flstandardbreds Chapter 108 Planting Vegetables
Chapter 108 Planting Vegetables
After half a month, the heavy rain finally stopped.
The fields of the entire Liuyun Village were almost completely soaked by water, with only the fields on the high ridges being slightly better.
So on the first day after the rain stopped, Jiang Sining invited Aunt Li and others to open up about two acres of land next to the house.
When Mrs. Chen saw her working, she also walked over on the soft and wet mud.
"Si Ning, are you planning to plant wheat?"
Jiang Sining didn't expect that her mother-in-law knew something about crops, so she replied, "No, I plan to grow some vegetables."
"If we use such a large piece of land to grow vegetables, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat all of them in a few years." Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "Or do you plan to sell them?"
Jiang Sining said: "Yes, but also no."
The vegetables from two acres of land could not be sold for much money and were not worth her effort.
She planned to use these two acres of land to grow seedlings, and then reclaim all her mountain land, and the rest would be left for Aunt Li and the villagers to plant.
In this way, by early winter, everyone will have food and enough vegetables, and with houses built with blue bricks and earthen kangs, they should be able to cope with the coming cold winter.
Mrs. Chen was really shocked when she heard that she wanted to plant vegetables all over the mountains.
This daughter-in-law is really capable. How could an ordinary person have such courage and boldness?
"I just happen to be free, so I'll help you dig."
As she spoke, Mrs. Chen picked up a hoe and started to reclaim the land with Jiang Sining and the others. It took them four or five days to finally clear two acres of land.
She had also prepared the fertilizer needed for growing seedlings, and she also had so many calves at home.
After another two days of intensive cultivation, Jiang Sining cultivated one acre of Chinese cabbage seedlings and one acre of various radish seedlings. These two kinds of vegetables are suitable for growing in autumn and early winter.
The seeds used are, of course, those stored by the grandfather in the clinic. They are the seeds left over after thousands of years of optimization. I believe that as long as they are properly fertilized, the yield will not be too low.
After the seeds are sown, we need to prepare for large-scale land reclamation.
As soon as the villagers heard that her family had work to do again, they immediately crowded in front of her house. It was a large crowd, and everyone agreed that they just wanted the food and no wages.
After all, Jiang Sining harvested everyone's green rice, preventing everyone from having nothing to harvest. So it wouldn't be a big deal for him to help reclaim some wasteland now.
Of course Jiang Sining had to pay wages, and he paid them according to the normal price.
However, she entrusted the matter entirely to Aunt Li. After all, there were so many mountains that it would take more than a few days to clear them all, and she had other things to do.
At the same time, we also let the villagers open up some land themselves so that they can grow vegetables together.
"Jiang," Cao Cunzheng saw her making such a big move and quickly rushed over, "The tax on reclaimed land is different from that on forests. When the time comes, I'll ask you to pay it. Don't say that I didn't inform you in advance."
"Don't worry about this, Cao Cunzheng. I know it." Jiang Sining said, "You should worry about your rice."
Just one sentence left Cao Yin speechless.
All the rice in the entire Liuyun Village was purchased by Jiang Sining before it was ripe, except for him and the Jiang family. As a result, all the rice was washed away in the fields by this strange heavy rain.
Now the rice has been soaked and rotted, but some of it has already taken root and sprouted.
Both families lost all this season's harvest.
Because of this matter, several unfilial sons in the family quarreled with him for half a month, saying that if he had not offended Jiang Sining, he could have gotten the food in advance like other people.
Cao Yin was very angry about this.
He was angry that his sons were not on the same page with him, angry that Jiang Shi treated Jiang Sining harshly and wanted to drag him into trouble, angry that God made it rain randomly... In short, he had never been so angry in his life.
I'm just so angry and have no place to vent.
I came to see Jiang Sining today to experience the feeling of being a village chief, but I didn't expect to be so upset by a sentence, and I became even more angry.
Jiang Sining didn't have time to deal with Cao Yin.
Although the heavy rain has stopped now and the climate will return to normal throughout the autumn, it has laid a huge hidden danger.
In a few days, the county government will start collecting land tax. The people of Liuyun Village can pay enough, but the people of other villages definitely cannot pay enough.
Failure to collect land tax in full will directly affect the evaluation of the county magistrate. Given the current style of the county magistrate, he will certainly ignore the lives of the people and let the yamen runners and village chiefs collect the tax violently.
If the collection is not enough, they will make up excuses and start targeting the rich families. And her family is definitely the first one to bear the brunt in Liuyun Village.
So before that, she had to find a way to prevent this from happening.
So this time when she wanted to deliver wine to Mr. Liu, she did not ask her uncle-in-law to go, but drove the carriage to the town herself.
The moment he saw Jiang Sining, Mr. Liu almost kowtowed to him.
He followed Jiang Sining's advice and stockpiled a batch of food before the heavy rain. He didn't take it seriously at the time, but now it seems that this is definitely more important than making ten big deals!
"Mr. Xiao, have you heard about this?" said Mr. Liu. "It is said that the entire Daxia was affected by this heavy rain, and most of the food was destroyed! If this is true, Daxia will be in chaos!"
"That's why I came here." Jiang Sining said.
"Oh, what do you think, Mr. Xiao?"
"I don't have any good ideas, but I can get some food, beef, mutton, and various vegetables." Jiang Sining said, "I don't want to find someone else to cooperate with. I wonder if Mr. Liu is interested?"
"Really?" Mr. Liu was astonished. "Mr. Xiao, if you can get these things, you will make a fortune!"
"It is certain that you will get rich," Jiang Sining said, "but money can make people's hearts flutter. Sometimes too much money is not necessarily a good thing. I think the current magistrate of your Gaochuan County is corrupt. Because of the natural disaster this time, the land tax will definitely not be collected in full. In order to keep his position, I am afraid he will be ruthless and take action against wealthy people like you."
Mr. Liu was slightly stunned. He had not thought of this before, but once he was reminded, he was immediately disappointed.
The people do not fight with the officials.
If the county magistrate wanted to arrest him, it would be easy, and he had no place to appeal for justice.
If he is like this, what will happen to those powerless ordinary people?
"Mr. Xiao, please teach me how to deal with this."
"It's actually very simple," Jiang Sining said, "If the county magistrate is unkind, then just make sure he doesn't serve as county magistrate."
Mr. Liu was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
This Young Master Xiao is too bold, he actually wants to overthrow the county magistrate!
But if you think about it carefully, it seems that this is the only way.
But, can it be done?
Will there be any danger?
Seeing his hesitation, Jiang Sining knew what he was thinking, and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Liu, you don't need to show up for this matter. Mr. Liu just needs to help me find out some information."
"That's easy."
After all, he is on the Gaochuanji rich list, so Mr. Liu has a lot of connections.
There was no rush for this matter. Jiang Sining asked him to take his time and get information about all the officials and runners in the county government, the more detailed the better.
Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.
When the time is right, she will naturally take action.