteen catties.In this way, there are almost three or four hundred large watermelons in an acre of land.

As for Jian Ping, the watermelon field on this side of the village has more than 20 mu, nearly 4000 mu.In this way, the minimum income is [-] taels.

4000 taels, not four taels, not 40 taels, but 4000 taels!When calculating this number at the beginning, Jian Meizhi felt a little short of breath.

For the first time in my life, I felt that money came so easily!

Even if this watermelon can only be planted once a year, it is 4000 taels a year. How about after two years or three years?Just thinking about it makes Jian Meizhi's blood boil.

However, unlike Jian Meizhi's blood boiling, Jian Ping's side is much calmer.After all, Jian Ping knows better than anyone else that this year's watermelon can be sold at a high price because it is rare and expensive.But next year, it is impossible for watermelons to have this price.

After all, the profit that can be seen at a glance, as long as you are not stupid, you can see how big the profit is.So Jian Ping has no doubts at all, there will definitely be more people growing watermelons on their side next year.

Therefore, the income from watermelons was also regarded as a one-off deal to Jian Ping.

"Okay, you go to sign a contract with them, and then you will be responsible for the melon fields on both sides. If you don't have enough manpower, go to Tian Wangwang and ask him to assign people from the village guard team to you. The salary of ten Wen should not be less."

"Yes." Within half a month, Jian Meizhi was convinced of Jian Ping.I used to think that scholars only read books, but now I know that scholars can make money, and there is really nothing like them like small shrimps.

Jian Meizhi was supposed to leave after reporting the matter, but seeing Jian Ping's silence, he asked a casual question. "Is sir worried about something?"

Jian Ping sighed deeply, then looked at Jian Meizhi deeply. "It's just that I feel that I am too poor."

Jian Meizhi choked for a moment, and silently showed a silent smile that he had learned from Jian Ping to express his "hehe" feeling.

Adding, adding, subtracting, and subtracting, he has already earned a small four thousand in the first half of the year just by seeing it, and people who have all the wealth may be in the tens of thousands tell themselves that he is poor.

Hehe, he almost didn't know the word "poor" in his entire life.

Jian Ping didn't bother about this issue too much, he nodded on the table, and then looked at Jian Meizhi. "Go back to the county and help me find two construction teams. The number is about 50 people. They need to be young and strong, preferably those who can build bamboo buildings."

Before Jian Meizhi could react, he saw Jian Ping standing up as if he was about to go out.Jian Meizhi walked out suspiciously, and asked a question without controlling his mouth. "Where are you going sir?"

Jian Ping put his hands together, pretending to be a wealthy landlord.With squinted eyes on that clear and handsome face, he raised his head and looked in the direction of the village outside the courtyard. "The village chief's family is poor, so I'm going to scrape off some people's fat and people's ointment to calm down."

Jian Meizhi, the grandson of the former village chief, silently wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, almost not realizing that his boss is now the village chief.

But Mr. Village Chief, Master, is it really okay for you to say this?

Jian Meizhi was worried, so she didn't leave the village directly.Followed Jian Ping out, and then saw with a look of shock that Jian Ping, who looked clear and even aloof in his eyes, took a small gong that he was very familiar with from the wall of the entrance, and really ran to the new square in the middle of the village to beat it. .

After the villagers have assembled, there is only one sentence. "I'm going to build a few bamboo buildings over there in the bamboo forest. Those who are willing to participate in the shares will pay one tael of silver per household, and those who don't want to forget it. Those who are willing will hand over the silver later."

After finishing speaking, Jian Ping changed his posture, holding the small gong in front of him with one hand, and behind his back with the other hand. He really looked a bit scholarly and aloof, and swayed back slowly.

And what broke Jian Meizhi the most was not that Jian Ping asked for money so naturally, but that none of the villagers objected, they accepted Jian Ping's order calmly, and then began to discuss how to form a team to pay the money things.

When did the people in the village become so generous with even a tael of silver?Is this still the village he once knew who could tear his face apart for ten cents?

Jian Meizhi wiped her face fiercely, feeling that this world is really mysterious.But when Jian Ping after him later made every household in Jian's Village earn at least five taels of silver every month, there would no longer be such doubts.

No matter how stingy a person is, at this time, he understands the reason to spend a little money to make the village chief happy, and then the village chief will make them even happier.

Jian Meizhi's world view was greatly affected, and he finally returned to the county seat.Not to mention signing a contract with the three shopkeepers, but also helping Jian Ping find a construction team.Even if it is a matter in the store, it is still inseparable from him as the shopkeeper.

In brief, he is also very busy, okay?

Jian Mei rushed back before noon, and in the afternoon, two foremen came to Jian's Village to discuss with Jian Ping about the construction of the bamboo house.

These two foremen have both been in the south before, so they really have experience in building bamboo buildings.This time, we came here to discuss whether the bamboo buildings we built were ordinary residences or for viewing the scenery.

After all, many southerners build bamboo buildings for their own use. The top is in the shape of an ordinary house, but the bottom is for raising chickens and pigs.

This is obviously not suitable for Jianjia Village. After all, although it claims to have southern temperatures, it will snow in winter.

Living in a bamboo building, I am afraid that people can freeze to death in winter.Knowing that it was used to look at the scenery, the two foremen were also relieved a lot.After discussing with Jianping, the two sides happily reached a consensus that the construction team can enter the village tomorrow to start building the bamboo house.

Before dinner in the evening, every household had already handed in the cost of building the bamboo house that Jian Ping announced at noon, 150 taels, not bad.

After the construction team entered the village, all the bamboo was naturally purchased from the villagers.Bamboos over five years old start to be purchased for one hundred cents each.Every household sold more than a dozen of them, and the money handed in before was returned.

From time to time, the villagers really participated in the construction of the village.Moreover, Jian Ping's prestige also became stronger during this round.

The people in Jian's Village believed it completely, and Jian Ping would never let them suffer.As for the truth, no one cares anymore.

The speed of the construction team building the bamboo building was not so fast, Jian Ping didn't say that the money was calculated by the day.The money is directly paid according to the completion of the bamboo building. After a bamboo building is completed, the construction team will be given 20 taels of silver if the acceptance is successful.

Whether you spend one day to earn the 20 taels of silver, or you are willing to spend ten days to earn it, that is the job of the construction team.

Jian Ping provided all the materials, as well as two meals for breakfast and lunch, so 20 taels of silver for a bamboo building is really not a small amount.

For this reason, Jian Ping found five people from poorer families in the village to cook here, and the wages were still ten yuan a day.

And then, at this time when the whole village was filled with joy, Jian Ping could finally start his first step up.

"What? Training sessions?"

Another evening when there was nothing to do after dinner, Jian Ping beat the gong again to gather everyone in the village.

A group of people looked blankly at Jian Ping standing on the stage, but Jian Ping still had the reserved appearance of a scholar that others would like to see.

"Yes, as farmers, we still have to focus on farmland. So starting tomorrow, every household will draw someone to come over to me to learn rice production and breeding techniques, and strive to at least double the income in the field next year."

Double it!

What Jian Ping said was calm, but the people in Jian's village were shocked.Even the veteran Uncle Wu who has been farming all his life, the frequency of smoking dry tobacco has increased a bit.

I haven't doubled the yield of the crops in my whole life of farming, so how could this matter become so simple when the village head said it?

The most important thing is, why does everyone feel that what the village head said is very convincing?