Chapter 224 - Chapter 224: Suggestions for Yuns Family_l (1/2)
Chapter 224: Suggestions for Yun’s Family_l
Translator: 549690339
The three workshops in the village: the Five Spice Powder, Oyster Sauce, and Soy Sauce are all running smoothly. The Five Spice Powder and Oyster Sauce supplied to the Zuixian Residence have brought better reputation and customer flow, further solidifying their cooperation.
The production cycle of soy sauce is long, and so far, it has all been stored in jars and has not been sold.
The construction of the distillery is underway, with Uncle Xu still overseeing
the progress.
Wei Ruo currently has five shops in her hands: three Four Treasure Houses – one each in Huzhou Prefecture, Xingshan County, and Taizhou Government City. Each of them is slightly off in performance compared to last year, but t e overall profit is still substantial.
The grain shop opened in Xingshan County last year has been doing well and towards the end it was in a state of stock shortage because Wei Ruo mandated only a part of the grain reserve be sold. She wanted to reserve enough grain for herself and the people in the village for the next year, just in case of any natural disaster or calamity.
The sales of Xu’s Marinated Delicacies shop dropped somewhat this year after the New Year, due to the rise in meat prices and a drop in daily sales. But this is not a problem unique to their shop. Among many shops, Wei Ruo’s still performed well.
Overall, the shops are profit-making.
Weiruo’s focus is still on agriculture. The shops only need to maintain positive income and help to sell the output of the village and workshop. And whether the village can have a good harvest this year is of life and death importance.
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At the Military Prefecture, the new farmland that Madam Yun had been keen on was also purchased.
As the price of land near the Government City is high, Madam Yun temporarily
bought a small estate of two hundred acres.
Wei Ruo also kept her promise and accompanied Madam Yun on a visit to the new estate.
“What do you think, Ruoruo?” Madam Yun asked.
She had heard when purchasing the estate that although the land around the Government City is more flat and open than in Xingshan County, the quality of soil is not very good. The crops grown in previous years have not been very good, yielding mediocre profits.
-The soil fertility is not sufficient. It needs to be turned over and filled, or the straw ash burnt and farmyard manure applied. This should be repeated three times, each time applying half a cart of straw ash and half a cart of farmyar manure per acre.”
Wei Ruo gave out the solution.
The soil here is more or less the same. The way Wei Ruo had improved and fertilized the over a thousand acres of land she had bought, was the same process to be followed for this two hundred acres that Madam Yun bought. However, Madam Yun bought this piece of land late, unlike the farmland Wei ruo obtained last winter, which had sufficient time for improvement. The former is now all planted with rice.
Upon hearing this, Madam Yun showed a look of difficulty: “Turning over the soil is easy, the workers in the estate can get busy with it, but there’s nowhere to find straw at this time of year. Last year, in such cold weather, even if there was spare straw, people collected it for keeping warm at home.” “in that case, let’s apply manure directly after turning the soil. You can use the manure from cattle, sheep and other livestock, even human feces can work.
The volume is still half a cart of manure per acre,” said Wei Ruo.
“That seems like quite an expense,” said Madam Yun.
“Sharpening the axe will not delay the work of cutting wood. If you want a good harvest for the year, the soil must be sufficiently fertile. The initial investment is necessary,” said Wei Ruo, looking very serious.
“isn’t there any other way?” Madam Yun asked, not giving up.