Chapter 946 Young Master Jiang's Thoughts

Young Master Jiang thought for a moment and asked Shu Yu, "What do you plan to plant after you buy this land?"

"Won't we know once the seed is formed?"

Young Master Jiang knew she wouldn't reveal anything, so he didn't press her. He simply said, "I suppose you've already seen the surrounding environment and know what the land is like. I told Brother Lu yesterday that this land isn't suitable for growing crops."

"I never thought about growing grains." No, that's not right either. Sunflower seeds are a type of nut, right? They're just not the kind that Young Master Jiang is thinking of.

Young Master Jiang pursed his lips. "Since you already know the situation, I'll be frank. This land doesn't yield much grain, so the tenants haven't been able to pay their rent in recent years. Some people have gradually given up their leases, but others have no choice but to continue renting, and life is really tough for them. I've known them for a few years, so I have a bit of a bond with them. I was thinking that since you've bought this land, no matter what you grow, you should prioritize renting it to them."

Shu Yu pondered, realizing that this Young Master Jiang was not merely an unscrupulous businessman.

only……

“But I don’t intend to rent out this land.”

Young Master Jiang frowned. "You plan to grow all of it yourself?"

Shu Yu chuckled, "Even if I had eight hands, I couldn't manage hundreds of acres of land in time. But I plan to plant and manage this land uniformly, so I'll only hire people, not rent the land."

Young Master Jiang fell silent. The other party had a purpose in buying the land, and he couldn't force them.

To everyone's surprise, Shu Yu continued, "But just like my third uncle said, this place is in the middle of nowhere, so it's hard to find people to hire. I think that besides this village, the only other people living around here are the original tenants."

Young Master Jiang suddenly looked up. "You're planning to hire them to do the work?"

That's fine, renting land isn't necessarily better than working, especially since this land really can't grow much food.

If the employer hires them to work, they can earn some money, and their lives may improve.

Shu Yu shook her head. "Don't be too happy yet. I did intend to hire them, but it's impossible to use everyone."

"It's alright, hiring one per family shouldn't be a problem."

"May I ask how many tenant households you have in total?"

Young Master Jiang thought for a moment, "Originally there were about thirty households in front of and behind this village, but later some people saw that the harvest was not good, some went to the city to find work, and some went to rent other people's land. There are only about twenty households left."

So he said it's possible to hire one person per household. With such a large area of ​​over a hundred acres, no matter what you do, you can't possibly not need even twenty people.

Shu Yu indeed needs to hire more than twenty people. Although the sunflowers are easy to care for during their growth period, harvesting the ripe fruit is a huge undertaking.

Moreover, with such a large area of ​​land, people don't know what's planted before the sunflowers grow. Once they've grown, some people might hide there and steal sunflower seeds. These sunflowers grow so tall that a dozen people could hide there without being discovered.

Therefore, hiring people to patrol and guard the area alone would require a considerable amount of manpower.

However, when she hires people, it's not as simple as Young Master Jiang dictating how he hires them, much less a fair arrangement where each family gets to choose one person.

After pondering for a moment, Shu Yu said to Young Master Jiang, "How about this, you take me to see those tenant farmers' homes. If there are no problems, I'll agree to your terms, and we'll settle on 1,400."

(End of this chapter)