Chapter 105: Farming for All
When the excitement died down and everyone dispersed, Su Shengsheng couldn't help but say to Ning Jie, "There are a thousand ways to deal with people. Why do you have to use a method that harms others and doesn't benefit yourself? There's no need to get yourself involved."
Ning Jie glanced indifferently in the direction Fan Wenchang fled, a hint of disdain on his lips: "So what? You gave him some leeway, but he still nearly lost his life."
Su Shengsheng was choked by his words.
Looking back at the place that had been razed to the ground and where no trace of the Shixiang Tower remained, he let out a silent sigh.
Well, her way of doing things is really out of place here.
Anyway, she was just his teacher who taught him how to read and write. As for how to behave in society, it would be better to leave it to Duke Ningguo to teach him.
However, I don’t know if this kid has reached his rebellious stage. Although he is willing to speak now, the words he says are always so choking.
Su Shengsheng glared at him helplessly, then ordered the craftsmen not to stand there any longer and to speed up the progress of the project.
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"Crazy, really crazy!"
When Mr. Liu Sanye and others learned that Su Shengsheng was providing free food and warmth and distributing flyers in exchange for renting land for farming, these were the only words that remained on their lips.
"Is she really crazy?" Not only was Mr. Liu not calm, even Mu Zhi and Manager Yu, who did not lose money, were confused.
Even if she didn't mind the 60,000 taels of silver they gave her, she couldn't afford to waste so much money, right?!
As long as someone was willing to give her land to farm, she would provide food and warmth, and even claimed that if someone helped her farm, she would pay them.
Listen, listen everyone, what a strange thing!
You can farm your own land, get free food and accommodation, and get free wages.
With this kind of brain, how did they lose to her before?
Mr. Liu Sanye and the others had frost on their faces, and they were shivering with cold.
As soon as the news of the Su family spread, the entire Tianqian Pass was in an uproar.
Never mind the unconditional ten-year contract renewal; as long as someone is willing to give them money, there's nothing else to say.
Fearing that the number of places was limited, people came out in droves this time, and the crowd was as surging as a tide.
Looking at the crowd that was coming in waves, Qingning's eyes were swollen.
How come she didn't know that there were so many people at Tianqian Pass?
It's just one tael of silver per person. Can this young lady, who is now robbing Peter to pay Paul, really turn stones into gold?
Generally speaking, people's livelihood projects will receive government subsidies.
Su Shengsheng has a big plan this time, so he naturally won't forget the government.
The average monthly market fee was a performance appraisal task assigned by the imperial court to local officials, and loans had to be issued to the public.
On the surface, it is to protect people's livelihood and give people a way to make a living, but in fact it is to lend money and collect interest on a monthly basis.
Other counties still have farmland to cultivate, and when wars and famines occur, the people can get by by borrowing a small amount of money.
But what about the natural barrier?
There is not even any land!
Magistrate Sang had no choice but to take action against the merchants, almost forcing them to lend money and forcing them to borrow money from the court.
This time, Su Shengsheng wants to reclaim wasteland and cultivate land, and he will teach farming methods for free and also build the magical plastic greenhouse.
County Magistrate Sang was naturally very happy to have her, and promised to give her a low-interest loan as long as she could provide them with basic machinery.
How could he know Su Shengsheng's ambition, otherwise he would never make this promise so easily.
Generally speaking, ordinary people signed loan contracts directly with the court.
However, this time Su Shengsheng appears as an intermediary role, or more precisely, she exists as a subprime lender.
The court issued loans to the people, and the people provided funds to Su Shengsheng, who then repaid the loans to the court and paid the people's wages.
Although this process was a bit convoluted, it did not violate the imperial court's laws. Therefore, once Su Shengsheng's leaflet was released, it aroused the enthusiasm of almost all the people in Tianqian Pass, and they all expressed their willingness to borrow money from the government.
This was a voluntary choice made by the people. Even though Magistrate Sang had some concerns and thought that this move was a bit risky, he still had to approve it according to the law.
What's more, he thought that he had no money to manage the business and had been living in this remote and cold place, so it was rare for him to have the opportunity to make political achievements.
Su Shengsheng had personally inspected thousands of acres of fields. They were lush and green, and the growth was very gratifying. There was hope for a good harvest.
In order to change the poverty-stricken appearance of Tianqianguan for generations, County Magistrate Sang decided to give it a try. With a wave of his hand, he approved the people's loan applications one by one.
This move quickly attracted the attention of merchants and wealthy people who had been waiting and watching.
They smelled something different, and took action immediately, actively seeking cooperation with Su Shengsheng.
It was also because Su Shengsheng made too much noise. If nothing worked out, all the trouble would be ruined, and there wouldn't even be enough for the people of Tianqian Pass to have a sip of soup.
Therefore, seeing that the government had approved it and the people were all moving, they naturally could not lag behind.
For those who want to be local rich, Su Shengsheng will naturally make full use of their resources, let them take charge of a certain area, and help her settle it down.
The relevant procedures have long been handed down to the persons in charge of each link, but even so, Qing Ning, who is in charge of the accounting, is still very busy.
"Every hundred people will send one representative, and everyone will sign a letter of authorization. From now on, this representative will be responsible for coming to study and passing on what they learn to you."
Bao Er's voice was so loud that it sounded like a duck.
But not only did he not feel tired, his face even looked rosy.
Oh, our ancestors, what luck did he have to be able to help manage so many people? He really brings honor to our family!
At the same time, the shopkeepers of the ten branches of Shixianglou, who had only tried a few things at the beginning, put back the profits they had just received from the new land development and asked Su Shengsheng to give all the things to them.
This relief loan measure led by the government greatly boosted people's morale.
Liu Sanye and others, who had just run in six production lines, had no time to lament their shift from glazed tile production to glass greenhouse construction in the face of a flood of orders.
Since we are already on the same boat, no matter what the outcome is, at least we have the court as our backing.
So they decided to take the plunge and throw themselves into production with all their might.
The village elders, whether they could read or not, asked their descendants who were studying in the Su family school to come back and read the relevant documents to them.
Even if there are still things they don't understand, the Su family has people arranged everywhere in the streets and alleys, who are specifically responsible for answering the people's questions.
Within ten days, everything was settled and everyone was ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work.
Everyone was assigned a job, even the young wife in the family could work in the plastic factory.
Free food and warmth, as well as wages, this is a once-in-a-century opportunity.
Although they have not received their wages yet, they have seen this money, as precious as water, being spent on the fields.
One hundred people worked together on a piece of land, shouting and working hard.
Waiting for those huge trident-like claws with eight deep forks to turn over the soil several meters deep in the ground.
They are responsible for the subsequent reclamation.
Although most of the raw materials for plastic greenhouses come from Su Shengsheng's own industry, such a large number of heavy machinery require a large amount of minerals as support.
Su Shengsheng asked his cousin Li Xiang to instruct shopkeepers from all over the country to purchase minerals separately, thus avoiding the soaring prices.
The proceeds from the early sales of plastic products gradually came in, and together with the 60,000 taels of silver and the loans allocated by the court based on the number of people, Su Shengsheng barely achieved financial balance.
The scene of everyone farming and working in lieu of relief has not appeared in Tianqian Pass for a long time.
Those huge glass covers were transported to the fields one by one by tower cranes.
The people looked at the glass houses that were not crushed by the blizzard and wished they could live in them too.
It’s so warm in there like spring!
They were curious to know how Su Shengsheng managed to do it without any smoke coming out.
Although it is winter outside, everyone feels warm in their hearts, as if thousands of pear trees are in bloom.
At the same time, Pinglai Street and Changhua Street, the two streets that span the entire Tianqian Pass, are also undergoing large-scale construction.
The eight underground natural gas pipelines connecting the two streets have also been laid.
Such a commotion naturally attracted the attention of merchants from all over the place. They all speculated, "What is this Miss Su family up to?"
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