Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

The two families discussed for a long time, but still couldn't find a better candidate. However, the discussion was still the same, and finally everyone decided that only two brothers, Sheng Xuan and Sheng Hao, would be enough.

Sheng Hao was unwilling to go. Sheng Xuan thought that his wife and children would not go, and he had to go to Hejian County thousands of miles away and face Old Man Sheng and Cui alone, so he was unwilling to go too.

But even though he was unwilling, since Sheng Hao didn't want to go, he had to go. After all, he was the third child and Sheng Hao's third brother. "How about I go." Sheng Xuan said.

"Dad, if you leave, our family still has these shops... Besides, it's not a good idea to have no man to support the family." Zhang said, "Otherwise, let me and the kid's fourth aunt go?"

"That's fine," Liu replied. But from her expression, it was clear that she was unwilling to go.

But if two women were to go to Hejian County, 2,000 miles away, how could their families feel at ease without a man to take care of them? Xiaowen was still young and had to go to school, so the discussion on this matter had not yet yielded any results.

Xin brought Jiayu to visit these two days. While chatting, Zhang told her about this. Xin said that since they would leave next year anyway, she would talk to Sheng Yuguai when she returned and ask him to think of a solution.

But life goes on, Sheng Xuan is still focusing on the water conservancy work every day, but Xiao Lan is not so leisurely recently because He Mingyu came to visit her.

Xiao Lan couldn't help coughing when she saw He Mingyu coming. This guy never came to visit for no reason. Xiao Lan looked at the weather today. It was the beginning of the coldest days of winter. The weather was extremely cold. What could have made Lord He come here in the cold weather?

"Young master, didn't you go to private school?" He Ming asked in a familiar manner.

Xiao Wen glanced at Xiao Lan, and seeing that she had no intention of interfering, he said on time, "Our teacher is sick, so he let us go on winter break early. My second sister said that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles, and theory still needs to be combined with practice, so I have been studying with my second sister recently."

He Mingyu nodded and praised, "Miss Xiaolan is indeed very smart. Although most people know this truth, there are very few who can put it into practice. No wonder you were able to pass the examination at such a young age. This is really inseparable from your sister's teachings."

Xiao Lan couldn't help coughing twice. He Ming was just flattering her. Even a dull person could tell that he wanted to ask her for something.

Xiao Lan smiled and said, "Master He, you are too kind. I wonder what brings you to my house this time?"

He Mingyu obviously didn't expect Xiao Lan to ask so directly. He had a lot of polite words in his mind that he hadn't said yet, but he had to hold them in his stomach at this moment.

He pretended to hesitate for a while, then asked shamelessly, "I heard that Miss Xiaolan is planning to open a ranch next year?"

Xiao Lan nodded with a smile, "Speaking of this, I have to thank Lord He. I was able to go to Quanshui Town thanks to Lord He."

He Mingyu smiled and asked, "How big a ranch do you plan to open, Miss Xiaolan?"

"We are currently considering raising a thousand sheep. This is already a huge expense. I can't afford any more. Besides, we also need to buy land?" Xiao Lan said.

"Land is not a problem," He Mingyu replied with a smile. "Miss Xiaolan, the more than 500 acres of land to the west and south of our horse farm are currently unoccupied. They are all under the name of the court. You can cut the grass there and graze your cattle there. If you are worried, we can sign a contract with you. We will not charge you rent for that piece of land for ten years, and we will neither rent nor sell it. What do you think?"

Not only Xiaolan was surprised by this condition, but even Xiaowen opened his mouth in amazement.

Xiao Wen looked at He Mingyu carefully in surprise, as if he didn't know him. In his impression, He Mingyu was not such a generous person.

Xiao Lan was even more so, and she never believed in good things that fell from the sky. She carefully asked, "I wonder what conditions Lord He has?"

"Sure, sure." He Mingyu said with a smile, "If Miss Xiaolan wants to build a ranch, she will definitely need a lot of people to help cut grass and raise livestock. It just so happens that I have more than 500 people on hand now, let them help."

"Hehehe... I won't ask Miss Xiaolan to treat them too well. She only needs to provide them with three meals a day and one pound of food per person. It doesn't matter whether it's coarse grain or fine grain. We won't be picky."

Xiao Lan stuttered a little, "Master He, even if I build a ranch, I don't need so many people, right?"

"Yes," Xiao Wen took over the conversation and said worriedly, "My second sister has been worrying about the money to buy lambs these days. The money at home is not enough, and you have added more than 500 mouths. We can't afford to feed them..."

"Miss Xiaolan, you have to think about this matter carefully. The conditions are only for now. When spring comes, things will be different."

He Mingyu continued to lobby, "Now that Liaodong Prefecture is becoming more and more stable, the price of this land will only become more and more valuable. I can make a ten-year commitment, which already represents my sincerity. I know that Miss Xiaolan has great ambitions, great abilities, and great ambitions. Although you only plan to raise a thousand sheep on this ranch, I believe you will definitely expand the scale in the future. Even if you rent out this five hundred acres of land, you should earn a hundred or so taels a year."

Xiao Wen curled his lips after hearing this, "Master He, please don't bully us because we are young and don't understand the market. Our Liaodong Prefecture is a border area, and the location you mentioned is close to the Jin Dynasty, right? Who would be willing to buy land there? I'm afraid you can't sell it, so you deliberately come to deceive us, right?"

He Mingyu smiled and said, "Our general is stationed here. The Hu people will be terrified. Will they be afraid that they won't be able to sell the land?"

Xiao Lan rolled her eyes and said, "Even if my family wants to build a ranch, with more than 500 people, it will take ten days or half a month to complete it, right?"

He Mingyu smiled and said, "How can it be that fast? It will take at least a month at the fastest."

Xiao Lan secretly cursed the old fox. For one month, she was responsible for the food of more than 500 people. Plus one pound of food per person per day, the accumulated food would be enough for more than 500 people to get through the winter smoothly.

This was equivalent to Xiao Lan helping them for a whole winter. She thought about it in her mind and realized that if she had the money to buy enough lambs and calves, it was not impossible to help them. On the contrary, it was very cost-effective.