Zhou Erlang was confused, "Didn't I say that you gave me the drawings?"

"Yes, it's in the agricultural book."

Zhou Dalang's eyes sparkled and he asked: "Then our family can make one?"

Man Bao nodded and waved his hand, "Anyone can do it."

They have already learned how to be a carpenter, how can they still stop the carpenter from doing it?

What Lao Zhoutou is more concerned about is, "Is it expensive?"

Manbao looked at Bai Shanbao, and Bai Shanbao turned to look at Daji.

Daji, Daji looked around, and finally found that no one could see him, so he said: "The carpenter doesn't want to come to the house. Master, please wait a moment while I go find the boy who brought the plow."

"Because this is the first time this plow has been built, the carpenter has been thinking about it for a long time. The wood is provided by himself. In addition, the labor cost is nine hundred coins."

Lao Zhoutou and others were stunned, isn't this too expensive?

The servant continued: "But before he came back, he said that if we want to make a second batch, since we can already do it, we will bring our own wood and the labor will only be 800 cash. If the quantity is large, 700 and 50 cash will be enough."

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Old Zhoutou's expression finally softened, because they usually paid about 700 cash to make plows.

He first looked at Master Bai and asked with a smile, "Master Bai, do you want to replace the plow at home?"

Mr. Bai's eyes flashed slightly. He didn't understand why the new plow was better than the old one. After all, although he knew about farming, he didn't actually plow the fields, so naturally he didn't know the difference.

But he knew Lao Zhoutou.

I can't say that Lao Zhoutou is the smartest person in Qili Village, but he is somewhat famous. The most important thing is that farmers rarely replace such large farm tools.

Because everything costs a lot of money.

But Lao Zhou didn't hesitate long and asked him. It was obvious that this plow was really good, so good that even a stingy old farmer with little money in his family was excited.

So Mr. Bai smiled and nodded, "I am planning to replace a batch of plows, which will probably cost about ten."

Although he was sure that the item was good, he decided to be cautious and buy a cross first to try out. If it was good, he would buy more.

Lao Zhoutou said with a smile on the side: "Then my family will make a decision with Mr. Bai and get a new plow."

Man Bao shouted from the side: "We also want four, so there will be five."

Lao Zhou patted her on the head and said, "Why buy so many plows for nothing? Two of them are enough for your more than 100 acres of land."

Manbao looked at Bai Shanbao unconvinced.

Bai Shanbao took a value in the middle and said, "Let's buy two more, so there are three in total."

Daji wrote down these numbers and reported them back to the carpenter.

Mr. Bai said: "Our family has ordered a lot of plows. Let's hire a carpenter to do it later. It will be more convenient to transport the wood and we can supervise the work."

Lao Zhoutou nodded with deep understanding, that is, it is important to keep an eye on something as important as a plow to feel at ease, but it takes several days to make a plow, so they can't go to the county town and keep an eye on it every day, right?

Of course, this kind of thing was done by the Bai family. It happened that Bai Shanbao and Man Bao were also very interested in carpenters, so when the old carpenter brought his two sons to the Bai family, they were warmly welcomed and watched by Man Bao and the others.

The carpenter and his son were a little confused when they were welcomed. Man Bao asked him, "Is the plow easy to make?"

"It's not bad," the old carpenter said hesitantly: "The drawings given by my boss are quite clear, and there is data on them. It's just that you have to spend more time thinking about it, and it's not particularly difficult."

Man Bao decided to go back in the evening and give the poor graduate student a handful of soil.

Now that the plow is available, the next step is to plow the land.

There was no need for the three of them to worry about it. Mrs. Liu directly asked people to buy three cows for them from outside. They were all bullocks.

Lao Zhoutou looked hot and couldn't help but murmured to Mr. Qian, "Why do you think they are willing to spend so much on three children?"

What can I do with this money?

Qian glanced at him and said, "Didn't you also give Man Bao sixty acres of land?"

"It's useless for us to keep those forty acres of mountains. As for the twenty acres of land, except for a few acres that can be seen, the rest are thin land. They haven't been taken care of in the past years. They plow the land and dig.

If you throw the seeds into the pit, you won’t even get rid of the grass much. The yield in a year is not much, so just give it away.”

Old Zhoutou said: "But the Bai family is responsible for the young master's manpower and material resources, and we won't talk about it until it is time to farm. Look at it now. They are buying plows, cattle, and hired day laborers.

How much do you have to spend every day?”

Old Zhou is heartbroken just thinking about it.

Qian closed his eyes and said, "It's not your money that was spent. Why are you heartbroken?"

"But it's my daughter who spends the money," Lao Zhoutou reluctantly came up with a reason, "You said Man Bao was raised there, will he spend money so lavishly when he comes back?"

"Your daughter is not stupid. The difference between the two families is here. She is considerate and would not think so."

Ms. Qian is now off the medicine and her health is much better. However, there is no farm work to do in winter, otherwise she can go to work in the fields.

She said: "Okay, go to bed quickly. Your daughter knows that the ground will be plowed in winter, but you don't know the plan?"

"Let's wait a few more days," Old Zhoutou said, "wait until the new plow arrives before plowing the ground. Don't tell me, the plow Man Bao brought out is really easy to use. I pulled it and it saved a lot of effort."

"If the commander hasn't notified you in two days, we probably won't have to serve this year. We can slowly do the work in the fields."

There are so many fields in the family, and it is impossible to plow every piece of land, otherwise it will be very tiring, so the old Zhou family only plows the most fertile fields every year.

This year, we have planted twenty acres of wheat, and there is even less left, so Old Zhou is not in a hurry at all.

He was waiting to see if he would serve in the army this year. If so, the eldest son would go, and then the sixth son would be brought along to learn how to help the plow.

While Lao Zhoutou was thinking this, Manbao received a letter from the county town.

The letter was brought back by Wu Lang. He went to the county town today to sell ginger cubes. When he went to the county magistrate's house, the girl there gave her this letter.

Man Bao was very busy today, and until now he had no time to sit at the table and read the letter by an oil lamp.

The letter was written by Miss Fu Er. She told Man Bao that her father had appointed the magistrate of Taining County and that he had to return to the capital to report on his duties before taking office. In addition, he had not been home for the New Year in several years, so the Ministry of Civil Affairs gave him a blanket.

Twenty days of annual leave.

With the annual leave and the time to return to Beijing to report on work, the Fu family decided to leave Luojiang County on October 18th, first go to the capital, and then go home to celebrate the New Year.

There are still three days left, and Miss Fu Er hopes that Man Bao can go and see her off.

Man Bao was a little sad. Although she felt that she and Sister Fu could meet again, she still couldn't help but be confused about the future and didn't know when they would see each other again.
Chapter completed!