Chapter 83, Preliminary Investment

When Yan Zhiqiang bought Zhuangzi, in order to take care of him, in addition to fertile land, small and small Zhuangzi had to be close to each other. Therefore, both the Dazhuangzi of the Yan family and the Xiaozhuangzi of Daohua were in the same village. Village tail.

The village where Zhuangzi is located is called Danlin Village. There are more than 500 households in the village. Most of the villagers are named Zheng. Almost all the tenants of the two Zhuangzi belong to this village.

Yan Zhiqiang sent a young man next to him back to Yan’s house to deliver a letter, saying that he, Mrs. Yan and Daohua would live in Zhuangzi for a few days, so that everyone would not worry, and then went to work on the fields.

That night, Daohua and Mrs. Yan both slept very deeply, and there was nothing to recognize the bed.

The next day, Yan Zhiqiang saw that the two of them were in good spirits, so he was relieved and devoted himself to the watermelon planting of the two Zhuangzi.

In the case of Daohua, seeing the third uncle staring at the watermelon planting, the old lady Yan would also be watching, and she turned her attention to the barren mountain.

Zheng Zhuangtou dared not neglect the new master, so he pulled back a car of fruit tree seedlings for her that day.

Daohua took a closer look at the saplings, and finally nodded in satisfaction, looked at Zheng Zhuangtou and asked: "Uncle Zheng, do people in the village have free time now?"

Zheng Zhuangtou: “Yes, every family in the village does not have a lot of land. In addition to the large number of labors in the family, many families have been busy with spring ploughing in early April. Many of the diligent descendants are now planning to go out to find work to subsidize their families.”

Daohua smiled and said: "In this case, please trouble Uncle Zheng to help me find some people to cultivate the barren mountains. As for the wages, they are calculated based on their work outside. What do you think?"

Zheng Zhuang nodded his head again and again, gratefully said: "Thank you for taking care of the girl, and I will go to the village to say hello later, to ensure that I can find enough manpower for the girl immediately."

Ina Flower: "My grandmother and my third uncle will not stay longer in the Zhuangzi, so it doesn’t matter if we have more staff, but I don’t want to see anyone who sneaks and rapes."

Zheng Zhuangtou's expression straightened: "Don't worry, girl, I know all the diligent people in the village, and I promise that there won't be people like the girl said."

Daohua smiled and said, "That would be the best. The fruit tree seedlings are not enough. I trouble Uncle Zheng to buy three carts and plant them for each sample. By the way, I just saw that there seems to be grape vines, this thing. You buy more. The yard in the village is very large. Later I will find someone to build some racks to grow grapes."

Zheng Zhuangtou listened carefully, and when Daohua finished speaking, he said to do it immediately.

Ina Flower: "Okay, I'm fine, go ahead!"

Wait until Zengzhuangtou left, Daohua asked Wang Man'er to bring pen, ink, paper and ink to start accounting.

When ?? came out, she took all the silver that she had placed with the old lady over the years. After deducting the one thousand taels of silver she bought from Zhuangzi, she now only has more than three hundred taels of silver left.

It takes money to invite people to open up wasteland, and money to buy fruit tree saplings.

Daohua doesn't know if the money in her hand is enough for Zhuangzi's early investment?

Wang Man'er asked in confusion, "Girl, can't you just dig a hole to plant fruit trees? Why do you even ask someone to open up the barren mountains?"

Daohua: "Because I not only plant fruit trees on the mountain, but also plant other." It takes a few years for fruit trees to be harvested. During this period, of course she has to think of other ways.

Wang Maner was curious: "Others? What?"

Daohua smiled and said, "Of course it is the medicinal material that comes with the fastest money." After coming to Xingzhou, she read some travel notes, which recorded that Xingzhou is very suitable for planting scutellaria, schisandra, gentian and ligusticum. Chinese medicinal materials such as licorice, licorice and wujia.

These medicinal materials are common, and the seeds can be bought in pharmacies. The growth cycle is short, and they are very suitable for planting and selling for money.

As soon as she heard that Zhuangzi had brought a barren mountain, she made up her mind to plant medicinal materials.

Taohua wrote down the medicinal seeds he needed and handed it to Wang Man'er: “Take it to Uncle Zheng. He is going to buy fruit tree seedlings, so he bought these medicinal seeds by the way.”

Wang Man'er took the note and went to find Zheng Zhuangtou.

At this moment, Zheng Zhuangtou is still at the village chief’s house.

Zhuangzi needs people in the village to open up wasteland, and this has to be told to the village chief.

The village chief and Zheng Zhuangtou are cousins. The age difference between the two is not that big. After hearing that Zhuangzi is about to hire someone, he immediately said anxiously: "What are you waiting for? I'll call you someone right away."

Zheng Zhuangtou didn't stop either. He knew that this job was very precious to most people in the village.

In the past two years, there has been a severe drought in various parts of the north. They are facing the Grand Canal. The drought is not that serious, but everyone's life is still very tight.

Now I can find a job, even if I don’t pay wages, but only care about food, there are still a large number of people rushing to do it.

As soon as the two walked to the door, Zheng Zhuangtou saw his wife leading Wang Man'er to this side.

"Master, this girl said she has something to do with you."

Still a long distance away, Zheng Zhuangtou’s wife screamed.

The voice was so loud that Wang Maner almost couldn't help covering her ears.

Zheng Zhuangtou knew that Wang Man'er was Daohua’s close girl, so he trot over and asked: "What's the girl's order?"

Wang Man'er handed the note written by Daohua to Zheng Zhuangtou: "This is the medicinal seeds that the girl wants, let you bring it back." After finishing speaking, he took out a fifty-fifty piece from the purse on his waist. Two denominations of silver notes.

"You have collected the silver, and remember to pay the bill with the girl after you come back." After speaking, he turned and left.

The village chief looked at him, and only after Wang Man'er had left did he stepped forward: "Why, it's a little girl who is in charge?"

Zheng Zhuangtou nodded: "Although the old lady and the third master are here this time, it is their eldest girl who makes the decision."

The village chief glanced at the note in Zheng Zhuang’s hand, with a worried expression: “How can a little girl be the master? Buying fruit tree saplings and medicinal seeds. If the planting is not alive, will the master’s family be blamed? On your head?"

Zheng Zhuang's eyebrows stared: "It shouldn't be possible, I'm doing things as instructed."

The village chief sighed: “How few things did the former chief of Zhuangzi blame you for? As long as the people above are unhappy, they will vent their anger against the lower ones. These years, you have also worked hard enough.”

Zheng Zhuangtou showed helplessness: "Everyone is the same." When he is the head of the village, he can at least feed a large family, and he will not sell children and daughters. It is much better than many others, so he should be content.

"Let's go, I'll call someone to you."

That night, Zheng Zhuangtou pulled back the three-car fruit seedlings, and the medicinal seeds bought by Daohua asked one by one.

After ??Inspected, Daohua said to Zheng Zhuangtou: "Have you hired someone?"

Zheng Zhuangtou: "We have already said that we can open up wasteland at any time."

Rice Flower: "Well, it’s tomorrow. When the barren hills are reclaimed, we will plant fruit trees and medicinal materials."

After ??, Daohua asked people to put the fruit tree saplings in the empty warehouse. After opening Wang Man'er, the fruit tree saplings were collected into the space.

In order to ensure the quality of the saplings, they were planted directly in the black soil. Then, if nothing happened, they left the warehouse and locked the warehouse easily to ensure that no one would find the fruit tree saplings missing.

(End of this chapter)