“There’s enough time. I’ve calculated it. I’m mainly going to Baijiazhuang to guide them. They won’t need me for the return trip tomorrow. It’ll be daytime anyway, so I’ll go and finalize the arrangements for your land and servants. A day trip is enough. I’ll bring the deeds back to you tomorrow night,” Bai Manshan replied quickly.
Shuiqing said that potatoes can be harvested twice a year here, but in the cold north, potatoes can only be harvested once a year.
The land in Zhulin Village has been purchased, amounting to at least 500 mu, and together with the land in Baijiazhuang, it will exceed 1,000 mu. The two seasons of potatoes will yield several million jin! The next season's potatoes can be planted again, and after the harvest in July or August, some will be kept for seed, while the rest will be transported to Beidu.
Millions of kilograms of potatoes could feed an army of 100,000 for two or three months. If used for seed, there would be no worry about food supplies next year.
In addition, potatoes can be harvested in Beidu this September and October, so there is no shortage of food during the harvest season from this year to next year.
The water level and the farmers must be cleared by tomorrow! Otherwise, when he returns from Beidu in three months, this season's potatoes will be missed.
“Okay! I’ll go get the silver for Brother Bai.” Hearing that Bai Manshan said there was still time, Shui Qing didn’t hesitate and turned into the courtyard to get the silver.
Ling Ran, who was loading the truck, paused for a moment, then continued to move the sacks and load them onto the truck.
His aunt and Uncle Bai are both helping him with their actions, so he has to get this done!
With sufficient food, soldiers have the strength to charge into battle and have no worries about supplies.
Under the cover of night, about forty carriages and more than ten horses set off.
Tonight will surely be a sleepless night for them.
Bai Ziqian and Li Huyu set off after dawn the next day. There weren't many toothbrushes in the workshop yet, so the two of them went back to Nandu first to gather people, vehicles, and goods. They could come and pick up the toothbrushes when they were about to leave.
Fan Jin copied down the key points and precautions from the "Complete Guide to Potatoes" in the room, compiling them into a booklet so that Da Jiang could take it to Beidu in two or three days.
Hu's mother and Yan Qiu were busy preparing food for everyone on the road. Ling Ran and his group had brought dry rations, but the rations were only enough to fill them up and not to replenish their oil and water. They made more dried meat and other similar items to take with them, so that they could also replenish their oil and water on the road.
Unlike the herbal medicine shop, the toothbrush shop requires both physical labor and skill. Since Ding Jiajia and Qin Yilin couldn't help much at the toothbrush shop, they also went into the kitchen to help with cooking and chopping vegetables.
Shuiqing drank a bowl of porridge early in the morning and then went to the old village chief's house.
Wang Guifen was mixing chicken feed when she saw Shuiqing coming over. She was overjoyed and quickly stepped forward, smiling as she asked, "I saw Lingran bring a large group of people back yesterday, and I was thinking that you must be very busy these days. I didn't expect you to borrow a cart and go out again last night."
What brings you here?
"I'm looking for the old village chief to discuss something and ask him for advice," Shui Qing replied with a smile.
Wang Guifen wasn't surprised. Although Shuiqing was the wealthiest and most successful person in the village, she respected her father-in-law greatly and would always ask for his opinion on anything. In fact, her father-in-law wouldn't say anything if she made the decisions herself.
However, it was precisely this respect that made her father-in-law take Shuiqing's words very seriously, treating them with utmost solemnity each time.
"Okay, I'll go take a look. You sit for a while." Right now, the third son and Wenhua are transporting medicinal herbs to Yuhang. The third son's wife works at the toothbrush workshop. A few days ago, Shuiqing said they needed someone to cut bamboo, so her husband was also recruited.
The third son earns 100 coins a day, his wife earns 20 coins a day, and the head of the household earns 23 coins a day. The family's wages alone amount to 143 coins a day!
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