The winter days are a bit boring, because Chen Xiaomi is pregnant, and Lu Lin dare not let Chen Xiaomi do heavy work.
Chen Xiaomi held the money jar and counted the money.
In this quiet and cold winter, Chen Xiaomi's greatest pleasure is counting silver.
"This money is missing!" Chen Xiaomi said.
Lu Lin nodded, and said: "The food, clothing, housing and transportation all require money. There is no oil and water, and my salary is not enough!" He has to support many people now, and it is different from self-made, Lu Lin is proud Head, thinking to himself: The burden on his shoulders now seems to be very heavy.
Chen Xiaomi shook his head and said, "I didn't expect it to be so expensive to be an official."
"No, it has cost a lot to hire a craftsman recently. When we sell this Quyuanli, we can see the money back."
Lu Lin stroked his chin and pondered for a while. During this time, he had been spending money. Although the sums were small sums, he also spent more than a hundred taels one after another.
Chen Xiaomi frowned and said, "I'm afraid not many people in Sha County can afford this Quyuanli."
Moreover, this is a farmer's tool, and most of the people who buy it are farmers, so it is not appropriate to buy it expensive.
Lu Lin said indifferently: "No one in Sha County can afford it, so they sold it to other places. Are you afraid that you won't be able to sell such a good thing? Besides, Ji Chengkang said that if you report this item, there should be a reward." Silver, I don’t know how much silver can be rewarded, if the emperor is more generous and gives me tens of thousands of taels of silver, then we can just eat together and wait to die from now on.”
Chen Xiaomi said helplessly: "You think so beautifully."
Lu Lin: "..." Who said otherwise
This emperor seems to be stingy. It is said that he is a poor emperor. So, his idea is just thinking about it.
Holding the money jar, Chen Xiaomi said, "If the emperor wants to confer rewards, there should be no less." This is the emperor, if the move is small, it would be embarrassing!
Lu Lin nodded, and said: "There is no need for too much money, the more the better." The poor emperor is also an emperor, and a lean camel is bigger than a horse.
Because of the long journey, it took a lot of time for Qu Yuanli to be sent to the capital. Your Majesty personally went to see the "barrow" cultivated land. He was overjoyed and felt that this was a sign of the prosperity of the country. He appreciated the Ji family who presented the "barrow". Order the Ministry of Industry to manufacture a large number of such "trolleys", and strive to put them into use before spring plowing.
Seeing this situation, a group of officials praised the sage for his wisdom and wisdom, which is why this fetish appeared.
Lu Lin was overjoyed when he received the imperial decree of commendation from his superiors and the two thousand taels of silver awarded by his superiors.
Lu Lin originally thought that being an official did not seem to have any "money prospects". After seeing the rewards above, Lu Lin suddenly felt that the prospect of being an official was still very promising.
Ji Chengkang said with some embarrassment: "The emperor's reward was originally more than two thousand taels, but after sending it all the way down, there is not so much money that has been embezzled, and Ji Chengkang has nothing to do. , and often only half is left.”
Lu Lin nodded, expressing his understanding, "It's already a lot to do two things."
"Originally, the emperor planned to promote you to the official position. However, you have not been an official for a short time, and the officials in the capital dismissed it. They said that they let you practice and experience, and you will be promoted when the time is right." Ji Chengkang said.
This Lu Lin is far away in Shaxian County. Once the limelight of the "trolley" passed, the emperor took care of everything. When I think about it again, I don't know what year and month it was. Yes, it’s good not to be promoted.”
Lu Lin pondered, the rejection of his promotion should not only be due to his short time as an official. He was born as a merchant, and this official was bought. I can see people who go astray like him.
In the eyes of many officials, he who bought an official like this is a moth.
This system of buying officials is also a helpless choice when the country is short of money. When the treasury is full, people like him will be cleared out of the officialdom.
Seeing Lu Lin's plain attitude, Ji Chengkang had a higher opinion of Lu Lin.
Several county magistrates in Sha County couldn't keep working. When Lu Lin came, the people in Sha County thought that Lu Lin would be here soon. Seeing that Lu Lin had gained a firm foothold and got along with the people from the patrol battalion, they couldn't help but feel sorry for Lu Lin. With admiration.
"Our military camp wants to order ten Quyuanli from you."
Lu Lin was taken aback and said, "So many."
Everyone who can make Quyuanli has signed a contract with Lu Lin. Although Ji Chengkang has the blueprint, but Lu Lin is the creator of Quyuanli. Ji Chengkang does not want to ruin Lu Lin's face, and makes Quyuan here without permission. plow.
"Officers and soldiers also have to eat."
The military expenditure above is limited, and the military rations are a bit tight. In desperation, the officers and soldiers had to be self-sufficient.
The people of the patrol battalion opened up a lot of vegetable fields around the camp.
Many soldiers were sent to grow vegetables in their spare time, but most of the food was taken care of.
Ji Chengkang thought, with Qu Yuanli, maybe it would be more convenient to cultivate the land, and with the same number of people, he could also take care of a few more vegetable fields.
Ji Chengkang has the blueprint in his hand and knows how to make this thing. However, this matter is in Lu Lin's favor, so it's not easy to give it to others.
Lu Lin nodded, and said: "There are just some in those warehouses, the general can just take it away, and the money will be useless."
"How is this good?" Ji Chengkang said with some embarrassment.
Lu Lin waved his hand and said, "All the rewards from above have come down, and they are enough for me to spend. You are welcome, General."
Ji Chengkang estimated a little money, but Lu Lin didn't pay attention to it, and said, "If that's the case, I'll be disrespectful."
Lu Lin smiled and said, "It should."
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The winter days passed peacefully, and Lu Lin would let Qu Yuanli be pulled for a turn in the wasteland that had been drawn down from time to time.
When I went there for the first time, I asked for a few helpers.
After that, there is no need for it. Every time Qu Yuanli is pushed out, there will be villagers watching the excitement, who will take the initiative to help, and take the opportunity of helping to observe the function of this farm tool.
Many villagers also asked Qin Yi whether such a farm tool could be purchased, and how much it would cost.
Qin Lang can only explain that the output of this farm tool is not much, and the government does not plan to sell it yet, but if the output catches up in the future, it may be able to sell part of it.
Knowing that it is not going to be sold for the time being, many villagers were a little disappointed. However, everyone immediately thought that this thing must not be cheap, even if they could buy it, they might not be able to afford it, and they were relieved.
"Lord County Magistrate." Tian Zheng found Lu Lin, smiling flatteringly.
Lu Lin glanced at Tian Zheng and asked, "What's the matter?"
Lu Lin had a straight face, but he was a little proud in his heart. The few blacksmiths and carpenters he recruited may have been soldiers before. Ordinarily, Lu Lin probably understood that these people only worked for themselves for the sake of money.
"Well, there should be many pieces of this trolley you made, do you want to sell it!" Tian Zheng asked.
Lu Lin took a look at Tian Zheng and said, "The workmanship of this farm tool is very complicated. If you sell it, it won't be worth a tael of silver."
Tian Zheng frowned, and said shyly, "It's so expensive!"
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Yes! It's so expensive. If you buy this thing, you will use it when you are plowing the land. I'm afraid many farmers can't afford it. I won't sell it, but you can rent it."
"Rent, what's the rent method?" Tian Zhengman asked curiously.
"Borrow farm tools for two days and give me one day's work. You can also rent this mule. If you rent it for one day, you will come to work for one day. If you stay at home all day, you only know how to eat grass and grow a lot of meat." Lu Lin shook his head and said .
Tian Zheng's eyes lit up, and he asked, "My lord, a carpenter like me can do carpentry, but what if a farmer borrows it from you!"
"You can do farm work, as well as other things." The Lu family said without thinking.
"My lord, do you have so much work to do?" Tian Zheng asked curiously.
Lu Lin nodded, and said, "Yes! This meeting hasn't happened yet, but when spring comes, we can reclaim wasteland and I plan to transplant some trees." Lu Lin had many ideas in his mind, but, still I didn't know what to do.
Tian Zheng smiled, secretly slandering Lu Lin for tricking the villagers into working for him, but Lu Lin's condition was kind.
"My lord, you are really far-sighted!" Tian Zheng said.
Lu Lin smiled and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say."
After Tian Zheng asked Lu Lin, he borrowed a mule from the family, and also borrowed a Quyuanli, which Chen Xiaocai recorded for Tian Zheng.
Tian Zheng led the mule and dragged Qu Yuanli along the way, full of ambition.
In order to show off the borrowed mule and Quyuanli, Tian Zheng did not go directly to the field, but took a detour in the village.
The villagers are actually very curious about Qu Yuanli, but before, when Lu Lin asked to take the things to the field, many people in the village did not dare to look at them carefully, and it is different now that the field is being brought back to the field.
Several people who were familiar with Tian Zheng rushed forward and circled around Qu Yuanli, wishing to dismantle Qu Yuanli.
"Brother Zheng, this is what you guys have researched!"
Tian Zheng said proudly: "Yes, this is what we made."
Tian Zheng was full of ambition on the surface, but he was a little guilty in his heart. They made this thing right, but the assembly had nothing to do with them. Before the finished product came out, they didn't know what Lu Lin was doing, but no matter what, this thing was worth it. It is their credit.
"This new county magistrate can actually toss farm tools." Dao Tianzheng, a farmer who was full of surprises, was also a little surprised, and secretly said: The new county magistrate looks like a little boy, not like the wind in the field. In the sun.
In fact, he was originally a farmer, but Lu Lin made a fortune not long after he crossed over. In the past few years, he has been pampered and treated well, and people have become whiter and whiter. boy.
After Tian Zhenglai borrowed Quyuanli, people came to borrow it one after another. However, the villagers still did not trust the county magistrate Lu Lin.
The first people who borrowed things from Lu Lin were the carpenters and blacksmiths in Lu Lin's shop.
The carpenters were all familiar with Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi, and it was enough to just tell them to borrow things. Gradually, the villagers saw that the new county magistrate was not a bullying master, so they came to borrow things one after another.