This traveler only wants to choose the lowest difficulty

Chapter 249
Wang Dong and the others watched from a distance as He Luo led the three leaders to come in front of them.

The three of them got off their mules respectively, and when they got closer, they saw that although the three of them had dark skin like old farmers, their eyes shone with shrewdness, obviously they were not ordinary farmers.

The clothes of the three of them were not bad either. It was early spring and the weather was still very cold, especially in places like Shanzhou, where the temperature rarely exceeded ten degrees Celsius even during the day. Ordinary people could only afford linen at this time. Clothes, but these people have at least one leather item on them.

The three of them dismounted from their mules and followed He Luo and walked towards Wang Dong and the others. They kept their hands in their sleeves as they walked, and at the same time subconsciously looked around to check the situation of the land.

When he got closer, Wang Dong looked a bit unhappy when he saw He Luo, but when he saw Wang Dong, he turned around and introduced to the three of them: "This is General Wang Biechong from Zhechong Mansion in Shanzhou."

Wang Dong nodded to the three of them with his hands behind his back. When the three of them looked at him, they all took out their hands from the sleeves of the cage and clasped their fists.

But looking at them, they are obviously not as fearful as ordinary people. Instead, they are a bit arrogant. Wang Dong probably understands in his heart that there are fewer people in Shanzhou City at this time, and these leaders are in charge of many migrant workers. At this time, it is a tight force in Shanzhou City, so even facing him, an official who is now a sixth-rank official, these people don't need to bow their knees so much.

After clasping hands on both sides, he raised his head and asked directly: "These nearby lands belong to adults?"

Wang Dong nodded.

He squatted down with his head, grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, rubbed it, then directly raised it in the air, wiped his hands and said, "Your land is not easy to cultivate."

The other two shook their heads and nodded.

One person pointed to the river that could be seen in the distance and said, "It's too far away from the river bank. Even if it can be opened to irrigate the land, a long ditch needs to be built."

The other person looked at the surrounding terrain and commented: "This place is not good. Although it is sunny, there is no vegetation. It can be seen that there is very little precipitation."

Then one of them searched for a long time on the ground with his head, and then kicked a piece of soil, kicking the stone far away, dust flying around, Yang and Wang Dong frowned and covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves , but the head laughed and said: "It's so dry, it's rotten..."

Wang Dong and Yang couldn't help but glance at each other.

When He Luo walked all the way, he was also very angry at the unruly appearance of these three people. Hearing that these three people dared to talk to Wang Dong like this, he held his knife and shouted: "Bold, what kind of people are you? You are so unruly and dare to speak to Shangguan like this?"

The more than 1000 mu of land was specially used by Hou Junji to win over Wang Dong. Naturally, the place he chose would not be bad. There are rivers and mountains. A few people said that it was almost unusable. If you think about it casually, you can tell that these people are deliberately trying to explain the situation a little bit so as to exaggerate the difficulty of their cultivation in order to ask for higher rewards.But considering that this is still the feudal era, and they are just a few peasant households, daring to use such a tone to speak to Wang Dong and the Yang family who have just made meritorious service, is indeed a bit of a bully.

A few of them were not afraid when they saw He Luo angry. They were able to come to Shanzhou to work all the way, and they also brought a dozen or so strong men. They are also ruthless characters.

"Oh, this soldier master is quite arrogant. Master Wang, if your soldier master doesn't like me, I will leave on my own, and let your soldier masters plant this land. We can't climb it."

Wang Dong couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, thinking that these people were indeed a little crazy, but he looked at the Yang family and didn't plan to join the team. He had originally agreed that what would be planted on the land this year would belong to him, but the matter of reclaiming the land had nothing to do with him. Yang is in charge of the relationship, from input to personnel management, and there is no need for him to stand up and say anything in order to help Yang save money.

Seeing He Luo being pulled back, the three of them couldn't help but secretly smiled.

On the other hand, Yang Shi and Wang Dong were a little angry when they saw the arrogance of several people. Among them, Wang Ji was in a hurry. He was also born in a farming family and knew that these three tricks were all aimed at taking advantage of their Wang family, but he was very afraid that this kind of business would not be possible. Looking at the appearance of a few people, he knew that they wanted to ask for wages, so he immediately stopped Wang Dong and the others. , opened his mouth and asked: "Everyone, don't say that. When you want how much money you want, first report the amount, and then we can add up."

The three turned their heads and looked at each other. Although they had different accents and obviously came from different places, they were united as a front at this time, and they all had to come up with a price they were satisfied with in front of Wang Dong.

A man with a Chuan accent spoke first: "My brothers and I came from Chuanzhong. It was not easy to cross the Qinling Mountains and over the snow-capped mountains. We walked hundreds of miles to get here. Spring is about to begin. There are workers here. It's also nervous. The wages are naturally going up. Originally, we thought about doing more part-time jobs in several farms here so that we could get more harvests, but Mr. Wang wants people here, so we have to come. "

"However, when I visited the land of the adults today, there were several difficulties: one is that the terrain here is not good, and it is necessary to spend more brainpower to plan the channels. When we arrange the manpower, we need to find some people who can repair water conservancy It will be a big expense, and the fields of adults are far outside the city. If you want to work on the land of adults, you can't cultivate other lands, which means we put down a man here The job is equivalent to the price of pushing several jobs elsewhere..."

He said that he looked at the other two people here, but Yang Shi already had a somewhat impatient look on his face. The other two saw her like this, and the one with a Shandong accent directly inserted his hand and said: "Let's Don’t ask for much, just give me the actual price. Come to Mr. Wang to do the work and pay for the repair of the public canal. For each job, your Excellency will give you five taels of silver and food and accommodation will be included.”

Hearing this, Wang Dong was secretly surprised. Before he came, he had checked the income of officials in the Tang Dynasty. The monthly salary of a fourth-rank official was about nine taels of silver, but these leaders actually asked for five taels of silver, although the price was obviously already high. It left room for them to negotiate the price, but such a high investment really surprised Wang Dong.

Before he heard from Wang Ji that all the ditches should be repaired on this piece of land, at least three No. 40 people would be called in, and if he wanted to reclaim all the land, he would have to call in another group of people to plow the land. , The official investment in this piece of land will be in the scale of 300 to [-] taels.

Once the investment of several hundred taels is put down, it will basically touch Yang's coffin. No wonder Yang was unwilling to entrust him with the work of reclaiming the land before. The whole field is really a bit expensive.

Wang Dong listened to the asking price of three heads, and looked at Yang's quietly, but he was also very shocked to see her.

Yang looked at Wang Ji.

Wang Ji also knew that they were like lions who opened their mouths. On weekdays, they hired a few farmers to help them, and it was reasonable to pay one or two taels of silver a month. When they came here, they only asked for five taels of cash, but now they are in their hands. , Wang Ji also knew that he could not offend the three of them, so he could only take a quick step forward, apologize to the three and ask them to lower the price.

Several people discussed it, and finally pressed the price on the basis of four taels for one farmer.

The price is also very high. Wang Dongneng knew that Yang's heart was bleeding, but the three leaders seemed to have suffered a huge loss, cursing and demanding that if there were four or two people, they must be The Wang family provided board and lodging, and also asked Wang Dong to ensure that they would not be harassed by the nearby nomads when they worked outside the city.

Wang Ji could only talk about the matter like this, Yang thought about it secretly, decided to accept it, and turned to Wang Dong to give a pleading look.

Wang Dong shrugged. It seemed that he still had to talk to the nearby nomadic tribes, and he would have to pay more at this time.

(End of this chapter)