boyutpedia Chapter 151: Making New Rules
Chapter 151: Making New Rules
After hearing what she said, the old man couldn't help but trust Gu Wenxuan a little more. He said, "Okay, then it's settled."
Gu Wenxuan nodded, then waved to the five children, "Then I won't bother you any more."
She turned and left, and the old man called his sister's five grandchildren and told them in detail about what Gu Wenxuan had just mentioned.
He broke down the pros and cons of the matter in detail and explained it patiently to the children, trying his best to make them understand.
The three older ones did understand what he had wished, but the two younger ones still didn't quite understand. But it didn't matter, because they would be following their older brothers and sisters in the future anyway.
The old man looked at the children and said, "I will ask someone to find out about the girl's temperament and character in the next few days."
"If she is a good person, you can go to her place and rent out the house. It can also be an income."
"If you work hard and save money for a few more years, you will be able to live a better life."
Although poverty is unavoidable, how many people in this world do not live in poverty?
The oldest girl nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, we will work hard and try to save money."
The future head of the family was a girl about her age, which made the girl, as the eldest sister, feel less fearful and confused.
Now let's talk about Gu Wenxuan. After leaving that family, she and Bai Jingzhou and others walked through the crowd of onlookers with different expressions and continued shopping.
They bought a lot of gifts for their family members. Of course, most of these gifts were practical.
The next day after returning to the village, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan took Ning Qirui and Jia Yuelan to visit several farms under their names.
They went to investigate the farmers' off-season vegetable planting situation. In late autumn and early winter, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou took time out to visit several farms under their names.
Gu Wenxuan went to be Bai Jingzhou's bodyguard, while Bai Jingzhou went to teach the farmers how to grow off-season vegetables.
Thanks to Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou, the farmers are having a better time this year than in previous years.
They stored up enough food to last them until the beginning of the spring if they ate sparingly, and also enough firewood and straw to ensure they could survive a relatively mild winter.
I can’t expect anything else, but I can definitely prevent myself and my family from freezing to death.
The farmers were all very happy. Even though they knew they were not good at speaking, they still couldn't help but keep praising their new boss with their limited vocabulary.
Gu Wenxuan felt that she and Bai Jingzhou were unworthy of the honor. Bai Jingzhou also had an idea that needed to be put into practice. After a brief discussion, Bai Jingzhou suggested that they could teach these people to use the existing conditions to grow off-season vegetables.
After the autumn harvest, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou abolished the profit-sharing system that had been used on the farm. This was the rule set by the farm's previous owner that "70% of the grain collected by the farmers would belong to the owner."
It is worth mentioning that in this world, whether they are farmers or tenants, they usually need to pay 50% to 60% of the land rent if they do not need the owner of the farm to provide seeds and farm tools. However, if they need the owner of the farm to provide seeds, farm tools and even oxen, the land rent will usually be increased to 70% to 80%.
Of course, this is on the premise that the owner of the manor is responsible for paying all the exorbitant taxes and levies.
This model has been used for thousands of years and naturally has its unique advantages. If Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan had not wanted to grow cotton on the farm, they would not have been so unique as to cancel the profit-sharing system and adopt a model of basic salary plus performance bonus.
According to the new rules formulated by Bai Jingzhou, eligible farmers can take the initiative to claim seeds or plots of land, but after claiming them, they must plant them according to the owner's requirements.
After investigating the farmers' income in previous years, Bai Jingzhou decided to give a basic salary of 500 wen per month to the farmers who claimed seeds or plots of land, as well as those who were responsible for taking care of fruit trees, raising chickens, ducks and pigs, growing vegetables, raising fish and shrimps, and growing lotus roots.
You know, even the owners or managers of the shops in Qingshan County would only pay their employees between 600 and 800 coins per month based on their personal abilities and performance levels. The employees in the shops in Liulin Town could only get 400 to 500 coins per month.
In other words, even without bonuses, the monthly income of these farmers is already enviable enough.
In addition to basic salary and performance bonus, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan actually provided them with another benefit.
This welfare is aimed at children under the age of fifteen and the elderly over fifty. These people can actually help their family with a lot of chores, but in the past they have always been seen as "extras" and "burdens" in the minds of successive owners of the village.
After discussion, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou decided to give each of these people 30 kilograms of bean flour or sorghum rice for free every month.
Thirty kilograms of bean flour or sorghum rice is worth more than one hundred copper coins, and each of their households has at least four or five elderly people and children who meet the requirements. In other words, each of their households can earn four to five hundred copper coins for free every month.
The pie in the sky was such a blessing that the farmers were so surprised that they almost lost their way.
In addition, the basic salary amount given by Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan has already exceeded their income in previous years. Why would anyone care whether the new employer has to make new rules?
As for what Bai Jingzhou mentioned later, that the more the farmers' work results exceeded the basic line set by the master, the more rewards they would receive, but people didn't take it seriously.
What they don’t know is that this is actually their main source of income in the future.
Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou were quite generous when it came to rewarding their subordinates. After discussion, they worked out a reward policy whereby if the farmers' work results exceeded the basic line set by the master by a certain percentage, they would receive a certain percentage of the excess as a reward.
For example, the basic line is ten taels of silver, and the excess is two taels of silver, that is, the excess is 20% of the basic line. Then, the reward the farmers get is 20% of two taels, which is four cents of silver.
The generous Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou did not expect that the farmers were not interested in the big pie they had painted.
Apart from the high basic salary and the benefits provided by the employer to the elderly and children, the focus of their discussion was the rare security that the employer's move brought them, namely, "a good harvest regardless of drought or flood."