Sign-in space: I grew rich in ancient times

Chapter 134
Hearing the large-scale plow and its promotion, Fang Jiawang guessed Chen Boyu's intentions after only a short thought, and he said softly: "Because of your family's drive, our village has made a lot of money in the past few years. I have bought cattle one after another, and I have to pay different prices for renting plow carts with cattle and renting without cattle, what do you think!"

Chen Boyu nodded: "Naturally, Brother Fang, don't worry, I don't do this for making money, and these plow tools will be rented to various families in the village for the first two years. I don’t need to worry about the spring plowing of every family in the village anymore.”

Fang Jiawang heard this, and said worriedly: "But there are so many plow tools, you don't plan to make money from this, how much money do you have to lose?"

Fang Jiawang didn't know how much land the Chen family currently owned, but he felt that even if there were a thousand acres of land, three or four farm tools like this would be enough for the sky, and more than ten farm tools would be too much.

But Chen Boyu said with a smile: "Brother Fang, don't worry, you won't lose money. In the past few years, my family has been buying land one after another, and will continue to buy land in the future. These plows will come in handy in the future."

After hearing what he said, Fang Jiawang felt relieved a little. He didn't ask how many lands the other party had under his name, so he changed the subject and said, "Then you go back and prepare. , to see the power of this new large plow.”

Chen Boyu nodded and stood up to say goodbye. After returning home, he asked the two long-term laborers who lived in the old house to pull the plows and oxen to the field. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Fang Jiawang came to the field with men who could make decisions. , Chen Boyu asked the long-term worker to use the plow.

After turning over only a fraction of the ground, Chen Boyu told the long-term worker to stop, and the big guys squatted down around the fraction of the ground to observe.

After a while, someone said: "This plow digs deeper than the iron fork. The key is its speed. At this speed, one mu of land can be plowed in a quarter of an hour!"

"I noticed just now that the cows were not moving fast when opening this subdivision of land. If they were quicker, one mu of land in a quarter of an hour would be enough."

"This big guy is really useful. With it, it will be much easier to plow the land in the future. We can also spend more energy on serving the crops, so that the crops grow better, and the yield per mu is only increased by half a stone. , ten acres of land, there are five stones of grain!"

When many people heard this, their hearts suddenly became hot.

At this time, there was a cold voice: "Such a big thing is still made of iron, how much does it cost, such a good thing, we ordinary people can't afford the cost of making it."

"That's right, that's right, we can only live through the eye addiction, as for using it, don't even think about it."

Many people looked at Chen Boyu when their thoughts moved.

Fang Jiawang stood up at this time and said: "Everyone listen to me, it is indeed not cheap to manufacture such a large-scale farm tool, but in the future, the court will gradually equip all the prefectures and counties with this plow and ox. As long as you take the household to borrow and register at the Yamen, you can rent the plow and cattle home for a reasonable price.

However, it takes time to make this plow, and this policy will not be popularized here in a short period of time, but Dr. Chen wants everyone to use this plow as soon as possible, so he bought more than a dozen plows at his own expense and rented them out for everyone to use.

The price of renting a plow alone is different from renting it together with an ox and a plow. Renting an ox and a plow together costs ten renminbi an hour, and renting a plow alone costs four renminbi an hour. "

The brains of all the people present were moving rapidly. It is conservatively estimated that ten acres of land can be turned over in an hour. I searched all the land, and only spent eight cents, which is very cost-effective.

There was a family without cattle, who felt that the price difference was too much, and couldn't help but said: "The village chief, renting a plow alone costs four yuan, but shouldn't it be eight yuan to bring a cow, why is it two yuan more expensive?" ?”

Fang Jiawang patiently explained: "The plow is a dead thing, you can do whatever you want to it, but the cow is a living thing, you can't feed it fodder, you have to let it rest when you are tired, and you have to spend money to treat it when it is sick. It is more expensive than a plow, and the rent of six renminbi is already very cheap, so Dr. Chen feels sorry for you, and I originally planned to rent cattle for ten renminbi.

Besides, you can't just think about the money you spent, you also have to think about how much work this cow has done for you when you rent it back, and how much it can be worth. Don't forget, you usually have to pay two cents to go to the city in a bullock cart money. "

After such a comparison, everyone felt balanced, and clamored to rent a plow.

At this time, Chen Boyu waved his arms and brought everyone back to the old house. Soon all fourteen plows were rented out, and those who failed to grab them rushed to make an appointment for the next round.

In just four days, each family in Daping Village took turns using the plows to turn over all the land at home. Fang Jiawang came forward to communicate with the village chiefs of the three surrounding villages, so the fourteen plows The tools, and the cattle, went to the surrounding villages for a round before returning to Chen Boyu's hands.

As the news of the large-scale plow digging deep and high efficiency spread, the county magistrate of Huaiyuan County personally came forward, and the yamen paid for it, and rented the plow and oxen according to the hour, and they were rented by villagers in other villages in rotation.

So today's spring plowing ended with everyone discussing the new plow and intensive cultivation.

The spring plowing was just over, and Chen Boyu received a letter from Chen Boyan.

At this moment, everyone was preparing to have lunch, so everyone was very crowded. Everyone stared at Chen Boyu nervously. Seeing that he had finished reading the letter, his face was neither sad nor happy. In the end, Chen Huiyin couldn't hold back and asked, "Father, little boy?" What did Uncle say in the letter, what was the result of this scientific examination?"

At this moment, Chen Boyu smiled and said: "Your uncle has passed the Jinshi examination and has also been appointed as an official. He is now serving in the Imperial Academy."

"This is great, but it's a pity that my uncle has to be on duty and can't come back, so I can't celebrate him." Chen Huiyin said happily.

The rest of the people were naturally happy too, Wu Shengzhe said with a smile: "The transportation is convenient now, and three days are enough to come back from the city. Kangnu can come back for the New Year during the Spring Festival, and it will be the same to celebrate at that time."

After hearing this, everyone felt less regret.

The school reopened due to the end of spring plowing. There were four more gentlemen in the school, two of whom were in charge of the two big classes, and the other two Wu Shengzhe brought them to the four disciples, and introduced them carefully: "Children, starting today, this The two will teach you together with your teacher.

One of them teaches you the art of war, and the other teaches you riding and archery. From today on, I will make adjustments to your courses. "

After a pause, Wu Shengzhe pointed to a dark-skinned, burly figure, with regular facial features but very gentle, more than 40-year-old man, and introduced in detail: "This horseman will be responsible for teaching you how to ride and shoot from now on."

(End of this chapter)