Chapter 1997 Spring Ploughing
As spring plowing season is approaching, the road construction in Anze Prefecture has temporarily slowed down. The main reason is that there is not so much idle labor.
Spring ploughing is naturally more important than anything else.
After plowing the fields, planting rice seedlings, and growing melons and beans, there will probably be another small peak in employment after the Dragon Boat Festival.
The money was in place, and the road was repaired and widened on the original basis. Some places with too many bends needed to change the route. The amount of work was not very large. Since the start of construction, eight towns that were closer to the state capital and required less changes have been repaired.
As long as there is no shortage of money, the remaining nine locations should be able to be repaired before August 15, including the farthest towns of Bailing and Guluan.
Once the road was repaired, the people could travel more conveniently and quickly, and oxcarts and wheelbarrows could travel more easily and save time and effort. Everyone praised the prefect as an honest and upright official! This was a truly loyal official!
This year, the rice seeds needed for farmland in Anze Prefecture are also supervised by the government in accordance with the custom of various places in Daqin, with several local time-honored merchants working together - only the local time-honored merchants can run away, so this business is usually given to them, and they dare not cheat.
The prices were still extremely low. It was basically impossible for the established merchants to make money from this business, and it was considered good if they did not lose money.
But anyone who is qualified will still strive and try their best to get a piece of the pie.
Although this business is not profitable, on the one hand, it can improve the prefect's favor, and on the other hand, the government will also give certain preferential compensation in other places. In short, when you add up the total account, it is definitely not a loss.
It is about time that potatoes can be planted, so Qiao Xuan asked Song Shi, Liu Fu and others to pass the message on and tell others about it, reminding everyone not to forget this matter.
Many families actually forgot about this matter, but only realized it when they heard about potatoes, and then hurriedly took out potato seeds from the corners of their own cellars.
When Lord Shao came, he suppressed bandits and built roads. Everyone respected him and naturally trusted him.
Since Mrs. Shao values these potatoes so much and reminds us again and again, it shows that these potatoes are really important and must be planted well.
Many families who were unable to buy potatoes for seeds at that time were asking around if anyone could give them some.
Qiao Xuan was overjoyed when she found out. This was reassuring! She was sure that there would be a bumper potato harvest in Anze Prefecture this year!
After this year, there will be no need for me to remind myself anymore, as the scale of potato cultivation will naturally grow larger and larger.
It doesn't require much care and management, it's not picky about the soil, and the yield is so high. It can be used as both a meal and a vegetable. Only a fool wouldn't grow it!
There are many fields but few crops in Anze Prefecture, so potatoes are clearly the savior!
Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan have now transformed themselves into big landlords in Anze Prefecture. Their 60,000 acres of fertile land is a huge piece of land!
However, Qiao Xuan didn't take care of the planting matters, not even the turquoise, but handed it over to the junior manager under her.
Qiao Xuan only went to look at the newly planted seedlings such as Sichuan pepper, star anise, and pepper, and applied wood-related abilities to make them grow better.
During the spring ploughing season, Qiao Xuan was actually quite idle.
Now no one in the country dared to do anything rash, Jia Heming was too capable, and Shao Yunduan was also quite free, so the two of them simply took An An with them to Liuhe Manor to stay for a few days.
(End of this chapter)
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