bookrebus Chapter 771 Fell
Chapter 771 Fell
By the time the river showed signs of thawing, the convoy had been formed.
Zhou Guo sent people to travel to various counties every day to bring back truckloads of night incense and ashes.
Dead branches, rotten leaves, dry grass, green grass, cow dung and horse dung that were brought back from various mountains were scattered everywhere.
Soon, the smell on the farm became very strong.
Fortunately, the places they chose were good and there were not many houses nearby.
Besides, farmers regard any fertilizer as a treasure. Even if there are people living nearby, they will only say that it is fragrant.
The farmhands on the farm thought these were fragrant and wished they could smell them several times every day.
The bald-headed man couldn't understand it. "Boss, these people insist on saying something smells good even though it's obviously smelly. How come their noses are different from ours?"
Zhou Guo asked him, "If these dung piles were filled with gold, would you still think they stink? Would you still dislike them?"
Baldhead: “…”
He looked at the dung piles again and said, "They don't seem to be that smelly or dirty."
These things will no longer smell bad after they are fermented into fertilizer. Otherwise, if they always smell bad, it will also be a problem.
When the second batch of fertilizers are fermented in various places, spring ploughing will begin.
Farmers started coming to buy fertilizers.
Zhou Guo made sufficient preparations and released all the literate people including Dapang. There were about thirty or forty experienced people in compost fermentation in each place, which were enough to guide the novices.
Wu Jiang, the chief steward, was also transferred out. Quanzi and Erpang were temporarily in charge of the family. Li and Zhou Gu were in charge of the matters concerning the sheep mushrooms and flower mushrooms. The old man was not resting either.
At home, I am like a brick, busy here and then running around there.
Things at home were also busy and everything was in order, nothing happened.
Zhou Guo can now focus on these matters.
She can't stay in one place for two days and travels around everywhere.
Ten days later, big players from all over the country also exited the market.
The outcome this time will not be the same as last year, it will cost two or three hundred stones.
This year the lowest fertilizer price is 2,000 shi, and the highest is 8,000 shi!
After all, the government has personally intervened.
At this time, they were not asked to donate money or grain, but only to buy some fertilizer. Moreover, one stone of fertilizer only cost 180 coins, and 8,000 stones of fertilizer only cost more than 1,000 taels. This amount of money was just a drizzle for them.
Besides, they had heard a little about this fertilizer, and it could indeed improve the crop yield in the fields. If that was the case, they would not lose anything but would make a profit instead.
The land at home also needs fertilizer.
Zhou Guo looked at these wealthy families. She put them all in a booklet, flipped through it, and couldn't help but sigh. A wealthy family is a wealthy family. This booklet alone contains more account books than the five boxes combined.
Moreover, there are still many wealthy families who have not yet made their move, and this is just one of the wealthy families in the capital city.
The government's efficiency is so high!
If she had gone by herself, maybe she could sell four or five hundred stones at most. Who would have thought that there would be people buying fertilizer in this way?
All the fertilizer fermented at one time was given to his family.
Several prefectures are similar.
Yunzhou is more prosperous than the other places, and there are more large households. Just adding up the large households, it takes two account books. Of course, these large households are also divided into big and small households.
However, they are all wealthy families anyway, and the small wealthy families are much richer than her, who is not worthy of the title of landlord.
With so much money owed, the farmers in various places are working day and night and dare not stop.
After all, the spring ploughing period is short, and she has to take advantage of this time to ferment the fertilizer, otherwise it will be a big deal if the spring ploughing is delayed. She is afraid that she will be drowned by the saliva of so many people.
The existing manpower was not enough, so she had to transfer the refugees from Song County to various places.
After the winter began last year, a large number of refugees arrived. Now, there are more than 1,200 refugees accommodated in Zhuangzi, Song County.
The arrival of these people greatly accelerated the progress of composting.
They are also veterans. They don't need anyone to guide them. They know what to do on their own and can adjust quickly even if they make mistakes.
Although the farm was still busy, the tense and solemn atmosphere was gone. Zhou Guo breathed a sigh of relief that he could finally get supplies.
As a result of this large-scale composting, collection of incense and ash, the first thing that people in various places noticed was that the streets became cleaner, the night incense was collected more frequently, and the valleys where ashes were dumped in previous years no longer had a foul smell.
The governors could not stay in the government office and could not help but go to the counties and villages. They were very surprised to see such results. "I didn't expect that compost could have such an effect. I never thought that these stinky things could have such a great effect. Why didn't anyone discover it before?"
How should this important person answer?
Isn’t it because you are not as smart as others? If no one is smart, naturally no one can think of it.
For the entire spring, Zhou Guo traveled back and forth between several cities, and only found time to go back home once in between.
The busy spring plowing was over, and she seemed to have shed a layer of skin and fell down.
I didn't even have the strength to ride a horse, so I went back in a carriage.
Li was almost scared to death when she saw her dying look, "What's wrong with you?? Ah? Are you sick? What's wrong?"
The whole family gathered around, asking questions one after another, and they were all extremely worried.
Mainly, who has seen her like this?
He is always full of energy. He has been in such good health in these years that he has never sneezed. He is so strong that he can kill a tiger with one punch at any time.
Why is it so desolate?
Before she even entered the house, the old man took her pulse.
In recent years, the old man has been idle and has become quite familiar with the doctor in the next town. As a result, his pulse-taking skills have improved.
Zhou Guo said: "I'm fine, the doctor said I'm just tired, I just need to rest."
The old man nodded, "It does seem to be the case. Just take a good rest during this period of time."
When I heard that he was exhausted and felt sorry for the whole family, I hated myself for not being able to help.
Especially Zhou Gu, the eldest brother, was so guilty that he said nothing. He remembered what his uncle had told him, that as a man, he should take care of the family. But in the end, Zhou Guo, the younger sister, was always the one who rushed to the front in everything.
Wu Ya comforted him, "Dad, you have tried your best. You haven't had a good sleep for such a long time. You are still lying on the desk thinking about things in the middle of the night."
After saying that, he went to the kitchen. Since he was so tired, he had to make a bowl of ginseng chicken soup to drink. It was definitely a way to replenish his body.
Zhou Suli and Li Lai were busy serving tea, water and snacks.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi couldn't help much, so they sat aside and talked about what had happened at home during this period.
After taking my pulse, the old man went out and no one knew where he went.
Zhou Guo lay in the rocking chair, covered with a blanket, drank a cup of hot tea, ate a piece of dessert, listened to his brothers and sisters chattering about the interesting things that happened at home recently, and sighed comfortably.
Then I fell into a deep sleep. Before falling asleep, I still had to sigh: home is so nice!
I have this thought every time I come back from outside.
Seeing that she fell asleep, Zhou Mai carefully picked her up and put her back on the kang.
Then several people stayed by her side, some reading, some practicing calligraphy, some playing chess, everyone doing their own thing, no one talked, but it was very warm.