"Not bad," Chen Li put down the teacup in her hand, "Could you please tell me about the situation of the village?"
Village head Zhang and village head Wang looked at each other, and Village head Zhang spoke first. "Young lady just checked. Our village has a total of 80 mu of land, of which 30 mu are high-quality paddy fields, 10 mu are medium-quality paddy fields, 5 mu are low-quality paddy fields, 10 mu are high-quality dry land, and the rest is medium-quality dry land."
Chen Li nodded. It seemed that the overall soil quality of this device was very good.
"Because we have some fruit trees planted on the table and some fish in the fish pond, we will send some good ones to the host family during the festival, and the rest will be sold."
"All of this land is rented out to tenant farmers in the village. They take 40% of the profits, and the remaining 60% belongs to the owner."
Zhang Zhuangtou talked about some trivial matters, and then went to Wang Zhuangtou.
"Miss, the other farm is much larger than this one. It has a total of 150 acres, but 70 acres of it are planted with tea. Excluding the 5 acres occupied by the mountain, the rest is land, but most of it is medium-sized dry land."
Shen Li nodded, "I'll go check it out later."
"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare."
"Um."
Wang Zhuangtou walked away quickly. Chen Li looked at Zhang Zhuangtou and asked, "Do you have any plans for next year's spring planting?"
"Miss, we are all following the same principles as before, planting one crop a year, and the rest of the time we are taking care of the land."
"Starting next year, we'll plant two crops a year, starting with early spring planting. After harvesting the crops and preparing the land, we'll spread fertilizer and start sowing the next crop."
"Miss, this..."
They now rely on the land for their livelihood. If the land is used so frequently, will it affect the yield?
"I see there are a lot of chickens on the farm, right?"
"Yes."
Although he didn't know how the topic shifted here, Zhang Zhuangtou still chose to answer.
"Well, raise some more pigs. I'll give you a method for composting later. Just do it."
"yes."
Seeing his tough attitude, Zhang Zhuangtou chose to suppress the doubts in his heart, but some questions had to be raised.
"Miss, I'm afraid the tenants won't agree to this."
"disagree?"
Chen Li bent her fingers and tapped the table. "They don't agree, but they just don't see the benefits. When the time comes, you can tell them that the losses will be borne by the main family, and they will be compensated no less. They will naturally agree."
"Miss..., okay."
Since the master of the village has said so, what else can he, the head of the village, do?
He now disagrees with this approach from the bottom of his heart, but since the lady insists on doing it, he can only let her try it first. If it doesn't work, he will naturally not bother.
He thought Chen Li was just fooling around. How could there be two varieties in one year? He didn't show any sign of it.
Chen Li had seen a lot of the ugliness of human nature, so she naturally saw what Zhang Zhuangtou had not said, but she did not say it explicitly, which was actually a feasible thing to do.
Now it’s just because no one has tried it. However, food is really precious now, so it’s normal for people not to dare to try it.
"You go ahead and do your work. I'll go check out another farm."
"Okay, I'll prepare something for you later, and you can take it back."
"I came here on horseback today, so it's not convenient."
"It's okay. We have a carriage on our farm. I'll have someone follow the young lady and take her there."
"good."
Now that things had come to this, Chen Li no longer refused.
Chi Yan had already run far away. Chen Li blew a whistle, and soon, the sound of horse hooves rang in his ears.
Riding on Chiyan, perhaps because the village head Wang had already given instructions, the gate of the courtyard was now wide open, and a woman was waiting at the door.
"Miss."
Seeing her dismount, the woman immediately stepped forward and said, "The head of Wang Zhuang asked me to show you around the manor."
"No, I'll ride the horse, you can go and do your own thing."
The woman stood there, staring at the distant figure on horseback in a daze.
As you enter the village, the first thing that catches your eye is the entire patch of tea trees scattered in an orderly manner in the distance.
The farmlands on both sides are also planted with seasonal vegetables, which are lush and growing well.
Chen Li rode his horse all the way to the tea tree and circled around the edge of the tea tree.
These tea trees are well grown. It seems that the village head is very concerned about these teas.
It seems that after a while, Chen Li drove the horse down and it was time to go back, otherwise it would be too late.
When I arrived in front of the house, I saw Wang Zhuangtou standing there with two baskets of things beside him and a wooden box in his hand.
"Miss, these are some vegetables from the farm. I'll have them loaded onto the carriage later. You can take them back and eat them."
He pointed to something beside him and then opened the box in his hand and said, "This is some leftover tea from this year. Take it home and drink it."
A smile appeared in Chen Li's eyes. This Wang Zhuangtou is quite sensible.
"Excuse me, Mr. Wang."
“This is what I should do.”
"Miss, the carriage is waiting outside. I'll have these loaded onto it."
"good."
Chen Li was riding a horse in front, followed by a carriage. When passing by Zhang Zhuangtou's farm, Zhang Zhuangtou could only curse Wang Zhuangtou in his heart for being cunning.
That's not what he said before!
As a result, he showed his courtesy faster than anyone else!
"Miss, I'll have the things moved to a carriage."
"good."
Zhang Zhuangtou prepared two baskets of fruit, two baskets of vegetables, and a few old hens, and had them all loaded onto the carriage.
"Zhang Zhuangtou, I'll have someone send the recipe to you in a few days."
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