Early the next morning, Ren Pingsheng took Xiaowan, Sledgehammer, and Liu Shu, who was free because the shop had been closed for the New Year, and rented a carriage out of the south gate, heading towards the Ren family farm outside the city.
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“There are no shortage of refugees at all.”
Ren Pingsheng raised the curtains and looked outside where the porridge was being given. The refugees lined up like a long queue, standing shivering in the cold wind.
"A few days ago, there was another porridge noise quietly in the town. The policeman even came to our shop and collected 2 taels of silver for the noise. If he didn't give it, he wouldn't leave."
Liu Shu looked a little unhappy and said: "Afterwards, I asked the other shops in Ping'an Fang, and our shop charged the most!
And the business of 'Lotus Leaf Square' is so good every day, making a lot of money every day, but they only collected 500 Wen."
Ren Pingsheng said nothing, just narrowed his eyes.
Although the charge is not much, this is the mayor bullying the outsiders!
This shows the mayor's unfriendly attitude towards the Ren family.
After suppressing this unhappiness in his heart, Ren Pingsheng said: "I'll give it to him today, and I'll settle the matter later."
Lao Liu praised.
Lao Liu and Hu Laosan left in a hurry.
"A breeding farm is planned here, and the pigs and sheep collected from the surrounding villages in the past few days are all raised here."
Soon a warm roar suddenly broke out from the crowd.
Ren Pingsheng lifted the curtain in front of him and saw a city wall that was much more spectacular than before.
"Master, I heard Manager Liu say this morning that you would come over, but I don't know when you will arrive, so you couldn't wait at the city gate."
When coming down from the south city gate, Ren Pingsheng suddenly said to Lao Liu.
The city gate is wide enough for two carriages to cross each other, and the city gate built by carpenters is solid and heavy.
"No wonder the old village chief said that Qiangzi has a good way of training soldiers. It's really good."
If the number of people continues to increase and the workshop continues to invest, it will soon run into losses.
Ren Pingsheng looked around.
"That's the tent where Liu Qiang and his escort team set up camp. The escort team all live in it."
At this time, Lao Liu also came over carrying a tea kettle.
"Let's take a spin."
"Master!"
At this time, Xiaowan took out a small notebook from her body and said: "A total of 45 people have been added, including 25 craftsmen and 20 young people between 12 and 18 years old.
Ren Pingsheng just looked around and found that there were obviously more people than before.
At this time, Hu Laosan was walking quickly towards the city gate on crutches. As soon as the carriage stopped, Ren Pingsheng had just jumped off the carriage, and Hu Laosan had already arrived, with spots on his body.
There was a lot of dust, and it was obvious that he had been busy.
Ren Pingsheng saw a group of teenagers, singing in groups and carrying trees as thick as a man's waist, walking towards the farm from a distance.
When Ren Pingsheng arrived near the north gate, he saw a piece of land enclosed by a fence, with several black pigs and seven or eight sheep in it.
"It's okay, just don't delay the construction of the house."
"Yes, Xiaowan girl should be more careful."
Ren Pingsheng took Xiaowan, Liu Shu, Lao Liu and Hu Laosan around the farm.
Hu Laosan said cautiously.
Having only been to the farm once, I knew the number of people in the farm well.
The city wall is one and a half meters wide. Although it is not as wide as the Qingcheng city wall which is five or six meters wide, it is very spacious for people to walk around on the city wall.
"Lao Liu, Chinese New Year is coming soon, let's kill a few pigs today to reward everyone."
When Ren Pingsheng was looking at the camp, a loud singing sound came.
Ren Pingsheng's first impression of these teenagers was very good.
"Brother Ren, we're almost there!"
Lao Liu replied: "In addition to training those boys here, Brother Qiang also went to stay with the refugee team outside the city, and recruited some more people these days.
Hu Laosan, who also heard Ren Pingsheng's words, couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, and quietly looked to see if others didn't notice, and then he felt relieved.
The carriage soon arrived at the city gate.
The carriage went very fast on the compacted dirt road, but after turning onto the road to the farm, it became bumpy and bumpy, and even sitting inside the carriage was bumpy.
Although Ningxiangzhai launches a new type of soap every week, which drives soap sales to a high level, it can be regarded as making money every day.
In addition to the refugees, we also bought some surrounding land, and there were 7 more tenant households and 120 acres of land in the farm."
Ren Pingsheng stepped onto the city wall from Dengcheng at the north gate.
But she couldn't help spending too much money. She now felt that Ningxiangzhai's money was just passed through her and she couldn't keep it at all.
The number of tenant households increased by 7 households with 42 people.
I don't know who saw Ren Pingsheng and reported it to Hu Laosan in advance.
"Let's go up to the city wall and have a look."
Over there, Hu Laosan couldn't help but glance at Xiaowan, feeling somewhat impressed by this little girl who was following the master.
There are two crisscrossing main roads in the farm, leading to the four city gates respectively.
Ren Pingsheng saw a yard full of cut wood, and several craftsmen were busy making carts there.
"If ten thousand people are united, Mount Tai can be shaken! Only loyalty and righteousness can lead to a bullfight in anger..."
I walked around the city wall and looked at the layout of the farm. About one-third of the house had been built, and several yards had been built in the workshop area to the west of the south gate, leaving some open space for later.
You can plan at any time.
However, compared to the first time they came here, these people's faces, which were originally full of food, looked a little more healthy. It was obvious that they had been cooking with lard for a month, which replenished their bodies with oil and water.
"I see there are a lot more people here?"
The current population of the farm is 285."
Sledgehammer, who was driving outside, shouted.
The newly planned houses in the farm are built according to what he calls a "well" shape, horizontally and vertically, and every road is straight and connected to each other.
After climbing the city wall, the view immediately becomes much wider.
Xiaowan also poked her head out and spoke to Ren Pingsheng.
The farm at this time was much larger than the first time I came here. There were busy figures all around. The wheels of the carts were turning rapidly. People were shouting one after another. There were seven or eight adobe houses being built at the same time.
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Just on the side of the farm, Ren Pingsheng saw a wooden camp, which was made of round and solid wood and looked very solid.
"Gudong."
How can ordinary people have this ability?
As for the housekeeper Ren, it is painful for Xiaowan to look at these data now.
The new city wall is more than four meters high, made of rammed adobe layer by layer, and has a few more edges and corners, enclosing about 100 acres of land.
The young people are full of energy, their voices are loud, their bodies are strong, and they have a certain sense of bravery.
At this rate, after fifteen days, the entire farm will be almost complete.
There are many villagers on the path outside the village, pushing wheelbarrows and transporting red soil to the farm.
Lao Liu would never refute Ren Pingsheng's opinion: "Hu Laosan, go and tell everyone."
