freenovelworld Chapter 961 This farm needs to be maintained
Chapter 961 This farm needs to be maintained
But Shanda can grow mushrooms and fruit trees, and they have their own fertilizer, so the harvest will not be bad.
Although the pond is not big, it is a large swamp, covering an area of forty to fifty acres. You can raise crabs, fish or ducks. You can grow lotus roots and fish in the pond, grow fruit trees, mushrooms and mulberry trees on the mountain, and grow grain in the fields. You can make a lot of money in a year.
But more than 8,000 taels are still too much. She brought a total of 100,000 taels when she went south this time. Would she need 10,000 or 20,000 taels just for this place?
Moreover, this place is too close to the provincial capital. She always felt that it was not a good thing for Zhuangzi to be too close to a big city.
The old man said, "What are you afraid of? Have you forgotten what money is for? He came down from the mountains and has many people under him. How can he be attacked? Besides, this place is close to the city. If there is any problem in the farms and shops below, they can report here. If he comes here, he must stay in the city. It is more convenient to go to the city if there is any problem. Can you let him stay in the county town below?"
Isn't it said that we need someone who can handle important matters and have connections with the government?
Zhou Guo thought about it and felt that it was right. "This farm is not big. It looks big because of the swamp lake. The land is not fertile, and there are so many mountains. It doesn't attract people's attention. Let's go and negotiate the price."
The owner of the manor was a white-haired old woman with a miserable look. After just one glance at her, Zhou Guo couldn't bear to bargain anymore.
But Erpang came over and whispered in her ear that the tenants here had to pay 60% rent every year, and they had to provide the seeds themselves. The tenants complained a lot, and some who couldn't make a living had left long ago. Those who stayed were the elderly, the weak, the women and the children, who couldn't leave. These people were so thin that they were just skin and bones, and there was no life in their eyes.
The heart hardened again.
After some bargaining, the deal was finally concluded at a price of seven thousand six hundred taels.
Although the owner of the manor didn't want to sell it, it was not so easy to sell. Many people didn't like it and were willing to pay so much money for it.
Although it was much lower than expected, Zhou Guo promised to settle it on the spot, so the owner gritted his teeth and agreed.
In this way, this seemingly not-so-good village will be theirs.
Qian Duo was so excited that he rode his horse around the field, looking at the land, the lake, and the mountains. He felt that everything was good and better than the farm he had in the north.
Determined to do a good job.
He also said to Zhou Guo: "Boss, I will stay here and not leave. You can go on your own for the rest of the journey. I want to make this place more profitable than those manors in the north."
Er Pang laughed and said, "You must be dreaming. The reason why the farm in the north makes so much money is because of the crabs. There is no shortage of crabs here, so you can still sell one for one or two coins?"
This aspect alone is unmatched by any number of villages in the south.
Qian Duo was speechless, but he didn't lose heart for a long while, and said, "Although we can't sell crabs at such a high price, we still have grouper fish, which I raise well, and fruits. I want to turn this farm into a treasure land."
Zhou Guo looked at the mountains and said, "If you can really cultivate this land in the future, I will let you grow fungi and cloud fungus here."
"Cloud ears?" A group of people looked over immediately, "You can also grow cloud ears?"
There are people who grow this thing, but I didn’t expect Zhou Guo would also grow it.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It's new. Others can grow it, but why can't I? Although this thing is not as expensive as mushrooms, after all, someone has already grown it, but forty or fifty cents a pound is not cheap, so it can be grown."
This is the price of fresh mushrooms from the mountains, and the dried ones are a bit more expensive.
After all, it takes ten kilograms of fresh goods to dry one kilogram of dried goods, and there is a shortage of vegetables in winter, so the price will naturally be more expensive.
But in the past two years, the price of dried winter mushrooms has also dropped, and the most expensive one pound is only about one or two hundred coins per pound.
Although it is not as profitable as in previous years, we grow more mushrooms every year and make even more money than in previous years.
If we grow mushrooms here and plant them on several mountains, we can make a lot of money throughout the year.
Qian Duo was very excited. He was worried that there was no lucrative business on the farm, and now there was one.
"Boss, you really want me to grow bacteria, but I don't know how. I'm not good at cultivating bacteria. If I'm not careful, all the bacteria will die."
Zhou Guo said, "It's okay. I'll give you the bacteria seed package directly when the time comes. You just need to plant the bacteria. I'll transfer a few people from the village to you. These people have been growing bacteria for several years. It's warmer here than in the north, so it's much easier to grow bacteria. But they may not be able to adapt to it at first, so you have to be mentally prepared."
Qian Duo nodded repeatedly, and waved his hand, saying, "How could I not know this? My farm cannot be maintained in a short time. But, hey, boss, when the time comes, do you have to have people transport these fruit trees and fish fry from the north?"
Zhou Guo didn't say anything. The old man said angrily, "You still say that raising fish and crabs is good. It takes so many days to get here from the north. The fish and crabs must have suffocated to death on the way. How can they be transported here?"
Everyone laughed.
Qian Duo laughed and said, "Although the crab and fish fry cannot be transported, the fruit trees can be transported, right? There are also round fish fry. No one is raising round fish, and they are hard to find. I have to collect them one by one. I don't know how long it will take."
Zhou Guo laughed, "Crabs are unlucky, and so are the groupers. They've all died on the road over the past few days. You might as well collect them from farmers. There are plenty of them in mountain streams. Isn't that how we raise groupers in the north?"
This creature lays 20 to 30 eggs at a time and can be raised quickly, but it takes a longer time, at least two years, to harvest from the pond, unlike crabs which can be sold in a few months.
Qian Duo was frustrated, "It will take three or four years to achieve scale."
Zhou Guo pointed at the lake and said, "Even in this water, there are probably quite a few round fish. This farm looks like everything is ready, but whether it's the land, the mountains, or the lake, they all need to be nurtured. It will take a few years to slowly get better. This kind of thing can't be rushed."
Qian Duo said: "That's fine, but you have to share the fruit trees with me, right?"
Zhou Guo nodded, "I will give you the fruit trees, but Second Master, you are not here just to farm. You have to take care of things. Next spring, the fertilizer will be sold to every county under this prefecture. You have to build a granary to store grain in advance."
Qian Duo's eyes lit up, "So fast?"
Then he realized, "Oh, yes, you went to the government office today, so why did all the governors agree to help you?"
Zhou Guo said: "They are not helping me, they are helping themselves. Let me tell you, although 90% of the people in the entire city may buy fertilizer next year, it is just after the war, there are not so many people, not so many people farming, this fertilizer can't be sold much, and there won't be too much food, but it's better to prepare a larger granary."