Among other things, even the old Zhou Tou is not hard-hearted.
Mr. Zhuang nodded and said: "There is another reason why the Ministry of Household Affairs agreed to hand over the job fields to you so quickly, and that is because of the drought in Yongzhou this year. The ordinary people are not bad, and they have some food at home, otherwise they will be tightened." The belts are going to be over this year, but I'm afraid those sharecroppers will be in for a tough time."
Therefore, tenant farmers are even more difficult to manage. If the household department can manage less part of the land, it will save some troubles. If it is not due to their duties, they are willing to leave it all to individuals.
Sure enough, the application form submitted by Mr. Zhuang was quickly answered, and the household department directly completed the procedures for them. It just so happened that their job fields were actually allocated in June.
It's just that there are still crops in the field, which belong to the income of the previous officials, so they don't belong to them yet.
But now most of the crops in the field have been harvested, so the household department directly gave them the address and documents, and asked them to go to the village chief according to the address and then they could see the job field.
Because of the relationship between Zhou Man and their young son of the Shangshu family, the officials of the household department also reminded, "If you want to hire tenant farmers, you'd better make an appointment before the Double Ninth Festival, otherwise after the Double Ninth Festival, it will be difficult for you to find tenant farmers." gone."
For the household department, the most difficult thing to manage the job field is not the lack of fields, but the lack of manpower.
Mr. Zhuang wrote down the matter, and then went back to tell the three disciples.
Mr. Zhuang said: "Just right, Bai Shan, Bai Cheng, in the future you will all start from the management of the local parents. This time, you will start from the management of the tenant farmers, but before that, you must first find someone who is willing to rent your land. sharecroppers."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang felt that there was no problem at all. In Luojiang County, as long as there is land, are they afraid that no one will farm it
Old Zhou Tou also thought the same way. He only found out about it from Mr. Zhuang, and immediately asked Zhou Dalang to pack up his things. Master Bai said that Yongzhou is very different from our Luojiang County, the fields there are all large and there are few mountains, and the job fields assigned to officials are all familiar land."
Zhou Dalang went back to pack his things when he heard the words, and thought it was wrong to put them away, so he ran back and asked his father, "Father, we have all gone to Yongzhou to farm, what about the land at home?"
Old Zhou fell silent, and began to touch the dry tobacco bag on his back again. When Qian saw him, he patted his hand, and said to Zhou Dalang: "The second and third are at home, what are you afraid of? The third is a good way to cultivate the land, whoever misses the land, the third will not miss it."
"But as far as the second and third brothers are concerned, there are too few people. There is so much land at home, and there are medicinal materials grown on the mountain..."
"The second child is here. If he is too busy, he will hire someone." Qian was not very worried about this, and said, "But you, I heard what Mr. Zhuang said, it seems that it is difficult to find farmers in Yongzhou. people."
Old Zhou said: "If you have land, how can you reduce the number of farmers? Didn't you hear what Master Bai said, that Yongzhou is the companion capital, do you know what the companion capital is?"
Qian really didn't know.
Old Zhou didn't know either, but he would brag, "It's a big city. Can such a big city have fewer people? If there are people, there will be people farming, don't worry."
Seeing how proud he was, Qian became even more worried, and after thinking for a while, said: "When Man Bao leaves the palace, I will go with you."
"What are you going to do?" Old Zhou muttered, "You're not in good health, you can't run back and forth."
"I'm already in good health. I've been away from the village to the capital for 12 days, so I'm still afraid of the half-day journey to Yongzhou?"
Old Zhou Tou really couldn't talk about Qian Shi's family affairs, so Qian Shi decided to go, Lao Zhou Tou really couldn't stop her.
As a result, Mrs. Qian not only went by herself, she also went to make an appointment with Mrs. Liu, "I heard that they have a long Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in the palace. Why don't the old lady go to Yongzhou to have fun? We are country people and have little knowledge. Please, old man, go and give us palm eyes."
Their family has only hired short-term workers, not even long-term workers, let alone tenant farmers.
There is only one landlord in the village, Mr. Bai, but there are no tenant farmers in Qili Village. At most, they work as part-time workers for Mr. Bai, so they don't know much about the market.
For unknown things, even the Qian family would be timid and afraid, so it is better to have a knowledgeable person to advise.
Mrs. Liu agreed without much consideration. She smiled and said, "It just so happens that our family also has a Zhuangzi in the outskirts of Yongzhou. It's still hot now, so why don't we live in the Zhuangzi. The melons and fruits are more ripe now, so we can eat them." Melons are good too."
Mrs. Qian had no objections, so everyone made a decision.
Man Bao and the others came out on the evening of August 13th. This time they only went to school for three days. Man Bao cheered all the way and ran from the gate to the west courtyard to find her sister-in-law. Alright, this time you can rest for five days!"
Xiaoqian came out of the room in surprise, and asked happily: "Really?"
Man Bao nodded fiercely, "Your Majesty wants to have fun with the people on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, so the palace will make preparations tomorrow night, and their family will also move back from Daming Palace, so we will have a holiday."
He said again: "At the sixteenth, we have to summon the envoys from various countries, and there will be another two days of excitement, so we have five days off, and we will not enter the palace until the eighteenth."
After doing some calculations, Xiao Qian asked, "But isn't twenty the day when Eldest Young Master Bai gets married, and you are going to enter the palace at nineteen?"
Man Bao laughed and said: "We have already counted, so before leaving the palace, he asked for leave with Kong Jijiu and Xiao Yuanzheng, and he entered the palace on errands on the 21st."
That's why she's so happy, she has seven full days of vacation.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were also very happy, and they ran back to tell their family members about this great event. Bai Erlang didn't know any worries, and invited his brother to go to Yongzhou with them first, and come back on the 19th to prepare for the marriage.
Bai Dalang gave him a pat on the head directly, and said: "I don't expect you to help me, at least you don't make trouble, I'm about to get married and I go out to play, who will leave so many things at home?"
Bai Erlang rubbed his head and said, "Father bought you a good house, and changed all the furniture inside, what else do you need?"
Bai Dalang was about to count for him with his fingers, but suddenly thought why did he tell him this in advance
So he said: "You will know when you get married. If getting married is as simple as you think, why did dad push the date of getting married to the twentieth?"
Bai Erlang turned around and ran out, shouting: "It's fine if you don't go, I'll go with Man Bao Bai Shan and the others, but don't worry, I will bring you back delicious melons and fruits."
Mr. Zhuang is going too, and Man Bao also called Lijun and Liru. This is what she told her father, "Father, from now on, Lijun will take care of such a big account in this field, so let Lijun take care of it for you. Jun go and have a look, Liru is too tired from studying medicine recently, so go out for a walk too."
Old Zhou Tou said: "Let your fourth sister-in-law and fifth sister-in-law go too. The crops in this field should be harvested. I see if there is much grass in the field. If there is a lot, let's clean up the field first." , get ready for the winter.”
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