Shuwen was originally supervising the construction of the house, but when he saw the horses running over, he couldn't help but run over, so that day, they followed the horse-driving official and learned how to drive a horse-drawn carriage for a day.
The location here is spacious, and a large part of the wasteland has been cleared. When I first drove him, the horse was disobedient and ran around. Fortunately, a yamen runner was sitting by and gave timely instructions. Slowly, by the afternoon, he was finally able to get the hang of it, and the yamen runner came down and let him take control.
The villagers working nearby would look up from time to time. Some of them found it interesting and pointed at it to their companions.
When Shuwen had almost finished reading, Chunxiao got on his carriage, and the two of them worked together until they finally mastered some of the skills by the time work was over. Then they drove their own carriages and followed the township government's carriage back home.
In the past two days, the collected fertilizers and soybean dregs have been delivered one after another. About 1,000 kilograms of soybean dregs have been collected, and the cow dung has been piled up like a small mountain. There is also a lot of quicklime. For these, the township government only took 10 taels of silver from her, saying that they will continue to be delivered in the future. Chunxiao has a lot of land, so naturally the more the better.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, six more bricklaying teams came. She selected two teams and went to the farm in Linye Village. She asked the officials to help find 30 helpers in Linye Village and officially started building the farm there.
The drawings had already been drawn up, and Shuwen just had to keep an eye on them to make sure they didn't cut corners and did what was required.
The other four bricklaying teams began to select four locations to start construction. Except for the main courtyard, the other four were quadrangle structures. Each courtyard had about 20 rooms. The middle courtyard was very large and would be paved with stone slabs to facilitate drying and threshing of grain.
There is a small courtyard at the back of the courtyard, with a bathhouse, a kitchen, a toilet and a large livestock pen. There is a warehouse outside the courtyard.
Shuwen was sent in a carriage, while Chunxiao continued to travel back and forth in the township government's carriage.
The main courtyard was officially completed on the 12th day, along with two wells. Chunxiao had no time to check and took them to join other construction teams. More than 700 acres of land had been leveled, and the rest would not be completed in a few days. Chunxiao simply selected 90 of the 210 workers to help build the houses, so that there were 30 helpers in each place and no more hires were needed.
The carpenters in the main courtyard were currently working on the doors and windows. Once they were finished, they would begin making the beds, cabinets, tables, chairs, benches, and boxes. Fortunately, the township government was very helpful, hiring a large number of carpenters and buying lumber ready-made. It would probably be finished in a few days. Once the main courtyard was finished, there would be no need to rush the rest.
The foot of Ruoyun Mountain, which was once deserted, is now full of busy figures.
The well diggers started to survey the terrain again. Now there are two groups of diggers starting to dig deep wells in two places. Chunxiao asked them to first look for it near the locations of the six houses. If there is no suitable one, then go to another place farther away.
The craftsmen quickly identified the terrain. Several groups suggested that this area, perhaps due to its proximity to the mountains, offered a natural advantage for digging wells, making them easy to find and practically anywhere near the houses. Chunxiao pondered for a moment, assuming there was an underground river running beneath the mountains, which made it easier for her.
By the 16th of the lunar month, cow dung had piled up into several small hills. Chunxiao started to dig pits with some workers to make compost. She calculated that one acre of land could produce three to four acres of seedlings. She had to plant more than 800 acres of cotton, so she had to ferment at least 200 acres of fertilizer first. Including the fertilizer from Linye Village, she had to grow about 300 acres first.
Now there are people who can ferment fertilizer for two days, so let's ask them to apply the base fertilizer to the 300 acres first. This way, when Xingfu and the others come, the seeds can be soaked and planted directly.
There are things to do everywhere. Sometimes she has to ask for help from a master here, and sometimes she has to ask for help from a master there. She also has to arrange work in the fields. She wishes she could split herself into four parts to do the work.
Just when she was about to go crazy with work, on the afternoon of the 18th, eight or nine horse-drawn carriages came galloping from a distance. The clatter of the carriages attracted the workers in the yard, and everyone looked up in the distance.
Chunxiao stuck her head out from the other side of the wall and watched the carriage approaching from afar. "Miss!" Xingfu waved to her from the seat.
Chunxiao hurried out, "Happiness!"
Oh my God, they are finally back. She finally got them back. Ever since Happiness left, she has never felt at ease. After all, she was always worried about letting a girl travel around the country alone. Fortunately, she saw them.
The carriage soon reached them.
Happiness got out of the car and hugged her, "Miss, I'm back."
Chunxiao patted her back and said, "I'm glad you're back, I'm glad you're back." She looked at the car behind and saw Meiman lifting the curtain and getting out of the second car. Meiman was also excited when she saw her and ran over.
"You all came safely, that's great. I was short of manpower. Did you bring the seeds?"
"Chunxiao, you really ran far."
Before she could finish her words, she heard a familiar male voice. Chunxiao looked at the man walking towards her from a distance and said, "Brother! Why are you here?" She didn't expect Yan Dashan to come with her.
"Xingfu said you bought land here. How could I not come to see it? How could you be so powerful? Dahe was going to come too, but his father said he had children at home and asked him to take care of the farms on both sides. So I came here alone." He looked at the place and said, "This is all there!" When I heard Xingfu say it earlier, I had no idea how big the land would be. I thought that 1,000 acres of land must be. Now that I see it with my own eyes, it really is endless. If all of this is planted with cotton, it will be a magnificent sight when it is ripe.
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