Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

It was already past four in the afternoon when they arrived.

Zhang Xinshu first led them all to Zhao Yuanzhen's yard.

The rooms for the two little guys had been prepared long ago, and someone had sent them water for washing. They washed up first and then came out to eat.

Zhang Xinshu specifically instructed the kitchen to prepare some Yangzhou dishes.

Give the two little ones a change of taste.

When Zhao Yuanzhen took Zhang Ziyou and Zhang Zipei to eat, the meal was already served.

"Mom, you've worked hard all the way. Come and have dinner."

Zhang Xinshu warmly invited them to have dinner.

After eating and staying for a while, Zhang Xinshu asked them to go back to their rooms to rest.

After traveling for more than ten days, I think he must be very tired.

Zhang Xinshuo ordered Sang Bai to assign a maid and a nanny to Zhang Ziyou and Zhang Zipei to take care of their daily lives.

Although there was a bed in the RV, it was still very tiring to walk all the way, and Zhao Yuanzhen was really exhausted.

I went back to my room and fell asleep.

As the time for Zhang Xinshu to take over was approaching and he was a bit busy these days, he let them move freely.

Mainly the two little ones.

As for Zhao Yuanzhen, Zhang Xinshuo doesn't need to worry about her at all.

Zhao Yuanzhen arranged for Lan Ying to take her maids and old women, and also took Zhang Ziyou and Zhang Zipei to play in Yangzhou City.

She herself went to various shops in the city to check the accounts.

I went to the workshop in the other courtyard to check and count the inventory.

Since the typhoon two years ago, many buildings in Yangzhou Prefecture have been destroyed.

The post-disaster reconstruction has been almost completed in the past two years, but many ancient buildings are still in ruins.

The economy has recovered long ago.

This may be the advantage of living in economically developed areas.

As long as the speed of post-disaster reconstruction is fast enough, it will basically not affect economic development.

Because of the typhoon that year, the sales of Zhang's shops and Zhao Yuanzhen's personal charity more than doubled.

Common people always choose Zhang's shop as their first choice when buying things.

Zhang's shop not only has a wide variety of goods and high quality, but also reasonable prices.

After the typhoon, it was thanks to the Zhang family’s grain shop that the grain prices were kept down that most people’s lives were saved.

Because Zhang’s shop has sufficient food.

Although there were purchase restrictions in the early stages, you could still buy one every few days, and the price was even cheaper than before the typhoon.

Other grain shops that were compared with the others did not dare to raise the grain prices too high.

This move won the hearts of many people.

In the past few years, part of the grain produced by his family's land was consumed by the grain shop, and the rest was enough for everyone to eat for a year, including those in the manor and Nancheng Garden.

The rest were all collected by Zhang Xinshuo.

He was really scared.

The weather in the south is unpredictable, and he was afraid that the typhoon would come again, so he had to be adequately prepared.

He even installed a small boat in the space.

Just in case.

After counting the inventory in the farm, Zhao Yuanzhen went to Yancheng, where she owned a lot of land.

She came over to check it out.

The fields are now planted with winter wheat.

Standing at the edge of the wheat field, it is a vast expanse of green, like a green ocean.

As the breeze blows, the wheat waves roll, making a rustling sound, as if telling the joy of the upcoming harvest.

The undulating mountains in the distance contrast beautifully with the wheat fields, forming a beautiful pastoral landscape.

The fields here are planted three times a year, so the output is three times that of the farm in Xiaoshan County, Yanshan Prefecture.

The manager spotted Zhao Yuanzhen and hurried over to greet her.

"Madam, Madam, you are back!"

"Well, how's it going here at the Grange?"

"Everything is fine. This time we're planting wheat, and we'll be able to harvest it around December. We'll take care of the land, let it dry, and then we can plant the next batch."

"Well, have you decided what to plant for the next batch?"

"The tentative plan is to plant a waterway."

In this land of fish and rice, most crops are grown on rice.

"Well, okay, then just follow your plan. Are the hired officials honest?"

"Madam, they are all honest and hardworking, and they are all good at their work."

"Okay. Go ahead and do your work. I'll take a look around on my own."

"Yes, ma'am."

As she walked and looked at the mountain opposite, she thought about buying a piece of mountain and growing some seasonings and spices.

Although there are many mountains in Yanshan Prefecture that they purchased themselves, they cannot be used for cultivation.

Let’s talk about the climate issue first.

Secondly, she planted a lot of medicinal herbs and rubber grass on the mountain.

Zhao Yuanzhen was thinking about her rubber grass. The last time she took Zhang Zijin to Yanshan Prefecture, she built a rubber factory by the way.

The sap of rubber grass is collected to make rubber, and finally tires.

Due to the limitations of iron, the rubber tires made by Zhao Yuanzhen only have the outermost black rubber ring.

The rubber ring is made to the size of most gears and is directly put on the wheel. Because the opening is narrow, it is relatively secure when put into the wooden tire.

Such tires can have a great shock-absorbing and shock-proof effect.

The machine for making tires was also specially customized by Zhao Yuanzhen.

The main material needed to make tires is rubber.

But a wide variety of auxiliary materials are also needed.

Some are chemical products and none at all.

Zhao Yuanzhen can only be purchased from the system mall.

Being struck by lightning once again, the body also accepted the punishment.

Due to the special nature of the materials, all tires produced by Zhao Yuanzhen's rubber tire workshop are not for sale.

The main reason is that she doesn't want to be struck by lightning every day.

The cost of rubber tires is a bit high, and the highest cost is the blood of the material that Zhao Yuanzhen spat out.

Therefore, she does not plan to sell the tires she produces.

But she was generous enough to replace the wheels of all the transport teams with rubber tires.

He also instructed Zhang Yu.

If any of the transport team's tires are damaged, they need to be replaced.

You must report and register your old tires before you can replace them with new ones.

She gave a portion of the tires produced to the magistrate of Xiaoshan County, and later gave some to Zhao Yuanlan and His Majesty.

I have to give it to him. If one day His Majesty finds out that I have such a good thing and don't give it to him, he will probably think I am stingy.

The process of manufacturing tires is complicated. Apart from the tires used for domestic replacement, there are not many left after one year's production.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked Zhang Yu to take good care of the rubber tires, especially the inventory, to make sure no one could take them out secretly.

After all, these are all my hard work.

She wanted to grow many kinds of spices and condiments in the mountains of Yangzhou Prefecture, but the place was too small to accommodate them all.

Plants like cinnamon, perilla, angelica, star anise, lemongrass, monk fruit, cumin, etc. all need to be planted.

Regarding purchasing land, we have to find Zhang Xinshu, after all, he is the prefect.

And you can’t buy those in the provincial capital, they are expensive.

Choose a place in a remote corner where there are relatively few people, so that the mountains are not only cheap but also easy to manage.

Having made up her mind, she took out the map and began to study it.

Finally, we chose the southernmost part of Yangzhou Prefecture, bordering Suzhou.

There are continuous mountains over there, with many densely packed mountains and sparse population. After planting, you don’t have to watch over the plants every day.

It looks OK on the map, but you still have to go to the site to see it for sure.

Zhao Yuanzhen acted immediately. He asked Huang Rong to deliver the letter to Zhang Xinshu, and then he rode directly to the mountains.

Although the cities of various prefectures in the Jiangnan region are densely populated, it still takes about a day to travel from Yangzhou Prefecture to Suzhou Prefecture.

Zhao Yuanzhen rode on horseback. At night, he entered the ring space and returned to the villa area to sleep. In the morning, he continued on his journey.

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon when we reached the mountain range on the map.

Fortunately, this mountain range is marked on the map of Yangzhou Prefecture.

The mountains are continuous. Zhao Yuanzhen put Xiao Hei into the space and walked up by herself.

The mountain range was huge, so she turned on the scan.

Once you enter a treasure mountain, you can’t return empty-handed!

Scanned various rare medicinal herbs, mushrooms, and precious trees.

Zhao Yuanzhen transplanted all of them into her own space.

We encountered many small animals, including pheasants, wild rabbits, wild ducks, mountain birds, etc., and caught a lot of them.

This mountain range is huge, and I didn’t take a close look at it when I was exploring for minerals before, but now I’ve walked through it carefully and checked out the various types of vegetation.

There is a relatively flat area halfway up the mountain, and Zhao Yuanzhen decided to plant the seasoning trees and spice trees here.

It took me several days to finally get around this mountain range.

The goods received are also full.

The mountain range of medicinal herbs in his ring space is basically full of transplants.

Zhao Yuanzhen also transplanted a lot of precious trees.

After the exploration, the approximate area of ​​the system was also measured.

The entire mountain range covers approximately 12 acres of land.

Zhao Yuanzhen plans to buy them all.

So she rode back.

When I got home, it was already the next afternoon.

Zhang Ziyou and Zhang Zipei were not at home and were taken out to play.

Zhang Xinshu was not at home either, he was in the government office.

She washed up, changed her clothes, and went to the government office.

"Hello, Madam. Are you here to see the young master?"

Zhao Yuanzhen had worked in Yangzhou Prefecture before. Basically, everyone in the government office knew her unless they were new.

"Well, is the young master in the government office?"

"Yes, yes. I'll go and inform them for you."

"No need, go ahead and do your work, I can go in by myself."

"Yes, ma'am."

When Zhao Yuanzhen went in, Zhang Xinshu was reviewing official documents.

"Busy?"

"Mom! You're back!"

"Well, I went to investigate a mountain range and I want to buy it. Can you tell me how to sell it?"

"Okay, mother, which mountain range do you like?"

Zhang Xinshu ordered the Tongzhi to bring the map.

"Sir, I have brought the map."

"Well, okay, Mom, look at which mountain range it is?"

Zhang Xinshu handed the map to Zhao Yuanzhen, who took the map and found the mountain range he wanted to buy.

"This mountain range stretches from here to here. I went to investigate these days. It's about 12 acres. How much do you think this is worth?"

Zhang Xinshu looked at the piece that Zhao Yuanzhen pointed to.

It's really a huge mountain range.

"Tongzhi Wang, take a look at how this mountain range is being sold."

In order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Xinshu called Wang Tongzhi over.