After arranging the plowing work, Liu An went to see Gao Sheng and other weak victims again, and felt relieved when he saw that their complexions had recovered.

When several people saw Liu An coming, they were all grateful and even asked Liu An to let them work now to repay Liu An. Liu An refused, so a few people knelt down and cried, saying that they did not dare to continue to enjoy the food they got for nothing.

Including Gao Sheng, they all knelt down and asked Liu An to arrange things for them.

Liu An had no choice but to ask several people except Gao Sheng to help feed the animals.

As for Gao Sheng, Liu An asked him to follow him to the outside of the village to see the working conditions outside.

After Liu An arranged the farming, Feng Yan and the others immediately organized people to carry the fertilizer and spread it into the fields. At the same time, they found people to carry water to irrigate the fields after spreading the fertilizer.

Liu An noticed that almost everyone in the field had a tool, and it must have been purchased by Feng Yan and Qu Ze on their own initiative.

Liu An had long said that there was no need to tell him everything, big or small, as he believed that his dead men would not waste their money for no reason.

Except for those who are stupid, of course.

But with an IQ of only 14 points like Chen Zhao, Liu An would never give him the right to act independently.

The construction of exterior walls and new houses was also carried out in an orderly manner under the command of Wang Chi. However, as the number of people in the village increased, the previous craftsmen were obviously not enough.

Wang Chi then took matters into his own hands and went to the city to hire 30 craftsmen, who were paid the same salary as the previous craftsmen for 15 yuan a day to take care of the food.

Crossing the earth wall under construction, Liu An saw Liu Ming leading some people to clean up the newly purchased fields.

Liu An then asked: "Deran, where are the 600 acres of newly purchased land located?"

"Back to my uncle, they are all located on the south side of the old field. Since the east and north sides of the old field are roads and the west side is mountainous, Ming then chose the wasteland on the south side."

"Yeah! Very good!" Liu An praised.

After walking south along the wasteland for a while, Liu An roughly inquired about the boundaries of the new fields. Not only were they all on the south side of the old fields, they were also a relatively regular square. If it were a wall, it would only need to be surrounded on three sides, with the northernmost side

You can directly use the wall of the old field and then open a few doors to connect the two places.

Thinking of this, Liu An said to Liu Ming: "Deran, please arrange for people to clear out 50 acres of wasteland first, and then notify Wang Chi and ask him to fence the fields in the north, and then fence the fields in the south along the boundaries.

"

"No!" Liu Ming handed over his hands and left.

Liu An returned to the manor and asked Gao Sheng to find Qu Ze, while he went into an empty room and extracted 50 parts of high-grade fertilizer and 200 kilograms of corn.

The corns were put into sacks in four large bags. Liu An cut the openings with his sword and took a look. Sure enough, they were all unprocessed corn kernels, with no trace of any chemicals soaked in them.

But now that there are still empty fields and corn can be planted at this time of year, Liu An plans to plant these idle corns first. Even if the yield will be reduced, it is better than leaving the fields empty.

After Gao Sheng brought Qu Ze, Liu An asked Qu Ze to wait until the south field was cleared, and then arrange for people to plow out 50 acres of land first and plant the corn.

Then Liu An asked Qu Ze: "How much money does the village have now?"

After Liu Bei left, Liu An handed over financial management to Qu Ze.

Qu Ze replied: "There are still 820,000 yuan."

"Eighty-two thousand..." Liu An didn't expect that the money would be spent so much. He remembered that he had just taken 1.4 million from himself to the village more than ten days ago, plus there were many purchases from the village before.

I didn’t expect that half of the money left for the things had already gone down in just over ten days.

Liu An turned to Gao Sheng and told Chen Zhao and Guo Hai to go to the place where he hid the money and get two million dollars and give it to Qu Ze.

Liu An hid his money in a very secret place, told only two people, Chen Zhao and Guo Hai, and gave them a hush order.

Both of these two men are dead soldiers, so there is no need to worry about their guarding and stealing.

After returning from Zhongshan, Liu An still had 2.17 million left on hand, and he kept 170,000 for the time being.

Then Liu An went to Quze and ordered: "After Chen Zhao gives you the money, go and buy all the grain from Fangcheng Grain Shop in Linxian County until all the money is spent. If there is any money left after buying,

, I searched the grain stores in nearby cities and tried to buy as much grain as possible at the lowest price."

"Now there is enough food in the farm, but I wonder why the owner is in such a hurry to buy food?" Qu Ze asked in confusion.

"I have a hunch that there will be a drought this year, and food prices will skyrocket by then. It's better to stock up on food as soon as possible."

Liu An clearly remembered the drought in the two years before the Yellow Turban Rebellion. This year there was a drought, and next year it would be a severe drought. As a result, many people died of starvation. In the face of the drought, Liu Hong not only did not reduce taxes, but intensified them.

The Yellow Turban Uprising was able to sweep across all states and counties in the Han Dynasty in an instant, which is absolutely inseparable from the successive years of disasters and Liu Hong's policies.

Qu Ze was still worried and asked Liu An: "If the court inquires, how should we respond?"

"Just do your best, and if someone obstructs you, stop at the right time."

"No!" Qu Ze bowed his hands and stepped back, going to arrange the things Liu An asked.

After arranging everything, Liu An said to Gao Sheng, who came back: "You haven't recovered yet, and I want to learn martial arts. Are you willing to teach me these days?"

Gao Sheng was shocked when he heard this and claimed that he was not good at studying and was not worthy of teaching Liu An. Only after Liu An's insistence did he agree to do his best to guide Liu An.

In the next few days, Liu An studied martial arts in the manor.

Gao Sheng was not very proficient in swordsmanship and was more accustomed to using knives and spears. He was also very good at fighting on horseback. Liu An asked a carpenter to make two wooden knives and wooden spears, and learned the art of swords and spears from Gao Sheng. He would also practice equestrian skills from time to time.

When he is in good condition, he will also try to use weapons on his horse a few times.

Five days later, Gao Sheng's body basically recovered, and Liu An took out the 30 guardian swords from his inventory.

Although this guardian sword is far inferior to the previous sword, it is similar to Liu An's novice sword, and even more refined.

Afterwards, Liu An selected 29 young men with a force value of over 30, and handed the swords to Gao Sheng and these 29 people to form the second manor armament, which Liu An called the escort.

Gao Sheng and Zuo Yiyi were also ordered to conduct drills for the escorts and patrols every morning and evening.

Liu An also asked children over the age of 8 in the village to participate in daily morning and evening exercises. If they could make it in time, Liu An would also practice together.

In five days, Qu Ze bought 5,000 shi of rice at the Zhen family grain store, all at the price of 180 qian per shi. When he bought more, the shopkeeper said that there was no more rice to buy at the grain store.

After that, Quze purchased two thousand shi of rice and three thousand shi of rice in Zhuo County and nearby Fangcheng, Liangxiang and other counties at prices of 220 yen, 230 yen and 240 yen per shi respectively.

Three thousand stones of rice.

They spent 2.75 million yuan and purchased a total of 13,000 shi of grain, which was enough to feed the more than 1,400 people in Liu'an village for nine months.

In this way, even if he can no longer buy food, Liu An can still hold on until the crops are harvested.

However, since Liu An ordered that all victims who come to the village be not refused, several or dozens of victims come to the village every day to ask for shelter. Although Liu An does not reject anyone who comes, he carefully examines everyone.

Those with evil intentions and evil intentions will be refused to be taken in.

Therefore, the matter of collecting grain cannot be stopped.

It's just that the manor only has 70,000 yuan left, and he only has 170,000 yuan in hand. He still has to keep it for living and manor expenses, but for the time being, he can no longer use it to buy food.
Chapter completed!