"I came to ask, but the price they gave was not very high."

"We went to inquire privately, only to find out that it was because most of the merchants seemed to have gone elsewhere to collect cotton, and no one said anything about the news of our cotton planting this year, after all, we had to plant it at the beginning by listening to the words of the yamen, and we thought that we would not delay the work, so we would try, who knew that it would really happen."

The old man said with some embarrassment.

Lin County Order, "......"

Hey, I really dare to say it, if it weren't for his atmosphere, he would be angry!

The Seventh Prince couldn't help but laugh when he saw Lin County's order like that.

Seeing Lin Xianling deflated, he was naturally happy in his heart.

"Then what price are you going to sell your cotton this year, and if you can't sell it, what will you do with it?" The Seventh Prince asked several questions in a row.

The old man hesitated.

The son next to him couldn't help but glance at the Seventh Prince cautiously, and said, "At the beginning, the county government came and said that the cotton harvested this year, we need to return the cotton seeds to the county government first, if you can't sell it, you can go to the county government, and the county government will buy it, but we don't know what price the county government will collect." ”

Lin Xian Ling was almost numb, and couldn't help but say in his heart, hey, how can you talk, this is like saying that the yamen will pit your silver.

"What you said is not bad, the business has nothing to do with the yamen." The Seventh Prince nodded.

Lin Xianling frowned slightly, no, the prince doesn't want to continue to engage in any chamber of commerce, after all, seeing that the other party is like this, he doesn't want the yamen to control the price of crops sold by the people, which is also normal, after all, a precedent has been set, and the yamen will be able to set the price at will in the future, isn't it a county order that can control the people of the entire county?

But this can't be handed over to the merchants, then at that time, the yamen and even the court will be constrained by the merchants.

"Someone will buy your cotton this year."

"Thank you, sir."

The two were overjoyed.

The seventh prince walked around the village, looked at almost all the cotton in the field, and saw that the people in the village were worried that the cotton could not be sold, but he was glad that the harvest in the field this year was better than in previous years, and he didn't have to be hungry anymore.

Soon.

The team left a large mountain village and headed for the next village.

The next village is close to Shanghe Village.

When the Seventh Prince and his entourage came over, they happened to meet a group of people and villagers who came back from working in the workshop, and they all came back together, most of them were female dependents.

"Who are these people?" The Seventh Prince asked.

"These must be female workers working in the workshop next door." When Lin Xian Ling said this, his expression was a little proud.

The Seventh Prince glanced at him, and simply stepped forward directly and stopped a middle-aged woman.

“…… Sister, what are you? ”

The woman who was stopped looked surprised, "Are you from another village?" Don't even know about the noodle workshop? ”

"Vermicelli Workshop?" The Seventh Prince chewed on the name in his mouth.

The woman's eyebrows fluttered and she said, "Yes, it's the vermicelli workshop, and now we work in the workshop every day, and we are paid every day, and we pay once a month, and the workshop never defaults on wages." ”

"That is, in the past, when my men went to the town to work and carry bags, they would always be deducted from the money, and they would hurt people for a few copper plates."

The young woman laughed as she spoke, "Well, now you don't have to worry about your man being beaten for his wages." ”

"Hey, what are you, I think the best thing now is because the workshop is run by the countrymen, we don't need to look at the faces of the people in the town, and we are more reasonable, we know our suffering, as long as we work hard, we can get a month's money, and the family can now taste the meat every few days."

"yes."

"I hope the workshop can continue to work."

"Sure, the vermicelli we produce is so delicious, people who have eaten it must be willing to buy it."

The topic is off the rails.

It's just that no one is paying attention to it now.

Even if the Seventh Prince has never suffered and is used to living the life of a rich and noble family, he can see the simple and pitiful appearance of these people, and he is very sympathetic in his heart.

He smiled and nodded, "That's a happy event indeed." ”

The women did not stay long, after all, they came home and had to make dinner, and it would be too late to linger a little longer.

"Why does this workshop only hire female workers?"

The Seventh Prince followed and got into the carriage, and seeing that it was not early, he went back to the town to rectify first.

"It's not just women who are invited, but there are also male workers, but because the workshop stipulates that only one person in each family can work, and it is now the busy season of farming, so every family lets their female dependents go to work, and as for the men who stay at home to farm, it is nothing to mention that the family only goes to one female dependent, and it does not delay the affairs of the family."

"That makes sense."

Lin Xian Ling was praised and immediately his tail almost cocked, "Of course, this is still the idea of the lower officials, which can improve the lives of the villagers without affecting the work in the fields." ”

"You're so smart, why didn't you think of getting more workshops out?" The Seventh Prince deliberately embarrassed him.

Lin Xianling wiped his face, "This can't be helped, originally the county is planning to let businessmen go out to promote the food of our county, to attract more foreign businessmen, they come in order not to run in vain, they will also automatically buy some local specialties, so that more workshops can be established." ”

"It just takes time to take your time."

"You say this, there are still a lot of uncertain factors in it, plus if you want to develop a county more lively, I'm afraid it will take a long time." The Seventh Prince said sharply.

Lin Xianling nodded, "That's true, that's why Xia Guan cooperated with the Gao family, because the food in their shop was fresh and delicious, not only that, but the price was also cheap, ordinary people could afford it, and if it was too expensive, it wouldn't be able to attract too many guests." ”

"Now we are waiting for the businessmen in the county to go outside to publicize, as long as we can attract the attention of small businessmen in other state capitals outside with vermicelli, it is very likely that our county will rise."

"Oh? Small businessmen? Not a big merchant? ”

Lin Xianling said as a matter of course, "Of course, big businessmen don't look down on this interest at all, and the profit of vermicelli is not big." ”

"These small businessmen are different, their expectations are not high, and since they can make a sum of money safely and safely, they will not only see it, but also take the initiative to promote the establishment of the matter."

"Besides, it was originally the food of ordinary people, but if it was controlled by big businessmen, it might become a valuable thing that only rich and noble families could enjoy." Lin Xian Ling sneered when he said this, "Just like how many places have been, white rice has become a symbol of rich and noble families, and ordinary people can only eat brown rice, but this vermicelli is made of rice." ”

"The reason why you want to turn vermicelli into a business that only the rich and noble can eat is simply ready-made."

(End of chapter)