vrcanaries Chapter 847: Insufficient Manpower
Chapter 847: Insufficient Manpower
Zhou Guo looked at the creek. It was so small and hidden in the thorny bushes that it could not be seen if one did not pay attention.
Now that it has been cleaned up, the widest part is twenty feet wide, and water is already flowing down, and the unformed pool on the side is also filled with water.
She pointed at the stream and asked, "Have you sent someone to check the source?"
Tang He nodded, "But I haven't found it yet. I walked dozens of miles upstream but couldn't see where the source is. The water above is bigger than that below. With this canal, the water will naturally increase when it rains."
Zhou Guo looked at this series of measures and said, "This place is different from other places. There is a river here, and we have to build it bit by bit with hoes. But it's worth it to pay a little more upfront. Once these lands are cultivated, we won't have to worry about food for several lifetimes."
Tang He smiled and said, "Everyone thinks so. They privately say that they are willing to do it even if there is no money and they are only given food."
If he were a refugee, he would do the same!
Zhou Guo went to several other saline-alkali lands. It was faster to work in places with rivers and it didn't require much hard work.
She walked around Chengding and looked at all the shops before returning to the escort agency.
The bald man from the escort agency had arrived earlier and had already settled the accounts with Big Fatty. The two of them could switch jobs at any time.
Seeing Zhou Guo coming back, he said cheerfully, "Boss, I have already settled the accounts with the chief steward, and I can take up the post anytime."
Zhou Guo asked, "Have you figured out everything about the escort agency?"
The bald-headed man said, "I've found out everything. The chief steward has told me everything, big and small, and has warned me many times. Besides, I've worked in the escort agency before. In the past, when the south was not so chaotic, I followed the second in command and made two trips there. It takes thousands of miles and several months to get from here to the capital. It's much more difficult than wandering around in the north now. I'm not afraid of that. I can do this as well."
Zhou Guo said: "Don't underestimate these small orders. Although they are right at our doorstep and not far away, only if we take these small orders well, people will trust us. Then we will have the opportunity to get big orders going south or east and west. This is our first step. Only if the first step is taken steadily can the second step be taken steadily."
The bald-headed man said, "I understand. I will do my best."
Big Fatty also said, "Master, don't worry, I will take good care of the manor in Huaiyang and won't let you worry at all."
Zhou Guo looked at them and smiled, "I believe in you. You have done a good job to begin with. You can manage well even in a position you don't like. Now that you are in a position you like, I believe it must be not bad either."
The two of them finished their work.
Dapang walked away with a proud and confident look on his face.
When he was with Erpang, he had been wandering around and couldn't find his home anywhere.
Compared to the escort leader, he prefers the village leader. He doesn't move in one place. The village is his home. He is not like the bald head who likes to wander around.
Zhou Guo switched the two people over and was also happy to see that both of them had happy expressions on their faces.
After this experience, she felt that she still had many shortcomings in employing people and had a lot to learn.
After finishing her work with Cheng Ding, she went to Song County.
Song County is now at a critical juncture and cannot be careless. There are so many saline-alkali lands under her jurisdiction, all waiting for the land here to be rehabilitated. Only when the land here is rehabilitated well, there will be hope for those saline-alkali lands.
Now the grass on the farm has started growing again, it's fresh green and fluffy, and it makes me feel much better just looking at it.
What surprised her most were the few acres of experimental fields.
It’s no worse than the rice seedlings in some other farms, and it’s only the second year!
Old man Zhang said excitedly, "Boss, you figured it out too? If the rice continues to grow like this, maybe in the autumn harvest, it can produce three and a half dan per mu. I have been farming for so many years, and I have never seen a field that can harvest three and a half dan of grain!!"
Zhou Guo was very satisfied and said, "You've done a good job. There has been enough rain this year. It has rained several times this month. The weather has been good and the management is good. This year will be a bumper year!"
Old man Zhang said happily, "Yes, even the grass on the farm is growing very well. The grass will grow a little taller after the next rain. I think it won't be long before we can grow crops on this land."
Zhou Guo looked carefully at the experimental field. Since there were no crabs here, he raised dozens of ducks, and the effect was quite good.
The vegetables that the old man planted have grown up. Although they are not growing as well as those at home, they are already very good.
Old man Zhang and his son didn't dare to eat them, so they could only let the vegetables grow older.
Fortunately, many of them are beans, which can produce pods when they get old. The old man had considered this when he planted this.
Several other counties, with Song County as a benchmark, have not gone astray.
She stayed in Song County for five or six days. When the time came, she packed a large bag of vegetables grown by the old man and returned to the village.
"Master, look, these are the vegetables you planted. They are growing well. You only asked Old Man Zhang and his son to take care of them, but didn't tell them to eat them. Now that the vegetables are old and blooming, they dare not eat them. So I simply brought them back. I haven't picked them all yet. There are still a lot of beans. In another two months, when they grow old, we can pick the beans."
She picked out the vegetables from the bag one by one in front of the old man.
The old man was very happy, and took his own vegetables to look at them carefully, "I didn't know they have grown so big. Next time you go, take me with you, and I will go with you to have a look. I don't know what the vegetables I grow look like yet."
Li smiled and said, "Then we have the vegetables for tonight. It just so happens that we haven't gone to pick them yet."
He took it and walked a few steps, then stopped and turned around and said, "I will go to Huaiyang to visit your uncle the day after tomorrow, so I think you should keep it for your uncle."
Zhou Guo laughed, "Can you keep it until then? It will spoil before you even reach Huaiyang. Besides, there are vegetables on the farm, so why do you need to bring them from home?"
Li said, "What do you know? Your uncle likes to eat home-cooked food."
Zhou Guo said: "Why don't we just pick some from the vegetable garden when the time comes? If we leave them there by then, they will wilt and won't taste good anymore."
Li paused and said, "I am stupid too."
Zhou Mai and the others won't go with you this time. They'll be gone for eight or nine days. It's not good to take such a long leave every month, right?
Hu Zi also stayed at home, while Zhou Gu took his wife and children and followed Zhou Guo and Li.
Zhou Dacang must also meet Xiaohua, and Xiaohua must also meet her uncle.
Zhou Dacang was very surprised to see Xiaohua and said, "When I left, I was holding this child in my arms. How big is he now?"
Xiaohua was a little scared and kept hiding behind Wu Ya, not letting Wu Ya call out no matter how she called out.
Zhou Guo squatted down and said, "Xiaohua, look, this is your great uncle, your father's uncle, he loves you the most. Your great uncle is a great general, he came here on a tall horse, don't you love to see me riding on a tall horse? Look, the horse your great uncle rides is bigger than mine, look."