January 18, Daohua rode out of the city in a carriage with Yan Shouhou to inspect the farmland and ranch they were interested in.
The Gan State Guard was located at the westernmost edge of Xiliang and governed a vast area with a diverse landscape.
There were plains suitable for farming, sparsely populated deserts, vast grasslands covered in greenery, but most of all, barren mountains.
Xiliang generally suffered from water scarcity, and the Gan State Guard had the least rainfall of all.
Ganzhou City was situated on the plains, where almost all the best farmland was designated as military land, with a few belonging to the officials of the guard.
As a newcomer like Daohua, it was almost impossible to buy any good farmland.
Daohua visited two parcels of land with Yan Shouhou and felt quite dissatisfied with both.
