Chapter 240 Let the villagers of Shitou Village contract the sand land
. Wei Ruo came out of the brewery and passed by Shitou Village. The passing villagers greeted Wei Ruo enthusiastically.
"Mr. Xu!"
"Mr. Xu!"
"Benefactor, come to my house for a drink of water!"
"..."
Wei Ruo responded to everyone's enthusiasm with a smile, but declined their invitation.
Shi Dayou came out of home with a hoe on his back. When he saw Wei Ruo, he immediately smiled: "Mr. Xu! You are here! Do you need help at the brewery?" Every time he saw
Wei Ruo, Shi Dayou asked Ask this question.
Wei Ruodao: "Thank you village chief for your kindness. Nothing is going on at the moment." "
Mr. Xu, don't always call me village chief. It makes me feel embarrassed. Just call me Dayou." Shi Dayou said.
"Okay, Brother Dayou." Wei Ruo then asked Shi Dayou, "Brother Dayou, how are the sales of the bamboo fungus on the mountain recently?"
Shi Dayou replied with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Xu, this bamboo fungus was transported to the city. The sales were very good at the market. I exchanged the silver for rice, flour and meat, and I divided them among the villagers. Everyone was very happy and grateful that you told everyone about this profitable business." "Divided? Isn't it after everyone picked it themselves
? Are you taking it to sell in the market?" Wei Ruo asked.
Shi Dayou explained: "No, there are not many bamboo fungus on the mountain. If everyone swarmed up to pick it, they would be picked all at once. Moreover, this thing has not been around for a long time and will become stale quickly, but not many people buy it." , if everyone is selling it, the price will not be high, and fighting for the land to pick it is not conducive to our farming."
Shi Dayou continued: "So after discussion, we decided to send a few women from the village to pick this. It is considered as shared by everyone, and the silver sold to pay the picking women a certain amount of wages belongs to everyone, and the rest of the people continue to work in the fields." Listening to Shi Dayou's answer,
Wei Ruo couldn't help showing admiration. , this Shi Dayou is indeed a good village leader with a long-term vision.
Looking at the enthusiastic Shi Dayou in front of him, Wei Ruo suddenly had an idea in his mind.
"Brother Dayou, have you considered leading the villagers to do some other livelihood?" Wei Ruo asked.
Wei Ruo has already seen in the past two days that the per capita cultivated land area of Shitou Village is not large. There is a surplus of labor in the village for farming, and Wei Ruo happens to have a place where labor is needed.
"Other livelihood?" Shi Dayou looked at Wei Ruo in surprise.
"It's still about growing crops. I've seen that there is a lot of wasteland away from my brewery. It belongs to the village next to you. I just bought it a few days ago and plan to use it to grow some crops. I need manpower. , I plan to find someone to contract it." Wei Ruodao.
Wei Ruo has been interested in the sandy land near Fucheng for a long time, but because of the many things to do last winter, he kept putting it off until now.
The silver used for this land purchase was the medical expenses Zhu Zongyu paid her last time.
Wei Ruo now has a lot of people in Zhuangzi, and she doesn't want to continue to hire long-term workers. Choosing to contract out to others can save a lot of things.
Shi Dayou looked surprised: "But Mr. Xu's wasteland cannot be planted. Not only is the terrain not good, but there is also a lot of sand and gravel, so crops cannot grow at all." As long as crops can grow, the
people next door will not leave it empty, and Not easily sold to outsiders.
Who doesn’t want to have more and more variety? They farmers are not afraid of hardship, but they are afraid of having no land to plant.
Wei Ruodao: "Sandy land can also be used to grow crops."
"Really?" Shi Dayou looked at Wei Ruo in disbelief.
"Yeah, sure. I think you must have heard of sweet potatoes as a crop recently." Wei Ruodao. "I've heard about it and tasted it. It's said to be cold-resistant and has a high yield. Many people in Taizhou Prefecture have started to grow this crop." "
Actually, mountain planting is not the best place for growing sweet potatoes. On the contrary, sandy land is more suitable. Sandy soil has good air permeability and is more suitable for tuber growth, and mature tubers will be sweeter," Wei Ruo explained.
"Is the sweet potato really that good?" Shi Dayou couldn't help but be shocked.
"Yes, I don't need to lie to you."
"There is also some sandy land in our village. Can it also be used to grow sweet potatoes?" Shi Dayou asked.
Although there is not much sandy wasteland in Shitou Village, if you can plant a little bit, who would be dissatisfied with the abundance of food!
"Okay." Wei Ruo's answer was naturally affirmative.
"What kind of seeds do you use to grow sweet potatoes?" Shi Dayou asked again.
"You don't need seeds, you can just use vines for cuttings. When I bring the vines over, I'll share some with you," Wei Ruodao said.
"Why are you so embarrassed? Mr. Xu, you have already helped us so much!" Shi Dayou was very embarrassed.
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. If you want to calculate money, just deduct it from your salary when the time comes. It won't cost you much anyway," Wei Ruodao said.
Listening to Wei Ruo's words, Shi Dayou felt excited in his heart. He wished he could follow Wei Ruo to open up wasteland right now.
"Then what does Mr. Xu need us to do?"
Fortunately, Shi Dayou still has sense. He knows that things can't be rushed, and they have to take their time step by step. The first thing is to ask Mr. Xu clearly what he wants them to do, so as not to error.
"I plant the land and plant seedlings, and in the end half of the land's output will be harvested," Wei Ruodao said.
"Half of the output? What if the output is very low?" Shi Dayou asked.
Generally, the landlord's requirements for the tenants will be specific to how many jin taels they need. Regardless of whether the year is good or bad or the harvest is high or low, the tenants must pay rent to the landlord according to this amount.
However, the past two years have been bad. Many tenant farmers did not produce enough grain to pay the rent. As a result, they owed a lot of money to the landlords and even became refugees and became homeless.
"No matter what the output is." Wei Ruodao.
Only taking a commission and not having a fixed rent is a big disadvantage for the landlord. If the tenants below are cheating and concealing the output value, the landlord's interests will be damaged. Most people will not want to do this. of.
But if Wei Ruo is willing to implement such a method on the villagers of Shitou Village led by Shi Dayou, this is out of trust in Shi Dayou and others, and of course it is also a test.
If they choose to cheat, Wei Ruo will not cooperate with them in the future.
Shi Dayou looked at Wei Ruo's determined expression and said, "Mr. Xu, we, Dingdang, will do our best to help you grow sweet potatoes!"
Wei Ruo nodded: "How to arrange the manpower in the future will need to be arranged by Brother Dayou."
For Shi Shi Wei Ruo will not interfere with the internal arrangements of the village.
Wei Ruo felt that judging from Shi Dayou's arrangements for picking bamboo fungus, it would not be a problem to arrange for people to contract her sandy land.
"Okay, Mr. Xu, don't worry, I will definitely live up to your trust in us!" Shi Dayou made a promise to Wei Ruo with a serious face.
(End of chapter)