Chapter 176 The first piece of land and the second piece of land
Qiao Huaping and others first went to the vicinity of the first piece of land.
That is a big river called Zhenhe that passes through Yixiang.
It is said that there are three brass statues at the bottom of the river, with angry eyes, guarding the entire area where the river flows, so it is called Zhenhe.
For example, when there was a flood a few years ago, there was a rumor that the three brass statues at the bottom of the Zhenhe River had been tampered with. Someone had gouged out the eyes of one of the brass statues, and the river god was furious.
, then the flood was brought down to punish the world - of course, this is also a rumor, after all, no one can tell clearly where the brass statue is at the bottom of Zhenhe River.
This first piece of land is in the river valley near Zhenhe.
Although the flood happened many years ago, the landscape here still vaguely looks like it was ravaged by the flood - the land in many places is hardened, and even if there are things planted in the ground, they are still growing well.
, but in the eyes of experienced farmers with many years of experience, it is not enough.
"These lands have been washed by floods and their fertility is no longer good." An old farmer squatted on the ground, carefully twisting some soil, twisting it in his hand, smelling it again, and then sighed.
With a tone of voice, he straightened up and said, "I see that these fields should have been fertilized. I can see that the owner of this field wants to restore the fertility and take care of it, but it is estimated that it will take a few more years to do so."
The other veteran farmers also nodded.
Qiao Huaping looked around.
There are a lot of idle fields in the river basin near this town. If they were to be divided, it would probably be planned for those ownerless lands.
She had just seen it and probably had an idea in her mind.
Qiao Huaping nodded: "Okay, then let's go to the valley in the back mountain to have a look."
It's just a coincidence.
When Qiao Huaping and his group passed by, they happened to meet another group of people. It seemed that they were also coming to check out the land in advance.
Someone recognized that group of people and whispered to Qiao Huaping: "They are from Fangjiabao."
Qiao Huaping nodded, knowing what he was doing.
Naturally, the people in Fangjiabao also saw them.
They probably recognized the identities of the people from Liujin Village. A group of people on the opposite side whispered to each other, and the leader of them, a man, strode toward them.
The man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was a bit rugged. He looked at Qiao Huaping - he had heard before that the head of Liujin Village, Lu, had a sprained foot and was injured. Now everyone in Liujin Village was listening to a woman.
Could it be the one in front of me?
He grinned: "Are you the woman who can make the decision in Liujin Village?"
The question was very straightforward.
Qiao Huaping looked him up and down: "When you ask someone to talk, do you have to tell yourself where you live first?"
The man was stunned and scratched his head: "I am Fang Tingjiang from Fangjiabao. I will take our villagers to see the land of our village first. What are you people from Liujin Village doing here?"
At the end of the sentence, the man's eyes showed some vigilance, "We, Fangjiabao, own this place. If you want to rob it, don't blame us for being rude!"
After saying this, the young men in Liujin Village almost rolled up their sleeves and wanted to get started.
Qiao Huaping raised his hand to stop them.
Several young disciples still listened to Qiao Huaping's words. Seeing this, they all stopped and stood behind Qiao Huaping.
Fang Tingjiang was greatly surprised when he saw it.
At first glance, I don’t think the men in Liujin Village are all softies, right?
Secondly, I felt that there was something really special about the woman in front of me.
Qiao Huaping said: "As far as I know, these areas in Yixiang County have not yet been thoroughly planned, so naturally there is no such thing as yours and mine."
Fang Tingjiang became anxious and said in a rough voice: "If it's not ours, isn't it still yours?"
Qiao Huaping could see that this person was reckless.
She didn't bother to argue verbally with this reckless man, otherwise she was afraid that he would be angered to death by just one word, which would be a bit overwhelming.
Qiao Huaping ignored him and led the people directly around him and headed towards the valley.
Fang Tingjiang said angrily: "Stop!"
Qiao Huaping didn't even look back: "If you can, just put a cover over these lands. Or you can take action first, pick a fight, and fight with us? But in that case, the county magistrate will know that we are fleeing.
Yes, you started fighting before the decision was made. You are so restless. What do you think the county magistrate will think?"
Fang Tingjiang was so confused by Qiao Huaping's few words that he didn't dare to step forward.
Qiao Huaping said in her heart, "You see it," she said. With this person's IQ, if she said anything more, it would be called a dimensionality reduction attack.
It's really hard to win with force.
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Qiao Huaping took the people from Liujin Village for a stroll in the back mountain valley, looking here and there.
The people from Fangjiabao followed the people from Liujin Village with aggrieved expressions on their faces, looking angry and aggrieved as if they couldn't take action. The people from Liujin Village looked back from time to time, but even though their faces were very capable, they didn't show much.
I laughed at it, but I felt so happy!
After walking for a long time, we haven't finished walking through this land. Sure enough, just as the county magistrate's wife said, there are scattered pieces in the valley.
It is a little far away from the Zhenhe River, but a little far away from the valley, there is a small tributary stream. The water volume is not large, and it is crystal clear. You can see small fish and shrimps. It should be mountain spring water. Look at it.
Daily drinking is enough.
Several old farmers looked at them for a long time and then quietly said to Qiao Huaping: "Ms. Qiao, the land here is indeed much more fertile than before. It's not an exaggeration to call it fertile land... Even the land in this valley is too fertile."
It’s a bit scattered, with patches here and there, and there’s not a lot of land, but it’s a bit too scattered. However, this is not a big problem.”
Qiao Huaping nodded: "One more thing. Irrigation is a little troublesome. However, there is a solution - dig a ditch to divert the water. Although it is a little troublesome, it is just harder at the beginning, so you don't have to worry about it later."
Several farming veterans nodded repeatedly.
This land is much better than the previous valley land.
At the very least, although it is hard to plant, if you plant food, you will get a good harvest!
These days, as long as there is food to survive, who is afraid of hardship?
Some of the old ways of farming are a bit interesting.
In fact, the land in this valley is already very good, especially when compared with the previous one, it is even better.
"How about we decide on this one?" Several farming veterans quietly asked Qiao Huaping.
Qiao Huaping said, "Isn't there still one last piece of land? Don't worry, let's go take a look."
Several old farmers paused, and one of them said with some confusion: "It's not that the last piece of land is a barren mountain, or that it's burned land. If the land is burned, you can't grow crops."
Qiao Huaping said in his heart, that may not be the case.
However, she hasn't really seen it yet or investigated it, so it's hard to make a conclusion like this.
Qiao Huaping just said: "I'm here now, let's go and have a look."
The villagers in Liujin Village were still very convinced by Qiao Huaping's words. They all found Qiao Huaping's words "We're all here" very convincing. They all nodded in agreement, and the group prepared to go to the last barren mountain.