12dz Chapter 271 Undeterred by the Cold Disaster
Chapter 271 Undeterred by the Cold Disaster
Across from Chenjia Village, a large number of villagers from Xiahe Village also gathered by the farmland, gazing at the Chenjia Village villagers who were busy in the fields from afar, their eyes filled with endless envy.
"The wheat in Chenjia Village is ripe!"
"From now on, Chenjia Village will probably never have to worry about not having enough to eat again."
"I wish we could grow this wheat too!"
"..."
There is no doubt that the villagers of Xiahe Village are envious.
While crops grew and wheat was harvested in Chenjia Village, their fields remained empty, overgrown with weeds. This contrast naturally created a strong sense of disparity in their hearts.
Fortunately, many people from Xiahe Village also work in Chenjia Village. When the wheat ripens, Xiahe Village can also benefit a little, at least...
Those who went to Chenjia Village to help with the work had no problem getting enough to eat.
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"Time to eat!"
Around noon, Li Ping, Ding Xiaohua, and other women carried food buckets to the edge of the field and began distributing food to everyone.
Because harvesting wheat today is physically demanding, the villagers' meals have changed from two meals a day to three meals a day.
The villagers walked out of the fields one by one with smiles, and after receiving the steamed buns, they sat down by the field and ate them heartily.
Watching the villagers of Chenjia Village wolfing down their food, Li Ying couldn't help but feel a little hungry. She followed the villagers and lined up to get two steamed buns, taking a bite of half of one in one go.
"This steamed bun tastes pretty good!"
After chewing for a while, Li Ying nodded. As a martial artist and Li Hu's daughter, she was never short of meat and had naturally eaten steamed buns before. However, sometimes the atmosphere of a meal is also important.
When you see everyone around you eating with gusto, it's hard not to have a big appetite. Even steamed buns that you usually find tasteless suddenly seem sweet and delicious.
After lunch, the villagers of Chenjia Village got busy again, going down to the fields to continue harvesting wheat.
Before we knew it, the sun was about to set.
Li Zheng, who was in charge of counting the wheat harvest, reported to Chen Dao: "Brother Dao, about 30% of the wheat in the field has been harvested, and the total amount of wheat is currently 90,000 jin."
Upon hearing this, Chen Dao nodded. The yield of the cold-resistant wheat was about what he had expected, around 300 jin per mu.
Chen Dao looked up at the sky and said, "Let's stop here for today. Let the villagers eat first, then go back and rest. We'll continue harvesting tomorrow!"
After saying that, Chen Dao got up from his chair, intending to see Xu Zhiwen and the others off.
Xu Zhiwen and Li Hu are both very busy people. It's already good enough that they can spare a day to stay in Chenjia Village. It's impossible for them to actually wait until the grain harvest in Chenjia Village is finished.
"Little friend."
Upon arriving at the village entrance, Xu Zhiwen suddenly spoke up: "With your wheat, Taiping County will no longer fear the cold!"
For Qingzhou today, and even for the entire Xia Kingdom, the most serious disaster is undoubtedly the cold disaster. However, the wheat in Chenjia Village can grow in cold weather, which means that as long as wheat in Chenjia Village can be planted on a large scale, the people will no longer need to fear the cold disaster!
Chen Dao shook his head, knowing that what truly caused the turmoil in Xia Kingdom was not the cold disaster, but the land annexation. Therefore, he did not respond to Xu Zhiwen, but simply watched Xu Zhiwen get into the carriage.
It is worth mentioning that……
When they arrived, Zhang He was driving, but on the way back, Li Ying was driving.
After the carriage drove away, Chen Dao looked at Zhang He and Wu Han, who were still standing there, and asked, "Brother Zhang, Brother Wu, aren't you planning to go back?"
Zhang He and Wu Han exchanged a glance and said, "I have something to discuss with you, Brother Chen (Young Master Chen)."
It turned out to be the case.
Chen Dao nodded and led the two back to his home.
At home, Li Ping and the others had already prepared the meal.
Chen Dao asked Chen Cheng to move a table outside the courtyard, and while eating, he looked at Wu Han and said, "Brother Wu, you go first."
Wu Han put down his chopsticks and said, "Brother Chen, I'm planning to move to Chenjia Village. Is that feasible?"
"Of course that's no problem."
Chen Dao readily agreed, "Brother Wu wants to move to our village, and we'd naturally welcome him! However..."
Chen Dao paused for a moment and said, "We don't have any extra houses in our village. If Brother Wu wants to move here, he'll probably have to build his own house!"
"I know what I'm doing!"
Wu Han nodded and said, "However, I need to trouble Brother Chen to allocate a piece of land for me."
"to make!"
Chen Dao nodded. Chenjia Village had no shortage of land for building houses, so allocating a piece to Wu Han wouldn't be a big problem.
And so, it was decided that Wu Han would move to Chenjia Village.
Then, Chen Dao looked at Zhang He and asked, "Brother Zhang, what's the matter now?"
"It's about doing business, of course!"
Zhang He said with a smile, "I have already raised the money and am planning to discuss the specific details with you, Young Master Chen."
After returning from Ding'an County, Zhang He, having received Chen Dao's promise, began to get busy.
As everyone knows, doing business requires money, which is Zhang He's biggest problem. In order to raise the money for his business, he first approached his subordinates, hoping to get some from them...
Unfortunately... Zhang He's men were all poor, displaced people before. Although they now have official positions in the county government, they certainly don't have much money.
Left with no other choice, Zhang He had to find Li Hu!
After explaining the matter to Li Hu in detail, Li Hu was clearly tempted and immediately agreed to invest money to partner with Zhang He in the yellow-feathered chicken business!
Not only yellow-feathered chickens, Zhang He even wanted to do business with blood-feathered chickens!
"Mr. Chen."
Zhang He said, "Could you sell me some of those Blood Feather Chickens?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Dao gave Zhang He a deep look. He had to admit that Zhang He was a smart man. While Wu Han was still basking in the glory of his yellow-feathered chicken business, he had already noticed the much more profitable blood-feathered chicken.
Compared to yellow-feathered chickens, which are only for ordinary people to eat, blood-feathered chickens, which can help martial artists cultivate, are obviously much more profitable.
"It's not that blood-feathered chickens can't be sold."
Chen Dao pondered for a moment and said, "However, Brother Zhang, you should also know how precious this Blood Feather Chicken is; its price is probably..."
Price is not a problem.
Before Chen Dao could finish speaking, Zhang He interjected, "I can offer the same price as Master Li, 20 taels of silver per animal!"
"In that case, I'm fine!"
Chen Dao laughed and said, "Brother Zhang, if you want to buy Blood Feather Chicken, just come to me anytime!"
"Thank you, Mr. Chen."
Zhang He smiled too. 20 taels for a blood-feathered chicken seems expensive, but it's not!
Previously, Li Hu had sold the Blood Feather Chicken for a high price of 50 taels of silver. If Zhang He could transport the Blood Feather Chicken to Ding'an County...