Soon after, all the ingredients were counted and moved into the cellar.
Seeing that he had finished his work, Li's father gestured for him to go to the accounting office to talk.
The two went to the accounting office, and Father Li said to him.
"Let me tell you about your situation first. Your employer had already increased your monthly salary as a cook from 1 tael to 1.5 taels. Now, as the farm manager, you've been paid an additional 2 taels per month, so your total monthly salary is 3.5 taels."
Liu Dashan's eyes widened suddenly, and his breathing became rapid.
"Three or three, three ounces?"
Father Li smiled and said, "It's three and a half ounces."
Liu Dashan gasped, his eyes widening like those of Tongling. "How... how can there be so many?"
He unconsciously clutched his chest, pressing his heart, which was pounding out of his chest, feeling a sense of unreality, as if he were in a dream.
An ordinary farming family might only earn seven or eight taels of silver a year.
When he first came to the village, he thought he was being incredibly generous, receiving only one tael of silver a month.
Who would have thought it would more than double in value?
I heard before that the employer paid his long-term workers one and a half taels of silver per month.
He thought he would be content if he could rise to one and a half ounces.
Who knew...
He quickly calculated that at three and a half taels a month, that would amount to more than forty taels of silver a year.
After doing the math, he couldn't help but gasp again.
Seeing his stunned and excited expression, Li's father chuckled.
"Don't be too happy yet. Although the monthly salary has been increased, the employer has also given us a three-month trial period. If we don't perform well after three months, we will be fired."
Upon hearing this, Liu Dashan's feverish heart cooled down a little.
He quickly assured them, "I will do my best and not let my employer down."
Father Li chuckled, "Promising to me is useless; you need to prove it with actions. Now, let's talk about hiring people for your farmland. Do you have any ideas?"
Liu Dashan quickly composed himself and said seriously, "I plan to hire five people. Since they are long-term workers, they only need to focus on tending the farmland every day. Forty acres of land, five people are enough. By the way, I wanted to ask the old man about this. Is that alright?"
The old man he was referring to was Li's father, and also Xiaolian's grandfather.
He was originally the village head of Lijia Village.
Later, Lijia Village became the estate of Princess Fu'an, and the position of village head was no longer available.
However, Old Master Li still held considerable prestige in the village, and people were willing to listen to his ideas and opinions.
Father Li shook his head, "Since the master has entrusted this matter to you, it's best not to let others handle it. Perhaps this is one of the tests the master is giving you."
Liu Dashan was taken aback, and seemed to understand as well.
A fleeting look of surprise and relief crossed his face.
"Yes, yes, you're right. Thanks for reminding me, I'll figure out a way to handle this myself."
Li nodded. “The employer pays the new farmhand one and a half taels of silver a month. He is on probation for three months, and his room and board are provided. Since he also needs to take care of the fields at night, he needs to stay at the estate. He has six days off a month. As long as he arranges his work, he can be called upon at any time. You are the same. I will inform you of all this when the next monthly pay is issued.”
When Liu Dashan heard that it was not only fake, but also six days a month, his eyes widened in surprise.
"The employer is so generous!"
Father Li nodded with a smile, expressing his strong agreement.
Having seen the arrangements and treatment the owner gave to the people on the estate, he was completely relieved.
This employer is a kind and generous person.
Of course, being lenient doesn't mean they can act recklessly.
However, some of the previous concerns can probably be dispelled.
Yun Zhiyi had no idea that starting today, she had gained another die-hard fan.
She had just taken a stroll in the woods behind the mountain and had now returned to the central courtyard.
She could read all the information about the mansion from the memories shared by Qingkong.
Seeing that there was nothing that required her personal attention, she stopped interfering.
She entered the space, turned on the harvester, and harvested the vegetables from forty acres of the vegetable field.
She can project the fields in the space to the outside world, so that what is planted outside will also be reflected in the space.
The spirit field attribute is also applied to the external land.
The spatial spiritual field is good, but farming cannot be controlled by willpower.
It requires manual planting.
So they simply released it to the outside world and let people grow it.
Having successfully become a hands-off manager, she was finally able to relax and stay at home.
While things were calm in the village, a series of exclamations arose in the field village.
First, people from the village returned home in the evening, bringing new news.
The first piece of news, of course, was that Li Chengzhi had been hired by his employer as an accountant.
Everyone knows about Li Chengzhi's affair.
Because of him, his second son was almost expelled from the academy.
Fortunately, Li Shuheng lived up to expectations and passed the imperial examination that year, allowing him to stay and continue his studies.
However, no one dared to employ Li Chengzhi, and because he had a limp, his path to scientific research was completely cut off, leaving him no choice but to return home and farm.
It's lamentable that such a once-respectable scholar has fallen to such a state.
I thought he would only be like this from now on, but I never expected that he would have a chance to make a comeback.
Although it was just working as an accountant at a private estate, it was still a respectable job.
This incident sparked renewed discussion about the new employer.
The second piece of news was that the new owner had purchased a lot of meat and vegetables that only nobles could afford.
I heard the price was exceptionally high, which shows that the new owner wasn't what they thought; they really didn't have any connections or background.
Another thing is that Liu Dashan became the farm manager of the village and was also in charge of recruiting farmhands.
Liu Dashan only spoke frankly about this matter when he got home.
When he first heard it, his family thought he must have misheard.
After confirming it repeatedly, he was overjoyed to find that his monthly allowance was indeed three and a half taels.
Then, as he instructed, they went door to door to inform people that they were hiring long-term workers.
Those who are willing can go to his house first, where they need to be tested before being selected.
Because, apart from Li's father and Liu Dashan, none of the people in the village know that their monthly allowance has actually been increased, not decreased.
So everyone in the village remembered what they said about reducing the monthly allowance.
Not many people were willing to go to the village to work.
After all, the purpose of hiring long-term laborers this time is for farming, and they all need young and strong men.
These people have some strength and can earn nearly a hundred coins a day by doing odd jobs, so they are naturally not willing to go to the village.
They all knew how much wages the people in the village received.
A handyman earns 900 coins a month, which works out to 30 coins a day. It's a decent way to keep things stable.
But if it's to be lowered further, then that's really not an option.
Not to mention that they would have to live in the village afterward, which would mean losing a strong laborer from their family's farmland, making it a losing proposition.
Of course, some people disliked it, while others wanted to go.
However, those who are going are mostly families with many able-bodied men but no proper work.
Don't even mention 900 coins a month, even 600 coins would be fine.
The wages in the city are high, but whether you can find a job every day depends on luck.
If you don't meet them, you'll waste a whole day and lose two copper coins for the city entrance fee.
Now that there's a stable opportunity to earn a living, people naturally want their young and strong family members to go.
Anyway, the family doesn't lack this kind of labor.
So quite a few people ended up applying for jobs at Liu Dashan's house.
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