kingnovel Chapter 789 Competing with Xiankudi
Chapter 789 Competing with Xiankudi
Li said, "These people are here for you. What will happen if you leave?"
Yes, they all came here for Zhou Guo’s sake.
The old man said, "What can we do? When we can't find them, they will leave on their own."
I was a little angry. "Really? How come these people acted like they had an agreement. You come today and I come tomorrow. Before, you knew when to post a message, but now you don't even post a message."
Zhou Su knew, "Sir, those who came before were at least well-known families. They came once and never came again. The ones who come now are all rough people from various counties who have not read many books. They have some money at home, just like our family. They don't know any rules and interact like villagers."
Everyone was stunned.
Wu Ya said, "I was wondering why the people who came here these days seem to behave a little differently. Sometimes they say things we can't even describe, but it turns out they are just like us."
They are all mud-legged.
Zhou Mi looked at him and asked, "How did you know?"
Zhou Su said, "Why shouldn't they know this? They tell me everything when I ask them, and it's hard to avoid seeing it if they tell me too much."
Zhou Guo gave him a thumbs up and said, "You are awesome."
After saying that, he looked at everyone and said, "I've already said that I'm going out these few days and I don't know when I'll be back. If these people are coming for me, they probably won't be coming in the near future."
After a pause, he said, "But if they come for our house, then whether I'm home or not, they will probably find ways to come and please you."
The whole family just couldn’t understand.
Li said, "We are just peasants. If we count the wealth and land we have, we can't even be ranked in Yunzhou. Da Cang has become a general, but isn't he just a minor general? He also went south. Not only are they not at home, they are not even in Yunzhou. What are these people doing?"
Zhou Mai frowned, "That's right. They come to curry favor with us. What's their purpose? There's nothing in our house that they can covet."
Zhou Guo touched his nose feeling somewhat guilty and said nothing. Was he going to say that they were all spreading rumors behind her back that she was the general's daughter?
This must make her mother angry to death. How could the child she gave birth to and raised with great difficulty become someone else's after he became capable?
The old man glanced at her and narrowed his eyes.
After much thought, the family could only think of the existing money-making things at home.
Sheep mushrooms, flower mushrooms, crab roe, pine mushrooms and most importantly, fertilizer.
Zhou Mi said: "I'm afraid they are here for the fat. After all, we have these things in our hands. As long as the landowners buy the fat, they have to pay us back. No matter how big the landlord is, he has to be our tenant. It's not just a piece of fat meat, it's a mountain of gold!"
Everyone nodded.
Zhou Gu said to Zhou Guo, "You should be careful outside. Don't fall into other people's traps. It will be bad if they use their tricks on you."
In the family, only Zhou Guo knows how to make compost.
The experienced people on the farm made it impossible for her to figure it out from beginning to end, and the key thing was still in her hands.
This is what Zhou Guo told them.
Zhou Guo nodded and said, "I understand. I'll see what happens."
In fact, there are more people making compost in the past two years, including permanent workers, short-term workers and refugees. She is not sure if there is anyone smart enough to learn the method of making compost.
Fortunately, the most critical steps in each village are done by our own people.
She thought that even if the method of making fertilizer could be spread outside, it would take many years. With these few years, she could sell the fertilizer all over the north.
If you seize the market first, even if someone else can really succeed, they will only be able to catch up and reap the benefits.
She didn't say this, causing her family to worry for nothing.
News came from Hu Zi that two more salty and bitter lands were discovered in Chengding. The smallest one is fifty to sixty hectares, and the largest one is no less than the land in Song County. He asked if he wanted to buy them.
She has to go and take a look. If it can be renovated, she will have to buy it. After all, who would complain about having too little land?
If the method of making fertilizer gets out in the future, she will at least still have the land.
I thought it through clearly and went out the next day.
I met up with Hu Zi and looked at these salty and bitter lands. The big ones were okay because there was a river next to them, so they could be converted as long as there was water.
But there are only a few small ones, and there are mountains everywhere. Not to mention rivers, some streams have dried up, and there are only a few small ponds. What’s the use of them?
Hu Zi said: "The river is forty miles away, and it would be difficult to divert it over the mountain road."
Zhou Guo looked at the surrounding mountains. They were not steep but rather gentle. He gritted his teeth and said, "Buy them all. If there is no river, we can dig a pond to store rainwater. The fact that there is a stream here proves that there was water in the past. If it is too small, we can find a way to make it bigger."
Hu Zi agreed and asked, "Since the village doesn't need so many people now, should I send them over to open up the wasteland?"
Zhou Guo nodded, "Send him over. We have just passed the most difficult sections of the roads in Yunzhou. Tang He asked him to come over for a few days. You have to listen to him about where to dig the ponds. The ponds over there are well dug. It will show when it rains. All the rainwater flows into the ponds and a lot of water is stored."
Pointing to the gentle mountains, he said, "When the time comes, we can dig a few more holes on the mountains to expand the creek. The water will flow out of the mountains and drain out of the creek without affecting each other."
With irrigation and drainage, we can plant rice on this land in two years.
Hu Zi said, "Then I will go and arrange the staff. Just leave more than ten people in the several manors. There is not much to do now."
She went to several places and thought that they could all be bought. There is a saying that goes, if there are no conditions, you have to create them; if there are no conditions to dig a pond, you have to create them.
She would not give up a piece of land easily, even if it cost a huge price.
After Tang He came over, he listened to her words, looked at the land, and frowned tightly, "Why are you so obsessed with this salty and bitter land? Can't you buy some normal land?"
Zhou Guo spread his hands and said, "I would like to, but where can I buy land? In the north, all the good land is in the hands of those big families. Where can I find such a large piece of land without an owner?"
Tang He was silent, indeed no.
Although the North is stable, the wealthy families are relatively more stable. They have lived here for a lifetime or even several lifetimes and have long since learned every corner of the North.
Every piece of land was registered under their name. If ordinary people wanted to buy the land, they could only do so if some big family went bankrupt and the land fell from their hands.
Zhou Guo said: "So, sir, you have to help me. Think about it, if I improve these lands, I can't grow so much by myself, right? I still have to rent them out to tenants. How many people can I feed?"
Tang He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll help you."
Even if she didn't say this, he would still help. He was dug out from his home and sent to Song County. If he didn't help her, would he go back to living a life of worrying about the next meal after eating the previous one?