Since that day, Li Duanyi came to ask for fifty catties of sugar, saying that he was going to send it to the palace, and as for the rest, let Xu Ping'an wait for news. The market can't be opened at once, and there is no way to rush it, and Xu Ping has no choice. Fortunately, Li Duanyi didn't take it for nothing, and gave him a silver collar of twenty-five taels that he bought.

At this time, in the city of Tokyo, the caramel that children usually eat is about a penny, and the precious sugar is sold for more than 200 wen a pound. Li Duanyi also asked someone to say that he was going to sell the white sugar made by Xu Ping until he had always paid enough money for one catty, and now the cost is shared between the two families.

Xu Ping naturally didn't care, he already had to earn this price.

At this time, when it was harvest season, the village was very busy, and Xu Ping didn't have the heart to care about it anymore.

August Xinyou, the sixth day of the first month.

Xu Ping was in the wheat field, directing Xu Chang and a group of villagers to cut the recovered sweet sorghum into thin sections with a guillotine knife and receive it for silage in the cellar next to it.

The reason why sweet sorghum is planted is because it is a high-quality feed suitable for silage, which can ensure that the cattle and sheep will not lack food in winter, so that they will not have to watch the cattle and sheep lose fat in the winter like other farmers now. The other ones sold it, and Xu Ping's own village sold it at a good price.

When he was busy, the gatekeeper came to Xu Ping and told him that the county master Guo was here again, and he also brought a lot of people, all of whom were waiting in front of the village on horses.

Xu Ping was annoyed when he heard this. When is this? Autumn is busy, autumn is busy, time waits for no one! Sorghum has the highest sugar content when the ears are ripe, and the quality is not as good as day by day. He also had to take back the sorghum from the field, and he also had to take advantage of this time to make wine, and he also had silage, although there was a harvester to help, Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang were too busy in the field. I don't have the skills to do it, how can I be in the mood to serve these officials!

But the identity of the family was there, and Xu Ping had no choice, so he had to order Xu Chang to go to Zhuang.

Guo Zhizheng was talking to the two of them, and there were more than two dozen people standing beside him. Seven or eight of them were dressed in silk and satin, and at first glance they were rich and noble, and the others were cloth clothes, like subordinates.

Xu Ping came up to greet him and said to Guo Zhi: "I don't know if the master book is coming, and I will miss the welcome." ”

Guo Shi smiled: "Little farmer, you harvest crops here, why don't you tell me?" ”

Xu Ping was stunned, what does my harvest in the field have to do with you? Why should I tell you?

Guo Zhi looked at Xu Ping's expression, and didn't care, and pointed to the people around him: "Here are all big families under Zhongmu County, and each family has more than 1,000 acres of land. I called them to your farm so that they could see how you farmed the fields and that they could go back and study. As the chief bookkeeper of this county, I should do my duty to persuade farmers and mulberries. ”

Xu Ping looked at Guo Shi like a monster. This girl is coming to her own village to hold a live demonstration! This is Xu Ping's old business in his previous life. But why don't you inform yourself? That's it? Why? Who cares about these twenty people? Who's in charge?

Among the people who came, there were smart brains, knowing that Xu Ping was the master, so they hurriedly stepped forward to say hello: "In Xia Li Yuncong, there is also a Zhuangzi on the side of the Bianhe River, with more than 2,000 acres of fields in the village, and I also ask the owner of the village to give advice!" ”

Xu Ping looked at this person, with a short figure, a slightly dark complexion, two mustaches, and a black mole on his chin, which didn't look like a landlord, but like a dog-legged housekeeper.

Xu Ping said "um" and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Someone started to start, and someone followed, and another one came up and said: "In the lower Ye Tianlong, Zhuangzi is even older than Li Yuanwai." Haha, in fact, Li Yuanwai's Zhuangzi still buys me a lot of land, and there is too much land to plant, haha. When will the little farmer come to my village to give some advice. Ha ha! ”

Xu Ping looked at his white and fat face, and scolded in his heart, haha your sister, I'm full of food and go to your village for guidance! I don't know if I'm up and down for 100 dollars a day!

Seeing that everyone else was about to come up, Xu Ping was irritable, came to Guo Shi's side, and asked him in a low voice: "Master Bookkeeper, you have found so many people to come to my village, what is the benefit of me?" ”

Guo Shi was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, what benefits do you want? Isn't it good that I think so highly of you? After being silent for a while, he said: "I will save you from the next year's money and grain in the village!" ”

Xu Ping was a little anxious: "My Zhuangzi has been free of money and food in the past few years!" Chief, you bring people down, doesn't the county have funds? Do you want me to eat and drink? ”

Such a big master book, in Xu Ping's previous life, he was also a figure at the level of deputy county magistrate and director of the financial bureau, and he had rank and real power, so he just threw his sleeves down to do things? Xu Ping, a clerk, held a demonstration meeting and invited people to drink the liquor in the carton and take care of a meal of pig's head meat!

Guo Zhi listened to Xu Ping's words, and he was also embarrassed. This is indeed his duty, but the county really does not have this fund, so he can't pay for it himself to appease Xu Ping. The official of the Song Dynasty was high, so he also had to raise a large family, and he could not support his family if he spent it himself? Moreover, the Song Dynasty was very strict with officials who embezzled public funds, and the punishment was extremely heavy. Although it is said that the Song Dynasty does not kill ministers, and generally does not really kill people, but it is still impossible to run away from the reduction of posts for the people, and the example of Su Shunqin one or two decades later is there, and it is still an accomplice to the end.

Looking at Guo Shi's appearance, Xu Ping sighed: "Master, I also know that you want to do things for the people, but you can't trick me!" Or if you think about it again, what can be done? ”

Guo Shi looked at the crowd around him, and his heart was not happy, was it a good thing to do, why did he come out like this again? said to Xu Ping: "Little owner, don't be careful!" If you cooperate with the court, the court will not forget, and there will always be benefits for you in the future! ”

It's another empty check, Xu Ping is about to curse in his heart, how did this person become an official? You don't have funds, but you have the power, you can manage people, it's all good! That's all it takes!

Calming down, Xu Ping said to Guo Shi: "Master book, I have also read the people you brought, and eight out of ten are foreign officials, and they must be served wherever they go." What season is it? Grabbing the crops in the field is like fighting a fire, and my farm is already short of manpower, who will take care of them? ”

Seeing that Guo Shi still didn't understand, Xu Ping simply explained: "Outside of these staff, which of my Zhuangzi doesn't have more people than me?" I grow reeds here, so the Zhuangzi is busy, but they are not busy in the Zhuang. If everyone came and brought five or six villagers to help me do some farm work, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? They saw what they should see, and they did it themselves, no better than just watching! ”

Guo Zhi listened, the dark clouds on his face gradually dissipated, and said to Xu Ping: "What the little owner said is also reasonable. ”

He is a smart man, he can understand a little, he didn't think of it before, it's just that these methods are not popular in this era. As an official, you can't be corrupt, you still have power, what's not easy to do?

Seeing that Guo Shi understood what he meant, Xu Ping said: "Actually, these people have to bring a few village service attendants when they go out to drink, and there is nothing at all for them to send a few people to work." And so many people come to my Zhuangzi, you must be prepared, otherwise it will be a mess. Otherwise, the master will take care of the people who come, and don't let them cause trouble. Where you can get there, where you can't get there, what you should see and what you shouldn't see, it's clear in advance. I'm going to restrain myself and make them have rules. ”

Guo Shi looked at Xu Ping: "The little farmer is reasonable, everything must have rules." ”

Of course it makes sense, Xu Ping did this specifically in his previous life, hula and recruited a group of people, didn't set the rules strictly, and showed you all kinds of strange things.

Guo Shi recruited the group of village owners together and asked them to send people to call the village guests to work.

Li Yuncong said with a bitter face: "The main bookkeeper, my village is also very busy, and I really can't spare manpower." Do you want the other members to bring a few more people? ”

Guo Shi glanced at him and said, "Since you are busy in the village like this, what are you still doing here?" Why don't you go back and get busy? Don't say I'm disturbing the farming season! ”

Ye Tianlong echoed on the side: "What the master book says is, let Li Yuanwai go back quickly!" ”

They all listened to the magic of the harvester that Guo Zhi said, and they came to learn it on purpose. At this time, the surrounding wasteland was everywhere, and with the help of manpower-saving farming tools, it was possible to quickly expand the cultivated land. Moreover, in order to encourage land reclamation, the imperial court not only opened up the land owned by the reclamation, but also had tax exemptions for different years. Ye Tianlong and Li Yuncong's Zhuangzi are next to each other, your house will open more and my house will open less, and it is the opposite at this time.

With Guo Zhi's words, no one dared to speak out against it, and at that time, it was decided that five people from each family would come to Xu Ping Zhuangzi to help work, of course, to ensure that they could see what they wanted to see.

At noon, when the sun was poisoning, the farm work in the village also stopped, and Xu Ping gathered all the people in the village together and said that Guo Shi brought people to visit. It was agreed that the place where the wine was made was strictly forbidden for any outsiders to see, and this did not fall within the scope of Guo Zhi's statement. As for the other farm tools, there is no need to keep them secret, although it is their ability to let these landlords and old fortunes see how much they can learn. According to Xu Ping's estimate, they still have to come to their own village to buy it, just to find some work for the winter farming season.

The bankers have no objection, although there is a lot of life this year, but the reward money is sent down again and again, and the income is more than in the past two years. When the money fell into his hands, no one was tired.

With so many people coming, food and shelter are a big problem. It's okay to eat, it's nothing more than steaming a few more steamed buns, and it's a little troublesome to live.

Although the south house has more than 30 villagers, it cannot accommodate so many people. Discuss and discuss, or build some grass huts outside, anyway, it is hot at this time, and I am not afraid of freezing.

Xu Ping also thought that his village would definitely recruit people next year, and he had to start a new house, but he didn't have time now, so he had to wait until the autumn harvest was over.