Chapter 78 Ways to Make Money

If they were not all criminals and had no way to buy a house in the city or leave Yan Village to settle down, he would definitely take Luo Shuyan and run away.

But it's fine like this now.

He is not alone and helpless. With the Zhao family as an ally, he feels much more at ease.

It was impossible for the Zhao family to keep the fact that they were acting as "middlemen" to buy land and work for the mysterious boss a secret from Yancun. Even if Yancun was very isolated from the news, the news gradually spread.

The villagers were all envious.

After all, not everyone has this kind of opportunity. The Zhao family is really too lucky.

The Gu family was particularly upset. "That big boss is so shortsighted! Doesn't he know that they are the first family in Yan Village who have the final say? If there's anything, go to them, why go to the Zhao family?"

The Gu family was unwilling to give up and secretly investigated, hoping to find the big boss behind the scenes and then intercept him.

Unfortunately, the Gu family didn't seem to be very smart. They were discovered by the Zhao family just as they started to investigate secretly.

Zhao Liya and others were amused. Let them find it. If they find it, they win!

"However, since the villagers can't make any money from this, they can't help but feel a little uncomfortable. Although theoretically we are being honest and have done nothing wrong to anyone, and we don't need to consider others when it comes to how we deal with sugarcane and potatoes, but from a human perspective, after all, we are all from Yan Village, so we should let everyone get some benefits."

Zhao Liya said again.

Hu Ling was in a dilemma: "There are so many families in Zaihu Village and Bajiao Village. There is not enough work to go around. How can there be any extra for others? Besides, not every family in Yan Village is good. It's hard to decide who to give the limited work to."

Zhao Xiang: "What you said makes sense. If there's anything else we can just ask the villagers to do it."

Zhao Liya's heart moved, and she smiled and said, "Dad, now that you mention this, I've actually thought of something."

Zhao Xiang hurriedly asked what it was?

Zhao Liya said, "Now that the rice has been harvested, aren't the fields free? Why not have everyone plant some vegetables? Pick three or four of them, like cabbage, white radish, lettuce, celery, spinach, etc., and then ship them to the provincial capital to sell after they're harvested. Wouldn't that make some money?"

Zhao Xiang's eyes lit up, and he nodded and smiled, "That's a good idea, but it's easy to grow these vegetables, but it's not easy to sell them, unless our family buys them and sells them."

Zhao Liya: "That's exactly what I thought!"

In fact, she didn't really want to go through so much trouble to earn such a small amount of money, but if she didn't bring the villagers along to play, it would be easy for problems to arise, especially with the Gu family getting involved.

Now, regarding the matter of sugarcane and potatoes, Gu Ersao, the big talker who is full of lies, has said so many things. Even if the villagers may not believe her, they probably won't feel very good about it.

In their eyes, the Zhao family is from the same village as them, but the benefits are taken away by people from other villages. Who wouldn't have some opinions?

More importantly, the vast majority of villagers are quite friendly to the Zhao family.

Hu Ling couldn't help but worry: "But, there are dozens of families growing vegetables, how much will it cost? We are willing to buy and ship them, but will anyone in the provincial capital want them? What if we can't sell them?"

"Let's think of a way, we can always do it!"

Zhao Liya's heart moved, and she suddenly thought of Zhong Jing. She had a better plan in mind: "This thing can probably be done. Let's wait a few more days to plan it out."

Zhao Xiang nodded and said, "Ya'er, if you think you can do it, then do it."

Zhao Liya smiled: "Thank you, Dad!"

Zhao Liya went to Zaihu Village and Bajiaozhai first and told the village heads of both places that she had something to do at home in the next two or three days and probably wouldn't be able to come over. She asked them to take care of the land reclamation and that any problems would be dealt with when they returned.

The heads of both sides patted their chests to reassure her!

Zhao Liya planned to go to Suixi County with Hu Ling, go to the garrison base camp to find General Zhong Jing, and ask him if the barracks needed vegetables.

If he needs it and can consume some of it, then it will be much easier to transport it to the provincial capital.

When she and Hu Ling went out, they would not let Qu Yutao go to Zaihu Village or Bajiao Village alone. Although they were only seven or eight miles apart, if something happened, wouldn't she regret it for the rest of her life?

Zhao Liya didn't think that the Gu family and Hulu were incapable of doing evil.

At the military camp, Zhao Liya and Hu Ling met Zhong Jing smoothly.

After hearing what they said, Zhong Jing immediately called the leader of the fire brigade.

Upon hearing this, the firefighter leader pulled out the purchase list, calculated the items, and said with a smile, "We've already ordered all the radishes, cabbages, winter melons, and pumpkins. We'd also appreciate some lettuce, spinach, garland chrysanthemums, celery, garlic sprouts, and green onions. I wonder how much you two would like? How would you like to supply them?"

Half of the vegetables used by the garrison were grown by themselves, and the other half were purchased from four local gentry and landlords whose origins had been carefully investigated. They rarely purchased vegetables from the market for the sake of safety.

However, due to the peace and tranquility in recent years, this rule is usually not strictly followed, as long as the source of various vegetables and foods can be traced.

During acceptance inspection, some sheep and rabbits fed for tasting will also be randomly checked to further ensure safety.

Zhao Liya also expected that there might be a fixed supplier in the military camp, so she came to ask with the idea of ​​giving it a try. At the beginning, she agreed with Zhong Jing that if there was already a fixed supplier, then forget it.

After hearing this, the fire chief was quite impressed with the two of them. Since they were introduced by General Zhong himself, they must be reliable. Although General Zhong was young, he was always meticulous where necessary. The fire chief made a quick decision. He wanted some leafy vegetables.

If they can buy it, let the soldiers plant less. These people are not reliable when it comes to growing vegetables and they don’t grow them well.

But there is another problem, that is, the money is limited, and the seller's profit will be relatively thin.

Zhao Liya didn't care about the low profit margins; she could make money if she produced large quantities. As for how much? She couldn't say for sure. How to supply them depended on the military camp.

After some discussion, Zhao Liya decided to plant five kinds of vegetables: spinach, celery, lettuce, Chinese cabbage and garlic sprouts. The supply time was determined to be roughly from December to early February. It didn't matter if it was delivered a few days earlier or later. The delivery would be made every six days, and the total amount of various vegetables at one time would be about 50,000 kilograms.

The small leader of the fire army was also an expert in accounting. Since the military camp also had crops, he had a rough idea of ​​the yield of these vegetables per mu. He quickly calculated that based on this supply, Zhao Liya needed to plant about 80 mu of vegetables.

Eighty acres of land could be cultivated in the village, so Zhao Liya agreed.

Zhong Jing smiled and said, "Miss Zhao, don't feel pressured. It doesn't matter if it's more or less."

Zhao Liya expressed her gratitude.

(End of this chapter)