inspire-indiana Chapter 724 I have a backer
Chapter 724 I have a backer
Mr. Qin San shook his head. "Well, I will go to Chengding tomorrow. I estimate that I will be gone for five days. I will be back after five days. We will talk about it in detail then."
He didn't seem surprised at all that sheep mushrooms and flower mushrooms could be grown. Sure enough, the upper class people were different. Maybe they had known that mushrooms could be grown and had even seen them.
Zhou Guo nodded and said okay with a smile.
On the second day, she took a walk around the city and looked at the mountain product shop that was about to open. This was the best shop selling mountain products among the locations she had taken back. There were grain shops all around it, and a vegetable market not far away on the street.
It’s the best place to sell mountain products.
Maybe I can sell grain and beans after the autumn harvest this year.
After taking a look around, she went back. She also had to ask people to spread the fertilizer in the two nearby counties. Once another farm was built, the fertilizer produced would be more.
Wu Jiang moved very quickly and construction on Zhuangzi had already begun.
She found the village and bought all the large rocky land around it.
Originally, the villagers were gossiping quietly. Although this rocky land was of no use, they would still be dissatisfied if Zhou Guo just used it for nothing.
Now that I have spent money to buy it, no one has any complaints.
Who can't afford it?
Li was puzzled. "The farm at home isn't that big, why do you want to build another one?"
Zhou Guo said, "Mom, the whole county is coming to our house to buy fertilizer. Now this farm is not enough, and we don't have enough manpower. I have sent a message to the mountains, asking Qian Duo to bring another 100 people down."
"Even if we bring so many more people, we don't need to build another farm. Besides, with so many more people, we can ferment the fertilizer of two counties, not to mention one county."
"I plan to have people go to the two nearby counties to spread the word. Since we want to make it bigger, we should do it bigger and do it all at once."
Everyone was surprised when they heard this.
Zhou Mai said worriedly, "Isn't this too fast? Didn't my uncle tell you to slow down when he left? What if someone spots you?"
Yeah, everyone worries about that.
They can't beat those big players.
Zhou Guo said, "I've thought about this. Think about it. Clearly, our movements in the early spring had already alarmed several wealthy families, and even servants from various households had sneaked in among the people buying fertilizer. Why was there no movement at all later? Even no one from the village came to inquire about the news?"
"Why?" Everyone asked in unison subconsciously. They have always had doubts about this.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "They must have some concerns. Otherwise, I can't understand why they don't take action. They can't wait until we become bigger and stronger before taking action, right? No one would be so stupid! Obviously, now is the best time to control us."
"That makes sense." Everyone nodded.
Zhou Mai added: "What if they are just waiting for the right opportunity?"
Zhou Guo said: "Then we can't withdraw the people who are gathering information, and there won't be any suspicious people sneaking in. The most important thing is that Hu Zi said that collecting night incense and ashes has been much smoother recently, and even the soldiers guarding the gate don't make things difficult for them. Now there are almost half as many people following Hua Pozi to sell night incense.
Moreover, they don’t have to go to the valley to collect the ashes now. The people in the government office will collect them and transport them to the city gate for Hu Zi to collect.”
The old man said, "What's so strange about this? We have been dealing with each other for so long, so we are naturally familiar with each other. When two groups of people are familiar with each other, everything will be easy to discuss. Anyway, these things are to be taken back by Hu Zi. Who wouldn't be happy to trade at the city gate instead of going to the valley and smelling the stench?"
That makes sense, everyone nodded again. Except for the Li family, everyone had been to that valley and seen it. It was simply disgusting.
Zhou Guo said: "Not only that, the people in the government office are much more polite than usual, saying that if we can't wait, we can go to the county town to get it ourselves. They are just a bunch of ashes, how can they do this?
To be able to say such a thing, he must have received instructions from above. This fat man of ours has probably already passed the test of our county magistrate."
"That seems to be the case." The more Li listened, the more it made sense.
Zhou Mi said: "Even so, this is our own county. Our county magistrate can manage our own county, can he also manage the neighboring county?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "So, I decided that before that, I should go to our county magistrate and get a pass or something."
In this chaotic world, travel permits are far less useful than silver.
As long as you have money, where can't you go?
But she wanted to test the county magistrate's attitude. She didn't know anything and felt uneasy.
The old man was most afraid of dealing with the government. "Is this possible? Will the officials listen to you? I'll catch you and give you thirty lashes."
Everyone was shocked. "Yes, why don't we just not go? Let's take our time and wait until more people come to our county to buy fertilizer. Word will spread quickly and soon, and maybe people from other counties will come to buy our fertilizer this year instead of next year."
After all, they are just ordinary people. How can they compete with the government?
Zhou Guo said: "It doesn't matter. He is an official. I also have a backer. My backer is the most powerful official in the North. He is very strong. The tip of the iceberg can crush them."
He smiled triumphantly.
Zhou Mai and the others fell silent, and after thinking about it carefully, they realized that it was indeed possible.
Even the old man was silent.
Poor Li, Zhou Gu, Wu Ya and the others, they didn't understand and were anxious, "What do you mean, why don't you tell me? Who is your backer? Isn't your uncle a guerrilla general? Isn't it said that this official is not very important? There are hundreds of them in the camp?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, think about it, who does my uncle serve under? He serves under General Xu. My uncle is General Xu's soldier. So we are also General Xu's soldiers. Isn't it great to have such a big backer?"
Everyone knows that General Xu is the god of the north.
The Li family members were stunned!
"But...but...does General Xu know you? Besides, what if he finds out? Wouldn't that cause trouble for your uncle?"
Zhou Guo said: "I am not going to act openly in the name of General Xu, can't I just say that my uncle is highly respected in the army?
Mom, these officials think too much. If you just reveal a little bit of the topic, they can fill in the rest by themselves and scare themselves to death. Who knows, our county magistrate might be thinking the same thing.
This way, I won't be considered to be acting under the name of a general, because my uncle is really respected in the camp. He has become a guerrilla general in just a few years. He is still so young, and he will be a general sooner or later. When the general wants to investigate, he can't hold me responsible."
The old man snorted, "You think you are the only smart person in the world and they are all idiots? How can anyone who can become a general not be smarter than this little girl?"