vrcanaries Chapter 930 Becomes fertile land?
Chapter 930 Becomes fertile land?
Seeing that she was frowning and silent, the village heads consoled her, "Boss, this is only the first year, and it's already great to have such a harvest. Before this, these fields were salty and bitter. Not to mention food, even grass could hardly grow."
"Yes, Boss, if we can have such a harvest in the first year, maybe it will double next year, which will naturally be even more different."
In fact, the farmers were already amazed to have such a harvest. Even though they had seen the crops grow little by little with their own eyes, they were still surprised. Sometimes they themselves could hardly believe that these were the crops they had grown.
Zhou Guo looked at the endless wheat field and said, "Everyone is right. We have worked hard to get such a good harvest this year. We won't know the exact harvest until the wheat in the field is harvested. Come on, let's get started."
The farmers nearby went to the fields and started harvesting wheat.
When she was tired of cutting, she started singing. Zhou Guo smiled and joined in cutting. She did this kind of work every year when she was at home. Now that there were so many people cutting together, it was inevitable that her hands would be itchy.
Less than half an hour later, Er Pang came over and said, "Master, Lord Yao is here with the two county magistrates next door."
Zhou Guo was startled and stood up straight, "Why did you bring someone here?"
Several county magistrates saw Zhou Guo from a distance, laughed, waved at her, and said loudly: "Mr. Zhou! Mr. Zhou! Your salty and bitter land has now become fertile farmland! It's really enviable!!"
As the few of them walked along, they saw rice with heavy ears. After passing the rice fields, they saw the golden wheat fields. Everyone worked very hard in the wheat fields, just like the autumn harvest atmosphere in other fields, it was in full swing.
How can I not be envious? This is a salty and bitter land. Such a large piece of salty and bitter land, look at the rice, it is not much worse than the rice grown in the fields of rural people. This is already considered fertile land!
In just two or three years, Zhou Guo turned this barren land into fertile farmland!
I wonder how much grain we can harvest in a year?
If they had transformed the land themselves, such a large piece of land could have accommodated thousands of households, and in just two years, Song County could have been transformed from a lower-class county into a medium-class county.
Several county magistrates had the same idea. They felt both sad and happy. When they saw Zhou Guo, their expressions were quite strange.
Zhou Guo was puzzled and said with a smile: "How come you adults have so much free time to come to my place?"
Lord Yao said, "It's the busy autumn harvest season now. We were supposed to go to the countryside, but we thought you were also going to harvest the first crop of grain from the salty and bitter land, so we decided to come and take a look. After all, there are still many such fields in several counties. Although they are still being renovated, we also want to see if they can be used to grow grain."
Don't wait until the end to find yourself in trouble and crying without a trace.
The magistrate of the neighboring county said happily, "It seems that Master Zhou has a good harvest this year. When the remaining land in our county is distributed next year, won't we be able to harvest so much grain?"
Another county magistrate responded, "Sir, please tell us how you were able to have such a good harvest in the first year. Whether the refugees in our county can have enough food depends on you."
Before Zhou Guo could say anything, County Magistrate Yao said hurriedly, "You can't say that. What do you mean by whether we can have enough food depends entirely on Miss Zhou? If she is so useful and takes care of everything, then what do we, the parents, do? Don't we have to give way to her? Let her do the job of being the parents."
Right speech.
As he said this, he couldn't help but secretly glance at Zhou Guo's expression. If these two people didn't know, how could he not know the temper of this little ancestor?
She would turn hostile without giving anyone face, and if they really pissed her off, they would all lose face in public today.
The two county magistrates also realized that they had said the wrong thing and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, we were wrong. Don't mind it, Mr. Zhou. We are also envious of you for having such a large piece of fertile land!"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "You don't have to be envious, my lords. I haven't bought all the salty and bitter land in the North. What I bought is just the tip of the iceberg in the entire North. There are so many salty and bitter lands left, aren't they all waiting for you to cultivate them into fertile fields? If these lands are really cultivated, the North may become the world's largest granary."
A few people smiled awkwardly.
The officials knew better than anyone how much salty and bitter land there was in the entire north, but the remaining land was mostly in small pieces with little water resources around. Reclaiming it would be no small project.
There are those big ones that are endless. Although they are big, there are no big rivers around them. The mountain roads are heavy. It is probably impossible to divert water with the financial resources of the North, let alone a lower-level county like theirs. It is even more impossible. Don't even think about it.
With these small plots of land, we can still make it happen if we think of a way.
Lord Yao said, "Don't tease us. We don't have the ability to do that. Show us the harvest from your land."
Zhou Guo put down his sickle, walked ahead and introduced the situation in the field to the others. "In fact, the harvest this year is not good. You see the wheat is golden yellow, and at first glance it seems that there are a lot of wheat, but in fact, there are only a few grains on an ear that are full of sap. Many of them are empty and some are half-shelled. The situation is not that good."
A few adults pulled up the ears of wheat and looked at them carefully. They found that the upper half of each ear was empty husks.
Lord Yao: "It's not that bad. I go to the countryside every autumn harvest. Although your wheat ears have many empty shells, other people's wheat simply don't have so many grains. I always think your grains are bigger than others. I don't know if it's my illusion."
"No, I think the grains are bigger than ordinary ones, and especially full!" said a county magistrate, looking at the wheat grains in his hand.
The other nodded.
Zhou Guo looked at these three people and smiled in his heart. At least these three people were truly working for the people.
An ordinary county magistrate would not care about the difference between one wheat and another, let alone pay such detailed attention to the difference and even know the length and number of the grains.
She did not hide anything from them and told them all the measures she had taken to govern the salty and bitter land without reservation.
Lord Yao stamped his feet and complained, "We have been friends for so many years, why didn't you tell me this before? If I don't bring them this time, are you going to keep it a secret from me forever?"
Zhou Guo rolled his eyes at him, "Don't talk nonsense. Why didn't I tell you? Although I didn't tell you in detail, it's almost the same. I even paid for the grass seeds for you out of my own pocket. Let me tell you, those grass seeds are not cheap. I gave you half of them this time, and you have to plant and harvest the rest by yourself. If you want more, you have to pay for it."
The two county magistrates looked at Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo looked back without hesitation.
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