Chapter 878 Taking Root(1/2)
When he first came to the Ganzhou Guard, Xiao Yeyang devoted himself wholeheartedly to military training and defense. Only by ensuring the safety of the Ganzhou Guard and defending the Xiliao people could the Ganzhou Guard develop.
Daohua is also busy, busy reclaiming wasteland, busy opening shops, and building pastures.
Ganzhou Guard is the poorest of the nine health centers in Xiliang and has the smallest population. In addition, it is the closest to Xiliao. It has suffered from wars all year round and its economic development has been seriously hindered.
What she has to do now is to grow a large amount of food and promote it so that the people here can see hope and improve people's livelihood. As long as the people here live well, they will naturally attract people from other places.
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The imperial court did not give much support to Xiliang. If Xiao Yeyang wanted to make a difference here, in addition to establishing a complete military defense system, he also had to have a supporting material production and supply system.
Obviously, food is the most important part.
Therefore, Daohua pays much more attention to barren slopes than shops and pastures.
The iron shop brought shovels and other farm tools, and Daohua immediately sent Yan Shohou to deliver the things to the slope.
"Girl, Master Tan from the carpentry shop has made a trolley. I want you to come over and see if you like it?"
Daohua immediately went to the front yard.
The trolleys here in Ganzhou Wei all have two wheels, and the body is relatively large. On flat ground, one person can still pull it, but on a slope, one person needs to pull in front and one person pushes behind to pull it.
What she asked the carpenter to make was a single-wheeled one with a small body that could be pulled by one person even on a slope.
Seeing the one-wheeled trolley made by the carpenter, Daohua saw that it was very stable and sturdy. He nodded with satisfaction and looked at Master Tan: "I need this trolley urgently. How many can you make every day?"
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Master Tan: "The cart Madam wants is easy to make. With a few of my apprentices, we should be able to make about five carts a day."
Daohua shook his head: "Not enough." After saying that, he paused and said, "Master Tan, I need a thousand trolleys. I will give you this order directly."
"You can hire a helper, or you can ask a carpenter you know to work with you. I don't care how the process is. I just want you to hand me twenty to thirty carts every day. If you can make more, then
The best."
"Of course, there can't be any problem with the quality of the trolley. Master Tan, can you take this order?"
Master Tan was silent for a while, discussed with his son beside him, and finally nodded: "Madam, I can take this order."
Daohua nodded and looked at Guyu next to her: "You will take Master Tan to the accounting room later and withdraw one hundred taels of silver as a deposit. From now on, you will be paid for the number of carts he turns in every day."
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After Guyu left with Master Tan, Daohua silently calculated the money spent during this period, and was thankful that she had collected more than 20 boxes of silver and gold from the abandoned imperial mausoleum.
"Although these silver and gold were not transported into the national treasury, they were used in the construction of Ganzhou Guard, which is equivalent to entering the national treasury."
Seeing that everyone was busy, Gu Jian couldn't help but find Daohua: "I heard you want to open a pharmacy?"
Daohua nodded.
Gu Jian: "Then I'll go to the pharmacy for a consultation."
Daohua smiled and said: "That's great. Master, your medical skills are so good. With you in charge of the pharmacy, the pharmacy will definitely be overcrowded soon."
Gu Jian ignored his apprentice's flattery. He was quite serious about business matters: "How is the layout of the store?"
Daohua: "I haven't seen it yet."
Upon hearing this, Gu Jian immediately stood up and said, "You are busy with your business. I will go take a look for you." After saying that, he strode out of the room.
The old man wanted to find something to do to pass the time, and Daohua was very happy to see it. When he saw Dongli following him, he didn't pay much attention.
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On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, a huge grain transport team passed by Shiqukou.
Wang Wu stood on the mountain, looking at the grain transport team that was at least twice as long as the previous one. His mouth was wide open in surprise. After a long time, he spoke to Wang Qi beside him with a tongue-tied expression:
"Sir, how rich is the prince in this capital?"
Wang Qi didn't say anything, just looked at the grain transport team down the mountain.
After investing so much, it seems that the Prince of the Prince is really planning to take root in Xiliang and make some great achievements.
Wang Wu was still marveling: "No wonder that lady didn't blink an eye when she gave us several carts of grain. If I want to be as rich as them, I will give it too."
Wang Qi ignored him and looked at the old man on the side: "Chief, February is about to enter. We must seize the time to open up wasteland. The seeds left by the nobles cannot be wasted by us."
Chief Wang nodded: "Don't worry, food is so precious, and the clan members don't dare to waste it."
Three days later, on the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, the grain team entered Ganzhou City.
"Most of the grain delivered this time is grain seeds. Now you should believe what I said before. As long as your household registration is in Ganzhouwei and you will definitely stay to open up wasteland, you can receive grain seeds for free."
Seeing the refugees looking eagerly at the food team, Dong Yuanxuan took the opportunity to spread the word.
"Moreover, these grains are not ordinary grains. Mr. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao saw that our Ganzhou Wei land was barren and lacking, so they specially transported high-yielding grains cultivated at home."
Hearing the words "high-yielding grain", not only the refugees started to commotion, but even the guards officials on the city wall couldn't help but look excited.
Fan Tong struggled to look away from the grain team and looked at Xia Jianren aside: "Old Xia, tell me, is what Mr. Xiao's master just said true?"
As he spoke, he gritted his teeth.
"If Xiao Yeyang really brings high-yielding grains to Ganzhou Wei so that the people and his brothers can have enough to eat, I will accept him as his subordinate."
Xia Jianren listened to Fan Tong's words and smiled bitterly in his heart.
Previously, he reported Xiao Yeyang's intention to accept refugees to Mr. Wei. Mr. Wei directly told him to ignore it, and he also laughed at Xiao Yeyang's naivety in his heart.
Xiliang is no less lacking in supplies than other places, and unlike other provinces that can receive support from surrounding areas and accept tens of thousands of refugees, it has to keep up with manpower, material resources, and financial resources. But obviously, Ganzhou Wei does not have these conditions.
He originally thought that Xiao Yeyang would definitely screw up the matter and was waiting to see the joke. He never thought that high-yielding grain seeds would be shipped directly.
Xia Jianren was a little shaken. Xiao Yeyang invested so much and looked like he wanted to take root in Xiliang. Can Mr. Wei really drive him away?
Looking at the excited refugees below the city tower who were flocking to the registration office, Xia Jianren thought that if this year's autumn harvest really increased, Xiao Yeyang would have a firm foothold in Ganzhou Wei.
People's support is always the fundamental core for officials to govern a land.
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Outside the city gate, until all the grain transport teams entered the city, a few oxcarts slowly drove towards the city gate.
"Xiliang is lacking everything. If you want to develop, the initial investment is really too big. Not just anyone can do this. The emperor sent the young prince here. He really found the right person.
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Behind Xiao Yeyang is the royal family, which can intimidate the local officials in Xiliang, and the decree can be implemented well.
At the same time, Xiao Yeyang also has the Yan family behind him.
Although the Yan family came from a poor family and was not prominent among the distinguished families, the high-yielding grain varieties being promoted in Daxia were cultivated by the Yan family.
During the war in northern Xinjiang, millions of dans of grain were donated at will. This is a super food tycoon.
In Xiliang, if the people's food and clothing problem can be solved, the people's hearts will be almost conquered.
The more Mr. Dong thought about it, the more excited he became. Xiao Yeyang came to Xiliang and there were not many people around him. As long as his son followed him well, the Dong family would have no worries about turning around.
In the temporary office next to the porridge shed, several clerks were working hard to write registrations. Dong Yuanxuan was maintaining order on the side, and from time to time said something about looking forward to a better life in the future.
Suddenly, he noticed the bullock cart in the distance. Seeing that his family had arrived, he quickly said to Zhang Da next to him: "Master Zhang, my family has arrived. I will lead them into the city first and then come back immediately."
Zhang Da knew that the person behind Dong Yuanxuan was Xiao Yeyang, even though he was an official, he was very polite to Dong Yuanxuan and he said: "Go and settle your family quickly, I will watch over here, you don't have to worry."
After Dong Yuanxuan thanked him, he ran to the bullock cart.
"Grandpa, grandmother, father, mother, aren't you tired from the journey?"
Mrs. Dong smiled and said: "No, everyone is fine."
After greeting the elders, Dong Yuanxuan walked to Liu Xiaoman: "Are you tired?"
Seeing that her husband cared about her, Liu Xiaoman smiled so much that her eyes narrowed: "My husband, I am in good health and not tired at all. Our son has been well behaved all the way."
Mrs. Dong waited for the young couple to talk for a while before urging: "Okay, let's go to the city first."
Dong Yuanxuan nodded, stepped forward to pull up the ox cart, and said to Mr. Dong and Mrs. Dong as he walked: "Sister Yan helped me find a house in the city. It has everything in it. My son moved in a few days ago.
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Mrs. Dong: "It's really troublesome for that girl." She said, paused, "When the house is tidied up in two days, I will take Xiaoman to visit you."
Dong Yuanxuan smiled and nodded: "Okay, when I came over, Sister Yan said she missed you. She must be very happy to see you."
Hearing this, Mrs. Dong looked at her son's expression and saw that there was no difference, then she breathed a sigh of relief.
Now Yan Yatou has married Xiao Yeyang, and her son has also married Xiaoman. She doesn't want her son to let go of his past.
Soon, Dong Yuanxuan brought his family to his residence in Ganzhou City.
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Xiao Mansion.
Yan Shouhou led Qin Xiaoliu, who had brought food, to the guest house to wash up and change clothes, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaoliu, the girl and the old man are processing the medicinal materials, and they won't be able to let go of them for a while. You take a rest first, the girl is free."
, I’ll call you.”
Qin Xiaoliu nodded: "Thank you very much, brother, I just want to take a nap now."
To be continued...