Volume 1 Chapter 35 Miscellaneous Matters
In the space, Liu Ximing looked at the rice planted during the Chinese New Year and was delighted, at that time, because the vegetables were only sold for a few thousand catties, the vacated land area was less than one acre, and the result was that in such a small place, the rice yield after harvest was nearly eight stones! Converted into an acre, the yield is estimated to be ten stones per mu! This is basically the yield of modern hybrid rice.
The important thing is that you can harvest this space in a month, and you can harvest it twelve times a year, if you cultivate high-yield varieties well, the yield per mu of this space will not soar to more than a dozen stones per acre, hahaha, but unfortunately the space is still too small, and it is all tears! However, after the last time Yu Yongkai and them sacrificed to the gods, the space has expanded slightly, and there should be a lot of growth potential in the future, and Liu Ximing has more expectations in his heart.
Now in the south of the Dameng Dynasty, when the harvest is good, the yield per mu is a little more than two stones, and the place where two crops of rice can be planted plus spring flowers may be more than three stones per mu. The production capacity of such a comparative space is too high.
And look at the quality of the rice in this space, sure enough, it is a high-quality product in the space, the white rice grains are smooth and full, crystal clear, which makes people have an appetite when they see it, and they will only eat this kind of rice in their own homes in the future!
It just so happened that in the past half a month, he had transferred all the vegetables to the Black Tiger Gang, and he had a total of one hundred and twenty taels of silver, and the land in the space was also vacant. Liu Ximing decided to take out nine acres and plant rice first, leaving one acre of land to cultivate cotton, tea trees, mulberry trees, sugarcane and other cash crops first, to see if he could cultivate new varieties with high yield and high quality.
After selling all the 60,000 catties of vegetables, the Black Tiger Gang Sun He tasted the sweetness all of a sudden, and in just over half a month, they earned almost a year's income as usual, and Liu Ximing suddenly became the God of Wealth in their eyes.
Liu Ximing knew that these people couldn't be fed, and once they showed their flaws, they wouldn't mind taking a bite, so they had to say that they got such a batch of goods by accident, and even the people who gave them didn't know where they went. In order to completely break their thoughts, even if the county school was not controlled by the Black Tiger Gang, he made a special trip to cancel the sale, which made the house steward lose for a while.
Of course Sun He didn't believe it, but he couldn't find any source about this batch of goods, and Liu Ximing was not weak now, and when it came to the last day of delivery, he brought all the twelve elders in the family, although it was only twenty days, but there was space for spiritual water and Liu Guy's food was good, these half-grown teenagers are now full of momentum, Sun He could only accept his idea first, and came down to inquire slowly.
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Now that the vegetables in the space are sold out, Zhang Yucheng's family is frightened by himself and doesn't dare to make any more moves, Liu Ximing finally has time to think about reading. He hasn't forgotten that his foundation is unstable now, if he doesn't have a reputation, unless his power reaches a certain level, he will be just fat in the mouths of the government gentry after all, and now he still has to study and train at the same time.
But before that, I have to take care of some chores first.
Now it happens that the first batch of rice in the space has matured, and eight stones of polished rice have been harvested, Liu Ximing plans to take Li Biao and others to find a few grain stores to talk about harvesting rice, and then go to school by himself, or let Li Biao and them send rice first, and then another hundred stone polished rice will be produced in the space in the next month, which is a big business.
However, this time Liu Ximing didn't plan to go to Fucheng again, the last time the Black Tiger helped Sun He to see that the vegetable business was really profitable, and he had asked him many times about the source of goods, and he finally found an excuse to shirk it. If you carry such a good polished rice to Fucheng to sell it now, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be targeted by them again, and it will not be so easy to get out at that time.
Fortunately, Zhangjiawan Village is close to the Jialing River, along the river is Shunqing Fucheng, and up the Shuojiang River is Pengzhou, and the distance between the two sides is not too much, so this time Liu Ximing and Li Biao went straight to Pengzhou.
Pengzhou is a prefecture under the jurisdiction of Shunqing Prefecture, and it also has two counties under its jurisdiction, Yingshan and Yilong, to be honest, Liu Ximing was also confused by the system of this Meng Dynasty. The administrative unit at the state level is similar to a modern county-level city, but there is a big difference, and if it is said that the state is set up to divide the power at the prefecture level, then it is strange why the more critical township level is not in charge.
Pengzhou City is a little larger than the general county seat, with a circumference of about seven miles, because it is located between Boryeong Province and Shunqing Province, the business and trade exchanges between the two provinces always have to pass through it, so it is also considered prosperous on weekdays.
However, in the past few years, several groups of displaced people have risen between Baoning Mansion and Shunqing Mansion, and they have been circulating everywhere in these two places, and Pengzhou City has been affected by this, and there is also a bit of a depression.
However, food, clothing, shelter and transportation are the basic needs of human beings, but Liu Ximing is not worried that the food cannot be sold, so he walked around a group in the city and saw a grain store called Dafengtai as the largest grain store in the city, and several people stepped straight in.
Now it has been almost two months since Liu Ximing crossed over, compared with the appearance of him and Li Biao when they went to Fucheng for the first time, no one dares to underestimate the appearance of a group of them now.
As soon as the money from the Black Tiger Gang arrived, Liu Ximing bought two sets of winter clothes for each teenager in the family, and the two girls, Yu Qiaoman and Liu Qiaoyun, could finally dress as little girls.
Now Li Biao, Mu Jingnan, Li Jingsi and other five or six teenagers are standing there, all wearing the same style of cyan embroidered round-necked muslin robes, and a brown straight-necked smock on the outside, wearing black mesh scarves on their heads, and black hard cloth shoes on their feet.
Now my brother is only a fan away, and Liu Ximing is surrounded by five or six of them in the middle.
When the shopkeeper of the grain store saw their behavior, he just thought that the son-in-law of which family had come out to hang out, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "This son-in-law came to the store, I don't know what to do?" ”
Liu Ximing knew that it was indispensable to deal with factions outside in these years, otherwise his group of people would definitely be despised when they were young, and when he saw the shopkeeper talking, he nodded slightly and signaled Mu Jingnan beside him to answer for him.
Mu Jing can hardly be regarded as the more clever among these people, and on the way here, Liu Ximing explained his purpose to him, so he hurriedly pretended to be arrogant and replied: "Shopkeeper, you are going to make a fortune, my family has a big business to do with you, you may be the master?" ”
"Don't worry, this little brother is also an old man in this store, all the business is negotiated in the next hand, if you have any business, just tell me."
Liu Ximing took advantage of Mu Jingnan's conversation with the shopkeeper, he walked around the store, and saw that now brown rice is generally sold for one or two silver and one stone, corn is one or two or two dollars and one stone, and white rice is one or two and five silver and one stone, and he can't help but be shocked, the price of this rice is too expensive.
couldn't help but interject and ask the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, why is the price of rice so high, where can ordinary people's homes afford it, are you a big bully?" ”
"Hey, this son, the shop has always been honest management, children are not bullied, but in recent years, there have been disasters and famines in various places, and even our Sichuan production has been greatly reduced, and of course the price of grain has risen." The shopkeeper of Dafengtai hurriedly shouted.
Liu Xi's heart is heavy, he is not Xiaobai who didn't know anything about prices when he first crossed, and the power of the Xiaoice River period in his heart is becoming clearer and clearer, according to the current momentum, it is impossible for the Meng Dynasty not to die, seeing that Mu Jingnan was interrupted by him and nodded to signal him to continue.
Brother You, you are really a fucking non-chieftain, you have encountered any unlucky days, it seems that only the emperor, brother, can save you.
Mu Jingnan threw the burden on the counter at once, slowly opened it, grabbed a handful of space rice from it and held it in his hand, leaking the rice from the gap in his hand like quicksand, and asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, have you ever seen this kind of rice in your store?" ”
The shopkeeper was taken aback when he looked at the sample in Mu Jingnan's hand, such a white and crystalline, large round white rice had never been seen even by him, an old shopkeeper who had been in business for many years, and hurriedly grabbed a few fine grains, and asked excitedly: "This little brother, this is what you are talking about?" How much rice can your family provide for this kind of rice? ”
Mu Jing smiled and said nothing, only said: "This rice is called pearl rice, taking its grain like a pearl, it has always been for the Son of Heaven and the clan to enjoy, if your store comes to sell, I don't know how much it will cost?" ”
"Good name, this rice is worthy of the word pearl, it turned out to be a tribute in Beijing, no wonder so. If your family has a source of goods, the store is willing to buy it for one or two or five dollars! "The shopkeeper is also a human spirit, and he bids directly.
"Three taels of silver per stone, first for you to try to sell a few stones, if you want it in the future, how much you want every month." Mu Jingnan was willing to pay such a low price, and immediately bargained, knowing that the sales volume of this kind of rice could not be too high, so he simply boasted about how much Haikou wanted.
When the shopkeeper heard him say this, he thought that Liu Ximing's family was rich, and he didn't think much about it, you came and I bargained.
Mu Jingnan is indeed clever, after a war of words, he finally talked to the shopkeeper about two or four coins of silver per stone, Liu Ximing listened to it with satisfaction, it is a good thing that his subordinates are capable, and it is said that Mu Jingnan, this kid's negotiation skills are a lot.
Seeing that the shopkeeper refused to raise the price, Liu Ximing knew that this should be the bottom line of his family, and pretended to be impatient and said: "Okay, okay, talk about such vulgar things all day long, you hurry up and talk about it, this son has to go around elsewhere." ”
Mu Jingnan also got off the donkey and reached an agreement with the shopkeeper to start supplying goods from tomorrow, one day at a time, and then increase the delivery volume after a few months.
After a group of people said goodbye, they walked around Pengzhou City again, and Liu Ximing remembered that he was going to go to apprenticeship in the past few days, and he bought a lot of things in the city before leaving.