Traveling back to ancient times begins with the use of stone tools

After Leng Ruoxue finished her instructions, she went to Lengjia Village.

Nangong Yi, Leng Zejin and Eunuch Wang looked at the flood on the mountain. Was this a river that had collapsed? Or was there already a river here?

Or was it because the mountain was corroded by the river that caused the landslide?

They all brought guards with them, so they dared to climb such a high mountain. It is said that the villagers were chopping firewood at the foot of the mountain. Later, they learned that Dongshan was bought by Leng Ruoxue. After asking, everyone still went to Dongshan to chop firewood.

"The mountain must have been eroded by the river, which caused the landslide. Fortunately, the village was not flooded."

Nangong Yi gave a conclusion.

Because only the mountain near the village has rocks, there are no rocks anywhere else.

"How about we prepare some dry food and go along the river to see where the source is?"

Nangong Yi glanced at Leng Ruoxue. She bought Dongshan, and a mountain road collapsed in Dongshan, which made it much more convenient to enter the county town. Now she bought Xishan, and Xishan also collapsed. Although the collapse was not as serious, but...is it possible that a waterway was collapsed?

"Okay, prepare some dry food. We'll go check it out tomorrow morning. Has your county government received it?"

"Not yet. It's as poor as Lengjia Village used to be. It seems that there is nothing to hand over except debts."

Nangong Yi didn't dare to say anything, "I'll go prepare some dry food."

Turning around and leaving, Leng Ruoxue was very satisfied with her work. Unfortunately, it was a mistake that she did not buy a boat in advance.

Those who have purchased the space need to allocate it. Once they have sand and rocks, they can make arrangements to repair the kiln and burn glass.

Her money can support a village, but it can support a county town... It's a bit difficult, not impossible, but it will delay the development of the space.

After returning to the village, I first checked the pig farm and chicken farm.

There were more than 100 piglets in the pig farm, all of which were castrated as Leng Ruoxue requested. Only two boars and 10 sows were prepared to give birth and were not castrated.

Feeding the pigs with pig grass dug from the mountains and purchased rice husks, if nothing unexpected happens, they will be ready for slaughter by the end of the year.

We raise more than a hundred chickens, feeding them earthworms and wild grass. We don't have the luxury of feeding them millet yet, so we also raise separate breeding chickens. The aunt in the village who can hatch chicks is mainly responsible for this.

He went to see the village chief again and discussed with him the plan to relocate the people from Fufeng Village.

This Fufeng Village originally had 60 households and more than 200 people. After a drought year, only 15 households and more than 80 people were left.

It is said that Fufeng Village is located at the wind's outlet, with strong winds all year round and many small whirlwinds on weekdays. One can even hold the wind when walking, so it is called Fufeng Village. No one knows what crops can be grown in the fields, but it is definitely poor.

The village can still accommodate 15 households, and each household can get two acres of land that has not been sold.

In the past, Leng Ruoxue had to buy fields and land to be resettled, but now, she can be resettled with just one sentence.

She has adjusted the fields in the village into a whole piece, which just happens not to conflict with the original fields in Lengjia Village.

"Are there only so many people left in Fufeng Village?"

The village chief was a little bit incredulous.

"Yes, many died on the way to escape the famine, and many more died on the way back. Now there are only these people in a village. I don't think we need to go to that place. I guess there won't be anything produced in the fields."

“So are they still joining the cooperative?”

"No, if I divide the land and house, I won't join the cooperative. Otherwise, the cooperative will be too chaotic and difficult to manage."

Leng Ruoxue just wanted to achieve unified management of the village through a cooperative. Now that everything is almost done, she doesn't want to bother with any more trouble.

"There are not enough people in the village, and we need a lot of firewood and adobe bricks. If they come, we can let them do the work."

I hope they can earn enough food for the winter. It’s not like they are being kept in vain.

“There are still many idle people in the village now.”

Just as they were looking forward to good days, the village chief was a little hesitant.

“People in the village will have work in a few days.”

"That's fine, you don't have to discuss this with me."

The village chief understood that Leng Ruoxue still took care of the people of Lengjia Village.

"If the village chief has no objection, I will arrange 30 people, pay each person 25 coins a day, and ask a yamen runner to help the people of Feng Village move, okay?"

It costs money to hire a bullock cart, so just take a few carts. Labor is worthless now anyway.

Before the village chief could even think of sending those people, Leng Ruoxue spoke again, "Build another kiln next to the brick kiln. I've already thought of a location. Let Uncle Liu tell you the details. We're going to open a cement factory over there. I estimate that we'll need 2 to 30 regular people in the future. Let's gather our manpower first and build the cement factory."

Originally Leng Ruoxue didn't want to build a cement factory, but now she has to. The waste left over from burning bricks can be used to make cement, saving costs.

There are two towns and eight villages in Qingyuan County, plus the county seat, with a total population of less than 10,000. Now it seems that Leng Ruoxue needs to feed 5,000 people until the autumn harvest next year.

It is not appropriate to raise it for nothing, we have to find something to do, so let’s start with infrastructure construction.

"Let the yamen runners notify the people in Fufeng Village to prepare today. Our people will set out early tomorrow morning and try to bring the people back in the evening. However, just in case, everyone should prepare two days of food."

Leng Ruoxue had never been to Fufeng Village. She heard that it took half a day to get from Fufeng Village to the county town, and it might not be that fast if she carried luggage.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

These days, the village chief has been repeatedly asked by villagers if there are any jobs with free food.

Although making adobe bricks and chopping firewood can bring in income, it is still not as good as the job of providing meals. People want to save some food.

We also need to arrange to buy cattle. They will definitely be needed when the wharf is opened. The grain in the village has not been harvested yet, but the grain in other places should have been harvested. We also need to buy grain to store in the county granary, which all requires ox carts. Cows are also needed for infrastructure transportation. Now that spring has arrived, cows are also needed for farming...

After returning to the villa, he first asked the county government to send someone to notify Fufeng Village to relocate, and then asked Liu Datong to arrange a bunch of things. Then he went back to the house to write and draw, calculating how much silver he would need to maintain this county town for a year.

You wouldn't know until you calculate it. After the calculation, food alone would cost 720,000 taels. I really can't afford it. I need to work harder.

The cement formula must be kept confidential, and how to implement confidentiality measures needs to be planned.

Forget it, since the cement factory has been built, the glass factory should be built as well, and there is also soap production, which all needs to be kept confidential, so the materials can be imported openly.

Leng Ruoxue hurriedly made plans again. A paper mill was not a big deal. Thinking about the things that her hands had touched after using the toilet paper... Leng Ruoxue felt like she was eating Indian food and couldn't think about it too much.

I was busy until dark, and it was inconvenient to have no light bulb in the house.

So he simply ran to Liu Ruxu's yard to work.

For some reason Leng Zejin didn't come to accompany Leng Yuxuan today. The family of three happened to have a happy meal. Liu Ruxu was sewing underwear for Leng Ruoxue and watching the two children, one doing homework and the other making plans. They looked like a family now. It had been a long time since they had gathered together like this.