The next morning, the ten leaders who had been selected all came to Fang Xiaoyu's place, they almost didn't sleep all night last night, and they divided the people overnight, and Sun Huaizong found Zhang Si and others to write out the list. With the grouping, Fang Xiaoyu adjusted the people again, mainly to leave some ingenious people behind to expand their factories, and others to demarcate cultivated land and form them into villages.

In addition to the original five villages, Fang Xiaoyu decided to build three more villages, and all the houses had to be turned into brick houses, with eight people in charge serving as village heads, each with 400 households, as for what to plant, Fang Xiaoyu decided, in addition to the annual land rent, Fang Xiaoyu also purchased the remaining grain at market price, and those who planted non-food crops could also exchange grain with Fang Xiaoyu. Moreover, Fang Xiaoyu promised that there would be no rent for the bumper harvest, and if the harvest was not fulfilled or the harvest was lost, Fang Xiaoyu would not only be exempted from the rent but also give relief, in a word, as long as he followed the young master, the young master would absolutely guarantee that they would have enough to eat.

Fang Xiaoyu's assurance made the two groups of people who were not divided very hot. After sending off the eight new village heads, Fang Xiaoyu also made arrangements for the remaining 700 households, of which 200 went to the mountains to plant fruit trees under the leadership of the village chief. There is no fruit cultivation in this world, only large families will eat some wild fruits, due to the lack of seed selection and careful care, not only the yield is very low, the quality of the fruit is not high, Fang Xiaoyu just wants to plant fruit trees by himself to fill this gap. Hearing that they were allowed to plant trees, the new village chief was a little embarrassed, after all, there was no precedent in this world to rely on planting trees for food. Fang Xiaoyu assured him that the trees belonged to Fang Xiaoyu, and Fang Xiaoyu hired them, and Fang Xiaoyu paid them wages or paid food according to the price, which made the new village chief leave happily.

For the remaining 500 households, Fang Xiaoyu still let them live in the villa, and Fang Xiaoyu also paid their wages. This is the team of workers that Fang Xiaoyu is preparing to develop the industry, and Fang Xiaoyu intends to let them be in charge of the industry together with the upcoming three hundred craftsmen. Since many projects in light industry can use female workers, Fang Xiaoyu estimates that he has at least 1,500 workers available.

Now that the weather has begun to warm up, they can build enough homes for the lodge and build factories in the reserved industrial zone ahead of schedule. A number of houses will also be scattered around the industrial zone, which will be reserved for the convoy so that they can no longer live in tents and move their entire families here. Fang Xiaoyu has decided to gather all the children in the villa to set up a school, he wants to cultivate a group of his own team from an early age, I believe that with the influence of those orphans, these children will be used for themselves in the future.

In order to encourage everyone to send their children to school, Fang Xiaoyu decided not only to waive tuition, but also to provide free lunch. In addition, Fang Xiaoyu asked Lin Feng and other orphans to go around to spread the word that the young master was so talented because he had studied since he was a child. Those parents saw that the young master was so good at making money at a young age, and they all felt that only their children could learn one-tenth of it, which was enough to glorify their ancestors, so they naturally took the initiative to send their children here.

A month later, the artisans arrived at Lanting Villa with their families, who were reluctant to leave their former workshops, but most of them were slaves and had no choice. When they arrived at the villa, they found that they had been assigned a clean brick house, which was still a separate courtyard, and the food was no longer limited. Immediately afterwards, Fang Xiaoyu also announced that they would be dismissed as slaves, but signed a contract, which was regarded as hiring them to work, which was something they couldn't think of. Because of the slave liberation movement initiated by Fang Xiaoyu, the people of the entire Lanting Villa were full of energy.

New villages and factories were quickly built, artisans made enough equipment, and the sugar mill tripled in size. Under the personal supervision and guidance of Fang Xiaoyu, the distillery also began to operate, and the first batch of liquor has been transported by the Fang family and placed on the counters of various Fang stores, and this new wine is named thyme. Now Fang Xiaoyu has become a wealthy man with tens of thousands of yuan every day.

In the blink of an eye, it was already March, and Fang Xiaoyu began to plan and plan to plant crops. The terraced fields on the hill are naturally planted with apples, pears and peaches provided by Xiaofeng, and it will take at least three years for these fruit trees to be profitable. Fang Xiaoyu just asked the craftsmen to make some rickshaw waterwheels and place them in the reserved ditch so as not to water. Some simple fruit tree planting knowledge was copied by Fang Xiaoyu from Xiao Feng, so that Lin Feng sent a few children who were good at learning to have time to read it to the fruit farmers.

The south of Lanting Villa is close to the Weishui River, and the land is the most fertile, and there is river water that can be watered nearby, so Fang Xiaoyu decided to plant rice here with the greatest demand for water, and the east is close to the foot of the mountain, although the land is still relatively fertile, but because the terrain is higher and more arid, Fang Xiaoyu grows corn here. Rice is a relatively common food crop in the Lanfang Empire, and the average yield per mu can reach one hundred and fifty kilograms, after such a long time, Xiaofeng's rice cultivation has been upgraded to another level, so Fang Xiaoyu uses an improved variety with an average yield of four hundred and fifty kilograms per mu, which is fifty kilograms higher than the highest yield per mu of the previous grade of rice, but according to Xiaofeng, the further the level is raised, the more difficult it is, and it will take a long time to upgrade the level in the future. Because this is the main source of food, rice is planted the most, with a total of 150,000 mu.

Corn is not a species grown in the Lanfang Empire, but Fang Xiaoyu didn't plan to sell them, he planned to silage all the corn after maturity, and then engage in some animal husbandry when the time is right. Corn has good palatability, no restrictions on use, more energy available, and only needs a small amount of other feed to feed most livestock. The grade of corn has also reached the third level, with an average yield of 450 kilograms per mu, and Fang Xiaoyu has prepared 60,000 mu for planting corn. As for the saved land, Fang Xiaoyu used it for experimental planting of potatoes, sweet potatoes and various vegetables, especially 20,000 acres of land dedicated to trial planting of sugar beet, laying the foundation for using sugar beet instead of sugar cane to make orchid sugar.

When all the crops began to be planted, Fang Xiaoyu found that the Lanfang Empire did not have a lunar calendar at all, and he was also very clear about the agricultural time from time to time, and Fang Xiaoyu was also very depressed about this. He consulted Xiaofeng, but was told by Xiaofeng that it would take a year to compile the lunar calendar and related crop planting schedules, but fortunately, the crops planted by Fang Xiaoyu this time are all improved varieties and are not so sensitive to temperature, plus those who have their own experience in farming all year round, so there is no need to worry.

Every morning, Fang Xiaoyu first trained with Lin Feng and others, and then went to the field to observe the cultivation situation, and then went to the factory to check the manufacturing of orchid sugar and thyme wine, and he was very busy every day. After half a month of busy work, everything began to get on track, and Fang Xiaoyu, who was idle, began to consider adding a new factory.

Fang Xiaoyu will not let go of the money-making item of glass, as early as the early stage of upgrading the first-level chip, Fang Xiaoyu asked Xiaofeng to start studying glass, after coming to the villa, Fang Xiaoyu asked the craftsman to build a special furnace according to the needs of burning glass, and he asked people to find limestone and feldspar, as for soda ash and boric acid, it was prepared by Xiaofeng as raw materials, and now it is easy to have time, Fang Xiaoyu feels that he has to find the last main material of glass.

This morning, Fang Xiaoyu took Zhang Tong and a few other guards to the Weishui River, which is a twenty-meter-wide river with a water depth of only waist-high, where the water flow is not turbulent, the river water is extremely clear, and even the pebbles at the bottom of the river can be seen. Fang Xiaoyu came here to find a stone that can often be seen by the river, that is, quartz sand. Quartz sand is very easy to find, and soon Fang Xiaoyu collected a bag full of them, and at this moment, Sun Huaizong came over with two girls.

Fang Xiaoyu straightened up and looked over, and found that the tall girl was Xia Tingwei who he had seen once, and the other girl was even more beautiful than Xia Tingwei, although she was only eight or nine years old, and her body had not yet developed, but just by her face, she could see that she would definitely be a stunning beauty in the future.

The three of them approached, and Sun Huaizong said with a smile: "Young master, the two young ladies of the Xia family are coming to you." "Oh, I know." Fang Xiaoyu reluctantly walked up from the river, put down his rolled up trouser legs, and reached out to lift the bag again. Xia Tingwei smiled and asked, "What's in that bag?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "It's nothing, it's some useful raw materials for me." The little girl didn't recognize it at all, she jumped over and grabbed the bag and said, "I'll see what it is." Xia Tingwei said hurriedly: "Xiao Yun is not allowed to be so unruly." But she didn't listen at all, but opened the bag, grabbed some quartz stones from it, and said, "I thought it was something interesting, but it turned out to be just some stones." ”

Fang Xiaoyu looked at this lively little girl in a daze and was a little puzzled, he turned to Xia Tingwei and asked, "Who is this young lady?" Xia Tingwei explained: "She is Xia Tingyun, my sister, and ...... Your fiancée. Xia Tingwei said and glanced at Xia Tingyun next to her, and smiled at Fang Xiaoyu. No, it's such a crazy girl. Fang Xiaoyu was a little stupid.

Xia Tingyun retorted: "What a crazy girl, I won't marry such a stupid melon as you." Fang Xiaoyu said: "Crazy girl, I won't marry a hot woman." Xia Tingyun also put down the bag and stood opposite Fang Xiaoyu like a fighting and said, "Big fool, this girl will never marry you." Xia Tingwei smiled: "Okay, okay, why did you quarrel as soon as you met." Xiaoyu, what do you want these stones for? ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "I can use them to make something interesting." Xia Tingyun wrinkled her cute little nose and said, "I don't believe it." Although Xia Tingyun's pungency made Fang Xiaoyu a little unbearable, her beautiful face and cute movements still made Fang Xiaoyu's heart skip a beat. Xia Tingwei also smiled: "I believe, I don't know if you can let us visit." "Of course, I'm going to shut up some people who don't believe me." After speaking, Fang Xiaoyu secretly glanced at Xia Tingyun, but Xia Tingyun snorted and did not speak.