After Zhufeng met Tang Wanzhong, he went to Tiancao Yamen to meet Gao Zhong in the afternoon.
Gao Zhong thought there was something wrong with Sha Tian, so he was nervous when he saw the person. He didn't want the immortal to speak, but he was talking about Yaotian, which made him a little confused for a moment.
"...Most of the medicinal materials in Yinzhou are now purchased from Puzhou, and the cost will naturally be much more expensive. In order to control costs, drug dealers suppress the purchase price of local medicinal materials in Yinzhou, but they can keep it low, but
They are expensive. As for medicinal materials from other places, they are even more expensive.
The problem now is: when it comes to medicinal materials, Yinzhou has given away countless amounts of money from other places in vain."
Gao Zhong is in charge of grain and fields, and medicinal materials are managed by the medical school. He doesn't quite understand, "What does the immortal mean?"
Zhufeng continued: "What Yinzhou is lacking now is medicinal fields. With medicinal fields, we no longer need to buy medicinal materials from outside, and the income of medicinal farmers will also increase significantly."
Gao Zhong finally understood that he wanted to use the land to grow medicinal materials.
He was a little confused: "Master Immortal, if you want the Yamen to issue a decree on planting medicinal materials, I really can't do anything about it, let alone make the decision.
Especially as the drought continues this year, the cost of harvesting from the fields will decrease. Now every acre of land is precious. If you want to use it to grow medicinal materials, this... to put it bluntly, food is in short supply. Who can afford it?
I can afford to see a doctor."
"I'm not asking the Yamen to issue a decree. On the contrary, the purpose of my coming is to ask Mr. Gao to control the number of medicinal fields.
Yinzhou has a lot of arable land. Even if a small part is used to grow medicinal materials, it will not affect the grain production. On the contrary, it will increase the income of the tenant farmers and reduce the cost of medicinal materials imported from Yinzhou. So if there are only a few medicinal fields
, tall people don’t need to worry.
Now, because of the success of the medicinal fields in Pingpo Village and Tongjiazhuang, many businessmen have seen opportunities. In addition, the current outsourcing price of medicinal materials is high, so landowners are bound to see the opportunity.
I believe that within half a year, Yinzhou Pharmaceutical Fields will flourish. By then, I am afraid that businessmen will only pursue immediate profits and not take a long-term view.
The land where medicinal materials have been planted can no longer grow crops due to changes in soil properties. Therefore, the number of medicinal fields must be controlled within a safe range."
Gao Zhong understood, "The immortal master asked me to limit the number of medicinal fields."
"Yes, the vast majority of land is now in the hands of landlords. Landowners can fully decide, and a few medicinal fields can be encouraged.
But if all the landowners take a fancy to the value of medicinal fields and rush to plant medicinal materials, although it can bring huge wealth in the short term, the medicinal fields are irreversible. In the long run, Yinzhou will no longer be able to produce food independently, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
.”
Gao Zhong nodded in understanding, and said with cupped hands: "Thank you, Immortal Master, for reminding me. I will report this matter to Mr. Zhou Mu, and I will not let those landlords go too far."
Zhufeng added: "Maybe you can go ask at the medical center. This is also a good thing for them."
"Understood, thank you Immortal Master for your guidance." Gao Zhong bowed his hands again and personally escorted the person out of the Yamen before turning around to report to the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion.
...
In the next few days, Zhufeng used the Kunlun Mirror to record the basic planting methods of common medicinal materials. On the fifth day, he finally received news from Tang Wanzhong: everyone had been found. Zhufeng then booked an elegant room in Juxianzhai
, be the host and invite everyone to dinner.
On the day of the meeting, Tang Wanzhong and others arrived at Juxianzhai in advance, and when Zhufeng arrived at the appointed time, everyone was already seated.
At the dinner table, everyone exchanged a few polite words, and then everyone looked at Zhufeng. Before, they were all immortal masters from a distance, but today, when they looked up close, they really had a distinguished temperament. Even when they were talking about business, they didn't have the slightest odor of merchants.
And the smoothness is different.
Therefore, except for Tang Wanzhong, who was a little more at ease, the twenty of them were a little restrained, and no one dared to make a mistake in front of the immortal master easily.
Seeing this, Zhufeng took out twenty beads and said, "The cultivation methods of common medicinal materials are recorded here. You only need to crush them to see." He pushed the beads to Tang Wanzhong.
Tang Wanzhong also took a box from his servant and handed it to Zhufeng, "This is 200,000 acres of land, please let the immortal master take a look at it." Then he looked at his eyes. Although he was confused, he didn't show it on his face.
After Zhufeng took an inventory, he found that it was indeed 200,000 acres, so he left the elegant room to Tang Wanzhong and others, and evacuated first.
After he left, everyone gathered around.
"This bead must be the legendary fairy." Someone picked up one, and it was as clear as a quail egg. "A few days ago, the tenant farmers in my land took this bead. If they crush it, they can see the immortal master.
I have also seen the figure and the sound.”
"Be careful, don't break it." Tang Wanzhong quickly took one and wrapped it up.
Others also took one and put it away. Then, while eating, a group of people asked each other how many acres of land they planned to plant.
"I plan to try planting 10,000 acres first," someone said.
Another person continued: "It's early spring now, so we have to hurry up if we want to plant seeds. Where are you going to buy medicinal seeds?"
"We can only go to Puzhou, which has the most medicinal varieties."
...
After Zhufeng left the private room, he did not go back immediately, but came to the lobby.
Ye Qiu had just finished settling the bill with someone, when he looked up and saw Zhufeng, he quickly bowed his hands and said, "My boss." He gestured to leave the counter.
Zhufeng raised his hand and pressed the signal, "I'm discussing business with someone and stopped by to take a look. Are you busy enough now?"
Ye Qiu said with a smile: "We recruited twenty more people a few days ago. According to the third lady's instructions, now everyone takes turns. We don't have to work every day. Everyone is very grateful."
Zhufeng smiled and nodded, "That's good." Then he looked at the food lists on the wall and reminded: "These food lists are almost half a year old. I won't go there because the kitchen is busy. You can tell Xu Lan later.
Let her take some time to think of new dishes, keep the ones that are popular, and replace some that are not so popular."
Ye Qiu respectfully responded yes.
...
Returning to Taoyaju, Zhufeng handed over the title deed of 200,000 acres of land to Qingyu, and then talked about his plan.
"There are too many medicinal materials needed for 200,000 acres of land. Yinzhou cannot provide them now. I still plan to go to Puzhou to buy them."
Qingyu nodded slightly, "When does senior brother plan to leave?"
"I'm afraid it's just these few days. It's early spring now. If I buy the medicinal seeds as soon as possible, I can still catch up with the spring planting. But I will definitely have to take a lot of people with me on this trip. There is a shortage of people in the field..."
Qingyu comforted him: "Senior brother, just go ahead and leave the rest to me. Don't worry."
Zhufeng hummed, "Then I'll take advantage of these few days to clear out the two hundred thousand acres of land."
Just in time to hear Hong Tao's voice coming from outside, Zhufeng walked out and stopped Hong Tao, "You will accompany me to select people for the next few days. I want to confirm all the village leaders as soon as possible."
Although Hongtao didn't understand the cause and effect, she readily nodded in agreement.