A scholar becomes a landlord

In this way, at least it will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, and if it is too much, it is estimated that 10 taels of silver will not be able to beat it.

"so much?"

Qingxi was taken aback.

"Yes, the main reason is that all the bluestones have to be mined manually, which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and it also takes too much time to use all the bluestones."

That's why Butler Xiaojin is worried!

"Then did you tell the young master?"

Qingxi was afraid that the young master would not understand these things, so he said to use blue stones to pave the road.

"Yes, the young master said he needs to think about it."

Butler Xiaojin knew that his young master was not in vain. If it was just about money, it would be easy to solve, then the people and things would be the most troublesome.There is still time, and the time spent on bluestone is too long.

But Housekeeper Xiao Jin was worried for nothing. After Wei Le knew that it was unrealistic to lay all the bluestones, he thought of the second option.

He remembered that there used to be that kind of dirt road in the countryside, that is, a road paved with crushed stones. As long as it is compacted, the road will not rot even in rainy days.Besides, there were no large vehicles such as large trucks in ancient times, and the dirt road does not need to be too wide when repairing, as long as two horse-drawn carriages can run side by side.

In this way, apart from a little more manpower, crushed stones were easy to find in ancient times, no matter where they are.There should not be too many crushed stones in special quarrying places. It only takes a little manpower to knock them down and pile them on the road.

Wei Le shared his ideas with Yi Feng, and after discussing with Yi Feng, they found Butler Xiaojin.

"That's good, it's only three or forty thousand taels of silver at most, and it's not troublesome to repair."

Butler Xiaojin did some calculations, gravel is not expensive, and the villagers in Li Village can pick it up by themselves.Because it was from Li Village to the county seat, butler Xiaojin thought that the people in Li Village should also pay some.Among other things, they can do the work of picking up rocks!The Wei family can pay them wages, as long as they are willing to have the cheek to accept it.

For example, Wei Le has a horse-drawn carriage, so going to the county town is not too troublesome, but for the people of Li Village, two legs can’t run with four legs. They go to the county town once, and they have to walk at night when they come back, otherwise they have to stay in the county town for one night. Farmers are reluctant to spend money, and they have to walk a little more at night.

It's just that it's too unsafe to walk at night, Wei Le also wants to find a way out for Li Village.After the road was repaired, it only took him half a day to drive back and forth in a horse-drawn carriage, while the people in Li Village could walk back and forth in a day, and if they got up earlier in the evening to go there, they would not have to walk at night.

Moreover, Wei Le is also planning to get some mule carts for the village as public property in the village. Usually, when everyone goes to the county seat, they only need to pay a little money to take the mule cart to the county seat, which is faster than walking, especially It is a family that goes to the city to sell vegetables, and they can reach the county town in the middle of the morning by mule cart. At that time, there are many people who sell fresh vegetables, which is the time to sell them.

Thinking about it this way, Wei Le thinks this idea is really good. The county is not too big, but everyone wants to eat vegetables. The vegetables in Li Village are well grown, and they will be very fresh after a little tidying up, and they can be sold at a good price.

Wei Le can't help them directly, this kind of indirect help is still available.Although the budget has come out, butler Xiao Jin told Wei Le not to rush to build the road, and do it in two years.

Their young master has already taught the children for Li Village for free, and if he works for Li Village so frequently, he is afraid that he will raise a bunch of white-eyed wolves.

"All right!"

Knowing that Butler Xiaojin is doing it for his own good, he is not in a hurry to build the road.Now all the children he taught have found good jobs. The life of Li Village has been greatly improved, and they can afford to eat meat every month. There is really no need to rush to repair this road. It will be repaired in a few years, and it is also possible. Give outsiders a false impression that they don't earn as much money as everyone thinks.

Now he is only 21 years old. Since he came to Li Village at the age of 16, he has saved tens of thousands of taels of silver in five years. Isn't this money very easy to earn?He is also afraid of being watched, and everyone is annoying.

So the budgeted account book was temporarily sealed up, and it is not known when it will be taken out. It is estimated that it should not be possible in the past three to five years.

"Woooo~~"

Little Wolf pushed the door and walked in, just as Wei Le, Yi Feng and Butler Xiao Jin had finished talking, the three of them looked at Little Wolf together, where is the parrot?Usually, this wolf and bird can never leave the focus, and the focus can't leave the Meng.

"What happened to little wolf?"

Wei Le looked at the wolf girl and felt her depression.

"woo woo woo woo……"

Little Wolf talked a lot, but there was no interpreter from the parrot. Everyone really didn't understand what she said, and Wei Le could only feel the changes in her emotions, and occasionally guess what she meant, but there was nothing he could do in this situation!

"Where's the parrot?"

Since you don't understand, you have to find someone who understands.

"Woooo."

The little wolf turned around and asked everyone to follow her.

Wei Le had no choice but to get up, and Yi Feng followed the little wolf.Let Butler Xiaojin do things by himself.

When he came to the little wolf's room, he found that the parrot was actually sleeping in the bird's nest.

"So it's because it sleeps and can't play with you!"

Seeing the appearance of the parrot, Wei Le immediately understood that the bird is also afraid of the cold, and it has been snowing non-stop outside for two days, and the snow has piled up on the ground in a thick layer.But the children still come to class every day, because the school is warmer than home, and they are willing to come even if there is only a little bit.

Wei Le had no choice but to let Daxue and Xiaoxue cook ginger soup every day, and asked Wei Fan to prepare some anti-cold medicine for these children.

Fortunately, no students were injured for the time being, but a few students suffered from habitual frostbite, and Wei Fan prescribed medicine to treat them. Now those students are recuperating at home. frostbite.

Wei Le is actually somewhat dissatisfied with the behavior of the remaining children who are reluctant to use firewood to burn the kang. No matter how reluctant you are, you can't let the children suffer from the cold!And he also knew that these companies were not out of money, they were just saving habitually.I was really pissed off by such a parent, but he was just a husband and couldn't say much.

Come if the children want to come!Anyway, it's just burning the fireplace every day.

As for Li Zi and the others, Wei Le did not let them go back and forth, but assigned homework for them, once in a few days is fine, next year they will go to the boy's exam, and now they are mainly reviewing, Wei Le did not teach new lessons , They don't need to teach them new content for the time being.

"Little wolf, you can accompany your little dad today."

Wei Le saw that she was really bored, so he took the wolf girl with him. He practiced calligraphy in the room, and the wolf girl ran around in the room, and searched for treasures along the way.

Considering the little wolf's naughtiness, Wei Le did not dare to practice calligraphy in the study room. The things placed there are relatively fragile, and there are many precious items. If one is broken, one will be lost. No matter how generous Wei Le is, no matter how much he loves his daughter Such a pain!

Knowing that the little wolf would make trouble, he took it into the study, how heartless he was to do such a thing!

But for the little wolf, there is no difference between the study and the main room, the main reason is that the little father will play with her.Every time he ran to little daddy, he would reach out and touch his head, which was fun.

What Little Wolf likes most is his little daddy. Although he sometimes gets angry with him, he still loves him very, very much, even more than his big daddy.

"Woooo?"

By the way, where's Daddy?I was with them just now!

"What?" It was really a big problem not being able to understand wolf language.

"Squeak~~"

The door was pushed open, and Xiaolang and Wei Le looked up at the same time, with similar expressions and eyes, as expected of father and daughter.

"You're back."

Wei Le put down his pen and took off his thick cloak for him.

"Well, I went to the back mountain to look at the cave, and there is no problem."

The cave was still sealed, and the python did not escape.

"That's fine."

Wei Le and Yi Feng have to go up to look at it every few days, although they also believe that the big python will not rush out of the hibernating cave, and even spread a lot of hay inside to keep warm, but what if?

So they will go up and take a look from time to time, so that everyone can rest assured.

"What happened to her?"

Seeing the little wolf jumping around him after seeing him, Yi Feng didn't understand what she meant, so he had to ask his partner.

"I don't know, I guess I'm happy to see you!"

Wei Le rolled his eyes, patted the snow off the cloak, and hung it up.

The two of them had new cloaks every year, and except for the two cloaks made of firefox fur, silver fox fur and two wolf furs, which were easy to keep away, the others were distributed to the people in Wei Zhai.Even brother Xiang Tian and Cheng Yong asked for a few.Although it is old, in fact, the two of them have only worn it for one winter, and it is still [-]% new!And the leather is all good leather, which is hard to find outside.

Cheng Yong and Brother Xiangtian had their own, and they didn't ask for them to wear themselves, but sent them to Chengjia Village and gave them to Mr. Cheng and his family.The Cheng family didn't dislike that it was worn by Wei Le and Yi Feng, [-]% of the new ones were as good as new ones, and such a good leather, they couldn't find it in the county town for a few years, why would they dislike it?

To be honest, Wei Le didn't expect the Cheng family to be so honest and accept it without any obstacles.

In fact, when Cheng Yong came to ask for it, he said he could give him a new one, but Cheng Yong refused.He said that this is very good, the general and Wei Le are not outsiders, and besides, these cloaks are made of high-quality materials and leather, and they are [-]% new, so why not have them?

If they hadn't heard that there was no place for their cloaks to be taken out, they wouldn't have come to ask for them.This cloak is worth hundreds of taels of silver outside. Judging from the Cheng family's property, they are reluctant to make such a good cloak to wear. Of course, not having good leather is one of the reasons.

If he sent a brand new one, the Cheng family might be reluctant to wear it, but this kind of [-]% new one would be fine. Father Cheng and Brother Cheng would never dislike it.

Cheng Yong couldn't figure it out, so he picked the best few pieces for him and asked him to send them back to Chengjia Village. Of course, the two of them also went back to celebrate the New Year together.Although there is still more than a month before the Chinese New Year, they are afraid that the road will be difficult to walk. The closer the Chinese New Year is, the more snow will fall here, so they left when it was not snowing.

Cheng Yong and Brother Xiang Tian were not there, Wei Zhai was much quieter, maybe there was one less person who could make a fuss, and Wei Fan didn't have anyone to chat with him, so now he stays in the pharmacy researching new medicines every day, I don't know what he researched, anyway, Wei Le didn't feel that there was any new medicine produced, but it's good for Wei Fan to do something, so that he won't suffer from lovesickness.

An Yi didn't come for a long time, and Wei Fan took his eyes off the window.

Wei Le really wanted to tell him that it would be better next year, but after thinking about it, he had to tell him about it in advance. If Wei Fan went crazy and went to the capital to find someone, it didn't seem so good.