Daming: I help my wife be the empress

After hearing Xu Linsen's words, Zhu Changhao had to admit that although this person was a bit annoying, he was indeed talented.

Those words almost left others speechless.

However, Ye Beizhai was not just for nothing, seeing that Xu Linsen had no one to speak up, he stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the construction of the wharf is more important than the construction of houses.

After the wharf is built, materials can be moved from sea ships more quickly, which will help other constructions.

In addition, when I am new to Luzon, both soldiers and civilians need to pay attention to epidemic prevention.If we are taken advantage of by the epidemic, we will not only be unable to do anything, but also have the possibility of being destroyed here.

The old minister thought that although various construction work is urgent, we should not be in a hurry when arranging tasks.After the military and civilians initially adapt to the climate of Luzon, it will not be too late to speed up construction in all aspects. "

When Zhu Changhao fled to the south of Daming, he had also seen the horror of the epidemic, and he was afraid of death. After hearing Ye Beizhai's words, he immediately nodded and said: "Mr. Xu is right, epidemic prevention should be the top priority!"

Xu Linsen glanced at Ye Beizhai and thought: This person is thoughtful, not just flattery.

Then he cupped his hands and said, "This subordinate also feels that Zuo Changshi's words are reasonable. Your Highness should order the accompanying doctor to prepare the medicine, and then order the villages to report the disease situation in time, so as to strictly implement the epidemic prevention."

"Yes, yes, yes," Zhu Changhao nodded hastily, "I will leave this matter to..."

Zhu Changhao subconsciously wanted to hand over this matter to Xu Linsen, because Xu Linsen gave people the feeling of being able to handle things.

But Ye Beizhai said at this time: "You Changshi needs to supervise the construction, so let his subordinates be responsible for the epidemic prevention."

Zhu Changhao came to his senses and replied, "Okay, then I will trouble Mr. Ye."

Afterwards, the central officials of King Lu reported and discussed with Zhu Changhao on various specific matters...

More than four months have passed in a blink of an eye.

The time came to the sixth year of Zhaowu, the ninth day of October.

In the morning, the rooster crowed three times, and as soon as the sun was shining, Hou Runfa dragged his roommate Lin Sanqiang up together, brushed his teeth and washed his face.

After washing, Hou Runfa looked at the half-haired toothbrush, thinking that he should go to the town to buy one at the grocery store when he went back.

There were toothbrushes and tooth powders in the Ming Dynasty, but they were mostly used by wealthy families before, and ordinary people used willow branch water to brush their teeth.

In the fourth year of Zhaowu, a daily necessities factory was built in Nanjing, specializing in the production of various daily necessities for the common people, including toothbrushes and tooth powders, and the prices were lowered to a level that ordinary people were willing to buy.

From then on, Hou Runfa developed the habit of brushing his teeth with a toothbrush and tooth powder.

When he came to Luzon, he brought two toothbrushes, one of which was worn out shortly after arriving in Luwangling, and the tooth powder was also used up.

Fortunately, Lu Wangling produced sea salt. Although the price of salt was not as cheap as that of Daming, he still could afford to use a little to brush his teeth every day.

Of course, he is him. For example, the vast majority of villagers in his village are still reluctant to brush their teeth with willow branch water-this is the mandatory regulation of the medical officer of the royal residence, otherwise most villagers may not bother to rinse their mouths.

Wearing a linen waistcoat and a pair of loose underpants with his chest exposed, Hou Runfa and Lin Sanqiang went to the village cafeteria to eat.

It is said to be a cafeteria, but it is actually a larger grass shed.

In the past four months, Hou Runfa and his 55 villagers have spent most of their time and energy on land reclamation and logging. Up to now, only a dozen wooden houses have been built. The goal of one house per person has not been realized, and there is no time to build a good one. canteen.

Besides, in the hot weather of Luzon, eating in the house is not as cool as eating in the shed.

"Morning, village chief."

"The village chief is here?"

"The village head seems to be in a good mood today."

"···"

Several villagers who had come to the cafeteria smiled and greeted Hou Runfa when they saw him.

During the four months of reclamation life, Hou Runfa gritted his teeth and set an example, and he was fair in dealing with things. Up to now, he has really won the support of the villagers.

He is now darker and thinner than before, but he is more energetic and mature. He is not proud of the support of the villagers, and treats others more and more kindly.

After pulling up a stool and sitting down, he smiled and said, "Can you be unhappy? Today, if we work harder, we will be able to harvest the last piece of rice.

Look at the harvest, each of us can get at least two thousand catties of rice, and there is no need to pay taxes.

How much food can we eat a year?Even if you open your belly and eat three catties a day, you will eat more than 700 catties a year.But we came here in June, and we actually only ate half a year's worth of food, which is more than 300 catties.

But how can our two thousand catties of super seed rice produce fifteen hundred catties of rice?

What does this mean? It means that we worked hard for four months in the past, and at least 1000 two hundred catties of rice were left in a year!

What's more, everyone, don't forget that with the weather in Luzon, after the harvest is over, we can rush to plant another crop.

In other words, by the end of the year we can harvest another [-] rice, and all of them will be left over! "

Talking and calculating, Hou Runfa himself became excited. Seeing more and more villagers in the cafeteria, he couldn't help getting up and standing on the stool, his face flushed with excitement.

"Before on the boat, everyone also learned arithmetic with us. Now let's do the math, how much rice will be left after we work for half a year-two thousand eight hundred catties, folks, two thousand eight hundred catties!"

Hearing this, dozens of villagers in the cafeteria (thatched shed) also excitedly discussed——

"The village chief did his calculations right? If we farm for half a year, we can have two or three thousand catties of rice left over?"

"You boy is not good at arithmetic, and you still doubt the village chief's arithmetic? What's more, the rice we harvested before is stored in the granary, can it be fake?"

"The village chief is right, we can indeed save [-] catties of rice a year!"

"The rice seeds we brought are still super rice that has been passed down for two or three generations, and the land we planted is just reclaimed. One mu can grow six to seven hundred catties. If super rice is planted in mature fields, the yield per mu may not be high. Over eight hundred catties?!"

"I think you can be bold. The super rice is the fairy seed brought down by the emperor from the fairy world. It is said that in Daming, it can produce nearly a thousand catties per mu. The land in Luzon is so fertile. If it is ripe, it will definitely be able to produce more than a mu. Thousand catties!"

"I said, how come so many people from Fujian come to Dongfan and Nanyang? Even if they cultivate their feelings here, they can get rich. It's like a dream!"

"···"

Hou Runfa continued to speak loudly: "Before that, Prince Lu's Mansion had agreed with us to buy the rice we planted at the price of one silver dollar and one stone.

If we grow [-] catties of rice in half a year, that is about eighteen stones.In other words, in the first six months, each of us can earn eighteen silver dollars by farming! "

Eighteen silver dollars are actually equal to the previous 18 taels of silver.

This caused a heated discussion among the villagers.

"I remember when we were in Nanjing, the rice cost one tael and a half silver and one stone, right? Why did Prince Lu's mansion charge us so cheaply?"

"Are you stupid? Prince Lu's Mansion doesn't want to make money? What's more, they have to travel by sea for a month or two to transport the rice back to Daming. Once the ship capsizes, everything will be lost. They can buy it at the price of one silver dollar and one stone." , is pretty good."

"Indeed, I heard from the village chief that the price is set by the imperial court, otherwise the Prince Lu Mansion might lower the price even lower."

"I heard that the rice in other places in Nanyang only costs a few pennies a stone, but their rice is not as delicious as the super rice we grow."

"···"

"Now each of us has planted three mu of land, and we can get such a good harvest after working for half a year." Hou Runfa continued to calculate aloud, "If one person planted ten mu of land and worked for a year, how much can the remaining rice be sold for? Hundreds of dollars! That’s hundreds of taels of silver!”

Hundreds of taels of silver in the bag for a year of farming? !
Although they know that farming here can make a fortune, but when they really heard that they can earn hundreds of taels of silver a year, the villagers still feel unbelievable, and they are all ecstatic when they come back to their senses.

You know, although they are all from Nanjing, their families are very poor. Hou Runfa's family is considered the best among these people, and a small part of them are even orphans like Lin Sanqiang.

People like them usually work as coolies on the pier.

Even if you do it down-to-earth and work hard, you can earn at most four taels a month, and only four to fifty taels a year.

What's more, with the increasing population of Nanjing, the work of anti-contracting at the docks is not as much as you want.So under normal circumstances, you can earn two or three taels a month for anti-package at the dock.

But now, they have been farming in Luzon for a year, and they can earn hundreds of taels, which is three times that of the anti-package at the Nanjing wharf!
This is just driving people crazy!

At this time, the villagers all stared wide-eyed, opened their mouths, and spoke like they were dreaming——

"My God, farming in Luzon is so profitable?"

"No, if it wasn't for the village chief's calculation, I wouldn't know."

"If I knew it was so profitable, I would have called all my relatives over."

"It must be called—when we have money this time, we will send a letter back to call someone!"

Second more.

Good night~
[The author, Jun, was taught by a math and physical education teacher. If there are any calculation errors in the data, please tell me and I will correct them. 】