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Chapter 958 There is a caravan on the road
"These are all from Cheng Ding. They say that these seeds came from a certain master's farm. This piece of land is full of them. The seedlings are not much worse than those in the village."
The fields in the village are all grown with seeds from home. The yield has been increasing year by year in the past few years, but it has not increased as fast in the past two years. It is estimated that it will soon reach its peak.
Zhou Guo picked a few plots of land and took a look. He found that the growth of each plot of land was good. As long as they were fertilized and watered in the later stage and managed properly, the harvest next year would definitely be good.
This batch of seeds was sold to villagers in several nearby villages, and the harvest will not be bad next autumn.
After visiting the county town, she took her people to the village.
The houses in each village were dilapidated, and some even just had a few straw huts built on the side of the road. There was no one in the village.
All in the fields.
The field was full of white-haired old people and children of two or three years old. They were pulling hay and picking up stones, and digging the soil with stone sticks. All of them had smiles on their faces.
Er Pang said, "It's better to go to the mountains to pick up some firewood than to do this work. We won't be planting this year, so what's the point of picking it up? Besides, you can't work two mu of land in a day with all your effort. Winter is coming soon, doesn't your family need firewood?"
Zhou Guo pointed to the haystacks on the ground and said, "Isn't that firewood?"
A few people looked over and were stunned by the piles of hay. "What good are these? They can be burned up in two fires. Can they heat a pot of water?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Although these can't be used as firewood, they can start a fire, which is not bad. Besides, didn't you see who is short of firewood along the way? There are piles of firewood in and outside the house, and there is plenty."
Many of them are branches shaved from big trees, neatly stacked in bundles. You can tell at a glance that they were done by the laborers at home.
They are all hardworking people. In addition to working on the farm every day, they also have to find time to prepare firewood for their families.
Everyone in the family, young and old, who can move, is busy doing things within their capabilities. With such a family, why should they worry about not having a good life?
The group slowly walked around the villages. There were no mountains here. As far as the eye could see, it was all land, except for rivers and swamps.
Some have been cleaned up neatly, some are still being cleaned up, and some have not been cleaned up yet.
Zhou Guo looked at the cleared land, all of which had owners. As for those lands covered with weeds, they probably had no owners and looked like wasteland.
There are many such lands, and no one knows how many years it will take for them to welcome their owners.
She took Erpang and his group and spent half a month visiting several wealthy and poor counties.
Even the less wealthy counties have much more arable land than the wealthy counties in the north, but there is no one here at this time, so there are only patches of wasteland and very little land has been cultivated.
Nanhe can accommodate many, many more people.
But in this world, except for the north and the capital, I guess it’s the same everywhere now.
If we want the population to recover, it will take at least ten years after the country is initially settled for the next generation to be born and grow up.
Several other villages were also visited.
These farms were larger and wheat was planted on them, all of which was the wheat that the Wang family compensated her with.
After the wheat is harvested next summer, many people in Nanhe will be able to buy these new wheat seeds, and they can be used to plant next year's winter wheat.
With the addition of fertilizer and good seeds, the harvest will not be bad.
It will only take Nanhe one or two years to recover.
Er Pang looked at the abandoned wasteland and felt very sorry. "If people were to cultivate this land, I wonder how much more food would be produced every year. Why don't they reclaim it?"
Zhou Guo said, "Do you think this wasteland can be opened casually? Just because it's yours, you can open it? You have been with me for so many years and have gained a lot of experience. Why do you still ask such a question?"
Erpang touched his nose and said, "I just think it's a pity. If all these lands were utilized, it would only take one year for Nanhe to become prosperous. I wonder how many people it could support."
Zhou Guo sighed.
After wandering around for half a month, the few people returned to Nanhe City.
She went home and had a meal, and then the old man came back slowly carrying a bird. When he saw her, he said, "Hey, you're back?"
Seeing his cheerful look, Zhou Guo said, "It seems that you are having a good time here. That's perfect. You don't have to go south the day after tomorrow. Just wait here for me to come back."
"That won't work." The old man hung the bird cage under the eaves and walked into the house. "I have to go with you. Half a month here is enough."
There's no one to talk to these days. What's the point of staying here?
"Have you finished your work? Can you leave the day after tomorrow?"
"I'm done. Since Wu Jiang is here, I have no reason to leave. We should go south as soon as possible. In a few days, winter will come and it will snow, and this road will be difficult to travel."
"That's right. I haven't been out for several years. I'll go and take a look too."
Zhou Guo gave Wu Jiang some instructions and left with the old man and his party.
She couldn't get the food, Wu Jiang was very capable.
Follow the path the army is taking.
Now that the weather is getting colder, in order to avoid suffering, they are not in a hurry to travel. They must cook three meals a day and eat a hot meal with soup.
This road is relatively safe now, and you can still encounter caravans on the road from time to time.
Sometimes I can even chat with the caravan.
Zhou Guo knew more about where the army was heading. Wherever the army went, the people cheered.
Because everyone can see how the people live in the territories conquered by Xu's army. There are no exorbitant taxes, and the land is distributed according to the number of people. Which common people can refuse the temptation of distributing land according to the number of people?
Therefore, Xu's army won victory after victory in the front, and when the good news came, their caravans dared to run out.
Although I don't dare to run wide, at least I see hope, so I'm just going to give it a try.
Zhou Guo was thoughtful. It just so happened that once she set up a farm and shop in the front, she could let Lai Zi Tou and his group take their things and go south.
Food, mountain products and fruits can all be transported to the south, but after this battle, everything is in short supply.
The old man said regretfully: "It would be great if the line to Beijing was open. We could make a lot of money in one trip."
The group nodded repeatedly. They had seen the two trips south before. They went back and forth, and made money from it.
Zhou Guo said: "It's not that easy to open up this line. After all, they are orthodox. I estimate that it will take three or four years. Let's think about this road first. It's better to be able to run away when you can see it, than to have no hope, right?"
Everyone nodded again, "That's right, they can run, there's no reason why we dare not run when there are so many of us. Let's get all the brothers in the mountains to come out, bring the things from the north here, and bring the things from the south to the north. It's a good deal if we go back and forth."
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