vrcanaries Chapter 1079 Winter Wheat
Chapter 1079 Winter Wheat
As long as there is no crisis on the border, even if General Xu is gone, don’t we still have Erlang of the Xu family?
None of them are bad.
The sky in the north is beginning to brighten again!
No one in the north knew the secret of Xu Si's coming to the north except Zhang Lian.
This news must be kept secret. If something happens on the way, he might be suspected.
Zhou Guo sent a letter home, made arrangements for all parties, and went to Nanhe with Erpang and a few personal soldiers.
The group rode at full speed and when they arrived at Nanhe, the wheat harvest had not yet begun.
Quanzi was of course not in the provincial capital at this time. He was traveling around several villages and had no free time at all.
She stayed in the city for one night and went to the farm the next day.
Preparations have already begun on the farm. The site has been cleared, the millstones have been washed, the sickles have been sharpened, and the warehouse has also been prepared.
This farm is the closest to the provincial capital, so the warehouse is not big, only two rooms. The excess grain will be transported to the provincial capital and sold to the grain shop.
The head of the village said, "Boss, since the weather is good, we will be able to harvest the grain soon. We estimate that we can finish the harvest in half a month."
Last year, there were almost no farmers planting winter wheat in Nanhe, only some large farmers like them.
The people's crops are not yet ripe, so it is still easy for them to recruit workers. There is no shortage of people at this time.
Zhou Guo said: "We need to move quickly and provide good food. We need to not only make sure everyone is well fed but also have enough oil to eat."
"Yes, the food in our village has always been the best. There is meat for lunch every day. Even if there is no meat, each person is given an egg." The head of the village was a little proud. They have always done better than others in this regard.
Zhou Guo looked up and down Zhuangzi and got an idea.
Then she went to the fields. The wheat had turned yellow. The last time she came here was a few months ago, and it was still green.
I rubbed a few grains of wheat, and found that the grains were big and full, and the ears of wheat were strong. Everywhere I looked, I saw ears like this.
This year's harvest is visibly good!
It's far from being as salty and bitter as the other one. Compared to it, the one over there looks as shabby as a beggar.
Er Pang said happily: "Master, the land on the South River side is really more fertile than that in the North. There are very few lands over there that can grow wheat with such a harvest."
Zhou Guo said, "Have you forgotten that the two thousand acres of land of Mr. Wu's family is just as fertile?"
Er Pang said, "That belongs to Master Wu, not us. Several large farms are all planted with rice, and there is not enough land to plant such good wheat. It's a waste of such good seeds."
Xiaoshu said, "How could you forget? We just got two large plots of land this year. We will have good land in the north."
The land that the Wang family compensated them was so large and all of it was good land.
Er Pang shook his head, "I didn't know before. Actually, when I saw this land, I felt that those lands were not that good. They were not as fertile as this land."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "That's because you've seen too many salty and bitter lands, so when you see such good land, you naturally think everything about it is good."
In fact, for her, as long as the land is not salty and bitter, but cultivated land that has been cultivated for many years, then the land is naturally good, that is, fertile land.
She has been working hard on the bitter and salty land for these years, and now she gets a headache when she sees that kind of land. It costs too much and she is simply scared.
She would never spend so much manpower and financial resources to transform the salty and bitter land.
This kind of land is really land. Without spending much extra effort, you can get a good harvest and make money all year round.
This farm has dozens of hectares of land, and it is foreseeable that this year will be a bumper year.
The village head was very happy, "Boss, several locals said that in the past, Nanhe rarely saw such a good harvest of wheat, and the whole village has good harvest, which is particularly valuable."
Zhou Guo said: "This wheat is new wheat, the wheat seed is good, we have no shortage of fertilizer, good management, good weather, good harvest, I'm sure you'll have a good harvest. In this regard, you have made a great contribution."
Zhuangtou chuckled and said, "This is not all my credit. Everyone has worked very hard."
Er Pang teased him, "Look at you smiling like that. If you do well, you can get paid. You have made so much money. Can you lend me some?"
The village head was shocked. "No matter how much I earn, how much can it be compared to yours? You usually follow the boss and eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks without asking you to pay. Why don't you spend this money to marry a wife?"
Zhou Guo glanced at Er Pang and said, "Why, did I treat you unfairly? Did you borrow money from others?"
Er Pang smiled and said, "No, no, I was just teasing him."
Zhuangtou snorted, "No, I don't have it."
Zhou Guo laughed and said, "You are asking for money and still making sarcastic remarks. If I were you, I wouldn't lend you money either."
There are not many villages in Nanhe, and I visit several of them every ten days or so.
Including the one given to the old man, the grain was useless to the old man, so she planned to buy it with money and give the money directly to the old man. She is currently doing the same with the two farms of Li and Xu, which can be regarded as transferring money from left hand to right hand.
Quanzi was currently at the largest farm and asked Zhou Guo, "Master, we will only collect our own winter wheat and distribute some to each shop. We can still store the grain in the farm's granary, so we don't have to move it to the cave, right?"
They also built several grain storage caves in Nanhe like the ones in the north.
It’s just that the Nanhe River is underground.
Zhou Guo said: "These grains will not be stored. After leaving some, these grains will go directly to the south. Qian Duo and Wu Jiang have made good progress in the south. They also sold some fertilizers in the early spring of this year. It's just the beginning. We haven't established a firm foothold in the south yet. We don't have enough manpower, so we estimate that the amount we can sell is limited.
There isn't much food stored in the south, and the food shipped over last year was not enough. We'll ship this batch of food over, and then ship another batch after the autumn harvest. Add to that the food that's been harvested over there, and it should be enough for this year."
A few hundred thousand troops may not be enough, but a year's food supply for an army of over a hundred thousand should be enough.
With the grain she has this year plus the leftover grain from last year, she should have about two million shi.
With these foods, no matter how the world changes, she will at least have a bottom line in her heart and will not panic.
In troubled times, food is the only capital for survival.
"Yes." Quanzi replied, "After the wheat is harvested, the autumn harvest will begin in two months. By then, we will not be short of food."
Before this, all the food they ate was shipped from the north. Fortunately, they harvested a lot last year, otherwise they might not be able to feed so many people.
The master is really powerful. With so much food and so many people, they can’t finish it even if they eat for ten years.
From last winter to the beginning of this spring, the number of people supported by their farm was countless.
On the day of wheat harvest, Zhou Guo got up before dawn because he was woken up by someone.
Outside the village, there was a faint sound of lively voices, humming tunes, calling friends, and the sound of "hey yo hey yo" could be heard from time to time.