Lao Zhoutou was a little curious, "Why does Bai Shan want the cow?"

He suddenly thought of something and his eyes widened, "This kid doesn't want to eat the cow, does he?"

Before Zhou Lang could say anything, Lao Zhoutou had already shouted: "This is such a waste of natural resources."

Zhou Lang said: "He said it was a gift. A classmate wanted it. But the ones he bought outside had serial numbers, and they were kept on file at the yamen where he went."

The imperial government still has very strict control over farm cattle. Zhou Lang's cattle were brought back from the grasslands. Before they were numbered, he could use them for anything. Once they were numbered, they became farm cattle.

Lao Zhoutou expressed his dissatisfaction with Bai Shan's extravagant behavior of giving a cow as a gift, and then asked: "Will they return the gift?"

How did Zhou Lang know?

But in order not to reassure his father, he nodded without hesitation, "I will definitely do it."

Old Zhoutou was relieved.

Man Bao, who had been scheduled to receive gifts, had no intention of preparing a gift for Bai Shan. She wanted to pack her things and go home after seeing that Cui's condition had stabilized.

Yang Heshu left her alone and said, "Tang Zhihe is coming over at noon, why don't you stay and have dinner together."

Man Bao thought that she might not see Mr. Tang for a long time, so he nodded in agreement.

Tang Zhihe actually came over for lunch. Cui couldn't leave the delivery room yet, so there were only the four of them and the servants waiting in the dining room.

Tang Zhihe smiled and asked Manbao, "I heard that you have taken charge of the land yourself. How is it? Is the land allocated to you by the Ministry of Revenue okay?"

Man Bao nodded, "Very good. It's much flatter and fertile than our Qili Village. It's mostly in the Guanzhong Plain, but it's better than our Sichuan."

After thinking for a while, she said: "Apart from the fact that it's too hot in summer and too cold in winter, there's nothing wrong with it."

Tang Zhihe:......

He turned to Yang He and said, "Quite picky."

Yang Heshu smiled and asked Man Bao: "Have you found the tenant farmers?"

Man Bao nodded, "Basically, it was rented from former tenant farmers."

Yang Heshu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked: "How do you collect rent, and they are actually willing to renew your lease?"

Tang He was not familiar with these things, and he raised his head strangely when he heard this, "Why, is it difficult to hire tenants from Yongzhou?"

Yang Heshu glanced at him. It was obvious that the county magistrate didn't know the tricks in the field. He didn't say anything and looked at Man Bao.

Manbao swallowed the food in his mouth before saying: "I only charge 40% of the rent. I will provide all the wheat seeds, half of the rice seeds, and they will be responsible for the other seeds. In addition, I plan to give them 20% of the rent."

Cow."

Before Magistrate Tang spoke, Mrs. Tang had already said: "The rent is only 40%. If you give me so many things, how much can you still earn in a year?"

Man Bao laughed and said, "Maybe you will earn less in the first one or two years, but you will earn more later on?"

Mrs. Tang raised her eyebrows and asked, "What, are you going to raise the rent later?"

Man Bao shook his head, "Sister-in-law, the most precious thing is not only the job field, but also their manpower. Some benefits will not be seen for a while, but will be seen as time goes by."

Yang Heshu then thought of their small village in Qili Village. As a frequent visitor to that small village in various senses, he could roughly calculate their income.

Yang Heshu asked her, "The conditions you gave are so good, do you also have requirements for them?"

Man Bao nodded, "I asked them to listen to us. As long as everything related to Zhuangzi is divided into 40 and 60."

Mrs. Tang didn't think this was a condition, "Don't tenants have to listen to their masters?"

Man Bao thought for a while and then said: "There is a difference between listening willingly and listening unwillingly."

The three of them were puzzled for a moment.

Man Bao gave an example, "Mr. Zhuang once brought me a copy of the "Book of Changes" to read. I sat there and read it all morning without reading the next two pages. After reading it, I still didn't get it into my head; but I myself

Reading textbooks is different. I could read half of the textbook in one morning without blinking, and I could remember them all."

Three people:……

Man Bao said: "This is the difference between willing and unwilling."

Mrs. Tang held it in for a long time and asked: "Farming is not like studying, you also need to use your brain."

Yang Heshu didn't agree with this either, saying: "Farming is not all about brute force."

Man Bao is more direct, "Who said farming does not require brains? Farming without brains shows that they are unwilling, so the food they grow is not as good as others."

Man Bao said: "My family has several fields that are close to other people's fields. The soil fertility is about the same in the front, back, left, and right, but every year, whether it is wheat or rice, the harvest is a little better than other people's fields.

It’s because my third brother is very good at farming.”

She said: "This is the same as cooking. With the same ingredients, my elder sister-in-law cooks it with the same taste, and my second sister-in-law cooks it with another taste. So it's not just about studying. I feel that in this world

Things are generally like this, with brains being used and brains not being used. They work for me willingly, and the rewards are naturally different."

"Even if I only account for 40%, if the total amount is more, I will get more, and they will get more. Wouldn't a win-win situation be better than a win-win for me?"

Mrs. Tang was stunned for a while after hearing this, while Yang Heshu thought about it in his mind and said to Man Bao: "Sit down first and see how your yield per mu will be in two years."

Man Bao nodded.

Magistrate Tang asked her more directly, "Tell me, what do you want to ask us for?"

Man Bao chuckled and said, "Senior Brother Tang still understands me."

She said sternly: "I want to buy some hatching eggs for them to hatch chicks and raise, but Lijun looked for them and found that it is difficult to buy hatching eggs in the capital."

It’s not that it’s hard to buy, it’s that there are a lot of them that are hard to buy.

Manbao planned to raise twenty chicks for their family, and it was impossible to buy such a large number of hatching eggs at the moment.

Man Bao said to Magistrate Tang: "Brother Tang, can you help me look for it?"

Mr. Tang did not expect this to be her request, and was stunned for a moment, "Where can I, the county magistrate, find eggs for you?"

Man Bao said: "You are the county magistrate, shouldn't it be easy to find you?"

"Who told you that the county magistrate is easy to find eggs?"

Man Bao turned directly to look at Yang Heshu.

When Yang Heshu was full, he took a sip of tea to clear his mouth. After a while, he wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "Leave this to me. How many do you want?"

Man Bao: "Two thousand?"

Yang Heshu just frowned and nodded, "You can just ask someone to send you money later."

Manbao poured out a small piece of silver from his purse and gave it to him: "Here, three taels, no need to look for it."

Yang Heshu:......

Only then did he remember that even though two thousand eggs sounded like a lot, they were really not expensive at three cents each. If the three taels were exchanged for copper coins, there would still be some left over.

Yang Heshu took the money and said, "If I don't take advantage of you, I'll have someone give you the remaining money later."

Tang He was extremely curious, "Where can you, an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs, buy eggs? Did you buy eggs for them when you were the magistrate of Luojiang County?"

Yang Heshu said: "I not only bought them for them, but also helped them sell them."
Chapter completed!