Chapter 36 Go Help

Zhao Nan was stunned: "."

Help? The master's attitude was really confusing. After all, this was not the master's style, so he was a little confused for a moment.

Zhou Hansheng originally thought his explanation was quite normal, but Zhao Nan's reaction made him frown slightly. "Why don't you go quickly? Thanks to Miss Zhao's cakes at the Mountain God Temple that day, otherwise you would all be hungry. Why are you still dazed over such a small matter?"

"Ah! Yes, yes!" Zhao Nan nodded hurriedly and turned away.

Zhou Hansheng got in the car, and Zhong Jing looked around: "Hey, where's Zhaonan?"

Zhou Hansheng said calmly without changing his expression, "I have something for him to handle."

Zhong Jing immediately asked, "Is it related to Miss Zhao?"

Zhou Hansheng was silent for a moment. This kid was so careless when it came to serious matters, but his intuition on such trivial gossips was surprisingly accurate.

But would he admit it? Of course not.

"What did you say?"

Zhong Jing seemed to sense the murderous intent in these words and hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, uh, I didn't say anything."

He was thinking to himself, when Zhaonan returned, he would definitely arrest someone and question them privately. Business was important, and his brother Sheng's lifelong affairs were certainly important matters too! He had never seen his brother Sheng look directly at a girl. Although this was a remote area in Lingnan, and the girls here were not qualified to be his brother Sheng's wife, even if they were his concubines, it would still be a great honor for the girl's family.

Zhao Liya and Hu Ling never expected to meet Mr. Zhou's entourage here, and they were surprised and happy.

Zhao Liya subconsciously felt a little regretful when she didn't see Mr. Zhou. Who wouldn't want to take a second look at such a handsome man with outstanding temperament? After all, he's a feast for the eyes!

During the chat, Zhao Nan pretended to smile casually and asked, "By the way, I wonder what Miss Zhao and Brother Hu are doing here? I do know a few acquaintances here. Is there anything I can help you with?"

He has no acquaintances here, but General Zhong does. If General Zhong takes action, one person can be worth several.

Zhao Liya and Hu Ling were delighted.

Zhao Liya smiled brightly, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment: "Oh, this - will it be too much trouble for you?"

"No, no!" Zhao Nan smiled. "After all, we ate Miss Zhao's snacks in the mountain temple, so it's only natural for us to help out a little, hehe!"

Zhao Liya and Hu Ling: “.”

It was just a little snack, and later they took them back to Gaolian County from the mountain temple. If you really count it, it's fair.

Zhao Liya smiled and said, "You are so polite."

That Mr. Zhou had an impressive bearing. Although Zhao Liya didn't know his true identity, she knew that he definitely had some power.

Since Zhaonan said so, it must have been Master Zhou's order. Master Zhou didn't show up, probably because it was inconvenient or he didn't have time, but since he wanted to help and he was unfamiliar with the place, there was no need to refuse and not cause himself more trouble.

Zhao Liya thanked him and then stated what she wanted without hesitation.

Zhao Nan nodded: "I see! Miss Zhao is really capable and even knows how to make sugar!"

Of course Zhao Liya understood. As a senior folklore researcher at the Folklore Museum before traveling through time, she had specifically learned about the ancient method of making sugar, and even learned some relevant knowledge about sugarcane. Therefore, this matter was an insurmountable barrier for others, but for her, it was too easy.

Of course, he had to be modest in front of Zhao Nan: "Oh, it's just a coincidence. I just happened to know this and wanted to make some money."

Zhao Nan agreed readily and asked Zhao Liya with a smile how many sugarcane seedlings she needed.

Sugarcane is planted without seeds. Mature sugarcane is planted directly, as long as there are sugarcane sprouts. One sugarcane can produce five to seven sugarcanes.

Assuming 2,000 plants per acre, approximately 200 to 280 sugarcane seeds are needed.

Their family bought 600 acres of land, but they had to leave some roads, two small woods, dig canals to divert water, and set aside 30 to 40 acres for building a sugar workshop, including warehouses, tool rooms, daily office space, etc., so the land for planting sugarcane was more spacious, so they would count it as 550 acres.

This requires about 154,000 sugarcanes. Each piece of sugarcane weighs four to five pounds, or six to seven pounds, so it requires about 900,000 pounds.

At that time, the yield per mu was not high, about three to five thousand kilograms, which means that more than two hundred mu of sugarcane was needed to plant five hundred and fifty mu of land.

Planting sugarcane costs half of the money! If you use extensive management, not careful enough, and the sugar production process is not advanced enough, the sugar yield is not high, then you will really earn hard-earned money.

Only large-scale planting can make money. If you want to make money by planting ten or eight acres, you will basically make nothing.

This is also why there are many large sugarcane growers in the neighboring Suixi County, but none in Gaolian County.

Unless someone is as bold as Zhao Liya and invests a large amount of money at once, you won’t make much money by doing small things!

The reason why Zhao Liya dared to invest a large amount of money was because she had the skills and she knew how to make sugar.

Nowadays, techniques, skills, and recipes are priceless heirlooms. How can it be so easy to get the sugar-making technology?

However, Zhao Liya had limited capital. She only had more than 620 taels of silver on hand. Fresh sugarcane cost one cent per catty, so even 900,000 catties would cost 900 taels of silver. They couldn't afford so much.

Zhao Liya planned to produce only 400,000 jin, and at most plant about 300 acres.

Even so, the quantity required is enormous.

Zhao Nan was a little stunned when he heard this.

Five hundred and fifty acres, do you really need that much sugarcane? Three hundred acres wouldn't be too little. Wasn't he agreeing too early?

Although he didn't know how to farm, he probably had an idea of ​​how big 300 acres was.

Zhao Liya smiled knowingly, "We're asking for a lot, but if we don't plant enough sugarcane, we won't make any money! If Brother Zhaonan could get us some, no matter how much, it would be a huge help!"

Hu Ling also nodded quickly: "That's right!"

After Zhao Nan heard what Zhao Liya and Hu Ling said, he quickly said, "No, no, no, Miss Zhao, Brother Hu, you're welcome. This is, well, not much. I can get it for you."

"real?!"

Zhao Liya and Hu Ling were both surprised.

Zhao Liya did a quick calculation at home and realized that it was a bit too much. She had already made a plan to plant as much as she could. If it really didn't work out, forget it. She would plant sweet potato vines on the remaining land. There was still time to plant sweet potato vines anyway, and the land couldn't be left empty.

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