jdhmnovel Chapter 926 Retribution is coming
Chapter 926 Retribution is coming
Erliuzi also said the same thing. He knew that the land was rented by the boss from someone else.
But he is already very satisfied to have such a large piece of good land to grow crops in a year, and in the future he will definitely turn those unwanted salty and bitter lands into fertile fields.
Zhou Guo rode her horse back and forth on the 2,000 acres of land for several laps. Maybe because of good management, the wheat didn't look much worse than the seeds she had. In any case, it was much better than ordinary wheat seeds and could be sold as new seeds.
The Wang family is really keeping it under wraps. Why would they hold on to such a good thing so tightly? Wouldn’t it be better to release it and let everyone grow it together?
She stayed in the farm for two days and then left for another farm.
The second crop of alkali grass is already half a foot high, and the salt layer in the ground has dropped by at least 30% in the past few months.
Zhou Guoxi said happily: "If we continue like this, this piece of land will definitely not be worse than the one in Song County in the spring of next year. It may even be better. We can also have a good harvest next year."
The deputy village head rubbed his hands together with joy; getting the boss's approval was more important than anything else.
Zhou Guo said: "You did a good job, but are there too many grass seeds?"
She still remembered to give some to Lord Yao, and the old man was almost kneeling down to beg her.
"Yes, there are many more."
Zhou Guo said: "How about this, you give half of it, and I'll have someone come over to pick it up in a few days."
The village head agreed, but did not ask where the grass seeds were to be transported.
She has visited several plots of land and found that they are all well managed and can be planted with crops in the spring next year.
It’s just that it’s still unknown whether we can find so many people to plant so many fields at once. We have enough manpower now because we are planting grass seeds, which can be done by just sowing them.
I wonder if we will have enough manpower to work on the farm in the spring?
We can only wait until the grain harvest time to go to each village to conduct a survey.
After visiting Huaiyang and Kang'an, there was only about a month left before the autumn harvest.
A letter came from Wujiang saying that there are few people in Nanhe now, and it is difficult to find workers in a few villages, but there is no way to find workers for a few plots of land as there are not enough people and livestock.
The most important thing is that there is not much money left, not even enough to buy livestock.
The long-term and short-term workers had to be paid or at least given food, but now they had no money and no food...
Zhou Guo read the letter in his hand three or four times and sighed deeply.
Look, I took too big a step and now the retribution has come.
What's the point of taking over such a large business and then watching it go to waste and rot?
I asked Hu Zi, "We just finished the half-year accounts last month. How much money can we move on the books now?"
All shops check their accounts every six months and deposit money into the warehouse every six months.
Hu Zi said, "All the shops combined have 250,000 taels of cash that can be moved. Originally, there were 320,000 taels, but we have to leave some cash on the books, otherwise the shops won't be able to turn around."
This is the money earned by all the shops in my hands in half a year. It seems like a lot, but when it is spread out among each shop, it is not much.
Zhou Guo pondered and said, "Send half of it to Wu Jiang, and ask the grain stores below to keep enough food for more than a month, and transport the rest to Nanhe."
In just over a month, the autumn harvest will begin, and there will be no shortage of food at that time.
Hu Zi agreed and retreated.
Now her focus is on Nanhe. There are few people in Nanhe now. I hope that the more than 200,000 people who transport grain can return to Nanhe after transporting the grain. Otherwise, with so few people, how can production be carried out?
She had originally thought of going back to the village before the autumn harvest, but now she thought about it and decided not to go back. It would not be too late to go back after the autumn harvest.
Since there was nothing to do now, she went down to the village.
She plans to visit the villages that planted new wheat last year and the villages that planted new wheat this year.
Many people still remember her, and when they see her coming, they want to take her to the fields.
"This year's harvest is about the same as last year's. I planted new crops on all my family's land, a total of nine acres. I estimate that one acre can yield three stone and six dou, and fertile land can even yield four stone! This is much more than in previous years!" The person who spoke was very excited. Nine acres of land could yield several more stones than in previous years.
After paying the taxes and repaying the debt, the family will no longer have to go hungry. If they don’t sell their food outside, they won’t even have to eat bran!
Add to that the chickens and ducks that I raise myself, and do some odd jobs to earn some extra money, and good days are coming for my family!
Throughout the year, they can buy a few feet of cloth to make two new sets of clothes for their wives and children, and they can eat some meat from time to time. In their hearts, this is a great life.
As the autumn harvest approaches, everyone smiles more and more, and the whole village is filled with joy.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Congratulations, old man. This year's harvest is good and we can have a prosperous year."
Speaking of this, the old farmer was even happier. "It's a good year. Last year, we killed a chicken. This year, we plan to kill another chicken, buy a few pounds of meat, a fish, and some tofu. My wife also said she wanted to buy a pig's head to offer sacrifice to our ancestors!"
There is always a smile on his face. Even though it’s not even the autumn harvest yet, the dishes for the New Year have already been thought of.
I think the family has discussed this many times.
Zhou Guo laughed when he saw this, thinking back to when he was still on the road to escape. At that time, he only drank porridge and ate vegetable roots all day long, without any oil or water in his stomach.
When the family takes a break, their stomachs always growl.
They began to imagine what they would eat first when they settled down, big fat meat, stewed fish, pork elbows and trotters, roast chicken...
It's all fish and meat.
This old man is exactly the same as they were back then.
Others nearby were not to be outdone, "Mr. Zhou, why don't you go over to our land and take a look? The harvest is good this year. We only have seven acres of land, so of course we don't have many people, just a family of four. Why don't you go over and take a look?"
"And ours, Mr. Zhou, why don't you go to our fields and see if our wheat is growing well and can it grow any better?"
Everyone was talking at once, and fortunately no one dared to come up and pull, otherwise Zhou Guo would have been torn into pieces.
She said loudly, "Okay, okay, old man, don't worry, uncle, I will go to each house. Now that I'm here, I will definitely see them all."
Although not every household in this village has wheat growing so well, the wheat is not bad at all.
For those who are lazy, at the very least one can get about 2.78 shi of rice from one acre of land. Of course, there must be no mistakes in the process.
She visited each family and shared her farming experience and techniques with them. In this way, both sides reaped great rewards.
Someone slapped his thigh and said, "Wow, I didn't expect the boss to be so good at farming at such a young age."
An old man said, "You don't know this, right? Mrs. Zhou is an expert in farming. Last year, I learned a lot of farming tips from her. Look at my land this year. With the same seeds, I can harvest two or three more bushels per mu than last year!"
For old farmers like them, what they are most proud of is the few acres of land at home.
Every year the harvest is better than others.
I feel that I have been farming all my life and I know how to farm better than anyone else.