Buying Pingshan is just the first step.
However, this first step alone used up more than half of the property behind the stone gate.
Jiang Bai, who had never spent money so lavishly before, couldn't help but sigh, "I don't have enough money!"
Fortunately, she had her own ideas.
After buying Pingshan, Jiang Bai began his next plan: building houses.
She might not be able to build a regular, nice house, but she's very good at building safe houses.
The trouble was transporting building materials into the mountains, which made her grit her teeth in frustration. Why couldn't there be a space? If there were a space, she could simply store these things in it and then bring them into the mountains.
But there was no space, so she had to carry everything in little by little by herself.
The siblings, like hamsters carrying grain, secretly transported building materials into the mountains.
The safe house is built underground and appears very well hidden from the outside.
With the help of the three siblings, they managed to build a safe house covering 100 square meters within a month.
Looking at the safe house built by the siblings, Jiang Bai felt a sense of pride.
Jiang Lu and Jiang Songwen were also greatly shocked.
The well was located not far from the safe house, and a month later, it was overflowing almost every day.
“When I’m not here, you and Awen can hide down here. Food and water are all stored up.”
Jiang Lu felt a little flustered and subconsciously grabbed Jiang Bai's sleeve, asking nervously, "Sister, are you abandoning us?"
"Silly girl, why would you think that?"
Jiang Bai chuckled and ruffled her hair, continuing, "Sister, are you going to find Mother? Don't you want Mother to come back?"
Mother?
Thinking of the Song family, Jiang Lu felt a sudden pang of sadness.
“You and Awen are still too young. I won’t feel at ease if I don’t arrange a safe place for you.”
"Can...can I come along?"
She also wanted to find her mother.
"No, that won't work."
The barbarians to the west have already amassed troops, and it's uncertain when war will break out.
At times like this, she dared not take the two of them out.
She is strong, but not strong enough to deal with an army of thousands.
Her idea was simple: first, build a safe house; then find the Song family, bring them back, and then proceed with the next step of the plan.
Thinking of this, her eyes darkened.
After hiding Jiang Lu and the other person, Jiang Bai went down the mountain.
Looking in the direction of Jiangjia Village, she walked towards the village almost without any hesitation.
The village found a place to dig a well, but the water yield was low, and the villagers lived a very frugal life. To save water, they mostly ate dry biscuits.
They dared not abandon their work in the fields, but without water, they didn't know if the crops could survive.
In the clan chief's house, Jiang Bai sat to the side.
It's been over a month since I last saw the clan leader, and he seems to have aged quite a bit.
He wasn't young to begin with, and the worry about the village's water supply had turned his hair white; he even considered whether to flee the famine.
"You can really hand out water to everyone?"
Jiang Bai sat upright in the chair and nodded.
"Those who do the work are paid a ladle of water a day."
Don't underestimate the power of a single ladle of water; these days, each villager doesn't even have a ladle of water every day.
"All you need to do is help me enclose Pingshan and build the wall according to the blueprints I requested."
"The wild animals in the mountains?"
"Don't worry, they just need to work in a safe place."
Jiang Bai's idea was simple: with the advantageous location of Pingshan and fifty acres of fertile land at his disposal, in ancient times when soil fertility was generally insufficient, seeds were one aspect and fertilizer was another.
Where does fertilizer come from?
Thinking about the high price of pork and the chicks at home, Jiang Bai already had an idea.
The livestock are raised in flat hills, then their manure is collected to make fertilizer, and the grown livestock are sold, forming an industrial chain.
But all of this is contingent on her having a travel permit and being able to obtain the qualifications to travel as a merchant.
However, she had no intention of going into business, so she needed to find a good place for these livestock.
Where is the greatest demand for livestock meat?
It was naturally a military camp.
The Third Prince would be a good match.
While thinking about these things, he didn't let his words interfere with his work.
"I need to ask the villagers about this. If anyone is willing, I'll let them sign up."
The clan chief guessed that Jiang Bai must have found a water source.
Otherwise, she wouldn't dare offer water as payment.
Soon, the villagers responded.
Almost all the villagers from Jiangjia Village came to Pingshan to work, and Jiang Anshan's family's work changed from farming to registering people and arranging jobs.
Because of this, Jiang Bai had Jiang Lu teach his family arithmetic and some simple words.
The aquaculture industry in Pingshan is booming.
Ji Yanwen, under Jiang Bai's prompting, studied hard, striving to pass the exam for Xu Chuan Academy after the New Year and obtain the travel permit to Xu Chuan.
With about ten days left until the Lunar New Year, Jiang Bai sighed as he looked at the water level, which had dropped to half its original value.
"Er Ya, while I'm gone, you and A Wen should take good care of yourselves."
"He would stay with the villagers during the day and hide at night so that no one would find him."
Jiang Bai is preparing to go to Luzhou.
The jewelry behind the stone gate, especially the large number of jade artifacts, needs to be dealt with.
But without a travel permit, she couldn't enter the city openly, and the pawnshops in the city wouldn't accept such things.
A travel permit is considered one of the most important identity documents for people traveling to a different place.
Nobody dares to do business with unregistered individuals.
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