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Chapter 239: Settlement of wages
By then, she should have left Qingshan Village, but she could leave the fruit planting technology in Qingshan Village as the second development path for Qingshan Village.
Of course, this would all happen a long time in the future. What she had to do now was to find the head of the village and get the wages for the past few days, and solve the problem of excess milk at the same time.
He did what he said. After watering the barren hill with nutrient solution, Lin Chuyi walked down the mountain all the way to the village head's house.
At this time, many villagers were busy in the fields. When they saw Lin Chuyi coming, they stopped what they were doing and greeted her.
After all, people rented their fields and paid them to grow crops. So, Lin Chuyi could be considered their boss. The one who paid was the boss, so whenever they met, they would always say hello.
Lin Chuyi responded with a smile and strolled all the way to the headman's house.
When the village head saw Lin Chuyi coming, he put down the pipe he was smoking, and with a smile on his face, he invited her to sit in the main room.
After the two of them sat down, the village head asked directly, "Girl, are you here to settle your wages for the past few days?"
Lin Chuyi smiled and nodded, then took off the purse hanging from his waist, took out a few taels of silver from it and handed it to the head of the village.
"Grandpa Lizheng is really smart. I am here to give you money. I don't have much copper coins left at home, so I will pay you with silver. Here are three taels of silver. I wonder if it is enough to pay the wages?"
The head of the village reached out and took away the two pieces of silver on it. The pieces of silver that Lin Chuyi took out were all produced in the space. Although they were made according to the purity of the current commonly used silver, the quality of the silver mine was good, and the purity was better than the silver on the market.
Although the two pieces of silver in the headman's hand were different in shape, their weights were almost the same. Each piece of silver weighed about one tael, which totaled two taels of silver.
The head of the village weighed the silver in his hand and knew how heavy it was. He looked at Lin Chuyi and said, "There's no need for three taels of silver. Planting trees is different from building a house. You can only work in the morning and evening. So I paid them 20 coins a day. You said you would give them a 10-coin meal allowance each, which is 30 coins a day. There are many people willing to work, so it took less than three days to plant all the fruit trees."
"On the first day there were twelve able-bodied men working, on the second day there were twenty-three able-bodied men working, and on the third day there were twenty-seven able-bodied men working. That adds up to 1,860 copper coins."
"Generally speaking, one tael of silver can be exchanged for one thousand copper coins, but this is not absolute. The quality of the silver will also affect the exchange amount. Silver with lower quality can only be exchanged for eight or nine hundred copper coins, and silver with better quality can be exchanged for up to one thousand three hundred copper coins. Silver of the quality you gave can be exchanged for at least one thousand two hundred copper coins, which is equivalent to two thousand four hundred copper coins. These two silver coins are more than enough to pay the wages for the next few days."
"I'll go to town later and exchange the silver for copper coins. After I pay everyone their wages, I'll return the remaining copper coins to you."
Lin Chuyi smiled and shook his head, stuffed the remaining silver coin back into the purse and tied it around his waist again.
"Grandpa Lizheng, what you are doing is wrong."
The head of the village was stunned. "No? But I didn't calculate it wrong. No way, I calculated it several times and it is indeed this number."
"You didn't count yourself in the calculation. I just went to the mountain and saw that every fruit tree was planted straight and strong. You, the supervisor, should be credited for the fact that the work was completed so quickly and in such good condition. You also have to help me exchange silver in the town. How can I let you work in vain?"
"Besides, if you hadn't reminded me that there are these tricks to exchanging silver, I really wouldn't have understood the interests involved, and I might have made a few mistakes in this regard in the future."
"So, after you pay everyone, don't think about paying me back the rest of the money. Just treat the rest as your wages. Of course, if you feel the wages are too high, then treat it as my tuition. Anyway, don't pay me back. I won't take it even if you do."
What Lin Chuyi said before was reasonable and well-founded, but the last sentence was pure roguery.
Lin Chuyi was helpless facing this. He did all this not for her few hundred copper coins, but now that she had said this, it would be inappropriate for him to refuse.
When Lin Chu saw that the village head was still hesitating, she began to divert his attention and started talking about the second purpose of this trip.
"Speaking of which, I came here this time to discuss something with you."
"Oh? Tell me about it." The head of the village suddenly became interested and put the silver in his hand into his sleeve.
Lin Chuyi pretended not to notice what the head of the village was doing, and said with a smile, "My aunt bought two cows a few days ago. She gave me one of them and asked me to bring it back. She said that my siblings and I have been lacking nutrition for many years and are not growing tall easily. We need to be well nourished."
"Cow's milk is good for nourishing the body and is just right for us to consume. So I spent money and used my connections to get a cow to give us a boost."
"The cow I brought back can produce dozens of kilograms of milk a day. The four of us can't finish it all. In Lanzhou City, a bowl of this milk costs at least five cents. It would be a waste if it went bad."
"So I came up with an idea. If I add some sugar to the milk and boil it into candies, and send them to the city to sell, it shouldn't be a problem to sell them, and it can also bring in some income for the family."
When Lin Chuyi said this, she deliberately observed the reaction of the head of the village. Seeing that he nodded frequently, it was obvious that he was very optimistic about her solution. The smile in her eyes deepened, and then she changed the subject.
"But then I thought, there are so many children in our village. Many of them are in worse condition than my brothers and sisters. You can tell at a glance that they are also malnourished."
"So I thought I would just stop making money and supply the milk directly to the people in our village. If there are families who need milk, they can go to my house to sign up. The milk is calculated based on the number of people. Each person pays 15 coins per month and can get a bowl of fresh milk every day. If you don't want to drink it halfway, you can cancel the subscription. But I have to trouble the village head to publicize this matter again."
The head of the village waved his hands and refused with a serious face: "How can this be done? Don't try to deceive me, an old man. I really know about milk. It is a delicacy that only officials can eat. If you sell it at such a low price, how much money will you lose?"