Space Farming: Traveling through Ancient Times to Do Business

He watched with joy as carts loaded with seedlings were pushed into the barn, his heart filled with hope.

"Oh, Uncle Yan, I won't talk to you anymore. There are still a lot over there. I have to transport them here quickly." Jiang Jun said, and hurried away pushing his own cart.

The barn door was busy again, and the villagers were working hard on the transformation plan of the sand land.

An hour later, inside the barn.

"Miss, there's no one here right now. I'll go to the door to keep watch for you. You should quickly plant the radish seedlings." Chen Yuxi said softly, and then quickly walked towards the door of the barn.

Jiang Xue nodded, walked to the middle shelf and began to put seedlings in. She put some in every once in a while, and before long, all the seedlings in the space were taken out.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Xue took out some more rapeseed seedlings, which were probably enough for planting in 21 acres of land.

After all the seedlings were planted, Mr. Jiang, Jiang Feng and others also walked into the barn after a while.

"By the way, Sanniu, I just notified everyone to gather at the barn tomorrow morning. Is there anything else you need to pay special attention to by then?" asked Old Master Jiang.

"No need, just plant it according to our previous method. I have just taken out all the fertilizers." Jiang Xue said, pointing to the neatly piled fertilizers on the side.

Mr. Jiang nodded and continued to ask, "Are we also following the same method as before, one kilogram of fertilizer per acre of land, and placing a fertilizer seed next to each seed?"

"Yes, Grandpa." Jiang Xue replied.

Jiang Feng was wandering around the barn when he suddenly saw a seedling in one place that was different from the others and had already grown small buds.

"Hey, third sister, why are there flower buds here? Are you planning to plant flowers?" Jiang Feng asked curiously.

Jiang Xue was stunned. When did she plant flowers?

"What flowers? I don't grow any flowers?" Jiang Xue said and looked in the direction of Jiang Feng.

"What is this? Could they have taken it by mistake? Yes! I didn't see this when I was at home." Jiang Feng was about to pull one out to see.

Jiang Xue was startled, and turned to look in the direction Jiang Feng pointed, then she realized that it was rapeseed seedlings. Jiang Xue strode over, and when she saw Jiang Feng was about to pull up the seedlings, she reached out and patted his hand and hurriedly explained: "Oh, brother, that's not a flower, it's rapeseed.

"Rapeseed?" Jiang Feng was a little confused and began to look carefully at the plants in front of him.

Jiang Xue explained: "Yes, rapeseed is used to extract oil, which is the oil we eat at home."

"Oil!" Jiang Feng exclaimed in surprise. He had never expected that this seemingly insignificant plant could produce oil for family consumption. He looked at Jiang Xue with a puzzled look on his face.

Hearing this, Mr. Jiang also walked over quickly and looked at the plant in front of him with an incredible look on his face. He had been looking forward to this plant for a long time, but he didn't expect that there would be one now.

"Given by the immortal?" Jiang Feng showed a surprised look.

Jiang Xue nodded: "Yes, but the quantity is small, I just want to try it out first. Because these seedlings are pushed a little high, I am not sure whether they will succeed in the end."

Before, she had asked small farmers to accelerate the seedlings, but now it was a little late. She only planted 21 acres, and this year was just a test. If it was successful, she wanted to let the surrounding villages plant this rapeseed next year.

Jiang Xue pointed to a piece of flat land on the right and said, "Grandpa, I have already chosen the place, it is that piece of flat land. By the way, you go to the town tomorrow to buy the hill at the entrance of the village."

"Hmm?" Old Master Jiang showed a helpless expression, "Buy again? You haven't finished digging the bamboo forest yet, and now you want to buy a mountain. What exactly are you going to do?"

He looked at his granddaughter, increasingly confused about her plans, and couldn't help but sigh.

Jiang Xue smiled and explained: "Grandpa, I plan to make cement. On that mountain, I found the raw materials for making cement."

"Cement? Is it the same soil you used to make the fish pond this morning?" Old Master Jiang thought for a moment.

Jiang Xue nodded: "Yes, that kind of soil."

Mr. Jiang was a little worried: "What if we go into the city? After all, this is their first time growing this kind of food, and I'm afraid they'll waste the seeds."

Jiang Xue comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll let Dad take care of it. I'll talk to him later."

"Okay then." Mr. Jiang nodded.

Half an hour later, behind the threshing floor

"Hey, Sanniu is here." Jiang Dazhuang saw Jiang Xue approaching, and he paused in digging the foundation and greeted her.

"Sanniu, isn't your school too big?" Jiang Xing was digging the foundation at the side, and then he came to his senses and asked Jiang Xue. He really couldn't figure out how much it would cost to build such a big house.

At first, he and the villagers thought that they just wanted to build a simple elementary school that could provide shelter from the wind and rain. Who knew that Jiang Xue actually wanted to build five houses, which seemed too extravagant to them.

Jiang Xue smiled and shook her head, "It's not that big. There are so many people in our village, plus the children from outside. How can we not make it bigger!" In her opinion, it was still small. She even thought it should be bigger.

Jiang Xing was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Yes, it would be great to use wood! These blue bricks are too expensive, it's a waste to use them like this!" Although he understood Jiang Xue's idea, he still felt that building a house with blue bricks was too luxurious, and using wood was both cheap and practical.

Jiang Xue smiled helplessly and said nothing more.

An hour later, Jiang Family Courtyard

“Alas, life in Taohua Village is so difficult. When the land was distributed, we didn’t get a good place, and the amount of food we can grow is pitifully small.” Old Master Jiang shook his head, his face full of helplessness and worry.

Jiang Xue asked curiously, "Is Taohua Village the village next door?"

Mr. Jiang nodded. "Yes, it's the village next door. At the beginning, the people in their village accidentally offended the noble, so they were in trouble when distributing the land."

"I heard that the entire Taohua Village has less than 300 acres of arable land, but the population exceeds 1,000. If they don't rely on selling wood, they simply can't survive."

Jiang Xue was a little surprised when she heard this. Three hundred acres of land had to support more than a thousand people, which was indeed a big problem. She couldn't help but ask:

"Then why don't they plant fruit trees? The economic value of fruit trees is higher than that of grain, and it can increase their income!"

Old Master Jiang shook his head helplessly again, "It's not that easy to grow fruit trees. First of all, fruit tree seedlings are very expensive, and it takes a lot of time and energy to take care of them. Secondly, the fruits grown may not be sold at a good price. Therefore, basically no one is willing to grow fruit trees."

Jiang Xue's heart moved after hearing this. She thought of the fruit trees in the space. Perhaps, she could help the villagers of Taohua Village solve this problem. So she said:

"Grandpa, take me to Taohua Village when you have time. Maybe I can help them think of a solution."

A few days ago, the neighboring village sent a batch of timber to Jiangjia Village. Jiang Xue happened to be at home, and from the conversation between her grandfather and the people from the neighboring village, she learned about the plight of Taohua Village.

Taohua Village is located in a rugged mountainous area, with far less arable land than other villages and the terrain is uneven.

Therefore, they formed a unique source of economy - selling wood.

Although Jiangjia Village needed wood, the villagers volunteered to go up the mountain to cut wood, so there was not much wood to buy.

The war had just ended and everyone was working hard to settle down. Villagers from all over the place chose to go up the mountain and cut trees to build new houses.

Rich families tend to use blue bricks and tiles when building houses, so selling wood in Taohua Village has become increasingly difficult.

What’s worse is that if no one buys the trees in Taohua Village this year, they will probably die on the mountain.

This made the villagers of Taohua Village very worried, and they feared that they would go hungry again.

Hearing this, Mr. Jiang's eyes flashed with joy, and he turned to Jiang Xue and asked, "Sanniu, do you have any ideas?"

Jiang Xue shook her head gently and nodded, "I'll know when I go to see the actual situation. At present, I don't know much about the specific situation of Taohua Village."

Jiang Xue knew that although her grandfather himself was not well off, he always cared about the plight of others and could not bear to see the suffering of the world.

Seeing her grandfather like this, Jiang Xue became more determined to help Taohua Village.

When Mr. Jiang heard what Jiang Xue said, he stood up excitedly and walked out of the hut.

He knew that his granddaughter might really have brought hope and change to Taohua Village.

The next morning, at the village

In the dim light of day, the threshing ground was already full of villagers, all anxiously waiting for Jiang Xue's arrival to make final arrangements.

"Sanniu, let's go! Go to the threshing ground first and then go into the city." Old Man Jiang urged.

"Okay, let's go." Jiang Xue responded and quickened her pace.

By the time Jiang Xue and the others arrived at the threshing ground, it was already completely light. Seeing that everyone had been waiting for a long time, Jiang Xue smiled a little embarrassedly.

"I hope you've been waiting for a long time!" Jiang Xue said apologetically. She was busy planning her recent affairs last night, so she went to bed late.

The elder Jiang Zhiwang from the First Clan waved his hand and consoled him, "It's okay, don't worry. We know you have a lot to do and can wait."

"Yeah, you go ahead and do your thing. It's okay for us to wait a little longer." Other villagers also expressed their understanding.

Seeing this, Jiang Xue felt relieved. Then she made a quiet gesture, indicating that everyone should listen to her. Seeing this, the villagers immediately quieted down and focused their eyes on her.