Chapter 214 Xu Yu, take the person away quickly!
Facts have proved that Xu Minghui still underestimated Xu Yu's sinister intentions. It was clearly he himself who was going crazy.
With Xu Minghui's joining, Xu Yu decisively rescued Sang Zhixia from the table, and also gave Sang Zhixia two tearful children.
"Zhizhi, Xu Minghui is enough here. Take them somewhere else and don't come back."
Sang Zhixia's last bit of conscience was still struggling: "Can we really leave?"
Xu Yu smiled slightly. "Xu Minghui was once known as a talented person. He was born to be a writer. Of course he can do it."
Xu Minghui, who had a pen forced into his hand, remained silent.
Xu Mingyang, who had long been in agony, selectively abandoned his brother and grabbed Sang Zhixia's hand: "Sister-in-law, what my brother said is right!"
"Let's go!"
If he doesn't leave now, it will be too late when his brother reacts!
Xu Mingyang and Xu Yanran held Sang Zhixia on the left and right, and walked away under Xu Yu's gratified gaze.
Xu Minghui opened his mouth to speak, but before he could finish his words, Xu Tongsheng, who was sweating profusely beside him, patted his arm and urged him, "Hey, Xu's second son, what are you doing standing there?"
"Can't you write or can't you hold a pen?"
Xu Minghui: “…”
Xu Tongsheng: "Your elder brother has been praising you for a long time, saying that you are the most capable. It's such a critical moment, you can't let us down!"
"So many people are waiting, hurry up and start copying!"
“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”
Xu Yu looked back at Xu Minghui who was surrounded by the crowd, watched the pen moving rapidly in his hand, spread out another piece of paper in front of him, and smiled faintly.
Sure enough, good and bad can only be seen through comparison.
With Xu Minghui here with him, these contents that he had been tired of copying for a long time didn't seem so difficult to accept.
At least it saved Sang Zhixia from the sea of writing.
Something is better than nothing.
Xu Minghui is indeed strong.
With his joining, the deeds at the threshing ground finally managed to provide the required quantity. Together with the copies copied by Xu Wenxiu and others from home, it was almost enough.
Anyone who entered the threshing ground would leave with a thin deed in their hand, but after counting, only about half of them actually signed and sealed the deed.
“Actually, this is normal.”
The old man rubbed his wrist and said calmly: "When something is new, it is not surprising that some are brave enough to see it, and some are afraid."
The future that Sang Zhixia described was indeed exciting, but everything at the moment was just talk. He had never seen with his own eyes how others benefited from the Xu family's farm, so no matter how he talked about it, it was useless.
It is not easy for people to survive in this world, so it is not surprising that they are more cautious.
Sang Zhixia felt a moment of loss, but after thinking about it, she still felt content.
She pointed at the signed deed in her hand and said, "Including our village and several other villages, a total of 235 families have come to join us in the past few days."
"All registered fields combined amount to 563 mu, with 621 available laborers."
"More than six hundred people..."
Sang Zhixia clapped the statistics booklet in her palm and said with a smile, "If any family can send one, we won't have to worry about the next step of land reclamation."
The old man thought about it and felt satisfied. He asked, "I heard that you promised that for every ten acres of land reclaimed by the families who went out to reclaim the wasteland, they could get one acre for themselves?"
"That's what happened."
Sang Zhixia casually handed the booklet to Xu Yu, who kept it, and explained, "There's a lot of wasteland here. It's not that most families don't want to reclaim it, but they can't afford the cultivation tax. We can use the cultivation tax we pay on their behalf to pay the labor."
If you reclaim ten acres of land, you will be given a deed to one acre of land, and from then on the acre of land you are given will belong to you.
Compared with the benefits that can only be seen in the autumn of next year, it is right in front of us and is not too demanding.
In this way, even those who have not yet made up their minds to join will be tempted when they see the real land deeds in their hands.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t come this year, there’s still next year, right?
As the scope of land reclamation expands, more and more manpower will be needed in the future.
As long as the benefits are sufficient, there is no need to worry about lack of people and energy.
The old man gave a few pointers and then turned the conversation to the transportation and sale of grain.
Xu Yu had arranged all these.
"I've found a suitable buyer. All the grain we harvest can be shipped away at once, except for the grain that's left in the shop in the city."
Xu Minghui participated in the entire process. He hummed and glared at Xu Yu, then said softly, "The route and manpower have been arranged. We just need to hire someone to deliver the food to the post station eighty miles away."
"Buy it all at once?"
Uncle Xu said in disbelief, "Where did you find a buyer who is so generous?"
The Xu family donated a lot of grain this time. The number piled up in each granary can exceed ten thousand. The total amount, both in terms of weight and the money to be paid, is a considerable sum. Is there such a wealthy man hidden in the northwest city?
Guessing his doubts, Xu Yu said calmly, "I'm not from here, but my approach is correct."
There are no such wealthy people in the northwest city, but there is a place where there is always a shortage of food. People can eat as much as they can and never worry about where to go.
Uncle Xu was still cautious and warned, "This is a big deal, you can't be careless. If you get ripped off, it won't be just a matter of three or five hundred taels."
"Don't worry, Uncle San, I know my limits."
The newly harvested grain could be exchanged for hard-earned silver. The Xu family, who had been poor for a long time, finally felt the joy of being rich again.
Xu Wenxiu listened for a long time with a chuckle, then said, "Then can we get that house building thing done as soon as possible?"
"It's time to do it."
The old man raised his eyelids and looked at Uncle Xu: "Didn't you say you had drawn up the map? Have you decided who to invite?"
"In the next few days, after Yu'er and Minghui have moved the grain from the granary, we can start the construction on a suitable day."
If you don't move, the weather will get cold.
When talking about building a house, Uncle Xu was no longer troubled as before. He took out the drawings he had prepared for a long time and started explaining them.
Sang Zhixia was enthusiastic at first and agreed with a few words, but as she listened, she couldn't help but eyelids twitching and unconsciously tilted her head towards Xu Yu's shoulder.
Aunt Xu was so excited that she wanted to say a few words to Sang Zhixia, but when she turned her head, she couldn't help laughing.
"Oh, I'm so sleepy."
Earlier when they were eating, Xu Mingyang's little ones couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep with bubbles coming out of their noses while holding their bowls.
Sang Zhixia has been busy since the first day of the autumn harvest, and now he really can't bear it anymore.
Xu Yu held up Sang Zhixia's tilted head and called softly, "Zhizhi, get up and come back to the room with me to sleep."
Sang Zhixia rubbed her eyes drowsily. When Xu Yu pulled her up, she didn't forget to say, "Uncle San, I want a grape trellis. Can you plant some fruit trees? I want to eat fruit in the yard."
Uncle Xu saw that she was unable to open her eyes but still emphasized this to him, so he laughed and clapped his hands: "I know, I know, I will definitely not let you get away with it."
"Xu Yu, take him away quickly!"
Xu Yu took the person away and really laid him on the bed. Sang Zhixia, who was extremely sleepy, inexplicably felt a little more energetic.
She blinked at Xu Yu and said, "The buyer you and Xu Minghui have found is Chen Nianhe?"
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