Chapter 349 Plan
Bai Erlang was finally convinced because Bai Shanbao said, "If everything written in the agricultural book can be realized, then you must have made a lot of money. With the money, we might be able to go to Yizhou for fun. Do you know Yizhou? This time I passed by Yizhou on my way back to Longzhou. It's very prosperous there."
Manbao also said, "Now that you have money, the next time your father beats you, you can take the money and live in the county town, buy lots of delicious food, eat a bowl and throw away a bowl, and your father still can't beat you."
Bai Erlang was actually moved.
So he was encouraged to go home and ask his father for land, people, and cattle...
When Mr. Bai heard his son say that he wanted a hundred acres of land to play with, he almost fell off his chair.
His eyes widened and he asked, "Say it again?"
Bai Erlang was so scared that he shrank his neck and said immediately, "Dad, just treat me as a joke. I don't want the land anymore."
Mr. Bai's expression became even more serious. Bai Erlang was almost frightened and cried. He decisively betrayed his friend, "It was Bai Shan and Zhou Man who said that. They asked me to come back and ask Dad for land to play."
Who would have thought that Master Bai's expression would actually relax and become a little gentler. He asked, "Why do they want the land? No, why do you want the land?"
"Just plant it." Bai Erlang still felt guilty.
"What to plant and how to plant it? Why do you want our land?" Mr. Bai asked three questions in a row, but Bai Erlang couldn't answer any of them.
No, he can answer the third one, because neither of them wants to be left with nothing after failure, so they want our land.
But Bai Jiro is not that stupid, so he certainly wouldn't say such a thing.
Seeing his stupid son lowering his head and looking clueless, Mr. Bai was furious. He tried to hold it in, but couldn't help it and simply yelled at him, "You don't know anything, what are you playing at?"
He lectured him angrily, "Since we're going to play together, you have to know what you're playing, why you're playing, and how you're playing. If you don't even know these basics, how can you play?"
Bai Erlang shrank his neck and asked in a low voice, "Dad, do you agree?"
"No!" Mr. Bai said after trying his luck, "It's not enough to convince me with just a few words. You have to tell me the questions I asked."
Seeing his silly son still standing, Mr. Bai couldn't help but slap the table and said, "What are you standing there for? Go ask your playmates!"
Bai Erlang turned around and went out, wanting to find his friends to play with, but as soon as he walked out the door, he understood what his father meant. He pouted angrily, and finally went next door to find Bai Shanbao and Manbao.
The two are reading.
Of course, he was reading the agricultural book brought by Manbao. As for Bai Shanbao's martial arts book, it was confiscated by Mr. Zhuang.
Bai Shanbao has always been a fast reader. He was not very interested in agricultural books, and since this was an agricultural book written in vernacular Chinese, it was easy to understand, so he flipped through the pages quickly.
Manbao was very curious, so he read slowly. When the two of them were reading a book, one of them tilted his head to read the back of the book, while the other tilted his head to read from the beginning.
When Bai Erlang came over reluctantly, not only had Manbao finished reading the rest of the content, but Bai Shanbao had also read the book again.
Then they both looked at Bai Erlang, who was not very happy, and asked, "Did Uncle Bai scold you?"
"I knew you would let me go!"
Manbao sighed: "This is the price of growing up."
Bai Shanbao said, "You'll get scolded for doing something, so why don't you just ask if your uncle agreed?"
"No," Bai Erlang said, "My father asked you, what are you going to plant and how are you going to plant it?"
Bai Erlang tilted his head and thought for a moment before continuing, "Also, why do you want my family's land?"
The two of them looked at him like he was mentally retarded, "Didn't I tell you everything?"
Bai Erlang was angry, "Can you tell my father such a reason? Can't you find a better excuse?"
Manbao said, "It's wrong to lie."
Bai Shanbao: "And I also need my cousin's letter."
Bai Erlang glared at the two of them with bulging eyes and said, "Anyway, I won't tell you the reason. If you have the guts, go ahead."
The two continued to look at him with disdain. One said, "You're so stupid. Who told you to say that? There are many other excuses for the same thing."
One said, "You should tell your uncle this. This is our joint decision after discussion. Manbao's family doesn't have much land and is a bit stretched, and my family's land isn't here. After much deliberation, your family is the most suitable. If we fail, your family can afford the loss. If we succeed, not only will our family have more food and money, but other farms will be able to do the same in the future. Your family will be the most direct beneficiary."
Manbao nodded repeatedly, "Change 'your family' to 'our family'. Look, it sounds so much better."
Bai Shanbao encouraged him, "Why don't you go talk to your uncle again?"
Bai Erlang was stunned, then said angrily: "I'm not going, if you want to go, go by yourselves!"
Bai Shanbao and Manbao stared at him.
But Bai Erlang was obviously hit hard and was unwilling to go to his father again no matter what. There was no choice but Manbao and Bai Shanbao could only think of doing it themselves.
But they couldn't just prepare a few words. They spread out a large piece of paper and took notes. "Do you think the fattening recipe in the book is good?"
Manbao: "It sounds quite reliable."
"Then the land we want can produce two crops a year. Well, if the soil is not fertile enough, we can produce three crops in two years."
Manbao nodded. "If Uncle Bai agrees, then we have to modify the plow. The book says it will save more effort. I can also try this at home."
Their family pulls the plow by themselves. If the modified plow is really labor-saving, then my brother and his family can save a lot of effort.
Bai Shanbao nodded and said, "We need to hire a carpenter."
Manbao touched the cloth bag he had placed aside and said, "Carpentry is so expensive."
Bai Erlang came up unconsciously and couldn't help but said: "I have money!"
Bai Shanbao's eyes lit up and he asked, "How much money do you have?"
Bai Erlang hesitated and said, "It's not a small amount. Besides, my mother still has my New Year's money. If it's not enough later, I'll go ask her for more."
Manbao said, "It costs money to buy seeds, does it cost money to hire people?"
"Let my dad go out."
Bai Shanbao and Manbao looked at him together and said, "Go talk to your father."
Bai Erlang did not refuse this offer. His father was very generous to him with money, and he basically got it every time he asked for it.
Bai Erlang had never read the agricultural book and was not interested in it, but he was quite interested in what Bai Shanbao and Manbao planned, and he listened with great interest, so naturally he understood it.
They wanted these 100 acres of land and really intended to use it to grow crops, so there was no waste at all.
This season's wheat, next year's rice and beans, etc...
Manbao said that it is best to plant crops alternately. You cannot plant beans on the same land this year and next year.
She said, "I never knew that after you plant beans on a piece of land, you can't plant beans again. You have to plant wheat."
(End of this chapter)
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