[Red Mansion] Father and Son Crossover

If we say that in the past, Jiaoda's enthusiasm for this matter of land reclamation stemmed from the enthusiasm for his own property purchase, and it was for himself.Then after today, Jiao Da completely changed his thinking.The matter of opening up wasteland in this village was dealt with as a top priority.

It was just for eating meat. I went up the mountain to try it. I got such a rare good thing and sold it for such a high price. What does this mean?It means that luck is up!It means that God has helped their whole village to buy fields.With the care of God, you say, Jiao Da dare to slack off?

Don't say this thing sounds too superstitious, this is ancient times, who is not superstitious in this era?Even the emperor is not exempt from vulgarity, let alone ordinary people, right?

Of course, there is another reason here, or the basis that Jiao Daneng is so busy and not afraid of going in vain is that the people in the village are rich now. 155 taels, apart from what was said at the beginning, the part of the snake slough was directly given to San'er, and the rest were exactly 14 people, and each of them could get 10 taels.If this kind of money is calculated according to Jiao Da's price of 2 taels of silver per mu, everyone can buy five mu, like the broken San'er, if it is more ruthless, except for the money for medicine, the rest Everyone bought land, that is, 8 or 9 acres can also be bought. Under such circumstances, what they should consider now is whether the village has enough land for them to share, not whether they have money to buy it.

With the economy no longer a problem, it is naturally easier for Jiao Da to do things. He does not have to hide and worry about being plotted against the wasteland. The level of the wasteland is solid enough.But even so, there are still a lot of troubles. For example, he only has the efficiency of the dumb-eyed yamen, which makes people want to complain and sigh.

"The people in the yamen are busy with the Dragon Boat Festival. Before this day is over, I'm afraid there will be no one to go to the village to watch it. Let's wait."

"Dragon Boat Festival? It's still half a month away. Uncle, if this is going to drag on like this, our land reclamation...we can't let us dig the land in the winter. This is not land reclamation, it is suffering. "

It's just asking someone to confirm that there is no one who wants to open up wasteland. It's just a report. It can take half a month. What's the efficiency?Not to mention Jiao Yufeng, even the other people in the village felt a little dumbfounded.

When Jiao Da saw this scene, to be honest, his old face was actually a little red. He obviously asked his old friend to help him speak, and he was delayed for so long. What does this mean?It shows that I don't have enough face!Explain that I have no skills!But what can he say to these villagers?Isn't that slapping yourself in the face?Anyway, in front of your nephew, you still have to hold back the scene, right?Fortunately, he didn't have a reason to say, and immediately refuted the villagers' worries.

"How could it be possible to suffer? What about winter, don't talk nonsense. Oh, yes, you have never experienced it, and you don't know that this land reclamation is different from the usual trading of fields... Let's put it this way, land reclamation, this is the first Open the land and then register. That is to say, as long as people come, estimate the approximate area, make a plan for the level of land reclamation, and report it to the superior. Then, the people in the village can start working, and wait for three months. Only then did the people in the yamen come to measure, register the quantity, and write the deed.”

Look, this is the advantage of being an errand in a wealthy family, even if some things may not be done with experience, and may not be done with face, but the procedures and various related policies are not vague at all, and they can be said almighty Straightforward.

"Hey, can you start it first?"

"Yes, after the Dragon Boat Festival, I brought people from the yamen here, and you can open up wasteland. Each family will plan it out by themselves. As long as it can be opened within three months, that's fine."

The surprised eyes of the villagers put Jiao Da in a state of affirmation. Those who didn't know thought he was just a small official in charge of this.But then again, since he was the one who took the lead in getting busy and moving around from the beginning of this matter, if there were any twists and turns, I really counted on him to take care of it, so I can guarantee that I did not make a mistake.

"If this is the case, then it's okay to slow down. The yamen has so many people and manages such a big place. It's really busy. By the way, uncle, these three months... I won't forget it when the time comes. Alright."

"Isn't there still me? When the time comes, I will invite someone to write the deed on the spot, so as to make sure that you put your heart into your stomach. Even the tax exemption that you care about most, I will also I've already told people, and it's a coincidence that in recent years, not only have the acres of land near the capital been increased, but because of the digging of ponds and the opening of canals, there have been no fewer than a thousand acres. Son, it's considered important, even if I don't help to speak, I'm afraid I can agree."

It's no wonder that Jiaoda's package of tickets was so neat today. It turns out that the root cause is here.And if you think about it further. . .Now he was ignorant, and understood Jiao Da's role in this matter.Look, Uncle Liu, the oldest among those who followed, sighed, patted Jiao Da on the shoulder, with a grateful face, and said with emotion:

"It's one thing to be allowed to open up wasteland, but it's another thing to be able to be tax-free. Uncle, if it weren't for you, without the name of the Jia family, once the wasteland was opened up, it wouldn't be right for them to be dragged to the familiar land to pay taxes immediately." Impossible. I understand these things, but thanks to you, you...we can’t let you bear all the favors and money by yourself, you can say what you want, let’s get it together.”

"Yes, that's how it is. These days, if you don't have acquaintances, you can become unreasonable if you don't have any acquaintances. Fortunately, we still have uncle, you stay here, so you won't be bullied in a muddle. Uncle, you go now What do you want, you say, how about we go up the mountain again? How about some game?"

Listen, even if they are not human beings, they are not ignorant of human feelings after years of hard work. A few words of understanding, followed by a few words of uncle, are just a few words. In the past, because of walking around Not many, some unfamiliar villagers and Jiao Da became familiar again in an instant, and Jiao Da, who felt a little embarrassed because he didn't find someone to see it in time, lost the initial anxiety and became a little more confident.

As for this frivolous thing. . .Let's talk about this again, isn't this going to be after the Dragon Boat Festival, there is plenty of time, just let him think of another way to fool himself.It's important to get things done beautifully. After all, I'm from my hometown, so I can't let the old neighbors look down on me.

Jiao Yufeng watched from the sidelines, saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, and his heart was settled on the matter of land reclamation. Considering Jiao Da's current status as the tutor of Jia's family, and the timing coincides, I really want to If it is done, then there is no possibility of it being done, after all, it is not some kind of plunder, right?

Now that the matter of land reclamation has been stabilized, it is naturally time to divert the conversation away. It is urgent to pack up and go back sooner. It is really a bit embarrassing for so many people to nest in Jiao everyone like this.Not to mention that there are so many old men who are pestering and squeezing, so that my sister-in-law can only hide in the kitchen and not come out, because the firewood for boiling water at home is almost running out.So, Jiao Yufeng hastily started to divide the money.

Why is it divided here in Jiaoda?Because the money given by the old Jia's family is too much!It's fine if you don't stay with everyone in Jiao, and if you don't stay in this city, it's a problem to change the change when you go back.Here, at any rate, there is a silver shop not far away, and the bank can exchange money, right?

It is precisely because of the distribution of money that something has happened here again.As mentioned earlier, 155 taels, 10 taels after removing the snake slough, leaving 145 taels, distributed to 14 people, 10 taels per person.So what about the remaining five taels?Although everyone has been poor all their lives, they are almost crazy poor, and everyone can't help but look at the 5 taels of silver, but if they really want to talk about it, they want to steal it for themselves, which is really impossible, let alone in front of everyone. If it is lower, it will be even more embarrassing.Even holding his share of silver, he couldn't help rubbing it, while thinking arrogantly, now that he is a capable person, how could he do such a worthless thing.

Even more thoughtful, they couldn't stop looking at Jiao Yufeng, thinking about the possibility of continuing to go up the mountain together in the future.And calculated the future. . .If you can get this one, you can get the second and third in the future, so how many 5 taels should you have in the future?For such a small amount of money, it is not worth giving up the big money in the future.

Not to mention that these people's hearts are simple, generous, and calculating, anyway, in the end, they all agreed that they should all be given to Jiao Yufeng.After all, from the beginning to the end, from the uphill to Jia's house, it was Jiao Yufeng who beat him on the head, so it would be appropriate to give him more.But Jiao Yufeng was not stupid, just turning his eyes for a while rejected this benefit.

This is not hypocritical, nor is it because he is not short of money, so he didn't have to ruin the image of fairness and justice that he had maintained for a long time for such a small amount of money.Secondly, it is also caused by the actual situation of this village.

Speaking of their village. . .Taking advantage of this moment to talk about it, I will introduce one or two to everyone, lest there will be too many plots later, and everyone will be wrong.How can I say it in their village? Well, it can be considered good. After all, there are no tenants. Every household has a little field of their own. This is almost unimaginable near the capital, so it is not bad. Therefore, it is easier to marry a daughter-in-law than others.

But if this is done in detail, it can only be regarded as more than enough.If I really want to say it, in fact, there are too many sufferings to say.For example, most of the fields are sloping fields, and the output cannot be compared with that of flat fields. It is lucky to have 11% of them.For example, this is obviously a village, because the geographical location is too remote, because there are too few acres, and because it is close to the mountains, the degree of safety is limited, so the population has been unable to increase for many years, and so far it has only gathered [-] households.

Even with such a poor number of people, there are even more miserable ones. For example, there is a family with a grandmother and a ten-year-old grandson. They rely on an acre of vegetable land and a dozen chickens. They rely on selling eggs for some food. Barely get by.For example, there is another family with a dead son, an orphaned man in his fifties who is crippled, and lives alone with two acres of land.

If you add a father and son like Jiao Yufeng, you can calculate it, how many people are there in this village?In total, there are only thirty or so.There are only more than 30 people in total, and 14 of them went up the mountain. This is basically the total number of young and strong laborers in this village.And the result of such an action by the whole village. . .This made everyone in the village deeply realize that it is never a lie to say that there is strength in numbers.

And with such a mind, unity naturally became the most important thing now. How to twist the hearts of the whole village into a rope?It is natural to treat everyone as one of our own.No one needs to teach this, Jiao Yufeng will, and he will treat it as a waste of his previous political class.

Coupled with the situation of the lonely, old and weak in the village, when they went up the mountain, the old people in the village helped with the work.So, Jiao Yufeng rejected this share of money, which was very straightforward, and proposed that the remaining 5 taels of silver should be exchanged for rice grains, oil and salt, etc., and give a share to each elderly person in the village. Thank you for guarding the village and helping with the work when they went up the mountain.

In addition, prepare two extra sets of cloth and grain, and send them to the two hardest families.God sent such a blessing to them at the stall where they were begging for money to buy land. Naturally, they should know how to be grateful, do more good deeds, and help the elderly and the weak more, so as not to spoil the compassion of God.

Jiao Yufeng's proposal was a good idea for everyone. Although these people are not very educated, Confucianism has prevailed in the world and dominated the mainstream morality for thousands of years. It has become a common understanding that if you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world.Doing good deeds has influenced countless people. Now they are like gold falling from the sky. After getting so much silver, they have satisfied their desire to buy wasteland. If there is any leftover, they can help the poor in the village. Neighbors, what can be the problem?Not only is there no problem not to talk about it, some quick talkers almost even bought a few more bones to make them make up for it.

Fortunately, they are still focusing on everyone at the moment, and they should restrain themselves a little bit, otherwise. . .Jiao Yufeng felt that it was better to take them all back quickly, otherwise he would not be able to shout until they were all familiar with this and started to let themselves go!

"Okay, let's talk about it when we go back. Hurry up and go shopping. We're only halfway done. Are you going to help build Jiao Dalang's house?"

"Hey, I forgot about this if I didn't say anything."

"Forget? How did you forget? It's because you're worried. Originally, three of them were chosen to go to the city with Jiao Dalang and the others to work at home. What happened? One by one, one of them didn't pay attention and they all came. It’s as if you’ve never seen silver in your previous life, so worrying. Go, hurry up, if you don’t go back, your mother should be in a hurry, or you got silver and are going to treat everyone to dinner? Get out of here.”

After Uncle Liu kicked the money, he turned around and either kicked or kicked, and drove the group of men, big and small, out.Now that the matter has been clarified and the money has been divided, what kind of thing is it to stay in someone's house all the time!Really want to wait until Uncle Jiao treats you to dinner?They're all bastards who don't know how to see.If you have the skills, hurry back and help Jiao Dalang and Uncle Jiao set up the house, it's better than anything else.

So when it comes to people becoming mature, even if Uncle Liu is not as well-informed as Jiao Da, he still understands the world's sophistication.