Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

Brother Dao is a loyal person, and all the three religions in Wucheng are willing to sell his face. Brother Dao himself comes from a poor family, so he has no style of oppressing his neighbors. In addition to helping people collect debts, he also takes his brothers Going to the mountain to cut firewood, now a bundle of firewood can only be sold for one penny, and there are very few people who buy it. Except for some big families, ordinary people go to the mountain to cut it by themselves.

Nowadays, the world is getting worse and worse, even the gambling house is not as good as it used to be, only those who are not short of money play in it, and those gamblers who need to borrow money from usury have disappeared a lot.

"It's here." Brother Dao led Lin Yuan to the end of the east lane of the city.

Compared with the north of the city, the east of the city can be said to be a refugee camp, and the people who live there are all people who have no fixed livelihood. They can only rely on hard work or selling small things to make ends meet.

When walking over, Lin Yuan saw a few children scrambling for a piece of bean dregs cake. The bean dregs cake was cheap and full, but it was unpalatable. After eating a few times, he couldn’t stand it. When the year was good, the bean dregs would be taken away. Feed the livestock.

Lin Yuan turned his head and stopped looking.

Yu couldn't bear to see it, but he didn't have the ability to ask him to help.

Brother Dao didn't show any expression. When he first came to Wucheng, he also lived in the east of the city. He knew what was going on here.

"My brother's surname is Yang. He was born in a dignified manner. He is an upright man. Although his family is poor, you can't underestimate him because of that." Brother Dao said to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan cupped his hands sincerely: "Don't dare."

Born in this era, living a life of competing with animals for food, but still has to bear the burden of survival. Although Lin Yuan was an orphan, he ate and drank well in the orphanage since he was a child. The children who snatched snacks did not win.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Yuan felt that he was probably one of the lucky ones.

Brother Dao rushed to the yard in front of him and shouted: "Brother Yang, I and others saw you coming!"

Brother Yang happened to be there today, Lin Yuan only heard footsteps, and then "squeak", someone opened the door.

This man is wearing a bunt, and his figure is thinner than that of Brother Dao, and he is holding a bundle of firewood in his hand, as if he is just about to send it to someone. He has red phoenix eyes with slightly raised tails, which makes him look handsome So arrogant, it doesn't fit in this simple environment.

"Who is this?" Yang Zian put down the firewood, invited brother Dao and Lin Yuan in first, and then closed the door again.

Brother Dao hurriedly said: "This is my new brother. His surname is Lin Mingyuan. He has a business. I want to ask Brother Yang if he does it?"

The corner of Yang Zi'an's mouth curled into a wry smile: "Brother Dao, look at me, the firewood can't be sold now, so there is no room for choice."

He said it so well, it seemed that he would dare to do even if it was an errand of killing people and stealing goods.

Brother Dao sighed: "It's almost over there, and the price of food is getting higher and higher. I don't dare to eat food when I'm hungry every day. Chewing a few beans can satisfy my hunger, but there are too many farts."

Lin Yuan realized that if he didn't speak again, the two of them would be in a miserable situation, so he quickly stepped in and talked about hiring someone to work.

Yang Zian was a little surprised: "20 people?"

Lin Yuan nodded: "The business hasn't started yet, if the business is good, I will hire someone again."

He can't do the soybean oil business for too long. The most important thing is to get more money and buy more land to fill up the granary. The land he bought is very remote, there are no people around, and there are no strategic places or villages nearby. It's a place where you can hide in peace.

"After the beginning of spring, I have to find someone to open up wasteland." Lin Yuan was talking, and Yang Zi'an had invited him to sit down in the house. Turning his head, he saw that the house was empty, and the house in the east of the city was built by themselves. It turned out to be just grass For the shed, the colder the weather, the more we try to strengthen it.

The walls are made of yellow mud and withered grass, and the roof is made of thick thatch. The house built in this way can barely live in people, and it is enough to keep out the wind and rain. However, it is really not a good place to live because it is cold in winter and hot in summer. It is just that there is no choice.

Lin Yuan: "We still have to find someone to rent the land."

He has no foundation here, and it is not easy to find tenants. It is only trouble when he encounters tricky ones.

When Yang Zian heard the word Tian, ​​his eyes lit up. The most reassuring thing for the working people was Tiandi, and everything else was false.

"How much is the rent?" Yang Zian asked.

Lin Yuan: "Fifty percent rent."

Yang Zian swallowed.

He has never seen such a generous master. Nowadays, a kind master will only give [-]% of the grain to the tenants at most, and the unscrupulous one will only give [-]% of the grain, and [-]% of the grain is only enough for the tenants to save money. Use it for chewing.

"It's done." Yang Zi'an said, "I have 60 people here, 20 people are going to extract oil, and 40 people are going to open up wasteland."

Lin Yuan's eyes widened: "It's not spring yet, the soil is frozen, can we go to open up wasteland?"

Yang Zian waved his hand: "We used to be farmers, we depended on the sky to eat, but recently it has started to get warmer, the ground is not so hard, and we can plow the land before planting."

Lin Yuan himself doesn't know how to farm, but Yang Zian's people are all from farmers. When it comes to tending crops, no one is more professional than them.

"Brother Yang said so, then do it." Lin Yuan said hastily, "I still have to hire someone to build a house."

He plans to build a collective apartment style for the tenants to live in. In this dynasty, there are many causes of death, but the most important one is disease. A cold can kill, let alone other things. He doesn't want his tenants It becomes a consumable, and it is necessary to replenish a batch every once in a while.

He can't do anything else, but it is still possible to improve the quality of living.

It doesn't have to be too good, just make it a three-story building, but there is no concrete now, cement can be found as a substitute, and bricks are also available, but they are green bricks and the price is expensive, but Lin Yuan can still support it.

All in all, as long as the money is enough, a craftsman can still make a three-story building.

Lin Yuanke never underestimated the ancient working people.

After everything was negotiated, Lin Yuan led the 20 people to the Zhuangzi outside the city, and Yang Zi'an was going to lead the people to open up wasteland together. The salary was not discussed. The people from Zi'an went to rent land, that is to say, Lin Yuan didn't need to pay money or resettle a house. He only needed to give them food.

Yang Zian also said: "You can live in a shed, and you can sleep in your arms at night, and you won't freeze to death."

Lin Yuan: "...OK."

Brother Dao also went back and called his brothers. A total of forty middle-aged men stood in front of Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan had to sigh. Also had a good time.

No matter how much ordinary people work, they can't eat enough to keep up, and they don't grow muscles, but have yellow muscles, a whole body of ribs, and hunched waists. Fortunately, they are young and still have strength.

When you get older, you will start to suffer.

Brother Dao’s people don’t have a small family. They escaped from a village and fled in all directions. Those who followed Brother Dao were all separated from their parents and brothers. Now, one person is full and the whole family is not hungry. I dare not think about it at all.

The world is far and wide, once separated, it will be difficult to reunite.

Yang Zi'an's brothers have a family, and the burden on their shoulders is even heavier. At first hearing that there is work to do and money to take, all of them are happy. They haven't had a full meal for a long time. Parents, wives and children are all here I can only live by tightening my belt.

A group of people walked towards Zhuangzi in a mighty way. Usually, you don't see so many people walking together, and passers-by on the side of the road stared at them curiously.

There is a general corner child who licks the winter melon candy and asks: "Mom, what are they doing?"

The woman doesn't know either: "Mother doesn't know either."

The people around were very curious: "These many people don't have anything in their hands, so what are they doing?"

"Ask me? I don't know either."

Zhuangzi is very big, but there is nothing in it except a few stoves, large iron pots and stools. There is a well behind Zhuangzi, which is convenient for drinking water.

Lin Yuan explained in detail how to boil soybean oil, and the beans had to be fermented the day before.

Only the next day can I teach them how to boil oil, because there is no special medicine, so the amount of oil produced cannot be compared with that of later generations, but it is much better than the oil pressing method.

A group of elders stared at the oil in the pot with disbelief written in their eyes.

"Is this oil?"

"God, the oil is not squeezed out."

There were also people who ran to Lin Yuan and asked, "Boss, how do you sell this oil?"

Lin Yuan: "Ten coins a catty."

"It's so cheap!" Several men discussed it, and each of them scraped together some money, and bought a catty to go home, so that the family could get some oil. After winter, their family didn't even dare to buy oil, and they usually ate a few. Yellow noodle steamed bread to satisfy one's hunger.

After knowing how to do it, this group of people got started. They cherished this opportunity very much. Nowadays, they can’t find casual jobs, and they can’t make a lot of money by chopping firewood.

People will become swollen after starving for a long time, and death is not far away.

Brother Dao was supervising the work. He couldn't hold back after watching for a while, and went down to work with him. Watching the water turn into oil, it was like money was born in the water, which made people feel itchy.

The sky gradually darkened, the last ray of orange light disappeared as the sun set, and Zhuangzi lit the kerosene lamp. Lin Yuan advised them to go back to rest today and come back tomorrow morning, but this group of people was unwilling. They were in a stage of novelty. When the oil in the pot is boiled out, their sense of accomplishment is no less than when they harvested the land.

This is much easier than harvesting.

"That's okay, I'll go back first, you guys go back earlier." Lin Yuan greeted, and found that Brother Dao didn't intend to go back, so he left first.

Brother Dao also called two people to take him back.

Lin Yuan didn't refuse either, there was no other way, he was very weak now, his age and physical activity were in consideration, if he encountered a robber on the road, he might have to go back naked.

The two people who sent him off were both young. They were seventeen or eighteen years old, and they were a little cautious at the beginning. After all, Lin Yuan was the owner, but after walking for a while, they became familiar with Lin Yuan and dared to speak.

"I've never seen so much oil in my life!"

"I can bathe in oil!"

They asked Lin Yuan excitedly: "Boss, how do you know that the oil can still be cooked?"

Lin Yuan lied casually: "When I was in the north, there were merchants passing by, and they only told it in order to pay the rent."

"Boss, are you not afraid that he will lie to you?"

"The businessman is black-hearted!"

Lin Yuan looked at these two innocent faces and sighed silently. History books will not record these ordinary people. The flesh and blood in front of them will turn into a handful of dust in a short time.

The author has something to say: About the leaching method:

Extraction oil refers to vegetable oil made by leaching oil production process.The theoretical basis of the oil extraction process is the extraction principle, which originated in France in 1843 and is a safe, hygienic, scientific and advanced oil production process.Industrial developed countries use more than 90% of the total output of oil and ester produced by leaching.The advantages of the oil extraction method are that the meal cake contains less residual oil, high oil yield, low processing cost, high economic benefit, high quality meal and good feeding effect.