Chapter 1736: Peace and tranquility in Anzezhou
The Mei family suffered a setback, and Old Mrs. Fan was very gloating.
She had said long ago that she would teach this ignorant prefect a lesson and let him know who is the real master and who has the final say in Anze Prefecture, but neither family agreed.
Now, retribution has come, right?
Did you feel great when you saw the Fan family making fun of themselves in the past? Now that it’s their turn, do you still feel great?
Old Mrs. Fan thought that the Mei family would contact her to discuss countermeasures, and she was ready to mock and ridicule them, but unexpectedly, the Mei family actually gave in.
The Mei family quickly and honestly paid the money they owed to the government, received the approval documents, and went into the mountains to start work.
Old Mrs. Fan, who was waiting to see the excitement, was greatly disappointed...
Seeing this, the Huo family stopped worrying and worked honestly. Hearing that Mrs. Shao had planted a lot of medicinal herbs in her field, the two ladies of the Huo family even came to visit her, revealing that the Huo family was very interested in this.
Qiao Xuan did not refuse, and smiled and talked to them vaguely.
If the price offered by the Huo family is right, it is not impossible to sell the herbs to them.
The three major families were well behaved, so how could other families, big or small, dare to show up? Everyone was well behaved.
The entire Anze Province was strangely peaceful and tranquil.
The whole thing creates a thriving scene.
Jia Heming and others were all very excited, full of confidence, and worked hard.
Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan gossiped about this in private, and neither of them believed that the three major families would really let it go.
It's just that they haven't figured out their own situation yet and it's not the best time yet, so they don't dare to act rashly.
As long as they have the chance, they will definitely show their fangs and attack me without hesitation.
Shao Yunduan didn't dare to take it lightly at all.
It's peaceful and quiet, and he can use this time to recuperate and improve his abilities.
Sun Bai and his team can have more time to train the yamen runners.
The reclamation of Qiao Xuan's land has been completed. Two thousand acres of potatoes are planted on the four thousand acres of flat land, and the remaining one thousand acres and several hundred acres of the gentle slope at the foot of the mountain on the other side of the forest are planted with four medicinal herbs: polygonatum, angelica, pinellia, and honeysuckle.
The progress of reclamation of 50,000 acres of mountain land is not that fast. So far, only 6,000 acres have been reclaimed, and the rest have been temporarily stopped.
As summer approaches, the vegetation becomes more lush and there are more poisonous snakes, insects and ants in the mountains. It is not suitable for reclaiming the land. We should wait until late autumn and hire more people. It will not be too late to open up the land then.
All the 6,000 mu of land was planted with Sichuan peppercorns. The seedlings were specially transported from the southwest by Le Zhengxiao, who had found a connection with them.
Qiao Xuan simply decided to plant only Sichuan peppercorns, which would be easier to manage if they were connected into a large area. She would then plant star anise and peppercorns next year.
It was not convenient to open up wasteland at this time of year, but it was no problem to build roads, houses and warehouses. Qiao Xuan asked Song Shi and his team to spend about another month to complete these two tasks.
The previous employees can continue to be employed.
Qiao Xuan also asked Song Shi, Liu Fu and others to observe secretly, and then select about 20 people from these employees and ask them whether they are willing to sign long-term employment contracts.
After all, so many areas need to be managed on a daily basis. If Songshi and his friends were the only ones to take care of them, they would be exhausted to death.
They must be assigned some manpower to patrol the mountains every day and see how the seedlings and medicinal herbs are growing, so that they can fix any gaps and weed in time.
(End of this chapter)
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