However, the most important thing now is to stock up on more goods.
Zhao Min bought more than a dozen shops in one go, but the amount of sugar he produced was too little to sell.
"Yes, don't worry! I've already ordered people to buy up plenty of sugarcane!"
She bought up all the sugarcane in Xianjia Village and several surrounding villages.
Xie Yuan has already dispatched dozens of soldiers to purchase sugarcane from all over the place.
In addition, the news that Xianjia Village had made a lot of money selling sugarcane spread far and wide.
Those who know the news and have sugarcane at home will surely come to sell their goods.
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On the other side of the sea are mountains, and Huangjia Village is a small mountain village nestled among them.
Most of the villagers here are exiled criminals or people who migrated from the inland during times of war.
The villagers were not used to fishing at sea, so they could only cultivate the land.
However, there is very little arable land; most of it is mountainous or even swampy.
Some villagers, having no other choice, planted sugarcane and fruit trees on the hillside.
The income from these crops is not high; at best, it's enough to keep the villagers from starving.
For example, Ah Sheng at the entrance of the village, whose parents were migrant workers, only had two mu of land.
The harvest from the fields was simply not enough to support the whole family.
Ah Sheng then planted some sugarcane and lychee on some unclaimed barren hills.
However, this kind of thing is not uncommon in Lingnan.
They painstakingly transported the grains to the county, only to return with some coarse grains to barely make ends meet.
"Sigh, this year's hurricane is stronger than in previous years, we really can't get through this!"
Ah-Sheng squatted at the edge of the field, looking at his already poor harvest, now destroyed by the hurricane, his dark, thin face filled with sorrow.
The family is so poor they can't even afford to eat. Are we really going to sell our daughter?
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