bookrebus Chapter 749 The River is Clear
Chapter 749 The River is Clear
As for Mrs. Xu, she is content with having her granddaughter now. She knows nothing and cannot hear any voices from the outside world. These things are dispensable to her, and she does not feel so anxious for the moment.
Zhou Guo really didn't care about letting go, and only said to Li: "Mother, you should clean up these two mountains as soon as possible so that I can plant seeds in the autumn. If there is anything you are not sure about, go and ask Wu Jiang to assign two people to you."
The family was surprised to hear that Li was now in charge of the two neighboring mountains.
Zhou Mai was a little worried, "Mom, can you do it? Can you grow fungi?"
Zhou Mi also said: "I went to see, those two mountains are bigger than the two mountains in front of my house, the mountains are very messy, there are all kinds of things, it takes a lot of effort to open up the wasteland."
Instead, Zhou Su encouraged her, "Mom, just go ahead and do it. It's just clearing land. Just hire someone to do it. You won't be able to do it at first, but you'll get it as you go. Didn't my eldest brother go through that as well?"
This was said in a tactful way, and everyone understood it and laughed secretly.
Zhou Gu was not angry either. He laughed and said, "Second Aunt, I think Xiao Su is right. Look at me at the beginning. If it weren't for Guo Guo's support, I don't know how much trouble I would have gotten into. You are better than me."
Li said, "You can't say that about yourself. You are very powerful, better than many people."
As for why he seems so stupid at home, it’s because there are too many capable people in his family. He is still quite outstanding among ordinary people.
Zhou Guo was relieved to see that no one in the family was unwilling. She was worried that Zhou Gu and the others would be unhappy, but it seemed that she was worrying too much.
Ever since Li took possession of these two mountains, he has been so busy that he is rarely seen.
Wu Ya was the only one left to take care of the house.
Fortunately, there is Ms. Xu who can help her take care of the children, and the old man also takes care of the vegetable garden.
Zhou Guo said: "Sister-in-law, why don't you call the old woman who used to cook for our family? She can help you too."
Wu Ya said quickly, "How can that be? I don't have anything to do now. You've asked others to do the farm work. If you push all the work at home out, won't I become a freeloader? I have to find someone else to do this little work. Won't the villagers laugh at me? Besides, they won't be used to having more people at home."
Zhou Guo thought of the old woman who came last time. Although she only helped with cooking and washing clothes and her presence was not strong, everyone was not used to it, especially the old man, who ran back to the village after dinner.
That’s fine, the house is still too small. If it were a little bigger, the activity areas would be separate.
Zhou Guocheng ran back and forth between several places in Song County and Yunzhou every day. He witnessed the improvement of the farm in Song County bit by bit. The amount of night-blooming incense and ash collected increased, and the amount of fermented fertilizer also increased. These fermented fertilizers were pulled out in carts and spread on farmers' fields.
Apart from anything else, the streets in several counties are much cleaner, and even the valleys where ashes were previously dumped have less stench.
I saw it becoming cleaner little by little, and the nearby streams and valleys became clear.
Although no results have been seen in terms of grain production yet, several county magistrates are already very happy with such effects.
It was worth their while to learn from them. Now they are hoping for a good harvest in autumn.
Other big households secretly laughed at him, "Those bitter earth plants don't have hair on them, but he bought so much. Has he never seen anything like it? A country bumpkin from a small place treats bitter earth plants as treasures. He will cry when the time comes."
"You said you came from a small place, so naturally you don't have much experience. I guess you're still waiting for a big harvest next year. Hahaha!"
There are many people waiting to see the joke.
Zhou Guo didn't care at all until she heard the rumor. Besides, she didn't know any of these people and had never seen any of them, so why would she care what they said.
Throughout the summer, several fertilizer shops kept coming and going, and more and more people from outside Yunzhou came to buy fertilizer, so Zhou Guo decided to build another fertilizer shop.
Anyway, she doesn't have much else now, and she has a lot of land, so she can build as many farms as she wants.
In this way, people from outside will not have to travel so far to buy fertilizer here, which will greatly save manpower, material resources and livestock power.
The old man thought it was too hasty. "Yunzhou, you haven't figured it out yet, why are you doing it outside? This manor isn't built yet, can't the other one be left for next year?"
Zhou Guo said, "Master, it's not me who's fast, it's them. Look at the people who come to buy fertilizer these days. There are more and more people coming from outside Yunzhou. By this time next year, I don't know how many people there will be. These two farms will obviously not be enough. There will be no rush to build them by then."
She is preparing for a rainy day.
The old man still felt that it was not necessary. There was no need for so many fat men, there were already three of them.
And no one knew what was going on. They had been transporting the fertilizer for so long and had been to every county, but they didn't encounter a single gangster. It was going incredibly smoothly.
Zhou Guo said, "How else could it be? It must have been communicated with the higher-ups. Our county's tax revenue from last year is there, how could they not see it? This year, so many counties have given us conveniences, and they are expecting us to increase tax revenue."
Zhou Gu smiled and said, "Then their plan has finally come true."
It is estimated that the tax revenue of each county this year will be higher than last year.
Not to mention all 23 counties, at least 70% of the people there have bought fertilizer.
Zhou Guo is waiting for this year's autumn harvest. After the harvest, there will be more grain and she will be able to recruit people to renovate the saline-alkali land.
Diverting rivers, digging wells and building water conservancy projects all require people.
I can't afford the wages, but I can still give them a meal.
The refugees now pouring into Yunzhou will not starve to death.
The people above are also looking forward to this year's taxes.
The Lord of the Mansion was counting the days eagerly, and whenever he had nothing to do he would run to the countryside. He saw that almost every county and village went to Zhou Guo to buy fertilizer, and he was happier than if he had picked up a treasure. In this way, Yunzhou's tax revenue would be very substantial this year, right?
He also said to the county magistrates: "Don't just sit there and do nothing. Send someone to go around and spread the word. Some old stubborn people are as dumb as a rock. They are asked to pick up money but they won't go. If he can't eat, who will?
As for the big households, let them buy some and take them home to spread out. They are always complaining that the weather is not good and this and that are not okay. Let me see what else they can say."
The county magistrates had no choice but to urge them to do so, as the busy spring farming season was a major event every year.
Even the old man was skeptical, "Isn't this spreading too fast?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Who cares? It's a good thing for us anyway. The more people we have, the better. The more money I can make."
Two days later, when landlords from various counties came to her house to buy fertilizer, she guessed that this was not a simple matter. How could the landlords come to her to buy fertilizer?
Zhou Guo looked at these servant-like people with an arrogant look on his face, and asked for two hundred stones as soon as he opened his mouth, as if it was a great favor.