Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 1077 All the Family Property Was Spent

Xu Sibei was stunned. The sign in his hand suddenly felt as heavy as if it weighed a thousand pounds. He looked at her speechless.

These things were all earned by the young lady and her men. They worked hard to save up that little fortune, but they all spent it all.

Now that I have finally recovered, I am going to waste it all again?

Zhou Guo said, "Brother, don't feel burdened. I gave these things to you willingly. If they are piled up in the warehouse, they will be waste. If they are transported to the front line to solve the hunger problem of so many people, that is the destination of these things. These grains have played their role, and my work will not be in vain."

Grain is grown for people to eat. If it is piled up in a warehouse and never moved, it will be no different from soil.

The old man said, "That's right. If you really feel bad, you can give her more benefits. Even though this child is from a farming family, she has the same spirit and ambition as the children from wealthy families like you."

Choose the best of everything.

Zhou Guo said: "My master is right, I like all good things."

Xu Sibei said: "I'm afraid no matter what good things we have, they can't be worth these millions of dan of grain."

All the food in the north has been supplied to the border and Huaishan. It would be difficult to continue supplying the hundreds of thousands of troops in the south.

He solemnly put the sign into his arms and said, "Then I'll take it, little brother. I hope you don't have to use it."

However, even if he needed it, he wouldn't need that much. The tens of thousands of troops he currently led would not require much food.

Zhou Guo said, "Take this sign. We don't know what the situation is like on the front line yet. If you find the general later, find a way to send him a letter."

Xu Sibei was in a hurry to leave, and wanted to go to Huaishan Camp after dinner.

Zhou Guo prepared some delicious food for him, including dry food such as crab paste, dried meat and braised beef, as well as milk lumps, which she discovered this year as a way to resist hunger.

Xu Sibei held the milk lump and said, "Isn't this the same thing as what those barbarians eat? Where did you get this?"

Zhou Guo said, "I made this myself. I just got a pasture and raised a lot of cows. I squeezed out the milk that the calves couldn't finish drinking, and made it into milk lumps. You may not be used to it, but it can help you resist hunger. A small piece is enough. It's very convenient and can be stored. It's a good thing."

Although crab paste is good, it won’t last long as the weather gets hotter.

Moreover, when you are fighting outside, you have to carry a small jar with you wherever you go, which is very troublesome.

Xu Sibei has always looked down upon the things of the Hu people. The prairie is very barren and the resources are limited. What good things can there be?

But since it was Zhou Guo who did it, he still accepted it.

It was almost dark when we set out.

She sent him to the city gate and asked, "Didn't you say you brought some people out from the border? Aren't they still behind?"

Xu Sibei said, "Wait for me outside the city. The army will not enter the city. Okay, forget about sending you here. Let's go back. It's getting darker and the dew is heavy. Don't catch a cold."

Zhou Guo nodded, "Then you should be careful. If you have time, remember to write to us."

Xu Sibei said: "I understand."

After saying that, he rushed to the city gate with the sign. The gate officer had already opened the gate after receiving the news, so Xu Sibei rushed out without even turning his head.

The old man said: "The men of the Xu family are all good."

Zhou Guo turned around and said, "Go back."

The old man asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Zhou Guo said, "After we settle these people, we will go to Nanhe. The wheat harvest will start next month, and I want to go and see the harvest."

This is Nanhe’s first harvest, and she has to be present for such a big event.

The old man said happily, "Then I'll go with you. The pepper seedlings are already here, and your mother knows more about the rest than I do. It's just a dish after all."

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "If you want to go, go ahead. Why are you still talking about this? There are so many people in the family. Even if my mother is not free, can't she arrange for someone else to plant the crops?"

Well said, the old man regretted it the next day.

Looking at the two lively sheep, he asked, "We should take these delicious things back home to eat. After all, your mother and her family have never eaten yellow sheep before."

Zhou Guo nodded, "Okay, you take one back, I'll use the other one. I have some things to do in Yunzhou, so I won't be going back this time."

So many people have come from the escort agency this time, and Lai Zi Tou must be very busy alone, so she has to go and keep an eye on things.

The old man really took the sheep away. They couldn't let them eat up such a good thing outside. It was unknown when the boy would come back next time, and it would be a long time before he could eat the yellow sheep again.

After seeing the old man off, Zhou Guo went to the escort agency.

With so many people pouring in at once, the escort agency was really bustling.

Lai Zi was so overwhelmed that people came to him for everything, such as not enough rooms to share, not enough bedding, conflicts between two groups of people, and even how much food the kitchen should prepare.

He jumped up, "You ask me about this kind of thing, are you the chef or am I the chef?"

The chef also felt aggrieved, "You didn't tell me there would be so many people. I don't have enough staff in the kitchen. Please give me a few more. Otherwise, it will be difficult to eat."

The bald-headed man said irritably, "Then I'll pick twenty more for you. Will thirty or forty people be enough now?"

"Enough is enough."

Zhou Guo led people in, and when Baldy saw her, he was as excited as if he had seen his own mother, "Boss, you are finally here. Why are the people who came this time different from the last time? These people are simply troublemakers, and they want to be better than others in everything. It's terrible!"

Zhou Guo said: "No need to say more, let's go to the field and take a look."

More than four thousand people is not a small number. Their escort agency has never entertained so many people before. They are all grown men, so it is understandable that they cannot accommodate them.

She said, "Why don't you just stop treating them as Xu's army? Since these people have come to the escort agency, they are our people. You are the chief escort, so they have to listen to you. They will do whatever you tell them to do. You have to train these people. Next month, Nanhe will harvest wheat, and this group of people is just right. Take them all with you."

They could find temporary workers to harvest and thresh the wheat, but they had to transport the grain themselves.

The bald-headed man's eyes lit up, "That's great, we should let them go out to work. People usually say that three women make a drama, but I see there are more men, and there is no shortage of drama. It's only been a short time, and they've almost been involved in four or five battles. I don't know how they survived in the barracks. Is it that the more capable they are, the worse their tempers are? Or do they let go after they get out?"

Zhou Guo said: "First, pull these people to the field and have them sit close together."

There were more than 4,000 people on the field, and the buzzing sound was endless.

She scratched her ears and felt that what Baldy said was right.