Chapter 255 Li Yan

After all, the old village chief had been the village chief for decades. When he remembered who Li Yan was, he naturally started chatting with him.

Of course, he did not tell Li Yan about the identities of Chen Wenjiu and the others, nor did he tell him about some of the more mysterious things and events in Yujia Village. Instead, he introduced the thorns they planted to Li Yan.

"Master Li, don't look at these trees growing so well. We don't water them often." The old village chief said with a smile, "We just watered them twice after we planted the saplings, and they grew very well on their own."

"According to the people who gave us the saplings, this kind of tree can take deep roots and draw groundwater to feed itself..." The old village chief happily told Li Yan about the various advantages and benefits of the thorn tree.

This tree is particularly suitable for planting in places like the northwest. It is cold-resistant, drought-resistant, and high-temperature-resistant. It can feed itself and does not need much care.

Moreover, its fruit can be eaten like other fruits, dried and used as medicine, and can also be used to make wine. It can be said that this thorn fruit is really very useful.

If most of the Northwest grows thorny berries, it can indeed feed more people - of course, what everyone cares about most is the issue of food. As long as thorny berries are planted in relatively desolate places with less water sources, the fields of ordinary people and landlords should still grow food.

After all, fruits cannot be eaten as meals, and only by growing food can people be fed - although thorny berries can be used to make many things, they cannot replace food.

Li Yan is of course very clear. As the eldest son of the Li family, he has traveled to several provinces in the Northwest because of the voice of the Li family, and he is very familiar with the desert areas.

If thorny berries can be planted in those desert areas, it will be really good for the Northwest. After all, the desert is getting more and more desolate, there are fewer and fewer plants, and the land is becoming more and more desertified. He doesn't want to see such a scene.

But now he is not thinking about planting thorny berries. He looked at the old village chief and said, "You said that the fruits of thorny berries are generally ripe between August and October, so what is it now?"

It's January now, and it's still snowing in the Northwest? How come these thorny berries are ripe? It's different from what the old village chief said.

The old village chief looked at the kind-looking Li Yan and said mysteriously, "This is all because of the blessing of the gods. The gods helped us make these thorns bear fruit early, so that we can make money by selling the fruits and survive."

Li Yan didn't understand the old village chief's idea, but he didn't delve into it. Instead, he looked at the red thorn fruits and said, "Old village chief, do you have buyers for these fruits?"

The old village chief heard this and asked with a smile, "Does Master Li plan to buy these fruits?"

Li Yan nodded and said, "According to what you said, these thorn fruits can be used to make wine or as medicine. In this case, it would be a waste for our Li's business to buy them."

"Food is still scarce in our northwest, but everyone loves to drink. If these thorn fruits can be used to make wine, it can also replace grain wine."

If the wine brewed from thorn fruits is really delicious, then it may be able to replace grain wine, so that more food can be left in the northwest for food.

There are many people in the Northwest Army who like to drink. There is not so much grain in the Northwest, so basically every year they buy more wine from Jiangnan or the Central Plains. The grain production there is relatively rich, so they will make more wine.

As for fruit wine, the production of fruits in this era is not as high as that in later generations. Even if people make fruit wine, the production will not be as high as that of grain. People basically drink grain wine.

When Li Yan was chatting with the old village chief, the old village chief asked someone to call Yu Chunsheng over.

Although Yu Chunsheng is not the village chief yet, because he has basically led the village's work during this period, the old village chief also thinks that Yu Chunsheng is more suitable to be the village chief, mainly because he has a son who is "favored by the gods", so the village chief thinks that it is better for Yu Chunsheng to be the next village chief.

In fact, the village chief of Yujia Village is not hereditary, so the sons of the village chief do not think that the next village chief is Yu Chunsheng, which means he has taken their position as village chief.

Yu Chunsheng was called over quickly, and then Yu Chunsheng and Li Yan talked about the purchase of thorny thorn fruits. Li Yan could buy fresh thorny thorn fruits, and the price was negotiable.

Yu Chunsheng has been trained during this period. He was originally a bold and active person. After being taught by experts during this period, he has made more progress.

Although Yu Chunsheng is not as good as Li Yan, who has been influenced by his father since childhood, he can face Li Yan without showing any fear.

While the two were bargaining back and forth, Chen Wenjiu also knew that Li Yan, the eldest son of the business, was coming.

She saw Li Yan's appearance clearly from a distance. He looked like a handsome man in ancient costume when he was wearing a fox fur coat and a fox fur hat.

Of course, Li Yan's appearance is not similar to those male stars she has seen before, but he is indeed very good-looking, very gentle and handsome.

Chen Wenjiu did not disturb Li Yan and Yu Chunsheng from discussing business. After all, she and this Young Master Li were strangers, and she had no intention of chatting him up, so why bother disturbing him?

Chen Wenjiu followed Yu Xiaohua and the others to pick fruits in another direction. She looked at the full 200-acre fruit forest and thought that she might have to look for plants suitable for planting in the northwest desert from Chen Nuannuan in the future.

Of course, we should also look for plants in the interstellar space. After all, the geography of the interstellar space is diverse. Although the various plants are much less than the population and land area, the species are also diverse.

Nie Zhenzhen walked to Chen Wenjiu and gossiped with her in a low voice, "I heard that the young master Li just now has a close relationship with the young marshal of the Northwest Army."

"Hmm?" Chen Wenjiu was also tempted to gossip.

"What's going on?"

"Master Li is the eldest son of the Li's Company. I heard that he learned how to do business from his father since he was a child. He started to do business independently at the age of 18 and mastered all the businesses of the Li family in 5 years."

"I heard that Master Li's father has officially retired and stayed at home to enjoy his old age, and he has become the person in charge of the Li's Company."

"The reason why he can control all the businesses of the Li's Company at such a young age and suppress the elders of the Li family is because he has the support of Wei Ying, the young marshal of the Northwest Army."

Chen Wenjiu nodded, "After all, this is an era of warlord separatism. Even if the Li family is rich, what does it matter? If you have money but no fighting power, it will be easy to be robbed."

"Yeah." Nie Zhenzhen nodded and said, "Li Yan has the support of Wei Ying behind him, but the Li family's business will also share some profits with the Northwest Army, which is mutually beneficial."

Chen Wenjiu nodded. Since Li Yan has the support of Wei Ying, the young marshal of the Northwest Army, then he might be a good partner?

After all, in this chaotic world, having power is more powerful than having money.