The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The wood on the farm is ready, and the carpenters will be gathered together when the time comes.

Li Fu thought that the farm should also hire a few carpenters to deal with his sudden ideas.

But it is definitely too late now, so he will try his best to do what he can. It is hard to say whether the curved plow will be promoted this year, but it is still possible to use it on his own farm.

The rest of the things, the drawings and the finished curved plow, will be thrown to Li Shimin. He can do whatever he wants with it, and he will not care.

The drawings are given to you, and the things are made for you. If the court cannot even promote it, then all the officials in the court can go home after get off work.

During the day, Li Fu took Shitou and rode a horse to stroll on the farm.

There are still many things to do on the farm this year, and some things are good for spring ploughing, but there is no time.

The canals built last year can all be used this year, but the scale is just so-so. Li Fu is not satisfied with the current scale of the canals in Zhuangzi.

After all, the funds were not so abundant when they were built last year, and it was only a summer. Even if all the people in Zhuangzi were mobilized to do this project, it only covered the original land in Zhuangzi. But now Li Fu has more fiefs, so he has to take care of it this year.

The canals in the whole Zhuangzi will have to be rebuilt one day, and they will be planned all over Zhuangzi.

Li Fu's goal this year is to spend all the money he earned last year.

People working in the fields are paying attention to the land in front of them. Li Fu and Shitou riding on the small road did not attract much attention.

Li Fu looked at the lively Zhuangzi and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

It's like a business game. A village is given to you. When you take over, you are penniless. Gradually, you develop it with your own ability. Everything gets better. When you look back, you feel a sense of accomplishment.

But now, it's not good enough.

Moreover, the real village in Jingyang County is not a pile of game data, but real people.

Going further outside, there are no canals in these places. If you want to irrigate the land, you have to carry water.

It may take a while to irrigate the land, which is one of the reasons why the work in the field is busy for a year.

The efficiency of many things is too low.

"I see that this side is not close to the river. Has it always been like this here before?" Li Fu asked Shitou.

"It has always been like this." Shitou responded: "Not to mention this side, other places are almost the same. There are only so many good farmlands by the river. Most people's land is not next to the river..."

Shitou said a more heartbreaking fact.

Good land, how could it be the turn of the common people in the village.......

The best fertile land basically has an owner......

Maybe even if it is in the hands of the common people at the beginning, it will gradually flow out of their hands in the future.

For various reasons, or various means......

Every dynasty will face such a problem in the later stage of development, the annexation of land.

"In the future, it will be easier if the canal is built." Li Fu said.

In fact, he also thought that it would be more labor-saving if the canal was combined with a waterwheel.

He would take the lead in building the large canal, and as for the irrigation ditches in the fields, the subsequent use of the waterwheel would be left to the farmers themselves.

Li Fu could not do everything so well, and they still had to solve the irrigation ditches in their own fields.

"Canal? Will it be built this year?" Shitou asked.

"This year, not necessarily. There are too many things to do." Li Fu said, "We will build a granary right after the spring plowing. The granary is the top priority."

Shitou didn't understand why his husband was so concerned about the granary.

The warehouse in the house was enough for now.

Even if there were so many more farmers and his fiefdom increased, he didn't need to build so many granaries.

Moreover, if there was more grain at home, wouldn't it be better to sell it to the grain bank?

There was new grain every year, so there was no need to keep so much at home.

Shitou didn't understand, and Li Fu couldn't tell Shitou.

He could only say...

"We will still have to build a workshop on the farm, and maybe there will be a wine workshop in the future." Li Fu explained.

This also made a reasonable explanation for him to build a granary and store grain.

Shitou nodded.

Got it.

My husband was going to build a wine workshop, so he built a granary in advance and bought more grain.

My husband always did business like this, and he was fully prepared.

completeAfter all, the things that Langjun took out were not something that could be made in a short time, but had to be tested first.

Just like the current soy sauce workshop.

It is definitely right to prepare more raw materials.

"And there is another point, Shitou, we all came from hard times. We can't say that we are living a good life now and don't pay attention to food. We don't panic when we have food in our hands." Li Fu smiled and said, "I am lucky and have never been hungry."

Shitou agreed more with Li Fu's words.

Langjun said that he was lucky and had never been hungry, but it was not entirely due to luck. Langjun was born in a wealthy family.

But Shitou had been hungry, and his childhood was not easy.

If there were no kind people in the village and no Uncle Zhao, he might not be alive until now.

Shitou reflected on himself and thought that he should pay more attention to food than his own Langjun.

"Langjun, if the granary in the village is open, I want to help." Shitou said.

"Okay, there's nothing to do in the house, just go and help look after it, anyway, they really need someone there." Li Fu said with a smile.

Now Shitou spends most of his time in the farm, and occasionally if there is something important, he will go back and forth to Chang'an City to send news.

Young, can withstand the toss.

Strolling around, they arrived at the soy sauce workshop.

Li Fu and Shitou tied the horse to the horse-tying stone on the wall outside the door, and the two entered the workshop.

The craftsmen in the workshop greeted Li Fu when they saw him.

Walking inside, the huge yard was full of large vats, and the vats were full of beans. They needed to be dried and fermented, and the beans on the top layer were already black.

"Get a bamboo spoon." Li Fu said to the worker.

Soon, the bamboo spoon was brought over, and Li Fu pushed away the black beans on the top and dug a pit in the middle.

The beans at the bottom were still yellow, but the soy sauce in the jar had already taken shape and was brown in color. As Li Fu moved, a salty and fragrant aroma wafted out.