Traveling through time with a house, I teach people all over the country how to farm

Chapter 180 Encouragement of Land Reclamation and Farming

Zheng Sisi did not play with them until the end. She told them not to play too late and went back to her room to sleep. She didn't know exactly what time they finished playing.

The next morning, Zheng Sisi got up early to exercise. When she came back, washed up and went to have breakfast, she saw a few young sisters.

They all got up, but when they went out, they covered their mouths with their hands and yawned. It was obvious that they were forced to wake up by the maids.

Zheng Sisi leaned over and asked, "What time did you play until last night? Why are you so sleepy?"

Zheng Zhimin raised his hand covering his mouth to wipe the tears from yawning. He said in a buzzing voice, "When my brother called us, he said it was past ten o'clock. We played for another half an hour before going to rest."

After Zheng Zhimin finished speaking, he yawned again. Zheng Sisi looked at the other two people and they were in the same state.

Zheng Sisi was so upset. This must be so addictive. Why not play all night?

She said solemnly: "I'm going to make a rule for you. From now on, you can't play after ten o'clock at night, otherwise I will take away all the playing cards."

After this, several people nodded in agreement.

By the time we had breakfast, Village Chief Liu had arrived with Village Chief Yao, and each family also had a head of the family who was in charge.

Zheng Sisi was arranging the work on the farm, so she let a few people go and play by themselves. The third prince followed Zheng Sisi to the reception room.

The two villages are not big, with only more than 130 acres of land in total, but there are more than 200 people in the two villages, young and old. No wonder everyone is poor. If this situation of too many monks and too little porridge is not broken, they will still suffer from cold and hunger.

Zheng Sisi asked Captain Liu to move all the new farm tools out and place them in the hall.

Zheng Sisi told the villagers of the two villages about the planting of crops on the farm according to her arrangements in the future. They should start plowing and digging the soil from today, and plant corn and potatoes first, and then rice. The rice will be double-season rice, and the ones after that will be sweet potatoes and vegetable seedlings. They will be delivered from the capital when the time comes, and everyone should just follow the arrangements.

She would give the villagers 40% of the grain as stipulated by the court, and share as much as she collected.

As soon as these words came out, all the villagers were excited. They had never been treated like this before and were oppressed and exploited every year. How could they not be happy when they suddenly had such a big harvest?

Zheng Sisi pointed to the new farm tools piled up nearby and said, "These are the new farm tools I designed and built. They are currently being made by the Ministry of Industry. I believe they will be available for sale in Qingshui County in a few days. I brought these for everyone to use for free.

I believe it will be better than the farm tools you had before. My guards and servants know how to use it. They will teach you later.

You can send someone to the village to ask the women or the elderly to collect the belongings. I have sorted out the personal belongings of the Fang family yesterday. I will distribute them according to the roster on the village. Although it is a bit unreasonable, everyone just needs to accept it because it is an additional distribution.

Everyone has one ounce of silver, and their clothes. You can understand what you can wear, and pawn what you can’t wear. After all, their clothes are still worth some money.”

Everyone was excited again. Every family could get several taels of silver. Some families with many people could get more than ten taels. Was this pie in the sky? It stunned everyone. This happiness came too suddenly. Some people were so happy that they cried.

They all said loudly: "Thank you, County Lord, for making the decision for us!"

Zheng Sisi waited for them to calm down before saying, "There are many people in Zhuangzi but few fields. After we finish cultivating the fields in Zhuangzi, I encourage everyone to open up wasteland and cultivate the land.

I have learned that the imperial court has issued preferential policies to encourage land reclamation and cultivation. Each family does not need to pay taxes in the first two years of land reclamation. Taxes will only be collected after registration with the county government in the third year. This is the fastest way for everyone to change the current situation. I hope that the villagers will actively reclaim wasteland, and I can find seeds for everyone to plant. "