Chapter 62 Dongmen Village Has Become Prosperous

The villagers watched Sang Yong escape and were convinced that he was not a good person. They went to the village chief's house and told everyone everything.

Liang Shiqiu was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up, "Sang Yong, you dare to play tricks under my nose, come! Take Sang Yong to the county government office and give him thirty lashes."

Su Changxi and Su Chunlin looked at each other, felt relieved, and the smiles on their faces deepened.

Liang Shiqiu suppressed his anger, put on a gentle look, and said, "Village Chief Su, let someone count the grain of each household. I want the most accurate number."

Su Changxi's face became serious, and he said, "Don't worry, sir. I will take people to do it now."

Every household had already made preparations. When they saw Su Changxi and his men coming, they immediately started to move. Some were loading grain, some were carrying scales.

In this era, each village only had one or two scales, which were sent to the county government every year for inspection to see if they were short of weight. If they were found to be short of weight, they would be severely punished. So no one would doubt the accuracy of the scales.

The weighing process was very fast. In just half a day, the amount of grain in the entire village was totaled and placed in front of the county magistrate.

This time Liang Shiqiu was completely upset. He held the booklet and looked at Su Changxi with burning eyes. "Village Chief Su, I have decided to buy the wheat from your village as grain seeds and exchange it with the people. How do you think?"

"This..." Su Changxi and Su Changfu looked at each other and asked flatteringly, "Sir, can I ask about the price? And, if we want to exchange it for grain, how do we do it?"

Liang Shiqiu expressed his understanding and said solemnly: "Last year, I bought a batch of grain seeds, peanuts and soybeans from Su Chunlin's family in your village. All those crops were planted in the public fields of the county government. This year, we did have a good harvest, but unfortunately the amount is still too small. It is not enough for me to promote it. It just so happens that your village also had a good harvest.

With the crops at the county government as a comparison, I have nothing to worry about. As long as you are willing to sell the grain to the county government, I can still buy it at the same price as last year. If you want grain, I can exchange one catty for two catties. How about that? "

Several elders from Dongmen Village looked at each other, trying hard not to show too much excitement.

Su Changxi stepped forward without hesitation and bowed respectfully, "Your Excellency loves the people like your own children. How dare I delay such a matter that will benefit the people? I will go to the village and inform every household to sell their grain."

Liang Shiqiu nodded with satisfaction and asked the yamen runners who followed him to help.

Seeing that everyone had left, Su Chunlin hurried forward and said, "County Magistrate, to be honest, my Yue family and my future son-in-law also planted the same wheat, and the yield should be similar to ours. One is in Zhongmen Village and the other is in Shenjia Village. Do you want to send people to harvest it as well?"

Liang Shiqiu smiled happily, "That's great!"

Su Chunlin was delighted and said, "And then there are the soybeans and peanuts."

Liang Shiqiu was obviously very excited when talking about soybeans and peanuts. "I was just about to tell you about this. It's not that no one has planted these two crops here before. Maybe the seeds are not right. They are not easy to take care of. Even if they survive, they won't produce many peanuts and soybeans. After a year of hard work, it's all in vain. Over time, no one planted them anymore.

It is also because we really cannot grow other crops here, and we are gradually becoming poorer and poorer, and officials don’t like to come here. Now we have finally discovered soybeans and peanuts that can adapt to our place, and I will definitely promote them.

Unfortunately, the amount collected from the county government’s public fields is still not enough. How much did your family plant this year? "

Su Chunlin hurriedly said, "I planted ten acres of soybeans and harvested five thousand kilograms of beans. I planted six acres of peanuts and harvested four thousand eight hundred kilograms. I was just thinking about whether I could use them to pay taxes."

He had asked this question last year, but at that time the county government came and bought all his crops and did not give an accurate answer.

"Of course you can!" Liang Shiqiu responded loudly, and said, "Soybeans and peanuts can both be used to extract oil, but the production in our Langya country is not high, so we dare not waste it. If every household in Zhaohua County can grow soybeans and peanuts, we can also extract oil ourselves in the future, and the people's lives will definitely be improved.

Su Chunlin, if the people of Zhaohua County can truly live a good life, I will definitely credit you with a great achievement."

"Thank you, County Magistrate!" Su Chunlin knelt down and prostrated himself.

The villagers didn't expect that their wheat was so valuable. They were all dizzy as if they had been hit by a pie in the sky. At the beginning, the average family received about 70 kilograms of wheat seeds, and the rest were planted with ordinary wheat. This created a sharp contrast.

This time they kept enough high-yield wheat seeds for their own planting, and sold the rest to the county government. On average each household received about 140 taels of silver. Su Chunlin, Su Changxi and Su Changfu received the most, after all, they all planted high-yield wheat seeds.

Su Changxi earned about five hundred taels, and Su Changfu had more land, so the conservative estimate is six hundred taels.

Although Su Chunlin's fields were not as large as the other two families', he still had peanuts and soybeans, leaving enough for his own use. He sold the rest and earned 625 taels.

In addition to them, there are also several families who fled and settled in Dongmen Village last year. Because they had lost all their relatives at home and were penniless, they didn't even have the money to return home. In addition, they were rescued by Dongmen Village, so they developed a sense of dependence on Dongmen Village and all settled in the village.

Su Changxi felt sorry for them, so he gave each of them three mu of wasteland. He also asked Su Chunlin for help and secretly got some high-yield grain seeds to share with them. Wasteland is not as good as fertile land. Fortunately, these people were diligent and worked hard to cultivate the fertile land. Although the yield per mu was not as high as that of fertile land, it was still about 800 kilograms.

For the county magistrate Liang Shiqiu, this was definitely an important reference data, and he personally commended these people.

Every household in the village made some money. Even though everyone knew that some families earned more, no one was jealous or gossiped. Instead, they became more united and worked together.

Once you have money, the first thing everyone needs to solve is marriage.

The villages outside also knew that the people of Dongmen Village had become rich, but no one knew exactly how much they had earned.

Anyone who wanted to inquire was fooled by the villagers with vague answers.

After all, every family has a few poor relatives, let alone a family like theirs, where almost all the relatives are poor. When one family gets rich, everyone comes to them like cats smelling blood, borrowing a little from this family and a little from that family. Even if they have mountains of gold and silver, they can't resist being fleeced.

There were also smart ones who announced early on that they wanted to buy land and build a house. Not only did they claim that they had no money, they also borrowed money from everywhere.

Even relatives who wanted to inquire did not dare to approach, for fear that they would really be asked to borrow money.

Under such circumstances, Su Chunlin also followed suit and bought four acres of good farmland. In this way, the Su family's farmland really reached its limit and they could not take care of any more.

When some are happy, others are sad.