Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]
Chapter 25 3 in 1
After he finished asking, he heard Lu Liu's voice: "Lang Jun, I'm here."
As soon as Xiao Zirong turned around, he saw that Lu Liu was carrying a lot of things, most of which were seeds, so he couldn't help being stunned: "What are you doing?"
Lu Liu said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, take the car."
Only then did Xiao Zirong understand what she meant, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "Okay, put it back quickly, the mountain road is not easy to walk, how can you carry so many things on your back?"
Liu Cainiang came over and said, "It's okay, there's not much to go anyway, it's even worse for Mr. Lang to walk on mountain roads with his feet, and Lu Liu has great strength, so it's okay to walk this distance with things on his back."
Xiao Zirong was naturally unwilling, but it turned out that Lu Liu, who had always looked shy and silent, turned out to be a man of action. When he refused, he walked over without a word and put him on the car with his waist in his arms. Very easy.
Seeing him being thrown into the car, Liu Cainiang couldn't help but pursed her lips and said with a smile: "That's right, okay, let's continue on our way."
The little ladies hid aside and laughed, while Xiao Zirong sat in the car doubting life.
It's just that after continuing to drive, those little ladies couldn't laugh anymore. They originally thought that their destination was a small village at the foot of the mountain, but now...they have entered the mountain, and no one usually comes to this place!
Could it be that the monsters in the mountains bought them?
Some courageous ladies took a sneak peek at Xiao Zirong. Those two ladies did not look like the legendary ghosts, but this little gentleman was as beautiful as the legend. Could it be... isn't he people?
In such apprehension, they finally arrived at the station, and when they saw that there were many people inside the station, and they were all young ladies, they were all dumbfounded.
Bai Qiniang on the side was also very surprised. Originally, Yang Wuyi died, but she was both regretful and relaxed. She regretted that she didn't kill that person herself. Relaxation means that the person who tortured her will never continue to torture her again.
Along the way, she also thought about whether the new host would treat her badly, but no matter how bad she was, she couldn't be worse than Yang Wu.
But now this scene seems to be different from what she thought.
Just when the girls were surprised, A Yin and A Man, who had been guarding the road, saw their figures and ran over from a distance, shouting, "City Lord!"
Bai Qiniang glanced at Xiao Zirong subconsciously, feeling a little strange that the title of city lord...is a bit nondescript.
Qi's official position is either county magistrate or governor, where is there any city lord?
However, this place is so remote that it doesn't look like a formally divided administrative area.
Xiao Zirong nodded to A Yin and A Man and asked, "Is nothing wrong?"
A Yin followed him on the left and said, "No, you've only been away for a day. What can you do? Everyone is working hard to burn bricks."
Xiao Zirong thought about it too, probably because they did a lot of things in this extra day, which made him always feel as if a long time had passed.
Aman, who was following him, glanced at Bai Qiniang and the others curiously and asked, "City Lord, who are they?"
Xiao Zirong said, "I just bought it from a dental shop."
Ah Yin smiled and said: "Great, someone will play with me again in the future."
Aman was a little confused: "City Master, didn't you say you wanted to bring some male slaves back?"
Xiao Zirong's smile suddenly became a bit bitter, he also thought about it, but the reality is that those male slaves are useless, not to mention the high price, they are not easy to use, simply put, they are not cost-effective, what can he do?
Even if they know that the money they have now can support them for a long time, they still have to think about the future. If they get some people who can't do anything, they come back because they don't like their work, so why don't they get some uncles to support them?
Xiao Zirong patted Aman's head and sighed: "Let's go back first."
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Aman went to chat with Liu Cainiang. After arriving at the station, Xiao Zirong found that these little ladies had already started to arrange the layout according to the city layout map he had hung up.
Xiao Zirong was a little surprised, but she didn't ask any questions. She turned her head and said to Liu Cainiang, "Take them to wash and settle down first. Put the things in the warehouse first, and then go to have a good rest. We will discuss it tomorrow. .”
Now that the things have been bought, Xiao Zirong is not so anxious. After tossing all day and night, he feels that his bones are about to fall apart, and because his spirit has been tense, he feels very tired when he comes back and sees his friends. He simply decided to take a shower and rest.
Seeing his tired face, Liu Cainiang quickly said: "Leave this matter to me. The city lord will go to rest first, and I will report it after the arrangement is settled."
Xiao Zirong nodded and left like a wandering soul.
After he left, for some reason, those little ladies breathed a sigh of relief.
After Xiao Zirong finished washing and entered the room, he fell asleep and fell asleep. When he woke up, it was almost sunset. When he woke up, he started to take people to check the inventory and prepare to integrate resources.
When he was counting the inventory, he always felt that something was wrong. After the counting was over, he realized that he missed one of the most important things this time - he forgot to sell the soap formula!
Xiao Zirong had quite a headache, and didn't understand how he forgot such an important thing.
Not only that, I even forgot to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones.
When Liu Cainiang came over, she happened to see the look of lovelessness on the face of their little town master.
She was a little surprised and asked: "What kind of trouble did the city lord encounter?"
Xiao Zirong sighed and said, "I forgot two things."
As he spoke, he raised his head and saw Bai Qiniang who was following behind Liu Cainiang.
He was a little surprised and asked, "Why did you bring her here?"
Liu Cainiang said quickly: "Bai Yan said that she can read and do arithmetic, so I brought her here to see if she can help you."
Bai Yan thought it was Bai Qiniang's name, and Xiao Zirong asked curiously, "Do you know how to spell?"
Bai Yan lowered her head and said in a low voice: "I dare not say yes, but I am very familiar with counting chips."
Xiao Zirong asked: "Someone taught you before?"
Bai Yan explained: "My father used to be a businessman, and the servants got to know him a little bit by his side. Before he got married, he was also in charge of some shops in the family."
This is also the reason why her stepmother regards her as a thorn in the flesh. Although she is a girl, she cannot inherit much family property, but who makes her younger brother such a waste?Seeing that she couldn't support the family property, her father thought of recruiting a wife so that Bai Yan could stay at home and continue to take care of the family property.
How could her stepmother bear it?So after going back and forth, she tried to find a way to marry Bai Yan to a place hundreds of miles away from her natal home.
Xiao Zirong was not that curious about her life experience. Anyway, in his words, once he arrived here, it was equivalent to having a new life, and all the past was discarded.
He asked sharply, "Do you know how to do business?"
Bai Yan nodded: "I don't dare to say that it's a big business. It's okay to manage one or two shops. I also opened two shops in Liangxiang County before."
Xiao Zirong deeply felt that Yang Wu was mentally retarded, and such a powerful lady would still sell her.
If Bai Yan would really be implicated in the treason case, it would not be his turn to sell her.
Xiao Zirong waved to Bai Yan and said, "If that's the case, then come here and try it first."
what to tryOf course, it is to check and record the inventory.
They also have a lot of things in their hands now, all kinds of seeds, chickens and ducks, and some cloth.
These things have to be divided equally, after all, they were bought with the ten pennies, but how to divide them is still a problem.
When Bai Yan was sitting next to Xiao Zirong, she was still a little cautious, but she might have touched what she is best at, but gradually Bai Yan let go, immersed in inventory and calculation.
Xiao Zirong watched her for a long time, Bai Yan's business talent is hard to say, but she is really good at simple arithmetic, and she is very careful.
After waiting for a while, Xiao Zirong stood up and said, "Since you have already started, you can manage the warehouse here for the time being, and you must record everything when you leave and enter the warehouse."
Bai Yan raised her head and looked at Xiao Zirong in surprise. After seeing the other person's gaze, she remembered the scary scar on her face, and immediately lowered her head and asked, "Little...City Master, am I alone? Is it possible? ……not too good?"
Xiao Zirong said: "There is nothing wrong with it. Now that there are few things, you can support them by yourself. When there are more things, other people should learn to help you."
Bai Yan bit her lip and said, "That's not what I meant, I mean..."
Xiao Zirong clicked on the bamboo table and said, "I know what you mean, don't think too much."
After saying this, he suddenly smiled mischievously and said, "So what if you know everything? Don't you think you can go out?"
Bai Yan raised her head and stared at him with wide eyes, then lowered her head after meeting Xiao Zirong's gaze.
Xiao Zirong warned before going out: "Don't keep your head down, it's not good for the cervical spine...it's not good for the neck, and the scar on your face is nothing. If anyone dares to discriminate against you, you can come to me and see me." Don't deal with him."
Bai Yan was taken aback for a moment, the expression on her face gradually relaxed, she pursed her lips and said in a low voice, watching Xiao Zirong's back walking out, "That's not it."
Xiao Zirong has always been gentle and gentle to them, not even talking loudly, so he occasionally jokes, the so-called cleaning up is at most a kind persuasion with a helpless face.
However, as Xiao Zirong said, the scar on her face was indeed more noticeable after she got here, but she never looked down on her because of this scar.
She remembered what Liu Cainiang had said to them before, and knew that everyone here had been hurt, oh, except for the city lord, who begged them to stay because of his soft heart.
Bai Yan felt that perhaps only such a place could accommodate her, even if she was allowed to leave, she didn't really want to leave now.
Bai Yan was stunned and immediately began to write and draw on the clay tablet.
And Xiao Zirong who left here is not lazy, but has other things to do.
He went directly to Liu Cainiang, who was watching the slave girls he bought before doing things.
Xiao Zirong asked: "How is it? Can it work?"
Liu Cainiang nodded: "They are all experienced hands, so it is no problem to raise seedlings."
Xiao Zirong breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while and said, "These female slaves can also be regarded as the property of the city government, and they can be exchanged for points. What do you think?"
Xiao Zirong didn't want to treat these female slaves like this if he could, since they were all real people anyway.
It's just that they were bought with money after all. He said long ago that the money is equivalent to the treasury's ownership, so it's hard to say the ownership of these female slaves. They can only be owned by themselves in this way. As for the future... ...Reliable ones can of course be released from slavery, but unreliable ones...that still needs to be looked at again.
Liu Cainiang said with a smile: "How can I do that? These people should all belong to the city lord."
Seeing the expression of disapproval on Xiao Zirong's face after she finished speaking, she added: "We all belong to the city lord."
Xiao Zirong: ...
Forget it, but he does need help.
He definitely doesn't have time to farm the land because he has to deal with all kinds of affairs, and of course, he wouldn't know how to do it if asked.
Rich theoretical knowledge does not mean that you can get started directly, not to mention that Xiao Zirong is planning to teach everyone scientific planting, scientific breeding, etc., but because today's science and technology are not yet systematic, he must translate those theories into words that everyone can understand.
Fortunately, he doesn't need to let everyone fully understand how he came to the conclusion, as long as he simply and rudely tells them that it's okay to do so, they will believe it.
After hearing Xiao Zirong's words, Liu Cainiang ordered a few female slaves and said, "They are pretty good."
Those female slaves also heard something just now, and now they all showed eagerness.
After they were sold, they couldn't figure out who the owner was. Such a homeless state made them very disturbed.
What's more, the person in front of him is the city lord, who wouldn't want to follow the city lord?
Xiao Zirong waved his hand and said, "Just give me two, I don't need that many."
Liu Cainiang was a little confused, but before she could say anything, she heard Xiao Zirong say, "It's time to start dividing the land. We must plant all the rice before the autumn harvest, so that we can harvest for another season."
Regardless of whether there is more or less rice harvest this season, at least it means that they are on the right track here, and they are no longer in a state of sitting and eating.
Liu Cainiang asked, "Shouldn't you build a house first?"
Xiao Zirong explained: "When the rice is harvested, there will be free time, and it will be too late to build at that time."
Liu Cainiang smiled and said, "You want to do the same thing? You don't have to do that, we can do it together."
Xiao Zirong shook his head: "Your body is important, don't force it so hard, it's not like you don't have a place to live now."
Liu Cainiang didn't say anything, now everyone is full of enthusiasm, even if Xiao Zirong stops everyone from doing it, it probably won't be able to stop them, but they just walked for a day, and this group of people started to burn bricks irresistibly ?
These days, no matter who it is, the pursuit of houses and land is unstoppable. Once you really have the opportunity to own your own house and land, you will feel that you have hope for life.
Xiao Zirong brought Bai Yan over to check the inventory, and he ran over to set the conditions for points exchange.
Although there is enough land on their side, there is not much suitable for farming, or there is not much land that can be considered flat, and many flat lands are closer to the sea and have higher salinity content. It also leads to good and bad land.
The good ones must be distributed to those who have contributed more. Xiao Zirong wanted to set points at the beginning, but after thinking about it, he decided to go straight to the auction.
In this case, the highest bidder wins. However, the maximum points for the bid cannot exceed [-]% of the total points—Xiao Zirong is worried that they will use all the points for land exchange, and then forget to use the points to exchange for seeds and others. s things.
The concept of auction is very new to young women, most of them have never even heard of the word auction, let alone how to operate it.
However, when it comes to land, everyone is very anxious.
Xiao Zirong didn't expect this either, but fortunately, he found Bai Yan directly and asked Bai Yan to write all the matters of the auction on the clay board and hang it up for everyone to see for themselves.
Bai Yan was stunned by his move: "Don't you arrange for someone to give a lecture?"
Xiao Zirong said: "Just keep it simple and use vernacular. Those who can understand will tell others."
Bai Yan still feels a little unbelievable. There are too few people who can read and write these days. Although there are not many people here, there are at least a hundred or so people. Only one or two people who can read and write need to work hard to convey the meaning go out?
And what if the original meaning is distorted in the process?
According to Bai Yan's thinking, Xiao Zirong should give a lecture in person, but she is new here, so naturally she will do what the city lord tells her to do.
So he wrote down the auction process according to Xiao Zirong's intention and hung it up.
After she finished writing, she heard Xiao Zirong say next to her: "We should put up the notice board first."
Bai Yan asked Lu Liu to take out the clay tablet and put it away, because she was worried, she put down the things in her hands and ran over to prepare to explain to someone who couldn't read or understand.
She was also worried that this matter would bring trouble to Xiao Zirong. Since ancient times, as long as the land was involved, there would definitely be endless troubles.
As for houses... homesteads are also a kind of land.
Now it seems that Xiao Zirong is very popular, but Bai Yan always feels that this little city lord is alone here.
After all, according to Liu Cainiang, those girls who escaped from the village are considered their own.
After the clay tablet was hung, people came to see it one after another.
At first, Bai Yan thought that these people were all here to join in the fun, and it was the same when they were in the county town. After the notices were posted, those who could read or not would go over to join in the fun, and some who could read would read out and explain. .
After these little ladies came over, they all looked there quietly. Occasionally, there were one or two inquiries about what was written, but not many.
After everyone has read it, we will start discussing it, and give a little explanation to the illiterate.
Bai Yan was careful, and after observing for a while, she was shocked to find that only a minority of these young ladies could not read!
How can this be?
There are not many men who can read and write these days, let alone women. If a woman can read and write, she must be from a rich or noble family. It is said that these little ladies were civilians before they were taken captive, and their family conditions must not be enough to read and write. Word.
Bai Yan felt more and more weird about this place, and when she was walking back, she happened to see Liu Cainiang, and couldn't help but go over and ask, "Cainiang, you... all of us here... can read?"
Liu Cainiang knew what she was thinking when she saw her expression, and said with a smile: "I didn't recognize it at first, but I was forced by the city lord to learn a little bit."
Bai Yan was taken aback: "Huh?"
Only then did Liu Cainiang explain: "During the rainy season, we couldn't do anything. The city lord taught us how to read and read when he saw that we had nothing to do every day. He also said that we could become officials if we learned well."
Speaking of this, the smile on Liu Cainiang's face couldn't help but widen. I think it was more painful for them to learn each other, but after they finished learning, they found that it was indeed much more convenient, and it also made everyone more confident.
Mastering knowledge in this era means stepping into another class, even if they don't plan to go out, there is a kind of psychological satisfaction.
Bai Yan never expected this to be the case, and became even more curious about Xiao Zirong in her heart.
Bai Yan is someone who has seen the world and knows the methods men use to control women. In all fairness, the more ignorant these little ladies are, the easier it is for Xiao Zirong to control them.
But he let these little ladies study, although it seems that there is no effect at present, but those who read the book will understand a lot.
The more Bai Yan thought about it, the more curious she became, and she really wanted to ask Xiao Zirong what he was thinking.
However, she couldn't find Xiao Zirong after searching for a long time, so she couldn't help wondering what Xiao Zirong was doing.
At this moment, Xiao Zirong was peeling the bark.
No way, who made him forget to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones when he went to the county town before, and it is not worth going to the county town again for these things. The most important thing is that his feet are just right, and he really doesn't want to experience another journey of blisters.
In this case, he can only do it himself, anyway, he can find many methods with a random search.
Get rid of those that don't fit, leaving only the simplest method.
The quality of the paper produced by this method must be relatively average, but that is also a no-brainer. If you don’t make paper, you have only two choices, one is clay tablets and the other is bamboo slips.
Thinking of the weight of these two things, Xiao Zirong couldn't help but contort his expression.
However, he still chooses bamboo slips for important records. After all, the place is too humid and paper is not easy to preserve, but it is better to use paper as a draft for ordinary records.
Fortunately for Xiao Zirong, the mulberry tree is very widely distributed, and it can be said that it is very easy to get.
He carried the stone ax and ran into the woods to cut a few mulberry trees. After he was exhausted and out of breath, he realized that maybe he should really exercise.
After dragging these mulberry trees back, he began to peel off the bark. In fact, it was bark, but it was basically the layer of fibers between the bark and the tree.
After removing the outermost layer of bark, Xiao Zirong dried the bark and went back.
When Bai Yan saw him, she was shocked and asked, "City Master, did you just roll around in the mud?"
Xiao Zirong: ...
He looked down at himself, um, because of the hot weather and he was reluctant to continue wearing that suit, Xiao Zirong’s upper body was naked. He cut and peeled trees all the way, and his body was indeed Scratch a lot of soil.
He deeply felt that making clothes was imminent and turned his head. He looked up at Bai Yan and asked, "Have you figured out how much cloth there is in total? How much can each person share?"
Bai Yan said: "If we really want to divide it up, everyone will be bunted at most. City Lord, do you really want to divide it? There are quite a lot of cloth, why don't we use points to exchange for it?"
Xiao Zirong said: "This thing is different from other things, it should be regarded as a welfare from the treasury. By the way, you can wait until you inform. After the land auction, everyone will be registered."
Bai Yan was a little surprised and asked: "Household registration? I thought..."
Xiao Zirong knew what she wanted to say, and was very frank: "This is our own household registration, which is different from the outside, and it is not included in the government files."
If they were placed outside, the young ladies here would not be able to establish a household. Female households did not appear until the Tang and Song Dynasties, so if they want to get a household registration, these young ladies must first marry.
After hearing Xiao Zirong's words, Bai Yan hesitated to speak.
Xiao Zirong glanced at her and said, "Just say what you want to say."
Bai Yan whispered: "If you do this...wouldn't you create a country within a country?"
Xiao Zirong was slightly taken aback, tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with what you said, it is indeed a country within a country, but no one should care about our 'country', if it is you , Do you want to stay or go back?"
Bai Yan was silent for a while before she nodded and said, "I understand."
What else is there to say?How could she be willing to go out?Haven't suffered enough?
Although there is a shortage of food and clothing here, at least the mood is relaxed, and this shortage is only for a while. She can see that the city lord has a plan for many things. According to this plan a little bit, their life will be better. get better.
After they finished speaking, Liu Cainiang came in and said, "City Lord, are you looking for me?"
Xiao Zirong nodded: "Look for someone who can make clothes, let's make some clothes out of those cloths, the weather is not so hot now, it's still not enough to have no clothes when the weather gets cold."
Of course, the most important thing is that the clothes of many young ladies are really indecent. The most deceitful thing is that every time you meet such a young lady, he is the one who runs away instead of those little ladies. As if he didn't mind his body being seen at all, Xiao Zirong was simply convinced.
Liu Cainiang obviously understood what he was thinking, she pursed her lips and smiled and replied, "Okay."
Although Xiao Zirong said to find a few who can make clothes, in fact, almost none of these young ladies know how to do needlework. Of course, it is certainly not as good as professional clothes, but they can be worn.
Especially after they heard that these clothes did not require their points, they were even more delighted. A group of people discussed and selected some of the best handmade clothes to make a set of clothes for Xiao Zirong.
When Liu Cainiang brought the clothes to Xiao Zirong, Xiao Zirong was throwing the bark into the water.
The most troublesome thing about making paper is that it takes a long time. After the bark is dried, it needs to be dried for another half a month. The process is not that complicated.
Liu Cainiang watched him throw the bark into the water and asked, "What is Mr. Lang doing? Why didn't you call us over for this kind of physical work?"
Xiao Zirong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I just want to make some paper, and it's not something important. You have too many things to do now, so you don't need to bother you with such trivial things."
Liu Cainiang said seriously: "We should be allowed to do it because it is a small matter. Didn't the city lord say before that he wanted to rebuild the city's drainage pipes? That's the important thing."
Xiao Zirong said: "It's already planned, and we need to add a little pipeline. This is not urgent for now. Now everyone knows about the auction, right?"
Liu Cainiang replied, "Yes."
Xiao Zirong nodded: "That's fine, the time is tentatively scheduled for three days later, if the next season of rice is delayed, the rice will go bad."
Liu Cainiang pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It just so happens that everyone made a suit for the city lord, so let's wear that suit that day."
Xiao Zirong was a little surprised: "You made it for me?"
Liu Cainiang pulled him and said, "Go, go back and have a look."
There was a smile on Xiao Zirong's face, he didn't care much about his clothes, but it was a good feeling that someone was thinking about him.
After returning to the house, Xiao Zirong couldn't help being a little surprised: "Doing so well?"
Liu Cainiang glanced at the suit of clothes he hung on the wall: "It's not really good, let's try to wear it."
Xiao Zirong shook his head and laughed: "Don't compare with that one, it's an imperial style, it's hard for ordinary people to see it even if they don't wear it."
As he spoke, he brought over the new clothes. The fabric of the new clothes is linen, which is not very good, but the little ladies made a similar set according to the style of his previous clothes, with everything from the inside to the outside. There are also some patterns embroidered on the neckline and sleeves.
This dress was originally a toga with long sleeves, and a palm-width belt made the waist extremely thin. Even though it was just the most common material and clothing, Xiao Zirong forcibly used his face to make this suit more noble.
Liu Cainiang saw that the little man who was just like a mud monkey looked suave after changing his clothes, not to mention how happy she was, and said repeatedly: "Young man, you should wear such clothes every day."
Xiao Zirong flicked his sleeves and smiled, "How can you work in such clothes?"
Liu Cainiang said seriously: "Which city owner did the work in person? Not to mention the city owner, even well-to-do families with a little wealth hire people to do the work. The city owner must not do this in the future, otherwise it will be my negligence."
Xiao Zirong reluctantly responded with a good voice.
In fact, there are more than one thoughts like Liu Cainiang. After seeing Xiao Zirong no longer running out in clothes made of leaves, Bai Yan said with a sigh of relief: "You finally think about it, or I will go out to help You worked."
Xiao Zirong smiled helplessly, and then heard Bai Yan say: "I took a look at our tax before, and the tax is not high, but...does the tax really go into the treasury?"
Xiao Zirong asked puzzledly, "What's wrong? If the taxes don't go into the treasury, where do they go?"
Bai Yan said seriously: "What about you? Shouldn't you have a share of these taxes?"
Xiao Zirong was a little dazed: "Huh?"
After all, Bai Yanxin was still a child, so she was a little naive.
She explained earnestly: "I don't know what you think, but this city belongs to you, so it's no problem that all taxes belong to you, you just need to allocate a small part to the treasury."
Xiao Zirong frowned: "How can you say that this city is mine? I..."
Bai Yan said in a low voice: "But if you don't want anything, everyone will be worried."
Xiao Zirong froze for a moment: "Why?"
Bai Yan said: "Because I'm afraid that you will leave at any time. You are different from us after all. You will not be sad if you go out with your knowledge and become an official or study abroad, but can you survive here without you?" I don’t know if I go down.”
Only then did Xiao Zirong suddenly realize that what he originally thought was to stipulate a salary and pay himself a salary according to a certain percentage, and he was not selfless to the point of giving all the time.
But since Bai Yan said so, Xiao Zirong asked: "Then what do you think?"
Bai Yan tilted her head and thought for a while: "Why don't you follow the example of the princes and kings? When I was in my mother's house, I heard that half of the tax revenue from the fief is given to the princes and kings, and the remaining half goes to the state government and [-]% to the court. Now We don’t need to give it to the imperial court, just half and half.”
Xiao Zirong thought for a while and said: "You can let the wind out first and see everyone's reaction. If everyone doesn't want to, then don't do it."
Bai Yan pursed her lips and smiled, "How could you not want to? Just wait."
Xiao Zirong thought that if he wanted it, he wouldn't. It's normal to pay wages, but if he just took half of the tax revenue, he wouldn't be happy to give it to anyone.
But his way of thinking is indeed different from the current one. Those little ladies... didn't even react at all, and even worried: "Is half too little? When I was in the village before, those people took [-]% of the money." of."
Xiao Zirong couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this, are you used to being squeezed?
Half is already a lot!What's more, the land is not even planted now, and the tax revenue has already been distributed without knowing where it is, which makes Xiao Zirong always feel weird.
Since you feel strange, then you might as well divide the land first.
If it weren't for the great difference in the fertility of the land, Xiao Zirong would have preferred to distribute it directly, but it would be easy to cause trouble if the distribution was made, so he might as well auction it off. Anyway, those with higher points must have done more work, which can be regarded as more work and more payoff. .
Of course, he also considered that there would be genre lands. After all, some places were indeed not very good, so he simply said to Liu Cainiang: "All the lands that fail to be auctioned will be mine."
Liu Cainiang frowned, and before she could say anything, Xiao Zirong said jokingly: "Anyway, I'm supported by taxes, so it's useless to ask for so much land."
Only then did Liu Cainiang helplessly respond.
On the day of the auction, Bai Yan and Liu Cainiang hosted it together, and Bai Yan actually made the record in the past.
Because there is no need to incite participants to come up with exorbitant auction prices, the auction on that day was quite peaceful.
Xiao Zirong was sitting in the front row wearing the clothes made for him by those little ladies, and was surprised to find that the barren land that he thought would fail to be auctioned was actually sold. Although the price is not high, these lands are not suitable for the auction. Planting rice or soybeans, yellow rice may be possible, but the harvest will definitely not be very good.
It is true that shell powder can improve soil quality, but it is also limited, and it is still somewhat different from natural fertile soil.
Xiao Zirong didn't know much about everyone's points recently, so he planned to wait until after the auction was over to see if there was any difficulty in taking those lands. What's more, there is a lot of waste waiting to be done, and manpower is needed everywhere, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, you can always earn points.
And those two pieces of land were originally intended for Xiao Zirong to keep for himself, so it doesn't matter if the land is poor, he has other uses, not necessarily farming.
Thinking this way, I came to the last few lands. These lands were the most fertile ones. Liu Cainiang took one piece, and the rest were quickly auctioned off. The price was in Xiao Zirong's Within the estimated range, it seems that the repeated emphasis on not putting all the points here is still valid.
However, when it was the last piece of land, Xiao Zirong was thinking that he could finally go to bed after the filming, but found out that the best piece of land had failed in the auction!
As soon as Xiao Zirong turned around, he saw that Lu Liu was carrying a lot of things, most of which were seeds, so he couldn't help being stunned: "What are you doing?"
Lu Liu said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, take the car."
Only then did Xiao Zirong understand what she meant, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "Okay, put it back quickly, the mountain road is not easy to walk, how can you carry so many things on your back?"
Liu Cainiang came over and said, "It's okay, there's not much to go anyway, it's even worse for Mr. Lang to walk on mountain roads with his feet, and Lu Liu has great strength, so it's okay to walk this distance with things on his back."
Xiao Zirong was naturally unwilling, but it turned out that Lu Liu, who had always looked shy and silent, turned out to be a man of action. When he refused, he walked over without a word and put him on the car with his waist in his arms. Very easy.
Seeing him being thrown into the car, Liu Cainiang couldn't help but pursed her lips and said with a smile: "That's right, okay, let's continue on our way."
The little ladies hid aside and laughed, while Xiao Zirong sat in the car doubting life.
It's just that after continuing to drive, those little ladies couldn't laugh anymore. They originally thought that their destination was a small village at the foot of the mountain, but now...they have entered the mountain, and no one usually comes to this place!
Could it be that the monsters in the mountains bought them?
Some courageous ladies took a sneak peek at Xiao Zirong. Those two ladies did not look like the legendary ghosts, but this little gentleman was as beautiful as the legend. Could it be... isn't he people?
In such apprehension, they finally arrived at the station, and when they saw that there were many people inside the station, and they were all young ladies, they were all dumbfounded.
Bai Qiniang on the side was also very surprised. Originally, Yang Wuyi died, but she was both regretful and relaxed. She regretted that she didn't kill that person herself. Relaxation means that the person who tortured her will never continue to torture her again.
Along the way, she also thought about whether the new host would treat her badly, but no matter how bad she was, she couldn't be worse than Yang Wu.
But now this scene seems to be different from what she thought.
Just when the girls were surprised, A Yin and A Man, who had been guarding the road, saw their figures and ran over from a distance, shouting, "City Lord!"
Bai Qiniang glanced at Xiao Zirong subconsciously, feeling a little strange that the title of city lord...is a bit nondescript.
Qi's official position is either county magistrate or governor, where is there any city lord?
However, this place is so remote that it doesn't look like a formally divided administrative area.
Xiao Zirong nodded to A Yin and A Man and asked, "Is nothing wrong?"
A Yin followed him on the left and said, "No, you've only been away for a day. What can you do? Everyone is working hard to burn bricks."
Xiao Zirong thought about it too, probably because they did a lot of things in this extra day, which made him always feel as if a long time had passed.
Aman, who was following him, glanced at Bai Qiniang and the others curiously and asked, "City Lord, who are they?"
Xiao Zirong said, "I just bought it from a dental shop."
Ah Yin smiled and said: "Great, someone will play with me again in the future."
Aman was a little confused: "City Master, didn't you say you wanted to bring some male slaves back?"
Xiao Zirong's smile suddenly became a bit bitter, he also thought about it, but the reality is that those male slaves are useless, not to mention the high price, they are not easy to use, simply put, they are not cost-effective, what can he do?
Even if they know that the money they have now can support them for a long time, they still have to think about the future. If they get some people who can't do anything, they come back because they don't like their work, so why don't they get some uncles to support them?
Xiao Zirong patted Aman's head and sighed: "Let's go back first."
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Aman went to chat with Liu Cainiang. After arriving at the station, Xiao Zirong found that these little ladies had already started to arrange the layout according to the city layout map he had hung up.
Xiao Zirong was a little surprised, but she didn't ask any questions. She turned her head and said to Liu Cainiang, "Take them to wash and settle down first. Put the things in the warehouse first, and then go to have a good rest. We will discuss it tomorrow. .”
Now that the things have been bought, Xiao Zirong is not so anxious. After tossing all day and night, he feels that his bones are about to fall apart, and because his spirit has been tense, he feels very tired when he comes back and sees his friends. He simply decided to take a shower and rest.
Seeing his tired face, Liu Cainiang quickly said: "Leave this matter to me. The city lord will go to rest first, and I will report it after the arrangement is settled."
Xiao Zirong nodded and left like a wandering soul.
After he left, for some reason, those little ladies breathed a sigh of relief.
After Xiao Zirong finished washing and entered the room, he fell asleep and fell asleep. When he woke up, it was almost sunset. When he woke up, he started to take people to check the inventory and prepare to integrate resources.
When he was counting the inventory, he always felt that something was wrong. After the counting was over, he realized that he missed one of the most important things this time - he forgot to sell the soap formula!
Xiao Zirong had quite a headache, and didn't understand how he forgot such an important thing.
Not only that, I even forgot to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones.
When Liu Cainiang came over, she happened to see the look of lovelessness on the face of their little town master.
She was a little surprised and asked: "What kind of trouble did the city lord encounter?"
Xiao Zirong sighed and said, "I forgot two things."
As he spoke, he raised his head and saw Bai Qiniang who was following behind Liu Cainiang.
He was a little surprised and asked, "Why did you bring her here?"
Liu Cainiang said quickly: "Bai Yan said that she can read and do arithmetic, so I brought her here to see if she can help you."
Bai Yan thought it was Bai Qiniang's name, and Xiao Zirong asked curiously, "Do you know how to spell?"
Bai Yan lowered her head and said in a low voice: "I dare not say yes, but I am very familiar with counting chips."
Xiao Zirong asked: "Someone taught you before?"
Bai Yan explained: "My father used to be a businessman, and the servants got to know him a little bit by his side. Before he got married, he was also in charge of some shops in the family."
This is also the reason why her stepmother regards her as a thorn in the flesh. Although she is a girl, she cannot inherit much family property, but who makes her younger brother such a waste?Seeing that she couldn't support the family property, her father thought of recruiting a wife so that Bai Yan could stay at home and continue to take care of the family property.
How could her stepmother bear it?So after going back and forth, she tried to find a way to marry Bai Yan to a place hundreds of miles away from her natal home.
Xiao Zirong was not that curious about her life experience. Anyway, in his words, once he arrived here, it was equivalent to having a new life, and all the past was discarded.
He asked sharply, "Do you know how to do business?"
Bai Yan nodded: "I don't dare to say that it's a big business. It's okay to manage one or two shops. I also opened two shops in Liangxiang County before."
Xiao Zirong deeply felt that Yang Wu was mentally retarded, and such a powerful lady would still sell her.
If Bai Yan would really be implicated in the treason case, it would not be his turn to sell her.
Xiao Zirong waved to Bai Yan and said, "If that's the case, then come here and try it first."
what to tryOf course, it is to check and record the inventory.
They also have a lot of things in their hands now, all kinds of seeds, chickens and ducks, and some cloth.
These things have to be divided equally, after all, they were bought with the ten pennies, but how to divide them is still a problem.
When Bai Yan was sitting next to Xiao Zirong, she was still a little cautious, but she might have touched what she is best at, but gradually Bai Yan let go, immersed in inventory and calculation.
Xiao Zirong watched her for a long time, Bai Yan's business talent is hard to say, but she is really good at simple arithmetic, and she is very careful.
After waiting for a while, Xiao Zirong stood up and said, "Since you have already started, you can manage the warehouse here for the time being, and you must record everything when you leave and enter the warehouse."
Bai Yan raised her head and looked at Xiao Zirong in surprise. After seeing the other person's gaze, she remembered the scary scar on her face, and immediately lowered her head and asked, "Little...City Master, am I alone? Is it possible? ……not too good?"
Xiao Zirong said: "There is nothing wrong with it. Now that there are few things, you can support them by yourself. When there are more things, other people should learn to help you."
Bai Yan bit her lip and said, "That's not what I meant, I mean..."
Xiao Zirong clicked on the bamboo table and said, "I know what you mean, don't think too much."
After saying this, he suddenly smiled mischievously and said, "So what if you know everything? Don't you think you can go out?"
Bai Yan raised her head and stared at him with wide eyes, then lowered her head after meeting Xiao Zirong's gaze.
Xiao Zirong warned before going out: "Don't keep your head down, it's not good for the cervical spine...it's not good for the neck, and the scar on your face is nothing. If anyone dares to discriminate against you, you can come to me and see me." Don't deal with him."
Bai Yan was taken aback for a moment, the expression on her face gradually relaxed, she pursed her lips and said in a low voice, watching Xiao Zirong's back walking out, "That's not it."
Xiao Zirong has always been gentle and gentle to them, not even talking loudly, so he occasionally jokes, the so-called cleaning up is at most a kind persuasion with a helpless face.
However, as Xiao Zirong said, the scar on her face was indeed more noticeable after she got here, but she never looked down on her because of this scar.
She remembered what Liu Cainiang had said to them before, and knew that everyone here had been hurt, oh, except for the city lord, who begged them to stay because of his soft heart.
Bai Yan felt that perhaps only such a place could accommodate her, even if she was allowed to leave, she didn't really want to leave now.
Bai Yan was stunned and immediately began to write and draw on the clay tablet.
And Xiao Zirong who left here is not lazy, but has other things to do.
He went directly to Liu Cainiang, who was watching the slave girls he bought before doing things.
Xiao Zirong asked: "How is it? Can it work?"
Liu Cainiang nodded: "They are all experienced hands, so it is no problem to raise seedlings."
Xiao Zirong breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while and said, "These female slaves can also be regarded as the property of the city government, and they can be exchanged for points. What do you think?"
Xiao Zirong didn't want to treat these female slaves like this if he could, since they were all real people anyway.
It's just that they were bought with money after all. He said long ago that the money is equivalent to the treasury's ownership, so it's hard to say the ownership of these female slaves. They can only be owned by themselves in this way. As for the future... ...Reliable ones can of course be released from slavery, but unreliable ones...that still needs to be looked at again.
Liu Cainiang said with a smile: "How can I do that? These people should all belong to the city lord."
Seeing the expression of disapproval on Xiao Zirong's face after she finished speaking, she added: "We all belong to the city lord."
Xiao Zirong: ...
Forget it, but he does need help.
He definitely doesn't have time to farm the land because he has to deal with all kinds of affairs, and of course, he wouldn't know how to do it if asked.
Rich theoretical knowledge does not mean that you can get started directly, not to mention that Xiao Zirong is planning to teach everyone scientific planting, scientific breeding, etc., but because today's science and technology are not yet systematic, he must translate those theories into words that everyone can understand.
Fortunately, he doesn't need to let everyone fully understand how he came to the conclusion, as long as he simply and rudely tells them that it's okay to do so, they will believe it.
After hearing Xiao Zirong's words, Liu Cainiang ordered a few female slaves and said, "They are pretty good."
Those female slaves also heard something just now, and now they all showed eagerness.
After they were sold, they couldn't figure out who the owner was. Such a homeless state made them very disturbed.
What's more, the person in front of him is the city lord, who wouldn't want to follow the city lord?
Xiao Zirong waved his hand and said, "Just give me two, I don't need that many."
Liu Cainiang was a little confused, but before she could say anything, she heard Xiao Zirong say, "It's time to start dividing the land. We must plant all the rice before the autumn harvest, so that we can harvest for another season."
Regardless of whether there is more or less rice harvest this season, at least it means that they are on the right track here, and they are no longer in a state of sitting and eating.
Liu Cainiang asked, "Shouldn't you build a house first?"
Xiao Zirong explained: "When the rice is harvested, there will be free time, and it will be too late to build at that time."
Liu Cainiang smiled and said, "You want to do the same thing? You don't have to do that, we can do it together."
Xiao Zirong shook his head: "Your body is important, don't force it so hard, it's not like you don't have a place to live now."
Liu Cainiang didn't say anything, now everyone is full of enthusiasm, even if Xiao Zirong stops everyone from doing it, it probably won't be able to stop them, but they just walked for a day, and this group of people started to burn bricks irresistibly ?
These days, no matter who it is, the pursuit of houses and land is unstoppable. Once you really have the opportunity to own your own house and land, you will feel that you have hope for life.
Xiao Zirong brought Bai Yan over to check the inventory, and he ran over to set the conditions for points exchange.
Although there is enough land on their side, there is not much suitable for farming, or there is not much land that can be considered flat, and many flat lands are closer to the sea and have higher salinity content. It also leads to good and bad land.
The good ones must be distributed to those who have contributed more. Xiao Zirong wanted to set points at the beginning, but after thinking about it, he decided to go straight to the auction.
In this case, the highest bidder wins. However, the maximum points for the bid cannot exceed [-]% of the total points—Xiao Zirong is worried that they will use all the points for land exchange, and then forget to use the points to exchange for seeds and others. s things.
The concept of auction is very new to young women, most of them have never even heard of the word auction, let alone how to operate it.
However, when it comes to land, everyone is very anxious.
Xiao Zirong didn't expect this either, but fortunately, he found Bai Yan directly and asked Bai Yan to write all the matters of the auction on the clay board and hang it up for everyone to see for themselves.
Bai Yan was stunned by his move: "Don't you arrange for someone to give a lecture?"
Xiao Zirong said: "Just keep it simple and use vernacular. Those who can understand will tell others."
Bai Yan still feels a little unbelievable. There are too few people who can read and write these days. Although there are not many people here, there are at least a hundred or so people. Only one or two people who can read and write need to work hard to convey the meaning go out?
And what if the original meaning is distorted in the process?
According to Bai Yan's thinking, Xiao Zirong should give a lecture in person, but she is new here, so naturally she will do what the city lord tells her to do.
So he wrote down the auction process according to Xiao Zirong's intention and hung it up.
After she finished writing, she heard Xiao Zirong say next to her: "We should put up the notice board first."
Bai Yan asked Lu Liu to take out the clay tablet and put it away, because she was worried, she put down the things in her hands and ran over to prepare to explain to someone who couldn't read or understand.
She was also worried that this matter would bring trouble to Xiao Zirong. Since ancient times, as long as the land was involved, there would definitely be endless troubles.
As for houses... homesteads are also a kind of land.
Now it seems that Xiao Zirong is very popular, but Bai Yan always feels that this little city lord is alone here.
After all, according to Liu Cainiang, those girls who escaped from the village are considered their own.
After the clay tablet was hung, people came to see it one after another.
At first, Bai Yan thought that these people were all here to join in the fun, and it was the same when they were in the county town. After the notices were posted, those who could read or not would go over to join in the fun, and some who could read would read out and explain. .
After these little ladies came over, they all looked there quietly. Occasionally, there were one or two inquiries about what was written, but not many.
After everyone has read it, we will start discussing it, and give a little explanation to the illiterate.
Bai Yan was careful, and after observing for a while, she was shocked to find that only a minority of these young ladies could not read!
How can this be?
There are not many men who can read and write these days, let alone women. If a woman can read and write, she must be from a rich or noble family. It is said that these little ladies were civilians before they were taken captive, and their family conditions must not be enough to read and write. Word.
Bai Yan felt more and more weird about this place, and when she was walking back, she happened to see Liu Cainiang, and couldn't help but go over and ask, "Cainiang, you... all of us here... can read?"
Liu Cainiang knew what she was thinking when she saw her expression, and said with a smile: "I didn't recognize it at first, but I was forced by the city lord to learn a little bit."
Bai Yan was taken aback: "Huh?"
Only then did Liu Cainiang explain: "During the rainy season, we couldn't do anything. The city lord taught us how to read and read when he saw that we had nothing to do every day. He also said that we could become officials if we learned well."
Speaking of this, the smile on Liu Cainiang's face couldn't help but widen. I think it was more painful for them to learn each other, but after they finished learning, they found that it was indeed much more convenient, and it also made everyone more confident.
Mastering knowledge in this era means stepping into another class, even if they don't plan to go out, there is a kind of psychological satisfaction.
Bai Yan never expected this to be the case, and became even more curious about Xiao Zirong in her heart.
Bai Yan is someone who has seen the world and knows the methods men use to control women. In all fairness, the more ignorant these little ladies are, the easier it is for Xiao Zirong to control them.
But he let these little ladies study, although it seems that there is no effect at present, but those who read the book will understand a lot.
The more Bai Yan thought about it, the more curious she became, and she really wanted to ask Xiao Zirong what he was thinking.
However, she couldn't find Xiao Zirong after searching for a long time, so she couldn't help wondering what Xiao Zirong was doing.
At this moment, Xiao Zirong was peeling the bark.
No way, who made him forget to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones when he went to the county town before, and it is not worth going to the county town again for these things. The most important thing is that his feet are just right, and he really doesn't want to experience another journey of blisters.
In this case, he can only do it himself, anyway, he can find many methods with a random search.
Get rid of those that don't fit, leaving only the simplest method.
The quality of the paper produced by this method must be relatively average, but that is also a no-brainer. If you don’t make paper, you have only two choices, one is clay tablets and the other is bamboo slips.
Thinking of the weight of these two things, Xiao Zirong couldn't help but contort his expression.
However, he still chooses bamboo slips for important records. After all, the place is too humid and paper is not easy to preserve, but it is better to use paper as a draft for ordinary records.
Fortunately for Xiao Zirong, the mulberry tree is very widely distributed, and it can be said that it is very easy to get.
He carried the stone ax and ran into the woods to cut a few mulberry trees. After he was exhausted and out of breath, he realized that maybe he should really exercise.
After dragging these mulberry trees back, he began to peel off the bark. In fact, it was bark, but it was basically the layer of fibers between the bark and the tree.
After removing the outermost layer of bark, Xiao Zirong dried the bark and went back.
When Bai Yan saw him, she was shocked and asked, "City Master, did you just roll around in the mud?"
Xiao Zirong: ...
He looked down at himself, um, because of the hot weather and he was reluctant to continue wearing that suit, Xiao Zirong’s upper body was naked. He cut and peeled trees all the way, and his body was indeed Scratch a lot of soil.
He deeply felt that making clothes was imminent and turned his head. He looked up at Bai Yan and asked, "Have you figured out how much cloth there is in total? How much can each person share?"
Bai Yan said: "If we really want to divide it up, everyone will be bunted at most. City Lord, do you really want to divide it? There are quite a lot of cloth, why don't we use points to exchange for it?"
Xiao Zirong said: "This thing is different from other things, it should be regarded as a welfare from the treasury. By the way, you can wait until you inform. After the land auction, everyone will be registered."
Bai Yan was a little surprised and asked: "Household registration? I thought..."
Xiao Zirong knew what she wanted to say, and was very frank: "This is our own household registration, which is different from the outside, and it is not included in the government files."
If they were placed outside, the young ladies here would not be able to establish a household. Female households did not appear until the Tang and Song Dynasties, so if they want to get a household registration, these young ladies must first marry.
After hearing Xiao Zirong's words, Bai Yan hesitated to speak.
Xiao Zirong glanced at her and said, "Just say what you want to say."
Bai Yan whispered: "If you do this...wouldn't you create a country within a country?"
Xiao Zirong was slightly taken aback, tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with what you said, it is indeed a country within a country, but no one should care about our 'country', if it is you , Do you want to stay or go back?"
Bai Yan was silent for a while before she nodded and said, "I understand."
What else is there to say?How could she be willing to go out?Haven't suffered enough?
Although there is a shortage of food and clothing here, at least the mood is relaxed, and this shortage is only for a while. She can see that the city lord has a plan for many things. According to this plan a little bit, their life will be better. get better.
After they finished speaking, Liu Cainiang came in and said, "City Lord, are you looking for me?"
Xiao Zirong nodded: "Look for someone who can make clothes, let's make some clothes out of those cloths, the weather is not so hot now, it's still not enough to have no clothes when the weather gets cold."
Of course, the most important thing is that the clothes of many young ladies are really indecent. The most deceitful thing is that every time you meet such a young lady, he is the one who runs away instead of those little ladies. As if he didn't mind his body being seen at all, Xiao Zirong was simply convinced.
Liu Cainiang obviously understood what he was thinking, she pursed her lips and smiled and replied, "Okay."
Although Xiao Zirong said to find a few who can make clothes, in fact, almost none of these young ladies know how to do needlework. Of course, it is certainly not as good as professional clothes, but they can be worn.
Especially after they heard that these clothes did not require their points, they were even more delighted. A group of people discussed and selected some of the best handmade clothes to make a set of clothes for Xiao Zirong.
When Liu Cainiang brought the clothes to Xiao Zirong, Xiao Zirong was throwing the bark into the water.
The most troublesome thing about making paper is that it takes a long time. After the bark is dried, it needs to be dried for another half a month. The process is not that complicated.
Liu Cainiang watched him throw the bark into the water and asked, "What is Mr. Lang doing? Why didn't you call us over for this kind of physical work?"
Xiao Zirong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I just want to make some paper, and it's not something important. You have too many things to do now, so you don't need to bother you with such trivial things."
Liu Cainiang said seriously: "We should be allowed to do it because it is a small matter. Didn't the city lord say before that he wanted to rebuild the city's drainage pipes? That's the important thing."
Xiao Zirong said: "It's already planned, and we need to add a little pipeline. This is not urgent for now. Now everyone knows about the auction, right?"
Liu Cainiang replied, "Yes."
Xiao Zirong nodded: "That's fine, the time is tentatively scheduled for three days later, if the next season of rice is delayed, the rice will go bad."
Liu Cainiang pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It just so happens that everyone made a suit for the city lord, so let's wear that suit that day."
Xiao Zirong was a little surprised: "You made it for me?"
Liu Cainiang pulled him and said, "Go, go back and have a look."
There was a smile on Xiao Zirong's face, he didn't care much about his clothes, but it was a good feeling that someone was thinking about him.
After returning to the house, Xiao Zirong couldn't help being a little surprised: "Doing so well?"
Liu Cainiang glanced at the suit of clothes he hung on the wall: "It's not really good, let's try to wear it."
Xiao Zirong shook his head and laughed: "Don't compare with that one, it's an imperial style, it's hard for ordinary people to see it even if they don't wear it."
As he spoke, he brought over the new clothes. The fabric of the new clothes is linen, which is not very good, but the little ladies made a similar set according to the style of his previous clothes, with everything from the inside to the outside. There are also some patterns embroidered on the neckline and sleeves.
This dress was originally a toga with long sleeves, and a palm-width belt made the waist extremely thin. Even though it was just the most common material and clothing, Xiao Zirong forcibly used his face to make this suit more noble.
Liu Cainiang saw that the little man who was just like a mud monkey looked suave after changing his clothes, not to mention how happy she was, and said repeatedly: "Young man, you should wear such clothes every day."
Xiao Zirong flicked his sleeves and smiled, "How can you work in such clothes?"
Liu Cainiang said seriously: "Which city owner did the work in person? Not to mention the city owner, even well-to-do families with a little wealth hire people to do the work. The city owner must not do this in the future, otherwise it will be my negligence."
Xiao Zirong reluctantly responded with a good voice.
In fact, there are more than one thoughts like Liu Cainiang. After seeing Xiao Zirong no longer running out in clothes made of leaves, Bai Yan said with a sigh of relief: "You finally think about it, or I will go out to help You worked."
Xiao Zirong smiled helplessly, and then heard Bai Yan say: "I took a look at our tax before, and the tax is not high, but...does the tax really go into the treasury?"
Xiao Zirong asked puzzledly, "What's wrong? If the taxes don't go into the treasury, where do they go?"
Bai Yan said seriously: "What about you? Shouldn't you have a share of these taxes?"
Xiao Zirong was a little dazed: "Huh?"
After all, Bai Yanxin was still a child, so she was a little naive.
She explained earnestly: "I don't know what you think, but this city belongs to you, so it's no problem that all taxes belong to you, you just need to allocate a small part to the treasury."
Xiao Zirong frowned: "How can you say that this city is mine? I..."
Bai Yan said in a low voice: "But if you don't want anything, everyone will be worried."
Xiao Zirong froze for a moment: "Why?"
Bai Yan said: "Because I'm afraid that you will leave at any time. You are different from us after all. You will not be sad if you go out with your knowledge and become an official or study abroad, but can you survive here without you?" I don’t know if I go down.”
Only then did Xiao Zirong suddenly realize that what he originally thought was to stipulate a salary and pay himself a salary according to a certain percentage, and he was not selfless to the point of giving all the time.
But since Bai Yan said so, Xiao Zirong asked: "Then what do you think?"
Bai Yan tilted her head and thought for a while: "Why don't you follow the example of the princes and kings? When I was in my mother's house, I heard that half of the tax revenue from the fief is given to the princes and kings, and the remaining half goes to the state government and [-]% to the court. Now We don’t need to give it to the imperial court, just half and half.”
Xiao Zirong thought for a while and said: "You can let the wind out first and see everyone's reaction. If everyone doesn't want to, then don't do it."
Bai Yan pursed her lips and smiled, "How could you not want to? Just wait."
Xiao Zirong thought that if he wanted it, he wouldn't. It's normal to pay wages, but if he just took half of the tax revenue, he wouldn't be happy to give it to anyone.
But his way of thinking is indeed different from the current one. Those little ladies... didn't even react at all, and even worried: "Is half too little? When I was in the village before, those people took [-]% of the money." of."
Xiao Zirong couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this, are you used to being squeezed?
Half is already a lot!What's more, the land is not even planted now, and the tax revenue has already been distributed without knowing where it is, which makes Xiao Zirong always feel weird.
Since you feel strange, then you might as well divide the land first.
If it weren't for the great difference in the fertility of the land, Xiao Zirong would have preferred to distribute it directly, but it would be easy to cause trouble if the distribution was made, so he might as well auction it off. Anyway, those with higher points must have done more work, which can be regarded as more work and more payoff. .
Of course, he also considered that there would be genre lands. After all, some places were indeed not very good, so he simply said to Liu Cainiang: "All the lands that fail to be auctioned will be mine."
Liu Cainiang frowned, and before she could say anything, Xiao Zirong said jokingly: "Anyway, I'm supported by taxes, so it's useless to ask for so much land."
Only then did Liu Cainiang helplessly respond.
On the day of the auction, Bai Yan and Liu Cainiang hosted it together, and Bai Yan actually made the record in the past.
Because there is no need to incite participants to come up with exorbitant auction prices, the auction on that day was quite peaceful.
Xiao Zirong was sitting in the front row wearing the clothes made for him by those little ladies, and was surprised to find that the barren land that he thought would fail to be auctioned was actually sold. Although the price is not high, these lands are not suitable for the auction. Planting rice or soybeans, yellow rice may be possible, but the harvest will definitely not be very good.
It is true that shell powder can improve soil quality, but it is also limited, and it is still somewhat different from natural fertile soil.
Xiao Zirong didn't know much about everyone's points recently, so he planned to wait until after the auction was over to see if there was any difficulty in taking those lands. What's more, there is a lot of waste waiting to be done, and manpower is needed everywhere, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, you can always earn points.
And those two pieces of land were originally intended for Xiao Zirong to keep for himself, so it doesn't matter if the land is poor, he has other uses, not necessarily farming.
Thinking this way, I came to the last few lands. These lands were the most fertile ones. Liu Cainiang took one piece, and the rest were quickly auctioned off. The price was in Xiao Zirong's Within the estimated range, it seems that the repeated emphasis on not putting all the points here is still valid.
However, when it was the last piece of land, Xiao Zirong was thinking that he could finally go to bed after the filming, but found out that the best piece of land had failed in the auction!
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