Chapter 301 New Year’s Eve (4)

According to custom, the New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten from noon until the night falls. Of course, people don't necessarily eat all the time. Most of the time, they gather around the table to chat about the past year and look forward to the coming year. Shen Xiangwan and his friends are no exception. They sometimes clink glasses, chat about trivial matters, and joke with each other, completely unconcerned about the passage of time.

"After the spring, does the government really intend to have everyone in Datong County switch to growing sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn? Do they have that many seeds?"

Since the harvest from their fields, the news of the high-yield grain seeds spread throughout Datong County, and even other counties heard a lot of rumors. However, only the heads of the villages and boroughs in various places had actually seen the harvest of high-yield grain seeds. Would the people really actively cooperate? Even if they did, where would they get so many seeds?

Chenzhou has a vast territory and every household has a lot of land. If the land here was not mostly barren and could only grow one season of grain, and if the Western Hu people broke into the border and plundered every year, they would not be so poor. Therefore, even if they only mobilized one county to plant, the seeds they needed would not be a small number.

"The government has already announced it to the public, how could it be false?"

Glancing at her sideways, Shen Xiangwan picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth. "As far as I know, every village has prepared topdressing for the fields, and they are just waiting for the spring to come. As for the seeds, there is no need to worry. They have already been stored in the county government warehouse. But you are wrong. After the spring, only potatoes and corn will be planted. Sweet potatoes will be planted in the second season."

"Why? Isn't it said that the yield of sweet potatoes is higher than that of potatoes?"

Not only Yue Ruyan was confused, but also Zhao Yuping and others. According to their ideas, sweet potatoes should be the main plant.

“Because of the growth cycle.”

Putting down his chopsticks, Shen Xiangwan looked at them one by one before continuing, "Sweet potatoes are divided into spring potatoes and summer potatoes. The growth cycle of the former is very long, about four or five months, and in some places it even takes more than half a year, which is not conducive to planting the second crop of food. The latter only takes about three months, which is about the same as the growth cycle of corn."

In comparison, potatoes and corn are not so troublesome, so after discussion, they unanimously decided to plant potatoes and corn first, and then sweet potatoes in the second season. As long as the topdressing of the fields keeps up, after two seasons of grain are planted, they can also rush to plant a season of vegetables. In this way, the people here will not only not go hungry next year, but will also have a lot of surplus.

"I see."

Everyone nodded and agreed with their decision. After all, the yields of potatoes and corn were not low, and the Chenzhou area was not as severely short of water as other places. If nothing unexpected happened, next year was destined to be a bumper year.

"Second sister-in-law, next year we won't have that much land to plant sorghum, so should we close the brewery?"

At their current pace, the sorghum in the warehouse can only be used for brewing for one or two months at most. Moreover, they have stored enough alcohol. If they had not built enough warehouses earlier, they would have run out of place to store it.

“Why is it closed?”

Shen Xiangwan blurted out reflexively, and then quickly smiled and said, "Don't worry about the sorghum problem. We will have it in time, but the alcohol is enough for now. After the beginning of the year, we will switch to brewing sorghum wine, and then go to the county town to open a shop. In addition, I also plan to set up a wine workshop, specializing in high-end routes, to make money from rich people."

Next year, when the people begin to grow high-yield grains in large quantities, the army will no longer lack food. She can then switch to growing sorghum in her space, and there is no need to worry about the lack of raw materials. Moreover, she does not plan to make any money from sorghum wine. She wants to make it affordable for all the people. The real money-maker is wine. She wants to make it a luxury item and only make money from the rich.

"Ah."

They have all tasted the wine. If its beauty-enhancing effects are added, once it is publicized, it will soon become the object of pursuit by the wealthy.

"What about our perfume workshop? Is it time to expand it?"

Now that we have come to this, Yue Ruyan asked, there is no way, whether it is the skin whitening and tenderizing balm or the acne and freckle removing balm, or the soaps of various flavors, they have basically been sold out, and the store has no time to restock, the gap is really too big.

"This will happen next year..."

"Second Master, there's an urgent report from the county government." Just as Shen Xiangwan opened his mouth, the guards hurried in from outside, holding a letter in both hands and respectfully handed it to Wei Chengyi.

problem occurs!
This was the thought that came to the minds of Shen Xiangwan and others at the same time. Today was New Year's Eve, a day for family reunions. If nothing serious had happened, the county government would not have sent any urgent documents.

Wei Chengyi's face darkened, he picked up the letter and opened it directly. When he saw the contents clearly, his pupils could not help but shrink, and a strong killing intent instantly burst out of his body: "Immediately gather all the guards, and all of them go to the village entrance and wait."

"Yes."

The guard bowed and retreated. Shen Xiangwan asked in confusion, "What happened?"

Why did you summon the guards to the village entrance?

What kind of incident could have caused him to lose control so much that he couldn't even control his murderous aura?

Not only Shen Xiangwan was puzzled, but also everyone present. Wei Chengyi's reaction was too big. Even if they were ignorant, they knew that something big must have happened.

"Aunt Zhou, go to the Yan family and ask Yan Junling to come over."

Wei Chengyi casually handed the letter to Shen Xiangwan, his expression still grim.

"Yes."

Zhou Wushuang was not stupid either. He immediately bowed and retreated. Even Wu Shuiyu's little face beside him showed naked anxiety.

"What a bastard!"

After reading the contents of the letter, Shen Xiangwan immediately burst into swearing. Just an hour ago, a cavalry of several thousand Western Hu people broke into Shangyao Village in Datong County. Not a single man in the village survived, and all the elderly women were killed. The young ones were forcibly abducted as property. Moreover, they did not seem to plan to leave and were ready to continue looting the next village.

"What the hell is going on...Fuck his ancestors!"

Seeing this, Wei Chenghe snatched the letter from her hand in confusion, and cursed with an ugly face before he finished reading it. Wei Linger, who leaned over to read with him, could not help but tremble with anger. The Western Hu people were simply inhumane. They brutally slaughtered an entire village in just one hour.

"This should be just a small group of cavalry from the Western Hu people..."

"Second Master, urgent news from the army."

Shen Xiangwan was interrupted again. Another guard came quickly with a letter in his hand. Wei Chengyi took the letter and read it. His murderous aura became stronger. "Not long ago, 100,000 Hun cavalrymen divided into three groups and attacked Daping, Dafeng and Dalin counties at the same time. Our army was completely unprepared and almost let them break into the city. In addition, several cavalrymen with thousands of people bypassed the three counties and broke into other counties."

Wei Chengyi said almost gritting his teeth. Before this, none of them had thought that the Western Hu people would choose to break through on New Year's Eve, and after the main force was blocked, they sent a small force to take a detour and attack other counties. How could the innocent people in those villages possibly resist the Western Hu cavalry?

【End of this chapter】

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