novelaction Chapter 1049 Fighting in the Arena
Chapter 1049 Fighting in the Arena
Zhou Guo looked at the land and said, "If you want to improve the quality of land like this, the most important thing is to build water conservancy projects and flush the salt layer with water. Once the water conservancy projects are built, it will only be a matter of time before the land becomes fertile farmland. But, brother, it will cost a lot!
I have a lot of salty and bitter land here and there, which is not a lot in total. I invested most of the money I earned in the early years into these lands, and I only started to harvest last year. It will take many years to get my money back."
The initial cost is really high, and there is no visible return yet.
Xu Sibei nodded, "Few people have the courage to invest so much money and not see any results."
Although he didn't know how much money the Zhou family could earn every year based on the harvest over the past few years, he could tell with a little bit of calculation that they must be making a lot.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "But now it's good. Once I succeeded here, many people followed suit. The government was also willing to put in the effort. In the past few years, many small plots of land were renovated and distributed to the people, allowing them to plant and harvest by themselves. Many of them have started planting this year."
The salty and bitter lands in other places will be divided up sooner or later if the big farmers are willing to put in the effort and invest the money. After all, the land is cheap here.
"How much did you spend on this land when you bought it?" Xu Sibei asked.
Zhou Guo couldn't help but smile, "It's cheap. At that time, no one believed that I could turn these barren lands into fertile fields. I was allowed to buy one acre of land for two or three coins. Later, I bought more land, all at about the same price. I got a bargain."
It is also in the past two years that people know that salty and bitter land can be turned into farmland, so the price has risen. "Now such land is almost one tael of silver per mu, which is not cheap for such land."
It is indeed not cheap. You cannot use these things immediately after buying them. You have to spend a lot of money on them. It will take several years to grow crops, and it will take several years for them to become fertile land.
The cost of maintaining the land is even greater than the cost of buying the land.
I don’t know how many years it will take to see results.
With this money, we can buy so much food!
Therefore, although the wealthy families in the north knew that this land could be turned into farmland, few of them would actually spend so much money to buy this thing, as they did not lack land at home.
Besides, the better ones, those closer to the river, have all been bought by Zhou Guo. If they buy others, the cost will only be higher.
If you have that kind of money, you might as well buy land somewhere else. Even if it's land in the capital, the whole thing will probably be much cheaper than this salty and bitter land.
Zhou Guo looked at the endless land, sighed, and said, "In fact, although the cost of buying the land is low, if the subsequent costs are also taken into account, it will be more expensive than the land in the capital, so it is not cost-effective."
If there wasn't really no land in the North at that time, she wouldn't have bought these.
Xu Sibei consoled him, "That doesn't matter. Silver is dead stuff after all, and can't be used as food or drink. But these solid grains are different.
If you really calculate it, no amount of money can buy it. And these lands are yours from now on. Your descendants will be able to rely on these lands for food and drink. In the long run, it is not a loss. "
Zhou Guo thought it would be better if he didn't say anything to comfort her. "Brother, the world will be peaceful in a few years. There won't be such a shortage of food in the world at that time. It's not a chaotic time. Silver is still silver, but food won't be that valuable by then."
Although she sometimes said this to her subordinates and family members, she was still rational inside. Troubled times are different from peaceful times.
Xu Sibei sighed, "Even if it's peaceful, won't there be a day when it will get chaotic? If your descendants are determined to succeed, keeping these things in their hands will be better than anything else."
Zhou Guo was startled and turned to look at him, "You, you, why do you say such a thing?"
You know, if Xu's army can take it down, the whole world will belong to him!
Xu Sibei raised his eyebrows, "Why can't I say that? I'm only telling the truth. Look, from ancient times to the present, which dynasty can last long? The life span of a dynasty is only a few hundred years. If the disease persists for a long time, chaos will inevitably occur. I am not the only one who understands this principle."
Zhou Guo stopped talking. In fact, she understood, but she couldn't say it.
She accompanied Xu Sibei in Yunzhou for a few days, ate a lot of delicious food, and saw many of the family's businesses.
Especially the manor that is being built outside Yunzhou.
And the ground berries are growing vigorously.
Zhou Guo pointed at the ground berry seedlings and said, "When the ground berries turn red, I will send them to you. This year, many cherry seedlings on the farm are also beginning to bear fruit. I will send them to you then, as well as autumn crabs. At that time, the crabs are plump, yellow, and fragrant."
Xu Sibei swallowed his saliva exaggeratedly, "Hearing what you said, I want to eat it now. You have so many good things in your hand. Thank you for thinking of me, brother. But when the time comes, please send me a message and I will come out to eat it myself, so you don't need to send me."
Zhou Guo nodded with a smile.
Four days later, Xu Sibei left early in the morning and agreed with Zhou Guo on the next day to send people out. "The manure and horse bones you asked for will be brought out together. You must be prepared to find a place to put them."
After saying this, I felt that the last sentence was completely redundant. She had so many farms, each bigger than the last, how could she not have space to place these things?
Zhou Guo saw him off, returned to the escort agency, and asked someone to copy the book in his hand.
The escort agency's booklets will be kept in the escort agency, and the booklets from the manor will also be sent there.
At the training ground, Lai Zi Tou was leading the people from the escort agency to spar with the group of people who had just arrived, saying that he wanted to test their skills.
When Zhou Guo heard about it, he rushed over to see.
The two groups split into two groups, one standing on each side of the ring.
The bald-headed man was speaking, "I know that you all used to be members of the prestigious Xu's Army. What a coincidence, we also retired from the battlefield. We are all brothers!
The rules of our escort agency are not as strict as those of the army, but they are not without rules. They have already told you about the rules of escorting these days. Today we will test our skills to see whether your Xu family army is stronger or we who came down from the mountains are stronger! ! "
The brothers of the escort agency cheered, rubbed their hands secretly, and looked at the opposite side with excitement in their eyes.
After being a bandit in the mountains for several years and being recruited by the boss, his skills have not declined over the years and he would be trained whenever he had free time.
They just couldn't believe that they couldn't defeat these wounded soldiers who had just come out of the army.
If they defeat these people, they can dampen their arrogance and avoid being robbed of their homes by them.
The Xu family soldiers were quiet, and the ones at the front just nodded, "Okay."
The bald guy was even more excited.
Zhou Guo watched leisurely, she also wanted to know who was the more powerful one.
He walked onto the stage and said, "I have a suggestion."