In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 635 Chenjia Village Recruiting Workers?

"Winter wheat?"

Zhao Xiaoliang said, "Haven't we always had this? We used to plant this in the winter, but since the cold snap, the weather has been too cold to plant winter wheat anymore."

"Different."

Zhao Wan shook his head and said, "Winter wheat can only be planted in winters when the temperature wasn't so low, but the wheat varieties we have recently planted in the county can grow even in the current cold weather."

"What?"

Zhao Xiaoliang and Zhao Shitou exclaimed in surprise, "There really is such a wheat variety?"

It's no wonder the two were so surprised. As farmers, they knew the grain varieties very well. Take winter wheat, for example. Although it can be planted in cold weather, it cannot grow if the weather is too cold. Otherwise, Qingzhou and Liangzhou wouldn't have suffered famine.

However, Zhao Wan said that the county's new varieties could be planted during the cold winter, which shocked the two of them!

"It's true."

Zhao Wan nodded solemnly: "I heard that Magistrate Xu of the county has already distributed the wheat seeds to the farmers who rented them. I estimate that the wheat seeds have already sprouted by now!"

"Where did the county get such a miraculous grain variety?"

Zhao Xiaoliang and Zhao Shitou looked puzzled.

Zhao Wan said, "Of course the county doesn't have the ability to produce such grain seeds. I heard that these grain seeds were produced by Chenjia Village."

"So this is Chenjia Village!"

The doubts in their hearts were instantly answered. They certainly wouldn't believe it if the county had produced grain seeds that could grow in the freezing cold.

But since the seeds were produced in Chenjia Village, they had no choice but to believe it.

After all, the prowess of Chenjia Village is evident to all in Taiping County. Whether it's yellow-feathered chickens, white-feathered ducks, or various high-yield vegetable varieties, they all originated from Chenjia Village.

"This Chenjia Village is really something!"

Zhao Xiaoliang exclaimed, "I heard that people who go to Chenjia Village to work can earn at least 800 coins a month, and they live a very good life."

"That's right! Eight hundred coins a month, that's much more than you can earn from farming."

Zhao Shitou said with envy, "It's a pity that Chenjia Village hasn't been hiring for a long time, otherwise we might have had the opportunity to work in Chenjia Village."

"Although we can't go to Chenjia Village to work, with Chenjia Village around, we might still be able to live a good life."

Zhao Wan said, "Putting everything else aside, just look at these wheat seeds. After this year, we'll definitely be able to plant the wheat seeds that Chenjia Village has produced. Then we'll be able to grow wheat in the winter."

"That makes sense! If we could grow wheat in winter, we would never have to worry about going hungry again."

"Hehe! Won't our harvest double this way?"

What the group didn't know was that the corn wheat produced in Chenjia Village could yield over 1000 jin per mu. If they could plant corn wheat, their annual harvest would more than double.

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Mutou Village is not far from Taiping County. After walking for less than half an hour, Zhao Xiaoliang and his group arrived at the county town. After showing their travel permits to the soldiers guarding the town, the two were able to enter the town smoothly.

"Speaking of which, the city guards are much better now."

Looking back at the city guards behind him, Zhao Wan lowered his voice and said, "In the past, if we wanted to enter the city, we had to give the inspecting soldiers a copper coin or two."

"It's not just the city guards; the officials and constables in the city have also become much more restrained. They no longer dare to extort or demand bribes like before. This is all thanks to Lord Xu's effective governance!"

Zhao Xiaoliang sighed and then said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go find some odd jobs as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Zhao Xiaoliang began to walk toward some of the larger shops.

But at that moment, a sound coming from not far to his side made him subconsciously stop in his tracks.

"Hurry to the North Gate, Chenjia Village is hiring."

Two young men hurried past Zhao Xiaoliang, running north as they revealed that Chenjia Village was hiring.

Chenjia Village is hiring?

Zhao Xiaoliang and his two companions exchanged a glance, and almost without thinking, they followed the two men, running wildly towards the north gate.

Fifteen minutes later, Zhao Xiaoliang and his two companions, panting heavily, looked at the densely packed crowd in front of them with disappointed expressions.

They knew that jobs in Chenjia Village were always in high demand, but they didn't know they were this sought after. Right now, there was probably no less than five hundred people gathered in front of them, crowding the entire area.

"It's probably not our turn yet."

Zhao Wan said dejectedly, "Chenjia Village never recruits many people each time. With so many people here now, we have no chance of being hired at all."

"The jobs in Chenjia Village are in such high demand!"

Zhao Shitou looked dejected. They entered the county town through the west gate. Although they had run as fast as they could, the west gate was not close to the north gate, so they arrived later than the others and missed the opportunity to recruit workers.

"It's a pity we have no chance to visit Chenjia Village."

Zhao Xiaoliang said he had no connection with Chenjia Village, but his feet didn't budge, showing no intention of leaving.

Although it's highly unlikely that they'll get a job, Zhao Xiaoliang is unwilling to give up even the slightest chance.

There was no other way; the job offers in Chenjia Village were just too good, and no one was willing to give up the opportunity to work there.

"clang!"

Just then, Chen He walked out of Chen Gou's shop carrying a gong, struck it, and produced a very penetrating sound.

"It's Village Chief Chen!"

"It was actually Village Chief Chen who personally recruited the workers."

"Great! Village Chief Chen is personally recruiting workers, so there must be a lot of people to be recruited this time."

"..."

The villagers' eyes lit up when they saw Chen He appear. As the fame of Chenjia Village spread throughout Taiping County, Chen He, as the village chief, also gained a certain degree of recognition in Taiping County.

Of course, Mr. Chen from Chenjia Village was more famous than Chen He, but most people in Taiping County had never met Mr. Chen, only heard of his reputation.

"All quiet."

Chen He gestured with his hands to quiet everyone down, then said loudly, "You all know why I'm here today. That's right, I'm here to recruit workers!"

Wow!

There was an uproar!

As soon as Chen He said this, the people in front of him immediately became excited.

"Great! Chenjia Village actually came to recruit workers. I must get hired this time."

"I heard that workers in Chenjia Village can earn 800 coins a month. I want to earn that much money too!"

"You all get out of the way, this job opportunity is mine."

"Village Chief Chen, I'm the hardest worker, you must hire me!"

"Hire me! Hire me! I eat little and work a lot, and I never slack off!"

"Bullshit! Do you think I'm lazy when I work? Village Chief Chen elected me because I'm known as the village's work expert."

"..."