"I bought three plots of land. You keep them, my wife. After the New Year, I'll take the blueprints you drew and a few people to arrange them."
"You've worked hard, my husband. Come inside and warm up for a bit, I'll go cook."
Xiao Nan went to the kitchen and carefully examined the three land deeds.
One sheet covers 2,800 mu, another 1,400 mu, and another 9600 mu, totaling over 5,000 mu.
That's great! Even if we build the manor, there will still be 5,000 mu left. Adding this to the existing area, that makes over 6,000 mu. We can upgrade the space again in just a few years.
Having a capable husband is great. She threw the land deed into her spatial storage and prepared to cook.
An old woman came over to light the fire for her and asked, "It's winter, do you still need workers in the fields?"
"Yes, we need to stock up on ice, they can't be idle."
"Stocking up ice?"
"Yes, I'll buy a shop in the city and sell ice there."
"Won't that mean we'll need more manpower?"
"Well, people are easy to talk to, it's just a matter of whether they're reliable."
"If you expand your business too much, it will attract envious people."
"Don't worry, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. Master Qingchang said I'm destined for great fortune and will be fine. Besides, I'm a martial artist now."
There are many martial arts practitioners in the martial arts world.
"I'm incredibly lucky, haha."
Seeing her smug smile, the old woman laughed along.
Her husband had done a great service, so she had to cook something delicious. Since the weather was getting cooler, she decided to make a stew of mutton.
Fortunately, he brought back some mutton among the supplies. A pot of braised mutton with some crispy sesame flatbread would be so delicious.
With a large pot of mutton piled up, Xiao Nan said, "Grandma, have Juanjuan and Fengfeng go with you to call Wang Feng to come and eat together. There's so much, the three of us definitely can't finish it."
"it is good"
Grandma left happily. Meng Fei changed his clothes and came to the kitchen, grinning at Xiao Nan.
“Wife, I plan to buy all the wasteland in Fengzhou.”
"Then can you handle it?"
“We need to cultivate our own people. They don’t grow as many kinds of crops over there as we do here; they only grow grains. What do you think?”
"Alright, we're going to become the number one grain merchant in the Dragon Kingdom."
"necessary"
Speaking of this, Meng Fei felt that being a grain merchant was much more honorable than being a war king. Just think, half of the grain in the Dragon Kingdom was produced by his own family, how proud that was.
The land is free, and there are no taxes to pay for ten years; the family only needs to provide grain and seeds.
For the past ten years, our family has made a steady profit.
Therefore, we must seize the time and take over all the nearby wasteland, first Fengzhou, then Jingzhou, and continue south.
Forget about the north, it's too cold. We'll talk about the north after we've planted all the wasteland in the Dragon Kingdom with grain.
He had already planned in his mind that all the income would be given to his wife, and he would only be responsible for clearing wasteland and leading people to grow grain.
Promote these three high-yield and delicious grains throughout the Dragon Kingdom.
He talked incessantly to Xiao Nan in the kitchen, describing a bright future.
Xiao Nan listened with a smile the whole time. Her husband had ideals and was dedicated to serving the people; he was a good man.
Thinking of this, she suddenly wondered if, if this empire were handed over to her husband, would it be as prosperous as the Tang Dynasty in her previous life?
But will it still be as warm and cozy as it is now?
On the third day after Meng Fei returned, Xiao Nan cleaned up all the cucumbers in the one-acre plot by the back gate.
The mature cucumbers were kept for seeds, while all the young cucumbers were pickled.
We put all the small jars in the house to good use, making sauerkraut, pickled cucumbers, spicy radish strips, and pickled radishes—we got to work!
Meng Fei tilled the land, set up the shed, and cleaned up the vegetables in the backyard, tilling and setting up the shed there as well.
Xiao Nan took out the seeds from his spatial storage. The vegetables in the backyard were the same as last year: one part cucumber, one part chives, one part celery, and one part green beans.
She divided the one acre of land behind the gate into three parts, planting three parts wheat, three parts dryland rice, and three parts corn.
These weren't things Meng Fei found from other countries; they all came from her spatial dimension, products of her previous life's advanced technology.
It has a high yield, tastes good, and most importantly, it is not picky about where it is. It will grow wildly as long as there is soil. Its roots are particularly developed, and it can directly absorb all the nutrients from the ground.
Even without fertilizer, it can solve its own problem.
After the seeds were planted, Meng Fei came over every day to tend to them, watering them, letting them bask in the sun, covering them with straw mats at night, and making sure the fire in the stove wouldn't go out. He really went to great lengths to take care of them.
In early December, the last batch of medicinal herbs from the fields were stored away, and the yams were put into the ice cellar.
The restaurant owner, besides ordering potatoes, also wanted yams.
At the same time, he signed a long-term purchase agreement with Xiao Nan, and of course, Xiao Nan also gave him the accompanying recipes.
Only when the restaurant is doing well will her potatoes and yams sell well.
Even Manager Liu came to visit; he had no choice but to come, as the girl hadn't shown her face for a year.
The master said to keep a close eye on her and follow her around asking for medicinal herbs; there will definitely be plenty.
So, as soon as they heard that Xiao Nan had returned, they quickly came looking for him.
Upon seeing him, Xiao Nan patted his head and said, "Haha, I was so busy that I completely forgot about you."
"Medicinal herbs, I need medicinal herbs, it's been a year."
"Husband, take Manager Liu to the ice cellar in the manor to inspect the goods. Remember to exchange money for goods on the spot."
"necessary."
Manager Liu followed Meng Fei in a sly manner, and the two walked like this, with a carriage following behind them.
"Where's that kid Yunpeng?"
"The boss hasn't been here lately; I heard he went south."
"If you have a way, contact that kid."
"Have!"
"Tell him to come over when he's free; I have something to discuss with him."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"From now on, there will only be Xiao Fei here, not Zhan Wang."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Meng Fei glared at him: "Do you want to get beaten up?"
"dare not"
When the two arrived at the ice cellar, they saw bags and bags of already processed medicinal herbs, and their hands trembled with excitement.
"Oh dear, if I had known there were so many, I should have come sooner."
"There are more than a dozen kinds of medicinal herbs here, all of which my wife planted especially for you."
"Hehe, no problem, no problem, but the price absolutely cannot be low."
After inspecting the goods, Manager Liu quoted a price for each item. Meng Fei thought the price was acceptable and didn't raise it.
The next day, this guy came with dozens of trucks to pick up the medicinal herbs.
They didn't pass through the village because there was a road leading directly to the town. Even if heavy snow blocked the village in the future, Xiao Nan and his group wouldn't pass through it again.
They sent workers directly to make ice blocks and store them, while Xiao Nan and his group left through the back door, not the south door.
The people of Ping'an Village considered it, but it was impossible.
Manager Liu immediately transported all the medicinal herbs away, and also used several hundred catties of dried yam.
These are also top-quality medicinal herbs. When the restaurant manager found out, he quickly sent people to transport away all the remaining fresh yams.
Now the icebox is empty, and the workers can deal with the snow when it snows again.
Xiao Nan looked at the silver notes in her hand and smiled with satisfaction; this was the result of her hard work throughout the year.
Immediately, she and her husband went to the field and paid the workers their wages.
They are paid monthly without ever being late. Sometimes, seeing how hard the workers work, they are paid an extra half month's salary, for which the workers are extremely grateful.
I was pleased to see that my employer hadn't given us a holiday because of winter; this meant we'd have some income for the New Year.
If I can stay here for a long time, my family's situation will definitely improve.
They've been working here since February, and it feels like a dream. They don't have to travel back and forth, they have a place to live that's warm in winter and cool in summer—where else can they find an employer like this?
They reminded themselves every day to work hard and never let their employers be dissatisfied and fire them.
Every time they saw their employer pay their wages, they would gather together, line up, and stand like soldiers as the employer called their names.
"Dao" came up to Xiao Nan, bowed, accepted the silver with both hands, bowed again, and then returned to his seat.
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