Make a fortune by farming: The sweetheart of the first assistant family

The wages are quite generous, five cents a day for men and three cents a day for women.

Liu Yamen, who was in charge of publicity, emphasized to Geli Zheng: Pinglehou said that if a woman can work as much as a man in a day, she can also get five cents a day.

In addition to wages, the government also takes care of meals.

As soon as Li Zheng returned to the village to promote, the villagers rushed to tell each other. They gathered at Li Zheng's house and chatted, noisy and lively like the Chinese New Year.

The villagers in Pingle Village rushed to Xu Lizheng and asked:

"Li Zheng, are you really getting paid for building river embankments?"

"Li Zheng, does the government still care about food? Does it care about lunch or dinner? What is the food? Is there meat?"

"It would be nice to eat some. Do you still want to eat meat?"

"Why can't I think about it? I don't need money to think about it!"

"Hahahahaha, that makes sense! I think so too!"

Xu Lizheng was listening to the villagers' discussion, and waited until they were all excited before speaking: "You heard it right, the Marquis proposed to let the government take care of the lunch meal, forget about the big fish and meat. It is certain that there will be enough food. The Marquis has always been You do what you say, and you don’t have to worry about being fooled.”

The villagers laughed naively:

"Li Zheng, we are not afraid of being fooled. This is the first time I have heard that laborers can be paid and take care of food. Hey, it's like picking up money while walking."

"Li Zheng, aren't you afraid that I will misunderstand you? What's the difference between such a good thing and dreaming in broad daylight?"

"Five cents a day, ten days is fifty cents. Half a month is fifteen days, how many cents is fifteen days?"

"My boy said that the wages for fifteen days are fifty cents plus twenty-five cents, a total of seventy-five cents!"

"Hey! Isn't your boy just in the first half of the school year? Why can he do math so quickly?"

"The Marquis said that if Pinglehou Mansion wants to recruit people in the future, it will first choose people who have gone to school."

The topic ranged from wages to the fact that Pinglehou Mansion was recruiting part-time workers. Everyone was so excited that they wanted to pack up all their children and send them to the Hou Mansion.

As soon as I was excited, I heard someone said that Pinglehou wanted to recruit people who could read and write, but the excitement immediately disappeared.

"Hey, how can our family afford scholars?"

"I heard that the Marquis is going to spend his own money to build a school."

"Is it true? How much is the tuition for a year? Is it expensive? Where is the school located? Is it far from home?"

Xu Lizheng was listening to everyone paying attention to Liaoping Lehou. He cleared his throat and said: "Since you have heard the news, I will tell you by the way. The Marquis said that when the river embankment is repaired, in our village and Da'an Village The school was built on fifty acres of wasteland! The money to build the school was provided by the Hou Mansion, but the money for the master's pen, ink, paper and inkstone had to be paid by the student himself. By the way, the Hou Ye also said that he had hundreds of books on hand. When the time comes, he will recruit scholars to transcribe for him, and the money will be calculated based on the number of words. Probably 50 pieces for a thousand words."

The villagers were silent at first, but soon became excited.

"Oh my God! Fifty cents for a thousand words? The money a scholar earns from writing a thousand words is enough for us to work for ten days!"

"When the Marquis's school is built, I will send my elder brother to the school to study even if I sell iron! If you try hard, you don't expect to be able to spell out a Marquis, but to be able to spell out a scholar who can earn fifty cents for a thousand words, then that's okay Contented."

"That's what I think too. Mr. Marquis has never hidden any ways to make money. As long as we are diligent and willing to endure hardships, we won't be afraid of not having money for our children to study."

"That's right! It's true that the Marquis made his fortune by farming, and he didn't preach to us the benefits of studying, but what did he rely on to get where he is today? Reading! If you don't study, the secret to making a fortune is in front of you, and we are also open-minded blindness."

Listening to the villagers talking so enthusiastically about schooling, Xu Lizheng was also very excited. He and Li Zheng from Daan Village were called to the county government office to have an in-depth discussion with Huo Yunchao about providing children with education.

For ordinary farm families, educating their children is a huge expense.

Even if Huo Yunchao spends his own money to build a school, he is worried that not many families will send their children to the school to study. Even half-year-old children can help the family a lot. If there is no future in the school, not many parents are willing to do useless work.

Huo Yunchao had to find a way to let the common people see that scholars benefited from their talents and knowledge. Nothing was more convincing than scholars holding real money.

The hustle and bustle is all for profit.

Xu Lizheng did not interrupt the heated discussion among the villagers. He drank the coarse tea leisurely. It was not as fragrant and delicious as County Magistrate Wang's tea, but the rustic coarse tea had its own unique taste.

When the villagers were discussing the school heatedly, Yao Dazui raised his voice and asked: "Li Zheng, the government pays workers and takes care of food, and does not depend on the number of people. How long does the river embankment need to be built? Wasn't it just built the year before last? Can we pay the wages?" Master, do we have to pick someone to go to work? Can my third boy go?"

There are three and a half sons in her family, and the workload is about the same as that of an adult man. However, she is worried that the government will provide such generous conditions and the labor requirements will be very high, and her family will not be allowed to do the work.

Xu Lizheng waited for a long time, and finally waited until someone asked this key question. He cleared his throat and said: "The Marquis said that the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, pregnant, and able-bodied men and women over ten years old can build river embankments. The wages are calculated based on the workload. You need to bring your own tools. If there is a lot of labor at home and the adults help the children more, then based on the workload, the wages of a ten-year-old child can be counted as five cents."

When Yao Dazui heard this, he couldn't help but grinned and said, "Isn't the Marquis the one who came up with this calculation of wages? Families with a small population are lucky."

Xu Lizheng emphasized: "Everyone, please pay attention! The calculation of wages according to family is only in the stone mining stage. If you want to make this money, you have to seize the opportunity. When enough stones have been collected, you can think about it again. There is no other way to make money. When it comes to laying stones and digging sand and earth, the wages are calculated as five cents for an adult man and three cents for a half-grown woman."

Yao Dazui heated up the atmosphere with a few words: "Okay! If you can make a day's profit, my couple plus three boys can earn twenty-five cents a day! If you do it for ten days, that's two hundred Fifty cents! If you don’t care about a meal, whoever doesn’t build the river embankment will be a fool!”

Just like that, Xu Lizheng led the villagers of Pingle Village to put on the necessary tools for quarrying and went to the foot of the mountain where the quarrying was done.

Butcher Xu was a man who couldn't take time off. He volunteered to be the supervisor. Without any unnecessary nonsense, he just gave orders: "You cut down all the trees at the foot of the mountain. After cutting down, take the trees to the designated area at the foot of the mountain."

Yao Dazui squeezed over and asked, "Mr. Xu, aren't we here to collect stones?"

Butcher Xu did not explain, but only made a request: "Don't ask so many questions. First chop down the trees, big and small, and clear the way up the mountain to quarry."