survival in the wilderness

Chapter 147 Commercial Street

In just two days, everyone in the city knew the new way to grind wheat.

Every family was busy making stone wheels, and some people couldn't make it for the time being, so they found other heavy objects to replace them. As long as they could roll and have weight, they could grind the wheat grains down.

The wheat that had just been collected came in handy, so they cleared out a piece of their own yard, spread out the wheat stalks to dry, and adults and children rolled the rollers on it.

Lin Yan's family has been busy for five days, threshing and cleaning up all the wheat, and there are 32 sacks in it, which can be described as a bumper harvest.

With so much wheat, it is very intuitive to pile up, and it has a great impact on people.

All the families who have planted wheat are all smiling.The granary at home is full, so I don't have to worry about food, so I feel comfortable.

When Ah Lan saw Lin Yan again, she was full of smiles: "Thanks to you coming back at the right time, this is a good idea, but in a few days all the wheat has been threshed, and every family has food reserves. I was worried that the agricultural tax would not come up, Now I'm not worried at all."

"You are worrying too much. Each family grows so much land. As long as they are not lazy, the yield is okay. Three cents per mu of land is not too much, which is equivalent to about ten catties of wheat. Any family can afford the tax."

What Lin Yan said was the truth. Now that the wheat of any family does not exceed a thousand catties, it is no problem to pay taxes.

Ah Lan nodded, "You're right. The wheat harvest is bumper, and every family has food in stock, so you don't have to worry about paying taxes. But the population is growing fast, and batch after batch of dolls have grown up. It's time to eat. It takes one or two years for every family to become rich. A group of dolls of the same age as Shuisheng have grown up and become the main force. The dolls of your age are the most, and they are all in school now. After a few years, they will be able to work alive."

"It's good to have more people. There is food, and we can afford it. Don't worry." Lin Yan is not worried about this at all. There is a lot of wasteland, and the output will increase in the future.

"That's the way it is. But when there are too many people, it's hard to manage. Heitu and Yehuan took the lead in starting a family and caused a trend. More people do this, and the land allocated is almost not enough."

"If it's not enough, just add more. The pika is so big, isn't there room to build a house?"

Alan nodded, "That's right. I want to divide the newly drawn areas into sixteen groups for easy management. At the same time, set aside a commercial area to allow more people to do business, so that things can circulate faster."

Lin Yan looked at Alan in surprise, and it was very rare to think of this, "Very good, this way Sun City will continue to expand and become more and more prosperous. Your idea is right, and your thinking is right, so we have to take care of it." development in this direction.”

After being affirmed, Ah Lan was determined. This was her thought after seeing the implementation of the commercial tax. Compared with the agricultural tax, the commercial tax accounted for a larger proportion.

If there are more merchants, the speed of money circulation will increase, and tax revenue will also increase.

"If there is land in a commercial district, my family's restaurant can be moved there. The family is still small and very crowded."

Ah Lan smiled and said, "It will cost money to move your restaurant there, will your mother agree?"

"I'll pay for it, and Auntie will definitely be willing." Lin Yan felt that Huahong was keen on making money and would not let go of such an opportunity. "The business district is best facing the street. The street is spacious and can accommodate more talents."

Alan took out the blueprint of Sun City and circled it with a pen, "This is the area, first build the commercial street, and the surrounding area is homesteads for future dolls."

With the current location of Sun City, it can only expand to the west or north, and the area there is huge and unlimited.

Ah Lan chose the west side. The distance from north to south is already very long, and the distance from east to west is short. It is convenient to gather together.

Lin Yan asked: "This piece of wasteland is developed, are they willing to give up the land?"

"Why don't you want it? We don't want it for nothing, we will give you money."

"Oh, that's okay, I thought it was requisitioned. Do we need to pay for these lands to build houses?"

"Of course, you still want to take advantage of it for nothing." A Lan looked at Lin Yan suspiciously, "You don't really think so, do you?"

Lin Yan smirked, didn't she see that all the homesteads were free, and those with more than the area had to pay for it.

A Lan said: "It was a special situation in the past, and there will be more and more people in the future. The homestead cannot be provided for free, and it must be bought by individuals. Otherwise, the arbitration tribunal will lose money to do this."

Lin Yan went to see the newly built houses of Heitu and the others. Every house is a homestead with a large yard. The living space is spacious and comfortable, and there are places to store various sundries.

Back at night, Lin Yan told Huahong and Jinzai about going to the commercial street to buy land and build a house.

Hua Hong shook her head and said, "I don't have any money. Let's wait a few years. This year, I need to save money to buy a small car."

She thinks a shelf car is more important than buying land and building a shop.

Jin Zai also thinks so, he needs to buy a shelf car first, and there is no rush to build a shop.

But Lin Yan said: "Mother, Father, the opportunity is rare, we have to seize the opportunity. In the future, there will be more and more people, and the land will become more and more expensive. It is not a loss to buy it now. I have money, let's buy it first." Buy the land, build the house, and open a restaurant over there, that’s enough space for our family.”

Looking at Lin Yan above, Huahong asked uncertainly: "Is this really the case? Why do I need to buy the land? It's such a big area outside, you can have it as big as you want."

"Aniang, why do you still think that way? In the future, the land, including the land reclaimed by your own family, must be registered and kept on file. It can't be disposed of casually, especially in places close to the city, it will only become more and more expensive. Then Dolls have to build houses when they grow up, and the arbitration tribunal has someone in charge of house registration and land use, so how can they build houses indiscriminately.”

"It's far away from the outside. Do you dare to build a house there? Even if it's built, you won't feel at ease living in it. I'm sure you're right about this. Your money is going to buy a shelf car, land and a shop. I will pay for it."

Huahong and Jinzai were taken aback by hearing this, and looked at the overly enthusiastic and persistent Lin Yan, and swallowed their refusal.

After thinking about it, Huahong said, "You can buy it, just register your name."

Lin Yan nodded, it doesn't matter whose name is written, as long as they agree.

After the matter was finalized, Lin Yan asked Huahong to pay attention to the notice of the arbitration tribunal, and to buy it in time, so as not to miss the opportunity.She's going to focus on shipbuilding.

In the middle, it was delayed due to road construction, and Lin Yan already had a new idea. Lin Yan wanted to make the boat out as soon as possible.

Every time Lin Yan sees the Sun River, its wide surface and rushing water, Lin Yan feels sad. Once her boat is built, she won't be able to go anywhere.

But now she can only stand on the shore and watch, and cannot use the current to send her to a distant place to explore this world.

Other things come to an end for the time being, it's time to continue building the ship.

To solve the problem of water leakage, the joints between the planks must be filled to prevent water seepage.Fortunately, with tung oil, it is not too difficult to make.

Lin Yan mixed the flour into a paste and poured it into the gaps. After filling the gaps, he brushed tung oil on the outside of the hull several times.

(End of this chapter)