Shi Yazi began to calculate the expenses during this period of time.
There are nearly 300 young and strong men working now, plus women, old people and children.
A team of 500 to 600 people had to follow the old lady's requirements and have two dishes and one soup every day, which must include meat. It can be seen how heavy the task was.
Chef Tai's team of more than 30 chefs were so busy with their shovels that sparks flew every day. They had to work from early morning until late at night to barely keep up with the intensity.
This was still something they could only manage with the help of many children who helped collect firewood, light the fire, and wash the vegetables.
The Qiao family had to pay ten taels of silver every day for food expenses, which made Shi Yazi feel heartbroken.
The most important harvesting has ended, and tillage and fertilization have also come to an end. All that’s left is sowing.
With the Qiao family providing ten plow carts, the processes of trenching, sowing and covering the soil can be completed simultaneously. One ox can pull three plow carts.
In one morning, a few strong men finished sowing five or six acres of land with ease.
He thought it was time to cut back on his meals. At least he could use less oil and water. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
If everyone gets used to this kind of food, next time they are asked to do something and the food is not as good as it should be, they will probably complain.
Qiao Xin said that it doesn't matter if you eat and drink a little. You won't be poor if you have enough food and clothes. You will become poor if you don't plan well. How much money can you save by cutting employees' expenses on food?
Not really, really not!
After all, Shi Yazi was considering the Qiao family, and he couldn't hurt the heart of such a loyal person.
She comforted Shi Yazi and said, "This incident happened suddenly. We have to work overtime and have better food so that everyone can keep up with the physical strength.
I would definitely not be so extravagant on weekdays. Besides, our family situation does not allow it, right?
We should save where we should, and spend where we should. If someone gets sick from overwork, we would feel bad about it, but wouldn't we still have to spend money on medicine?
Don't worry, we can afford this little bit of money, and we won't let you little brats starve!"
Qiao Xin was not being pretentious. For half a month, she only spent ten taels of silver on food every day.
More than 200,000 catties of spring peaches from the orchard have been sold, earning nearly 1,500 taels of silver. The 150 taels spent on food expenses in the past half month is only one-tenth of that.
What's more, if I can spend a little money to make the hired farmers here work in the same direction as me, it's worth it no matter how you look at it.
As they were talking, Xu Can and Qiao Yunqing hurried into the room.
Haven't these two been busy in the capital? Why are they here together?
As soon as Qiao Yunqing calmed down, he said to Qiao Xin, "Mother, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory has observed the celestial phenomena and calculated that there will be a heavy rain in three days. Most of Dajing will be covered.
Your Majesty has sent people to notify local authorities as quickly as possible to harvest the wheat to the utmost.
The Wang family and Prince Xu have already arranged for the food supply.”
Although the Imperial Astronomical Observatory's observations of celestial phenomena were not always accurate, nine out of ten times they were pretty close. Once such a large-scale rainfall was detected, Emperor Wu did not dare to slack off.
It has only been half a year since last year’s flood. If another natural disaster were to occur this time, life would be even more difficult for the people of Dajing.
In order to make the ministers take it seriously, His Majesty suspended court for three days and ordered the people across the country to start harvesting.
The Qiao family's grand early harvest ten days ago caused a lot of discussion.
The Qiao family once again became the topic of conversation after dinner.
Xu Can put aside his affairs in Beijing and ran to find Qiao Xin to ask for a favor.
"You want to borrow farm tools and wheat pickers?"
"Yes, we haven't even harvested half of our land yet. All the people in the mansion who can be mobilized have been mobilized. Many of the farm tools that were originally predicted have been taken away by my father to the farm in the south. Everyone doesn't even have enough sickles.
The new farm tools made by the Sino-Agricultural Supervisor have been sold out a long time ago. I just thought that you would definitely have enough of them, Auntie."
Xu Can could think of it, Guan Jianze could think of it too, and now they have come to him.
But the most items Qiao Xin had were sickles, no more than 200 of them, and 40 wheelbarrows and semi-automatic threshers, but only 10 threshers.
This amount of farm tools was barely enough for her family, and was far from enough for the two families to share.
At this moment, Xu Can felt that Guan Jianze was a bit annoying. Ever since this guy attached himself to the Qiao family, he seemed to have gained a new competitor.
There are always people competing for what I do. Now I have to meet this guy when I want to borrow farm tools. I feel a little uncomfortable no matter how I think about it.
"Aren't your lands all in Yizhou? It will take half a month to send the tools back. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory has said that the greatest impact area is around the capital. Yizhou is about 700 to 800 miles away. Do you really need to join in the fun?"
Guan Jianze said calmly, "My ancestral home is in Yizhou, and I am far away from the capital, but my family also has one or two farms in the suburbs of Beijing. My grandparents are old, so it is only right for me to share their burdens. Why is this not necessary?
If the old lady doesn't have any extra farm tools to sell to me, can you temporarily borrow a few craftsmen who make farm tools to accompany me? Don't worry, I will not treat them unfairly."
What are you thinking about? At this moment, I am thinking of digging him up by the roots. This child doesn’t look good, but he has beautiful thoughts.
When His Majesty first promoted the new farm tools, they looked down on them at first and only did it to save face. Every household always had one or two new farm tools on their farm.
Who would have thought that the unintentional act at the time would now become a life-saving straw!
During the more than one month at the Qiao family, many of Guanjianze's ideas have undergone earth-shaking changes.
Never has the importance of good farm implements been more realized.
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