OBS Chapter 1119: Wealthy as a Country
Chapter 1119: Wealthy as a Country
Zhou Guo said: "If they don't write letters, does that mean they can solve their own food problems?"
Zhou Dacang nodded, "Almost."
When the army was outside, every time they captured a city, there would be a granary. If there was no food in the granary, they would go to the homes of local wealthy people and usually be able to get a lot of food.
If the local area is poor, there is no grain in the granary, and the wealthy families are also poor, then they have to transfer grain from the rear.
However, such situations are relatively rare. Basically, the army can get enough food by relying on some large households.
The several armies all marched separately, and it was much easier to raise food for tens of thousands of people than for hundreds of thousands of people.
pass.
Lao Zheng is already waiting with a large army carrying grain.
He couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead. After several months of hard journey, the grain and fodder had finally arrived. It was not easy to be a grain transport officer. Fortunately, there were 20,000 cavalrymen to transport them, otherwise he would not have dared to sleep in these months.
Now that I have reached this critical juncture, I can finally feel at ease.
After seeing Xu Xiushan and his group, he felt relieved. If there weren't so many people that it would damage his image, he would have wanted to sit down. He was really too tired.
When Zhou Guo saw Lao Zheng, it felt like a lifetime ago.
It had only been a short time since they separated, but it felt like several years had passed.
Seeing how tired he looked, he couldn't help but say to Zhou Dacang, "Uncle Zheng has also lost a lot of weight."
Zhou Dacang said: "It's not easy to be a grain transport officer. There are many things to worry about."
Lao Zheng came up with a group of people to greet them and said, "General, the 20,000 cavalry are still behind to escort the food and grass, so they can't come over to greet you for the time being."
Xu Xiushan nodded, "Of course, food and fodder are the top priority."
Looking around, the grain transport team stretched endlessly to the end of the road, with each cart piled high with grain bags.
All these grains were moved out from Zhou Guo’s granary.
Xu Xiushan waved at Zhou Guo, "My daughter, come here, tell my father, how do you grow all this food? Do you have so much land at home?"
Zhou Guo stepped forward obediently and said, "Dad, my family doesn't have that much land. This is all given back to me by everyone..."
In fact, Xu Xiushan knew very well how much land Zhou Guo's family owned.
No matter how much land one has, one cannot give away more than a million shi of grain at once. Few people in the North can afford such a large sum of money, and even if they do, it will be very painful.
After all, if a family can harvest so much food every year, they will be able to support more servants.
So many mouths waiting to be fed.
After he said this, the people behind him knew even more how powerful Zhou Guo was.
Although no one said anything on the surface about conferring the title of general on Zhou Guo, there must be people who had some thoughts on this.
He wanted to let them all know that Zhou Guo's position as general was obtained through her own efforts.
Let everyone see that his daughter is not only capable of fighting on the battlefield, but is also good in other areas. Her help to his Xu family army is no less than anyone else in the army.
Zhou Dacang had guessed some of Xu Xiushan's intentions. Looking at the growing admiration on everyone's faces, he couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart. This was his child, his niece!
"Young Master is truly amazing. With just his own efforts, he has been able to build up his family business to such a large scale in just a few years. I'm afraid that there are still people in this world who can achieve what you have achieved who have not been born yet."
"If you continue like this, young master, as long as you sell the fertilizer at home, you will be able to harvest a steady supply of grain every year. The more land you plant, the more grain you will harvest."
"That's right, sir. If you sell fertilizer to every household in the world, the annual harvest and tax revenue will be comparable. By then, you will be as rich as a country!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
The man who spoke realized that he had said the wrong thing and looked at Xu Xiushan in fear.
Zhou Da Cang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and said quickly, "If you want to sell fertilizer to every household in the world, only the imperial court has the financial resources to do so. We ordinary people have already done our best to sell it to a few cities. If we want to sell it to other places, even if we sell our entire family, it is impossible to do it."
He really felt that it was impossible. The world was so big and the population was so numerous. Only the imperial court had such financial and human resources. It would be difficult for a single family, even a century-old family, to do it.
Zhou Guo said to Xu Xiushan: "Dad, my family alone cannot benefit all the people in the world. My human and financial resources are limited."
This is also true.
Xu Xiushan glanced at the man who spoke, with an ambiguous meaning. After hearing what Zhou Guo said, he said, "It's okay. Tell me what you need and I'll help you. I can't support you financially, but I have a lot of people. There are plenty of remnants in the barracks. I can take as many as you want.
You are a young lady. You have worked as hard as men over the years and finally saved up some family property, but we have spent all of it. Daddy is sorry for you and there is nothing I can do to compensate you."
Zhou Guo said: "I don't need compensation. Ensuring that everyone in Tianren has enough food to eat is the biggest compensation for me."
A group of people stood in awe.
Although I think Zhou Guo is bragging, that’s actually what she did.
In the final analysis, she herself made a profit by selling that fertilizer, but the common people also benefited.
Once the grain production in the fields increases, not only they benefit, but the imperial court is also the biggest beneficiary.
They can't just focus on the fact that the young lady collects more grain, they need to be more open-minded.
Xu Xiushan couldn't help but touch her head and said, "Dad knows. Dad has the same idea as you, which is to make sure that the people of the world no longer go hungry and that everyone can live a prosperous and peaceful life."
The generals and soldiers quickly expressed their loyalty, "We subordinates are the same, we will definitely help you achieve great things!"
This section was over and Zhou Dacang breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at Zhou Guo standing aside, he felt that they had to have a good talk sometime. It would be fine if the fertilizer was almost sold out, but if it becomes really big, it would be a disaster.
They stand too high and become the target of public criticism.
It's not that Zhou Guo hasn't thought about this. If anything gets big, there will always be hidden dangers.
Maybe one day in the future all she has done will be to help others and the money will go into other people's pockets. Should she still do it then?
She thought about it and decided that she should do it.
The worst that can happen is that we can cooperate with others, even if it means giving up some things. After all, the benefits are too great.
Profits attract the eyes of the red people, and gold stirs the heart of the Tao.
She couldn't take all these things to heart.
Xu Xiushan showed them around and said with a wave of his hand, "Send it to the granary."
No one mentioned this matter again.
After returning to the camp, Lao Zheng finished handling all the account book matters and came out to find Zhou Guo.
Zhou Dacang said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Look at how filthy you are. Go clean yourself up first. You stink."