Chapter 282 - Chapter 282: Chapter 282: Successfully Distilled Baijiu 1 (1/2)

Chapter 282: Chapter 282: Successfully Distilled Baijiu 1

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Manager Zhao nodded dumbly: “I’ve heard of that!”

A wheat field with a yield of a thousand pounds per acre! The news had spread all over the region, and everyone was flocking to it. He had also followed the crowd, drooling over the sight of the heavy wheat grains on the wheat spikes. “Now I am the owner of Caili Farm, and only when you have a good harvest can I collect rent. How could I be harmful to you?” asked Wei Ruo.

Manager Zhao shook his head continuously.

Though he seemed fierce, his reactions were rather simple-minded. “Then follow my arrangements and instructions. Pull out the remaining seedlings and replant new varieties of rice, just like those wheat crops before, high yielding and likely to survive.”

Manager Zhao nodded.

Wei Ruo continued, “Alright, don’t dawdle. Communicate my words to the farmers, along with the promise I just made. Explain it well, if there is anyone that doesn’t understand, bring them to see me.”

After hearing Wei Ruo’s words, Manager Zhao went down with his men.

Xiumei who was left behind, laughed, “Miss, I have a premonition that once you manage Caili Farm well, the tenants of many nearby farms will be eagerly hoping for you to buy their land.”

“I would like that. If possible, I want to make a large field in the east and north of the Government City mine. I would never disapprove of more produce. After everything is connected, I will merge it into a large estate for easier management.”

“Miss, you are really thinking about that! I was just saying it casually!”

‘I really am thinking about it. How nice it would be to be a big landlord, with money, grain, shops, carefree and comfortable.” said Wei Ruo.

Xiumei nodded, “Then I will count money and grain with Miss in the future!” The master and servant looked at each other and laughed.

After Wei Ruo’s intentions were conveyed, some of the tenants didn’t believe it at first, feeling it was impossible for a landlord to be so kind, caring for the lives and deaths of tenant farmers.

But after hearing that their current young landlord was also the owner of the famous wheat farm, some began to believe.

Since that owner was famously kind, widely known near and far, the farm workers enjoyed good days, with adequate food and clothing.

Many people scrambled to work at that farm, but alas, besides the original workers, they only took in homeless refugees and beggars, and did not hire extra workers.

With Wei Ruo’s promise, and the Government Office doing the same, the tenants accepted the arrangement after a while, cooperating to remove the original seedlings and re-plowing and irrigating the fields.

Following that, Wei Ruo prepared late rice and sweet potato seeds for them. Because for tenant farmers, filling their stomachs was the priority, therefore crops like rice and sweet potatoes that could provide fullness must be planted. Wei Ruo felt that under the uncertain future of food production in other regions, there might be a great famine, and more planting of high-calorie crops was the urgent matter at hand.

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The next day, Wei Ruo visited the brewery first. As news came after she returned to the Military Prefecture last night, the first vat of distilled wine had been produced at the brewery.

The color was clear like water, with a strong wine fragrance, and had been tried by many, revealing a strong taste.

Now they were just waiting for Wei Ruo to inspect.

Before entering the brewery, Wei Ruo could smell the strong scent of wine even across the fence.

The scent was very mellow, feeling like it was mostly successful.

Upon entering, she was greeted by the smiling Manager Yu and the brewer’s mates.

The room with the stove in the brewery was noticeably hotter, so the mates were all dressed in sleeveless hemp vests and cotton shorts.

Were it not for Manager Yu’s decree, these people could have worked shirtless. “Miss!”

Everyone greeted Wei Ruo in unison, the excitement clearly audible in their voices.

“Miss, this is the wine we brewed!”

People made way for her to see the large wine vat not far away, covered with a bamboo cone-shaped cover.