Li Xiangping asked, "Mother, it's been spring for quite a while now, and those three thousand mu we just bought are still lying idle. What should we plant?"
Yan Qingqing was also a little worried when she heard this. This batch of land was purchased after the New Year. Although Li Xiangping started building the manor and hiring farmhands after the red contract was completed,
However, since we had just taken over the property, the facilities inside were not very complete. It wasn't until a few days ago that all the land was renovated.
It seems like this season isn't the best time to plant anything, but we can't just leave all this land idle.
Li Xiang'an suggested, "Why don't we plant potatoes and sweet potatoes? After all, these aren't widely grown on the market yet, so we can take this opportunity to make a fortune."
Yan Qingqing shook her head and said, "If we wanted to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, we would have done so long ago. There's no need to wait until now."
Besides, His Majesty will definitely promote these two crops vigorously this year.
Our family no longer relies on these things to make money, so there's no need to compete with the people for profit.
In my opinion, planting wheat would be more suitable.
Although it's a bit late now, the weather is warm and the wheat is growing quickly.
As long as we have sufficient fertilizer, our wheat may not be worse than other people's wheat.
I also have an organic fertilizer recipe here; we can make a batch of fertilizer using this recipe later.
These days, the main reason for low crop yields and long production cycles is insufficient soil fertility.
In ancient times, the limited amount of farmyard manure available was simply insufficient to meet the needs of crops.
Normally, they could grow anything on those 3,000 acres of land, but Yan Qingqing, considering the uncertainty surrounding Xiao Mochen, felt more secure having grain in hand.
While potatoes and sweet potatoes can fill one's stomach, they are not as good as regular grains.
Although Li Xiangping and his colleagues did not understand what organic fertilizer was, it did not prevent them from knowing that fertilizer could strengthen the soil.
Over the past two years, they have become accustomed to the novel words that Yan Qingqing occasionally utters.
In fact, they had their doubts about whether Yan Qingqing was their biological mother.
However, firstly, Yan Qingqing is indeed the original Yan Qingqing. Even a small birthmark on her body is the same. Only the core has been changed, and the rest is flawless.
Secondly, the current Yan Qingqing is completely different from the Yan Qingqing of the past.
The former Yan Qingqing was foolish, selfish, timid, and weak; the current Yan Qingqing is intelligent, wise, and decisive, able to lead her whole family to a better life.
Most importantly, Yan Qingqing was good to them and devoted herself to them wholeheartedly.
Therefore, comparing the two, they would rather believe that Yan Qingqing was originally like this, and that she was just hiding her true abilities or being blinded by greed before, than believe that the Yan Qingqing of the past was their mother.
That's just how people are; they're all selfish. Since they're all mothers, whoever can give them a good life and genuinely cares about them is their true mother.
Yan Qingqing initially concealed her abilities, but later she discovered that no matter what she did, the children never doubted her, so she gradually forgot about it.
However, when Li Xiangping heard that Yan Qingqing could also make fertilizer, he asked curiously, "Mother, you can actually make fertilizer? Is it even possible to make this stuff?"
Li Xiangping's words served as a reminder to Yan Qingqing. Lately, she had been making excuses for everything without a reasonable explanation.
So he replied with a smile, "Actually, I don't know either, but I do have the method."
A while ago, someone gave me some rare books, and I flipped through them. There was a recipe like this in one of them.
I'll write down the recipe later, and you can study it according to the instructions. I reckon it should work.
Li Xiangping didn't press the matter further. His biggest headache was studying, and if he asked again, his mother would surely complain that he wasn't studying enough.
In fact, another important reason why Yan Qingqing did not arouse suspicion from Li Xiangping and the others was that Yan Qingqing liked to read.
Moreover, the books she likes to read are different from what others read; they include all sorts of random things. So, no one suspects her when she comes up with something new every now and then.
Ultimately, it was decided that all of these several thousand acres would be planted with grain, and Li Xiang'an had no objections.
After discussing farming, the mother and her two children started talking about their business plans for the year.
Although Yan Qingqing had already planned it out, she still guided Li Xiang'an to say it himself, and then she added to it from the side.
Her doing this made Li Xiang'an feel particularly accomplished.
Finally, it was agreed that the Li family's main direction this year would be to transform the food processing workshop and several gardens.
Food processing plants need to shift their focus from high-end consumers to mass consumers, since the costs are relatively low.
Yan Qingqing and Li Xiangping are both officials, and their pursuit of exorbitant profits makes them easy targets for others to exploit.
Moreover, Li Xiang'an plans to open a branch store by the end of the year.
As for the gardens at home, Li Xiang'an didn't manage them much, so he didn't really understand how Yan Qingqing wanted them to transform.
So he asked, "Mother, since you're planning to transform our garden, can we plant less?"
Yan Qingqing shook her head and smiled, "On the contrary, I plan to grow more."
Li Xiang'an asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why?"
Yan Qingqing explained with a smile, "We definitely need to keep the garden open to the public, otherwise the villagers who set up stalls in Canghe Village will lose an income."
Furthermore, my personal care store plans to use rose and peony as raw materials to make several skincare products, including lotions and essences.
In addition, I also plan to make some flower tea. Drinking it has beauty and skin-nourishing effects, and these things are also elegant to brew; I'm sure they'll be loved by some wealthy ladies.
When Yan Qingqing decided to expand the garden, her first thought was about the livelihood of the villagers in Canghe Village.
In reality, the Li family's current wealth is nothing compared to the income from tourists in the park, but the villagers are different. They can earn tens or even hundreds of coins a day by setting up stalls.
After hearing about the many benefits of expanding the garden, Li Xiang'an wholeheartedly agreed.
The chrysanthemum tea they brewed last year was excellent; it tasted just like fresh chrysanthemum tea after brewing.
At that time, his mother gave him some goods to entertain merchants. Many merchants thought it was good and wanted to buy goods from him.
Unfortunately, they produced too little of it. Aside from drinking it themselves, there wasn't enough for all the gifts they gave out during the holidays, so where would they get any extra to give to the merchants?
In addition, there is Yan Qingqing's organic orchard, which is expected to bear fruit this year.
Yan Qingqing plans to open the orchard to the public once the fruit is ripe, so that everyone can enjoy the freshest fruit, although the price will certainly not be cheap.
If there's any left over, she plans to make canned fruit, which can be preserved for a long time and transported over long distances.
However, this depends on the spending power of local customers in Chengyang County.
As for the shop, Yan Qingqing plans to open another rouge shop this year, to give their family's cosmetics business a place to promote itself.
That's all Yan Qingqing plans for this year's business strategy.
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