Chapter 1822 Qiao Xuan's Plan
It harvests rice six to ten days earlier than ordinary rice. Therefore, some families start harvesting just two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
After August 20th, the autumn harvest is in full swing, and the fields are full of bustle and joy of the harvest.
It took me several more trips to carry the loads of golden rice back home than in previous years. It was heavy and tiring, but I was very happy.
Almost every farmer in the family chants Buddhist scriptures, and they are all grateful for Mr. Shao’s kindness!
With the production increasing by 30% or even nearly 40%, we don’t have to worry about not having enough food even when there is a lean season next year.
Lord Shao is truly a great benefactor to us all!
In early September, the Fan family's rice fields began to be harvested. At this time, the rice seeds provided by the government had already been harvested, dried in the sun for several consecutive days, and stored in the granary.
This year's slack season comes especially early.
After Song Shi asked Qiao Xuan for instructions, he began to hire people to continue reclaiming the land.
There are 50,000 mu of mountain land in total, and only 5,000 to 6,000 mu have been reclaimed before. We will start earlier this year, hire more people, and try to reclaim all the remaining land before the New Year.
Next year we will be able to plant everything that needs to be planted.
We are already raising seedlings this year, and have also found nurseries elsewhere to reserve seedlings for next year. Sichuan pepper, star anise, pepper, cinnamon, etc. will all be planted.
Madam said that 50,000 mu was far from enough. She was planning to look for a few more plots of land and buy another 100,000 or 200,000 mu. In addition to these spices, she would plant tea, medicinal herbs, bamboo trees, orchards, raise chickens, develop swamps, dig ponds to raise fish, raise ducks and geese, and reclaim fertile land...
Only Songshi knew about these things. He was already very excited. This was a great opportunity for him to show his talents! He was becoming more and more worthy of the title of chief steward.
Qiao Xuan really thought so. Who said this place is so close to Yuzhang? The resources are richer than Yuzhang, and the planting industry can be well developed.
In two years, when the road between Yuzhang and Changchun is repaired, the traffic between the two places will be much more convenient. Now it takes two and a half days to travel by light vehicle at the fastest speed, but by then the time will definitely be shortened to two days.
This is already very fast.
Even if I return to my hometown in the future, it will be easy to take care of the property here...
At the end of September, Shao Yunduan posted official notices and began collecting taxes.
The people were particularly enthusiastic, and once the official documents were distributed to various places, all the money was collected quickly.
Shao Yunduan then sent Zheng Sangge, Sun Bai, Sun Qian, Aye and others into two teams, each with more people, to transport the public grain collected from various towns to Anze Prefecture, and load them into the large granary in the city in bags.
The grain harvested this year will be much more than any other year, and the previously idle granary is now insufficient. Shao Yunduan hastily sent two clerks to supervise the construction of a new granary.
The original granaries were all in the east of the city, and Shao Yunduan allocated a new piece of land for the new granary in the west of the city. Storing in two places will be safer.
When Shao Yunduan ordered people to build a new granary, Mrs. Fan and her daughter mocked him and began to get restless again.
The bandits from Minjiazhai, Hutouzhai and Liuhebao would send people down the mountain to ask for food during the autumn harvest every year. In the past, the three major families took the lead, and each family paid a certain amount of food for the bandits to transport back.
Everyone knows this matter tacitly, no one has broken the window paper, but there is a tacit understanding among everyone.
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Happy New Year!
Please give me a monthly ticket, please!
(End of this chapter)
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