Changning County.
Zhang Hulan has been very busy recently.
After Zhang Dahua went to Beijing, she bought land again.
This time, he didn’t buy wasteland, but 500 acres of fertile land.
Anyway, she would buy land when she had money, and she would just keep some money for emergencies. She wanted to be a big landlord, so she had to buy more land.
Huang Zhong also had some harvest when he went to buy lotus roots. He had someone send a batch back, but the quantity was not large, only a few thousand kilograms.
This thing is not available in all places, and the people in Jiangyuan Prefecture don’t know what the so-called dry lotus root is. Huang Zhong even took people to the countryside to help the villagers identify the dry lotus root.
The method Huang Zhong used was the same as the one Zhang Hulan used to help the villagers in Changning County find food. He first taught the people he brought with him, and then dispersed them to various places to purchase food. This way, the efficiency would be higher.
Zhao Guoliang also knew that Zhang Hulan bought the lotus roots to plant, but he didn't know that the lotus roots could be ground into powder to make vermicelli. So he asked, "Hulan, why do you plant so many lotus roots?"
Zhao Guoliang had the same question as Luo Changqi and the others at the time. Although this thing was edible, it was not very tasty.
Who would eat this thing except those who are short of food?
Zhang Hulan told the story about how lotus roots can be made into vermicelli, and then asked, "Uncle head of the village, please ask the villagers if anyone wants to grow it together.
If you want to plant some, you can come to me and get some lotus roots to plant.
But they can’t take it for free, whatever they take away, they have to pay me back, because I spent money to buy these.”
Zhao Guoliang asked in surprise: "Can this thing really be used to make vermicelli?"
“Yes.”
"But we don't know how to make vermicelli?"
Zhang Hulan said, "I will invite a chef who can make vermicelli. You can also grow them and sell them to me, and I will pay for them."
“What’s the production volume of this thing?”
"If the crops are grown well, one acre should yield three to four thousand kilograms. We won't know until we plant them."
Zhao Guoliang was surprised again, "Can the output be so high?"
"Should be." Zhang Hulan said, "I'm buying dry lotus roots for one penny per two kilograms. One mu of land can bring in about two taels of silver.
I also accept stems, but the price is cheaper, ten pounds for one penny.
However, this stalk can be harvested several times, and it will grow again after being cut, so the income is also good.
The main thing is that this thing is not picky about the soil, it can grow even in wasteland, but the yield will be lower. "
Zhao Guoliang's eyes lit up when he heard this. Every family has more than ten or twenty acres of wasteland, which is overgrown with weeds. If all of it were utilized, every family could earn a lot of income every year.
Zhang Hulan added: "Uncle Lizheng, I actually hope that everyone in the village can grow their own vermicelli and sell it.
If the whole village plants it, it can become an industry.
If every family raises two more pigs, it would be a good thing, whether they fatten them up for their own consumption or sell them for money.
The main thing is that every family raises pigs, and every family has manure to irrigate the crops.
Although there is no shortage of fertilizer now, it is still better to mix it with manure and water to make fertilizer, which also takes less time to ferment.”
"You must plant all kinds of things."
Zhao Guoliang was a little excited. One acre of wasteland could bring in an income of one or two taels of silver. If a family owned more than ten or twenty acres of wasteland, they could earn about twenty taels of silver a year.
Only a fool wouldn't plant such a good thing.
Zhao Guoliang was about to inform the villagers immediately, but Zhang Hulan stopped him and said, "Uncle head of the village, if everyone wants to plant, each family should plant a small amount first. Besides, I don't have that many lotus seeds to share with everyone.
Let me plant more this year. If it really makes money, we can plant on a large scale together next year."
"Okay, I'll go inform them right away."
Zhao Guoliang told the villagers the news, and most of them said they wanted to plant it.
It was mainly Zhang Hulan who asked them to plant it, and they felt that following Zhang Hulan was the right thing to do.
Those who were unwilling to plant were those who had a bad relationship with the Zhang family from the beginning.
Later, when Zhang Hulan hired people to open up wasteland, he did not want those people, so those people were unwilling to work with Zhang Hulan.
Zhang Hulan only gave the road to the villagers. It was their business whether they wanted to join in or not, and she didn't bother to care.
She is so busy with her own things that she doesn't have the time to care about those trivial matters.
Now she has bought another 500 acres of good farmland, which will be used to grow crops, so she needs to buy some people back.
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Today is the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, and the academy will be closed tomorrow. Zhang Hujun will go to the county town to pick up three students and take them home.
Zhang Hulan will also go to Ziyang Temple to pick up Zhang Xinyue and take her home in a while.
But just after noon, before Zhang Hulan went to pick her up, she heard Zhang Xinyue's voice outside the yard, "Mom, I'm back..."
Zhang Hulan quickly ran outside to see, and saw Zhang Xinyue rushing towards her.
Daohe and Daoxu followed behind her.
"Mom, I miss you so much!" Zhang Xinyue lay in Zhang Hulan's arms and acted coquettishly.
Zhang Xinyao, Zhang Xinyi, and Wang all ran out.
Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi hugged Zhang Xinyue together, "Yueyue, you're finally back. We all missed you."
Wang also went up and said, "Oh, my dear granddaughter, you have been gone for half a month. Do you miss your grandma?"
Zhang Xinyue raised her head and nodded vigorously: "Yeah, I thought about it!"
Zhang Hulan straightened Zhang Xinyue's body and looked at her carefully.
Now the little girl is wearing Taoist robes and looks very beautiful.
Especially the eyes, they look more lively than before.
Zhang Hulan asked: "Yueyue, why did you come back by yourselves?"
Zhang Xinyue pulled Daohe Daoxu over and said, "Master and I asked for leave. I want to bring Daohe Daoxu to my home to play. Master agreed."
"You three are the only ones back?"
Zhang Xinyue nodded, "Yes, I know the way."
Zhang Xinyue herself didn't know it, but Daochen followed them as soon as they came down the mountain. He didn't return until they entered the village.
"Then how did you get back?"
"We ran back!" Zhang Xinyue's eyes sparkled. "We ran so fast. I got tired, so Daohe carried me on his back. Daohe is amazing. He didn't even feel tired even when carrying me."
Because of Zhang Xinyue, Daohe and Daoxu almost fought again.
Later, Daohe said that he would give all his candies to Daoxu, and only then did Daoxu stop competing with Daohe.
Zhang Hulan quickly thanked them, "Thank you two young Taoist priests for sending Yueyue back."
Daohe said, "Aunt, you don't have to be polite. Daoning is our junior sister, and it is only right for us to send her back."
Daoxu said, "Daoning asked us to come to his house for a delicious meal."
Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi both looked at Dao and Daoxu curiously.
Although they had met before, Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi were not familiar with Daohe Daoxu.
Looking at the two little Taoist boys, Wang was filled with love; they looked so adorable.
Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "Okay, okay, tell me what you want to eat and I'll make it for you."
Daohe said, "Aunt, you don't have to prepare anything special. We'll eat whatever Daoning eats."
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