The big difference between Huangzhuang's employment and Zhou Man's employment is that they don't need to be very selective.
Because no one can bully Huangzhuang.
It belonged to the emperor's family, how many ordinary people outside dared to deceive them.
So if you hire long-term and short-term workers, you don’t need to be too careful, but the tenants have many constraints, and you need to use him for at least one year after signing the contract.
The law of the Jin Dynasty stipulates that once the tenant lease contract is signed, in order to protect the interests of the tenant farmers, the owner shall not cancel the contract before winter.
This is to guard against some unscrupulous landlords who find excuses to terminate the contract after the tenants cultivate and drive the tenants away, which is really fatal.
Therefore, when looking for tenant farmers, even Huangzhuang should be more careful.
Bai Erlang got the idea of the two of them, so he took Mingda out every day, first asked the steward to gather all the existing tenants, and told them that they would still provide seeds this year, but the rent would be reduced from 60% to 40%. That is to say, after one year, they can have 60% of the land output.
The sharecroppers were overjoyed, almost in disbelief.
The steward had all kinds of feelings in his heart, but his face was full of joy. He said loudly: "His Royal Highness is newly married. This is the blessing that His Highness bestows on you. From now on, you must serve the princess well and be loyal to her. If anyone dares to do it I will be the first to spare you if it harms the Huangzhuang and the princess!"
After the training, he bowed his waist to ask Princess Mingda for instruction, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, do you have anything else to say?"
"No, let them go down, now the spring is just right, and the land should be leveled." Mingda looked at Bai Erlang when he said this. The grass is removed, the land is leveled, and this year I will work hard, and next year I will only collect 40% of the rent."
The steward hesitated to speak, he had a lot to say, for example, Zhuangzi does not make money, but you may still owe the master.
But when he glanced at the son-in-law, he endured it. In the past few days, he also understood that the princess didn't understand farming, but this son-in-law seemed to be very familiar with it.
Some things can convince the princess, but they may not be able to convince the son-in-law.
So the steward swallowed the words and silently agreed.
Princess Mingda was happy, it was the first time she handled the outside affairs so smoothly, "There is one more thing,"
Ming Da said: "The section of the road we are responsible for does not need to be labored. We pay for the repair of the road ourselves."
The steward opened his mouth wide, "Well, how much will this cost?"
A servant is like his master. Obviously, this one, like the emperor, is also a person who cherishes money.
Mingda was not short of money, and he waved his hands proudly: "You don't need to worry about this matter, you just send someone to tell Xun County Magistrate that he doesn't need to issue a service order for our Huangzhuang."
As for the road builders, she had another choice.
"Since you are going to find magistrate Xun, tell him by the way that Huangzhuang will no longer need laborers for spring plowing and autumn harvest this year. We will take care of those who are missing."
The steward was very puzzled, and asked timidly: "Princess, do you dislike the vulgarity of the servants, who don't do meticulous work, and waste a lot of money?"
While talking, he quietly went to see Bai Erlang.
Mingda shook his head slightly, "No, the busy farming is coming soon, and everywhere is busy, so how can I waste manpower? Let them go about their own affairs at home, and we will hire people ourselves."
Only then did Bai Erlang take over the words: "I have made a calculation with the princess, this time we will hire more part-time workers, so we can hire one hundred and twenty workers, no matter men or women."
Both men and women can sow seeds and plant rice.
The steward finally had something to say, and hurriedly said: "My son-in-law, this man is more useful than a woman. After all, farming is hard work, and you have to pull the plow."
"So we plan to buy 30 oxen. When we have oxen, we only need people who handle the plow." , When the spring bustle is over, ask them if they are willing to work as long-term workers, if they are willing, leave thirty to fifty people, if there is a family, it is even better, write it down first, and recruit directly as tenants next year."
"By the way, there are a lot of people coming. You first choose two places to build two rows of sheds, with a distance between them. One row is for men and the other row is for women."
The steward was greatly shocked, "My son-in-law, my son-in-law, where do we get so many cows?"
"I bought it, don't worry, there will be no less than thirty cows, and they are all over two years old."
It can be put into use directly, and one cow can be used as two strong laborers.
Steward: ...
He silently wrote down these things and then bowed and retreated.
Mingda was very excited, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to hold Bai Erlang's in public, and asked, "Do you want to take care of another Huangzhuang in Yongzhou?"
That Huangzhuang is bigger and the land is better.
Bai Erlang is ambitious, but both Mr. and Bai Shanzhouman have said that the first thing to do is not to take too big a step. He is not sure whether these methods will work for Huangzhuang.
So He Mingda said: "Let's talk about it next year, the Huangzhuang will remain as usual."
Mingda could only nod regretfully.
Ming Da and Bai Erlang handed over to Wu Wulang the matter of road construction, and gave him the money to let him undertake this part of the project. He went to hire people, responsible for the workers’ food, drink, and various tools. It is only responsible for paying the money.
The reason why she would rather spend money than prostitute servants in Liyang County is because Princess Mingda wants to change the impression of Huangzhuang. At least in the future, Huangzhuang under her personal management will not take servants from the county government. of.
County magistrate Xun received two pieces of good news in a row, and felt complicated for a while, but more of a surprise.
The reason why he didn't take the initiative to speak up was because he wanted to see Princess Mingda's attitude. If she asked for someone, then everything would go on as usual. If she didn't speak, then this matter could pass in a muddle.
To be honest, having a royal property under your jurisdiction is not something to be happy about.
Because Huangzhuang does not pay taxes, it occupies the land for nothing, and even the servants in it are not taxed, and the tax reduction is not to mention taking their labor.
Because there are two Huangzhuangs in Yongzhou City, the labor labor is heavier than other cities. Thanks to their large number of people, otherwise the burden of labor will be even heavier.
He thought it was a great good thing that Princess Mingda didn't ask someone to build roads, but he didn't expect that she would say that she would not be a servant for spring plowing and autumn harvesting.
County magistrate Xun was surprised and delighted, his eyes turned red with emotion, he couldn't help holding his master's hand and said: "No wonder the adults in the court love Princess Mingda so much, she is really kind and magnanimous."
Then he gritted his teeth again, "Compared to that guy in Wannian County, he has a reputation of a famous family, bah, he is from the Guo family, so shameless, he wants to take 100,000 yuan from me for such a journey."
Master: "My lord, are you giving or not?"
Magistrate Xun closed his eyes sadly, lowered his head helplessly and said, "Here!"