12dz Chapter 280: Coveted Pass
Chapter 280: Coveted Pass
The tobacco business that Helian Xiubai and Xishan cooperated in was as popular in the imperial city as Wenren Lianmo.
The popularity of Xishan has risen again.
All good things come from mountains and rivers.
Especially after Xishan’s drastic integration of Feipu Ridge, its reputation spread throughout the country and shocked the four countries.
The fact that a barren Feipu Ridge was not so bad as to shock the four nations was because the barren Feipu Ridge became a blessed land after being integrated with the streams and mountains.
Some villagers spread the word that in the winter, fruits and vegetables grow everywhere on Feipu Ridge, and grain output has increased exponentially, making it a place where every inch of land is worth a lot of money.
It's obviously just a barren mountain that cannot be cultivated.
How come it turned into a fertile farmland in just one autumn?
Some wealthy people seem to have discovered some incredible business opportunities.
Everyone was trying their best to seize the mountains that no one cared about.
The entire Beiliang began to implement a mode of rushing to buy up barren mountains.
Everyone wants to open up mountains and reclaim land, turning barren mountains into fertile fields that produce gold.
Even many mindless followers imitated Jin Tiantian's Xishan Manor and started to renovate the wasteland.
They worked hard to clear the land and plow it, and constantly carried manure up the mountain to make fertilizer.
Then he followed Jin Tiantian's example and started to grow various fruits and vegetables.
I got a lot of seeds or seedlings of fruits and vegetables through various channels.
Even the fertile land originally used for growing grain is used to grow fruits and vegetables.
Huge amounts of money were spent like water, and the rich were looking forward to the transformed fields becoming like Xishan Manor.
Not only did wealthy people from all over the country follow suit mindlessly, even the royal nobles in the Beiliang Imperial City began to plant it in their own estates.
Instead of growing crops, we grow these precious fruits and vegetables.
Everyone dreams of getting rich quickly through farming.
Although these royal aristocrats seem to be rich and prosperous, they actually do not lead a comfortable life behind the scenes.
Who doesn’t have to tighten their belts to make ends meet?
In the officialdom, there are many things to do, such as making friends and flattering others. There are many negotiations and so a lot of money flows out.
Which high-ranking official or noble doesn't care about ostentation and appearance when he goes out?
All the good stuff you have has to be brought out to gild the image and improve appearance.
The only wealth we have is in the superficial efforts.
In fact, those wealthy businessmen are the ones who live a comfortable life.
Although businessmen are inferior to others and have a bad reputation, they are despised by people in official circles.
But who among these people who are in the officialdom does not rely on exploiting the businessmen below and relying on bribes from the businessmen to prosper and have full granaries?
Power and position can confuse people's minds, and money can also confuse people's minds.
The nobles in the Beiliang Imperial City saw that the royal nobles were imitating Xishan and engaging in large-scale planting, and they began to follow suit in secret.
For a time, people followed suit and started planting like crazy.
Beiliang was all engaged in planting tacitly. Li Qingai treated this as something new and interesting and told Jin Tiantian about it.
To Jin Tiantian, it became a business opportunity to make money.
Hey, this is more money!
Everyone is engaged in planting, hoping to get rich by growing fruits and vegetables, so no one will grow grain, right?
There will definitely be a food shortage by then!
Then she can wait until the fruits and vegetables have a harvest next spring and then grow crops.
Moreover, the time it takes to harvest crops is short. If she uses a six-times-speed acceleration device, won't she definitely make a lot of money?
It’s rich, it’s rich, she is going to make a fortune again!
If food becomes scarce, she will raise the price and sell it to the Beiliang Imperial City at a high price!
Moreover, this phenomenon is not only found in the Beiliang Imperial City, but has spread to all parts of Beiliang like a poison.
Those rich men who had this idea would probably suffer huge losses next year. Not only would they suffer huge losses, but the resulting consequence would be food shortage.
Jin Tiantian has already foreseen the situation next year.
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It was really troublesome to rescue the 20,000 soldiers that Xishan received. It took a lot of effort to feed them.
At the beginning of spring, these people finally found their place to use their skills, and Jin Tiantian's efforts in saving them at great expense of manpower, material resources and financial resources were finally worth it.
It's time to start the busy farming season.
And once they get busy, they are very efficient and quick.
There is no need to go down the mountain to recruit new workers.
The human resources problem was solved at once.
"Sister Tiantian, there's a letter from the Xie family." Lan Ruanmei handed a letter to Jin Tiantian.
"Sister Tiantian, when will you be back from Xie's house?"
She was really afraid that Sister Tiantian would never come back after going to the Xie family.
What if I really have to stay at that home, and stay in Xichuan.
What about Xishan?
Today, Xishan is no longer the place where a few people lived together as when she first came to the mountain.
This has become the home of most people.
Everyone here lives a prosperous life, with no worries about food and clothing, and a busy and fulfilling life.
She didn't want to disrupt her current living situation.
Jin Tiantian took the letter and opened it.
"I'm not sure either. It depends on the situation."
"If I leave, Xishan will be handed over to you to take care of. You should manage it well."
After reading the letter quickly, Jin Tiantian raised her eyebrows. It was indeed urging her to go home quickly.
The letter asked her if she needed someone to pick her up. Jin Tiantian wrote a reply saying no, and told her to take care of Xishan's affairs and she would come over.
Jin Tiantian didn't plan to bring so many people with her. Only Bai Zhi, Hui Xue and Han Zhou would be enough.
After sowing the crops and planting a variety of coarse grains, Jin Tiantian packed her luggage and set off.
Although we didn't bring that many people, we had enough carriages and horses, so we wanted to travel light.
But after taking a little here and a little there, there were so many things that it took up three horse-drawn carriages.
When passing the checkpoint, I strolled around the food city, inspected the territory, and went to the clothing mall in the central area.
This is a new city that has just been developed.
The shop has already opened, and the clothes shipped from Xishan have already been put on the market in the spring.
It was spring, a good season, and attracted many girls from all over the world to visit.
The rental situation of the villas and residential buildings here suddenly became unprecedentedly popular.
Building a commercial city and making it popular, this event also caused a stir in the courts of various countries.
Even the four countries had the same idea, wanting to take the city under their jurisdiction and claim it as their own.
But it's just an idea, not action yet.
In the Nishikawa Imperial Palace, in the court, officials were divided into two factions and argued endlessly over the issue of conquering the Sekiguchi Hanahiki gang.
The Minister of Revenue Wen Jingfeng coveted the fat piece of meat at the pass.
"Your Majesty, the pass is growing stronger day by day. We should take it back and strengthen it before it gets out of control!"
Duke of Yu, Lu Changshan, stepped forward and seconded the motion.
"Lord Wen is right. Xichuan must take coercive action. Otherwise, I am afraid that other countries will take it first. We should take the initiative to take this fat piece of meat at the pass and incorporate it into Xichuan's territory!"