"This is Yimai's ranch!"

Xiao Yeyang brought Li Xingnian and Li Chenzhi directly to Qingyang Ranch

Looking at the vast pasture and the herds of cattle and sheep inside, Li Xingnian and Li Chenzhi both had wonder in their eyes.

"How much money does such a big ranch cost?" Li Chenzhi asked.

Xiao Yeyang smiled and said: "The land in Xiliang is no better than other inland provinces. Yiyi bought this 50,000-acre pasture with only more than 20,000 taels of silver."

Li Xingnian and Li Chenzhi's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Xiao Yeyang knew that the two of them were interested, so he smiled and shook his head and said: "You can't buy it at this price now. When you came with me just now, did you see other pastures along the way?"

Li Chenzhi nodded: "Those pastures seem to be quite deserted, not as green as Qingyang Pasture."

Xiao Yeyang nodded: "When Yiyi bought this place, it was just as deserted as other pastures. It changed after planting high-yielding pasture seeds."

"Now that everyone knows that the desolate situation of the pasture can be changed, naturally they will no longer sell the pasture at a low price."

Li Xingnian smiled and said: "We are not as lucky as Yiyi, but if we can buy a pasture here and raise some cattle, sheep, and camels, we can still recover the cost when Xiliang develops in the future."

The three of them were riding horses through the pasture. Suddenly, Li Xingnian pointed at the two Friesian cows in the cowshed and asked, "Yeyang, are those cows from our Daxia breed?"

Xiao Yeyang smiled and nodded: "I also bought it from Yiyi. It was introduced from other countries in the Western Region. It produces a lot of milk and can produce sixty or seventy pounds a day."

Li Xingnian was speechless: "No wonder he is so strong. He must consume a lot of food every day."

After passing through the pasture, the three of them came to the dry Dan River.

Li Chenzhi: "Ganzhou Wei is so short of water that even the river has dried up."

Xiao Yeyang shook his head and looked in the direction of Yunlian Mountain with a condensed expression: "The source of the Dan River is at the foot of Yunlian Mountain. The reason why it dried up is because the people from Xiliao blocked the source of the river."

Without talking much about the people from Xiliao, Xiao Yeyang rode his horse across the stone bridge.

At this moment, the three stone bridges had been repaired. Soon, Xiao Yeyang brought Li Xingnian and Li Chenzhi to the renovated terraces.

Layers upon layers of terraced fields, like stairs, follow the slope of the mountain and extend from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

At this time, it is already June, and the wheat grown in the terraces has begun to turn golden. Blown by the mountain wind, waves of wheat are set off, which is very spectacular and beautiful.

"In ten days and a half, the wheat in the terraced fields will be harvested."

In Xiliang, because of the abundant sunshine, it only takes three months from sowing to harvesting wheat.

Looking at the wheat that is growing happily, Xiao Yeyang also has a relaxed smile on his face.

Thousand households in the five thousand households have sent people to report on this year's grain growth. It can be expected that even if the harvest in Xiliang is not as good as other places in the interior, it can barely feed the military households and frontier troops.

I'm full.

"This is...corn grown in the south?"

Li Xingnian pointed to the corn in the terraces and said in surprise: "It's so short of water, but it can still be grown!"

Xiao Yeyang smiled and said: "Speaking of which, it seems that this corn seed was given to Yiyi by my second uncle."

Li Xingnian walked quickly to the corn field and carefully looked at the corn in the field: "I didn't expect this corn to be quite drought-resistant." As he said this, he broke off a corn.

"Is this corn ready to eat?"

The terrace manager who was waiting aside immediately ran up and saluted Xiao Yeyang, Li Xingnian and Li Chenzhi, and then said quickly: "It's ready to eat. Madam sent her sister from the mansion over two days ago to break off two baskets of fresh rice."

Corn goes back."

Li Xingnian looked at Xiao Yeyang: "When I was in the south, I heard people say that this fresh corn is delicious, but I haven't eaten it yet."

Xiao Yeyang smiled and said: "It's really good. The yellow cake we ate this morning is corn cake."

Li Xingnian's eyes lit up: "That's corn tortillas. I ate three of them this morning."

Xiao Yeyang looked at Defu: "Go and take two more baskets of fresh corn back, and take them with you when you leave later."

Defu nodded and went down. Xiao Yeyang took Li Xingnian and Li Chenzhi and continued to walk on the terraces. He glanced at the group of people standing not far away and pretended not to see them.

Li Xingnian: "I see that the corn is growing really well, and the yield must be very high."

Xiao Yeyang said 'hmm', and his voice was slightly higher: "It's still not as good as places with abundant rain. In Zhuangzi in the capital, the corn yield can reach about 10 shi per mu, but here, it should only be 67 shi.

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Hearing this, the group of people not far away had a moment of commotion.

In Xiliang, even the best fields can only produce about three shi per mu, while wasteland cannot produce much food at all.

The yield of corn is sixty-seven stones per mu, which is unimaginable for people in Xiliang. Even so, Xiao Yeyang still looked disgusted.

Commander Jin Weiwei and Commander Lan Wuwei, who came together, could no longer bear it and walked hand in hand towards Xiao Yeyang.

"Master Xiao!"

Xiao Yeyang raised his eyebrows and looked at the person who came. He had seen Lan Wuwei Commander Pang Guang before, so he greeted with a smile: "Man Pangda." After saying that, he looked at the person next to him doubtfully, even though he knew the identity of the person coming.

, but still asked: "Who is this?"

Without waiting for Pang Guang's introduction, Zhu Jianzhong, the commander of Jinweiwei, clasped his fists and said, "Master Xiao, I am Zhu Jianzhong from Jinweiwei. We have communicated by letter before."

Xiao Yeyang looked astonished and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Master Zhu. I'm glad to meet you. Thank you for everything before." The Dong family was able to come to Ganzhou City smoothly, thanks to Zhu Jianzhong who didn't stop him.

Zhu Jianzhong smiled and shook his head: "It's just a trivial matter, Mr. Xiao, don't take it to heart."

Pang Guang watched the interaction between the two, feeling a little bitter in his heart. Before the refugees gathered in Ganzhou City, Xiao Yeyang asked him to borrow food for emergency use, but he refused because he was worried that Xiao Yeyang would not stay in Xiliang for too long.

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This time when he came to ask for help, Xiao Yeyang was afraid that he would not look good on him.

Zhu Jianzhong looked at the corn in the terraced fields and said with a smile: "I heard before that Mrs. Xiao was transforming barren hills into terraced fields. I have never seen terraced fields before, so I couldn't help but be curious. Today I came over with Pang Pang to have a look.

I never thought I would be so lucky to meet Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Yeyang smiled and said: "There are many mountains in Ganzhou Wei and there are too few flat farmlands, so my wife can only pay attention to the slopes of the mountains."

Zhu Jianzhong looked at the terraces and praised: "Mrs. Xiao is so talented. There is less rain and strong wind and sand in Xiliang. Transforming the slopes into terraces can effectively reduce and prevent the problem of water and soil erosion."

After the slopes are turned into terraces, the slope of the field is reduced, and the erosion effect of water is weakened. In addition, the field ridges are slightly higher than the terrace surface, which can ensure that water and soil are not easy to flow out of the field, and play a role in maintaining water and soil.

Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang glanced at the commander of the Jinwei Guard in surprise. He only understood the benefits of rebuilding terraces after Yiyi explained to him in detail. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhu could see the benefits at a glance.

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It seems that this person usually specializes in farming.

Xiao Yeyang introduced Li Xingnian and Li Chenzhi to Zhu Jianzhong and Pang Guang, and then took a few others to visit the terraced fields and came to the potato planting area.

"After the wheat and corn are harvested, we can harvest potatoes. These potatoes are the most drought-tolerant. Since the yield elsewhere can be as high as 15 dan per mu, here we can probably harvest about 10 dan."

Listening to these words, Pang Guang and Zhu Jianzhong's hearts beat violently.

If Xiao Yeyang didn't lie to them, as long as the guards could grow corn and potatoes, the guards and the border troops stationed there would not have to go hungry.
Chapter completed!