Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Zhou Guo answered them one by one in a leisurely manner, "Uncle, how many people are there in your family and how many acres of land do you have? I see you didn't buy fertilizer this year. Do you know where those families in the village are? How is the harvest on the land?"

When the man heard this, he clapped his hands and sighed, "Great, great, I think they can get three or four more bushels per mu of land than last year. The worst land can probably get more than two bushels. Those families with more land and better land can get several more bushels of grain this year. Several bushels is enough to pay the tax."

He regretted it very much. Many people advised him to buy fertilizer, but he felt that it was not a good thing and he might have to pay even more in the end.

But now it seems that, regardless of whether the money has been repaid or not, the extra grain in the fields cannot be faked.

Zhou Guo chatted with him for a while, and the man took the initiative to take them to the dozen or so fields.

There happened to be someone in the field.

All along the way, it was land.

Zhou Guo looked along the way and saw both good and bad things.

Someone saw the man leading a few strangers and asked, "Wu Laoer, who are they?"

The man said, "They are from Feizhuang in Cangshan Village. They came to see how the crops in your fields are growing."

When they heard that it was Fei Zhuang's people, everyone's eyes lit up, and they came forward together, taking every opportunity to talk to Zhou Guo and the other two.

By the time we arrived at the field of the person who bought the fertilizer, the team had grown to a group of more than 20 people.

Someone said from afar: "Wu Zhuzi, someone from Cangshan Village has come to see how your harvest is going."

When the man heard this, he hurried over. Fei Zhuang was their benefactor and creditor, so they dared not neglect him.

When he saw Zhou Guo, he was surprised again, "Hey, Mr. Zhou is here, why did Mr. Zhou come in person?"

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It's almost autumn harvest time. Since I've sold the fertilizer to you guys, I must come and see how effective it is. How is the harvest this year compared to last year?"

They were all honest farmers who could not speak. Before they opened their mouths, they smiled and said, "Good, very good. It's different with fertilizer. Crops are like food. They grow quickly. We can harvest at least three more shi of grain this year. We can pay you back and keep more."

Zhou Guo reminded: "In addition to grain, you can also use beans as a substitute, so you can save more grain for your family."

If there are many livestock at home, you have to prepare more fodder. If there is really a lot, you can use it to make soy sauce, which can be sold for a lot of money.

"Haha, I know, but we don't have many beans at home, so we can only return the food."

Everyone else who got the news came and greeted Zhou Guo.

Zhou Guo looked at each family one by one.

"The harvest from this acre of land doesn't seem to be as good as the two acres of land just now. Uncle, what kind of land is this? Did you not apply fertilizer?"

The old man exclaimed, "I didn't expect you to be able to see this at your young age. Yes, this acre of land is inferior land, and the harvest is poor every year. I thought that I would not waste fertilizer here, and put it all into the good land, so that I can harvest more food. I didn't apply any fertilizer to this acre of land."

Zhou Guo nodded, it seemed to be true.

After checking the fields of every household and answering questions from other villagers, they said goodbye and went to the next village.

The villagers reluctantly saw them off, and the other families decided to buy fertilizer next year as well, thinking it was a really good deal.

In one day, she visited more than ten villages in the county and received very good feedback. The remaining households in these ten villages decided to buy fertilizer next year.

In two days, she and her men visited all the villages in the two counties where fertilizer was sold.

I probably know what kind of harvest these people can get this year, so I'm sure they can pay off the debt. I just need to come back in ten days or so.

After exploring the two counties, it was time to focus on our own county. This year, all the people in the county bought fertilizers from the villages. This project could not be completed by Zhou Guo alone.

All the skilled farmers from the Li family's farm in Zhougu followed him there, leaving only Wu Ya and Xu at home.

Zhou Guo had no choice but to ask the housekeeper to assign a woman who was careful and skillful at work to the house to take care of her daily life to prevent any accidents.

Wu Ya didn't say anything. Everyone was busy like a top at this time. If she couldn't help, she would try not to cause more trouble. If this could make her family feel at ease, she would accept it.

It took the group six days to finally explore all the villages. Zhou Guo even had an idea of ​​how much grain each household could harvest this year.

Not only did she have a good harvest this year, but other families in the county also had a good harvest. The county's tax revenue this year will probably be fine.

After the visit, the autumn harvest began.

Now there is no need to sell fertilizer, and I no longer collect ashes or night-blooming incense.

She took back all the cars, rented out the cars in the car dealership, and rented twenty ox carts in the village.

Just wait until the autumn harvest and then go to the village to collect grain.

Five days after the autumn harvest began, Zhou Guo waved his hand and sent out a convoy of ten vehicles in a group.

Start collecting from the farthest point, outside the county.

When the convoy entered the village, the other villagers were extremely envious.

This really doesn't require any effort on their part. Someone is delivering and someone is collecting. All they have to do is use the food, and when they are done, they can send the excess food away. The remaining food is like free food. How could there be such a cheap thing in the world? Why were they so fooled that they didn't go? !

The other villages along the way were regretting their decision to the core.

Especially those people who spit at Quanzi Erpang at the beginning, they should slap themselves twice when they wake up from the dream. How could they be so blinded by greed that they didn’t believe people when they came to them? Now they have offended people so much. I don’t know if they will still sell to them when they come to them next year.

In fact, Quanzi Erpang didn't remember them at all. He only knew which village they were from, but he couldn't remember what they looked like. He was so busy every day that he didn't even have time to pee, so how could he remember these trivial things?

Zhou Guo couldn't stay at the farm, so he followed them to the village. Seeing ten empty trucks filled with bags of grain and then transporting the food back along the same route, he felt that all his hard work over the past few months was worth it.

Watching the two warehouses being filled up little by little gives me a greater sense of accomplishment than watching the money jars at home being filled up little by little.

Li looked at the warehouse full of food, dumbfounded, and asked Zhou Guo after a while: "How many stones of grain are there?"

Everyone looked at her. Although she had been busy every day for the past half month, they had no idea how much she had collected.

Zhou Guo couldn't hold back his smile, "Not much, the three counties combined only have a little over 4,365 shi."

"How many??!"

"More than four thousand three hundred stones!!"

The whole family was stunned, and Zhou Mai and others opened their mouths so wide that eggs could fit in them.

Zhou Mi murmured, "Oh my God, our family only has 30 acres of land, how can so much food be grown?"

Zhou Mai's eyes widened. "Don't even mention thirty acres, even if it's three hundred acres, it won't grow this much!"