Chapter 252 Li Shiyue's First Three-Year Plan!
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Jiang Huai knew about the tree planting.
Although he had never met her, he had heard from the villagers that Li Shiyue had personally led people to plant trees on the mountain around the time of spring plowing this year.
At that time, Li Shiyue led people to cut down a lot of old, thick timber deep in the mountains to install roof beams for the paper mill and the school.
The wood had been air-dried for quite some time in the kiln that Ma Zi and his men built before it was finally put on the roof beam on an auspicious day.
Later, around the time of spring plowing, Li Shiyue led many men from Liujiatun who had free time to go up the mountain and plant many more trees on the logging mountain.
Jiang Huai didn't understand at the time why he wanted to plant trees.
Later, after he became acquainted with Li Xiatian, he heard Li Xiatian explain Li Shiyue's theory of "the relationship between soil erosion and future generations".
"It may not be very noticeable in one or two years, or even three or five years."
However, since we have settled here, our descendants will all live and multiply here.
Then we can't just think about our generation. Look at those barbarians on the grasslands, they can't even graze their sheep in one spot. If we cut down trees to build houses, we have to plant at least three trees first.
Otherwise, what will future generations use to command?
"When I have time later, I'll write down some regulations. From now on, whenever a child is born in the village, we have to go up the mountain to plant a tree. When the child grows up and gets married, the tree will have been growing for over ten years, and we can cut it down and use it. Wouldn't that be great?"
Later, Li Shiyue used points from the system to exchange for a method of burning charcoal, so this kind of tree needed a quantifiable standard.
We can't just exhaust the resources of this mountain and drain it bare in our pursuit of making a little money from burning charcoal.
Planting trees wasn't what surprised Jiang Huai; what surprised him was that Li Shiyue, a young girl, actually had this idea!
"She's no longer considering things from her own family's perspective; she's starting to calculate the gains and losses for the benefit of the entire village and future generations!"
Before Jiang Huai could continue reading, Li Shiyue, who was sitting at the head of the table, clapped his hands, intending to say a few opening remarks.
Everyone was perceptive enough to notice, and the ancestral hall gradually quieted down. Li Shiyue then cleared his throat, looked around, and spoke up: "Yes, I did indeed receive an official position, a sixth-rank military officer!"
With a "boom," Li Shiyue made a bombshell announcement, admitting that he had received an official position. The ancestral hall erupted in chatter as if the roof were about to burst open.
"Oh my! I knew it! Shiyue is so capable! She's destined for officialdom!"
"He's not even a minor official yet! He's a sixth-rank official! A sixth-rank official! Even more powerful than a county magistrate!"
"Higher than a county magistrate?"
"That's right! Didn't you hear it in the play? The county magistrate is just a minor official of the seventh rank!"
Li Shiyue gave everyone enough time to discuss. When she felt it was about time, she clapped her hands again and gestured for everyone to be quiet.
"Alright, he's just a minor official, there's no need to be so surprised."
I have some thoughts on what will happen to this official in the future, but it's not appropriate to tell you right now. Just let you know about this for now.
"There are three things I want to say since we've all gathered here today."
Before anyone could react, Li Shiyue picked up the paper that Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian had previously asked to distribute.
"The first thing I did was to complete the first three-year plan for our Liujiatun!"
As I envision, these three years will be a milestone. In Liujiatun, we need to improve both the quantity and quality of our population and build Liujiatun into our base for future development!
Don't shout yet, I know you won't understand.
I'll tell you the truth: I plan to help you make money and live a good life in Liujiatun. As long as you listen to me and help me do these things well, that's all that matters!
I don't need you to understand what I'm saying right now. Just follow me and work for me. When things really do get better as I've said, then you'll understand what I mean.
Li Shiyue never expected others to immediately understand her actions. As long as they listened to her and did their jobs according to her plan, they would have no trouble making a living.
The crowd, which had been making noise, gradually quieted down after Li Shiyue spoke. They all knew that following Li Shiyue would lead to a good life, and they had truly experienced it over the past year.
Moreover, one of the men looked at Li Shiliang sitting in the front, and they were now very envious of him.
Some petty people would gossip about Li Shiliang behind his back—oh, no, they still called him "Dog Third Brother."
"Hmph, that third dog is just lucky to have accepted Shiyue as his master. Otherwise, would he be where he is today?"
"Feeling jealous? Don't you want to be someone's dog like Dog Lao San, and then become a manager with a wife and a warm bed?"
"Damn it! You think I don't want to? If I'm late, I won't even be qualified to be someone's dog!"
In the past, everyone called him "Dog Third Brother," but nowadays, who doesn't call him "Third Brother" when they see him?
After all, even Li Shiyue, the leader of Liujiatun, calls him "Third Brother." Who do you think you are? Do you still dare to call him "Dog Third Brother"?
It's not just about Li Shiliang; every family in the village that is related to Li Shiyue or has a good relationship with him lives a better life than them.
Everyone wants to live a good life.
Therefore, they actually believed what Li Shiyue said!
After all, even if Li Shiyue likes to make empty promises, she doesn't completely deny people anything, does she?
"Come on, thanks to Mr. Jiang's diligent teaching, although you can still only write your own names, you can at least understand 70 or 80% of this document."
Take a look at the three-year plan I wrote, and see if you can understand it.
Jiang Huai then continued reading, and below the charcoal burning site and tree planting site were written papermaking workshop, tofu workshop, rabbit farm, sheep farm, and wool workshop.
Jiang Huai had already met the first three in Liujiatun, but he didn't understand this "tofu shop". But then someone spoke up and asked, "October, I recognize the word 'tofu'. What? You want us to grind tofu and sell it?"
"I've heard of tofu before. It's from Zhao You's family. Besides oil pressing, there are two other families in their village that sell tofu."
"Rowing a boat, blacksmithing, and grinding tofu—these are hard labor jobs, I won't do them!"
"Pah! You want to do it? It's not your turn yet!"
"If you don't do it, plenty of others will!"
"I'm willing to do it in October! I don't mind that it's hard work! I'm strong, I can do it!"
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