Ashamed!

Standing in front of the courtyard gate with a ashamed face, Sun Xingwang's old face was flushed, and in front of him was a pile of cotton found out of his arms.

"That, that, I, I'm willing to admit compensation, admit ......"

Before he could speak, Zhuang Ding said.

"Admit compensation, then you have to wait for the young master to have an order before you can make compensation!"

"That's it, that's it, Master Sun, it stands to reason that you're not short of those handfuls of cotton, you say, why are you doing this."

"He's almost that bit of cotton, he's clearly trying to steal our seeds......"

"But no, maybe at the New Year, our cabbage was also stolen by him."

The big guy is like a mirror in his heart, and he knows why he stole the cotton, just to keep the seeds. Just as they were talking, Shi Yiwen walked out and looked at the "flower thief" who was caught, he was Sun Xingwang from the neighboring village, and his family had more than 100 acres of fertile land.

"Master Sun, what are you doing with all this cotton? Isn't it that the family is almost sewn clothes with this bit of cotton? ”

Shi Yiwen's joke made Sun Xingwang's face red, and he squeaked but couldn't speak, and he said it for a while.

"Shi, Shi Gongzi, it's all the fault of the next, this, I admit it, I admit it, I admit it......"

"Look at what you said, what is the compensation or not, but I am very curious, why is Master Sun picking these cotton?"

Actually, Shi Yiwen didn't know why, but he still wanted to hear him say it himself,

"I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, I just want to steal some seeds, Shitaizhuang's cotton can harvest about two hundred catties per mu, and everyone is red-eyed when this is left, and this acre of land can get three taels of silver.

When Sun Xingwang apologized for his sins, Shi Yiwen laughed.

"What should I be? It turns out that I just want to get some seeds, if that's the case, why bother, Master Sun wants seeds, you can come directly to the door to find them! ”

Saying that, Shi Yiwen instructed Liu Yu.

"Steward Liu, you have written it down, and after the cotton is deseeded, you will send two hundred catties to Master Sun."

What the!

Sun Xingwang's eyes widened in surprise, and when he stared at Shi Yiwen, his eyes were full of incredulity.

"Gong, Gongzi, this, this is true? Really give it to me? ”

Is there such a thing as giving away seeds for no reason?

"How can this be fake? However, this is in business, this kind of seed can't be given away in vain, this year I will send you cotton seeds, and next year your cotton will all be sold to Shi, I don't know what Master Sun thinks? ”

The company provides seeds to farmers, farmers plant, and the company underwrites the output, which is a typical way of "agricultural cooperative management" in later generations, and for Shi Yiwen, it is also the simplest and most effective way to master the raw materials for production.

"This, this, Childe is so kind, really, really embarrassing!"

Sun Xingwang, who thanked him again, never thought that he would encounter such a good thing. After all, as far as he knows, whoever has a good seed in his family is not always hiding it, for fear that others will get it.

"What's this, since there are good varieties at home, you can't treasure yourself with a broom, it's not a big deal, oh, by the way, Master Sun knows that this kind of cotton also has its own planting method, and the planting method is different, which will also affect the yield."

Then Shi Yiwen invited Sun Xingwang to the hall and talked to him about how to grow cotton, and even took the initiative to recommend to him miscellaneous grains and fruits such as pumpkins, if it weren't for the fact that potatoes and sweet potatoes were bred by the commodities placed in the vegetable section of the supermarket, and the quantity was too limited, it is estimated that he would also take them out and introduce them to Sun Xingwang.

Judging from the experience of growing Chinese cabbage last year, it is impossible to rely on small farmers and small households to promote improved varieties, and they will definitely not take risks if they do not see the benefits. Compared with the relatively conservative small farmers, small rural landlords like Sun Xingwang are always full of interest in new agricultural tools and improved varieties, after all, they are more likely to be driven by profits, and they also have the capital to take risks and try, in the late Qing Dynasty, whether it is the introduction of American cotton, or the use of fertile field flour, the leaders are rich farmers and small landlords in the countryside. In the 21st century, this is called "big households take the lead in demonstration", and the government often guides large households and lets them play a leading role in demonstration, and with them taking the lead, the people in the vicinity will naturally follow suit. Sometimes, people are more willing to trust the big families around them than the government, especially in farming.

Of course, just relying on this kind of big households that come to the door by themselves is not enough, there must be advertising, just when Shitaizhuang's cotton gets a bumper harvest, naturally in the "Morning News" for several days in a row there are more news related to Shitaizhuang's cotton harvest, from what mu yields two hundred catties of high yield, to an acre of cotton sold for three and a half silver affordable, these seemingly inconspicuous news, just right to show outsiders - planting cotton can earn silver, and planting Shitaizhuang's "Shizi cotton" can earn more silver.

Just like the "Prosperity Sutra" in another time and space, the promotion of those advertorials will affect many people regardless of whether they are true or false, not to mention that "Shi Zi Cotton" is a real benefit, so naturally some officials and businessmen saw the report and went to Shitaizhuang to buy cotton seeds, which Shi Yiwen naturally did not refuse, but they did not give them much, often more than ten or twenty catties of cotton seeds, but even so, most of those people are also grateful to Dade.

"Childe, let's just give them the seeds, for nothing?"

Again, after giving away twenty catties of seeds of "Shizi cotton", Liu Yu said with some heartache.

"How can it be given for nothing?"

Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"We took a tael of silver for that bag of seeds."

Of course, the seeds were not given for free, and to Sun Xingwang's nearby people, it was necessary to agree on the purchase of "fixed-point planting". As for the outsiders, those seeds are priceless.

"Now if they plant our cotton and harvest it well, then no matter what seeds we promote in Shitaizhuang in the future, they will believe in us, and they will ...... in the future."

Glancing outside, Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"Our Shitaizhuang, is the Ming Dynasty breeding base, when the time, those seeds will be promoted from us to the entire Ming Dynasty, people around the country can also benefit from it, of course, we can also earn a lot of silver, after all, the seeds left by the people will be degraded, they keep bad seeds, the yield will be reduced, as long as we do a good job in the cultivation of good seeds, there will be endless silver in this land......"

Just as Shi Yiwen's words fell, there was a servant over there to report.

"Young Master, there are guests from the south who ask to see ......"