The first lord of the poor family

Chapter 42 Building Canals
Wang Dayong always felt that Lin Hai's purchase of this mountainous land was a loss-making business.

Lin Hai smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have plenty of solutions.

If I really can't grow crops, I will plant an orchard on the mountain.

As long as the harvested fruits can be eaten at home! "

"If you spend more than 300 taels of silver to buy fruit, you won't be able to eat it all in your lifetime. Why waste money like this?"

Wang Dayong still hoped that Lin Hai would give up this unrealistic idea.

Lin Hai shook his head with a smile, "I will definitely make money buying these lands. Just don't be jealous when the time comes."

"Am I that kind of person? If you could turn all these mountains into fertile farmland, it would be too late for me to be happy for you!" Wang Dayong said.

"Okay, then you can follow me to the county and ask the Agriculture Department to measure the land." Lin Hai said.

"Okay, I'll give you a ride!"

The two drove the donkey cart to the county government office, where all the government officials already knew Lin Hai.

After all, anyone who can hunt tigers will be respected by the ancients.

Even these government officials are no exception.

Hearing that Lin Hai wanted to buy land, he led Lin Hai and two others to find the agricultural department responsible for managing the land.

When he heard about the land purchase, the agricultural secretary was very happy.

In Daxia, there are fewer people and more fields.

There are many deserted places that no one buys to cultivate.

Because there are frequent droughts, you have to pay taxes when buying fields, so fields in slightly worse locations cannot be sold at all.

The government office naturally lost a lot of income.

Therefore, farmers like Lin Hai who buy large fields are very popular.

He immediately prepared the land deed and led two government servants to follow Lin Hai to the village.

Lin Hai took them to the back mountain, pointed to the fields on the mountain and said, "Master Agricultural Secretary, I plan to buy this mountain land."

The agricultural secretary was originally very happy. Even the poorer fields cost at least three or four taels of silver per acre.

But mountainous areas are worthless, let alone abandoned mountainous areas.

At most it is worth only one or two silver dollars per acre.

His face immediately turned pale.

"Have you thought about it? You will probably lose money if you buy such a field, and you will have to pay taxes every year!

If the taxes cannot be paid, these fields will be taken back! "

Nongji advised.

Lin Hai smiled and said: "Sir, there is no need to persuade me anymore. I decided to buy this field and I will never regret it!"

Seeing that he could not persuade him, Nong Si had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, let's start measuring the fields!"

The two government officials took out the ropes used to measure the fields and began to pull them to measure.

This method is very fast, and it only took half a day to measure all the field rulers.

It was also specially marked on the map.

“There are 230 five acres of land in total, so let’s count it as 230 acres for you.

The price of mountainous land is one to two and a half cents of silver per acre.

In total, that's 340 five taels of silver. "The agricultural secretary said.

"Thank you, sir!" Lin Hai looked happy.

Unexpectedly, the county government officials were so generous and actually gave away five acres of land.

Wang Dayong looked on and shook his head, let alone five acres of land as a gift.

He doesn't want fifty acres of land as a gift.

After measuring and paying the money, the title deed was processed on the spot.

"These fields are yours now, farm them well!"

The Agriculture Secretary was obviously not optimistic either, so he returned to the county government office with two government officials.

"Dayong, please send the three adults off in a donkey cart!" Lin Hai said.

"Just leave this matter to me. You should first think about how to grow crops in these fields."

Wang Dayong shook his head helplessly and drove the carriage to see people off.

Lin Hai was so happy that he ran to the spring in the back mountain alone.I also bought it here, and the spring water belongs to myself.

Others think that to carry the spring water here to the other side of the mountain, you still need to climb a mountain.

If we relied on the spring water here to farm, we would probably die from exhaustion.

One person cannot even water two acres of land.

If we hire hundreds of people to help carry water and cultivate the land, I'm afraid the income won't be enough for labor.

Lin Hai checked the water output of the mountain spring, which was quite considerable.

It should be no problem to irrigate the more than 200 acres of fields.

Of the more than 200 acres of farmland purchased, almost 20 acres are unusable.

It's just for the convenience of diverting water.

The Agriculture Department also raised this issue at that time, and I really didn’t understand why Lin Hai wanted to buy such a long and narrow piece of land.

Of course Lin Hai would not tell him easily.

If I knew I could divert the water, the price of the land might go up...

It will cost more to buy these mountains.

On the second day, Lin Hai asked someone to help cut bamboo.

Just to divert the water there would require more than 500 meters of bamboo.

Even if the water is diverted, a new pool must be built, and bamboos must be used to divert the water downwards.

Continuously introduce spring water into the fields.

Watering this way requires almost no effort.

Just build a few more ditches and open them to irrigate the fields when water is needed.

Lin Hai hired all the idle people in the village.

Both men and women can come and earn wages as long as they can work.

Qiao'er heard that she had purchased so much mountain land that she couldn't sit still at home.

He locked the door and followed him, wanting to see how Lin Hai used the land.

Almost everyone in the village already knew about Lin Hai's purchase of this land.

They all felt that Lin Hai was too stupid.

You can’t get such mountainous land for free, and you’ll have to pay for whatever you plant.

But since there is money to be made, naturally everyone is willing to come and work.

Lin Hai asked people to dig a big pit on the side of the spring and let the mountain spring water flow into it.

All the chopped bamboo was cut through and led through the pond.

Qiaoer watched Lin Hai directing everyone to work.

A puzzled look on his face.

"Sir, I know you want to use bamboo to divert the water, but you have to pass through a mountain.

How can water flow through such a high place? "

"Just wait and see, we will definitely be able to lure the water over." Lin Hai said with a smile.

"I don't believe it. Water can only flow to lower places. How can it run to higher places? This is absolutely impossible!"

"Hey hey hey, how about we make a bet. If you can lead the water there, you have to promise me something!"

"Okay, just bet, I won't lose anyway!" Qiaoer looked unconvinced.

"Don't rush to agree, the bet hasn't been announced yet!"

"Then tell me, what do you want to bet on?"

"If you lose, you have to take a shower with me!" Lin Hai whispered in Qiao'er's ear.

Qiaoer's cheeks immediately turned red and she looked around in a panic.

After confirming that no one was paying attention, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He hit Lin Hai with a pink fist.

"My husband is talking nonsense! It's so embarrassing!"

"We are both husband and wife, so why should we be afraid of taking a shower together? Isn't this normal?"

"It doesn't work anyway, I have to change my bet!"

(End of this chapter)