kingnovel Chapter 1093: Disaster in the South
Chapter 1093: Disaster in the South
She also visited the breeding farm in Nanhe. This year, she has bought thousands of livestock from this farm and has now become the farm's largest customer.
She wants to see it, and everyone is eager to do so.
Zhou Guo said nothing and watched how others managed the grassland. After a day's work, he gained a lot.
She asked a lot of questions, and people answered those that could be answered. When she left, she ordered 600 cows and 200 donkeys as a reward.
Of course, in addition to her visiting other people's farms, others also wanted to come to her farm to visit.
Just take a look. It’s the slack season now and the fertilizer isn’t fermenting, so there’s nothing to hide.
She brought these people to a farm outside the city. The farm was not the largest. Half of it was planted with wheat and the other half with rice. Because it was close to the river, they also dug a pond and raised crabs and fish.
There are some fruit trees of many varieties planted on the small slope, and vegetables are planted under the fruit trees.
Now the fields are full of chickens and ducks, and you can see an egg from time to time.
Everyone complimented him, "Young Master, you are really good at business. There is no waste anywhere in this farm. Even the grains that fall on the ground are eaten by chickens and ducks. There are eggs everywhere."
Someone pointed at the paddy field and asked, "I wonder how the rice harvest is in the south, sir?"
Zhou Guo said: "It's OK, the harvest is about the same as wheat, because this place is close to the river, water is easy to get, so it's convenient to grow rice. If there is no water, the rice can't be grown."
Compared with the south, there is much less rainfall in the north.
Everyone nodded, "Yes, yes, we can't do without water."
"This place can't be compared with the south."
Someone asked Zhou Guo, "I wonder if you can give me some of the grain? My wife is from the south and she likes to eat rice."
Zhou Guo smiled, "You two are such a loving couple! Okay, how much do you want? I'll have someone deliver it to your door later."
When everyone saw it, they all wanted to, “Sir, although there are no southerners in our family, we also like to eat rice.”
"I want to grow some rice to try, too."
Although it is not possible to plant on such large scale, is it possible not to grow enough crops on a few acres of land?
With so many people trying to join in the fun, wouldn't it be disrespectful of them if they didn't join in?
Zhou Guo didn't know whether they really wanted to eat or just pretended, so he said, "Yes, yes, yes, we have everything. I harvested a lot of rice this year, so I can still distribute enough seeds for each family to eat."
In addition to rice, there are also crabs.
The South River is still more suitable for raising crabs than the North. After all, the climate is different and the effort required is not as great.
Therefore, the price is not that high. Few people present are willing to raise them, but it is okay to catch a few to eat or keep for fun.
Everyone joined in the fun and wanted to fish it out themselves.
Zhou Guo was also happy to let them do it themselves.
They are all big shots. If they can't catch two, they will get tired and too lazy to do it.
Zhou Guo asked someone to fish for them, two baskets per person, and gave them to them to take back when they left.
Everyone was talking happily and had a better impression of Zhou Guo.
Dashu asked, "Master, are you going to keep these people to have children?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Who knows? Let them do whatever they want. If they want to raise them, then raise them. Nanhe is so big. Can I earn all the money by myself? There is no end to this money."
She is already very satisfied to be able to earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year like now.
If the road is blocked and there is no way out, it will not be a good thing.
She didn't take it to heart.
These newly purchased livestock will not be moved to Yunzhou. This time they will move south together to transport grain.
She bought only adults who were able to work, which was just right.
She has seen quite a few people in the past month.
Seeing that she had to go out every day, the old man said, "I'm afraid you can't see so many people in the Northland in a year, why do you have so many people to see in the South River?"
Zhou Guo said: "I want to meet them, they have a lot of things."
During this period of time, she had contact with those families who had originally disliked her twice, although they still disliked her.
But it doesn’t matter. When doing business, you make money. It’s inevitable that you will meet some people you don’t like. Just have less contact with them.
Everyone has gained a certain understanding of this new upstart in Nanhe. Before, they only knew that she was close to Lord Fujun, but they didn't know that the backing behind her was so powerful.
Everyone was vying to curry favor with the Xu family. Even though the world was not yet settled, it would not be a disadvantage to maintain good relations with them. Even if the Xu family lost in the end, it would not be a big loss for them.
A month later, Baldy came back with the rest of the people.
Zhou Guo also learned some information about the situation in the south.
"This year, several places in the south are having a hard time. It has rained a few times since the beginning of summer, and the crops are starting to fill with grain, but God just doesn't rain. There is no harvest this year. People are probably having a hard time, and we can't get the money for fertilizer."
Baldy sighed, fearing that there would be another wave of refugees.
Zhou Guo frowned, "The letter didn't mention how much money he had."
The bald-headed man said, "I guess it's too late. It's not that the harvest is bad in all places, only one or two prefectures. Master, what should we do with these places? Should we take action?"
Zhou Guo glanced at him and said, "Do we have such great ability? Can we manage the people in one or two prefectures?"
Even if we eat her up completely, we still can't come up with that much money and food.
The bald-headed man frowned, "How tragic! You didn't see that these people were originally counting on the food to make a living, but in the end they only got some seeds back. The whole family saw that they had lost their livelihood and sat on the ground crying, not knowing what to do in the future."
Zhou Guo was silent. If even Baldy Head said it was miserable, then the situation must be very bad.
But her ability is limited. She only has so much in her hands. How can she save so many people?
Moreover, most of these foods have to be kept. She doesn't dare to take the risk with hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line!
Fortunately, there is good news. "Although the harvests in the other prefectures are not bumper, if everyone lives frugally, they should be able to survive the year."
As long as no one starves to death, it's good news.
Although they also transported some grain south last year, the seeds were limited and could not benefit everyone.
The harvest of boldly planting new crops will be better. After using the fertilizer, there will be some extra grain to sell. Although it is not much, it is enough.
This is really good news. Zhou Guo said, "It seems that this grain can also take root in the south. This is easy to deal with. After a period of rest, you can transport most of the grain harvested from the South River this year to the south, leaving enough for planting in several prefectures, and store the rest."
Qian Duo Wu Jiang's year in the south was not in vain.
Except for the disaster-stricken areas, other places have had pretty good harvests.
All in all, the loss is not great.
With these and the crops harvested in the south this year, we will probably be able to plant new seeds in half of the area next year.
The crops we can plant next year will be bigger.
In two or three years, the south will be able to recover. Of course, the prerequisite is that there must be people.
Half a month later, Lai Zi Tou and Mo Da took most of the food from Nanhe and headed south. In addition to the people who came back, they also drew half of the people from various farms, and a lot of people from the north also came down, so the leg force was even more indispensable.
That's just barely enough.