After crossing, I have the space to bring my baby to make a fortune

Chapter 121 A big gamble

Author: Suyin Yisheng

After happily eating, it was time to go to the grain drying farm for a meeting.

When Bai Yao and Grandpa Bai arrived, there were already many people in the grain drying field.

The people who worked on the farm all greeted Bai Yao warmly. Only the arrogant ones looked at Bai Yao with resentment, but they didn't dare to do anything. The fate of Bai San and Li Cuilian was still vivid in their minds many months later.

The people in the village have almost gathered together. The ancestors of Baijia Village have only lasted for seven generations. According to the current three generations, there are thirty families in Baijia Village, and her family is the Bai'an family. Counting women, children and children, the population is nearly two hundred.

Baijia Village is the second poorest village in Muli Town, with a population of only 200 including women and children. It is pitifully small, but it is better than Haibian Village, which has a population of less than 200.

Muli Town originally had five villages. Yongfu Village is the largest village with a population of nearly 500 people, followed by Lijia Village, Wangjia Village, Baijia Village, and Haibian Village. The reason why Yongfu Village has a large population is that it is related to the disaster-stricken Yongshou Village.

The original villagers were united.

Now, because Yongshou Village has been re-used for refugees, it has become six villages.

The six villages are also some distance apart. The farthest one is Yongfu Village, which is more than thirty miles away from Baijia Village. The neighboring villages of Baijia Village are Lijia Village and Wangjia Village.

Seaside Village is the furthest away from Muli Town, fifty or sixty miles away. Because it is close to the sea and far away, and there are many exiles, it lags behind.

As soon as the cold disaster passed, people died in every village. In Baijia Village, only an old widow died in the cold disaster. In other villages, at least five people died.

The Arrogant Faction, headed by Bai San's family, is relatively wealthy in the village, and their families have at least a few taels of silver to survive the winter.

Most of the families in the village who are in difficulty work on Baiyao's farm. During the New Year holiday, the New Year's goods distributed to everyone also include a small amount of quilts and charcoal, so they can survive this winter.

The old widow lived alone in the village, and her son's family separated. She didn't want to live with them, so she had to freeze to death in her old thatched hut.

This person was Ba Tieppi's mother. Ba Tieppi was the best friend of the Bai family. The death of the old widow did not cause much disturbance in their family and she was buried hastily.

"Okay, I've called everyone here because I have some news to tell you. I've been notified from above that the government is going to expropriate land!"

Bai Liang stood on a big rock under the big banyan tree and talked to the villagers.

"What! The land needs to be acquired! How can that be done? What will we eat if the land is acquired!"

"That's right, we are just a small village. How can we survive if the land is expropriated? Is there going to be another war?"

"I heard from my grandfather that the government had expropriated land in the past. Not long after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the government forcibly expropriated land, and my grandma starved to death! Land is the life of our farmers! How can we live like this!"

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When the villagers heard that the land was to be expropriated, they panicked and complained, with the Arrogant faction being the most vocal.

"Don't be anxious, everyone! I haven't finished speaking yet. This time, our Baili County is requisitioning land separately. It is paid and voluntary! We are still growing rice, but the rice seeds are distributed from above. We are willing to requisition

The government gives one tael of silver per acre of land, and one hundred catties of grain after the harvest."

Seeing the villagers starting to chatter, Bai Liang immediately continued.

"Such a good thing? Are you really going to be given one tael of silver per acre of land? Not only one tael of silver, but also a hundred catties of grain? Is it really a hundred catties?"

"Are you kidding me? We used to only grow rice per acre with a yield of 100 kilograms! Is this the government giving us money in disguise?"

Everyone is very skeptical about this. In the past, one acre of their land only produced nearly one hundred catties of rice. Now someone tells them to expropriate one acre of their land and add one hundred catties of rice for one tael of silver. Who would believe it?!

"Yes! It's true and false!"

"This is the seal of the government! It's not a lie, but the high-quality seeds issued by the government cannot be sold or stolen, otherwise you will go to jail! Everyone must remember this!"

Everyone immediately became noisy when they saw that it was really the official seal, and they were all thinking about how much land they had.

It is estimated that only Bai Yao has the most land in the entire Muli Town, at 400 acres. The entire population of Baijia Village does not have as much land as Bai Yao's family. Except for Bai Yao, the total farmland in Baijia Village is only 350 acres.

After hearing what the village chief said, many people were already ready to take action. If they expropriated an acre of land, they would get half a tael of silver right away! Their ten acres of land would cost more than a dozen taels of silver plus more than a thousand kilograms of white rice.

It can be replaced with whole grains for several years!

Some people's eyes moved cunningly. With so much land at home, we have to acquire it first. Then we can decide how much we will plant. We haven't eaten white rice yet. We will try it first after the government issues it. Many people

Think so.

"Not much more to say, let's start the registration. After registration, submit it to the government. The government will first give you half a tael of silver for one acre of land. After a good harvest, they will give you another half a tael plus one hundred catties of grain for one acre of land. But don't do it.

You are cheating and cheating. The land that has been expropriated must be planted carefully when the seeds are distributed. I heard that the government officials will patrol and those who plant randomly will be arrested and put in jail!"

The village chief saw those people in the village who were particularly fond of cheating and sneaking around. After sighing, he said seriously! Several people there backed away guiltily.

"Of course, the government has said that among all the villages in each town, whichever village grows the best rice will be rewarded fifty taels of silver! Don't let Baijia Village lose face! We must avenge our shame and win the first place.

One!"

Bai Liang said loudly, and the villagers became even more excited after hearing this! Fifty taels!

"Village chief, stop talking. My family is going to acquire twenty acres of land! Hurry up and finish the registration. I'm going to plow the land! Our village will get fifty taels of silver by then. Don't be greedy, village chief!"

Lao Wang couldn't wait to say that she was the mother of Bai Dadong and Bai Daxi. After hearing about this benefit, she couldn't wait to sign up. Their family has not been divided yet because there are many boys, so the family has more than 20 acres of land.

"Village chief, hurry up and register. Our family also needs to acquire ten acres of land!"

"First help me register ten acres of land, and then I will open up wasteland!"

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All of a sudden, the villagers couldn't wait to register, and even the Arrogant people also hurriedly registered.

Bai Yao felt inexplicably relieved after seeing this situation. She was actually worried that the villagers would be scrupulous and unwilling to acquire the land, so she said she would pay one tael of silver per acre of land.

In fact, this is also a big gamble! Not counting the villagers' dishonesty, but also natural and man-made disasters.

There are a total of twelve towns in Baili County. Each town has budgeted 2,000 taels of silver for land acquisition. The twelve towns are worth 24,000 taels of silver. Isn't this a huge gamble?

Fortunately, a treasury was robbed in the bandit village. She checked the amount inside and found that there were 50,000 taels of gold, which meant a total of 500,000 taels of silver.

He also allocated nearly 100,000 taels of silver to Ye Ming to buy grass and grain, pay salaries, build shelters, etc. The remaining 400,000 taels sounded like a lot, but in practice it was still a bit nervous to use it.

There is also the property that Ye Ming gave her that she has not yet counted. She checked the accounts casually before and found that it is also a small treasury. The exact amount needs to be counted, because some of it is jewelry, calligraphy and painting, etc.

In addition to growing rice, she now also needs to build a workshop to attract wealthy businessmen to buy, so as to alleviate the situation of only producing rice but not hatching.

Grandpa Bai registered all his fertile land, which totaled only three acres. Although Bai Yao was a man behind the scenes, he followed the procedures honestly and directly registered two hundred acres of land!

Everyone was surprised and jealous. Some people even thought Bai Yao had the foresight to open up so many wastelands.

Some people are gloating about her misfortune. She has repaid so much land and is not afraid of not being able to plant it all, because she receives seeds by the acre. Bai Yao's family has almost no labor force. By then, every household will have to farm. Look at how she can plant so much land. If she can plant it,

If you don't finish it, you won't have to go to jail.

Some people think Bai Yao is a fool. He has conquered so much land and will be punished if he fails to complete the task.

Some people wanted to persuade Bai Yao, but Bai Yao smiled, making people feel confident.