Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 721 Another Person Coming Down

Zhou Guo held his rumbling stomach and said, "Let's talk after we eat. Ah, I'm really hungry and can't talk any more."

Zhou Gu and Wu Ya stayed behind, one leading the horse while the other unloaded the things on the horse and moved them into the house.

The family sat at the table preparing to eat. Zhou Guo looked around and didn't see Zhou Xing. She opened her mouth and then remembered that the day she went out was also the day Zhou Xing got married. Zhou Xing was already married.

Zhou Xing is no longer at home.

Zhou Su said, "Sister, my eldest sister asked about you when she came back three days ago. She came to our house the day before yesterday and waited for you for a whole day. When she saw that you didn't come back, she left. Today she came again and left before noon."

Zhou Guo was surprised and said, "Eldest sister can come whenever she wants. Isn't it said that married women can't just go back to their parents' home? Will her mother-in-law allow it?"

Li picked up a piece of fish meat for her with chopsticks, "Mother-in-law doesn't allow it, but great-grandmother-in-law does. Grandpa said that she can come back whenever she wants, but she has to bring Zhao Yang with her every time she comes back. Your sister is living a good life in the Zhao family. She looks rosy every day. I think she looks even prettier than when she was at home."

"Really? That's great." Zhou Guo ate the fish and the steamed pork with rice flour that the old man gave her. "I was thinking of visiting the Zhao family from time to time."

Anyway, she is a girl, so it is convenient, and she also has business dealings with the Zhao family.

The old man said: "As long as you manage the family business well and your brothers and sisters make achievements in their studies, the Zhao family will naturally not treat her unfairly, nor dare to treat her unfairly."

Zhou Mai asked: "Compared to this, we would like to know where you have been these days and why you came back so late?"

Zhou Guo smiled and said mysteriously: "Guess who I met this time when I went out? You will never guess it!"

Everyone speculated.

Some say that Lao Lizheng was with his group, while others say that Qian Duo was with several people.

Li said, "Did you run into your uncle and his friends? Or your uncle Hei and his friends? Are they out on a mission again?"

This is indeed possible. Everyone looked at her.

Zhou Guo shook his head.

The old man couldn't wait and said, "Just tell me who it is. We have told everyone we know. If you don't tell us, no one will guess."

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Do you remember the big merchant we met on the bank of the Changhe River when we went north? We sold him the fragrant fruit, and he gave us money and several hundred dan of grain. Do you remember? I ran into him!"

Everyone was surprised, "Really? How did we meet him?!"

How could anyone not remember this? We will never forget it for the rest of our lives.

Without this person, it would be a question whether they could reach the north alive. It was also the first time they saw so much money.

Although the money was divided among so many families, at least it had been seen before.

Li asked, "How did you meet him? Did you say hello to him?"

Zhou Guo said: "Not only did I greet him, I also had a meal with him, but he didn't recognize me. It was me who reminded him at the end. This time he said he was coming to Yunzhou, but I don't know why."

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Gu and said, "Brother, when will the next shipment to Yunzhou be sent? I'll go with you."

"The day after tomorrow."

Li was dissatisfied, "Why are you leaving again just after you came back? Can't you stay at home for a few days?"

Zhou Guo said, "Mom, this is a big customer, a fat sheep, I have to go find him. With him, do I still need to look for customers for these mushrooms at home? He may be able to sell half of them for me. I have to go find him to cooperate with him."

When doing business, you have to take the initiative. It would be foolish to just wait for customers to come to you.

Li sighed and stopped talking. She couldn't help her with this and could only take care of the household.

Zhou Gu said, "I'll go with you."

Zhou Guo shook his head, "No, I'd better go tomorrow, in case they leave, and I don't know how many days they will be back."

After dinner, she went to the farm.

Wu Jiang and the others were very happy to see her finally come back, "Master, you are finally back. You said you would only be gone for fifteen days. If you don't come back for a long time, we won't be in the mood to work."

Zhou Guo asked: "How are you doing lately?"

Wu Jiang said excitedly, "That's great. With you leading the way, our team follows behind to deliver goods. We go out with full trucks and come back empty. It's going very smoothly. In the past half month, we have delivered to several cities, except that the team to Huaiyang has not returned yet. The first batch of mushrooms from the farm has almost been sold out, and we can sell the second batch in the next few days."

Zhou Guo nodded, "Let's not rush for the second batch of mushrooms. How about the fertilizer plantation?"

Speaking of this, Wu Jiang slapped his thigh and said, "I was just about to tell you. I don't know how the news spread so quickly. In the past half month, most of the villages in the county have come. They are all from other villages. I counted and now there are 88 villages buying fertilizer from our village. People come to buy fertilizer every day. Fortunately, you changed the fermentation method of the fertilizer last year, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to handle it."

"Where are Baldy and the others?"

"Lai Zitou and his gang followed the convoy, and the remaining 40 or so people spent the whole day fermenting manure in the manure farm. Although they were not as careful as the women, they were stronger and worked faster. However, it was inevitable that they would make a mess everywhere."

Zhou Guo waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. We'll just clean it up later. With so many people coming to buy fertilizer, can they handle it? Is there enough night fragrance? Is there enough ash?"

Wu Jiang touched his head, "Just barely enough, mainly because they don't buy much now. We said that if one family wants too much, there will be no more for those who come later. Each family can only get five dan at most. Oh, yes, Mr. Zhao's family, it's been so long, and not even one dan has been allocated. What do you think we should do about this?"

Zhou Guo thought for a moment and said, "He wants 600 shi, right? Give him half first. We are relatives, so we should give him some face. When you send it to him, apologize. I will write a letter tomorrow and ask them to send another 100 people down from the mountain. There is a piece of rocky land between the two mountains. Clean it up and open a fertile farm."

Wu Jiang was shocked. "Master, you don't need so many people, do you? If so many people enter the village, I'm afraid no one will dare to come to my house."

Zhou Guo said, "There's nothing I can do. You haven't seen what's going on outside. I decided to have people spread the word in the two neighboring counties. Are Yexiang and these things enough?"

"This is enough for now."

Zhou Guo waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter if it's not enough. We will go to the neighboring counties to promote it anyway. When the time comes, we will form a convoy and have people collect the night incense ashes from the neighboring counties. If it's really not enough, we can go to the prefectural city. There are more night incense in the prefectural city. One prefectural city can be equivalent to more than 20 counties."