"Father, I was wrong! I will practice archery hard in the future, and I will never be lazy again!" Zhang Lihu lowered his head, stuck out his tongue at Gu Ye secretly, and immediately regained his Qiu Dakushen expression, standing resolutely and decisively. oath. Little Leaf, it's easy for me to take away the "hatred" for you!
"Grandpa!" Mentioning the valley, Gu Ye rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "I didn't enter the mountain in vain, I found a good place to bring the whole village to get rich together!"
She knew that when her grandfather was young, he was drafted into the army even though he didn't stay in Qingshan Village for a few years. But he has feelings for Qingshan Village, otherwise he would not return here after resignation. Perhaps this is the feeling of falling leaves returning to their roots. If the villagers in Qingshan Village can live a good life, Grandpa will definitely be happy to see it happen.
"What did you find? It can't be a gold mine, right? No, the gold mine belongs to the imperial court. If you mine it privately, you will be executed!" Sure enough, when Gu Xiao heard that it could improve the lives of the people in Qingshan Village, he immediately settled for her. Forget it. Gu Ming sighed in anger!
Gu Ye was defeated by his grandfather's brain hole, and the ancient people's brain hole was hard to guard against. She rolled her eyes at the sky and smiled: "If it were a gold mine, I would have reported it to the government long ago, and I can get some rewards. I'm talking about that valley!"
"Valley? What's so unique about that valley?" Gu Xiao became interested, sat up straight, and looked at his granddaughter with bright eyes.
Gu Ye smiled slightly and said, "Although we haven't gone deep into the valley, we have found a lot of precious medicinal materials. The temperature there is higher than outside, and many wild vegetables and grasses have turned green. In addition, the soil in the valley is fertile, it is a good place to grow plants. Great place for medicinal herbs!”
"Growing medicinal materials?" Gu Xiao was not surprised, because old-fashioned drugstores such as Baicaotang and Tongrentang have their own medicinal fields to ensure the supply of medicinal materials. He was still a little worried, "Do you know how to grow medicinal herbs? Do you know how to grow medicinal herbs? Growing medicine is not like growing food, there are many ways in it!"
Gu Ye's space has been planted with medicinal herbs for many years, and he has a lot of experience. However, she had to hide and cover this matter so that no one could find out, otherwise it would be difficult to explain. She still offered her almighty master: "When my master taught me to recognize medicine, he told me the method of planting by the way. Grandpa, don't worry, my memory is good!"
Gu Xiao thought for a while and said, "You only know the method of planting, and you have never planted it yourself, I'm afraid the villagers may not believe you!"
"We can provide medicinal seeds and disclose the planting method. The villagers only need to put in some time and labor. Once the medicinal materials are planted, they will give us the seed money. If they can't plant them, they have nothing to lose." A lot of medicinal seeds are idle, providing seeds for free, there is no pressure on her.
Gu Xiao tossed and turned all night. Early the next morning, I went to the village chief's house and said this, the village chief also thought that Chinese herbal medicine was a good idea. The fields in the mountains are barren. After the tax food is gone, there is basically not much left, and it is difficult to maintain a basic life. This is also one of the reasons why the people of Qingshan Village are reluctant to work hard to open the mountains.
Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, the mountains have given the people of Qingshan Village selfless gifts, so that more than 30 households in Qingshan Village can barely survive. However, the village is too poor, the daughter-in-law from other villages is unwilling to marry in, and the little girl in the village always wants to marry out of the village.
In recent years, there have been more and more bachelors in the village who cannot marry their wives. As a village chief, he saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. Unfortunately, his ability is limited and he is helpless in the face of the current situation of Qingshan Village. Now, with such a good opportunity presented in front of him, how could he seize it. As Gu Xiao said, if they fail, they have nothing to lose!
The village chief immediately summoned the heads of more than 30 households and said excitedly: "Folks, our little genius doctor Gu Ye'er has found a valley suitable for growing herbal medicine. Brother Gu Xiao, Da Yi, decided to bring this valley with The villagers share and lead everyone to grow medicinal herbs and make a lot of money!"
When the villagers heard this, they began to discuss in a low voice. Someone said: "Isn't the herbal medicine wild on the mountain? Can it still be grown?"
"That's right, I've never heard that medicinal herbs can be planted like grain. We spent a lot of time and money for seeds. If we can't plant them, everything will be in vain. If we have that time, we might as well play a few rounds of cards at home. What." The speaker was a well-known second-rate in the village who was not doing a proper job.
"A yellow-haired girl who has only been with the gods for a few days, what can she understand? She has never planted it herself, so how does she know that she will be able to plant it?" Li Zhu's wife pouted, with a look of disdain.
After hearing this, Mrs Liu echoed: "Isn't it! If you can really make a lot of money, how could the dead girl be pushed out? With the financial resources of the old man, it is not enough to buy the entire valley and plant it by yourself. It must be in their hearts. There is no bottom, so I put the risk on everyone. You have to think about it, don’t put a lot of effort in the end, and you won’t get anything!”
When the families standing around her heard this, it was indeed true, and they were even more undecided in their hearts.
Gu Xiao has practiced martial arts, and his hearing is better than ordinary people. Hearing everyone's comments, the enthusiasm in my heart decreased a bit. He and his granddaughter are dedicated to the welfare of the villagers, but in the end they are all suspicious, how can it not be chilling
Gu Xiao said solemnly: "I declare two points: First, medicinal materials can be grown, and many drugstores have their own medicinal fields. Second, we are trying to grow medicinal materials for the first time, and there is no guarantee that we will succeed. We will lend you a year's worth of seeds, and if you don't plant them, you don't have to pay them back! If you are willing to work with us, you can register with the village chief. If you don't want to, Gu Wu will not force it!"
The phrase "there is no guarantee that it will be planted" has made many people take a wait-and-see attitude. However, some of them had a good relationship with the Gu Xiao family, trusted his character, and signed up without hesitation. Among them, there are the ninth uncle Gu Mo of the Gu Ye clan, Li village chief's family, Gu clan chief's family, and several clan elders, who also asked their children and grandchildren to register. Zhang Hu, who had never planted fields before, even asked the village chief to write his name in order to show his support for Gu Xiao.
When Zhang Hu saw several of his good friends, he was still uncertain and gave them a look of contempt: "Anyway, you won't be allowed to pay for the seeds. If the seeds are broken, you will only lose some time and labor. If the seeds are successful, a There is at least a few dozen taels of income per mu of land. You don’t dare to take this risk, are you still a man?”
After being so excited by him, three more families registered. There are a few more households, after going home and discussing with their family members, they came back and registered their names. At last count, a total of 16 households were registered.
The next day, Gu Xiao, grandfather and grandson came to this valley with the heads of the dozen or so families. Gu Xiao and Zhang Hu walked in front with weapons to prevent wild animals from appearing in the valley. A dozen people walked back and forth in the valley, and roughly measured the entire valley suitable for planting, about 200 acres of land.
There is a deep pool deep in the valley, and the melting snow on the top of the mountain gathers in it. On both sides of the cliff, there is a mountain stream flowing out of the valley. Surprisingly, the water in the deep pool is warm, indicating that there is geothermal heat underground, but it is far away from the geothermal heat and is not enough to form a hot spring. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the temperature inside the valley is warmer than outside.
It seemed that the valley was the territory of the slain leopard. Except for this unfortunate leopard, they found no other beasts. Small animals such as pheasants and hares were disturbed by people's footsteps and scattered to avoid them. Gu Xiao and Zhang Hu's father and son, when they came down, they all gained a lot.
After measuring the land, the sixteen households each claimed some. The village chief and the patriarch did not separate their families, and the family had a lot of labor, so they each selected more than 20 acres and marked them. Gu Mo and Zhang Hu's family members have a small population, and each chose five acres. Others also chose fertile fields ranging from five to ten acres. The land in the valley is fertile, and even if there is no medicinal herbs, it is good to grow food.
After the selection, there are still 80 acres of valleys left, and Gu Xiao has all drawn into his own name. The old patriarch looked at him in surprise and said, "Fifth brother, can you grow so many fields?"
In order to encourage the common people to reclaim wasteland, the court issued a decree that the newly reclaimed fields would not have to pay taxes and silver for three years. However, the wasteland that has been reclaimed must be registered with the government. After three years, you will still have to pay taxes as usual.
The tax law of Dongling country is similar to "dividing into an acre". All kinds of taxes are integrated into the land and mu, and in the end, it is almost "one tax for ten". However, the yield in the mountains is low, but tax is paid according to the average yield in the north, and the tax paid accounts for almost half of the harvested grain. It is no wonder that the people of Qingshan Village would rather take the risk of going into the mountains to collect mountain goods, rather than reclaiming wasteland and farming.
When the wasteland is cleared, it must be reported to the government. After three years, you will have to pay taxes every year. Therefore, when choosing the number of valleys, every family is cautious.
Gu Xiao thought for a while and said, "It's okay, if you can't plant it, you can pay someone to do it." He had inexplicable trust in his granddaughter, and felt that planting medicinal herbs would definitely have oil and water, otherwise Xiao Ye'er wouldn't be so eager. This 80 acres of land will definitely surprise him.
Next, we must reclaim these wastelands before spring planting. Gu Xiao invited the masons in the village to carve out a passage that could accommodate two people in the chaotic rock, so that the villagers who planted medicine could enter and exit easily. His 80 acres of land, hired 30 people, took two days to reclaim.
The hired man has ten dollars a day. They secretly felt that it would be beneficial for Fifth Master Gu to allow his granddaughter to mess around. Otherwise, where would they get the ten wages that day
Five days later, the fields of these sixteen families were all opened, and the dark land had a unique flavor. Gu Ye sent a letter to Jimintang early, and asked Third Uncle Bai to collect some medicinal seeds for her. At this time, the seeds were also sent over.