Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

But this time, the heads of the Fourteenth Family couldn't help but hesitate after hearing the second thing Jia Huan raised.

The head of the Liu family couldn't help but ask: "Sir, these three crops, corn, sweet potatoes and peanuts, certainly taste good. But they cannot be used as staple foods. If they are grown on a large scale and produced, there will probably be nowhere to sell them."

The head of the Zhang family also said, "Yes, sir. Isn't it too much for each family to use a thousand acres of land to plant these three kinds of crops? How about each family giving dozens of acres of land to plant it?"

"Besides, if you plant these three crops after harvesting the wheat, there won't be much harvest, right? Your Excellency, of course, has good intentions and wants us to be able to harvest one more season of crops."

"But the growth of these crops is governed by seasons. If they go against the seasons and don't have enough time to grow, I'm afraid they won't be able to harvest much food."

Other family heads also echoed.

Hearing what everyone said, Jia Huan couldn't help but show a strange look on his face.

Didn't you just say that you only obey orders and follow my lead, and that you are my lackey?

I just finished saying this, how come you guys changed so quickly?
It can be seen that these people just listen to what they say.

If their instructions are beneficial to them or there is no loss, they will naturally support it.

If it harms their interests, they may not be so obedient.

Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "In this way, I am willing to sign a contract with you. I will purchase all the crops you grow according to the current price of rice."

"If your wheat crops are harvested and the yield is reduced by more than [-]%, all the losses will be borne by me. In this way, can you rest assured?"

These family heads don’t even dare to say anything.

But looking at their faces, there was still some unwillingness.

However, due to Jia Huan's official authority, he had no choice but to agree.

After all, for them, even if there is no harvest from this thousand acres of land, their losses will be limited after all.

But if they offend the county magistrate now, their entire family will be left with nothing to eat.

Jia Huan continued to talk about the third thing.

"Now, the carriage workshop's order has increased to [-] vehicles."

"Therefore, the carriage workshop must be expanded to increase production capacity. The funds you need to invest in the shares need to be taken out as soon as possible. Even if you cannot get 10 taels of silver at one time, you must get at least 5 taels of silver this time. All before the year Get it all.”

"In addition, you families must fully support the expansion of the workshop. At the same time, you family must find a large warehouse in the capital, and all produced four-wheeled carriages will be transported there as a transit place."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the fourteen family heads shone brightly, and they immediately became energetic.

In just a few days, orders have actually increased again?

The profits of this carriage workshop are indeed astonishing!
This made their resistance to using [-] acres of land to grow three types of crops disappear in an instant.

That little loss is nothing. I don’t know how much I can make back in the carriage workshop.

Next, the fourteen family owners began to discuss how to expand the scale of the carriage workshop and what each of them would do.

How the warehouse in Beijing operates, etc.

It took them a whole afternoon to discuss the matter properly.

……

Next, with the participation of fourteen aristocratic families, the carriage workshop began to expand at lightning speed.

These fourteen aristocratic families are local snakes after all, and their energy is fully unleashed, which is amazing.

As the carriage workshop expanded, more manpower was needed.

Almost one-tenth of the people in Ping'an County have flocked here.

With the flow of people, more business opportunities have also been brought, and the business in Ping'an County has shown amazing explosive power.When business prospers, it will naturally require more manpower and create more jobs.

And this has further promoted the prosperity of Ping'an County.

Jia Huan watched with cold eyes. He found that the development of Ping'an County was indeed changing with each passing day.

But not all people can benefit, and at most one-third of the people who can benefit.

This is also an extremely helpless thing, and it has been like this in all dynasties.

Throughout the so-called prosperous times of the past dynasties, the wealthy were all large landowners.

If the common people can fill their bellies and have clothes to wear, it is considered a prosperous age.Has there ever been an era when everyone was wealthy?
The production of four-wheeled carriages was directly taken over by the fourteen aristocratic families, and Jia Huan became a hands-off shopkeeper.

Anyway, the bulk of the four-wheel carriage's profit is actually the steering system and glass.

As long as these two core technologies are in hand, the fourteen great families will just work for him.

Next, Jia Huan joined hands with Lu Liu to tighten the security of Ping'an County.

The fourteen great aristocratic families also began to restrain their children, ordering them not to cause trouble.Otherwise, the family will be the first to let them go.

This made the entire Ping'an County official system clean up, almost to the point where people would not close their doors at night if they didn't pick up leftovers on the road.

In the following time, Jia Huan did two more things.

The first thing to do is to build water conservancy projects. Now is the slack season, so there is no need to worry about manpower.

When Jia Huan built water conservancy, it was not the labor service of the past, but the recruitment system.

Not only does he have to take care of three meals a day, but he also earns ten cents a day.

The construction of water conservancy projects was carried out throughout Pingan County.

This allows the people in each village to not only enjoy the benefits brought by water conservancy, but also provides them with a job.

This time, almost all the people in Ping'an County were grateful to Magistrate Jia.

The second major thing Jia Huan did was to start building a Ping'an Academy in Ping'an County that could accommodate at least [-] students.

All children from Ping'an County can attend school for free.

In the academy, well-educated scholars will be recruited to educate children, and there will also be candidates and scholars to teach the scholars.

Currently, the Academy has started construction.

As soon as this news came out, the people in Ping'an County almost worshiped Jia Huan.

Their gratitude to the county magistrate has almost reached the point of being beyond measure.

And as these projects started, almost all the people began to benefit.

……

And Ping'an County is the focus.

From Emperor Chongkang to the princes in the court, and even officials and wealthy families from other places, their eyes are all focused on Ping'an County.

After all, this is the vanguard of change.The development of Ping'an County is related to whether the reform can be carried out smoothly and whether the interests of the gentry will be violated, which will naturally attract the attention of countless people.

Not only Daxia, but also some surrounding countries that are eyeing Daxia are paying close attention to this.

However, the development of Ping'an County greatly exceeded everyone's expectations. (End of chapter)