The high-yield crops brought from modern times can be said to be the foundation of Mao Wenlong, and now it is these roots that have broken down half, which makes him feel deeply regretful.

There is not much left, and after this first season grows, it can only be used as a seed. In other words, if Mao Wenlong wants to hoard food, it will be at least a year later.

Seeing that more than 20,000 old subordinates of Dongjiang were about to arrive, these people's eating, drinking, and sleeping would fall on his shoulders.

A heavy burden, this is definitely not a small burden, now there is no Tartar to frighten, and there is no court to rely on. More than 20,000 people all have to be fed by Mao Wenlong alone, which is a difficult problem.

Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan came over early in the morning to help take care of these seeds that had just been planted. Because of its importance, Mao Wenlong didn't dare to hand it over to others at all.

Even Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan came to help, they had to be under the supervision of Mao Wenlong.

"Xianggong, are these really high-yielding crops? Is it delicious? Chen Lan carefully looked at each leaf to see if there were any insect infestations.

Mao Wenlong was watering, and when he heard this, he smiled and said, "When the harvest is finished, Xianggong will make a little for you to taste." These things can be fried, boiled, and roasted in a variety of ways, which are simple and practical, and are essential food for marching and fighting. ”

"Is there such a thing in the world?" Hong Ziyan still has a lot of things she doesn't know, and she doesn't know anything about these crops. Therefore, she maintained an attitude of disbelief in what Mao Wenlong said.

Mao Wenlong and Chen Lan looked at each other and smiled, but they both had a tacit understanding and did not answer. There are some things that less one person knows, more protection, it's not that Mao Wenlong can't trust Hong Ziyan, but there is really no need to explain so much at this moment, anyway, it is impossible for Hong Ziyan to understand it immediately.

After a whole morning of working in the yard, the three of them called it a day and went back to rest. At lunchtime, Chen Jisheng and Shen Qing came back from Shen's house.

Shen Qing reported to Mao Wenlong that the trip was going well, and the old patriarch didn't say much about his return to the Shen family, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

However, Shen Hao, the second son of the Shen family, was very hostile to Shen Qing, but now Shen Qing has the support of the second uncle of the Shen family and the third uncle. Shen Hao was not a threat to him at all.

Hearing Shen Qing say that things were going well, Mao Wenlong was much more relieved. The affairs of the Shen family are over here, and it is only a matter of time before Shen Qing becomes the patriarch.

Now that Shen Qing has power in the Shen family, he also asked for a lot of property from the magistrate that originally belonged to him, including the fields of several villages.

The Shen family has always valued salt mines, but they don't pay much attention to fields. Due to natural disasters for many years, the harvest in the fields in the past two years has sometimes not been able to recover the field rent.

Therefore, this field is a chicken rib for the Shen family, dispensable, and the Shen family often distributes the land to the children of the family.

Shen Qing's face was bitter at this time, and he said: "Dudu, I can only get back the fields of a few villages in front of me, and I can't get back the things in the other families." The old thing had everything in his hands, at least until the patriarch's affairs were settled, and all the inheritance was at his disposal. ”

Mao Wenlong's eyes flashed sharply, and he smiled: "The fields of several villages? Not bad, that's exactly what I needed. ”

After a pause, Mao Wenlong simply asked Shen Qing to take him to those villages for a tour and a field trip. After all, the crops planted in the yard can already be moved out for planting, so you must first find a good piece of land, and by the way, find a few old books to take care of the land.

Shen Qing didn't understand why Mao Wenlong attached so much importance to the fields, anyway, he didn't value these fields, if Mao Wenlong was interested, he would naturally be willing to give it away.

With a good relationship with Mao Wenlong, Shen Qing may become the head of the Shen family. At present, without Mao Wenlong behind him, Shen Qing is nothing.

As soon as he said go, Mao Wenlong couldn't wait for a moment, and immediately called Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan and asked Chen Jisheng to prepare the carriage. Leaving Hao Da and Hao Xiao to look after the house, the rest of the people followed to see the fields.

With the lesson of the last time, Mao Wenlong does not dare to be careless now, whenever he wants to go out, he must bring all the people. It's an eye-catcher, but it's better than a small life.

The villages in Shen Qing's mouth are less than five miles away from Shen Cheng, and it only takes about an hour to reach the nearest village by horseback.

More than a dozen thatched houses, adobe houses, the village Li Jing quietly, Mao Wenlong came in such a high profile, the people in the village were so scared that they hid in the house and did not dare to come out.

Mao Wenlong lifted the curtain of the car, glanced at it, and saw that there were only a dozen thatched houses, and he was stunned: "This is the village?" ”

There are only ten thatched huts in a village, so doesn't it mean that there may be less than fifty people in the village in front of you. Can this also be considered a village? Mao Wenlong immediately disliked it, he thought that Shen Qing was fooling himself.

Seeing that Mao Wenlong was angry, Shen Qing suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly explained: "Dudu, the village in front of you is the biggest. The other four villages all have only a few households, and this village is relatively close to Shencheng, so there are twelve families. ”

"And ......"

Shen Qing saw that the anger on Mao Wenlong's face did not subside, but listened to his explanation more seriously, and immediately stopped and did not dare to say any more.

But he really couldn't figure out why Mao Wenlong was so angry. Here in Ye County, there are few people who originally cultivated the land, and most of the people were doing odd jobs in the salt mines, and the cultivated land was just a sideline.

And most of this village is like this, a few families or a dozen families get together, and it is a village. This is all a normal thing, Shen Qing really can't figure out why Mao Wenlong is angry about this.

Chen Jisheng seemed to see through Mao Wenlong's thoughts, and then stepped forward to explain: "Governor, in fact, this village is like this, it's normal. Unless it is a village inhabited by a large family, it is the size of a few households and a dozen households. ”

Mao Wenlong frowned, and a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes: "In other words, the total population of the five villages is less than a hundred?" ”

Shen Qing glanced at Chen Jisheng gratefully, and then hurriedly replied: "Governor Yudu, there are more than sixty people in the five villages, of which there are less than thirty young and strong laborers, and the rest are women, children, old and young. ”

Mao Wenlong was even more disappointed at this time, originally he thought that a few villages, no matter how poor they were, would have a population of more than 1,000. With these people to cultivate the land, combined with their advanced farming knowledge, it is enough to feed 20,000 old subordinates of the Dongjiang River.

But now it's not the case at all, where should he get the huge population gap? Mao Wenlong was so disappointed that he didn't even enter the village, but only walked around the fields around the village and then went home.