Wujiadian is a small grass market that cannot be even smaller. It is a circle of fences surrounded by a two-story brick and tile house, and there are many sheds around the brick and tile houses.

Perhaps because the New Year is approaching, all the small sheds have vendors setting up stalls to sell New Year’s goods and various snacks. There are also many customers, all of whom are farmers around Wujia Store. They bring their families to Wujia Store to join in the fun.

Although it is only a few dozen miles away from Qushan County and Tianya Town, for most of the hard-earned farmers, they can’t go to Qushan a few times a year. It would be great to have a walk around this grass market.

From this perspective, the Wu family who traveled thousands of miles from the countryside of Xijing Luoyang to Qushan on the shore of the sea were definitely a group of people who dared to take risks and had relatively liberated thoughts.

Wu Haogu had already turned over and dismounted the horse, threw the reins to a follower's knight, and then walked to the two-story restaurant with his hands behind his back. At this time, a black-faced man in his thirties dressed in a state of affairs ran out of the restaurant with a smile, and behind him were two guys who looked a little simple and honest.

This official was also a child of the Bai Bo Wu family. He also recognized Wu Chenglan who was following Wu Haogu. He smiled and called out, "Isn't this the Thirteenth Brother? Haven't you followed the clan leader? Why did you come to the Wu family store in a dusty manner?"

Wu Chenglan smiled and replied, "Fourth Brother, didn't I just follow the patriarch?" He pointed at Wu Haogu, "Isn't this our patriarch?"

"Class leader?" The "Fourth Brother" was stunned. In his imagination, a confidant of the Tian family like Wu Dalang and a wealthy and wealthy official should be extremely pampered. He needs help when walking and feeding people. There are always a bunch of beautiful girls around him who serve him.

But the man in front of me was clearly a vulgar martial artist. It seemed that he had just returned from the front line... Could it be that the clan leader had been sent to lead troops to fight again, right?

"Why don't you bow to me when you see the patriarch!" Wu Chenglan was stunned when she saw her brother, and quickly reminded her loudly.

The man was then shocked and reacted and hurriedly performed a bow: "Wu Chengsong pays homage to the clan leader."

This person's name is Wu Chengsong, who is Wu Chenglan's brother in the hall and Wu Haogu's clan uncle. Although his seniority is high, in the feudal clan system, the clan leader is the leader of the family. Once he becomes the clan leader, he cannot determine the superiority of the clan leader by his original seniority.

Moreover, what Wu Haogu is doing for the Wu family now can indeed bear the name of the clan leader...

"Uncle Fourteenth," Wu Haogu nodded with a smile, "I'm going to bother you today."

"Class leader, it's windy outside, please come in quickly." Wu Chengsong said with a smile and welcomed Wu Haogu and others into the restaurant he opened.

The restaurant is not big, and there are only seven or eight square tables for four people on the first floor when dine-in, which are clean, but there are no guests and they look empty.

There is a large cabinet on the west side of the floor. In front of the cabinet are a group of farmers in short shirts who are buying wine, meat and food.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Even poor farmers who are not seeing meat all year round will always buy some wine and meat to offer to their ancestors and make some improvements.

Wu Haogu looked at the farmers in short shirts and found that they were all strong and not torn clothes, obviously not too poor, so he withdrew his gaze and followed Wu Chengsong to the second floor.

There are mostly separated private rooms on the second floor, with large tables all around, and there is no guest at all. Wu Haogu picked up a private room and sat in it. He was the leader, and the others sat down. One of the private rooms could not sit down. Wu Chengsong led the remaining people to the other two private rooms. After settling down, he returned to the private room where Wu Haogu was located, and sang and smiled: "Class leader, the restaurant made Luoyang-style dishes, including fresh fish sashimi, white-cut beef and mutton, and the duck with specialties from Wujiazhuang..."

"Duck?" Wu Haogu asked with a smile, "Haizhou specialty duck?"

"It's not a specialty from Haizhou, it's the seed brought by Qi Ge'er from Luoyang Baibo. It's very fresh and plump."

"Is the Seventh Brother you mentioned Wu Chengchang?" Wu Haogu remembered the "old son" of Wu Zhongyi, the last Jinshi. "I remember he had bought 3,000 acres of paddy fields. How is it now?"

"He is rich now," Wu Chengsong's tone was full of envy. "I have built three thousand acres of paddy fields and hired dozens of long-term workers. This year, I have planted late rice for a season, cold vegetables for a season, and raised thousands of white-bolt ducks... This winter, I have hired people to build water trucks, canals, and hydraulic oil mills, and I plan to make hundreds of acres of paddy fields that are a bit water-deficient and transformed into mulberry fields."

Wu Haogu heard him talk for a long time, but still didn't understand. He didn't know how to farm. He learned about the operation of some Knight Manors when he was in the Border River. However, Knight Manors are usually grass fields in dry fields. The paddy fields in the Wu family in Haizhou cannot be played like this. In this era, the economic value of paddy fields is much higher than that of ordinary dry fields, and it is impossible to use them to plant grass.

Seeing that Wu Haogu was interested, Wu Chengsong introduced it as if he had known it: "Planting rice in paddy fields usually has two seasons to sow in a year. Some people plant two seasons of rice, while others plant one season of late rice and one season of cold vegetables. Cold vegetables are vegetables that like cold, some are edible, and some can be squeezed with rapeseed oil.

Ducks like water and will catch insects in paddy fields, which is most suitable for free in paddy fields and streams. Moreover, Haizhou is a big city, with rich merchants and people, and never tired of eating. Ducks are expensive and easy to deal with.

Water trucks and canals are used to rectify paddy fields irrigation. Although it will cost a lot of money, it will improve its ability to resist floods and droughts. Hydraulic oil mills are used for pickled rape oil.

As for mulberry trees, it is a treasure. Mulberry leaves can raise silkworms, feed sheep, and even live in the desert. It is not easy to see that there will be no deserted years here in Haizhou, so Brother Qi plans to use mulberry leaves to raise silkworms and sheep. If the clan leader is two years later, he will be able to eat the sheep raised by Brother Qi."

Wu Haogu laughed: "Uncle Qi is really a good farming method! OK, okay! Uncle Fourteen, do you have ducks raised by Uncle Qi here?"

"Yes, yes, yes," Wu Chengsong said with a smile, "There are pickled salt ducks, sauce-baked ducks, and duck soup..."

"Okay, you can watch it." Wu Haogu smiled, "Don't just do ducks, just serve more good wine and good dishes.

By the way, is Uncle Qi at home?"

"Yeah," Wu Chengsong said, "just at the farm. These days it is the end of the year, and he has to pay the bill for the long-term workers."

"Okay," Wu Haogu waved his hand, "Serve the food quickly, and after eating, go and see Uncle Qi."

"Okay, okay, I'll arrange it now."

...

"Thank you, thank you... This is your annual salary, it should be 6 mins and 330 cents, and I will give 6 mins and 360 cents."

At this time, Wu Chengchang was paying his long-term workers in a very grandly built house.

This house was not his. Wu Haogu bought it from Wu Yanen as his residence in Wujiazhuang. However, he basically would not live there, so he was used by Wu Chengchang's family, on the condition that Wu Chengchang maintained one of the largest courtyards for Wu Haogu.

There were not many people in Wu Chengchang's family, just a wife, two sons, two daughters who were not married, and no servants. So he gave some houses in this mansion "free" to his long-term workers.

As a rich peasant (he is not a landlord, but Wu Haogu is the landlord, so his component should be a rich peasant), Wu Chengchang is still relatively righteous, and he does not deduct the wages and food of long-term workers, nor does he give up the debts of the King of Hell, nor does he have the capital to release the debts of the King of Hell.

Of course, he wouldn't learn how to roosters crow in the middle of the night. He doesn't have such imagination, and he doesn't know how to vent his oral skills... This is the "learning" in "talking and singing". How could the old farmer who has read it?

However, he also has a way to get the workers to work hard. He has two ways: one is that he can't save more wages, he can get what he pays for. He can't get what he pays for when he pays less; the other is that he can choose people seriously, not everyone wants, he is an old farmer, he can tell what kind of people are down-to-earth, what kind of people are cheating, and what kind of people are rebellious and difficult to deal with.

Without this ability, how could he care about the people and affairs of the Baibowu family back then?

In addition, Wu Chengchang only recruits long-term workers, and he doesn't want bachelors. Because long-term workers with family members are easier to treat, they don't dare to contradict the boss. Moreover, long-term workers' families are the cheapest labor force. Female relatives can send them to help servants and do odd jobs, and they can also help them in busy farming. Children can help herd cattle and drive ducks. These female relatives and children can just give them some food and give them a few casually.

"Master Xie Wu."

A stout man with a dark face to the sun looked at the basket of copper coins being carried in front of him, with a happy smile on his face, bowing and thanking Wu Chengchang again.

"Okay, okay," Wu Chengchang smiled, took another pork tied with a straw rope and handed it to the black-faced man, "This is a New Year's gift, and it should have been delivered again on New Year's Eve, but I have to go to Haizhou to pay homage to the patriarch's wife, so I gave it to you first."

"Mr. Xie."

The man looked at the pork, it was so big! And it was all fat, and the flesh was only a thin layer... Master Wu is really a good master! It was much better than the original Wu family man. Although Master Wu did not let his own customer after he came, he changed to a long-term worker. But now he earns more money than being a customer at that time, and he eats well, and he really enjoys his life.

Just as the long-term worker left with great gratitude, Wu Haogu, who had eaten a duck banquet, appeared outside the yard in dust. He did not ask someone to inform Wu Chengchang, but just smiled and looked at the long queue of long-term workers carrying copper coins, pork, and leaving with smiles...
Chapter completed!