The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 202 Building dams and transforming tidal flats

After sitting idle with Zheng Xun for a while, Xie Shen left and returned home.

After resting for a day, Xie Shen woke up with laughter the next morning.

He got up and opened the door and went to the courtyard, seeing the second daughter and Chen Hu'er laughing around Lu Zhongtian, he felt very embarrassed.

"Cough cough!"

Xie Shen coughed and said, "This is our new nursing home, named Lu Zhongtian. From now on, you should get along well."

After the matter of the Xie family was settled, the eldest brother Xie Fang and the eldest sister Xie Chen set off for Hangzhou to take care of the tea business.Xie Shen is naturally the head of the family when the elder brother is not here, so he has to put on an appearance of a little adult to hold back.

Lu Zhongtian scratched his head and said, "Master, we can help chop firewood and carry water, but don't let us idle."

Xie Shen shook his head and said, "It's natural to chop firewood and carry water, but the most important thing is the duty of guarding. I'm going to go out soon, so you can follow me."

In fact, Xie Shen intends to investigate Lu Zhongtian.If Lu Zhongtian is really as simple and honest as he shows, Xie Shen will keep him, and even let him recommend some dutiful people to come to Xie's house as guards.

After all, a person sometimes has no skills at all, and it is better to have a few more guards to feel safe.

But if Lu Zhongtian is pretending to be simple and honest, just to deceive Xie Shen into trusting him and get the post of nursing home, then Xie Shen will fire him without hesitation.This is also an internship arranged by Xie Shen for Lu Gengtian.

Lu Zhongtian rubbed his palms together and said with a laugh: "Whatever the young master says, let's go out with the young master."

What Lu Gengtian signed with Xie's family was either a deed of sale, or a two-year contract usually signed by nursing homes.When the time limit is up, the owner can choose to renew the contract or not to renew the contract.

But during the contract period, Lu Zhongtian must be living and boarding at Xie's house.

Chen Hu'er said with some grievances: "Young Master, won't you take me with you?"

Xie Shen only thought it was funny, this Hu'er knew how to be jealous at such a young age, and he was still such a burly man like Lu Zhongtian.
"It's not good to tell you to stay and rest. Are you going to build embankments?"

Build a dam?Hearing this, Chen Hu'er shook his head again and again, his body was thinner than the young master's, and he really couldn't bear this pain.

Xie Shen didn't bother with him, and took Lu Zhongtian together towards the deserted beach.

It's not that he intends to scare the little book boy. The project to turn the tidal flat into a good field for growing cotton is not an ordinary project.

The first step is naturally to build a dam to prevent the seawater from continuously eroding the tidal flats. If some land is highly alkaline, it is necessary to open canals and divert water for repeated washing to improve the soil quality.

Wait until the summer when the soil quality is almost the best.Grass and reed flowers, tsk tsk, this scene is picturesque when you think about it.

Of course, the tidal flats that Xie Shen and the others are now reclaiming and planting are only a small part, and they are used for experiments.As long as cotton can be grown, it is successful.

As for large-scale cotton planting, the soil quality has to be completely transformed.

The construction of the dam is the first and most important step in the whole huge project, and Xie Shen estimates that it will take more than a month.If all goes well, the experimental field can be planted with cotton before May.

Although this is a bit late, it is acceptable, at least in September and October, there should be something to gain.

Lu Zhongtian's transformation from a tenant farmer to a guard next to Mr. Xie is naturally proud of himself.

But when he followed Xie Shen to the deserted beach again, he was dumbfounded.

Why did the young master come to this barren beach again? Didn't he tell the tenant farmers all the essentials last time?
"Don't look stupid, go and help."

Xie Shen's voice pulled Lu Zhongtian back from his thoughts.

He looked in the direction Xie Shen pointed, and saw hundreds of tenant farmers carrying stones to build the embankment.

"Master, I, I will go too?"

At first, he only thought that Xie Shen was talking casually, but he didn't expect that he really wanted to build a dam.

Xie Shen rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't go, why should I go?"

The complacent look on Lu Gengtian's face disappeared in an instant, and he dragged his head helplessly towards the deserted beach.

Xie Shen sighed in his heart, it seems that Lu Zhongtian is still not reconciled.

Forget it, when the busy time is over, he should be allowed to enjoy himself.

Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi were also supervising the work, Xie Shen walked over and joked: "How about it, Brother Shouwen and Brother Pixian think it is possible to repair this dam before May?"

In this regard, Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi have great differences.

Wang Shouwen took a pessimistic attitude, mainly because he didn't understand what Xie Shen's purpose was.

The income from selling tea and bookstores is enough for the Xie family to live comfortably, so why bother to reclaim tidal flats to grow cotton.

Moreover, he doesn't think that the cotton grown on tidal flats is better than that from fertile land, so he probably loses money.

It's just that he had to mobilize the tenant farmers at home to help out of brotherhood.

Xie Pi is very optimistic about this model.

"If we work harder, maybe the dam will be repaired by the end of April and the cotton will be planted."

Xie Pi clenched his fists and said, "Brother Shen, the next step is to open canals to divert water, but I'm afraid this area will have an intersection with the Sun family."

"Sun Family?"

Xie Shen frowned and said, "Why did you get involved with the Sun family?"

If we say which family Xie Shen offended most thoroughly in Yuyao, it might be the Zhuhu Sun family.

If Mrs. Sun had the chance to take revenge on him, she would never hesitate.

"Brother Shen doesn't know that most of the land near the tidal flat is in the hands of the Sun family. If we want to open canals to divert water, we will inevitably have to borrow from the land under the Sun family's name."

Xie Shen suddenly realized.

After all, the Sun family is also a prominent family in Yuyao, with a lot of land under their name.Almost all of the Ueda near the beach is in the hands of the Sun family, which means that as long as the canals are opened to divert water, it is impossible to bypass this old enemy.

"Brother Shenxian, you won't be afraid. The Sun family's nest of bird people are all vicious and soft-hearted, so you don't need to worry!"

But Wang Shouwen didn't buy into the Sun family's account, and cheered Xie Shen up loudly.

"It's not that I'm afraid of the Sun family. It's just that if the Sun family deliberately makes things difficult, I'm afraid it won't be easy to divert water."

Without fresh water to improve soil quality, cotton cannot be grown on a large scale, which is indeed a deadlock.

Could it be that Xie Shen had to join forces with Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi to buy part of the land?

This idea was rejected by Xie Shen as soon as it was born.

Not to mention that the Sun family doesn't know how to sell land, even if they do sell it, it will be an outrageous price.

The price premium is really scary, Xie Shen doesn't intend to be taken advantage of.

So how about opening canals to divert water by bypassing the Sun family's fields?

Although the amount of work has increased a lot, it does seem to be a solution.

and many more!

Suddenly a thought flashed through Xie Shen's mind, and he laughed wildly: "Brother Shouwen, brother Pixian, how about we dig a well to get water?"

"Dig a well for water?"

　ps: The update time of this month has been adjusted to update one chapter at [-]:[-] am, one chapter at [-]:[-] noon, and one chapter at [-]:[-] pm.It seems that such a time is more reasonable, please let me know if you are following the book, thank you~
　　
　
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