After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

Zhang Hulan's words had invigorated the Zhang family, who felt their future would be bright and promising. If Zhang Hulan truly became a landlord, their lives would surely be no worse.

After a quick meal, Zhang Hulan asked Zhang Hubing and Zhang Hujun to go deliver the goods together. She was still a little worried that Ding Mingao might cause trouble, so she asked Zhang Hubing to go along to reassure her.

Zhang Hulan didn't know that her worries were unnecessary.

After Zhang and the others left the county, Wu Deyong had Tian Wu go to Ding Mingao and reveal that Zhang Hulan and Ye Hongyun had a good relationship. Ding Mingao was so frightened that he immediately prepared a generous gift to apologize to Ye Hongyun.

After Zhang Hujun and Zhang Hubing left, Zhang Hulan went to pay the people who had helped over the past two days.

She immediately saw Zhang Hulan enter the yard, and she was so scared that she hid inside the house. The man had been badly beaten by Zhang Hulan the day before, and she was worried that if Zhang Hulan knew she was the one who brought the man home, she would break her legs too.

Seeing Ma walking into the house, Zhang Hulan called out to her, "Ma Da Jiao, why are you leaving? I've paid Brother Yonggui's wages. Sixty cents, take it."

Ma hid her hands behind her back and rubbed them on her clothes, her eyes filled with joy. She stepped forward, and Zhang Hulan raised her hand, and Ma quickly took two steps back.

Zhang Hulan was puzzled. "What are you doing?"

Seeing Zhang Hulan holding the copper coins, Ma took two steps forward and said with an awkward smile, "It's okay...it's okay..."

Zhang Hulan slapped the copper coins into her hands and said, "Count them, and don't say there are too few later."

Ma quickly waved her hands, "No need to count, no need to count, there will definitely be a lot."

Trust her so much? Zhang Hulan thought Ma was a little strange. But she didn't think much of it and turned to leave, still going to pay the others.

After Zhang Hulan left, Ma patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's okay..."

Zhang Hulan went to pay the wages of the other people, but they all said they didn't want them. Zhang Hulan just put the copper coins on their table and said that they didn't want wages, and she would feel embarrassed to ask them for help if she had any problems in the future.

After paying Zhao Cheng his wages, Zhang Hulan asked Zhao Guoliang to measure her land.

Wang and the others had nothing to do in the afternoon, so they all went with them.

Old Man Zhang also went along, and Zhang Hulan advised him, "Dad, your legs are not convenient for you, so why don't you go?"

Old man Zhang was reluctant. "It's okay. My legs don't hurt much anymore. I'll walk slowly. You guys go ahead. You don't have to wait for me."

How could he not go to such a big thing as buying land? Old man Zhang felt that he was still the mainstay of the family and he had to go and help his daughter with the plan.

Zhao Guoliang smiled and said, "I'll go get the oxcart and let your father ride in it."

Old man Zhang said hurriedly, "No, no, it's not far, I can walk there no problem."

Wang glared at Old Man Zhang and said, "You're alright, but the headman is busy. Why are you making everyone wait for you?"

In the end, Zhao Guoliang drove the ox cart from home and took Old Man Zhang to the big ditch.

When they arrived at Dagou, Zhang Hulan pointed to the side of the ditch that led toward the county town and said, "Uncle Village Head, start measuring from a distance of ten feet past Dagou. The area in front is also ten feet away from the main road. The area behind is at the foot of the mountain."

Sixty acres is not a small area, with a distance of nearly two hundred meters in both directions.

After measuring the area, Old Man Zhang asked, "Daniel, are you planning to dig a fish pond all over this wide area?"

Zhang Hulan nodded. "We'll dig fish ponds. Each pond will be about five mu (approximately 1.5 acres) in area, arranged like a field. We'll leave a ten-foot embankment between the two ponds, and plant fruit trees along the sides. We'll also build a wooden shed next to each pond for the ducks to shelter overnight."

Zhao Guoliang figured out what Zhang Hulan was going to do with the land and asked, "Hulan, are you planning to raise fish and ducks?"

"Yes, Uncle Lizheng, I want to do something more."

Zhao Guoliang nodded and said, "Hu Lan is really promising. But digging so many fish ponds will take a lot of work."

Zhang Hulan said, "It will take a lot of work, so I want to wait until the villagers have harvested the regenerated rice and planted the wheat, then ask the villagers to help me dig it."

"That's going to cost you a lot of money. Digging these ten fish ponds will definitely cost you more than building a house."

Zhang Hulan said, "You don't have to dig all at once. You can dig a few holes first and then dig the rest slowly."

Old man Zhang said again, "Dani'er, you're raising fish and ducks. You need someone to look after them from now on, right?"

Zhang Hulan nodded and said, "It needs someone to look after it, so I'm going to build a house here."

Old Man Zhang said, "Okay, your mother and I will live here and help you look after us from now on."

"Dad, don't worry. This will take at least until next year. And I want to move here in the future."

"You want to move here too? Then wouldn't the house you built in the village be in vain?"

"Why is it Bai Gai? When I move in, the house we live in now will be given to Big Brother or Hu Bing. It will be a good place for them to live. They won't have to squeeze in."

When Li and Xiang Chunhua heard Zhang Hulan say that she would give the house to them, they were both delighted. Who wouldn't be happy to get a house for free?

Zhao Guoliang said, "Hu Lan, if you're planning on hiring someone to dig a fish pond, you can have them start now. It just so happens that everyone's not busy right now. By the time the second crop of millet is harvested, we'll probably have two fish ponds dug."

Old Man Zhang also said, "That's right. It's not busy now. If you want to dig, you can start now. You can do your business, and leave the fish pond to me. I'll take care of it for you."

Zhang Hulan didn't expect that Zhao Guoliang and her father were even more anxious than her, and they did it right away.

She asked, "Dad, how are your legs?"

Old man Zhang was full of confidence. "Why not? I won't be doing any work. I'll just be giving instructions from the side. It's no problem."

Zhang Hulan asked Zhao Guoliang, "Uncle Village Head, how much should I pay everyone every day?"

Zhao Guoliang said, "When we build houses, everyone in the village helps each other. You have to be paid for digging the fish pond. Some pay 20 wen a day, some pay 30 wen a day. It depends on how you pay."

Zhang Hulan thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Village Head, I'll give each of us 30 wen a day as wages, but I won't provide meals. Is that okay with you?"

Thirty cents per person a day, and hiring a hundred people would only cost three taels of silver a day. The money earned every day is enough to cover the starting wages.

She had about ten taels of silver in her hand before, and with the silver she earned during this period, she now has nearly forty taels of silver in her hand, which allows her to make ends meet.

Zhao Guoliang nodded. "That's fine. Thirty cents is not cheap even without food."

"Then please ask Uncle Li Zheng to help me spread the news. Those who are willing to come and work can come to my father."

Zhang Hulan then said to Old Man Zhang, "Dad, I'll leave the task of digging the fish pond to you."

Old man Zhang smiled and said, "No problem."

Old man Zhang is very happy that he can be of use again now and doesn't have to live off the fat of the land.

Zhang Hulan then climbed up the hillside behind her and looked down, taking in the entire land she had purchased. She was going to buy the entire area and turn it into a manor, her very own...