In the following days, Niu Dali's family was crowded with people, and villagers kept coming to visit the door with bamboo baskets. Niu Dali still knew what it meant. Considering how many people left last year, and the need for some people to reclaim wasteland.

Therefore, it is necessary to hire someone to work.

What's more, now it's time for spring plowing. Even if his family pays a lot of wages, for many villagers, land is their lifeblood.

If they have more than ten acres of land at home, they will not come to their home to work, so most of the villagers who come to visit this time have no land, or have relatively small land and a larger population.

Compared to the first time dealing with the villagers who came to visit, Li Xianglan did not panic this time, but instead spoke to the villagers calmly and moderately.

Who should use it should not use it? In fact, Niu Dali and Li Xianglan discussed it before, so they would choose some honest and honest fellow villagers to work.

Some villagers kept saying thank you when they learned that they could come to Niu Dali's house to work, and left with a smile. Before leaving, some villagers who were rejected by Li Xianglan were full of disdain and spit at the door of Niu Dali's house's yard.

Next, it was about reclaiming wasteland. Niu Dali did not intend to reclaim this wasteland at one time, but instead cultivated it while planting.

Since sunflowers are planted everywhere in Kaiyuan County, there is no need to worry about being missed. Niu Dali asked Dajin alone to manage the planting of sunflowers, while Fan Zhongyun and Dongzi were responsible for the reclaiming of wasteland in the back mountain.

However, what Niu Dali didn't know was that because the news of his buying wasteland reclamation reached some people, these people tasted the sweetness last year. They heard that the wasteland can also be grown in sunflowers, so they asked people to go to the yamen to buy wasteland reclamation without saying a word.

Nowadays, the price of dry land in Kaiyuan County is not much worse than that of paddy fields, but wasteland is quite cheap. If the wasteland can be reclaimed and planted sunflowers, although people need to be reclaimed, after careful calculation, it is a sure profit and profit.

For a moment, the wasteland that no one originally wanted actually snatched up, and the price rose step by step. The wasteland that was half-buyed and half-get-free in the past is now about three or four taels per acre, and even later it was necessary to rely on the yamen to buy wasteland.

The Huang family is not willing to fall behind. Although at the end of last year, a "spicy" dish appeared in the Stork Tower and stole a lot of business in Huanghe Tower, their Huang family also made some money by selling melon seeds.

This is a great thing for the yamen, especially Ye Qingyu who wants to make political achievements. Some people buy dry land and wasteland, which not only increases the fiscal revenue of the yamen, but also fills in a tax in the future.

You should know that Kaiyuan County is not a wealthy county, and can only rely on taxes to support the yamen, but he is useless to do things that benefit the country and the people.

Nowadays, there are more things that the yamen can do.

At noon, Ye Qingyu looked excited and returned to the mansion with his hands in his arms, feeling that he was walking lightly.

Seeing that her husband's face was flushed, You must have encountered a good thing, and chuckled, "I see that you have a happy face. Could it be that there is something good for the yamen?"

Ye Qingyu smiled and said, "You know me!"

Youshi was curious. She rarely saw her husband so happy, "Oh? What's the good thing about the yamen?"

Ye Qingyu smiled and told him about the recent looting of wasteland.

You Shi was a little dumbfounded. She rarely went out and was not sure about the situation outside. However, she never expected that the wasteland that no one wanted in the past was now snatched by so many people.

"This matter is thanks to Niu Dali!"

Ye Qingyu couldn't help but sigh: "That sunflower was passed down from Niu Dali's family. When the local squire heard that he bought wasteland to grow sunflowers, he bought them with him!"

"Are you talking about the popular Niu Dali who raises chickens?" You Shi said in surprise.

"Well, it's him!" Ye Qingyu nodded, "Because of his sunflowers, many abandoned dry land have a place to use, and now wasteland has become popular because of him. This is not only beneficial to the yamen, but also to the people in all parts of the county!"

"If those gentry and landlords want to reclaim so much wasteland and plant sunflowers on dry land, they all need people. Some people with some fields at home will naturally not go there, and only those poor families will help them cultivate and farm!"

The more Ye Qingyu said, the more joy he felt on his eyebrows, "You're afraid you don't know that in the past, the gentry was stingy and refused to give more wages, and wanted to squeeze the villagers out and let them do the work of several people alone. But now in order to take the lead in planting the sunflower, the gentry had to spend a high price to hire people to work."

"This is a good thing!" Youshi knew that her husband might have selfish intentions, but he was doing it for the people.

"Haha, this is naturally a good thing. I still heard some interesting things in the yamen!" Ye Qingyu said with a smile.

"What interesting thing?" Yu Shi said curiously.

"Didn't we just say that those gentry spent a lot of money to work for hiring people? In fact, those gentry were not so kind before!" Ye Qingyu's eyes turned cold, "Originally, they planned to spend low wages to hire people to work as before, but the villagers were unhappy when they heard that Niu Dali's family had a salary of 80 cents a day for people to farm."

"It's the same thing that plant sunflowers and reclaims wasteland. Niu Dali's family can spend 80 cents, but they are only willing to pay more than ten or twenty cents of wages, and each person has to do two or three jobs!"

"Because of this, the gentry almost couldn't hire people, and they had no choice but to spend forty or fifty cents before hiring the villagers to work!"

Upon hearing this, You Shi was very surprised. She didn't expect that Niu Dali would be willing to spend eighty cents a day to hire people. You should know that ordinary yamen runners in the yamen only have this number in a day.

"Do you think it's incredible that Niu Dali would actually hire someone at such a high price?" Ye Qingyu smiled and said, "But it's not surprising that you've heard about their family!"

Afterwards, Ye Qingyu told him about Niu Dali holding an employee banquet at the end of every month and about sending the wedding money last year.

"I heard that the banquet at the end of each month costs no less than ten taels, and at the end of last year, their family gave five taels of joy to those who worked for their family, and used it to thank them for their hard work over the past year!"

Ye Qingyu heard about these things from He Chongda. When he heard this, his first reaction was astonished as his wife's expression at this moment.

"After you said this, I'm really curious about what kind of person Niu Dali is?" You became interested, "By the way, what kind of person do you think Niu Dali is?"

"How to say, when I first met, he gave me the feeling that he was a simple and honest man. But when I met a few days ago, although he gave me the feeling that he was still honest, I think he was a little different from before!" Ye Qingyu thought.

"You said that he has opened a workshop and bought the entire wasteland in the back mountain. After all, he is a big landlord. It is not surprising that he will change a little, not to mention that he has not become profit-oriented and can still think about the villagers. This only shows that he is kind-hearted!" Youshi explained.

Ye Qingyu nodded in agreement. If it were ordinary people who could maintain their true intentions after making a big business.

"What about his family? Is there a child studying?" Yu Shi asked suddenly.

"I remember Niu Dali only has two daughters, and his appearance is quite likable, while his wife looks dignified and delicate!" Ye Qingyu recalled.

"I originally thought that Niu Dali would be kind to our family. If he had a son, he would recommend studying at Jinshu's school!"

Youshi shook her head a pity. She knew that Niu Dali had indirectly helped her husband. If her performance was good next year, she might be able to help her husband get promoted.

Ye Qingyu also felt that he owed Niu Dali's favor. You Shi suddenly thought of something, "A few days later, aren't Shu'er planning to hold a riddle banquet? Then invite them to visit the mansion. To be honest, I really want to meet what kind of family is Niu Dali's family?"

Ye Qingyu was silent for a moment, "Will this not be good? Shu'er invited all the ladies from the city at that time. I'm afraid that the two daughters of Niu Dali's family will not be able to adapt."

You Shi smiled, "It won't be a problem with Shu'er's care. Besides, if their family wants to stay in the county for a long time, it will be beneficial for them to know some famous families in the county?"

Ye Qingyu thought for a while and nodded, "You can decide this!"

...

Niu Dali didn't know that buying wasteland on a whim would bring so many things to Kaiyuan County, but even if he knew, he would just smile.

This morning, he was bored and went to the back mountain to help reclaim wasteland. At noon, he went back to the village to have lunch with Fan Zhongyun, Dajin and Dongzi.

But when I was about to arrive in front of my house, I saw a group of villagers around his house from afar.

Niu Dali and the other two looked at each other and quickly stepped forward.

"Our boss, we were wrong last year. We shouldn't have left the workshop, but we were also cheated. Please ask my boss to let me go back to the workshop to work. We have old people and young people. Without this job, we can't survive?"

A desolate voice came.

"Please let my parents go back to the workshop to work!"

Immediately afterwards, the child's cry came.

"What are you doing? Get up quickly?"

Li Xianglan wanted to support the two children kneeling on the ground.

The two children were wearing shabby coarse linen clothes, with patches of all sizes and small faces, and their faces were covered with plaster, like two little beggars, which made people feel pity for their eyes.
Chapter completed!