Hot Farmer’s Wife: Buying a Husband for the Farm

They all felt that Lin Xiaoyue's idea was a bit whimsical, and they couldn't believe that sweet potatoes could create such great value.

"Just this house, there is really not enough space. However, if there is not enough space, build it." Lin Xiaoyue said directly.

"Anyway, the surrounding land is ready-made. Just next to the house, circle two pieces of land."

"One is for pig farms, and the other is for chicken farms."

"The pig farm is built directly with walls and capped. Walls are built inside to divide the pens. One pigsty feeds three or four pigs, and there are hundreds of pigsties."

In this way, on a pig farm, she can raise three or four hundred pigs.

"Management of the pig farm is also simple. Four or five people are arranged to prepare pig food for the pigs, and two or three people to clean up the pig manure in the pig pen."

"Three or four hundred pigs sounds scary, but if you really take care of them, you don't need ten people."

Everyone was stunned.

This... seems to make sense.

Ordinary farmers find it difficult to take care of two pigs.

That's because farmers have a lot more to do than take care of pigs.

If you don't do anything else, and only take care of the pigs on a special trip, with seven or eight people together, it is indeed possible to take care of the pig farm well.

Seeing that the three stewards didn't speak, Lin Xiaoyue continued to say, "It's the same thing as a chicken farm."

"It's easier to raise chickens, just arrange people to feed, pick up eggs and clean up chicken manure every day!"

The three stewards were heartbroken.

Compared with pig farms, chicken farms are actually more worth trying.

After all, chicks are much cheaper and easier to buy than piglets.

Chicken farms are going to fail, and the losses will be smaller.

Before the three had time to speak, Lin Xiaoyue had already continued.

"If there are not enough people, I will hire people. It just so happens that I am not going to rent out the land of the three villages in the coming year."

"When the time comes, Zhuangzi will directly issue an announcement and hire the surrounding villagers to come to Zhuangzi to help."

"Wages are based on age, gender and job content."

The three stewards only felt that their thoughts could not keep up with the speed of Lin Xiaoyue's speech.

Not renting? Pay the tenant farmers instead? To give money to the tenant farmers?

Lin Xiaoyue looked at the three stewards.

"Isn't the land difficult to rent? Then don't rent it."

"Nearby villagers are reluctant to rent land, but choose to work in the town because they feel that they earn more from work than from farming."

"Next year, our Zhuangzishang will also provide you with the opportunity to work, and the wages will be calculated on a daily basis, and wages will be distributed uniformly at the end of the month."

"Zhuangzi is closer to them, and he has work to do every day. There's no reason why they wouldn't come."

The three stewards were startled.

That being said, if you hire so many people, the wages alone will cost you a lot.

Lin Xiaoyue saw the three people's worries and continued: "Don't worry about wages. If you only farm the land, seven or eighty people will be enough for one villager."

"For farming, we only need people between the ages of 12 and 62. With good physical fitness, the age limit can be appropriately relaxed."

Don't blame her for recruiting child labor, there was no such thing in ancient times.

In the countryside, a twelve-year-old child can sometimes work as well as a fifty or sixty-year-old. .

"The wages for farming are uniformly calculated as fifty cents a day. And you have to tell the villagers in advance that you don't want to cheat or cheat."

"When the news is released, I believe that many people will come to sign up, except for those young and middle-aged people."

After all, although the salary of fifty cents a day is not high, for those old and young, they do not have the age advantage of young adults and can go to work in the town.

Now there is a chance for them to earn fifty cents a day, which is pretty good.

"Of course, we also accept young adults." Lin Xiaoyue continued.

"However, you don't have to arrange for them to plant the land. Instead, you have to arrange for them to do some heavy work. Such as fetching water, fertilizing, irrigating. And when it comes to harvesting in the field, let them carry the things in the field."

"Of course, these people do heavy work, and the wages are correspondingly higher. At that time, depending on the content of the work, they will be paid the corresponding wages."

While listening, everyone imagined Lin Xiaoyue's arrangement.

I found that after dividing the labor like her, it seems that I can really plant the whole land.

Moreover, the efficiency may be even higher.

"Also, on the pig farm and the chicken farm, it's similar to employing people. However, the people in these two places have to make long-term contracts, and they can't let people go wherever they want, just like farming."

The three stewards nodded.

The job is different, and the way you hire people does have to change.

"Miss is right. But this way, the cost of the village will be huge." Cao De couldn't hold back and said to Lin Xiaoyue.

He listened to what the lady said, and slowly, he also agreed with the lady's idea.

It's just that these ideas really need a lot of money to be implemented.

Forget about hiring someone to do the work, you need to pay.

In addition, building pig farms and chicken farms also requires money.

Building a house is only a small part of the expenditure, and the bigger one is actually the money to buy piglets and chickens.

Especially piglets, the price is not cheap.

And farming is far from being as simple as the lady said.

If you take care of it, you will be able to earn a lot of money.

But if you don't raise it well, the piglets or chicks will die.

Even worse, in the event of a disease that causes piglets and chickens to die in batches, the losses will be huge.

Lin Xiaoyue nodded.

"The cost is naturally high, but it is still within the acceptable range."

Lin Xiaoyue thought for a while and said, "In this way, I will give you a budget of 2,000 taels for each Zhuangzi. Then I will arrange for the accountant to come over and cooperate with you."

"Requirements, pig farms, chicken farms must be built, and the farm's policy of hiring people to farm the land cannot be changed."

"For some jobs, if you really can't trust outsiders and you need to buy people, you can also report to me, and then go to Zhou's firm to select people. Of course, this money has to be deducted from the budget."

"When the money is spent, I only have one requirement from my side. That is, by the end of next year, the output of Zhuangzi must reach 4,000 taels of silver."

"The output I'm talking about refers to, first, the money left on the bank's book. Second, the discount of the farm's remaining agricultural inventories. The third is the discount of the value of livestock. As for the houses built and the like, not counted."

As soon as these words came out, the three stewards were shocked.

Give 2,000 taels of silver and double it within a year, not counting the expenses of building a house and buying people?

Miss, this is too cruel...

Even Li Xiao and Zhou Shi were a little surprised.

Doubling it a year, or on the basis of 2,000 taels, this... She really dared to think about it.

The three stewards looked at each other, and one by one, their expressions became a little terrified.

Fan Ming just wanted to speak, but heard Lin Xiaoyue speak again.

"Everyone, don't think that the goal of four thousand taels of silver is too high, let me finish my words first."

Lin Xiaoyue looked at the three stewards, "When planting peppers, the yield per mu can generally reach more than 3,000 catties. According to our situation here, we can plant three seasons a year."

"After the obtained red peppers are dried, ten pounds of raw peppers can probably yield one kilogram of dried red peppers. And these dried red peppers, at that time, will be converted at the price of fifteen cents per kilogram."

The four stewards listened and calculated in their hearts.

According to the lady, one mu of land can produce 3,000 catties of chili peppers, which is roughly 300 catties of dried red peppers.

Then dried red peppers are fifteen cents a pound, so the income from one mu of peppers is four thousand five hundred cents, which is equivalent to four or two or five cents of silver.

Three seasons are planted in a year, and in that year, the yield of peppers per mu of land is 1325 coins.

They have several Zhuangzi, and each Zhuangzi has more than 300 acres of land.

The income from chili peppers alone is more than 4,000 taels!

After calculating the result, the eyes of the three stewards were all shocked.

Then, the mentality also changed.

If this pepper has such a high output, the income of this pepper alone is very impressive!

You know, in addition to peppers, there are sweet potatoes with even more amazing yields.

That thing can be used to feed livestock. At that time, the income of pig farms and chicken farms will probably be no less than that of peppers.

In this way, it seems that the lady's request is not too much.

Lin Xiaoyue seemed to think of something, and suddenly spoke again.

"Forget it, I'll give you another job. After the dried red peppers come out, you will process the dried red peppers into chili powder as required."

"When the time comes, send the chili powder to the workshop in Dashi Village. The price will be counted as twenty cents per pound."

If the chili powder is directly given to the workshop, the workers will not even know the real appearance of the chili pepper, so the confidentiality is stronger.

As for the people who work in the village, although they grow peppers, they don't know what the peppers are used for.

In addition, there are people staring at Liang Yu and Zhou Ye, and those people are not so easy to make small moves.

When the three stewards heard that after grinding the peppers into powder, the unit price could directly increase by five cents, and their faces were filled with joy.

Zhuangzi Shang also has to hire people anyway. When the time comes, they will hire a few extra people to grind chili powder, and they can make some money.

"It's just peppers. In addition to peppers, there are sweet potatoes."

"After sweet potatoes come out, in addition to feeding pigs and chickens, they can also make sweet potato flour and vermicelli. These things are not low in value."

Especially sweet potato flour, that stuff can tenderize meat.

She believed that Liang Yu would definitely be interested.

The three stewards were amazed in their hearts, their young lady had so many ideas.

Lin Xiaoyue waited for a while, but did not see any objection from the three of them.

Only spoke again.

"Four thousand taels of silver is a test for you. It's completed, and the ranking will be based on the completion situation. At the end of the year, all the people in the village will be rewarded. In addition, if you have done a particularly good job, I will have other considerations here."

The three of them moved their heads.

Other considerations?

The young lady not only has these three villages, but also has shops in the town. In addition, she also has the business of workshops.

Among them, the business of the workshop is the largest, and it cooperates with Ruyi Building and Zhou Ye.

It's good to be a steward in Zhuangzi, but who doesn't want to go further?

The lady is not an ordinary person, and the business will only grow bigger in the future.

Wouldn't it be more interesting to be able to work under Miss's staff than to be in charge of a village?

Thinking of this, the three stewards felt a little moved.

The lady did not set any authority, and directly gave each of them two thousand taels of silver for free control.

With this kind of bearing and courage, few masters have it.

Both the power and the money are given to them, and it is really up to them how much they can achieve in the end.

This clock Gui and Cao De thought of more.

Before, they thought that the young lady was unusual to Fan Ming, but now, they found that this was not the case.

According to the lady, the three Zhuangzi each had a budget of 2,000 taels of silver. It sounds like everyone has the same cost.

However, the three Zhuangzi, the number of people on the Zhuangzi, and the land in the Zhuangzi are different.

Although Master Zhou and Master Zhou helped to gather some land, they still couldn't change the fact that Zhou's village had the least land.

In other words, in this competition, Fan Ming's cost is actually lower than theirs.

As for the lady, it seemed, she didn't mean to open the back door for Fan Ming.

Fan Ming felt a little bitter in his heart.

He thought that the young lady came to Zhoujiazhuang first because she favored him.

Now, it seems that I really think too much.

But even so, he couldn't have an opinion.

Say it, don't you expect to be despised by the lady?

If the land is less than others, just be less.

With the capital of 2,000 taels of silver, there is a lot that can be done.

It was a big deal, he thought of a way to find a remedy elsewhere.

Lin Xiaoyue was very satisfied with the three people's reactions.

Then, the conversation changed.

"But if it can't be done—" His gaze turned to the three of them again.

The atmosphere suddenly changed suddenly, the heat in the hearts of the three quickly subsided, and even their bodies became tense.

"Everything should be rewarded and punished. If the goal is not achieved, it means that your ability is limited." Lin Xiaoyue picked up the tea and took a sip.

"Then it's no longer suitable to be in the position of steward. Instead, this son should be released and replaced by someone who is capable."

The expressions of the three stewards changed drastically.

Miss, this is to dismiss them.

But in just a moment, the three of them calmed down one after another.

They are just the servants of the young lady. If the young lady really wants to dismiss them, they can just give instructions directly. Why bother to arrange so much?

And they also took out six thousand taels of silver to toss them.

The matter is very simple, the lady just wants to try them with 6,000 taels of silver.

See what their abilities are like.

If they are really capable, Miss will naturally reuse them.

If it's just an empty name, the lady will definitely not tolerate it.

Thinking of this, the three of them made up their minds.

"Miss's words are reasonable, and everything is only reasonable if there are rewards and punishments. Fan Ming, you must go all out to live up to your expectations." Fan Ming stood up first, and saluted Lin Xiaoyue with a fist.

Zhong Gui and Cao De saw this and quickly got up.

"I will do my best to live up to Miss's expectations!" He followed.

Well, this Fan Ming is really not easy.

Knowing that he was at a disadvantage, he even took the initiative to express his position to the young lady first, which made him feel good.

Sure enough, Lin Xiaoyue looked at Fan Ming with a smile on her face.

"Okay. Next, let's talk about hiring people to farm the land in detail." She hasn't said anything about personnel management.

So, next, Lin Xiaoyue told a few people what she knew about some plans for the management of vegetable farms in the 21st century.

After that, it was about pig farms and chicken farms, some of my own suggestions.

This conversation went on for an hour and a half.

The three stewards clearly understood the responsibilities on their shoulders, listened very carefully, and occasionally consulted and discussed with Lin Xiaoyue.

That's why we talked for so long.