Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

"Yes."

If it weren't for the protection of our neighbors today, we would have suffered a great loss, so we cannot save this money.

After that, she wanted to give each neighbor a water truck and two cows, so that it would be much more convenient for the villagers to farm and water the fields.

Because of the drought in this area, farmland has to rely on manual irrigation. People have limited energy, so even if there are large tracts of land, they cannot cultivate it all, and ultimately many fields have to be abandoned.

But as long as there are water trucks and old cows, I believe every household can plant a few more acres of land and no longer have to worry about not having enough food.

Shen Zhao also has a plan, which is to plant windbreaks on all the open space around Anle Township, and then plant some drought-resistant and cold-resistant fruit trees. In a few years, this place will become a prosperous township.

Anyway, he had more money than he could spend, and every few days he would receive several precious offerings worth millions from the emperor. He could give some of it to his neighbors, which could be considered as giving it back to the people.

Thinking of this, Shen Zhao became more determined in his decision, so in the following few days, he brought back some water wheels and saplings.

Of course, the distribution of water wheels and saplings still had to be handled by the three elders and the village treasurer. As for the old cattle, it was even simpler. Some were strong yellow cattle that Shen Zhao bought from the mall, and some were local cattle that the second brother accompanied the three elders to buy in the neighboring county.

For a time, Anle Township was busy everywhere. Some people reclaimed farmland and planted soybeans, corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes according to the method given by Shen Zhao.

The children planted windbreaks and fruit trees along the edges of vacant farmland.

Since every five households in Anle Township own a water truck with thick rubber wheels and a strong ox, they planted crops very quickly and in less than a month most of the township's land was planted with crops and seedlings.

The verdict for Yu Lixiang Gaoting was also handed down. He was sentenced to serve outside the Great Wall, while Qin Yangshi was executed immediately.

Because Qin Shu was under the age of fifteen, he was released and sent home, and the Qin family was ordered to keep a close watch on him.

So Uncle Qin had no choice but to take Qin Shu back to his home and vacate a room for her to live in.

Xiao was extremely dissatisfied, but she could not drive him out, so she finally forced Qin Shu to go out and herd sheep every day and not to come back until evening.

Once when Shen Zhao and his second brother were riding camels on their way to the inn, they saw Qin Shu, with disheveled hair like a beggar, sitting by a ditch in a daze.

Shen Heng took a quick look and then looked away, saying to his sister, "What do you think would happen if Qin Yi found out that his mother had died and his sister went crazy?"

Shen Zhao: "I guess you'll think of a way to take revenge, right?"

"So we have to strike first!" Shen Heng said.

"Why did you strike first?" Shen Zhao glanced at his second brother: "He is now in the Western Region Protectorate, and we are out of reach."

And based on his understanding of Qin Yi, he will definitely try his best to climb up at this moment.

Shen Heng pinched his chin and said, "How about I go to the Western Region Protectorate as well?"

"Don't let your imagination run wild." Shen Zhao glared at his second brother: "Make money well and buy a title later, which is better than anything else."

With the title, even if Qin Yi comes back, the worst that can happen is to kill him directly, which is much more efficient than making roundabout calculations.

Shen Heng scratched the back of his head and stopped talking.

When the brother and sister arrived at the inn, they saw many merchants coming to the door, including those from the Central Plains and those from Hu.

Ah Zhu, Song Yuan and others were serving guests, serving them tea and water. Inside the inn was a circle of glass display cabinets, which contained various small ornaments and glass mirrors, as well as some small solar emergency lights, and various furs, spices, jewelry, seeds, etc. from the Western Regions.

Each item is marked with two prices, one is the wholesale price and the other is the retail price.

Another shop was filled with floral fabrics, Western felt, and woolen textiles of various qualities, and was looked after by three young men.

Merchants lingered in front of the display cabinets of floral fabrics and trinkets, their eyes looking so white that they wished they could be welded shut.

They bargained with the teenagers in a babble, and in the end each of them exchanged a lot of goods, and some simply bought them with gold coins, silver coins or Han copper coins.

Of course, those silver coins with large face values cannot be used here, which also makes many merchants a little dissatisfied.

A merchant from the Central Plains shouted loudly: "This is also the money issued by the court, why can't you use it here? Your inn is defying the court!"

Mr. Dong came over, fanning himself, and said coldly, "Who knows whether this money is real or fake? If you have any complaints, tell the city officials. If they agree to accept the money, we won't stop them."

Then the two city officials who were guarding the inn stepped forward and shouted, "What are you arguing about? If you don't want to buy anything, get out! We suspect you are using fake three-white coins, why don't you come with us to the county government office?"

Are you kidding? The department store is now the highest tax-paying store in the county, paying tens of thousands of dollars in taxes a day. The county magistrate has specially sent several clerks and guards to guard the store. If anyone dares to disrupt the business order of the inn, they will be sent to jail without asking the reason.

When the merchants from the Central Plains saw the market officials coming to interfere, they had no choice but to take out copper coins and silk fabrics to pay the bills.

Shen Zhao and his second brother first tied the camel into the stable in the backyard, and then went to the inn in front to inspect it.

Since the beginning of spring, the inn has been able to receive a lot of merchants every day, so the young men no longer go out to the market to set up stalls, but stay in the inn to help. For every transaction, they will get a corresponding kickback.

In other words, Shen Zhao gave them the minimum wholesale price and allowed them to play freely. As long as the price did not exceed the written wholesale price set by the store, the difference would belong to the teenagers.

Therefore, the young men were very active in doing business with the merchants. Some of them could earn thousands of dollars a day, which was much better than going to the market everywhere.

Mr. Dong and his grandson Dong Wufeng's responsibilities are to keep accounts, supervise, and deliver goods to customers at the warehouse.

They also earn the most money because Mr. Dong and his grandchildren can get 5% of the profits from all the goods sold.

"A Zhao and A Heng, you are here!" When the young men saw the brother and sister, they greeted them briefly and continued to introduce the products to the customers.

Each of them is responsible for two display cabinets, so there will be no competition for customers.

Shen Zhao looked around and found that the best-selling items were solar emergency lights, solar flashlights and matches.

Almost every merchant bought a lot, and sometimes they would fight over the goods because of shortage of goods.

"Hey! You can't buy everything in front of you! We've been waiting in line for a long time, you can't be unreasonable!"

When the sales boy announced that the goods were running out, the merchants in the back line became anxious and accused the foreign merchants in the front line of going too far.

Relying on the city officials and guards who were there to maintain order, the Hu merchant spent all his money to buy more than 200 emergency lights and 100 boxes of matches.

"You are really going too far!" The merchants from the Central Plains who were standing behind the Hu merchants were annoyed and rushed forward to fight for the emergency lights. (End of this chapter)