novelaction Chapter 784: Food Entering the Cave
Chapter 784: Food Entering the Cave
She basically went to the largest and richest families in the area. After visiting a few of them, the other families saw what had happened and started to act on their own initiative, so they delivered food to the farm without Zhou Guo having to come to their homes.
Zhou Guo was so happy inside, you see, drinking, eating and socializing are still very useful, look, the remaining food went to the farm by itself.
After the grain was harvested, several farms were filled with grain.
Zhou Guo felt that this was not a good idea. Although eggs should not be put in one basket, if he dug too many holes like a little squirrel, the granary would be discovered sooner or later. It was better to just have two.
But the grain from Huaiyang is too far to be transported here, so just put the grain in Kang'an. Anyway, these places are now under the jurisdiction of the general, and no one dares to detain it.
Even if we want to confiscate it, they have to be able to find it.
A convoy of vehicles, which was as long as one could see the end, was moving on the road.
Niu Si and his group of bodyguards escorted them throughout the journey, with Zhou Guo walking in the front. Transporting grain was a big deal and she couldn't just ignore it.
The refugees passing by were so amazed at the sight of so much food that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging the master to give them some food to eat.
As more and more people knelt on the ground, Niu Si and his companions became more serious.
Just want to chase people away.
Zhou Guo heard the noise, turned around and said to everyone, "From now on, go north to Yunzhou, and go to Song County below. There is a farm there that is recruiting workers. You can go there and get relief instead of work. You will get three meals a day, and you can get wages if you do a good job. The old, weak, women and children can all work."
"Ah? Is what you said true? Is there really such a good thing?"
Zhou Guo said: "In the past two years, Song County has taken in many refugees like you. As long as you are strong and can work, you will not starve there, including your children."
Everyone was overjoyed and kowtowed to Zhou Guo repeatedly, "Thank you very much, sir."
Zhou Guo nodded, pulled the reins, and the horse ran away.
The refugees kowtowed a few more times in the direction Zhou Guo left, and supported each other as they headed north.
This time, there were some smiles on their faces because there was hope and expectation in their lives.
Zhou Guo looked at the cave in front of him. It was similar in shape to the one in Song County, but not as big. However, it could still store a lot of grain, so 600,000 shi would be no problem.
All measures for waterproofing and moisture-proofing have been taken.
There are currently three places where our family stores grain, one in Cangshan Village, one in Song County, and the other is here.
Among the three counties, this one has the largest storage area. All the grain for the three prefectures is stored here.
After the last batch of grain was delivered and stacked, there was not much space left in the originally large cave.
The total grain harvested by the three prefectures this year exceeded 400,000 dan, which filled more than half of the cave.
It is truly a mountain of grain.
This is only the first year, and the grain harvested every year in the future will not be much less than this. Although it cannot be compared with the Wu and Wang families, Zhou Guo is already very satisfied. After all, the family does not even have 40 acres of land now.
The whole family, including the people under her, would not be able to finish eating all this food in ten lifetimes.
Hu Zi and the others were looking at the neatly stacked food and Zhou Guo's small and tall figure from the back, their eyes full of submission. This was their master. In previous years, they had no food to eat for the whole year.
People like Huzi still remember their childhood. Their family rented a few acres of land and they worked hard all year round. After paying the rent and the tax, it was difficult to make ends meet.
The master's family only has about thirty or forty acres of land, but the annual grain harvest is hundreds of thousands of dan, which is comparable to the big landlords in the north.
Zhou Guo didn't know how great and capable she was in the eyes of her subordinates at this moment.
After checking the account book, she waved her hand and closed the door. In order to have so much grain, she still got two iron doors. Once the doors were closed, the gaps were blocked, so snakes, insects, rats and ants outside could not get in, saving a lot of trouble.
It takes ten people to close the heavy iron door.
As the gate closed with a clang, hundreds of thousands of dan of grain were trapped inside.
Zhou Guo moved some stones to block the entrance of the cave and clapped his hands. This marked the end of this year's grain harvest.
A cave full of food like this really makes people feel more secure than a cave full of gold.
Once she has managed to cultivate those salty and bitter lands, she will be able to harvest more grain every year than the Wu family!
He turned to Hu Zi and said, "Take the people to clean up these places. The ground has almost collapsed all the way into the mountains. We must clean it up the same as before, so that no one can see the flaws. In addition, in the months before winter, we must arrange people to guard in secret. After winter, we must also send people to check from time to time to prevent accidents."
Hu Zi responded, "I saved it, just like before in Song County."
Zhou Guo shook his head. "It's different. Song County only had tens of thousands of dan of grain last year. This year, there are hundreds of thousands of dan. If we are found, we will suffer a greater loss. If these grains are transported to the military camp, hundreds of thousands of troops can eat for several months!"
After all, she didn't plan to sell the grain for the time being. She prepared it for Zhou Dacang and as a retreat for the military camp.
Hu Zi said solemnly: "Master, rest assured, I know it and I will not mess it up."
Zhou Guo nodded, "I've always been very confident in your work. Now that things are over here, I have to go back first. I'll leave this place to you. You have to check on Qian Duo and Lai Zi Tou from time to time. These guys can't control themselves and might get into trouble from time to time."
Being a bandit for a long time, he does whatever he wants, which sometimes inevitably leads to trouble.
Hu Zi has become more stable and his skills have improved over the past two years, so he can still have a say in front of these people.
At this time, the grain in Cangshan Village and Song County had also been harvested.
With Wu Jiang and Zhou Gu around, the grain was smoothly stored in the warehouse and the cave.
She took a tour around Song County and visited the experimental fields managed by Old Man Zhang and his son. After all, not many of the rice she sowed in the spring survived. Only a small half of it survived, with only sparse grains on it.
But this has already surprised her a lot. This is the first step towards success. As long as the rice can survive, year after year, the rice will eventually bloom on this land and emit the fragrance of rice.
Zhang Dafu said, "Boss, as long as we can plant it this year, it will be easy next year. We can harvest it next year."
A large area can survive.
Zhou Guo smiled and nodded, "Work hard. If you can really make the rice take root in this land next year, you will have made a great contribution. I will reward you then."
The two of them knelt down and kowtowed immediately.
Zhou Guo said: "Get up, get up, don't kneel down all the time."
Old man Zhang said, "Boss, it's not that we planted well, it's that you had a good method. I have been planting for my whole life, and I have never planted rice on such white, salty and bitter land. We don't dare to take the credit, the credit belongs to you."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "I came up with the idea, but you guys are the ones doing the work. If the rice survives, you will have the credit. Work hard. When the rice is ripe, I will come to harvest it myself."