kingnovel Chapter 747: Another Manor Built
Chapter 747: Another Manor Built
When Qian Duo heard that he was going to the capital again, he was very happy and said, "I'm willing to go whenever you want."
Zhou Guo said: "The north is so far away from the capital, and the road is not safe. Are you still willing to go?"
Qian Duo said: "I have to go because the situation is not peaceful. I have to take so many brothers with me and bring them back safely. I still have to follow the boss to do great things."
Zhou Guo was silent for a moment and then said, "As I said before, nothing is more important than you. If you encounter problems on the road that cannot be solved, just lose the goods. Money can be recovered, but life cannot be recovered."
Qian Duo nodded solemnly.
The two people the old man brought back this time will have room to play, and they will go to the capital with him.
There are two times more goods than last time, and half more people. When these people have nothing to do in winter, the old man pulls them out to work, and their skills have improved a lot as a result.
What's more, they came from the camp, so their killing skills are much better than ordinary bandits. Ordinary bandits really can't beat them.
She thought for a moment and said, "If you meet the right person on the way, I will allow you to bring him back. Now that the business is getting bigger and bigger, I'm afraid the current manpower is not enough."
Qian Duo was good at this and said with a smile, "Okay, this is the easiest thing to do. As long as we give them a full meal, these people will definitely come."
In today's world, there are probably not many people who can eat three meals a day in peace.
Qian Duo left with the goods.
Lai Zi Tou and his group went to various villages and counties every day to sell fertilizer.
Wu Jiang also built Feizhuang in Song County.
Zhou Guo transferred more than a dozen experienced compost-fermenting experts from the farm over there and hired many long-term workers. Before the house was even built, Song County had already started composting.
Zhou Gu led his caravan to travel around various counties every day to collect night incense and ashes, and then transported them to the farm and then to Song County.
Zhou Guo's movements became louder and louder, attracting more and more attention.
Forget about other things, especially this fertilizer, it is really mouth-watering. With this thing, all the land in the world will be their tenants, and they will have a share of the grain produced in the land.
But the county magistrates of each county had already informed everyone and spread the word that Zhou Guo was actually General Xu's man and that these things were actually done for General Xu.
Later, the story became more and more outrageous, saying that the head of the Zhou family was actually General Xu's youngest son, and that the fertilizer and grain he sold were all prepared for Xu's army. The story was very convincing.
In this way, no one dares to move. Who dares to move Xu’s army?
If people are dissatisfied, they can just kill them. The imperial court is already busy with its own affairs, so how can it take care of this side?
Therefore, although Zhou Guo's actions became more and more aggressive, and the noise was heard not only in Yunzhou but also in several other places, no one came to trouble her, and the two women taken in by the farm did not move at all.
The silence made her feel a little unreal.
Although he felt puzzled, he did not slow down, as spring ploughing had already begun.
The fertilizer has begun to ferment.
Lai Zi Tou made great progress. When the first batch of fertilizer was about to be fermented, people from Song County came to visit, followed by people from other counties.
Songxianzhuang is very busy.
Soon, there was a shortage of manpower.
Zhou Guo handed over the family affairs to Wu Jiang and Zhou Gu, and took Hu Zi to Song County. The situation there had just started, so she had to keep an eye on it.
Hundreds of people are busy every day in Songxianzhuang, building houses, granaries, walls, making compost, transporting dead branches, rotten leaves, grass and hay. Cartloads of nightshade and ashes are transported back from various places, and there is a constant stream of people coming to buy fertilizer.
Every day is as busy as a war.
Zhou Guo was busy running around every day, directing people everywhere on the farm. He was almost done when he realized that Wu Jiang's job was really not easy.
She had never done these things at home. She left them all to Wu Jiang. Hu Zi, who was always out and about, was not as good as her in this regard.
Hu Zi said, "Master, how about I go back and replace my eldest brother?"
Zhou Guo sighed, "Can you handle the stall at home? It's not smaller than the stall here, and they've already started picking mushrooms. Forget it, let's do it ourselves. He and the eldest brother are the only ones at home. We brought all of them here, but we don't have any capable helpers."
All the goods from several prefectures are shipped from home, so there is a lot to do.
Now, including our own county, eight or nine nearby counties are buying fertilizers from Cangshan Village. This year will only be busier than last year. How can we do it without a top leader?
Hu Zi is still young, and when things get done outside, it is inevitable that he will not be able to take care of some small things.
As the manor was built bit by bit, she finally had a place to live.
It was finally time for her to take a break. She opened several experimental fields on the farm, diverted water and applied fertilizer, spreading it layer by layer, and then planted salt- and alkali-tolerant grass.
The old man was bored at home, so he ran over to take a look and shook his head, "You live here? You eat this? You are so dirty that it is unbearable to look at. Can these two plots of land be used? How much water can be drawn from these two small plots of land? How much water will it take to draw water from these hundreds of hectares of land? Can it work?"
Zhou Guo said, "Don't we still have a river? Even though it's not big, it can be used to some extent. When I have free time, I can build irrigation and drainage ditches, dig wells, and dig ponds to divert floodwaters and wash salt. One day, I will be able to grow crops and pastures on these saline-alkali lands."
The old man looked at the busy farm and asked, "How can you spare some time to prepare the land when you are so busy?"
Zhou Guo said: "Not now, fertilizer is a big deal. More than 20 counties have come to buy fertilizer this year. This matter is more important than anything else now, and we can't be careless."
After a few days, people from other states actually came to buy fertilizer despite the long journey, and there were quite a few of them.
Although it was a bit far, Zhou Guo accepted everyone who came and promised that they would not need to put in any effort to transport fertilizer and harvest grain, as he would take care of it all himself.
A group of people came with trepidation and left happily.
As we spread the word on the way back, more people came.
It seems to be a virtuous cycle, with more and more people coming from other states and counties.
Zhou Guo had no choice but to hire temporary workers and buy livestock, mules, donkeys, and cows, whatever he could find. He used more than half of his own vehicles to go east, so there were only about twenty vehicles left in the family, which was not enough.
They had no choice but to rent them in various county towns, and they had to requisition all the ox carts in the cart dealerships in several county towns.
She felt that renting a car every year was a big deal, and it would be better to use the money to buy livestock, which could be used for more than ten years.
Looking at the account books that increase day by day, the two boxes are almost full, and the account books are still increasing day by day.
For the first time, I felt that I was moving too fast and I was too busy.
After all the cattle, mules and donkeys in the north were plundered, the pressure on the farm was suddenly relieved. All the livestock were put to use, and the manure bought from various places was also taken away in truckloads. Finally, the debt no longer increased.
She had been busy in Song County for a month. Once the pressure of spring plowing was relieved, Hu Zi and Quan Zi could take over the work, so she returned to Cangshan Village.