"Uncle Tao, I'll show you something, let's plan and discuss next year's actions." Zhao Yuan finished telling Tao Pu about next year's landlord plan, opened the big iron box on the side, and took out a stack of thick-looking paper from it.

"Boss, what are these?" Tao Pu asked.

"Good thing, this is some map, the map of Shudi, it should be this one." Zhao Yuan said, taking a few sheets from the stack of papers, and then carefully put the others back into the iron box.

It is said that it is a map of Shu, but it is Zhao Yuan will draw it according to the map of later generations, and all the place names are not marked according to the later generations, but to find Wan Yan and others of the transport team, and fill in the place names of Shu according to what they said.

As for the other maps, there was only one outline, and Zhao Yuan roughly marked the scope of each force in this period according to the history in his memory.

Of course, the map of Houshu is not complete, and there are great differences in the division of various places, but the two neighboring counties of Danling and Tongyi are still marked very clearly, and there are not so many errors.

"Uncle Tao, come and see, this is our Danling, this is our Gray Yuan Town, next to it is Shuangqiao Town, Renxing Town, ......" Zhao Yuan pointed to the map and introduced it to Tao Pu.

"There are a total of twelve towns in Danling, you look at this, out of Danling, a little to the northeast is Tongyi, and the southwest is Hongya, so next year's land purchase plan is not limited to the territory of Danling, radiating from the gray plain town, and expanding according to the principle of proximity." Zhao Yuan pointed to the map and said to Tao Pu.

"Boss, this map is so clearly marked. But after this land is bought, after the wasteland is cleared, people are still needed to plant and take care of it, how many people do you have to recruit? "Gray Yuan Town is so big, there is only such a point on the map, Tao Pu looked at Zhao Yuan on the map like this, and felt a little frightened.

"For the long term, I will find some people from the cement workshop, and the others from the vicinity of the land purchased, and the farm work in the field will only require more manpower for a few times, and I can just hire more people when the farm is busy." Zhao Yuan thought for a while and said.

"Then you have to prepare in advance, the owner's method of farming is very different from others, although most people in the cement workshop used to farm." Tao Pu said.

"Okay, we'll go to the cement workshop in two days to find someone." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

The cement workshop now has 2,000 bandit captives to replenish its labor, and before the workshop expanded, there was actually a surplus of manpower for the time being.

Zhao Yuan calculated the money in hand, according to the land price that Huang Qiming told him when he bought the wasteland of Heba, plus the investment in land reclamation, it costs about 500 wen per mu of land, according to his current power, he can discuss it with Zhu Congwen, the county commander, and at least he can make a discount, that is, 250 wen per mu of land.

"At the beginning of next year, we will buy at least 20,000 acres of land to catch up with the planting of spring wheat. The annual plan is 100,000 acres, so Uncle Tao, the task is very heavy. Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment and set a goal for next year's land purchase plan.

The land here in Xiaheba is about 450 acres, and according to what Zhao Yuan said, at the beginning of the year, it is necessary to buy the wasteland equivalent to 45 Xiaheba, and then reclaim it, which is a very arduous task.

As for whether he can buy so much land, Zhao Yuan is not worried at all, the population of this era is pitifully small compared to later generations, and with years of war, it should be very easy to buy land. In order to buy a piece of land, some low soil slopes and hills can be dug up directly. As long as there is manpower, as well as the newly smelted high-quality iron from the Zhaoyuan Iron Mine, better agricultural tools can be created, and there is no big problem in reclamation.

"After the year, Feng Yu will be in charge of the small supermarket in the bazaar, and the guards will leave Zhu Mian to watch over there, Xu Xiang and Zan Zhao, plus I will transfer a team from the workshop army, follow Uncle Tao to take a look, by the way, you can call Huang Qiming in the bazaar, he is very familiar with this piece." Zhao Yuan said.

"Okay, I'll start arranging it when I go back to the market tomorrow." Tao Pu nodded and said.

"I'll redraw this map for you, and every time you buy a piece of land, Uncle Tao will mark it out so that we can manage it in the future." Zhao Yuan said, took out a pen and paper, and began to draw.

Tao Pu exhaled, his eyes were full of excitement, and he was very much in favor of the owner's move to buy a large amount of land.

The Chinese people, whether they are ancient or modern, have a deep land complex.

With the land, you will feel that you have roots, no matter what hardships you experience, as long as the roots are still there, you can continue to germinate and grow into towering trees.

"Uncle Tao, this is a map near us, it may be different from the actual situation, you can use it for reference, if there is a mistake, you can also tell me, I will draw it again." Zhao Yuan drew the map a few times, handed it to Tao Pu and said.

"Okay, boss, I'll take care of it." Tao Pu solemnly took the map and said.

"That's it for today, let's go out." Zhao Yuan nodded, and the two walked out of the study.

In the house, Luoluo is writing with the children seriously. These children of Xiao Zhaozhuang, the oldest is the eldest Zhao Xianyu, who is fourteen years old, in fact, he is no longer a child in this era, but Zhao Yuan felt that he was not yet sixteen years old, and he was considered a child, so he let him stay.

"Second brother, your Luoluo's questions are too difficult, and our husband hasn't taught me yet." Seeing Zhao Yuan come out, the big head said to him with some embarrassment.

Zhao Zhiyi, Zhao Shuangxi, Zhao Chuanqiong, Zhao Bo, and Zhao Xiantie on the side also nodded. Xiao Zhaozhuang's life has been better for less than a year, except for Zhao Zhiyi and the other two children, most of them have only been studying for a short year, although they are a few years older than other children, but their learning ability is not much higher.

Fortunately, when Zhao Yuan taught Luoluo literacy in Xiaozhaozhuang, these children learned some and had a little foundation. The older children, that is, Zhao Yuan insisted that they could only read from scratch and read some words at their age.

"Luoluo, you can't let all of them take the same content, like Brother Zhili, the three of them have been studying for the longest time, they have already been able to take these exams, everyone else has only been in school for a year, and they haven't studied the exam yet." Zhao Yuan looked at Luoluo's question and said with a smile.

"Oh, but uncle, I've only been studying for more than a year, and I'll know all of this." Luoluo asked puzzled.

"Luoluo knows this because you are the smartest." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Is that because Uncle Big Head are too stupid?" Luoluo said.

The first few people rolled their eyes when they heard this, and that's because you have a good uncle.

"How can they be stupid, they will be after a while." Zhao Yuan said with a smile, after this blow, these children will study harder.

"It's late, we've already boiled the hot water, Luoluo, you take everyone to wash, it's time to rest." Meng Ying walked in and said to the children.

"Okay, I'm going to re-ask the question tomorrow, uncle, don't accept these things yet." Luoluo said.

"Okay, don't accept it, let's go wash up first." Zhao Yuan said with a smile, not caring at all about the bitter little faces of the big heads.

"Uncle Tao, let's go wash up too." Zhao Yuan beckoned the adults to follow and wash.

The night is already deep. 8)