Chapter 293 Too Sinful
Pei Yang has also been paying close attention to the issue of growing rice in seawater recently. He has already sent people to inquire about it. If rice can really be grown in seawater, then their Pei family will definitely find a way to get some land by the sea to plant it.
Although the Pei family had a solid foundation and was not short of food for the time being, they had to make plans early. They had to think ahead, this was the secret to the Pei family's century-long prosperity.
Looking at Song Liangcai, an idea popped up in his mind, "Cousin, are you interested in growing rice in seawater?"
Song Liangcai nodded and continued, "But even grass doesn't grow on the mudflats. How could Madam Lu really make crops grow on them? Could she really be a disciple of an immortal?"
"Whether she's a disciple of a god or not, I can't say. But Madam Lu is certainly smarter and more knowledgeable than most men in this world. If she says she can grow something, then she can definitely grow it!"
Pei Yang finished speaking, then casually said, "I've also been thinking about trying to get a few acres of land by the sea recently."
Song Liangcai immediately asked, "Cousin, do you need someone to run errands?"
He was already interested in growing rice in seawater. In addition, his family had taken refuge with the Pei family, and now was a time of food shortage, so it would not be good to eat and drink for free at someone else's house.
Pei Yang exchanged pleasantries with him for a while, and finally handed over the task of buying land on the seaside to grow sea rice to Song Liangcai.
There were many aristocratic families like the Pei family, who hurriedly used their connections to go to the beach to buy the tidal flats that no one wanted before.
Soon, someone reported the family's actions to Jiang Tangtang.
Yuan Sandao said, "Madam, many noble families are trying to find connections to buy the beach land. Some have even offered large sums of money to bribe our people to learn how to grow rice using seawater. We, the subordinates, dare not act on our own and have come to ask for your advice on what to do."
"It's okay to collect some harmless little things, but they need to know clearly what they should and shouldn't say, and what they can and shouldn't do."
When the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Jiang Tangtang cannot guarantee that her subordinates are not greedy at all, but she still has to give some reminders.
"Madam, I absolutely did not accept anything from anyone. I really did receive a letter from below and came here to report to you." Yuan San hurriedly took out the letter he had received to prove his innocence, saying that he had definitely not accepted benefits from anyone and came here to test the waters.
Jiang Tangtang saw that he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead and was speechless. "Who doubted you?"
He was clearly a bodyguard, but in the end she used him as a secretary, which really put him in a difficult position.
But is she that scary?
Jiang Tangtang reflected on herself seriously and felt that she was usually very easy-going and treated her subordinates very well!
How could she know that Yuan San treated her as half a fairy and was afraid that he would do something wrong and anger the fairy.
Not to mention Yuan San, the entire guard team treated Jiang Tangtang like a god. They were incredibly loyal.
Jiang Tangtang didn't know what the guards were thinking, and her thoughts quickly went to the mudflats.
She had never intended for all the tidal flats to be cultivated by the government. Since these noble families had such thoughts, she might as well fulfill their wish.
"Except for the tidal flats we've marked as red lines, which cannot be touched, everything else can be sold to the wealthy families."
Jiang Tangtang thought as he said, "There are two ways to sell it. One is to exchange it directly for grain. The other is to pay 50% of the production every year after acquiring the land. This is done for five consecutive years. After five years, the land will return to the family."
What is most lacking nowadays is food. Many wealthy families have food but they hoard it and don't sell it. Jiang Tangtang doesn't want gold or silver when selling the land, he just wants food.
Of course, she circled the best and easiest part of the land with red circles.
She planned to use this part of the land as military settlement to achieve the army's desire for self-sufficiency.
Yuan San immediately conveyed Jiang Tangtang's intention to his subordinates, who then passed it on to the ears of the aristocratic families through various means.
After hearing what the servant said, Madam Pei slammed the table in anger and said, "This is too shady. One acre of land requires a thousand kilograms of coarse grain. If we don't pay the grain, we have to hand over 50% of the grain every year. Isn't this equivalent to working for nothing all year? This is worse than Zhou Baopi."
Pei Yang said: "But in five years, that land will be ours."
Mrs. Pei snorted unhappily, "But in five years, the drought might be over. By then, why would we need that beach?"
Pei Yang said, "But the land in Lingnan has always been strictly controlled and not easy to buy. I think this is an opportunity, we can give it a try. Just hand over 50% of the annual harvest. Even if nothing grows in the end, the loss won't be too big."
Many noble families were like the Pei family and finally chose the second method.
Anyway, it's a drought now and labor is worthless. As long as we give the refugees some food and prevent them from starving to death, they will help with the work.
Even if no rice is grown in the end, the loss will not be big. But if it is grown, it will also be a guarantee for the family.
Who knows when drought will strike again?
The noble families who got the land began to recruit people and reclaim the tidal flats.
Jiang Tangtang has been taking Lili on inspection tours around the country recently, but at night, he hides in his dream and starts farming.
Whether it was the major families or the people summoned by the government, they were all busy in full swing.
Once the land is level, we can start sowing.
The last time she tried to grow wild rice in space using seawater and tidal flats, she only harvested about 100 kilograms of rice. This amount of rice was not enough to plant on all the tidal flats in Lingnan.
There is no way. Recently, every time Jiang Tangtang enters the space at night, he is like an old farmer, taking farm tools to work in the fields.
Lili seemed to have sensed the hardships of her master. Now that she had entered the space, she no longer lay on the ground to sleep, but stayed by her master's side, trying to help Jiang Tangtang.
Watching Li Li biting off rice stalks with one mouth, throwing the rice ears into the basket, and then biting another one, repeating this process, and running back and forth in the rice field, Jiang Tangtang suddenly had a brilliant idea.
She was worried about people coming into the space to help her with the work, but what if it was a group of dumb animals?
Especially a cutie like Lili!
And although it is a tiger, it looks quite realistic when it bites off the straw pile with its mouth.
Jiang Tangtang thought about it and shook her head quickly.
No, no, this is too evil! It's enough for her to enslave one tiger, how could she even think of enslaving a group of tigers!
Even if there are no animal protection laws in this era, they are still the king of the forest!
Although she said no, Jiang Tangtang was still very tempted when she saw Lili helping with the work.
Lili's teeth were extremely sharp, and his movements were as fast as lightning. Jiang Tangtang was harvesting rice with a sickle, but she couldn't match Lili's speed.
Rubbing his sore arm, Jiang Tangtang shamelessly asked, "Lili, can you call other tigers to help with the work?"
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