The pen and ink are settled, and the deal is completed.
Zhang Chao didn't stay long, and took the empty carriage directly to receive his two Zhuangzi.
The villagers who came with Zhangjiagou were all in high spirits and sang songs all the way.
The Zhao family, the witnesses, and the guarantors also said goodbye and left.
Zhao Yuanwai was paralyzed on the warm kang, this kang was invited to the Zhang family a few days ago, and now the two Zhuangzi in the family have become the Zhang family.
Zhao Siniang, the girl who had not left the pavilion, came to the front hall after the guests left.
"The land has been sold."
Zhao Yuanwai said to his daughter.
"It's good to sell it."
Zhao Siniang handed a handkerchief to her father, "Dad, if you sell these two Zhuangzi, you can repay the loan, our grain store has been saved, and there are other Zhuangzi at home."
My daughter has estimated that now the price of rice has fallen to Doumi Baiwen, and it is impossible to fall further from Doumi 500 to Baiwen in a short period of time.
Now there is another rebellion in Hebei and Shandong, and the imperial court has been defeated in two conquests, and it is impossible for the imperial court to calm down in a short time.
Hebei and Shandong are erosive, and next year's grain market will definitely rise again. ” Zhao Yuanwai covered his face with a fire ulcer, "Who can say for sure."
At the beginning, I also thought that there would be some time for the world to be in turmoil, and the price of grain would not be lowered, so didn't you persuade me not to hoard grain at that time?
” "Dad, this time and that time.
At that time, my daughter advised you not to stock up on grain because the price of grain was already very high.
But now, the price of food has fallen to a hundred dollars, and if you think about it, in the past ten years, this is already the lowest food price.
Even if the Tang Dynasty unifies the world, it will be in ruins for a while, and it is impossible for the grain to immediately return to the level before the Sui Rebellion. ” "Hopefully.
This time, my father blocked all our net worth, if you can't guess correctly this time, our Zhao family will really be finished. ” Zhao Yuanwai originally wanted to sell the grain in his hand at a low price, but his daughter stopped him.
Now the grain bucket rice is only 100 Wen, if it is sold at a low price, then the Zhao family will lose too much, and it will not be able to do it without breaking the muscles and bones.
She judged that now that the grain market price has reached the end, it is impossible to fall again, and with the chaos in Hebei and Shandong, it is very likely that there will be a rebound in grain prices next year.
As long as the grain in the hands of the Zhao family can be stored and sold after the grain price rises next year, it can also reduce a lot of losses.
"Zhang Sanlang is still benevolent."
Zhao Siniang also nodded, "I want to thank Zhang Sanlang this time, if he wasn't willing to pay five thousand yuan to buy our Zhuangzi, we wouldn't be able to hold on."
"The Zhao family had planned to sell Zhuangzi before, and they had found a lot of people.
But those people all wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, and many of the two Zhuangzi were only willing to give 3,000 guan, and even some people were only willing to give 1,000 or 2,000, all of them wanted to take the opportunity to come up and tear it apart.
"Dad, now that the Zhuangzi has been sold and the money has been raised, I still hurry up and repay the loan."
"Well, Daddy listens to you."
Zhang Chao took a group of people to the Zhao family's land.
This piece of land is on the edge of the ditch, 800 acres of land plus 200 acres of forest ponds, continuous into a piece, one south and one north There are two Zhuangzi, each with dozens of households.
These farmers have some land of their own, and at the same time they share the land of the Zhao family.
The two Zhuangzi are separated by more than two miles, and they have already heard the news and know that the Zhao family has sold the land to the Zhang family, and even the Zhao family's houses and warehouses in the Zhuangzi have all been sold to the Zhang family.
When the people in the village heard the news, they were not uneasy or frightened, but happy.
Everyone has long heard of the name of benevolence and righteousness of the Zhang family in Zhangjiagou opposite, and knows that the Zhang family is prosperous now, and even more knows that the rent of the Zhang family has been reduced, and the Zhang family also buys cattle for free for tenants.
Thinking that everyone will farm for the Zhang family in the future, they will also be able to enjoy these treatments, and everyone is so happy that they will die.
The people of the two Zhuangzi all came out to greet Zhang Chao and his party, and in order to welcome the new owner, they even boiled chickens and picked boiling water.
This enthusiasm made the Zhao family steward who came with Zhang Chao feel very uncomfortable.
Zhang Chao was also very polite to these villagers, and kept smiling.
In these years, landlords and tenants also have to maintain a good relationship, and it is not advisable to be Huang Shiren and Zhou Papi.
It is true that the tenants have to live on the landlord's land, but the landlord also has to rely on the tenants to farm the land.
If you fall out with the tenants, find someone to plant the land?
Zhang Chao was happy, it seems that the new lease of the Zhang family has been supported by everyone.
He is also worried that after buying the Zhao family's land, the relationship between the tenants will not be easy to handle, and now the land can be planted by manual labor, and there is no machinery to replace manpower.
Moreover, at the beginning of the dynasty, the court settled the people, and the people were fixed on the land, and there were no displaced people to recruit and hire.
It is not good to get along with the people of Zhuangzi, and it is difficult to buy this land.
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According to the agreement drawn up by the two parties in the contract, these lands of the Zhao family, Zhuangzi Lintang and others will be handed over to the Zhang family now, but the winter wheat in the field still has to be received by the original owner once.
It wasn't until after the summer harvest that the land really changed hands.
Before that, the last crop was still owned by the original landlord, and the Zhao family also collected the last rent.
But nominally, this land is already the Zhang family's.
Zhang Chao came over today, in addition to coming to meet with the dealers, he also had to do two big things.
One is to replace the boundary stone, and the other is to sign a new lease with the villagers.
The fields after the snow are white.
Zhang Chao carried a hoe and followed Zhuang Tou into the newly bought field, the afternoon sun was good, and some crows were circling around the dead trees in the field.
Zhuang Tou was very familiar with Zhang Chao and found the boundary monument of the Zhao family.
Everyone gave the first hoe opportunity to Zhang Chao, and Zhang Chao held the hoe tightly and hoeed it hard.
As soon as he hoeed down, he heard the sound of iron and stone, and Zhang Chao's hand hurt.
"Dig Together" Zhuangtou, Ke Shan and others worked together, and soon dug out the boundary stone engraved with words from the frozen soil.
Zhuang Tou looked at the stone and sighed a little.
"For as long as I can remember, this place belongs to the Zhao family, and this boundary stone has always stood here.
My father used to tenant the Zhao family's land, and my grandfather also tenanted the Zhao family's land, how many years, but I didn't expect that today I dug up the Zhao family's boundary stone. ” Another Zhuang said, "Zhao Yuanwai forgot his own mile and didn't want to run Zhuangtian well, but he finally managed to lend money and do business, so he wouldn't have an accident." ” "Don't talk nonsense about the owner's affairs, let's just do our part."
The old head glared at the other young head of the village.
A group of men carried the dug boundary stone to the road, and Zhang Chao went to the next boundary stone.
From south to north, there are many boundary stones standing on the ridges on the roadside, the weather is very cold, the wind is very strong, but everyone is very energetic.
Zhang Chao also broke out with great enthusiasm today, and after digging one piece after another, everyone's enthusiasm has not diminished.
In the afternoon, finally the Zhaojia boundary stones on the 800 acres of land were dug up, and the boundary stones were piled up on the side of the road, messy.
Next, the Zhang family had to ask a stonemason to quarry the stone to make a new boundary stone, and also had to engrave the mark of the Zhang family, and write down the size of the upper position.
"This land needs to be re-planned, a few vertical and horizontal lanes should be built in the fields, and the canals should also be re-planned and repaired."
Zhang Chao stood in the field and pointed to the white field.
The heads of the village nodded hurriedly and said yes, yes, yes.
"Rest assured, whoever used to tenant this land will continue to belong to him in the future."
Zhang Chao had already seen everyone's expectant eyes, knew what the dealers were thinking, and announced loudly at the moment.
"I think everyone also knows that I also have more than 500 acres of land in Zhangjiayuan, and they are all tenants.
The tenant of my family's land rents five buckets of millet per mu for a year.
In addition, if you are willing to help me take care of and feed the cattle, then I will let you use my cattle for free. ” The fields immediately sounded with a sound of praise, and everyone shouted loudly that the Zhang family is a good person, a benevolent family, and so on.
There are also many anxious people who ask when they can sign the contract, and everyone knows that the tenants of the Zhang family have signed the contract, and they have written them down in black and white.
Bankers also want to sign a contract, which is more down-to-earth.
Zhang Chao said, "There is no problem, we will sign the contract in a while" "I have to dig a few more wells here, and now there are still some wells."
Zhang Chao said to Lao Zhuangtou, "We not only have to dig more wells, but also load each well with a well car." ” Although there are rivers on both sides and a big ditch in the middle, the river has a very high drop from the slope, and it cannot be irrigated at all.
Even if you grow drought-tolerant wheat, millet, etc., you still need water.
Rainwater alone is not enough, so wells have traditionally been used to carry water during the dry season.
At the beginning, it was a simple structure that could be used to carry a hand-cranked well, then buckets of water were lifted, and then straw was used.
By the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, all kinds of waterwheels appeared, such as overturned cars, cylinder cars, well cars, etc.
There are also hand-cranked and foot-pedal types of rollovers, mainly for the water.
And the cylinder car is like a big wheel in the Ferris wheel type, with a water cylinder on it.
Of course, these waterwheels are mainly placed on the riverside, and the water is carried on the low riverbank.
It is not used in Bashang, which is mainly used in wells.
The only way to get water from a well is to use a well cart.
The well cart is also a type of water wheel, but it exclusively carries water from the well.
There are two rotating shafts, one horizontal and one vertical, and there is a chain with many buckets hanging below, when pulled by manpower or animal power, the bucket containing water can rise continuously, bypass the big wheel, dump in the dustpan, and then flow into the field, and then the empty bucket falls, and so on.
This kind of well car device can greatly save manpower and improve efficiency.
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With the addition of a well truck, the number of fields that can be irrigated by a single well has increased significantly.
However, the cost of a well truck is not low.
Moreover, after loading the well truck, the well can no longer directly lift water.
Generally, only people who grow vegetables on the outskirts of the city will install this kind of well cart, and ordinary people are reluctant and unable to install it.
The well cart can be propelled by human power or pulled by horses and mules.
"Rest assured, our Zhang family has borne the money for drilling wells and loading trucks, and we don't need to pay extra money.
In the dry season, you will not be charged for water. ” "My Zhang family has hired stonemasons, carpenters, and well drillers to work in my field, and when they are done, they will move here to continue their work.
Strive to dig the well and the waterwheel before watering after the beginning of spring. ” "Thank you, young owner."
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