Chapter 377

Man Bao asked Yang Heshu curiously, "isn't the mouth of your house divided into fields and mountains?"

"... No." He thought carefully, "it's wasteland."

Man Bao expressed sympathy. "Wasteland is worse than mountains. You see, this wasteland at the foot of the mountain is also assigned to my brother. It is full of stones, weeds and shrubs. The trees on the mountain can be used as firewood. Good trees can also be used to make houses, furniture and farm tools, but this wasteland is basically useless."

Yang Heshu opened his mouth and wanted to say that the wasteland he said was not like this, but could be cultivated.

But as a new county magistrate, he felt that he could not provoke the grievances of the people under his rule, so he remained silent.

He adjusted his mood and asked, "where are your mulberry and hemp seeds?"

Generally speaking, the land will be barren. If the labor is enough, some beans will be planted, and if not enough, most mulberry and hemp will be planted.

Bai Shanbao said, "there is no mulberry here, only hemp."

Man Bao nodded. "Planting hemp on the ground and at the foot of the mountain is almost enough for his own use."

"Hemp is not worth money. Why not plant mulberry?"

Man Bao's eyes turned around. She didn't include mulberry trees, and she didn't even see silkworm worms. She only saw descriptions in agricultural books. Mr. also said that people in Yizhou planted more mulberry trees.

Shu Brocade is famous all over the world.

However, they are remote here. Only a few landlords can raise silkworms, and most of them are only for their own needs.

In the final analysis, it is because there are more mountains and less land.

That's what Sir said.

Yang Heshu just came here. He didn't understand this. He just felt that the former county magistrate and the local people were fooling around. He had never heard of distributing the mountain to the people.

Isn't that from the imperial court?

But this is not the most important thing. Yang Heshu asked, "you don't raise silkworms. Where did you get the silk you have to pay every year?"

"We don't give silk, we give cloth and linen." Man Bao has to calculate the tune to be handed in by his father every year. She is very familiar with these. She said, "one person pays two feet and five feet of cloth and three kilograms of hemp."

Yang Heshu rubbed his forehead and asked, "if you want to use silk, can you only buy it from other places?"

"Why do we use silk?" Man Bao looked at him strangely. "Our family only uses cotton. Like my clothes, they are woven with cotton and hemp. It's very soft."

Yang Heshu looked to Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang.

Bai Shanbao said, "my family's business is mainly in Longzhou. There are kinds of cotton, hemp and mulberry."

Bai Erlang said, "my clothes are made by my mother. My mother has."

Yang Heshu frowned and said, "you should plant some mulberry trees. Shu Brocade is very famous. You can earn a lot of money by touching some edges."

As soon as he heard about making money, man Bao perked up and asked, "what about Shu brocade?"

"First you have to plant mulberry trees, and then raise silkworms. After silkworms spit out silk, they spin it into brocade. A piece of Shu Brocade can sell for more than 3000 yuan. The best is hard to find."

Man Bao said, "Wow," a piece of Shu Brocade can change into a cow! "

Yang Heshu was stunned by this conversion. He reacted and asked, "do you want to buy cattle?"

Man Bao nodded again and again. "We only have one cow in a mile. When it's our turn, the spring ploughing will be over. If only my family could buy a cow by ourselves. Unfortunately, there was a disaster last year. Now it's just the beginning of spring, and the harvest of winter wheat has not been determined. My father dare not take out the money at home, but he is stingy. The family is so busy that he is not willing to buy meat, but only eggs. "

Yang Heshu: "... Didn't the imperial court exempt tax last year?"

"Yes, but there is still not much food at home."

Yang Heshu hesitated and said, "but I listen to you. The situation of your family seems to be good in the village?"

"Yes, my wheat was OK last year, so the harvest was slightly stronger than others."

Yang Heshu was silent. If the situation of man Bao's family was good, let alone those of other families.

Along the way, Yang Heshu also learned about last year's harvest. He can't say well. Now he has begun to eat mixed with bran.

But now spring ploughing has just begun. After the wheat is planted, after a cold wave, it is time to plant beans and rice seeds. After the beans are planted, we can harvest winter wheat and prepare for rice transplanting.

One by one, if you only eat bran and swallow vegetables, your iron body can't stand it.

Yang Heshu smiled at man Bao and asked, "can you take me to the village?" It's almost time for lunch now. He wants to see what the villagers eat.

Man Bao waved and said, "it's no use going back to the village now. Everyone is in the field. You can only find children and old people when you find someone. I'll take you to the field."

"Don't you go home after lunch?"

"Don't go back," man Bao said. "Just eat in the field. It saves time and effort. Why go home."

Bai Shanbao also jumped off the board to follow.

Bai Erlang immediately carried his basket to keep up with him. He also wanted to play. Don't stay here to supervise the work.

There are not many people working in this area. More people are on the other side of big bay and small bay, where the land is the best.

Because last year's rice was too miserable, this year we subconsciously planted a variety of wheat and reduced the cultivation of rice.

Everyone went to Qili Village. When they came near Dawan, they saw people working in the fields dotted all over the fields.

Yang Heshu couldn't help but stop. The people here are different from the work he saw just now, but they are similar to what he saw these two days.

They all use people to pull the plow. Pulling and supporting the plow alone takes at least two labor.

If there are two adults at home, one pulling the plow and the other supporting the plow, otherwise, only women can support the plow, followed by a group of children working, such efficiency can not be called high.

If there are cows

Yang Heshu asked man Bao, "how much is a cow?"

"A little more, but it's not easy to buy," said man Bao. Since he wanted to buy cattle, he naturally asked Liu to come out. She said, "there are few cattle in the bull market, and there are not many transferred from the Yamen. Grandma Liu is powerful. You can buy three at a time."

Yang Heshu nodded.

Asked, "if there are cows, will your family buy them?"

Man Bao tangled, "my father won't spend money at this time."

Knowing what her father was worried about, Yang Heshu thought for a moment and said, "what if the Yamen is willing to credit first?"

Man Bao's eyes lit up and asked, "can you do this? Does that require interest? "

"Do you know the interest?"

"Of course I know. I also know usury. People in casinos like usury best. They are all bad guys!"

Yang Heshu nodded. "It's against the law to release printing money, but people don't sue officials and don't investigate. Yamen and casinos are different. Naturally, they don't want high interest, but there should be some, otherwise they can't compete for it? To whom and not to whom? "

Man Bao began to pick up his small Treasury and asked, "when will the interest be paid back?"