Li Guodong said: "Mr. Qian, in fact, this plan is to change some of the land from tenants to hire farmers, and hire them in the form of paying salaries."

Qian Qianyi asked: "But in this way, if the tenants become hired farmers, they will be able to ensure income from drought and flood. If we encounter a disaster year, wouldn't we lose?"

"So, you don't need Mr. Qian to run the farm yourself. You can find a group of people who are willing to cooperate from the rich farmers and rent the converted land to them. The tenant rent can be appropriately increased. After all, it is only cost to transform the land, and it is natural to increase the tenant rent."

"But if the tenant rent is increased, will they be willing to rent it?" Qian Qianyi frowned slightly. "We are not willing to raise the tenant rent for rich peasants who are good at operating. They never default. We rent it to them to ensure income when we get rid of drought and flood. If we scare those people away and rent it to those muddy legs that cannot be broken at home, what should we do if they default to rent it to the tenant rent?"

Land management is also a science. Some farmers often owed rent to tenant, and their families were really poor and could not even urged them to come. What else could the gentry do? Use their families as slaves to mortgage them? It seems that others are eager to enter a wealthy family as slaves! If they sell people? Some people don’t even want to give them to others for free, and they even sold them? So when they meet some guys who owed rent to tenant, the gentry could only pinch their noses and admit that they were unlucky. If they collect debts, they could force them out a little, and they should not think about taking them back.

As for those tenants who borrow usury to repay the gentry? Then don’t think about it, they have no place to borrow usury.

In the prosperous and developed Jiangnan, as long as you are hardworking, you will not starve to death. Most people who can't afford to eat in a prosperous Jiangnan area are themselves having problems.

Through this period, Li Guodong learned that those who lend money are usually given to merchants who are in urgent need of funds. Only with shops, house deeds, and land deeds as collateral can they dare to lend. Who dares to borrow money from someone who has nothing to borrow money? What Yang Bailao learned from middle school textbooks is actually not a poor peasant with nothing. He was originally the owner of a tofu workshop, but he lost because of gambling, so he owed Huang Shiren's usury. In the end, Huang Shiren took away his shop, but it was not enough to pay off the debt, so he had to sell his daughter.

Li Guodong thought for a while and said, "Mr. Qian, in fact, even if we don't increase the rent, we won't lose money. Because after the transformation into a farm, the yield per mu of land has increased, the rent we received is also higher, and the land use is more reasonable, so there is more land available for rent. Originally, those ditches were not included in the farmland, but after the transformation, they could be included in the land for rent."

Lu Xiangsheng, who had been sitting next to him, spoke: "If Mr. Qian has any concerns, if he is unwilling to do it, Lu will do it!"

After saying that, Lu Xiangsheng turned to Li Guodong and said, "Nephew Guodong, I can try your plan first! I believe you! I can trust you by transforming Jiazhuang to defeat Jiannu! Your transformation plan will definitely not lose money! I can let the clan members invest money. Let me tell you a count. How much money will it cost to transform the 300,000 acres of land in the Lu family?"

"One hundred thousand taels is enough. After the transformation is completed, you will definitely make a profit within three years, and you will make a profit in vain in the future. But you don't have to give me the 100 thousand taels of silver. I will invest in the shares and 10% of the shares." Li Guodong replied.

"Okay! I can't afford to go out by one hundred thousand two thousand men. If the people in the clan get together, they can still take it out." Lu Xiangsheng agreed.

Although the land price of 300,000 mu of paddy fields is equivalent to at least 3 million taels, and Li Guodong only costs 100,000 taels of silver, only one-thirty, Lu Xiangsheng knew very well that if he continued to carry out his transformation plan, it would be absolutely worth giving him 10% of the shares, and the return would definitely be more than investment. A person who can transform Jiazhuang, transform farmland and build water conservancy, is definitely not a problem.

"Then will I spend 200,000 taels of silver to renovate this 600,000 acres of land?" Qian Qianyi asked.

"Yes, it costs 200,000 taels, it's just the cost price. I don't make money by construction fees, I can just earn a share." Li Guodong replied.

Qian Qianyi was still a little confused: the 600,000 acres of good land are worth at least 6 million taels of silver, and there is another problem. These farmlands are not all their own, including some of the land they invested and the land affiliated to his students' names. For those fields, Qian Qianyi's income from the land rent is definitely not as much as his own. The land they invested must be much lower; the land placed in the name of the students will also be divided into the students' shares. Li Guodong will take away 10% of the shares at once, which is a bit higher.

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Mr. Muzhai is too worried, and I don't care. If Mr. Muzhai doesn't want to, then forget it, I will try first."

"Since Mr. Jiutai is so trusting than Wuwei, I am willing to give up a share to my uncle." Qian Qianyi agreed.

Qian Qianyi agreed to let Wang Quan's military households come to the construction and pay 200,000 taels of construction fees. After Li Guodong invested a certain share in Qianjia Farm, Li Guodong took out the design drawings.

"It's really clever!" Qian Qianyi looked at the farm design drawing. "The ditches should be dug deep, and the digs should be dug wide, and they can be converted into fish ponds. The digs can be raised into swamps and converted into paddy fields. Some swamps are dug into fish ponds, and the digs are used to raise the soil to build mulberry forests. Mulberry leaves raise silkworms, silkworm manure raise fish, silkworm pupa can be fed ducks and fish, and sweet potatoes can be planted in the mountains. Sweet potato leaves can be fed pigs, and pig manure can be used in paddy fields. This is the first time I have seen this. It seems that this share is worth it."

As for the management, Qian Qianyi doesn't need to worry about it. This kind of converted farm is rented out to rich peasants who are good at managing land. A large number of rich peasants have to rent it. Some people pay the rent, and after this transformation, the income will probably double. It is also a good deal to give up 10% of the shares and share it from the rent to Li Guodong.

Qian Qianyi said: "It's just that some land is dedicated, and some land is my husband's students. These things still need to be discussed by me and the farmers who contributed and the students who are named."

"Of course, this issue needs to be discussed." Li Guodong nodded.
Chapter completed!