Chapter 301 New Year’s Eve (4)
According to custom, the New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten from noon to the night of the New Year. Of course, people don't necessarily eat all the time. Most of the time, they gather at the dinner table to chat about the little things in the past year and look forward to the coming year. Shen Xiangwan and his friends are no exception. Sometimes they clink glasses, sometimes chat about trivial things, and joke with each other, completely unconcerned about the passage of time.
"Does the government really intend to have everyone in Datong County switch to growing sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn after the spring? Do they have that much seed?"
Ever since their harvest, word of the high-yield grain seeds has spread throughout Datong County, even reaching other counties. However, only the local headmen and village chiefs have actually witnessed the harvest. Will the people really cooperate? Even if they do, where will they get all the seeds?
Chenzhou has a vast territory, and every household has a lot of land. If the land here is not mostly barren and can only grow one season of crops, and if the Western Hu people broke through and plundered every year, they would not be so poor. Therefore, even if they only mobilized one county to plant, the seeds they needed would not be a small number.
"The government has already announced it to the public, how could it be false?"
Glancing at her sideways, Shen Xiangwan picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth. "As far as I know, every village has already prepared the topdressing fertilizer for the fields, and they're just waiting for the spring to come. As for the seeds, there's no need to worry. They've already been stored in the county government warehouse. But you're wrong about one thing. After the spring, only potatoes and corn will be planted. Sweet potatoes won't be planted until the second season."
"Why? Isn't it said that the yield of sweet potatoes is higher than that of potatoes?"
Not only Yue Ruyan was confused, but also Zhao Yuping and others. According to their ideas, sweet potatoes should be the main plant.
“Because of the growth cycle.”
Putting down his chopsticks, Shen Xiangwan looked at them one by one before continuing, "Sweet potatoes are divided into spring potatoes and summer potatoes. The former has a very long growth cycle, almost four or five months, and in some places even more than half a year, which is not conducive to planting the second crop. The latter only takes about three months, which is similar to the growth cycle of corn."
In comparison, potatoes and corn are not so troublesome, so after discussion, they unanimously decided to plant potatoes and corn first, and then plant sweet potatoes in the second season. As long as the topdressing of the land keeps up, after two seasons of grain are planted, they can rush to plant a season of vegetables. In this way, the people here will not only not go hungry next year, but will also have a lot of surplus.
"I see."
Everyone nodded in succession and agreed with their decision. After all, the yields of potatoes and corn were not low, and the Chenzhou area was not as severely short of water as other places. If nothing unexpected happened, the next year was destined to be a bumper year.
"Second sister-in-law, we won't have that much land to grow sorghum next year. Should we close the brewery?"
At their current rate of progress, the sorghum in the warehouse can only be brewed for one or two months at most. Moreover, they have stored enough alcohol. If they had not built enough warehouses earlier, they would have run out of space to store it.
“Why is it closed?”
Shen Xiangwan blurted out reflexively, then quickly laughed and said, "Don't worry about the sorghum problem, there will be some in time, but the alcohol is enough for now. After the new year, we will switch to brewing sorghum wine, and then go to the county town to open a shop. In addition, I also plan to set up a wine workshop, specializing in high-end routes, to make money from rich people."
Next year, when the people start planting high-yield crops in large quantities, the army will no longer be short of food. She can then switch to growing sorghum in her space, and there is no need to worry about the lack of raw materials. Moreover, she does not plan to make any money from sorghum wine. She wants to make it affordable for all the people. The real money-making thing is wine. She wants to make it a luxury product and only make money from the rich.
"Um."
They have all tasted the wine. If its beauty-enhancing effects are added to the story, once it is publicized, it will soon become a target for the wealthy.
"What about our perfume workshop? Is it time to expand it?"
Now that we've come to this, Yue Ruyan asked immediately, there's nothing we can do, whether it's skin whitening and tenderizing creams or acne and freckle removal creams, or soaps of various flavors, they've basically all sold out, and the store has no time to restock them, the gap is just too big.
“This will happen next year…”
"Second Master, urgent report from the county government."
As soon as Shen Xiangwan opened his mouth, the guards hurried in from outside, holding a letter in both hands and respectfully handed it to Wei Chengyi.
Something happened!
This was the thought that came to the minds of Shen Xiangwan and others at the same time. Today was New Year's Eve, a day for family reunions. If nothing serious had happened, the county government would not have sent anyone to deliver urgent documents.
Wei Chengyi's face darkened as he picked up the letter and tore it open. When he saw the contents, his pupils couldn't help but shrink, and a strong killing intent instantly burst out of his body: "Immediately gather all the guards and have them all stand by at the village entrance."
"yes."
The guard bowed and retreated, and Shen Xiangwan asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Why summon the guards to the village entrance?
What kind of incident could have caused him to lose control so much that he couldn't even control his murderous aura?
Not only Shen Xiangwan was puzzled, but also everyone present. Wei Chengyi's reaction was too big. Even if they were ignorant, they knew that something big must have happened.
"Aunt Zhou, go to the Yan family and ask Yan Junling to come over."
Wei Chengyi casually handed the letter to Shen Xiangwan, his expression still grim.
"yes."
Zhou Wushuang was not stupid either. He immediately bowed and retreated. Even Wu Shuiyu's little face beside him showed naked anxiety.
"Damn it!"
After reading the contents of the letter, Shen Xiangwan immediately burst into curse words. Just an hour ago, a group of thousands of Western Hu cavalry broke into Shangyao Village in Datong County. Not a single man in the village survived, and all the elderly women were killed. The young ones were forcibly abducted as property. Moreover, they did not seem to intend to leave and were ready to continue looting the next village.
"What the hell is going on...Fuck his ancestors!"
Seeing this, Wei Chenghe snatched the letter from her hand in confusion, and cursed with an ugly face before he finished reading it. Wei Linger, who leaned over to read with him, couldn't help but tremble with anger. The Western Hu people were simply inhuman. They brutally slaughtered an entire village in just one hour.
"This should be just a small group of cavalry from the Western Hu people..."
"Second Master, urgent news from the army."
Shen Xiangwan was interrupted again as another guard came hurrying over with a letter in hand. Wei Chengyi took the letter and read it, his murderous aura intensifying. "Not long ago, 100,000 Hun cavalrymen, divided into three groups, simultaneously attacked Daping, Dafeng, and Dalin counties. Our army was caught off guard and nearly let them break into the city. Furthermore, several cavalry units of several thousand men bypassed the three counties and broke into other counties."
Wei Chengyi said almost gritting his teeth. Before this, none of them had thought that the Western Hu people would choose New Year's Eve to break through, and after the main force was blocked, they sent a small force to take a detour and attack other counties. How could the innocent people in those villages resist the Western Hu cavalry?
[End of this chapter]
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