Chapter 1933: Reconstruction of Liuhe Fort
The turquoise stone also allowed people to dig canals to divert streams around the area, and in the future they will dig and build several pools for washing things.
The surrounding wastelands are also being reclaimed at the same time.
Duck farms and chicken farms were also being built and enclosed. According to Qiao Xuan's idea, four shallow ponds covering an area of about ten acres were dug in the valley of the duck farm, and countless winding and crisscrossing ditches and waterways were connected. In the spring, various aquatic plants were transplanted as a place for the ducks to graze.
The scene was bustling and lively, with more than 600 people working in different places, which solved the problem of surplus labor in the surrounding villages and towns.
Song Shi, Liu Fu and Yang Mu are busy here every day keeping an eye on everything. Although they have also brought a few capable stewards with them, they still have to make decisions.
Even Mianmian often helps out here.
Qiao Xuan had already greeted Le Zhengxiao and asked him to help purchase various medicinal herb seeds and also to prepare some fruit tree seedlings so that they could be planted when the time came.
After this piece of land was planned, it changed little by little, exactly as Qiao Xuan had imagined. Qiao Xuan was very satisfied, as if she could already see the prosperity in the future.
The workers who come to work all know what they are doing and what this area will become in the future, and they all praise and admire it when they talk about it.
They had seen landlords' manors before, but this was the first time they had seen a manor planned like this, which made people envious and yearning.
There are flocks of chickens and ducks, medicinal herbs in patches, clear canals and streams flowing around, and all kinds of fruit trees planted everywhere...
That would be so lively!
Since the people who came to work were all farmers from nearby, they had heard it so many times that they inevitably started to have some ideas.
After returning home to discuss the matter, I found out that Mrs. Shao paid the workers' wages promptly and fairly and never delayed payment. The Shao family managers who supervised the workers' work were also very kind and never cursed anyone, nor did they shout at them or look at them with contempt. So Mrs. Shao's words were still very trustworthy.
Since Mrs. Shao said so, and she also grows medicinal herbs on the land she reclaimed, why not grow some at home as well? Then I can ask Mrs. Shao's people for advice on how to manage it. It won't be difficult to sell the herbs I produce to her, and maybe I can actually make some money?
There are only 10% of people in a village who think this way, but that is enough.
After discussing with each other, people with the same idea hit it off and tried to look for turquoise first.
Who knew Songshi was worried about this matter? This was the task assigned to him by the lady! Someone came to find him, which was just what he wanted. He immediately patted his chest and promised that the lady's words would definitely be kept. How could the lady lie!
However, you have to plant more of this medicinal herb to make money, at least more than two acres.
When the time comes, you can buy the seeds directly from Madam at a low price, it won’t cost much.
That is, in the first year, my wife is willing to take care of us and make money with us, so the price of seeds will be relatively low. But in the future, it is hard to say whether it will be the market price...
In fact, for Qiao Xuan, she can afford to give such seeds even if they are given for free.
But people often don’t know how to cherish things given away for free, and may even despise them. Some people may even come to get the seeds regardless of whether they want to plant them or not, thinking “I’d rather give it to you if it’s free”.
Besides, if you are reluctant to even spend the money on seeds, then you don’t really want to plant. Even if you plant, there is a greater chance that you won’t take it seriously.
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(End of this chapter)
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