"What do those people do?"

Feng Yong suddenly pointed to the distance and asked.

"Oh, those are the people from the sixth house of the Li family. They should be reclaiming wasteland. They have reclaimed a lot of wasteland this year."

Although Li Qiu works as a leisurely and indifferent county magistrate all day long, he still has a clear understanding of the situation in the county.

"The Li family's sixth house has been reclaiming wasteland like this, and it has never stopped?"

Feng Yong was a little surprised.

In order to leave enough room for further transformation and expansion in the future, the textile workshop covers a large area. Even the areas that are not currently used, Feng Yong included them within the scope of the textile workshop.

In addition, this is the largest population center in Nanxiang County, and a semi-closed small society has initially formed. Even if Feng Yong has nothing to do on weekdays, his activity radius rarely exceeds the scope of the textile workshop.

Therefore, he never had much intuitive impression of the newly reclaimed fields by the Li family next to the textile workshop.

Unexpectedly, while observing the road today, I suddenly discovered that the Li family seemed to have never stopped clearing land.

"no."

Li Qiu shook his head and said with some doubts, "It stands to reason that the areas currently being reclaimed in Hanzhong are mature lands that were abandoned in the past. As long as they are cultivated again, they can get a piece of good land."

"But I don't know what the Li family is thinking. In the past few months, they have made great efforts to open up wasteland around here. Most of the land there is newly developed, and I'm afraid they won't be able to harvest much food in a year.

.Without three to five years of cultivation, there will be no mature land.”

These days, there are fewer people and more land. As long as you are willing, you don’t have to worry about having no place to open up wasteland.

But land reclamation also comes with costs.

The head of Guizhou has no cattle or working tools. It is as difficult as climbing to the sky to carve out a field that can grow food in the wasteland.

Because the newly opened wasteland is called raw land, the food grown in a year can only be recovered, and even if there is no harvest, there is nothing abnormal.

Raw land needs to be cultivated continuously for several years and watered with sweat and hard work. After it becomes mature land, food can finally be harvested.

In other words, the newly opened wasteland may not only have no harvest for several years, but also require a full year of labor.

If the family does not have enough labor and no surplus food, how can they have the capital to open up wasteland?

If you can't harvest enough food from farming in Qianshou, will your whole family starve to death?

If it were so easy to open up wasteland, why would they rely on wealthy families?

Hanzhong is now a carnival place for the Han Dynasty's powerful people, and almost all the cultivated land that was abandoned a few years ago has been carved up.

As long as these mature fields from old years are cultivated, it stands to reason that the harvest in the first year may be smaller, but it cannot be supported by eight ox plows!

The food produced by deep plowing is no different from the cooked land produced without the eight-oxen plow in previous years, so it means that the land is almost free. Who has the heart to spend several years to open up wasteland?

Besides, most of them are poor people. Even if they have the will, they are powerless.

The head of Guizhou wants to open up wasteland, but they have nothing. Where can they get money and food?

The aristocratic families who had the ability to open up wasteland were suppressed in Shuzhong by the old demon Zhuge, and had no way to enter Hanzhong.

This is why Feng Yong is so sure that Li Mu was sent by the old demon Zhuge?

Their marriage partner Liao Li was both exiled. How dare the sixth family members of the Li family enter Hanzhong to reclaim land without Zhuge Lao Yao's permission?

Thinking of this, Feng Yong suddenly understood what benefits the old demon Zhuge had promised to the sixth house of the Li family. Not only did he let them betray the Li family in Shuzhong, he even gave them a legitimate daughter and son as a chess piece.

"What's so surprising about this?"

Feng Yong smiled, "After all, the sixth house of the Li family has some background, what's the point of enduring these three to five years? Now with Zhuyu, the governor of Nanzhong, in front of them, if they can gain a firm foothold in Hanzhong, then they can create another Hanzhong

It’s not impossible for the Li family.”

“So that’s how it is!”

When Li Qiu heard Feng Yong's words, he immediately understood.

Farming and reading are passed down from generation to generation. Farming and reading are both inheritances passed down from generation to generation.

"The person in charge of the sixth house of the Li family is so courageous!"

After hearing what Li Qiu said, Feng Yong nodded and agreed, "You are indeed courageous."

If the Li family's sixth house is really what he thinks, it will be a huge gamble.

He took refuge in the old demon Zhuge, was willing to be a dog that was used by others, and then took advantage of the situation to rise up.

If it wins, it will be the first family in Hanzhong; if it loses, it will directly decline.

No wonder Li Mu had to find a way to get close to Feng Yong even if he had to humiliate himself.

Because they can't afford to lose.

The place in Hanzhong is a bit evil. Just as I was thinking about Li Mu, I saw a slim beauty coming in front. Although she was dressed in simple clothes, she still couldn't hide her graceful and graceful figure.

"What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Feng Langjun here."

Li Mu and his maid seemed to be going to the land reclamation area ahead, but when he saw Feng Yong standing at the end of the road, he immediately turned around and walked over. He first greeted Feng Yong and then faced Li Qiu.

Wei Wei said happily, "My little sister has met my brother."

The Li family in Nanzhong and the Li family in Shuzhong have the same roots, so Li Mu is right to call him brother.

Li Qiu returned the favor.

"What a coincidence."

Feng Yong looked at Li Mu and said, "Ms. Li, where are you going when you go out?"

As expected, Li Mu pointed to the distance and said, "My little sister is going to the front to see how much wasteland there is for reclamation."

"Do you, the sixth family of the Li family, plan to take root in Hanzhong?" Feng Yongyi asked pointedly.

Li Mu glanced at Feng Yong in surprise. How could she not hear that there was something else in his words?

She shook her head and said, "It's too early to talk about taking root in Hanzhong at this time. What I think about is that it wouldn't be a bad thing to open up wasteland and grow some food around the textile workshop."

Growing food around a textile workshop?

Although what the woman said was half true and half false, when Feng Yong heard this, he glanced at Li Mu in surprise, "Did you come up with this?"

"The six houses of the Li family are in Hanzhong, and they are not the only ones to open up wasteland here. But here, the younger sister made an effort to tell the big father, and then she won the support of the clan."

There was a slight expression on Li Mu's face, "So the affairs of the Li family here are all handled by my little sister."

In the period before modern transportation was developed, food supply bases must be located around places where populations gathered, be it cities or castles.

This is common sense in later generations.

But not necessarily in this day and age.

A person who can keenly discover this business opportunity and have the courage to take action must be a smart person.

If this person is a woman, then this woman is even more complicated.

Feng Yong looked at her with interest and suddenly asked, "Ms. Li, are you interested in cooperating with me?"

When Li Qiu next to him heard this, he was stunned on the spot.

Instead, Li Mu's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly, "Feng Langjun, are you agreeing to the idea that I proposed a few days ago?"

Exchanging grain for woolen cloth was what Feng Yong originally wanted to do.

The key is just how to divide the cake.

In addition to giving one share to the Huang family, how to arrange the rest depends on the market's reaction.

However, plus a share of the sixth room of the Li family, it is also a matter of Feng Yong's words.

"I promise you this in principle. But you also know that the current county captain of Nanxiang County is the son of the Huang family. The Huang family is also willing to support me with food."

"The Li family only hopes to get a share, which is already a great joy. How dare they have more extravagant hopes?"

Li Mu didn't expect that when she met Feng Yong today, she would get such great news easily. Even though she was a little scheming, she couldn't hide the joy on her face.

"The cooperation I just mentioned doesn't mean this."

"What else can you do, Feng Langjun?"

Li Mu asked in surprise.

Feng Yong pointed to the place where wasteland was being opened in the distance, "What I want to say is that it will take at least three years for those newly opened wastelands to produce food, which is too long."

"Grow some vegetables," Feng Yong smiled, "If you, the Li family, have enough money, take out some land to grow vegetables, and I will take it."

"Growing vegetables?"

Li Mu was a little confused, "Feng Langjun is short of food?"

"Very lacking." Feng Yong nodded.

In the future, as more and more Hu people meet the naturalization standards, the demand for vegetables, meat and eggs will become stronger.

In fact, it would be best to ask the Li family to help them build a chicken or pig farm.

It's a pity that raising chickens is related to military dry food. Feng Yong is willing to announce it, but the other companies will strangle to death anyone who dares to take over.

As for raising pigs, the Li family doesn't have the water left over from the canteen like Feng Yong to supply thousands of people. If they want to raise pigs on a large scale, the cost will probably not be too low. It would be meaningless on a small scale, so let's forget it.
To be continued...