“Miss Yan, you have to think it through. This is not about old or young.”
"I've thought about it, sir. I'll come over to handle the formalities after I go back and get the money. There's one thing I want to ask you about. How do I get the tax exemption for hiring someone to work?"
"Send someone to the village to find the headman and ask him to go to the township government to issue a labor document. When the harvest comes, you can show the document to reduce the exemption. 30 people per 100 acres, remember this, young lady."
"Remember, I'll go back and get the money."
The land was finally rented. The county government issued six lease documents, and each party kept three after stamping them with the county government seal. The matter was almost settled.
After the work was done, Chunxiao called Chunjiu, gave him some money, and told him to hurry to the horse shop to rent a carriage. He then returned to the farm and had Meiman pick 20 people from there. He also told him to bring about 6,000 kilograms of cotton seeds, 5,000 kilograms of wheat seeds, 500 kilograms of cotton, and 20 bolts of cloth. He was to return quickly.
When he came back, he asked Ma Xing to take him directly to Guanshan Manor, which was the only place with accommodation at the moment.
Nineteen took the money and left in a hurry. Today is already the 19th, and it will probably be the end of November before I can return.
Chunxiao inquired with the chief clerk about the county's bricklaying crews and immediately hired two teams of about a dozen people to begin repairing the manor. She handed the follow-up work to Twenty-Three. Twenty-Three also recruited some farmers in their 50s who were still able to work from nearby villages to help. She didn't plan to repair the wall, as long as the inner and outer fields were connected. However, with more land, she needed to build two more storehouses.
We also need to build a few more cattle sheds. I don’t know if it will be convenient to hire cattle from nearby villages. If we can hire them and spend some money, we won’t bother to raise so many. We need to let Twenty-Three go to the village to understand the situation and see how many cattle there are in the villages before we can make a decision.
The decision on hiring people can only be made after all her people have arrived. There is more than one place, so the employment and management must be carefully planned.
While the renovations were going on, she began to draw blueprints for the houses in the village and the suburbs of the county. Xiaohua helped her inquire about the prices of various things in the town, and Chun Shisan went with her to buy things needed for the farm.
She had always felt cold before the spring dawn, but now that she was busy she didn't feel so cold anymore.
It is indeed much faster to repair a house than to build one. It only took six days to repair every part and it looked like new. Although a lot of materials were used to renovate the interior of the house, Chunxiao still felt it was worth it. After the house was repaired, they started to build a warehouse and a cattle shed.
During this period, Ershisan and Xiaohua purchased all the furniture and appliances for the house according to the list given by Chunxiao. Although this place is not as convenient as Tongzhou, it is still more convenient to buy things. In addition to beds, cabinets, tables and chairs, boxes, wooden desks, buckets, basins and locks, they also bought all the bedding they needed. After the room was ready, they moved here from the inn in the town.
There is no wall around the manor, but the small courtyard still needs a wall, otherwise there would be no sense of security. Because there are not many houses built, it only took more than 10 days to repair the warehouse and surround it with a wall. Craftsmen were also asked to build a new gate. After the gate was installed, the manor was truly built.
After finishing the work here, Chunxiao left Xiaohua to look after the house, and she took the master of the bricklaying team and Ershisan to go to the walled village again.
There was nothing in the walled village except the land. It was definitely impossible to spend the night outdoors in such weather. Chunxiao took people to the village. With so many outsiders in the village, the head of the village came out quickly.
"Everyone, I wonder what brings you to the village. I am Fang Dehai, the village head."
Chunxiao stepped forward and said, "Village head, I bought some land near the village and want to build a small courtyard there. I hired some craftsmen here. I wonder if there's any house in the village that we can rent out for a while? I'll pay for it."
"You want to rent a house? We have a house for rent. How much is it per day?"
"We have vacant rooms, how many do you want?"
Before the village head could say anything, a woman from the village interrupted them.
"With so many of us, I'm afraid we'll need to rent two apartments. How about one tael of silver per month?"
"Yes, yes, there are two households in our family, so we can just free up one apartment."
"We can also free up space at home. We can use buckets and basins."
"We have some at home too."
When they heard that they could earn one tael of silver a month for an apartment, everyone rushed over and said, "Girl, you can rent our apartment. Our apartment is the best."
"If you rent it, I'll make room for you right away."
Chunxiao looked at the village head again and saw that he was hesitant to speak. "Village head?"
"If they are willing, you can go and look for them yourself. You can rent from whichever house you like. But you should live in a quiet place in the village."
Chunxiao nodded. "In addition to renting a house, I'd also like to hire 40 temporary workers in the village, paying them 20 cents a day, to help build the house. I wonder if anyone in the village is willing to do that."
When the village head heard this, his eyes lit up. "I want to hire 40 people at 20 cents a day. What are your requirements?"
"Yeah, tell me what you want."
"Do you want it, woman?"
"You're talking nonsense. Why would you hire a woman to build a house?"
Chun Xiao looked at the people who surrounded her and said, "It's fine as long as they can do the work. If a woman is strong enough and can do the work, that's fine too."
The women surrounding her were suddenly excited. "I have a lot of strength, so I can do the work without any problem."
"Me, me, and my sister-in-law are also welcome. Miss, if you invite us, we will definitely not be lazy."
Chunxiao called out to Twenty-three, asking him to clear a path back to the village head. "Head, I need your help in finding someone to work for the village. I'm going to be growing cotton outside, and I need to hire some people as long-term workers. I'm afraid I'll bother you a lot in the future."
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