Chapter 877 Chapter 877, buy a sloping pasture

On the eighteenth of the first lunar month, Daohua rode out of the city in a carriage, and went to see the fields and pastures in the picture with Yan Shouhou.

  Ganzhouwei is located in the westernmost part of Xiliang, with a large area under its jurisdiction. The landforms of this area are varied.

  There are plains suitable for farming, Gobi with sparsely populated people, deserts with yellow sand, and vast green grasslands, but the most are barren mountains.

  Xiliang is generally short of water, and Ganzhouwei has the least rain among the nine guards.

  Ganzhou city is located on the plain. Almost all Shanghao fields are designated as military fields, and a few are the property of officials of the health post.

  For those who have just moved here like Daohua, there is basically no good land to buy.

   Daohua followed Yan Shouhou and looked at the two fields, but they were both dissatisfied.

  The reason she likes Zhuangzi is because Zhuangzi is generally large in size and can be planned and managed in a unified manner. The two fields that Yan Shouhou showed her are medium fields, but the area is too small, only about a hundred acres.

   "Let's go, look at the pasture again!"

  After hearing that the largest two hundred acres of land were not available, Daohua didn’t want to continue, and went straight to see the pasture.

  Renxin Ranch.

  The ranch steward saw Daohua and his party approaching, and immediately greeted him with enthusiasm.

  Before, when Yan Shouhou came to test the ranch, the master happened to be there. After learning that Yan Shouhou was a servant of the newcomer Zhenfu Xiao, he immediately told him to sell the ranch to the other party.

  The manager of the ranch looked at Daohua, who was wearing a drapery hat and a white fox fur cloak, and guessed that this person should be the mistress of the Xiao Mansion, and the diligence on his face grew stronger.

  "Our ranch is the largest ranch around the city of Ganzhou. It covers an area of ​​50,000 mu. At its peak, it raised tens of thousands of cattle and sheep."

  Daohua didn't negotiate with the owner of the ranch, but Yan Shouhou was talking to him.

   "Since it is the largest ranch around Ganzhou City, why do you sell it?"

  The ranch steward sighed: "It's not that the owner's family is in urgent need of money, it can't be done."

Before    came over, Yan Shouhou also did enough homework, and immediately said: "Your ranch, I look at it as if it has been abandoned for a long time."

  The ranch steward smiled stiffly, and when she was about to find a way to return home, Daohua suddenly spoke.

   "Is there a river flowing through this ranch?"

  The ranch steward nodded instinctively: "Yes, the Dan River at the foot of the Yunlian Snow Mountain flows through this ranch." After finishing speaking, he realized that Madam Xiao knew so much about this place.

   Daohua: "Since there is a river passing by, why is the pasture so barren?"

"Uh"

  The manager of the ranch did not expect that the people in Xiao Mansion were so well prepared, and inquired about the situation of the ranch clearly, knowing that they can’t hide it, they can only say truthfully:

"Madam dissatisfied, since the upper reaches of the Dan River was occupied by the Xiliao people ten years ago, the water flowing through the rivers in Ganzhouwei has become less and less. Without the moisture of water, there is less pasture year by year, naturally. It was deserted."

   Daohua frowned and frowned: "Dan River?"

  She remembers that Ganzhou Wei’s local records mentioned that Dan River can be said to be the mother river of Ganzhou Wei. This was cut off by the people of Xiliao. No wonder this land is getting drier year by year.

   "Yunlian Mountain belongs to the boundary of Xiliang, why was it taken by the people of Xiliao?"

  The ranch steward can’t take over.

  Why, Xiliang can't beat Xiliao!

  Daohwa did not expect a pasture manager to answer herself: "I want to see where the Dan River flows."

  The ranch steward was a little unwilling: "Madam, Dan River is west of the ranch. Let's go over, the distance is not close."

  Ina Flower: "Then take a carriage."

  Now, the ranch steward stopped talking.

  Yan Shouhou beckoned towards the gate of the ranch. After Cao Chuan saw it, he immediately drove over in the carriage with his bald head.

  Daohua and Meilan Meiju directly sat on them.

  Yan Shouhou looked at the ranch steward: "Thank you so much to lead the way. Since we want to buy this ranch, we naturally have to take a look at it. After all, your asking price is not low."

  The pasture manager was unable to do anything, so he could only lead a horse to accompany Daohua and his party on a trip.

  The speed of the carriage is not fast. Daohua sits in the carriage and looks at the pasture carefully. The edge of the pasture is surrounded by wooden stakes and wire, and the houses and barns where the herders live can be seen from a distance.

  Although it is a bit old, the infrastructure is still good.

  Two quarters later, Daohua and his party stood in front of the exhausted Dan River.

At this time, the ranch manager said a little angrily: “The people of Xiliao are too hateful. After occupying the upper reaches of the Dan River, they cut off the flow of water to Ganzhouwei. Near Yunlian Mountain, there may be some water flowing through. , But Ganzhou City is in the middle of the Dan River and the river disappeared four or five years ago."

  If the Dan River weren’t dried up, the pasture wouldn’t need to be sold.

   Daohua looked at the direction of Lianyun Mountain, and whispered: "It will be taken back."

  The ranch steward did not hear clearly: "What did the madam say?"

  Ina Flower ignored, instead he cast his gaze on the barren sloping land with ravines on the opposite side of the river: "Is there no one planting the land over there?"

  The pasture manager heard it, and couldn't help but sneer. As expected, it was from the capital, and he didn't even know that the mountainous land was barren and not suitable for planting.

However, in order to sell the ranch, the ranch steward explained with a smile: "There are barren hills over there, the slopes are big, dry and dry, and it is not easy to manage. Even if you grow food, you can’t harvest much. stand up."

  Ina Flower: "Go, let's go over and take a look."

  Hearing this, the ranch steward was really speechless.

  Of course, no one cares what he thinks.

  The stones at the bottom of the Dan River are all exposed, and you can reach the opposite bank by stepping on the stones.

After Daohua came to the opposite bank of the Dan River, she checked the situation of the slopes on this side. It was a little bit dry, but she didn't mind, it just happened to be used to grow drought-tolerant corn, potatoes and cotton.

  Looking around, Daohua and his group returned to the ranch.

The ranch steward took a look at the expressions of several people in Daohua. Unfortunately, he didn’t see anything. He could only smile and asked, "Madam, this ranch is really good. , Just right."

   "If it were not for the unintentional animal husbandry of the owner, he would not have sold such a good pasture. This pasture is now a little deserted, but Madam has so many powerful people, and he can definitely manage the pasture well."

  Taohua was too lazy to wipe her lips with the steward, and handed over the bargaining to Yan Shouhou, and got into the carriage and went out of the ranch.

  Not long after waiting, Yan Shouhou came out.

  After years of polishing, Yan Shouhou's eloquence and negotiation skills have long been developed, and it is still very easy to negotiate with ranch stewards who have never been to other places.

  "Girl, the final price of the ranch is 25,000 taels of silver."

  Daohua nodded. In Xiliang, one acre of land costs about three or two silvers, and 25,000 silver for 50,000 acres of pasture is considered very cheap.

  "When I go to the Weisuo to register for the title deed tomorrow, I will buy the five deserted mountains on the other side of the ranch together."

   Hearing this, Yan Shouhou was stunned: "Buy the five together?"

  Ina Flower: "Yes, just do as I said."

  Yan Shouhou nodded, suddenly thinking of something, and then said again: "By the way, girl, the owner of this ranch seems to be the commander of the guard, Xia Jianren."

   Daohua was stunned for a moment: "Who? What did you just say that Tongzhi is called?"

   Yan Shouhou: "Xia Jianren."

   Daohua looked speechless: "You bitch, you really know how to name it!"

After Daohua agreed to purchase the ranch, the ranch steward came to Xiafu and told Xia Jianren the news.

  Xia Jianren was very happy after hearing this: "Finally, the ranch was released."

  The situation of Renxin Ranch, no, it should be said that the pastures around Ganzhou City are almost deserted because of the lack of water sources and the poor growth of pastures.

  The pasture cannot be pastured, so what else is it used for?

  Nowadays, few people raise cattle and sheep on a large scale, for no other reason, they can’t afford it.

  The herdsmen are now raising dozens of heads and hundreds of heads to the sky.

  People who live in Ganzhouwei all the year round know the conditions of the ranch, so no one will buy it, and only those who come from the capital, like Xiao Mansion, who don’t understand the actual situation of Ganzhouwei and have rich wealth, will buy it.

  Xia Jianren shook his head and said, "Xiao Yeyang is a little arrogant, but judging from his military training, this man is actually quite capable, but he did not expect that he would marry such a poorly minded wife."

   "Five thousand acres of pasture, I want to see, what is Xiao Yeyang's wife going to do?"

   "To marry such a prodigal lady, Xiao Yeyang is really pitiful!"

  Because of the delay on the pasture side, it was already half afternoon when Daohua and his party returned home.

  As soon as he entered the mansion, the people in the mansion came over and told: "Madam, Dong Gongzi has arrived, and he is now speaking with the old man."

   After listening to Daohua, she was overjoyed and walked quickly towards Gu Jian’s courtyard.

  In the Gu Jian's house, Dong Yuanxuan sat down, replying to Gu Jian's words respectfully.

  Sister Yan’s master, he knew it when he was in Zhongzhou, but he didn’t get in touch with it much.

  He was still on the way to Ganzhouwei, listening to Bu dare to mention it, only to know that Sister Yan’s master is the emperor’s uncle, and he was proclaimed the emperor’s auxiliary country guru not long ago.

  This news really shocked him for a while.

   "Master!"

   Daohua walked into the room with a smile, and after meeting with Gu Jian, she smiled and looked at Dong Yuanxuan who was aside: "Brother Dong, I haven't seen him for a long time, the style is still there!"

  Looking at the bright smile exactly as he remembered, Dong Yuanxuan also smiled: "I am much rougher than my shameless sister."

Daohua smiled and said: "I haven't seen the vicissitudes of life, but it's a lot of darkness, but it's okay if you are a man."

  Speaking, walked to Gu Jian and sat down.

   "Big Brother Xiao, old lady, old lady, and uncle and aunt are all okay?"

  Dong Yuanxuan smiled and nodded: “It’s all ok, I have to worry about it. I’ll take a step first. They should arrive in a few days. The old lady and Uncle Yan and Aunt Yan are all okay?”

   Daohua: "Hello everyone. By the way, I received a letter from Yuan Yao before I came here. She said she was pregnant. Let me do the math. You will be an uncle in May next year."

   Hearing this, Dong Yuanxuan's eyes lit up: "Really, that's great."

   Daohua: "Sun Changze also said that he will be responsible for the business in Xiliang in the future. I think we will meet in Xiliang soon."

After chatting with Dong Yuanxuan for a while, Daohua said: "Xiao Yeyang won't be back until the evening. Brother Dong should be tired from coming from Jin Weiwei, so let's go to the guest house to freshen up and rest for a while."

  Dong Yuanxuan nodded: "Okay."

  Waiting for him to leave, Daohua and Gu Jian talked about buying a pasture and a barren **** mountain.

  Gu Jian: "I don't understand these things very well. Just do it if you want to."

   Daohua smiled and nodded.

  Xiao Yeyang heard that Dong Yuanxuan had arrived, and returned to the mansion early in the evening.

  The two gathered in the study and talked a lot, until the dinner was ready, Daohua came over to call the two, and the two went out of the room.

   "From tomorrow, Yuan Xuan will be responsible for refugee resettlement. Now I can't arrange a position for him. His external identity is the master by my side."

  At night, after washing up, Xiao Yeyang helped Daohua wipe her hair while talking to her about refugee resettlement.

  "I discussed with Yuanxuan, the refugees who are willing to stay will have their household registration directly at Ganzhouwei, and those who open up wasteland will be given free grain."

  "The refugee resettlement matter is simple to say, but it is still very cumbersome to implement it. Fortunately, Yuan Xuan learned a lot of political affairs with the envoy Dong, so I should be able to relax."

  Inahua asked: "How do you arrange the officials in the sanitation?"

  Xiao Yeyang: "There is a lack of available people around me, and I don’t have the time to approach the officials of the health station. What did they do before and now, as long as it doesn’t interfere with me, I don’t bother to care about them."

  Daohua: "Qin Xiaoliu should be coming soon. He has transported all the grain produced in the Four Seasons Villa, and you can use all of it to make grain seeds."

  Xiao Yeyang nodded.

Daohua suddenly thought of Dan River, and mentioned to Xiao Yeyang: "The source of Dan River was occupied by the people of Xiliao, and the Dan River that traverses Ganzhouwei is now exhausted."

Xiao Yeyang said in a deep voice: "I also know about Danhe. It is because the Danhe was taken away, and there was not much reaction from Xiliang, it caused the people of Xiliao to become more and more proficient." Snorted.

  "Since the Dan River is in the Wei jurisdiction of Ganzhou, I will take it back sooner or later."

   Daohua smiled and said, "I believe you."

  Xiao Yeyang trained soldiers, Dong Yuanxuan resettled refugees, but Daohua was not idle.

  "Girl, is this?"

  Yan Shouhou took the drawing that Daohua handed over, looked at it for a while, and looked at Daohua blankly.

Daohua explained: "According to my picture, the five barren hills that I purchased were transformed into terraces. Now before the spring plowing, many people are idle at home. You can hire more day-time workers before spring plowing. , To complete the transformation of at least one **** mountain."

  Yan Shouhou knew that his girl was good at farming, so he nodded without asking more questions.

  After he left, Daohua called Cao Chuan and handed him a drawing.

  "This is a map of the reconstruction of the ranch, and the ranch will be called Qingyang Ranch in the future."

   "I collected a batch of forage seeds before, and when you get them later, I will plant them on the pasture."

  After she came to Xiliang, she planted a lot of forage seeds that she bought on the road in the space. The growth period of the forage grass was short, and the forage seeds that she took out now are all produced by the space.

"The pasture is too big. It would be too labor intensive to rely on people to guard it. I heard that the herders here like to use shepherd dogs. If you ask, if someone sells it, buy a dozen or 20 to see the pasture. "

   "After the grass seeds are planted, they will go to the herdsmen's homes around Ganzhou City to buy a batch of lambs and calves. The number is temporarily set at 100."

  (End of this chapter)