The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 616 Farming and Working (seeking a monthly ticket)
When Li Xu, the head of the family, sat down at the table, the family was ready to move their chopsticks.

Li Xu distributed a few hard-boiled eggs by himself!
First of all, he gave one to his old mother, which is a filial piety.

Then there are several children, one for each person. This is because the children need to grow their bodies and supplement nutrition.

The last remaining one was given to his wife by Li Xu.

His wife has suffered with him for half her life, and if there is something good, naturally she has to give it to her.

"Let's all eat!"

Li Xu's mother looked at the egg in front of her, but she didn't move, but pushed the egg back to her son.

"Xu'er, eat it!"

"Mother sits at home all day, and doesn't have to work in the fields. It's a waste to eat!"

"You either go to work in the fields or go out to do odd jobs every day. You carry our family on your shoulders. You are the pillar of the family and you must eat well!"

Li Xu didn't pick it up, but pushed the egg back to his mother and said.

"Mom, our family's life is getting better little by little!"

"My son is still young, and there will be opportunities in the future to eat delicious food and drink spicy food."

"And now that you are old, you should eat more!"

The two gave way to each other, and Li Xu's daughter-in-law also stood up and said.

"Mother, just listen to Li Xu!"

"Just give him my egg!"

"..."

In the end, the husband and wife shared an egg to eat.

The Li family is very poor, even to the point where they have to give up an egg, and no one is willing to eat it.

But the life of the Li family is very happy!
There is no shortage of food and drink, a harmonious family, and a bright future in life.

On such a day, no one can say that it is bad.

The Li family went to bed after dinner.

At this moment, someone knocked on the courtyard door.

Li Xu got up from his wife's body, and the husband and wife began to get dressed in a hurry.

Li Xu asked while putting on his coat.

"Who is it? Is there something wrong at night?"

The person outside the door responded.

"Brother Xu, it's me, Second Treasure!"

"I want to discuss something with you!"

Li Xu put on his clothes and closed the door of his bedroom.

Then he strode to the gate of the courtyard, lifted the latch, and opened the gate with a creak.

Seeing Erbao with a silly smile on his face outside the door, Li Xu asked.

"What is it?"

Erbao still said with a silly smile.

"Brother Xu, there is something I want to discuss with you!"

Li Xu just nodded and said.

"Speak up if you have anything to say!"

He and Erbao are from the same village, and have known each other for many years, so they naturally have no scruples when talking.

Er Bao scratched his head and said.

"I want to ask Brother Xu, the field will soon be harvested in autumn, what will Brother Xu plan to do after the harvest?"

"These families in our village don't have a lot of fields, and women and children can plant them. It's really a waste for us old men to stay at home and farm."

"We should go out and find a job, earn some money, and subsidize the family!"

Li Xu scratched his head in doubt and said.

"I don't usually do odd jobs? The money I earn is not too small!"

Er Bao shook his head when he heard the words.

"Brother Xu, I'm not talking about odd jobs, but finding a permanent job!"

"Let the mother-in-law and children plant the fields at home, let's just go to work!"

Li Xu resisted subconsciously.

As a farmer, he has always regarded the land as his lifeblood since he was a child.

Now someone said to him all of a sudden, let's not farm the land, let's go to work, Li Xu would definitely not be able to agree.

Li Xu frowned and asked.

"Is this matter...reliable?"

"Although there are fewer fields at home, if we rent some more with Mr. Li at the east end of the village, we won't be able to be free for a year."

Li Xu is a typical Chinese farmer who can endure hardships, but because he is afraid of risks, he doesn't like to venture out.

His wife and children are hot on the kang, Nongfu Spring has some fields, and an ordinary life is what he yearns for most.

Don't think about him going out to take risks without enough interests.

Er Bao said.

"Brother Xu, what is the way out of farming at home? How much money can I save throughout the year?"

"Let's go out and find a job, with food and housing included, at least one silver dollar a month as a base."

"If you are a skilled worker, the salary can be even better!"

"Besides, the field is not abandoned, isn't there a woman and child at home planting it?"

"Let's go out to work and save some money for the family. After two years, if we save some money, maybe we can send all the kids in the family to school."

"In this case, if there is a Wenqu star in the family, and the imperial examination can pass the high school, we will be the fathers of the official!"

Er Bao's thinking is very clear, since he can't be an official master, then he should be his father!

The thinking of Chinese people is completely different from that of foreigners. Foreigners generally only care about themselves and don't care about future generations.

When the Chinese do things, they will habitually pave the way for future generations.

For example, saving money for children to study!

Save money for future generations!
Li Xu was completely moved by the sentence of letting children read, he nodded and said.

"Er Bao, tell me, where shall we go to work?"

Er Bao said.

"I also asked someone to contact me!"

"The imperial court is going to build a road called "Railway" between Nanjing and Zhenjiang, which requires a lot of labor."

"The construction period is expected to last more than half a year. In terms of salary and treatment, since it is a project to be done by the imperial court, it is very good."

"But the person I entrusted said that we need more people to apply for the job."

To put it bluntly, it means that there is a shortage of people, so let them pull the head.

Li Xu nodded and said.

"Okay, let's go take a look later!"

……

The Ming court adopted the policy of renting instead of buying, and the number of fields provided to the local people was not rich.

After the division, it probably belongs to that kind. If you just farm the land honestly, you can hardly starve to death.

But don't think too rich.

The reason for this is not that Zhu Hongyu didn't have enough land to rent instead of buying, but that he deliberately arranged it.

Zhu Hongyu has no shortage of fields!

After the decisive battle in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhu Hongyu made a lot of money just by confiscating the assets of the former Ming nobles who surrendered to the Qing court.

Plus the confiscated land annexed by the Qing court dignitaries!
It can even be said that nearly half of the land in Jiangnan is controlled by Zhu Hongyu.

He has no shortage of land!
The reason for such an arrangement is because Zhu Hongyu is sure that if he distributes it according to the maximum number of acres of land that can be planted per capita.

Then Daming's industry and commerce don't need to develop!
As long as the land is in hand, there is a high probability that everyone will go to farm the land, a proper self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy.

But what you need to know is that the small peasant economy cannot strengthen the country!

For a country to be strong and prosperous, it still depends on the development of industry and commerce.

(End of this chapter)