"This is a sweet potato, a very good crop with a very high yield and a very long shelf life. It can be eaten raw or cooked."
This time, some sweet potatoes were brought back from Southeast Asia. These sweet potatoes can be used as seedlings. The stems and leaves that grow from them can be used for cuttings to grow new plants.
"Really? That's wonderful! With so many sweet potatoes, how many acres of land can we plant with the cuttings?" Li Guang asked excitedly.
"Planting 100 mu of land should not be a problem. As long as one season is completed, the harvested sweet potatoes can be used to plant tens of thousands of mu."
The 800 mu of farmland and 200 mu of ponds you requested last time have been rented. You can plant sweet potatoes on that land.
"Okay, I'll arrange for people to plant sweet potatoes right away," Li Guang said excitedly.
When Zhao Xian returned from the farm, he ran into Manager Lu, who had come to buy goods. In recent months, Manager Lu had been sending other people to buy goods, and he rarely came himself.
"Manager Lu, it's been a long time. You've finally come today."
"Indeed, Your Excellency, since the beginning of this year, several of my businesses have developed rapidly and are doing very well. I'm simply too busy to keep up," Manager Lu said.
"The busier you are, the better your business is. You can find a few capable people, let them do things, and ask them to be responsible for you. Then you can relax."
"Yes, I should learn from the Registrar in this respect."
Take Liu Xuan for example. Your magistrate put her in charge of the franchise restaurant business, and she did indeed make the business thrive, and it's only getting stronger.
We already have franchise stores in some major cities in the Jiangnan region.
"I never expected Liu Xuan to do such a good job with the franchise business. It seems I should go out and see how Qinghe Restaurant is doing in other places when I have the chance."
"Yes, the Registrar has so many businesses under his name, and each business has a dedicated person in charge of management. He lives a carefree life."
Unlike us, who have to handle everything ourselves and are constantly exhausted, it seems I really need to learn a lot from the Registrar when it comes to management.
It seems that people in ancient times were meticulous in their management, personally overseeing everything. No wonder they were exhausted.
We adopt a modern business management model, assigning specific people to be in charge of each industry, so that they can keep an eye on their own premises and manage their own people.
At this moment, Zhao Xian remembered something. He took out fifty taels of silver, handed it to Manager Lu, and said:
"This is fifty taels of silver that Yang Hong lent you. Please accept it."
Manager Lu looked at the fifty taels of silver with some surprise:
"This was given by Yang Hong, and it was the registrar who paid it back for me."
“Of course it was given by Yang Hong. He told me to hand the silver to you,” Zhao Xian said with a smile.
Manager Lu found it unbelievable; he always felt that Zhao Xian was paying off Yang Hong's debt.
"Manager Lu is overthinking it. This money was indeed given by Yang Hong. He has changed; he is no longer the Yang Hong of the past."
So Zhao Xian told Manager Lu about Yang Hong's experiences during this period. Manager Lu was stunned after hearing it.
"I never imagined that so many things would happen to Yang Hong in the past few months, and that the registrar would travel thousands of miles deep into Yuanxi to rescue him."
This experience made him realize the truth, and I believe he will be able to support himself in the future,” Manager Lu sighed.
"He has completely changed. He set up a playing card manufacturing workshop in Yangjiawan, and the playing cards he produced were in high demand."
He also hired more than twenty people to help him, and in Yangjiawan, Yang Hong had already become a well-known shopkeeper.
Manager Lu was a very shrewd businessman. Although he didn't know what playing cards were, he sensed that their appearance was a business opportunity.
"Sir, what exactly are playing cards? May I see them?"
"Of course, please wait a moment, Manager Lu." After saying that, Zhao Xian took out a deck of cards and handed it to Manager Lu.
Manager Lu took the playing cards and examined them for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what they were about. He felt there was some hidden meaning in them.
Seeing that Manager Lu was getting more and more confused, Zhao Xian began to explain the rules of poker to him, and Manager Lu quickly understood the intricacies of poker.
"It seems that Yang Hong is very clever to have designed such amazing playing cards. I want to promote these playing cards in Qing'an Prefecture. I wonder if we can cooperate with Yang Hong."
"Of course, but not this time. I'll have Yang Hong increase production later. When you come next time, take some playing cards back to sell. We'll see how they sell and then decide how much Yang Hong will supply you."
"Alright, that's settled then. The registrar will tell Yang Hong about it later."
After seeing Manager Lu off, Zhao Xian went to the fields, which consisted of 800 acres of land and 200 acres of lake, about three miles from the farm.
These 800 acres are all fertile land, requiring no reclamation and can be planted directly.
At this moment, Li Guang was leading a few people to plant sweet potatoes. When he saw Zhao Xian coming over, he went up to greet him.
"Brother Zhao, you're here."
“Yes, this land was rented for us by the village head. I haven’t been here before, but I came here specifically to take a look,” Zhao Xian said.
"This piece of land is indeed nice, it's just a bit far from the village, but the scenery here is exceptionally beautiful."
Especially this lake, although it's only two hundred acres, its water is crystal clear and full of vitality, like an eye on the earth.
"Really? Then I'll go take a look by the water. You go ahead with your work." After saying that, Zhao Xian walked towards the lake, while Li Guang continued planting sweet potatoes.
Zhao Xian arrived at the lakeside. Although the lake was only two hundred acres in size, standing on the shore and looking out, the lake appeared very vast, far exceeding two hundred acres.
Zhao Xian walked around the lake. The lake was oval-shaped, like a gemstone embedded in this land.
The lake water is crystal clear. The part of the lake near the fields is not deep, only three or four feet deep, making it the best choice for cultivating lotus roots.
Enjoy the lotus flowers in summer, harvest lotus in autumn, dig lotus roots in winter, and also harvest a large number of lotus leaves. In ancient times, lotus leaves were a very good packaging material.
Is it possible to plant some lotus roots in this area of the lake? Generally, lotus roots are planted in the silt at the bottom of the water.
This planting method requires a large number of lotus roots, which need to be planted in the lake, making it very troublesome. Is there a simpler planting method?
He searched and found that the system sold pre-germinated lotus seeds. He could throw these lotus seeds into the water and they would grow roots that could penetrate the mud and grow into a lotus root.
That makes things easier. He looked around and saw some people working in the fields in the distance. No one was paying any attention to him. Now was the perfect time to plant lotus roots.
Zhao Xian quickly purchased some sprouted lotus seeds from the system and threw them into this area of the lake. He didn't throw too many, as lotus roots reproduce very quickly, and in a few years, a large area of lotus roots will grow in the lake.
In the future, a large number of lotus flowers will grow in this area. Some pavilions will be built here so that people can rest and enjoy the lotus flowers.
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