Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"Hey, have you heard that the women in Shengjia Village are helping Master Sheng's family make winter clothes? I heard that this time they are making them for the soldiers stationed at the border."

"Yes, yes, yes. I heard that every woman who makes clothes in Shengjia Village can receive a sum of money."

"The people of Shengjia Village will benefit from this..."

"I heard that Miss Xiaolan is going to start building a ranch, but the people who will build the ranch are people assigned by the government. I heard that they are using these cotton clothes to pay for it..."

"I heard that they are going to raise the calves and lambs in front. I heard that this ranch is not small..."

"It would be great if we could really raise so many. We would need to hire people to take care of so many cattle and sheep."

"I don't know if I can get a chance to meet someone from Shengjia Village. Ask them to ask for a place for me..."

Xiaoting is a girl who stays at home waiting to get married, and she doesn't go out very often, but Xiaoyan is different, she often goes out. Recently, she found that there are always people around her, very attentive, wherever she goes to chat, there are people serving her tea, pouring water and moving stools.

Xiaoyan just raised her eyebrows and didn't ask the reason. She just told Xiaolan about it.

"Now, everyone in the surrounding area knows that we are going to build a large ranch. The ranch will need a lot of calves and lambs. In the past few days, many people have come to our house to send calves. These people have seen it and naturally have an idea in their minds. They know that we will need to hire workers next year, so they want to please you so as to earn a quota."

Xiaoyan thought about the scale of the ranch that Xiaolan planned. She said nothing but nodded. Liaodong Prefecture is short of everything except labor, especially in winter and during the slack season. There are more people. In other words, during the busy farming season, there is a shortage of manpower. If you want to hire someone to work at that time, you have to plan ahead.

"If anyone asks you, don't agree casually. Just say that the boss will have his own arrangements next year." During dinner, Xiao Lan told her family about her thoughts.

The family naturally agreed.

Xiao Lan's move to bring back sheep from Quanshui Town this year greatly encouraged butchers in the county and town. The risk is high, but the profit is also high, so many butchers want to go out and have a look, and some have already taken action.

That day Xiao Lan went to do business with Zhang the butcher.

This time, Butcher Zhang drove over 320 calves. However, after not seeing them for two months, he had become very thin.

It seemed that Xiao Lan was here. He breathed a sigh of relief. "Miss Xiao Lan, I can finally see you alive."

Xiao Lan noticed that the butcher Zhang had a scar on his face and asked in surprise, "What happened?"

Butcher Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Fortunately, I listened to Miss Xiaolan's advice. We encountered robbers on the road, but fortunately there were not many of them. We had more than ten good fighters on our side, so we were able to save the sheep and calves. Otherwise, we would have lost everything this time."

"The road from Liaodong Prefecture to Quanshui Town is relatively easy to travel. If we go further north, it will be chaotic..."

It seems to be the sequelae of robbing the Arab horses last time, Xiao Lan thought to herself.

"How many people are there on the other side?" Xiao Lan asked.

"There are only about 10 or 20 people in the group. Fortunately, there are not many of them, otherwise we would have been killed there."

"Then this business..."

Butcher Zhang thought for a moment and shook his head, "It's fine to Quanshui Town, but it won't work if we leave Quanshui Town. Miss Xiaolan, we brought back a lot of sheep this time, and I can't eat so many..."

These were what Xiaolan needed, so she was naturally happy to accept them.

Butcher Zhang naturally couldn't give up this business, so he said, "If you want more calves, I'll find them for you here...but I guess we won't have as many as this time."

Xiao Lan nodded and forced a smile on her face, "Thank you very much..."

Xiao Lan settled the bill with him, and after the payment was made, Xiao Wen started to take his men to drive the calves and sheep home.

"Uncle Zhang, you've been to a lot of places along the way, and I have something I need your help with," Xiao Lan said.

Butcher Zhang leaned forward slightly and said with a smile, "Miss Xiaolan, just tell me. I will definitely do my best to help you if I can."

"You know, I don't have time to go out now, so I would like to ask you to help me promote my ranch on the way when you go out next time. If anyone wants to sell calves, just bring them here. I will definitely give them a suitable price."

It was just a message, and Butcher Zhang agreed immediately.

Xiao Lan went to find He Mingyu again and asked him to connect with the government, hoping to support the construction of the cattle farm through official channels and attract more people to sell calves here.

The government thought that if Xiaolan's ranch raised more cattle, they would inevitably need to use her cattle when renting land in the future. Now that people have come to them for help, it is just a piece of cake, so they are naturally happy to do it.

With these two approaches, quite a few people actually moved their calves to Xiaolan's ranch to sell them. Some were cattle dealers, and more of them came in groups and brought their own calves to sell.

Xiaolan's price was fair. For some families who lived far away, Xiaolan would give them extra travel expenses for bringing a calf over, even though it would take several days. This was a considerable income for farmers who could not earn much money a month. After the news spread, families with calves were more willing to bring their calves to the farm to sell them. This incident caused the price of calves on the market to rise a little.

By the time of the winter solstice, the number of cattle on the ranch had reached 1,010. Xiao Lan then spread the word that the ranch would no longer accept cattle after ten days.

As for why they didn't collect the cattle on the same day, it was naturally out of consideration for those who were already on the way. It would be impossible for people to work hard to pull the cattle over, but the ranch didn't collect them.

There is strength in numbers. At this time, the cattle shed and rooms of the ranch have been built, and more than a thousand cows have been driven into the cattle shed. Xiao Lan divided the cattle shed into three areas, with 300 cows in each area, and there are not many left.

Each district has a district chief who is in charge of three people, and each person is responsible for about a hundred calves.

The big rivers and small streams coordinate the affairs of the ranch.

Feeding so many cows is also a problem, and the harvesting of grass naturally needs to be done manually. Anyway, Xiao Lan has to take care of the food rations for more than 500 people, so she simply lets them cut grass.

The daily settlement was based on food, and there were too many people. In order to prevent looting, Xiao Lan specifically asked He Ming to arrange people to maintain order.