Bai Erlang was finally convinced because Bai Shanbao said, "If everything written in the farmer's book can be realized, then you will definitely make a lot of money. With money, we might be able to go to Yizhou. Do you know Yizhou? This time
When I return to Longzhou, I pass by Yizhou, which is very prosperous."
Man Bao also said, "If you have money, next time your father beats you, you can use the money to live in the county, buy a lot of delicious food, eat one bowl and throw another, but your father can't beat you."
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Bai Erlang was actually moved.
So he was encouraged to go home and ask for land, people, and cattle from his father...
When Mr. Bai heard his son say that he wanted a hundred acres of land to play, he almost fell off his chair.
He widened his eyes and asked, "Say it again?"
Bai Erlang was so frightened that he shrank his neck and immediately said: "Dad, just think I'm joking, I don't want the land anymore."
Master Bai's face became even more serious. Bai Erlang was almost scared to cry, and he decisively betrayed his friend, "It's all what Bai Shan and Zhou Man said. They wanted me to come back and ask Dad for some land to play with."
Who would have thought that Master Bai actually relaxed, became a little gentler, and asked: "Why do they want the land? No, what do you want the land for?"
"Fine." Bai Erlang still felt guilty.
"What to plant and how to plant it? Why do you want our land?" Master Bai asked three questions in a row, but Bai Erlang didn't answer any of them.
No, he could answer the third one, because neither of them wanted to go to the northwest after failure, so they wanted our land.
But Bai Erlang is not that stupid, and of course he will not say it out loud.
When Mr. Bai saw his stupid son lowering his head and knowing nothing, he became angry. He endured it, but still couldn't, so he simply yelled at him, "You don't know anything, what are you playing with?"
He hated the lesson he was taught, "Since we are going to play together, you have to know what you are playing, how to play, and how to play. If you don't even know the most basic things, how can you play?"
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Bai Erlang shrank his neck and asked softly, "Dad, did you agree?"
"I didn't agree!" Mr. Bai said after getting lucky: "To convince me, it's not just a joke. You have to tell me the questions I asked."
Seeing that his silly son was still standing, Mr. Bai couldn't help but patted the table, "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you go find your playmate and ask!"
Bai Erlang turned around and went out, wanting to find his friends to play with, but as soon as he walked out the door he understood what his father meant, pouted angrily, and finally went next door to find Bai Shanbao and Manbao.
The two of them are reading books.
Of course, what I was reading was the agricultural book that Man Bao brought. As for Bai Erlang's martial arts miscellaneous book, Mr. Zhuang confiscated it.
Bai Erlang has always been a quick reader, and he is not very interested in agricultural books. In addition, this is an agricultural book written in vernacular, which is easy to understand, so he turns the pages very quickly.
Man Bao was very curious, so he read more slowly. The two of them read a book, one tilted his head to read the content at the back, and the other tilted his head to read from the beginning.
When Bai Erlang came over nervously, not only Man Bao had read the rest of the content, but Bai Shanbao had also read through the book.
Then the two of them looked at Bai Erlang, who was not very happy, and asked, "Have you been scolded by Uncle Bai?"
"I know you still let me go!"
Man Bao sighed: "This is the price of growth."
Bai Shanbao said: "How can you do anything without getting scolded? You just say that my cousin agreed?"
"No," Bai Erlang said, "My father asked you, what do you plan to plant and how do you plant it?"
Bai Erlang tilted his head and thought for a moment before continuing: "Also, why do you want my land?"
The two of them looked at him as if he was mentally retarded, "Didn't I already tell you?"
Bai Erlang was indignant, "Can you tell my father if there is any reason? Can't you find a good excuse?"
Man Bao said: "It is wrong to lie to people."
Bai Shanbao: "And I also need my cousin Xin."
Bai Erlang stared at the two of them with bulging eyes and said, "I won't tell you the reason anyway. If you have the ability, go ahead."
The two of them continued to look at him with disdain, and one said: "You are so stupid, who told you to say that? There are many other excuses for the same."
One said: "You should tell your uncle this, this is a mutual decision after we discussed it. The Manbao family doesn't have much land, so they are a little stretched, and my family's land is not here. After thinking about it, your family is the most suitable. Failure.
Yes, your family can afford this loss. If it succeeds, not only will your family gain more food and money, other farms will be able to do the same in the future, and your family is the most direct beneficiary."
Man Bao nodded repeatedly, "Replace 'your family' with 'our family'. Look, how nice it sounds."
Bai Shanbao encouraged him, "Will you go talk to your cousin again?"
Bai Erlang was dumbfounded, and then said angrily: "I won't go, I have to go on your own!"
Bai Shanbao and Manbao stared at him.
But Bai Erlang was obviously hit hard, and he said he was not willing to go to his father again. There was no other way, Man Bao and Bai Shanbao could only think that they were in trouble.
But of course they couldn't just prepare a few words. They spread out a large piece of paper and each took a pen to write down, "Do you think the fattening prescription written in the book is good?"
Man Bao: "It sounds pretty reliable."
"Then the land we are coming to can produce two crops a year. Well, if the soil is not fertile enough, it can also produce three crops every two years."
Man Bao nodded, "If Uncle Bai agrees, then we have to change the plow. The book says it will save more effort. My family can also experiment with this."
Their family has people pulling the plow. If the modified plow is really labor-saving, then Big Brother and the others can save a lot of effort.
Bai Shanbao nodded, "We have to hire a carpenter."
Man Bao first touched the cloth bag he put aside and said, "Carpenters are very expensive."
Bai Erlang came forward unknowingly and couldn't help but said: "I have money!"
Bai Shanbao's eyes lit up and he asked, "How much money do you have?"
Bai Erlang hesitated and said: "It's quite a lot. Besides, my mother still has my lucky money. If it's not enough, I'll ask her for it."
Man Bao said: "It costs money to buy seeds, but do you need money to hire someone?"
"Let my dad come out."
Bai Shanbao and Manbao looked at him together, "Go and talk to your father."
Bai Erlang didn't refuse this point. His father was still very generous to him in terms of money. Basically, he got money every time he asked.
Bai Erlang had never read the agricultural book and was not interested in it, but he was quite interested in what Bai Shanbao and Manbao planned and listened to it with great interest, so he naturally understood it.
They wanted this hundred acres of land, and they really planned to use it to grow crops, and there was no waste at all.
This season’s wheat, next year’s rice and beans, etc…
Manbao said that it is best to plant crops alternately. You cannot plant beans on the same piece of land this year and then plant beans next year.
She said: "I never knew that once beans are planted on a piece of land, you can't plant beans again. You have to plant wheat."