Huang Tianzheng's voyage is surrounded by a small hill, facing a pond. It is surrounded by wasteland and swamps, and does not connect with other homes' fields.

Some people used to cultivate here, but it was piled up in waste many years ago, and it became like this. Because the plot was too small, the land was not cultivated and the land was still idle. When Huangtian was just here, Qi Yuan was herding cattle in the fields.

Seeing Huang Tian coming over with a shovel, Qi Yuan hurried forward and saluted: "Xiaomin has met Huang County Magistrate."

Huang Tianzheng was a little uncomfortable. After returning the ceremony, he squatted down on the ground and looked at the ground in front of him.

There are more than twenty acres here, because it is wasteland and it is not measured. It is considered twenty acres for Huangtian to be formalized. In the past, there were traces of the ridges and canals during farming, but they have been silted and destroyed, and it takes a lot of effort to rebuild them. It has been April. If it is not built as soon as possible, it will be impossible to grow grain this year. Huangtian was thinking that he is familiar with the place and hired some people to help him clean the fields. In the future, he can do it by himself.

Seeing dozens of cows eating grass in the field, Qi Yuan stood aside, Huang Tian asked, "Are the cows here belonging to your family?"

Qi Yuan said: "Where are so many cattle in a small household? This is a farming steward, and the small one helps grazing."

Huang Tianzheng nodded and asked again: "Is this cow sold? How much does it cost?"

Qi Yuan laughed when he heard this: "The county magistrate, of course, is not sold for cattle from the field business. Besides, it is not cost-effective to buy cattle here. After the field business opened the field, it used cattle everywhere, and there was no idle land and pond, so the price of cattle rose. After walking for a few days, I went to Anzhou in the south. The cattle there were cheaper, and if it was only a liang of money, I could buy a strong and young man.

Huang Tianzheng sighed: "I am plagued by affairs now, so where can I take a few days to do it? It's a bit difficult?"

Qi Yuanqi said: "It turns out that the county magistrate wants to buy cows. I don't know what it is for? Do you want to plow the fields?"

Huang Tianzheng said, "Yes. This is the vocational land that I have allocated to, which is twenty acres. Look at this, now it is the season, how can I plow the seedlings without a ox? It is the extreme time to cultivate. In this season, it is neither early nor late, and the seedlings are not easy to cultivate."

Qi Yuan was surprised when he heard this: "County lieutenant, do you want to plant the field by yourself? This is something I have never heard of. Don't the officials rent out the field? I turned out that Tan Erlang, whom I was familiar with, was the field of county land that he planted, and had been rented by his family for decades."

Huang Tianzheng said: "Those are all mature fields. The officials have changed, but the fields are not changed. Some officials even charge only rent rice a year, and they don't even know where the fields are. I am different from them. I don't have much work in the yamen and I know how to farm, so I naturally come to plant them myself."

Qi Yuan was amazed. He had never heard of an official who came to cultivate the field in person. But think about it, Huang Tianzheng was different from other officials. He was a barbarian. Although he had been an official for several years and had been a name, he was a farmer. Now he came to the Yingtian Affairs Office to manage the affairs, and it was hard to say what would happen in the future. If he worked for a few years, it would only take a few months to return to his original appearance. It would be better to take care of the field in the county before. Anyway, he rented other people's land to grow vegetables in the county town, but now he has his own land.

While the two were chatting, a man came over there and whispered: "Qi Sanlang, go back to the village quickly and have something to discuss!"

Qi Yuan replied: "I'm herding cattle here! If you have anything to do, just tell me when you get home."

The man was a little impatient and said, "The village discusses important matters, and everyone in the village must participate. You can let the cows eat grass here first, and discuss it after you go back, and come back and get back to catch up!"

Qi Yuan had no choice but to Huang Tian on the other side, saying, "County lieutenant, since this is your field, it is not suitable for herding cattle here. I was going to go somewhere else to grazing. You see if there is an urgent matter in the village, so let the cattle stay in the field for one more day and I won't come here tomorrow."

Huang Tianzheng said: "It's okay these days. Just wait until my field is planted with seedlings, so don't come."

Qi Yuan thanked him for his gratitude and hurriedly followed the path in the fields toward the village. These cows were marked on their bodies and were not afraid of losing them. There were really brave cow thieves, and they were surrounded by land for field operations. They would inevitably be captured before they could be sold. In particular, they were not allowed to slaughter the plowing ox, and stealing the ox was useless. Once the beef was sold, someone would inevitably report to the official.

In most prefectures and counties in the Song Dynasty, there were plowing oxen from official herds. They were concentrated in the slack farming period and rented to farmers during the slack farming period. The official seals on the cows were branded. Whenever there were lost or stolen, the people could first report based on the official seal. Most of the cows in the folk also had seals, which was based on the record to prevent disputes. When the cows were changed to their owners, they would be re-branded. Some cows even had private seals on them. How to deal with disputes was very complicated.

Qi Yuan returned to the village and rushed to the village chief's home. The land management business was different from the naturally formed villages. Each family had basically the same land. There were no wealthy families, and there were no natural leaders in the village. Therefore, each village established a village chief, which was equivalent to a servant, and the village chief no longer served other services.

When I arrived at the place, I saw that the yard was full of people, standing or squatting, and talking.

Seeing Qi Yuan coming in, Wu Haiyuan said, "Today, we are recruiting you to discuss the matter of establishing a company in Yingtianwu. In recent days, the shopping mall in Fancheng will choose some good-selling goods and locally produced goods and put them in the villages under Yingtianwu. We ask for a company to establish a company and sign a contract with the mall in the name of the company. We will sell the things produced to them exclusively. The regulations have not yet come out, so we don't say in detail. However, it is probably not much different from the previous cow society. Two days ago, Shi Yuanwai of the town, because of the evil people who came to him to sell groceries, the mall is not allowed to collect his eggs. I was thinking about this way to make a fortune, and I specially recruit you to establish a company specializing in salted eggs and pineapple eggs. The village is close to the town, and there are many ponds around it, so it is very easy to raise ducks. Moreover, we have many farm tools and few people to farm, which is just right for this."

Zeng Xiaoyi, who was on the side, said: "It was just a person who collected miscellaneous items for the yamen. When he went to the Shi family to sell goods, Shi Dalang set a rule that he would not be allowed to come to the house for the rest of the day. It was not a big deal, so the mall would not let his family do business? How could this happen!"

Wei Haiyuan said: "What do you know! Shi Daqing not only sets rules, but also insults everyone, and evil people from the yamen. Manager Xu from the mall came from Fancheng specifically, just to not do business with the Shi family. How could it be a trivial matter!"

Qi Yuan said: "If you do this business, buying ducks, raw eggs, the cost will be quite large. If the mall does not allow it to be done, will we do the same in the future? This kind of business is a bit risky."

Wei Haiyuan said: "I have said several times that Shi Daqing was the one who was evil in the yamen. How could we farm people who usually have no disputes with the world? Besides, establishing a contract is the land management as a guarantee. How could we be so careless when we signed a contract with the mall?"

There was a lot of discussion and the villagers discussed it. Some agreed and some doubted it, but they couldn't settle down for a while.

The villagers know that Shi Yuanwai's family raises ducks not far from nearby. Raising ducks in Chizhili cannot cost much money. It is not difficult to make salted eggs and pineapple eggs after collecting eggs. It is a good business. Moreover, the business in Fancheng Shopping Mall is booming and the number of people sold is really large. If this business is done well, it will be a way to make money, which will have a lot of temptation for the villagers.

Seeing that he couldn't settle down for a moment, Wei Haiyuan said loudly: "I'll tell you another news. Because Fancheng's shopping mall is well run, in the next few months, the surrounding Suizhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou and other places will have to open shopping malls. If you decide it early, you will have big business to do in the future."
Chapter completed!