newbobooks Chapter 746 There is land
Chapter 746 There is land
Zhou Guo laughed excitedly. It was really a case of searching for something without success. She had been looking for it everywhere and now it was finally here.
Hundreds of hectares of land. If he could take over all the land in these counties, even if he was not the largest landlord in the North, he would probably be ranked at the top.
Qian Duo said: "Boss, this salty land has no grass and nothing can grow on it. So much land is useless."
Zhou Guo looked at him with a smile, "You may be stupid, but sometimes you are actually quite smart. Do you know I want these lands?"
Qian Duo said: "Why don't you know this? You have been sending people out to look for land to buy, but you haven't found any yet. Although these lands are large and wide, they are useless. There is no point in buying them."
Zhou Guo touched his chin and asked, "Is there a river nearby?"
"Yes, a small river, not very wide."
Zhou Guo waved his hand and said, "That doesn't matter. It's enough to have it. There are many ways to manage salty land. As long as we manage these salty lands properly, we can grow food. Just think about it, with so much land, how much food can we grow every year?"
Qian Duo was very excited when he thought about it, but, "Boss, how can we cure the salty land? So many people can't cure it. If it could be cured, wouldn't these lands have been divided up by those dignitaries long ago?"
Zhou Guo said: "They can't do what we do. We need to take multiple measures to control the salty land. Besides, there are rivers around, so it will be easier to control it."
We also have to cultivate seeds suitable for saline-alkali land, so that even if the saline-alkali land cannot be managed well for the time being, we can still grow crops on it.
Qian Duo admired her very much at this time, "Boss, I will follow you, I will follow you for the rest of my life!!"
Zhou Guo laughed, "You're following me because you can manage salty land? Why, you were thinking of leaving halfway through the work?"
Qian Duo said: "No, no, no, no, I'm just too happy. There are a lot of salty lands in the whole north. If we can cure them all, how many people will we have to feed!"
Yes, the north is originally vast and sparsely populated, so there should be enough arable land per capita. However, the saline-alkali land occupies too large an area, resulting in less arable land and poor land.
When Zhou Guo got home, he said he would visit several counties the next day. He looked at the old man and said, "Master, come with me."
The old man didn't know what she was going to do, so he agreed without hesitation, saying that it would be best to go out for a walk.
Li said, "Didn't they say that the next Feizhuang has been chosen and is in Song County? Why are you going there?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, I'll go take a look. If nothing goes wrong, when I come back from this trip, our family will be truly a big landlord."
"What?" The whole family looked at her, not quite understanding what this sentence meant.
Li said, "What do you mean? There is land?? I haven't found it for so many years, where can I find it now?"
She wanted her family to have more land more than anyone else. Even if she had fertilizer to sell and could exchange it for food from others, she still felt uneasy.
If one day people stop buying fertilizer from them, won’t this road be cut off?
After all, it's still unstable.
Zhou Su's eyes lit up and he asked excitedly, "Really? How much land?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "I don't know yet."
……
There was a large stretch of white land in front of him that seemed to have no end in sight. Zhou Guo rode on his horse along the boundary of the land for half an hour but still hadn't reached the end. This land was really huge!
I couldn't help but laugh out loud with joy.
The old man had been frowning since he saw the land. Seeing Zhou Guo's expression, he couldn't help but ask, "Are you out of your mind? What's the use of this land even if I give it to you for free? Can you grow crops or grass? You can't grow anything here. It's just a wasteland! What are you so happy about?!"
He actually thought he had found a large piece of land.
As it turned out, this land is really big, but it is useless and is even worse than a rocky land.
Zhou Guo rode on his horse, pointed at the field from a distance, and said, "Master, look at this field, it's so big. If I can make it grow crops, how much food can I harvest? How many people can I feed?!"
The old man said bluntly, "You can dream on. Throughout history, I have never heard of any salty and bitter land being able to grow food. Can we do it with our little wealth?"
Zhou Guo thought for a moment and said, "It's definitely not going to work in a short time, but these plots of land are cheap anyway. Just spend the money to buy them and wait and see. One day, you'll be able to grow crops."
The old man is not optimistic.
She then added: "There are several pieces of land like this in the nearby counties. I will buy them all. When the time comes, these pieces of land will become our granaries."
The old man was stunned. "Is this possible? You bought so much salty land. If it doesn't work, wouldn't it be a waste of money?"
Zhou Guo smiled confidently and said, "Master, even if you don't believe in this land, you have to believe me. If I say it can grow, then it's almost certain."
The old man was speechless when he saw her like this. He had never seen her so high-spirited and determined, as if everything was under her control.
Thinking about Zhou Guo's personality, she would not give up until the task was done. I felt that it was not impossible. She even grew sheep mushrooms.
Although these lands are large, they are so salty that not even a blade of grass can grow on them, and no one wants them even if you give them away.
So Zhou Guo bought it cheaply.
Hundreds of hectares of land were acquired for just over a thousand taels. It was a real bargain.
The situation is similar in several other places.
There are more than ten counties, with hundreds of hectares of land in four places and fifty or sixty hectares of other land, which is also a lot.
Zhou Guo spent less than 10,000 taels of silver to obtain several hundred hectares of land.
It's almost like finding money when you go out.
The old man sighed, "You spent so much money to buy so much salty land. Who knows how others will laugh at you behind your back."
Zhou Guo held the land deed and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid. Let them laugh as much as they want. Anyway, the land is mine. When the land produces food, they will only be jealous and envious."
She plans to set aside a large piece of experimental land in Song County to conduct experiments and cultivate grain varieties.
……
"What?? These lands are all salty? What is salty land??"
The family had never heard of or seen salty land. Could the land be salty?
Zhou Guo explained to them what salty land is.
Li was shocked and said, "If it can't grow crops or grass, then what's the point of buying it? Even if there are many people in the family, they don't need such a large piece of land to live in?!"
Zhou Gu said: "It must be used for compost."
The others nodded and said that composting also requires a large space.
Zhou Guo shook his head, "No, it's for planting."
The whole family looked at her blankly. Didn't they just say that nothing would grow there? Why did they want to plant it again? What could grow there?
Zhou Guo turned and went into the room. "I have to go figure out a plan. I'll show you after I'm done."
Although saline-alkali land can be managed, it will cost huge amounts of manpower, financial resources and material resources, so it is not easy overall.
Therefore, this line from the north to the capital has to be put into operation and make money.