Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 683 You don't want to buy

  This question is easy to answer. The farmers replied: "The land over there is so good that it is useless for us to plant it now. Maybe noble people will come to buy it in a few years. By then, we have been planting for nothing?"

   "It's better to choose a good land to plant now and raise the land."

  Although the land is good, it takes a lot of work to burn or pull out the grass, and they are also afraid of planting the land well. When the nobles come, they will circle the land they have planted with a wave of their hands.

   It’s okay, what if there is still food growing in the field, and the food is also circled?

   Such a thing is not unheard of.

  This kind of thing is also one of the reasons why more people tend to sell themselves into slavery.

   But selling themselves as slaves would be more involuntary, so as long as there is still a little hope, they don't want to sell themselves.

  The farmer who chose to sell himself was to get the money to treat his mother.

  Zhao Hanzhang understood what he wanted to know, and said directly: "Go and choose the land you like to cultivate. As long as the land can be cultivated to grow food, I will ask the county government to make a title deed for you."

   said again: "Is the seed left enough? If not, go to the county government to apply, and I will send some over, and you go directly to the county government to get it."

  The farmers frowned, while Zhao Hanzhang looked down at their farm tools.

  They directly used hoes to loosen the soil, and then scattered the wheat, which was not only slow, but also unable to achieve deep and intensive cultivation.

  However, it is also understandable that there is not enough labor and no animal power, so I can only loosen the ground with a **** on my shoulders.

   It may not be easy for Zhao Hanzhang to find a few cows for them in a short while, but it is not difficult to send some farm tools.

  She said: "I will give you some farm tools for the county government, and strive to have twenty plows for each mile. Don't be rigid. You have few families, so you can help each other."

  Zhao Hanzhang said: "Three families form a pair, plow this family's land today, and change that family's land tomorrow. Isn't the cooperation of three people faster and more efficient than one person's work?"

Zhao Hanzhang looked down at the wheat seeds that had just been sown, and said with some distaste: "Not to mention that the clod is so big that it is difficult to bury it, but it can be buried. With such a shallow pit, will the wheat seedlings survive the winter? It will not be easy to fertilize next year." .”

  The farmer blushed slightly, and then everyone looked at her in shock.

  They quietly rolled their eyeballs to look at her, swallowed, and asked nervously, "Who is the girl?"

   "This is Zhao Hanzhang."

  The peasants knelt down on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed on their stomachs, "My lord~"

  Zhao Hanzhang was so frightened that he took two steps back. When he realized it, he quickly stepped forward to help him up, "It doesn't have to be like this. I can't make you feel at ease to be good citizens. It's my fault that I sell myself to survive."

  The person who was lifted up by her trembled all over, his face was covered with tears, and he was speechless.

  Actually, there is another reason why they choose to sell their bodies. This year’s hard labor is quite heavy. They have just served for one month. Although the government has not announced it, they feel that next year’s labor will be even heavier.

  But the hard labor does not mean that they do not respect Zhao Hanzhang.

  Although it is difficult to live as good citizens, they are still grateful to Zhao Hanzhang for giving them a relatively safe place to stay.

  In the past, there were fights in this area, and they were also robbed. After the imperial court robbed a group of Donghai kings, the Donghai king robbed the Huns, and the Huns robbed the passing refugees. When they came out, they would encounter bandits...

  Their parents, brothers, even wives and children basically died and separated during this process, making it difficult to see them again.

   And now, there is only one Zhao Hanzhang above them.

  It’s nice to hear that taxes can’t be levied on them anymore, and there are no Huns to invade. Occasionally encounter refugees and bandits, and officers and soldiers from Luoyang and Chen County will occasionally come out to suppress bandits, and they can also protect them.

  They only need to deal with Zhao Hanzhang alone.

  So, this year her labor is a bit heavier, and she is a little tired, but everyone can accept it.

  If it weren't for the fact that there are so few people in the family, and it is difficult to get anything from farming, they would be very willing to be the people under her rule.

   Zhao Hanzhang’s apology made them cry even harder, and they raised their hands to cover their faces in shame and said, “I’ll wait until I have no face to see you.”

A farmer explained: "It's not that we don't want to be envoys and subjects, but it's just that life is too difficult. There is only me and my 12-year-old sister in my family. She broke her hand when she was fleeing. I rely on me to breed." Earth, it really can’t feed the two of you.”

  Zhao Hanzhang held back his tears, supported the man who wanted to kneel again, nodded and said: "I know, it's not your fault, it's because the imperial court couldn't protect you, it's because I failed to give you a stable life."

  Can be a good human being, who wants to be a slave like an animal, whose life and death depend on another person?

Zhao Hanzhang asked: "I will give you the title deed to ensure that you can cultivate the good land you want; I will provide you with grain seeds and agricultural tools so that you can cultivate more fields; you will form a pair and help each other, Under such circumstances, are you willing to continue to be my citizen?"

  Several farmers looked at each other, and immediately knelt down and said, "Caomin is willing!"

  Zhao Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, wiped away the tears on his face, pulled him up and said, "If one person can't reach the place where the flowers bloom, why not help each other with fellow travelers?"

  The efficiency of one person planting three acres of land is different from that of three people planting nine acres of land together. The former is much slower than the latter.

  They have few people in each household, so they can form a pair.

   Zhao Hanzhang pondered, how many people in Luoyang and Yuzhou are struggling to survive because their families are separated?

  With no clansmen to help, you can find an alliance by yourself.

The same is true for her, besides Xiliang and Gouxi, she should also seek more help. Shu, who has been wandering outside, Chang'an, who is caught between her and Xiliang, is trembling, and Jiangnan, who is now the backing of the imperial court. …

  Zhao Hanzhang pondered, while Zhao Hu on the side was blowing his beard in anger, "Zhao Hanzhang, it's fine if you cut people off, you won't even sell me the land now!"

  Zhao Hanzhang came back to his senses in an instant, and comforted him: "Seventh Uncle, don't talk about people here, even the birds are almost gone. What are you buying this land for? You don't have enough land?"

She said: "Look at the land I asked you to buy. Chen County and Luoyang are all good first-class places with a large population. They will be prosperous after a little operation. It will not be a loss at that time. You buy this land now In the end, no one can be found to cultivate it, so it has to be abandoned here.”

"I'm ugly to say that even if you are my uncle, you have to abide by the rules I set. I will take back the land I bought if it hasn't been cultivated for three consecutive years." Zhao Hanzhang said very sincerely: "I won't let You bought the land here for your own good."

  Zhao Hu is in a better mood now.

  This place is indeed remote. Although the land is good, it is hard to find people who cultivate it, and it is useless to buy it if no one cultivates it.

  Zhao Hu finally calmed down.

Zhao Hanzhang also looked away from this large piece of wasteland, and asked Zhao Hu to buy this piece of land. At most, this piece of land is cultivated by people. This place is remote, and few merchants come here. Those who can support people will bring economic benefits. Not much.

  Zhao Hu has this money, why not open more stores and workshops in other places.

   A group of people returned to the road, and it happened that the carriage behind them arrived. Zhao Hanzhang did not ride the horse, but got into his own carriage directly, but let Fu Tinghan, Zhao Cheng and Wei Jie get into the carriage together to discuss the matter.

   This discussion did not end when it stopped in the evening. Several students of Zhao Cheng and Zhao Zheng acted as their clerks and wrote down their orders one by one.

  Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan made several decrees, and when they arrived in Luoyang, they could know the two places well. At the same time, the Ministry of Industry was responsible for sending some farm tools to various places.

  They agreed on the number one by one in the car. Thanks to Fu Tinghan, he can remember how many townships there are in each county without flipping through books.

  Let Zhao Zheng and the others take notes, Zhao Hanzhang sat by the fire and turned his head to look outside.

  There are more than a dozen scattered thatched huts and mud houses there, but they are all dilapidated.

  The house they are staying in now is considered the best one in this small village, but when they look up, they can see the moonlit sky and the little stars twinkling in the sky through the broken thatch.

   This is an abandoned village.

  In Sizhou and Yuzhou, there seem to be many such villages, and in Jizhou and Bingzhou outside the two prefectures, there are only a few more.

  Was worried, when He came in with a blushing face, he leaned into her ear and whispered: "Girl, this slave has ordered someone to set up a curtain in a house not far away."

  Zhao Hanzhang glanced at her, changed it when it was convenient, and returned the curtain. Isn’t it convenient for her to go out in the field when leading the army?

  Zhao Hanzhang got up directly.

Listening to He followed behind to serve, he complained in a low voice: "When I came out, the madam had already arranged for the curtains to be set up, but I didn't use them all the way. I finally used them tonight, and Zeng Yue didn't wink." .”

  Zhao Hanzhang said indifferently: "The reincarnation of five grains is normal, but you are so elegant, and you refuse to announce it, and cover it up, but it is even more embarrassing."

  She said: "Say it openly, who would dare to take a peek?"

  Zhao Hanzhang said: "If there is, you tell me, and I will dig out his eyeballs for you."

   Ting He: "...I'm afraid the girl will be embarrassed."

   "I'm not embarrassed at all," Zhao Hanzhang said: "If I were embarrassed, I shouldn't be the commander-in-chief of the Zhao family army."

  Zhao Hanzhang walked into the house, which was a mud house with more serious leaks. At this time, a curtain was surrounded inside, and Gong barrels were placed inside.

  Zhao Hanzhang twitched the corners of her mouth. In fact, she wanted to dig a hole in the wild to solve the problem, otherwise Gong Tong would have to be washed...

  She unbuttoned her belt and was about to move when He screamed outside the curtain. Zhao Hanzhang lifted the curtain with a swipe, stepped forward and pulled the man behind him, looking forward sharply.

  The people outside were also startled, Zeng Yue drew out his long knife, rushed to the door and asked loudly, "Girl, what's wrong with you?"

  Fu Tinghan also ran out, "What's wrong?"

  Zhao Hanzhang had already seen what scared Ting He, and said in a low voice, "It's okay."

   Reached 6,000 words today, so happy, and everyone can go to bed early

   Continue to work hard tomorrow, hoping to complete the task

  (end of this chapter)