freenovelworld Chapter 935 Completed
Chapter 935 Completed
And the Zhou family is undoubtedly their best choice.
Some people were even brought in from other counties.
With more people involved, the work became faster and the rice that would have taken more than a month to harvest was now harvested in less than half a month.
The grain in front has been dried and stored in the warehouse, while the grain in the back is still drying in the yard.
At this time, there were already more than 800, approaching 900 people on the farm.
Although more people meant more wages and daily food expenses, Zhou Guo was willing to do it and ensured that everyone could eat a few pieces of meat and drink a bowl of bone soup at noon every day.
It would only cost some money for food and labor, and she has plenty of food now.
The most important thing now is to speed up the work in case it starts to rain one day and there is no sun for several days in a row, which will be a disaster for this year's grain.
Although it has rained a few times these days and it was heavy, it usually stops within half an hour. Once the sun shines, the soil dries up in a few hours, so there has not been much impact.
Zhou Guo paid them the money without hesitation, and this year he also gave each of them two bags of snacks.
Although these snacks were not expensive, they were enough to make these people happy. They happily packed up their things, took the money and snacks home, and discussed with each other to come again next year.
As soon as the rice was harvested, Li took Zhou Mai and the others back home. The busy farming season was over and they had to go back to school.
The old man has not left. He is taking care of his vegetable garden in Song County. Even though he hasn't been here for a long time, Zhou Guo has taken good care of it and the vegetables are growing well.
Zhou Guo didn't have time to accompany him on the farm.
She first went to several counties in Huayuan. The land in these counties was much smaller than that in Song County, so the harvest had already been completed.
And they have all been dried and stored in the granary.
Zhou Guo glanced at the account book, but didn't rush to turn it over. He asked the village head, "Did you collect the ears of corn that I asked you to collect?"
Before the grain harvest began, she called on the heads of the villages to go to the fields and pick out those ears with large and long grains, cut them down, tie them into bunches, and hang them on poles to dry for storage.
The village head said, "It's harvested. I'll have people search the fields as you said and cut down those ears that are better than the others. We've cut quite a lot, and after threshing, we estimate that we can plant more than 20 mu of land next year."
Zhou Guo nodded, "Take me to see it."
It's not surprising that they could harvest so much. With a land as large as Song County, the collected seeds are estimated to be able to plant more than 30 acres. She personally led people to collect these. If the selection was not so strict, perhaps more than 50 acres could be planted.
All these grain seeds are stored in dry and sealed ceramic jars.
She picked a few and opened them, then took out some ears of corn to examine them. Although some of them did not meet her requirements, they were still pretty good. After all, it was the first year for the farm to harvest, so it was inevitable that she would cut down the good ones.
He looked over a dozen jars, picked out a few ears that didn't meet the requirements, and said, "Look, these are not considered to be particularly good. There are many ears like this in the field. We want to pick the best ones, with firm stalks, many large grains, and different at a glance. We won't want these next year."
The village head was terrified, afraid that something might go wrong, "Then~"
Zhou Guo said: "It's okay, don't worry, I don't mean to blame you. It's normal that you don't know in the first year. You will know next year. Then I will take you to collect it again."
In fact, she thought that such a simple job should be done with just a word, but she didn't expect that there are really people who can't figure out the standards involved.
The village head heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I understand. I'll pick out the ears of corn."
Zhou Guo said, "Forget it. Cut them all off. When you plant next year, you can separate these from the others in a separate plot of land."
He gave him the ears of corn in his hand and said, "If you can't tell the difference, tie a red string to the ears of corn. Then follow these ears."
The village head took it with both hands and said that he would definitely do a good job.
Zhou Guo nodded. These village heads were all promoted by her personally. Although not all of them are capable, they are all very down-to-earth.
If you want to get things done, you need the ability, but if you want to do it well, you have to be down-to-earth. If you are not down-to-earth, you won’t be able to do anything well.
Zhou Guo finished flipping through the account book and took a walk around the granary.
Now those guarding outside the granary are all people who came out of the mountains. There are about ten of them in each village. They are tall and strong, and they look like they are not easy to mess with.
Now, there are only a few mountain guards left on the mountain, and next year, she plans to let them all come down.
We have been out for these years and have never gone back once, so it’s not a big deal to stay on the mountain all the time.
Besides, it's cold on the mountain, so it's better to come down. Whether it's going to the village, to the farm, or to Laizitou's escort agency, it's better than staying on the mountain.
When these people saw Zhou Guo, they stood up obediently and called him the boss.
Zhou Guo instructed: "Everyone please sit down. The granary is full right now. Don't drink and make things late."
"No, no, we dare not drink now." Several people said hurriedly. They knew that if they drank while working, they would be locked up in a dark room and fined several years' wages.
Because crops were planted on the farm this year, several new granaries were built. Because the grain from the big farmers in the north was all transported to Song County, the granaries on the farm are still sufficient and may not even be full.
In the granary, bags of grain were neatly stacked and piled high. These grains would be transported to Song County later.
In addition to enough food for so many people and enough to sell, and some for Nanhe, the rest will be stored in the cave.
After visiting several counties, she went to Chengding.
The two thousand acres of land in Chengding had been taken back by Mr. Wu, and he divided the grain seeds on the spot. The two of them had now settled the matter and no one owed anyone anything.
Hu Zi was still in charge of Cheng Ding. He transported all the grain for this year to Cheng Ding's farm.
But there is only one farm like this in the whole Chengding, and all the fertilizer comes from here. Although this farm is not small, it still seems small when there are many people, even at the busiest time.
Zhou Guo said, "It will be great when the other salty and bitter lands are ready for use next year. By then, those farms can make fertilizer, harvest crops, and even raise crabs and grouper fish. This farm will be freed up, with less pressure, and can grow fruit well."
Huzi also bought the two mountains nearby.
She plans to plant fruit trees on both mountains next year. Planting with seeds is too slow, so grafting would be faster.
In a few years, there will be several hills of fruit here.
By then, you can open a fruit shop in Yunzhou Chengding and even places like Nanhe.
We sell fresh fruits when they are in season, and dried fruits and candied fruits when they are not in season. How great is that?
These fruits will be ready for sale in about twenty days, but there are so many of them this year that it may not be easy to sell them all in a short time.