Chapter 315： division of labor

The children on the cattle farm have been working hard, but some old people stared at Mu Yangling and Qi Haoran out of the corner of their eyes. Seeing that they had a good chat, they gradually became discouraged. The little general and this girl Mu have such a good relationship, if they cause trouble , I'm afraid that it really has to peel off a layer of skin, so everyone is a lot more honest.

Mu Yangling didn't know that she could still have this effect by pulling Qi Haoran to speak, and was discussing with Qi Haoran the address of the nursery and various supplies.

Because the children are still young, there are both boys and girls. Even if the elder brothers and sisters can take care of the younger brothers and sisters, they still need some adults to take care of them. Therefore, the kindergarten has to invite some people to cook for the children, as for the laundry and cleaning, etc. , Because children over the age of six can do it, Mu Yangling intends to let them do it by themselves.

"So much land, what do you use it for?"

"Grow food," Mu Yangling said: "Two-thirds are used to grow food, and one-third are used to grow pasture. Both the rabbit shed and the cattle farm need pasture."

"There are 400 households here, more than 60 hectares. Where did you get so many people?" Qi Haoran said, "Please also invite so many people."

The current Hanzhong mansion does not have so many idle labors.

Mu Yangling smiled and motioned him to look at the cattle farm with his chin, "Do you think those people can't even eat enough to eat, they have the money to rent my cattle?"

Qi Haoran stared at her with wide eyes, "Exchange with labor?"

Mu Yangling nodded, "At that time, I will set the number of cattle, and I will help me to plant as much land as I rent for as many days. It's really impossible. I'll pay a lot of money to hire people. Anyway, the land can't be left uncultivated."

Qi Haoran rolled his eyes and said, "I'll help you."

Mu Yangling patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Forget it, you should go back to practice your soldiers, you don't know how to farm."

Qi Haoran said that although he didn't know how to farm, he could do other things. Mu Yangling thought about it for a while, and then handed over the nursery to him, "Speaking of which, they are all from your fifth battalion. It's okay for you to take care of them."

Qi Haoran was still thinking about what kind of people he had, so Xiuhong trotted over with a small box to look for Mu Yangling.

"Cousin, why are they all children?" Xiuhong asked breathlessly. Although Zhang Liu said that the cattle farm was going to expand and invited many people, she never thought that all of them were children at a glance, and she ran all the way down. At that time, I also met a child who could barely walk, and the grass was not as high as the grass when he stood up.

"Did you bring something?" Mu Yangling answered the question and looked at the box in her hand.

Xiuhong nodded and whispered, "Half of the family's money is here."

After the family had a lot of money, Mu Yangling naturally couldn't hide tens of thousands of taels of silver ingots in the family, so he kept most of the money in two banks, half for Shu Wanniang and half for Xiuhong.

Mu Yangling motioned her to look at the children and said, "Xiuhong, you have to go to Hanzhong Mansion to buy some cloth and cotton, and make a set of winter clothes for these children."

Xiuhong was stunned for a moment, and looked around the audience, there were children where she couldn't see, "Cousin, this is not some."

"I know, so I have to make money. Didn't Butcher Qin send me a message two days ago? I have to reply to him, we will continue with that business."

Xiuhong frowned, "Cousin, don't you think that selling sheep is too tiring, and it takes a lot of time."

"But we are in a hurry to use the money now, and why is it not tiring to make money?" Mu Yangling said that because she felt that the family had enough money, and she wanted to focus on the cattle farm, so she did not promise. down.

Now that the Hanzhong Mansion is no longer under martial law, butcher Qin and the others can come here to sell sheep, but because they have more money now, they want to relax, secondly, because Mu Yangling is more familiar with this area, and thirdly because they have more money. They are strangers to Hanzhong Mansion. To do business here, their filial piety to the yamen is indispensable. In this case, it is better to give the money to Mu Yangling and let Mu Yangling earn more money. They can save money. A lot of effort.

Mu Yangling just sighed at this time, sure enough, no amount of money is enough.

Qi Haoran was on the sidelines, and in order to show his support for her, he planned to donate all his money to Mu Yangling to run a kindergarten.

This time, Mu Yangling did not refuse, but accepted it with a smile.

Mu Yangling watched the cattle farm for a day. After making sure that no one was causing trouble, he handed it over to Zhang Wu and Zhang Liu. The matter of the child's cotton-padded clothes was handed over to Xiuhong, and she went to buy the seeds for next year.

For the average farmer, the seeds are kept by themselves, and sometimes the imperial court distributes them, but these are usually in difficult counties, and there are not many of them, and the rest are bought from grain stores.

Before buying the seeds, Mu Yangling rode around the Ma Rao area. The area Qi Haoran wanted to rent out was not bad. There were sixty-five hectares in total and there were two small streams, although it was dry now. , but if it rains, it should be able to store some water, so it should be fine to grow rice around there.

With the creek as the center, you can grow wheat, and then you can grow corn, and finally grass.

Mu Yangling took a look at the wetness of the soil and felt that it was okay. The overall situation was better than her own land.

Mu Yang was satisfied and began to go to the grain merchant to discuss buying seeds.

In fact, there is an advantage to the seeds that they keep for themselves. They have great control over the habits of the crops, but they also have great disadvantages. The more the seeds are kept, the lower the yield. It will get worse in the future.

So generally, if the seeds are kept for more than three years, everyone will go to the grain merchants to buy new seeds.

Therefore, the seeds of grain merchants are generally the first generation, which are naturally expensive.

Mu Yangling naturally has to be more cautious when buying so many seeds at a time, for fear that others will exchange the bad ones for good ones, but when it comes to studying this, she is not as good as the old man, so Mu Yangling plans to go back to pick up her aunt in Mingshui County. , Xingzhou Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion both bought some, so that it is not dazzling and can be compared better.

In fact, Mu Yangling prefers to cultivate more productive seeds by herself. She has no thoughts on wheat for the time being, but rice can be hybridized.

Why are there less rice plants in Hanzhong Prefecture and Xingzhou Prefecture? Isn't it because of the lack of water that rice is not drought tolerant?

However, it may take ten or even twenty years to produce hybrid rice, because hybrid rice with a characteristic is produced within a year, and among them, it is necessary to continuously optimize, eliminate, and search for rice without ears. There is a long way to go, and even if it is found, it is uncertain whether it can be hybridized.

Mu Yangling didn't dare to yearn for the output of later generations, but it would be good to have half of it. Moreover, not only the seeds but also the farming techniques were improved. Mu Yangling felt that the final production capacity per mu would be 500 catties. .