Chapter 62: Dongmen Village is prosperous
The villagers watched Sang Yong escape and were convinced that he was not a good person. They made a special trip to the village chief's house and told everyone about the situation.
Liang Shiqiu was so angry that he slapped the table on the spot and stood up, "You Sang Yong, you dare to play tricks under the eyes of this official. Come on! Go and take Sang Yong to the county government to fight for thirty days."
Su Changxi and Su Chunlin next to them looked at each other, feeling comfortable, and the smiles on their faces became much deeper.
Liang Shiqiu calmed down his anger, put on a gentle look, and said: "Village Chief Su, now let someone tally up the grains of each household. I want the most true amount."
Su Changxi looked solemn and said: "Don't worry, sir, the common people will take people to handle it now."
Every household had been prepared for a long time. When they saw Su Changxi bringing people over, they immediately started to move. Those who were loading grain were loading grain, and those who were carrying scales were carrying scales.
In this era, there were only one or two scales in each village, and they had to be sent to the county government every year to check whether they were missing a pound or less. Once they were found to be missing a pound or less, they would be severely punished. So no one can doubt the accuracy of the scale.
The scale was put on the scale very quickly. It only took half a day. The whole village's grain amount had been summed up and placed in front of the county magistrate.
This time, Liang Shiqiu was not calm at all. He held the book and looked at Su Changxi with a burning gaze, "Village Chief Su, I have decided to buy the wheat from your village as grain and exchange it with the people. How about it?"
"This" Su Changxi and Su Changfu looked at each other and asked flatteringly: "Sir, can I ask the ordinary people about the price and how to exchange it for food?"
Liang Shiqiu expressed his understanding and said sternly: "Last year, I bought a batch of grain seeds, peanuts and soybeans from your village's Su Chunlin family. All those crops were planted in the county government field. This year, the harvest was indeed good. Unfortunately, the quantity was still too high." "Young Master, it's not enough for me to implement it. It just so happens that your village also had a good harvest."
With the crops from the county government for comparison, I have nothing to worry about. As long as you are willing to sell the grain to the county government, I can still buy it at the same price as last year. If you want grain, you can exchange one pound for two pounds. how? "
Several village elders in Dongmen Village looked at each other, trying not to show too much excitement.
Su Changxi stepped forward without hesitation and bowed respectfully, "Sir, you love the people like your own children. How dare the ordinary people delay such a thing that benefits the people? The ordinary people will go to the village to inform every household to sell grain."
Liang Shiqiu nodded with satisfaction and asked the government officials who came over to help.
Seeing that everyone had left, Su Chunlin hurriedly stepped forward and said: "My lord, the county magistrate, to be honest, the in-laws and the prospective son-in-law have also planted the same wheat, and the yield should be similar to ours. One is in Zhongmen Village, and the other is in Zhongmen Village." Shenjiazhuang, do you want to send someone to collect it too?"
Liang Shiqiu smiled happily, "That's great!"
Su Chunlin was overjoyed and said, "There are also soybeans and peanuts."
When it came to soybeans and peanuts, Liang Shiqiu was obviously very excited, "I'm just about to tell you about this. It's not like no one has grown these two in our place before. Maybe the seeds are wrong and they are not easy to take care of at all. Even if they survive, they won't bear fruit." How many peanuts and soybeans have been worked hard for a year, but in the end they are all wasted work, and over time no one will plant them.
It's also because we really can't grow other crops here, and we are gradually getting poorer and poorer. Officials don't like to come here. Now that we have finally found soybeans and peanuts that can adapt to our place, I will definitely promote them.
Unfortunately, the harvest from the county government field is still not enough. How much did your family plant this year? "
Su Chunlin hurriedly said: "The common people planted ten acres of soybeans and harvested five thousand kilograms of beans. They planted six acres of peanuts and harvested four thousand eight hundred kilograms. The common people were wondering if they could use them to pay taxes." He raised this issue last year. I asked him, but at that time the county government came and bought all his crops, but he didn't give an accurate answer.
"Of course you can!" Liang Shiqiu responded loudly, "All soybeans and peanuts can be squeezed for oil, but our Langya country's output is not high, so we don't dare to waste it like this. If every household in Zhaohua County can grow soybeans and peanuts, in the future We can also squeeze the oil ourselves, and the people's lives will surely be improved.
Su Chunlin, if the people of Zhaohua County really live a good life, I will certainly remember your great contribution. "
"Thank you, Lord County Magistrate!" Su Chunlin knelt down and bowed to the ground.
The people in the village didn't expect their wheat to be so valuable. They were all dizzy as if they had been hit by a pie in the sky. At first, the average family was divided into about 70 kilograms of wheat seeds, and the rest were planted with ordinary crops. Wheat, in this way, there is a strong contrast.
This time they left enough high-yield wheat seeds for their own cultivation, and sold all the remaining high-yield wheat seeds to the county government. On average, each household received about 140 taels. Su Chunlin, Su Changxi, and Su Changfu had the most. After all, they grew all the wheat seeds. It is a high-yielding wheat species.
Su Changxi earned about 500 taels, and Su Changfu had more land, a conservative estimate of 600 taels.
Although Su Chunlin didn't have as much land as the other two, he still had peanuts and soybeans, leaving enough for his own use. He sold the rest and earned 625 taels.
In addition to them, there are also the families who fled last year and settled in Dongmen Village. Because their relatives are gone and they are penniless, they don’t even have the means to return home. In addition, they were rescued by Dongmen Village. They became dependent on Dongmen Village and all settled in the village.
Su Changxi saw how pitiful they were, so he gave them three acres of wasteland each, and asked Su Chunlin for help, secretly getting some high-yielding grain seeds to distribute to them. The wasteland was not as good as fertile land, but fortunately these people were diligent and worked hard to cultivate fertile land. Although the yield per mu was not as high as fertile land, But it’s still about 800 kilograms.
It was definitely an important reference data for the county magistrate Liang Shiqiu, and he even personally commended these people.
Every household in the village made a fortune, and even though everyone knew which family made more, no one was jealous and gossiped. Instead, they became more united and worked together as one.
With money, the first thing everyone has to solve is the marriage of a man and a woman.
The villages outside also know that the people of Dongmen Village have become rich, but no one knows exactly how much they have earned.
Anyone who wanted to inquire was deceived by the villagers' vague words.
After all, every family has several poor relatives, let alone a family like theirs. Almost all of them are poor relatives. When one family gets rich, everyone comes together like a cat smelling fish. This family borrows a little, and that family borrows a little. , even if there are mountains of gold and silver, I can't help but be like this.
There are also smart people who have announced early on that they want to buy land and build houses. Not only do they complain that they have no money, they also borrow money from everywhere.
Even relatives who want to inquire don't dare to ask for money, for fear that they will really be loaned money.
Under this situation, Su Chunlin also followed the trend and bought four acres of fertile land. As a result, the Su family's land has really reached a limit, and they can't take care of any more.
Some people are happy and some are sad.