There are about thirty disaster victims who have signed the deed. These people can be used as temporary laborers, and they will save the need to hire long-term laborers during this time of winter.
There isn't much work in Zhuangzi now. It's not the planting season yet, so we don't need many people.
But the branches are being pruned in the orchard, and the pruned branches cannot be piled up in the forest. They need to be picked up, sorted, and dried together, and they can be used as firewood later.
So, this all needs people to do.
The pruning master only cares about pruning branches, but doesn't care about this.
The manager has already arranged for these people to start working.
In this regard, the victims who signed the deed were quite happy.
Because the manager said that the long-term workers in Zhuangzi are responsible for one lunch a day!
This also means that they can save a meal at home.
Dong Nuan lived in Zhuangzi for more than a month, and it was not until the beginning of April that she moved back to the house.
At this time, the capital was already very lively.
Last year's college examinations were suspended across the country because several prefectures were severely affected by the disaster.
Those prefectures and prefectures are providing disaster relief and resettling victims every day, let alone organizing exams. The lives and safety of some candidates have been threatened.
So, I had to stop for a moment.
However, both the county examination and the provincial examination have been organized.
For the sake of uniformity across the country, there were no college exams here in Beijing last year, so this year there is already an exam atmosphere starting from April!
Dong Nuan returned to the house and first received a letter from Cao Xinyao from Dingzhou, as well as a package of beef jerky secretly hidden.
Dong Nuan has been able to confirm that there is a secret killing of cattle in Dingzhou, but it is impossible for the imperial court to have no news at all, but His Majesty did not care about it, which is a bit intriguing.
Although Dingzhou is close to the border city and is difficult to manage, there are some things that cannot be left alone.
Dong Nuan guessed that the reason why he turns a blind eye now is probably related to the local economy.
In other words, it has something to do with the breeds of cattle.
Some beef cattle are not suitable for farming because they do not have such genes in their bones. If you let them work, they will not understand!
Therefore, it seems reasonable to kill and eat meat.
However, Dongnuan doesn’t ask much about these things.
Cao Xinyao sent it quietly, and she ate it quietly.
However, she didn't eat much. The occasional bite or two was mostly eaten by Hanjianglou.
Hanjiang Tower has been busy with tasks recently. Even when I come back from vacation at the end of each month, I don’t have much time to talk to Dong Nuan. I spend more time reading.
There is nothing we can do about this. After all, there are too many talented and gifted students in the capital. This year's college examination is bound to be fiercely competitive. If Hanjiang Tower doesn't work hard, it will feel uncertain.
In addition to some daily gifts, Cao Xinyao also brought a piece of news.
She is pregnant.
The letter was written in February, and by that time it was already March.
This is good news. Cao Xinyao is not too young and giving birth at this time will not cause much harm to her.
But, it still makes people think about it.
Dong Nuan was thinking about giving something to the other party to eat. According to Cao Xinyao, she had severe morning sickness.
It's just a pity that in the fruit forests in the capital, not to mention the fruit trees, the flowers have not even bloomed.
On the contrary, in Zhuangzi over there in Xiangshui County, due to the temperature, there are a few loquat trees that have already produced fruit, right?
However, Zhuangzi's Dongnuan had been transferred to Dongzhi, and Zhuangzi and the shop were reportedly sold to the patriarch's family at a generous price.
After all, the soap cooperation was going well between the two families, and now the Dong family has a good reputation throughout Xiangshui County.
I just wanted to sell a house and sell it well. The main thing was to have winter warmth in the middle, so Gou Qingyun gave me a particularly kind price.
It is no longer his own village. Whatever Dong Nuan wants, he can ask for it by writing a letter.
She didn't ask for it in vain, she still had to pay.
However, it is not easy to transport.
The road to Dingzhou is too far. If the letter is not rushed, it will take about a month to travel.
Except for fruits such as apples and pears, which are relatively durable, other fruits, after being transported for a month, will probably become rotten and leave only a puddle of black water, let alone moldy, right?
Research something feasible?
Dong Nuan couldn't help but get a headache when she thought about doing research.
Forget it, forget it, let’s talk about it tomorrow.
While Dong Nuan was eating beef jerky with peace of mind, she was thinking about it in her mind.
The main thing is that trains, planes, etc. are definitely unrealistic.
Kinetic energy cannot be satisfied, but if it is a simple version, it is not impossible to achieve.
In fact, there was a simplified version in ancient times, and the Mohists probably studied things like mechanism techniques.
However, by the Dayue Dynasty, Mohist culture had declined, and there were no successors to follow, so these things had to be learned by oneself.
From the principles to the details, you need to figure it out yourself.
It would be strange not to have a headache when the winter is warm.
And this thing also needs kinetic energy. Otherwise, it will be OK for short distances, but it will definitely not work for long distances.
still have a question.
That is, if this thing does not have an electronic map, then it cannot fly directionally, and it will definitely require manpower.
Therefore, it must carry people. When it comes to carrying people, more consideration needs to be given to safety, feasibility, etc.
If you can't achieve it in a day or two, then think about it slowly.
April has passed by in a hurry, and the victims in Zhuangzi have been settled one after another.
The homes rebuilt by the imperial court may not be as good as their original ones, but at least they have a place to live and no longer need to rely on others.
On the Dongnuan side of Zhuangzi, only two families still miss their hometown and are unwilling to stay. The rest have signed deeds and are staying as long-term workers.
A long-term worker's salary is thirty cents a day, and a lunch is included. If you need to live in the village, a maximum of ten people are allowed to live in a family, and only two cents will be deducted.
For many people, they may not be able to earn such an income by farming at home.
So, they prefer to stay here.
Dong Nuan also accepted this well. As long as she was willing to work hard, she didn't care about the identity of the long-term workers.
At the beginning of May, the whole Zhuangzi became busy.
All kinds of rations need to be planted. In fact, at the end of April, the land was cleared, and some simple breeding was also carried out in Dongnuan.
Then, planting officially starts in May.
It's just that these disaster victims can't satisfy the daily planting in Zhuangzi.
Therefore, we still need to hire some more long-term workers.
These matters are taken care of by the chief stewards of Zhuangzi, and Dongnuan only needs to listen to the other party's report on the work.
The other party will get some profit out of it, but it won't go too far.
After all, Dong Nuan's identity was there. The other party showed Zhuangzi to the royal family in the past, and he would also make some money easily. If it didn't go too far, Dong Nuan would treat it as an unspoken rule and acquiesce.
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