Lin Daqiang picked up a pickled cabbage and smelled it. It was sour and not that pleasant, but he believed what Lin Xiaoman said.

"Well, what do you and my uncle need to prepare for pickling pickled vegetables? My family will prepare it first. If there are people in the village who want to learn, let your aunt teach them."

Lin Xiaoman taught Lin Daqiang how to pickle sauerkraut. Lin Daqiang was afraid that he could not remember clearly, so he called them when Lin Xiaoman was pickling sauerkraut at home.

After saying this, Lin Daqiang said another thing, "Didn't you tell me that you want to open up wasteland? I went to the county government yesterday to ask. The court has recently encouraged people to open up wasteland. The agricultural tax will be exempted in the first year. This year, the wasteland will be opened up.

, you don’t have to pay taxes next year, and you will have to pay a certain amount of taxes starting from the year after that. Then someone from the government will classify the land. If you have thought about it, uncle will go to the county government tomorrow to tell you, and the county government will send someone to measure the land. "

Lin Xiaoman felt very satisfied after hearing this, "That's okay, I'll leave Uncle Qiang to worry about it."

"What kind words can I say to Uncle He? It's just that our village will be busy making kangs from now on, and I'm afraid we won't be able to spare the manpower to help you open up wasteland. What are your plans? Do you want to hire people from other villages?"

Lin Xiaoman had already thought about it. In addition to hiring people from other villages to open up wasteland, she also had to harvest hazelnuts. Now that no one in Hedong Village could spare any manpower, she would definitely have to ask people from other villages.

"Well, it's okay to hire people from other villages, but I'm not familiar with them, so I need Uncle Daqiang to help me."

Lin Daqiang grinned, "If you trust me, I will definitely do something beautiful for you."

Over the years he has been the patriarch, this period is the busiest and most tiring, but also the most fulfilling. He seems to be full of energy, and he is afraid that if he suddenly becomes idle, he will lose everything.

After returning home, Lin Daqiang called over all the people who had not been assigned work, and discussed the future arrangements. Those who could weave mats would make mats, and those who couldn't weave mats would make kang boards. He also selected dozens of people to go to Lin Daqiang.

If Xiaoman's family learns Pan Kang, they will be able to earn more money in the next period of time. Otherwise, when people outside have learned it, they won't be able to earn the money themselves.

Even if the competition becomes fierce and the prices are lowered, the income from Pan Kang will not be that much.

In the afternoon, the wall of the east chamber was built. Those who had never done the kang before and people selected by Lin Daqiang started to play the kang. Those who had done the kang stood beside them and gave instructions. Soon, these people who had never done the kang also understood how to do the kang.

principle.

The next step is to wait for the beams to be installed on an auspicious day before plastering the inner and outer walls.

The auspicious day is chosen five days later. In the next few days, these people will no longer need to come to Lin Xiaoman's house and can start making kang beds for the villagers.

Lin Daqiang got up early the next day and went to the city. He went to the county government to ask someone to come to the village to divide the wasteland.

Lu Jin had just finished hearing a case in which her mother-in-law accused her daughter-in-law of being unfilial. After leaving the office, she heard from Qingshu that the head of the Hedong Village clan had come to help Lin Xiaoman's family buy land, and he immediately became energetic.

"The shopkeeper wants to buy land? This is a big deal. Come with me."

"Yes!" Qingshu accepted the order and asked: "Master, do you want me to say something so that I don't have to prepare the master's meal at noon?"

"Do you even need to ask?" Lu Jin gave him an annoyed look, and Qing Shu ran out with a smile.

When Lin Daqiang came out of the county government office with two land surveyors, he saw Lu Jin and Qingshu in regular clothes standing at the gate of the government office. Qingshu was holding two horses in his hands.

Lin Daqiang hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "The common people have met the county magistrate."

Lu Jin nodded at him, "No need to be polite."

After Lin Daqiang stood up, he wanted to wait for Lu Jin and Qing Shu to leave first, but saw the two old gods standing there, as if waiting for someone, or waiting for him to leave first, so he had to test and say: "Sir, if nothing happens,

, I’m leaving first.”

Lu Jin nodded to him, and Lin Daqiang breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the handlebar parked carriage not far from the county government office.

Lu Jin and Qingshu also got on their horses. After Lin Daqiang and two minor officials got on the carriage, he turned around and looked back. He saw Lu Jin and Qingshu following leisurely and asked in a low voice: "My lord, the county magistrate.

Are you going on business?"

The two clerks shook their heads, "I don't know either."

They are just petty officials in charge of land in the county government. Who cares what they do with the county magistrate? But looking at the appearance of the county magistrate, it seems like he is following them?

Could it be that new officials have taken office and want to see if they, the government officials, have bent the law for personal gain?

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly at the same time. They both made up their mind not to tamper with the size of the land when measuring the land today.

After leaving the city, Lin Daqiang felt happy for no reason when he saw Lu Jin and Qing Shu still following behind.

In the past, when his father was the patriarch, he heard his father say that when government officials came to measure the land, they would play tricks on the number of acres. The real amount of ten acres of land was less than nine acres, and even less than eight acres for some ruthless cases.

The extra land will be allocated to squires, landlords or some nobles. Their people cultivate the reduced land, but pay real taxes. And those rich people don't know how much they can save in tax money in a year.<

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But even if they know that there is nothing they can do about it, they, ordinary people, may be afraid that these people will interfere with the fields to supervise it.

For a moment, I was even more grateful to Lu Jin for working hard for the people.

At this time, Lu Jin, who was grateful to Lin Daqiang, was listening to Qing Shu's nagging in his ear, "Master, the barbecue we had the day before yesterday was so delicious. What do you think the little shopkeeper will cook today?"

"I just know how to eat! Outsiders still think that I have treated you harshly." Lu Jin was too lazy to read Qingshu, but all that flashed in his mind were the roast chicken and lamb that day, but his favorite was still the boiled fish.
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It's obviously spicy enough to make people cry, so why do you call it Shuizhuan with such a bland name?

I thought: How can I get the little shopkeeper to do it for him again?

It was still early when they arrived at Hedong Village. After entering the village, they saw busy villagers running around. What Lu Jin and Qingshu thought was: "Something happened to the village?"

Lin Daqiang smiled: "No, no, our village has been a little busy recently and we have not received enough hospitality. Please forgive me."

Lu Jin's face fell. Before he could eat the boiled fish that he had been longing for, Patriarch Lin told him that he had not treated him well. Did he not intend to take care of his food? It's not like he didn't pay.

Although she felt uncomfortable, Lu Jin planned to go to Lin Xiaoman's place first. If Lin Xiaoman wasn't so busy, he could always make something delicious for him.

Because he was surveying the land for Lin Xiaoman's family, Lin Daqiang took him directly to Lin Xiaoman's house in the west of the village.

Lin Xiaoman was making lunch. Although the new stove was usable, the stove was too low and he was not used to bending down to cook. After the fire was set, it was too hot in the house, so Lin Xiaoman decided to use the outside stove first.

There are always people coming to the house these days, and Lin Xiaoman doesn't cook very well. He simply cooks a pot of white rice and stir-fried pork with pickles.

After it snowed, it was freezing cold and everyone was at home. During the winter, she and Lin Erhu would cook delicious food at home.
Chapter completed!