Chapter 469: Shanshui Village and Zhulin Village have undergone major changes

Chapter 469: Shanshui Village and Zhulin Village have undergone major changes

Bai Manshan just entered the village and was stunned for a moment. He pulled the reins of the horse uncertainly, looked up at Wu Goucheng who was on duty at the observation deck and asked, "Goucheng, when did your village get bigger?"

When you first entered the village gate, you looked to the right to see the bookstore, and to the front was the wall. Now, if you look to the right, you can't see the end of it, and there are already several houses that can be seen over there!

It’s still a brick house!

The wall in the middle of the two places has been demolished, and there is also a circle of walls outside the new place on the right, which is strong and solid.

In what month did he leave? It seems to be spring, but now it is autumn. Only one summer has passed. Why has Shanshui Village changed so much?

Wu Goucheng loudly recounted what happened in the village in detail.

When he heard that Hu Wenhua and Ding Jiajia were getting married, Bai Manshan opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff an egg in it!

Why didn't he know what happened when?

Then he thought that it was normal not to know. His family of three was scattered in the north and south, and there was a chaos of war outside. It was impossible to deliver the letter. Not only did he not know, but even Zi Qian and Hu Yu probably couldn't know either.

Don't blame anyone else, just blame this world.

Moreover, when Wenhua got married, Dajiang, his close nephew, was unable to attend, and he didn't even know the news. It was even worse than him.

He looked around Shanshui Village. It was quiet with only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves. Originally it was hot and no one came out to chat, but it was already October and the autumn air was not hot anymore. In the past, there were always women in twos and threes under the big trees at the entrance of the village. Chatting while doing needlework, why are you gone today?

Unusual.

Bai Manshan raised his head and asked Wu Goucheng again: "Goucheng, where are the people in your village? Are they all in the fields before the autumn harvest is over?"

It shouldn’t be. Don’t the people in Shanshui Village not plant potatoes in spring? Besides, even if they were planting potatoes, they should have finished harvesting them. He came from Baijiazhuang. Not only had the potato harvest in Baijiazhuang been completed, but the autumn harvest in Zhulin Village was also good, and the potatoes for the next season had even been planted.

Oh, I remembered, Shanshui Village has changed its cultivation of medicinal materials, and the harvesting time of the medicinal materials may be different.

"The autumn harvest ends early, but it only takes more than an hour in the morning. The rest of the time is spent making toothbrush handles in their own yards." After Wu Goucheng finished speaking, he explained to Yourong Yan in detail.

In the past, people from the medicinal materials shop worked in the toothbrush shop, but now that there is a bumper harvest of medicinal materials, people are also needed to process the medicinal materials, so we have to recruit additional people from the village.

The men have to go to the fields to collect medicinal materials and go out to deliver goods, so most of the people recruited are women, even Aunt Li and Aunt Zhang's age. The remaining people who make toothbrush handles at home can only work harder.

Bai Manshan forgot to close his open mouth.

He thought he was busy enough, but he didn't expect that the people in Shanshui Village were busier than him!

Going up the high slope, I passed by the toothbrush shop and saw that the toothbrush shop had been transformed into a medicine shop. Another courtyard was built next to it, which must be the new toothbrush shop.

Before that, he met Ziqian Huyu and talked about the situation of the toothbrushes. He came over to buy another batch of goods. He was originally worried that it would be too late to make toothbrushes, but he didn't expect that Shuiqing would come up with the idea of ​​outsourcing!

The people in Shanshui Village are becoming more and more diligent, and they are not left behind in anything in the fields, at home, or in the workshop.

In the future, I am afraid that it will become one of the richest villages in the entire Daming Kingdom...

When Bai Manshan entered the village gate, children had already come over early to inform Shui Qing. Shui Qing gave the children a handful of candies. The children ran away happily, while Shui Qing and Fan Jin stood at the door of the yard waiting.

Seeing Bai Manshan and his group walking over from a distance, the two of them greeted them.

Bai Manshan ignored Fan Jin and praised Shang Shuiqing repeatedly: "Sister, your idea of ​​a toothbrush workshop is such a good one, why didn't I think of it before!"

Shui Qing smiled and said: "Isn't there nothing we can do? There are more than 400 people in Shanshui Village, raising livestock, farming fields, going out to deliver goods, medicinal materials shop and toothbrush shop. Can't we use all the people who can be used?

You have a lot of people, so of course you don't need to use all the old, young, women and girls. "

"Don't laugh at me. I have so many people that I don't need them. I obviously have very little property." Bai Manshan smiled helplessly.

He originally thought that there were more than 200 people in Baijiazhuang, and it would be good to grow a few hundred acres of fields and harvest the grain for the Baijiami store to sell.

The output of grain is limited and prices do not fluctuate much. The food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc. of more than 200 people are all borne by them, which is not a small sum, so their life is not very good - it can only be said that they are like other Zhuangzi's shady owners. In comparison, it is very good.

It was only this time that he returned from Baijiazhuang to Zhulin Village and realized that the gap had already appeared in just over half a year!

Zhulin Village changed the location to build the village, choosing a highland near Yubei Mountain, so that they would not be afraid of heavy rains and floods, and at least they could retreat to the mountains during heavy rains.

The adobe house they built had a gray tile roof, just like the one in Shanshui Village. Needless to say, it must have been the money and idea provided by the owner's family.

As expected during the chat, we also learned that eleven girls from Zhulin Village were married!

They built a fence and another livestock pen to centrally feed the livestock. There were already cows and donkeys inside, not to mention the common chickens, ducks and geese, as well as rabbits! The number of rabbits in the nest is quite spectacular now.

Pigs and sheep will almost be ready for slaughter by the end of the year. I heard that there is no shortage of eggs now, and there will be no need to worry about meat by the end of the year.

Their potatoes are harvested and stored early, and the new season can be planted faster than in Baijiazhuang, because they harvest in January and February, then fertilize the farmland and plant something like bamboo poles instead.

They didn't say what it was for, and he knew in his heart that it was not that they didn't know but that they couldn't say it. At the same time, he felt that he had chosen the right person in the first place - it was very important for a servant to keep his mouth shut!

Not leaking the master's affairs was a basic accomplishment.

He originally thought that the Bai family was pretty good, with many shops, several farms, and a lot of land. Now looking at Shuiqing, sometimes he was secretly proud that he had run the Bai family well after taking over.

Not only did it not decline, but it also expanded. Compared with Shuiqing at this moment, he was nowhere near.

If Shuiqing took over the Bai family, it would definitely not be the current scale!

He had to work harder, but what other businesses could he start to make money...

Shuiqing led people into the house. After the three of them sat down in the teahouse, she told them about the cooperation they had thought of before: "The potatoes in Zhulin Village will only be planted for one season next year, leaving enough for the whole village to eat, and the rest can be shipped to Beidu;

In the rest of the time, I want to plant sugarcane to make sugar."

Potatoes mature quickly and can usually be harvested in four months. If they are planted in October, they can be harvested in February. Sugarcane is best planted in March and April, and can be harvested in September and October;

People have to work harder, but they can take care of both food and cash crops.