Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 117

Chapter 117

early morning.

The light of dawn has not yet risen from the horizon.

The civilians in Hanzhong County have already got up from their beds, picked up farm tools in twos and threes, and started farming for a day.

"Er Wazi, what are you doing with this 'Quyuanli'?"

"It's Uncle Tiezi! Didn't I just want to take advantage of the good weather today and borrow some cattle from the village chief to open up a few more acres of wasteland to grow vegetables!"

"Open up the fields! It's good to open up the fields! Open up a few acres of new fields to grow vegetables, and you can sell them for a lot of money in the future."

"Hehe~~ I think so too, now this plow is much easier to use than before, not only easy to handle, but also can be pulled by only one cow, Shengping Jun is really a great official with great skills. !"

"Tch! What a big deal, I don't see any difference between him and those corrupt officials and landlords. The imperial court only collects [-]% of the tax, and now the entire Hanzhong field is his, and he has to pay half of the grain. This is not the same as before. Isn't it the same?"

When a young man behind 'Uncle Tiezi' heard what 'Er Wazi' said, he curled his lips in disdain.

"Hey~~ You can't say that, little wooden baby. When we paid taxes to those landlords, we had to collect at least [-]%, and sometimes even [-]%. Now Mr. Shengping helps us save the land from those Snatch it back from the hands of corrupt officials and nobles, and only pay [-]% of the tax in the future, this is already my great kindness to us."

"Snatch it back, it was originally our field, besides, I haven't seen that Mr. Shengping return the field to us now! If he is really a good person, he should return our field to us. .”

"You baby, why can't I tell you?"

'Uncle Tie Zi' was also upset by the 'Little Muwa'. If Mo Jun was here at this moment, he might have discovered that the 'Uncle Tie Zi' who spoke was the old farmer he met on the side of the field back then.

The old farmer was older than the few people present, so he could see some things more clearly, although he also hoped that Mr. Shengping would return the farmland to them.

But he was even more aware that they alone could not protect his farmland.

Because if they could hold on, they wouldn't have been taken away by "buying and selling by force".

It's a pity that even if he said this truth, others would not believe it. Most of the men in the fields have this kind of virtue, and they are very stubborn.

as predicted.

Without waiting for 'Uncle Tiezi' to say anything else, 'Xiaomuwa' poked his neck again and said: "What's wrong with that, it's because Mr. Shengping did it unethically, Erwazi thinks so ?”

"what?"

Seeing the topic suddenly shifted to himself, Erwazi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head naively and said: "I don't know, but I heard from the old man who distributed the grain seeds that this time we are all planting Shengping The 'new grain' that you have improved can double the output when it is harvested in the future."

"If this is the case, even if we hand in half, the rest will be equivalent to all our previous harvest!"

After listening to the 'little wooden baby', he was immediately happy, and laughed: "Er Wazi, no wonder people say you are so stupid! You can believe what those corrupt officials say. I haven't seen any 'grain' in my life." Planting 'can double the harvest!"

"I put my words here today. When the grain matures later, I don't need to double it. As long as the output of these 'new grains' can increase by [-]%, I took off my clothes on the spot and ran around the village. Then build a living shrine for that Lord Shengping and keep it at home."

The words "little wooden baby" are loud and powerful.

And this time, even the old farmer did not refute him. After all, whether it is [Quyuanli] or [Waterwheel], although they are very effective, they are not miraculous in the final analysis.

But this kind of 'improved rice seed' technology is obviously not accessible to ordinary people at the moment.

Lived for so many years.

Let alone the old farmer, he has never even heard of such a thing.

Hearing the words of 'Xiaomuwa', Erwazi scratched his hair, and couldn't help but wondered: "But... Xiaomuwa, the seedlings in your farmland are obviously growing much better than last year!"

As he said that, Erwazi stretched out his hand and pointed in front of them, and everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look. The next moment, they saw a farmland full of vitality, slowly coming into their eyes.

In an instant.

The eyes of several people were all frozen.

"This...how is this possible?"

"How did it grow so fast?"

Several people looked at each other, and each of them saw the shock in each other's eyes.

A spring rain last night washed away the dust and haze in the air, and at the same time made the seedlings in the farmland completely rejuvenated.

until now.

All the people suddenly discovered that the growth of these seedlings this year was completely incomparable with that of last year.

"Guru~~"

Seeing the gratifying seedlings growing in the field, someone couldn't help swallowing, and murmured: "What the officers and soldiers said before is not true, is it?"

Just when several people were shocked, a group of people carrying packages suddenly ran past them in the distance.

Several people were taken aback immediately.

Before they could react, another group of people came running from behind, and among the people who came running this time, several of them were villagers from the same village that the old farmer and others knew.

'Little Wooden Baby' had quick eyes and quick hands, and when someone ran past him, he grabbed it to his side, and said directly: "Big stone, what are you doing? You are in a hurry."

The big stone was taken aback by someone suddenly, but when he saw the people in front of him, he subconsciously said, "Why are you still here? There are people in the next village recruiting workers, and they pay six dollars a day!"

"Six big bucks a day!"

Hearing these words from the other party suddenly, even the old farmer's voice raised a lot.

What is the concept of six big money?

Don't look at the time when Mo Jun was a corvee, he was paid six dollars a day.

But that was on the battlefield, even if the logistics were safe, there was a possibility of death.

In normal times, it is estimated that only a big city like Xianyang has workers who can get a wage of six dollars a day.In a small and remote place like Hanzhong, it is extremely rare to see a small worker who earns a lot of money a day, let alone six dollars.

1 gold coin = 360 coins.

1 stone of grain = 35~40 big money.

Convert it down.

If calculated on the basis of six big renminbi a day, it only takes seven days at most to earn back a whole stone of grain.

Such a good job, even Lao Nong, the oldest person present, had only heard about it from some businessmen from other places before.As for reality, even after living for 50 or [-] years, this is still the first time I have seen it.

"Since when did we have such a big job here?" Shocked in his heart, the old farmer subconsciously doubted.

"I heard that the house was built for Mr. Shengping... Okay, I won't tell you, people from several nearby villages are rushing to Kunshan County. If you don't hurry up, the people there will It's full."

The big stone casually explained something to several people, then quickly broke free from the little wooden baby's hand, and hurriedly ran towards the distance and disappeared.

"This...Uncle Tiezi, what should we do?"

After listening to Dashitou's words, Xiaomuwa and the others were stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked at the old farmer.

The old farmer was silent for only a few seconds.

Then he said decisively: "Let's go too. Anyway, old man, I believe that Mr. Shengping is different from those corrupt officials and landlords who have no conscience. Besides, the crops in the farmland are growing so well now, it will be fine if you leave it for a day or two."

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the other side.

The construction of [Xinmo Mansion] is also in full swing.

The area of ​​[Xin Mo Mansion] that Mo Jun built in Hanzhong is very large, because he intends to directly include the entire 'Huaihui Mountain' into the area of ​​[Xin Mo Mansion].

Not only that.

When Mo Jun started construction this time, he specially invited a lot of people from the Gongshu family to design his manor, and arrange billions of organs along the way.

It is precisely because of this that Mo Jun needs a huge number of manpower to start the construction this time.

Otherwise, the recruitment news would not have spread all the way from Qunshan County to Heishi County next door.

A salary of six big bucks.

Enough for a large number of farmers to leave their homes and go out to work.

"Wow~"

Accompanied by a sharp and domineering cry, I saw a bird with a wingspan of more than ten meters and its feathers were cast like gold. It shone brightly under the sun and landed on the top of the 'Huihui Mountain'. Then hide in the miasma dense fog.

The hundreds of workers who were building [Xinmo Mansion] heard the movement, and only looked up, and then continued to be busy with the work at hand.

They have been working here for seven or eight days.

When they first saw such a huge Jinpeng, they were naturally shocked.

But later I heard that this Jinpeng was the owner of this place, a pet raised by Lord Shengping of Qin State, after a long time, it gradually became normal.

After Jinpeng learned to fly a few years ago, he rarely stayed in the Nanjun County Sheriff's Mansion. He only returned two or three times a month, and the rest of the time he basically soared above the Nine Heavens.

However, during this time Jinpeng has been staying on the 'Huaihui Mountain'.

Firstly, it was because of Mo Jun's compulsory request.

Xianyang and Hanzhong are separated by the Qinling Mountains, which makes the transportation between the two places extremely inconvenient, and the 'elixir' and the 'new vegetable seedlings' cultivated by Mo Jun are not convenient to delay for too long on the road.

So during this period of time, Mo Jun has been using Jinpeng as an 'airplane' to carry some small but important items.

With Jinpeng's speed, the distance between Xianyang and Hanzhong only takes half an hour.

The second reason is because of the temptation of those poisonous blood snakes on the 'Huaihui Mountain'.

Maybe it's the gene hidden deep in the blood, which caused Jin Peng to have a special liking for the poisonous spirit and blood snakes on the "Huaihui Mountain". He has already eaten up the "labor fee" paid to this little guy in the past few days More than a dozen poisonous blood snakes.

If Mo Jun hadn't found a way to cultivate poisonous blood snakes now, the current stock on the mountain would not be enough for this guy to make...

(End of this chapter)