Chapter 224 – Advice to Yun

The three workshops in the manor: five-spice powder, oyster sauce and soy sauce were also going well. The supply of five-spice powder and oyster sauce to Drunken Immortal House brought better reputation and customer flow, and the cooperation was more solid.

The soy sauce has a long production cycle, and it’s all still in the tank and not out of stock.

The brewery house is already being built, still Uncle Xu is helping to supervise the current progress.

Wei Ruo currently has five stores in his hands: three Sibaozhai – one in Huzhou Prefecture, one in Xingshan County, and one in Taizhou Prefecture City, and the single-room business situation is slightly less favorable than last year, but the overall profit is objective.

Only last year in Xingshan County opened the grain store business is very good, sold to the back are out of stock, because Wei Ruo asked to sell only a portion of the reserves, to stay enough for the next year of their own and the manor’s food, just in case there is a natural or man-made disasters.

Xu Ji marinade store this year after the start of the year than last year worse, meat prices have increased, while the daily sales have dropped, but this is not their one marinade store problem, Wei Ruo’s store is still many stores inside the situation is good.

Overall, the store is profitable.

Wei Ruo’s focus is still on farming, the store as long as it can maintain a positive income and help sell off the output of the manor and workshop can be, and the manor can not have a good harvest this year is related to human life.

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On this side of the school captain’s residence, Yun’s longed-for new field was also purchased.

The price of the fields near the Prefecture was high, so Yun bought a small manor with two hundred acres of land first for the time being.

Wei Ruo also kept her promise and followed Yun on a trip to the new manor.

“What does Ruo’er think should happen?” Yun inquired.

When she bought the manor she has heard, although the terrain on this side of the capital city is flatter and more open than the Xingshan County side, but the quality of the soil is not very good, the crops planted in previous years did not grow very well, and the earnings are very general.

“The soil is not fertile enough and needs to be turned over, landfilled or straw ash burned and farmyard manure applied. This is repeated three times, and the amount of fertilizer applied each time is implemented according to half a carload of straw ash and half a carload of farmyard manure on one acre of land.”

Wei Ruo gave the solution.

Most of the soil on this side of the capital city is similar, Wei Ruo himself purchased that more than a thousand acres of field is how to improve and fertilize, Yun bought the two hundred acres of this is also the same process.

It’s just that Yun bought it a little late, unlike Wei Ruo’s field that she got last winter and had plenty of time to improve it, and now it’s all planted with rice.

Went to say Yun’s reveal difficult expression: “Turning the soil is good to say, let the long workers on the farm can be busy for a while, but now this day there is no place to look for straw, last year so cold days, even if there are more straw also all called to collect to the home to keep warm.”

“Then apply fertilizer directly after turning the soil, cattle and sheep livestock or even human can be, or the amount of fertilizer of half a carload of an acre of land.” Wei Ruo said.

“I’m afraid this is a considerable expense.” Yun said.

“Sharpening the knife is not a good idea, if you want to have a good harvest for the year, this land has to be fertile enough, and it is necessary to pay for it in the early stages.” Wei Ruo said with a serious expression.

“Is there no other method?” Yun asked undeterred.

The application of farmyard manure can make the soil fertile Yun of course also knows, but it is because of the high cost of this material, Yun only thought Wei Ruo is not able to have other better ways.

“Mother, a clever woman can’t cook without rice, this soil is fertile or not is only two points: inorganic fertilizer and organic fertilizer; plus aeration and water, if the heavens are a little more beautiful, to give enough light, wind and rain without major problems, this crop will be able to grow well. I said the straw ash or farmyard manure, has been the lowest cost I can think of to the soil of the fertilizer.”

Soil fertilization is not compared to saline land improvement, not so big learning, which method many farmers also know, only sometimes they can not make up their mind, or not enough money in hand, can not do so much investment in the premise.

What Wei Ruo said Yun is not quite understandable, what organic fertilizer inorganic fertilizer, she does not know.

But the solution Wei Ruo gave was not very satisfactory to her.

Seeing Yun’s brows furrowed, hesitating to make a decision, Wei Ruo didn’t say anything more.

She had come over as promised to help her look at the soil and make recommendations, whether or not she would accept to do as she was told was up to her.

After a while, Yun said, “I will arrange for someone to procure a few carts of goat dung in advance for a fertilizer application.”

Wei Ruo heard the meaning of the words, Yun intends to fertilize, but does not intend to follow the amount that Wei Ruo said to carry out, only intends to fertilize once, and two hundred acres of land with only a few carloads of sheep manure.

Wei Ruo didn’t say anything either, respecting Yun’s choice and decision.

“Also that rice seed we talked to you about last time should be fine, right?” Yun asked again.

“There’s nothing wrong with it.”

“That’s good, if you use that rice seed, even land that doesn’t have enough fertility can grow well, right?” Yun placed more hope on the good rice seed.

“This I don’t dare to pack my bags, after all, even the best seed must have good land, one is indispensable.” Wei Ruo said.

And then Yun told Wei Ruo: “That manor in Xingshan County this year I also plan to plant some sweet potatoes, it is said that that thing is very well taken care of, unlike rice so fine, last year the family that planted sweet potatoes in Xingshan County not only manage to have enough food for their own family, but also sold a lot.”

Yun didn’t know that that household belonged to Wei Ruo in front of her.

“Uh-huh.” Wei Ruo didn’t feel surprised, this year, many people in Xingshan County had switched to sweet potatoes to ensure food production, which was a good thing.

Although sweet potatoes may not be as tasty as rice in the long run, the main goal for everyone during a bad year is to eat well, not to eat well.

And then Yun told Wei Ruo something about the family’s industry, Wei Ruo listened attentively, but basically did not comment.

Yun’s overall planning for his family’s industry is all fine, and he can’t pick any faults with the rest, except for the fact that he doesn’t want to spend money on preliminary work.

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On March 20, after one month, the Taizhou Prefecture received a commendation from the court for controlling the plague.

A special public notice from the government office was posted in the city, with the names of those who had made outstanding contributions in this matter.

Among them Wei Ruo’s two names both appeared on the public notice, one for Xu Wo right, is and Cheng doctor, Cai doctor and so on was written in the most conspicuous and eye-catching position.

The second was Wei Qingruo, who appeared on the public notice on the grounds of assisting the Jingmin Sheriff to run for the people.

In addition to Wei Ruo’s own efforts, Mrs. Yuan’s extra care also played a decisive role in this honor.

When it was time to discuss the merits and rewards, the government office sent the court’s rewards to the lieutenant’s residence.

Wei Ruo is the clan room daughter, when the merit reward is credited to the head of the school lieutenant house, saying that the school lieutenant house for the people of Taizhou Province made a contribution to the work, remembered Wei Mingting a credit.

meso- (chemistry)