Chapter 625: Prepare to Expand
The Dragon Boat Festival was coming in a few days, so Qiao Xuan planned to go to the Qiao Mansion with Shao Yunduan to deliver festival gifts. At the same time, she planned to find the local security guard and talk to the head of the village about buying a piece of land at the entrance of the village to build a mushroom shed to cultivate Tremella fuciformis.
The piece of land in the garden was obviously not enough.
After the two of them had discussed it, they told Shao Dali and asked him to find a few honest people in the village to prepare the mushroom materials for Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan.
Thirty-five cents a day.
Shao Dali happily agreed and called seven people in total, including his cousin.
After picking a day, Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan went to Qiao's house to deliver the holiday gifts.
This gift was prepared in the same way as last year, with no novelty or thoughtfulness, it was just a task.
This time, let alone Lord Qiao, even Madam Qiao was not there. Qiao Wei, who always loved to show off and make sarcastic remarks, was also not there. Qiao Kou, who liked to step on herself to show that although she was also a concubine's daughter, she was different from herself, did not show up either. Aunt Du was not seen either.
After sending the holiday gift, a maid came and said a few perfunctory words to them and then let them go.
There's something wrong with the atmosphere in this mansion.
Qiao Xuan couldn't wait to leave, but was also a little surprised.
However, she had no curiosity about the affairs of this mansion, as long as it did not involve her family.
Shao Yunduan pondered in his heart, it seems that his guess was right, Lord Qiao not only lacked money, but also lacked a lot and urgently, so that the master was anxious and angry, and the subordinates dared not even say a word.
However, Lord Qiao hasn't contacted me and Qiao Xuan since the last time, so I guess he doesn't expect anything from us.
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The two found a landowner and quickly bought the land. All the formalities were completed within two days.
The land they bought was not far from the village entrance, a piece of wasteland of more than eight acres.
This land purchase did not cause much stir in the village. Everyone had become numb and didn't think it was new anymore.
Now is the right time to cultivate Tremella fuciformis, so Qiao Xuan quickly hired villagers to prepare the land. They filled, cut, and compacted the uneven seven acres of land to make it flat.
The next step was to surround the entire courtyard with a high blue brick wall. The wall was nearly three meters high and could not be climbed with an ordinary ladder.
Finally, rows of mushroom houses were built inside and all the floors were paved with blue bricks. This makes it easy to maintain and will not be muddy and dirty on rainy days.
In addition to the mushroom room, warehouses and tool rooms also need to be built.
The warehouse stores dried white fungus, and the tool room is filled with various tools, including winnowing baskets for drying white fungus, picking baskets, etc.
Qiao Xuan didn't mean to make such a big fuss, but she had to do so.
You should know that Tremella fuciformis is different from shiitake mushrooms and black fungus. In Daqin, it is a high-end nourishing health product that only wealthy people can afford.
If people knew that they were good at growing Tremella fuciformis, it would be a big deal.
At this time, the ability to protect oneself is not enough, so don’t think too much about leading the villagers to become rich.
Once it becomes known to others, it will only lead to endless calculations and jealousy.
The work of leveling the land started in a lively manner. A total of fifteen people were hired. Shao Dalang and Shao Sanlang were also there to supervise.
The wages are thirty cents a day.
After the land is leveled, professional masters are hired to give guidance on building walls and constructing houses, but people also have to be hired to do the work, so it is still these people who are doing it.
The entire construction period will take about twenty days.
It comes down to more than half a tael of silver.
Those who were hired were very happy.
Widow Sun, who had not been seen for a long time, joined the crowd to watch the fun. She felt jealous when she heard everyone's envy and praise for the eldest wife of the Shao family.
(End of this chapter)
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