Qian Chunhua called Village Chief Jiang and Xu Jiang.

He first told Village Chief Jiang about the road construction plan. Village Chief Jiang was stunned and said, "County, you want to build a road?"

"Yes, I have this plan." Qian Chunhua nodded, "How much silver does it cost to repair one li of land?"

Only then did Village Chief Jiang realize that the county magistrate was not joking and was really planning to build the road.

"It depends on what kind of road you are building. For a road like ours, an ordinary mud road is not expensive. Twenty taels of silver per mile is enough."

"But if we want to build a road that can be used exclusively for horse-drawn carriages to carry goods, like the Guanyu Road, it will cost about 100 taels per mile."

Qian Chunhua was mentally prepared that building a road would definitely not be cheap.

"Let's build a road from Zhuangzi to Guanyu first."

This section of the road is about two kilometers, or four miles, and costs a total of 100 taels of silver.

Qian Chunhua can still afford this money. As for repairing the road from the village to Guanyu for the villagers, Qian Chunhua has no plans to do so for the time being. He will wait until next year when he has extra money.

"Yes." Village chief Jiang agreed readily.

When the county government wants to build a road, it will certainly ask people from the village to do the labor. Although they will not be paid, they will at least be provided with a meal.

As long as we can get through this period and wait for the wheat harvest, we will have passed this stage.

"Only men are needed to build the road. We will try to finish it in one month. How many people do you think we will need?" Qian Chunhua estimated the time. The wheat harvest would begin in one month.

Take advantage of the break before wheat harvest to repair the road.

"At least ten people are needed." Village chief Jiang calculated in his mind and gave a rough figure.

"Hey, for these ten people, each will be given 80 yuan a day, and they will each have a meal in the morning, noon and evening."

Road construction is physical work. If people are not well fed, they will not be able to work. Qian Chunhua does not want to exhaust the villagers.

"And... there's money to be taken? And three meals a day?" Surprises came one after another, bombarding Village Chief Jiang so much that he felt like he was dreaming.

The county magistrate was really kind-hearted. After Village Chief Jiang received the task, he took the silver, turned around and ran out. He couldn't wait to tell the villagers the news.

Xu Jiang was also very happy to see the village chief who was almost going crazy with joy.

Although he had just arrived in Taoyuan Township not long ago, the people in the village gradually became familiar with him while renovating his own house.

Seeing how difficult their lives were, Xu Jiang felt sad for them, but there was nothing he could do.

But now, although the road construction arranged by the county is arduous, rural people can endure hardships. What they fear most is that they can't find a way to endure hardships even if they want to.

"Brother Xu, we have to start preparing the greenhouse vegetables." Qian Chunhua said.

"Oh, should we plant the mushrooms first, or prepare the greenhouse first?" Xu Jiang accepted two tasks in one day, and he didn't know which one was more urgent in the county?

"Grow some mushrooms first, and they will be marketable right away." Yipinxiang is still waiting for me to expand the variety of dishes.

"Damn."

"You should prepare the materials for the greenhouse first, and start building it after the wheat is harvested."

"But... we don't know how to build a greenhouse." Xu Jiang had never seen greenhouse vegetables. In his impression, vegetables were not valuable, so why bother?

However, he did not dare to question the task assigned by the county magistrate.

"I'll write down the necessary materials for you, and you prepare them first. Then I'll lead you to build one, and you can do the rest by yourselves." Qian Chunhua thought for a moment and spoke.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Xu Jiang rubbed his hands, he was really stupid, these were all farm work, the county magistrate actually knew it and he didn't, he would never dare to be complacent in the future.

Last year, Qian Chunhua wanted to introduce greenhouse cultivation technology, but because of the drought at the time, he didn't know whether there would be floods later, so he didn't dare to act.