Favorite Planter King

Chapter 66

Because Ji Yuebai had no chance to have close contact with Zheng Wenhao, so as to determine whether to get married, Yin Peinan and Zuo An decided to help him.

Yin Peinan found Zheng Wenhao and said to him, "Anyway, the shop is still being repaired, and it will take ten days and a half. Would you like to go to Qingzhou to see Brother Bo?"

Zheng Wenhao really wanted to go, but: "I need someone to watch the repairs here."

Yin Peinan replied, "I will go and watch."

Zheng Wenhao said, "Aren't you about to harvest? Where do you have so much time?"

Yin Pei Nan: "There are a few days left, you're going to go. Don't you want to see Brother Bo? Don't you want to know what he's thinking?

" Said: "How many days will I go?"

"Go!" Yin Peinan tapped him on the shoulder and told him a little about the situation: "Let go."

"Then I'll leave Xiaobao, you guys can't be too busy. Just ask Xiaobao to watch."

"Okay, don't worry."

Then Zheng Wenhao went.

Yin Peinan and the others have been really busy these days. Cotton is being harvested. Seven or eight mu of cotton has to be dried and seeded.

Just relying on Yin Peinan and his family to remove the seeds, I don't know when they will get it. Yin Peinan and the others said in the village, whoever wants cotton seeds can peel them by themselves. The seeds don't need money, and you can take as much as you peel off.

Cotton is still very expensive here, and it comes from other places. Because of the variety, the yield is very low, mainly because the cotton bolls are small, the cotton wrapped on the cotton balls is also less, and the cotton silk is relatively short. After the cotton seeds are peeled off, there is not much left.

And Yin Peinan's cotton has big flowers, tall plants, and many knots. The cotton with white flowers has a lot more cotton content than the cotton grown by the villagers themselves.

So, the villagers who wanted to grow their own cotton for cotton-padded clothes came spontaneously.

As for the hundreds of households in the village, they basically plant some cotton and prepare cotton coats and quilts in winter, but Yin Peinan's cotton is not enough.

Yin Peinan waved: "It's okay, there are still fields in the fields, you can help us pick them back and remove the seeds, and you can take the seeds back by yourself."

So the cotton was removed from the seeds, and the harvesting of the cotton in the fields was done with ease.

But after solving this problem, the storage of so much cotton is also a big problem. The house is crowded now, and the small utility room can't fit it.

These cottons will also be put in the store to sell at that time.

Yin Peinan and the others simply dried and left enough cotton to make winter clothes in winter, and took part of the rest to make quilts. .

Another major event in the village is that every household begins to learn to make yuba.

Yin Peinan agreed with them that after teaching them, the yuba they made would be sold to him and purchased according to the quality at a price of 20-22 cents per pound.

But they couldn't leak the news until his shop opened.

A pound of soybeans can make five to six taels of yuba, which is more profitable than selling soybeans alone. Moreover, this method is quite simple, and one person can do it at home without delaying the usual work in the field.

The villagers agreed.

As a result, the village vigorously set up a small family food workshop.

By the time the second crop of rice is harvested, basically every household has several kilograms of yuba in storage.

The harvest of the second crop of rice is not so rushed, and everyone has enough time. The rice of Yin Peinan's family is still harvested earlier than that of the villagers.

The rice yield of the second-season rice has increased by 20 kilograms per mu. The magistrate of the county is smiling and has prepared a good news report, just waiting to fill in the specific figures and report it to the imperial court.

The villagers all smiled when they saw it. The production has increased, and the seeds will be available next spring, and the food can be much more!

Yin Peinan

's family's rice is harvested early, which is an advantage. When the rice is being dried, their family can monopolize a rice drying yard, and they don't have to go to occupy the space early every day and compete with others.

After the harvesting of their family's crops is finished, the villagers' rice crops will also start to be harvested one after another.

A few days later, Zheng Wenhao came back.

He came back on purpose before the villagers' rice was harvested because they had important things to do.

They had to rush to buy the villagers' food before the villagers handed over the emperor's food.

In the ancestral hall, the villagers were stunned.

"Master Zheng, how do you exchange it? You bought our grain, so what do we use to pay for the imperial grain?" A villager representative asked everyone.

Zheng Wenhao said: "Don't worry, everyone, we will sell the summer grain to you to pay for the imperial grain, and sell it at the market price. We will sell it to you as much as we buy. And the grain you are receiving now, we will compare it with you. The market price is more than ten cents per buck. It is the part of the grain that you have to hand over to the imperial grain. Of course, if you have surplus grain, you can also sell it to us. We charge as much as we have."

Everyone is talking about it, and they are reckoning. The discussion is whether it is a loss or a profit?

Yin Peinan analyzed it with them and said, "My uncles and uncles, this is what Master Zheng meant. Look, I'll settle the accounts for you, so everyone will know.

" Everyone looked at him: "Anan, you said."

Yin Peinan's words are convincing in the village now, and everyone thinks it's right to listen to him.

Yin Peinan said: "That's right, for example, my family has a total of seven acres of land, and I originally had to pay 21 buckets of rice, which is almost 35 buckets of rice. "

Yin Peinan continued to explain to everyone while making gestures.

"Then what Master Zheng means now is that he bought 35 buckets of rice from my family, and then sold 35 buckets of rice harvested from his family's one-season rice to my family, and asked me to use his family's grain to pay the emperor's grain. Then he again As I said, what he sold to my family was based on the market price, and what we sold to him was ten cents more than the market price. So my family sold him a total of 35 buckets of rice, which is 350 cents more. As soon as I go, my family's imperial grains are also paid, and I can add 350 cents more. So, do you understand?" The

villagers still didn't understand.

Yin Peinan: "You can add 250 cents."

"Hey, you can pay for imperial grain and more money, okay?"

"Yeah, it's worth it. I don't have much millet for the first season, and I have to pay for the second season. , then I'll change some."

Yin Peinan added: "Uncles and uncles, please emphasize, only the rice with new seeds in the second season, not the first season. If you use the first season If you use the rice from the second season, you don't need to change it. If you use the second season, you can change it."

"Didn't Master Zheng just say to buy the second season as well?"

Zheng Wenhao nodded: "Yes, I buy all the newly planted rice, and each buck is ten cents more than the market price in the city. Anyone who wants to sell can come to us. It's on the East Street, called 'Changlong Grain Shop', not far from the warehouse of the county government, and everyone can go directly to pay the emperor's grain after changing it."

There are some differences between the new rice and the old rice, which can be seen with the naked eye, and they are not afraid Others are shoddy.

The conditions they put forward were very favorable, and villagers came to the shop to exchange for rice one after another.

The shop has been renovated, and the shelves inside are also done. The shopkeeper and the second child have already taken up their posts, and the purchased rice has also been in place.

Truckloads of newly planted rice have been brought in. The rice from the village, plus the rice grown in the village of Zhengfu, has quite a lot of stock in stock.

These paddies are not sold as rice, they are sold directly as grain seeds.

In addition to rice, yuba was also collected, and a batch of salted duck eggs was also prepared.

The cotton that Yin Peinan's family had already picked was also shipped to the store and sold to the store at the price set before.

When store sold it, they would split it.

Later, the Zheng family also bought some cotton for their own use, and there was not much left in stock until the cotton fields were harvested.

"This car is the last one, and this car has 1,172 pounds." Zuo An took a pen and paper and counted it aside.

"Finally finished!" Yin Peinan sat down on the chair behind the counter, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea and buffalo and drank it down.

Zheng Wenhao came out of the warehouse in the back with a sullen face. He also sat down on the chair. He didn't care about the ashes all over his body, and wiped his sleeves directly on his forehead.

"No more?"

"No more. Hard work, come and drink water!" Yin Peinan poured tea for him, but it was also difficult for Zheng Wenhao.

"That's good." Zheng Wenhao was about to be paralyzed from exhaustion, pinching his arms. This was the two most tiring days for him since he was a child.

Yin Peinan thought for a while and said, "Let's get a cart in the future, so we don't have to be so tired."

Zheng Wenhao finished drinking and asked, "What cart?"

Yin Peinan told him about the special use A flatbed cart to push the goods.

"Why didn't you do such a good thing earlier? Then you quickly draw it and do it. It's really exhausting to move around like this!" Zheng Wenhao said.

Yin Peinan scratched his head and said, "I didn't think of it before, and I didn't think it was very useful in the village." The

two chatted, and Yin Peinan asked about his relationship.

"Brother Wenhao, you haven't had time to ask you for two days since you came back. How are you and Brother Bo? Has he agreed?"

Speaking of this question, Zheng Wenhao thought of going to Qingzhou this time and kissed Brother Bo. He blushed a bit, and said embarrassedly, "It's good. Brother Bo said that he should stay with him first, and then he will consider proposing marriage after the new year is over next year."

Yin Peinan thought about Ji Yuebai's letter, and estimated that Ji Yuebai was thinking too much. Let's talk about love, it may be that the problem of harmony and disharmony has not been figured out yet.

He smiled and said, "You have to go to Qingzhou during this time."

Zheng Wenhao shook his head: "Wait until the shop has stabilized before going."

Yin Peinan said: "It's fine, wait for our cotton harvest to finish, and let the winter When all the vegetable seeds are planted, Ange and I will be free, for at most half a month, and then you will be there."

"Well. I'll see when the time comes." Zheng Wenhao looked at the lower shop. The two girls had already cleaned the floor. He said, "The shop will open tomorrow, will you go back today? Otherwise, when you come to my house, you don't have to rush tomorrow. Come."

Yin Pei Nan shook his head: "No, you have to go back, and Daddy and the others will come tomorrow."

"Okay, then you go back early today, and we will open tomorrow!" Early the

next morning, just before dawn, Yin Pei Nan and the rest of the family set off.

Everyone was wearing new clothes and beaming on their faces. Wen Yi also carried a pot of peony flowers in a net pocket, ready to put it in the store. The rich and the rich are lucky.

When they arrived, Zheng Wenhao had already arrived, Mr. Zheng and his wife were there, and the county magistrate Liu Shangzhi also came over in casual clothes.

Yin Peinan looked around and saw some familiar faces, all of which were seen during the Zheng family banquet. Yin Peinan knew that these were all here to cheer on Zheng Mansion and Zheng Wenhao.

Wen Yi placed the peony flower in the corner of the counter, and then stood inside to help the shopkeeper.

Zhao Xiu'e and Shuizhu waited by the side. When the time comes, they will act as shop assistants, and they will have to do everything from loading and weighing.

At the time, the lively opening of the dragon and lion dance attracted a large number of passers-by to stop and watch.

After dancing for about a quarter of an hour, the two bosses, Zheng Wenhao and Yin Peinan, invited the county magistrate and Mr. Zheng to put their eyes on the dragon and lion, and then unveiled the sign. In the lively sound of gun battles, "Changlong Grain Shop" opened!

Everyone went in for a visit, and a lady asked, "Wenhao, why are your grain shops selling millet? Don't you have rice?"

Zheng Wenhao went over and explained to her

"Auntie, our millet is mainly sold as grain seeds."

"Grain seeds?" Madam asked in confusion, "Aren't all the grain seeds kept by the farmers themselves?"

Zheng Wenhao shook his head and said, "Our millet It is different from the usual millet, not only has more knots, but also tastes better than the original. It is a new variety."

"It tastes better than other rice?"

"Yes, last time you were at my house, you didn't say the rice cooked from my house's rice. It's delicious, where did we buy our rice? That's the kind of rice milled from millet."

"Is this? Can I buy some back? Can I sell it?"

Zheng Wenhao nodded and said: " You can try it if you want, but you have to buy it and grind it yourself."

"It's fine, then I'll ask someone to buy a few buckets."

"Okay." On the

other side, many ladies gathered around the bean curd to choose.

"Hey, I said this was delicious last time. After waiting for so long, they finally opened a shop. I have to buy a few pounds to go back."

"Yes, I also waited for a long time. I heard that they opened today, so I was anxious. Baba is here. It's delicious, but it's a bit expensive, forty cents a pound."

"It's delicious, otherwise what's the use of your family's so much money, it's just to let yourself eat well and use it well. Well? And it's dry goods. I didn't listen to Boss Yin. One pound of water can eat a lot of meals."

"Okay, then I'll buy more."

"Come on, the cotton over there looks better than ours . The white ones before were all deseeded. I'll hurry up and choose some, it's already September, and it's time to make winter clothes."

"Hey, it's alright, let's go, let's go and have a look..."

The new store opened, and pedestrians on the road were drawn in to see what was on sale.

But most of the people came in and saw that it was not rice, but millet, and the price was relatively high, so they all shook their heads and walked away to look at yuba and cotton.

Hey, what is this new thing called yuba? Smells like it's made from soy.

But this bean curd is too expensive, it costs forty cents a pound, who can afford it!

Back to cotton.

Ouch, this cotton is beautiful, the white silk is soft, and the seeds have been removed. It is much better than other cottons in the county. If it was made into a padded jacket, it would be so soft and warm; if it was made into a quilt, it would not have to wake up in winter!

Ask the price again, well, this price is also very beautiful, half the price of the original cotton!

fall!

Who can afford this!

Looking at the rich ladies and husbands who were rushing to buy yuba and cotton, passersby understood.

Damn, this is for rich people!

After walking around to the other side, hey, what is this? Wrapped in yellow mud, the sign says salted duck eggs?

Four cents a piece, very good, and finally something I can afford. But other people's fresh big duck eggs are only two cents apiece. Why is this so expensive?

"This guest officer, do you want to try the fresh salted duck eggs? The eggs are delicious and fresh, and they are excellent for porridge and rice. Can you try it?" Shuizhu greeted with a small plate.

On the plate was a salted duck egg, freshly cut, orange-yellow with a reddish yolk, embedded in a porcelain-white egg white, looking like a small sun wrapped up.

There are egg whites and egg yolks that have been made into small pieces. The soft and glutinous eggs are golden, as if they are running oil, and they look delicious.

"Can this be eaten directly?" the guest asked.

Shuizhu smiled and nodded: "Yes, this can be eaten. But I have to cook these when I buy them back. I buy them and wash the yellow mud on them, then cook them with water. You don't need to put anything, just cut them open and eat them. Come on, I'll give you a stick, and you can poke a piece and try it?"

The guest took the stick with suspicion and poked a small piece of egg white into his mouth. It tasted salty and fresh, and the egg white was bouncy and tender.

"Try this egg yolk again." The

guest poked another egg yolk. Powdery

, waxy and sandy.

Well, it's a bit salty, I want to drink porridge.

"How about it? Is it delicious? Buy a few and give them to your family to try?"

"Well, then buy five." There are five people in the family.

"Okay, wait a moment." Shuizhu quickly picked five salted duck eggs, wrapped them in oil paper, and handed them to him: "Guest, please pay the bill in front." On the

first day of opening, the yuba from Changlong Grain Shop was sold. One-third, the cotton stock is sold out, the salted duck eggs are sold out, and the millet is sold out ten buckets.

They didn't specifically promote millet, mainly because they wanted to promote grain seeds. After the farmers basically bought them, they would grind the remaining rice and sell them.

They didn't expect to sell so many yuba, but they bought what they should buy today, and there will be no such good business as today.

So on the first day, overall, it was okay.

The next day, a notice was posted at the granary of the county government, and Liu Shangzhi sent someone to notify the farmers there.

"Folks, I'd like to tell you some good news! We have a big happy event this year in our county. There is a farmer in Nanpo Village in our city. He used a new variety of grain seeds. The first season of rice harvested more than 350 catties per mu. Rice. In the second season, more than 370 catties of rice were harvested per mu!"

As soon as the officer's voice fell, a villager who had come to hand over the imperial grain shouted.

"What? Three hundred and five in the first season, three hundred and seven in the second season? Impossible, our best farmer has only collected 278 catties this year! He has the best harvest in our field. "

That's right, how could it be three hundred and five, three hundred and seven, sir, are you bragging?"

"That is, this year is not a good year, how can there be so many?"

The officer followed the county magistrate to Nanpo Village to see it. After weighing, he immediately said: "You don't believe it, the whole village of Nanpo Village has already grown this kind of grain. In the second season, each family has an output of about 350 catties. If you don't believe it, ask them. Hey, someone from Nanpo Village is here! Hu Daqiang, just in time, tell them, how much is your family's second-season rice yield per mu?"

Immediately, everyone looked at the people behind.

Daqiang and a few villagers just came to pay the imperial grain. Unexpectedly, they were stopped by the officers. They didn't hear the previous content and didn't know what they were talking about.

One person asked, "Fellow fellow, are you from Nanpo Village?"

Da Qiang nodded, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

The other person asked, "This gentleman said that someone in your village has used new grain seeds. In the second season, I harvested more than 350 catties of rice per mu, and in the second season, I harvested more than 370 catties of rice per mu, but is it true?"

Da Qiang nodded again and smiled, "Yes, it's true. "

The surrounding farmers who were waiting to hand in the grain suddenly took a deep breath.

"Really?" The person who asked the question before asked, "Didn't the adults lie to us?" Da Qiang shook his

head and replied, "No, it's true."

what! They charge a full 100 pounds more than them!

The man asked again: "Then your village really grows that kind of rice?"

"Yes!"

"Then you also harvested 370 catties of rice per mu in the second season?"

Da Qiang shook his head: " No. " The

farmers breathed a sigh of relief, that is, how could there be so many.

Daqiang added: "We don't have as many as 370 catties. The 370 catties belong to Yin Peinan's family in our village. His family now specializes in cultivating grain seeds. It's about three hundred and fifty pounds." The

farmers opened their mouths wide and were stunned.

After a while, the scene was fried.

"God! It turned out to be true!"

"Three hundred and fifty catties, three hundred and seventy catties! That is the least three hundred and three hundred catties, and it is several dozen catties more than us!"

"Where are all your grain seeds? Can you tell us?"

"That is, where did you

buy the grain?"

...

Daqiang was surrounded by water and suddenly had a headache.

The sergeant struck the gong.

Bang bang bang -

the farmers turned to look at the clerk.

The officer stood on the chair and immediately preached loudly to the farmers. " Folks

, do you believe what I said? Do you want to know where to buy grain?"

"Yes, sir, where to buy?"

"Where to buy? Please tell us."

-Everyone

is quiet.

The officer said again: "The kind of grain you want to buy is right on East Street. There is a shop called 'Changlong Grain Shop', go there to buy it, it was opened by Yin Peinan's house in Nanpo Village. You know? It's on East Street. Changlong Grain Shop, look for Yin Peinan! He sells this kind of high-yield grain!"

"Oh, I see, thank you sir! Old lady, hurry up, look here, I'll go to the east now. Buy grain seeds on the street!"

"Hey, son, hurry up, give you the money, and follow your uncle to buy grain seeds!"

"Dad, look over here, I'll go take a look too!"

"Oh, what should I do? I didn't bring any money! Anyone from Mashan Village still has any money left? Share with me first!"

... There was

chaos at the food delivery site, and within a quarter of an hour, half of the people went to East Street.

In the Changlong Grain Shop, beyond the expectations of Yin Peinan and the others, three large orders were made today.

First, the two big restaurants in the city came to them to buy a lot of yuba and salted duck eggs.

"One is from the Lin family's restaurant, and the other is from my uncle's restaurant." Zheng Wenhao explained and frowned, "I didn't expect the head of the Lin family's restaurant shopkeeper to be so flexible. He knew that he was here to buy it so quickly."

Yin Peinan replied, "If their family can make such a lot of money, there are always talented people .

"

Rice, after eating it in the evening, everyone feels delicious. Today, the housekeeper came to buy five bales of millet and go back.

Originally, the housekeeper wanted ten packs in one go. This is because Zheng Wenhao said that he can't sell that much first, and when he sells the farmer's grain seed to have the rest, he will notify his family to buy it, and only five bales are bought. When it was almost noon ,

Yin Peinan looked at the store and said, "There are probably no customers in the morning. I'll go to the back to cook."

of.

He went out to take a look, I went, the store was already full of people, Zheng Wenhao was standing on the chair and was maintaining order, and Xiaobao was already helping to pack millet.

I saw Zheng Wenhao shouting: "Folks, everyone, don't worry, don't crowd, come in line, come one by one, there are all, don't crowd!" The

shopkeeper was also helping to shout in line.

The villagers lined up crookedly, some holding sacks, some holding baskets, and asked Zheng Wenhao while queuing.

"Little Er, you are the Changlong Grain Shop, right? Is the boss Yin Peinan?"

"Yes."

"Then your millet is the kind of grain that can yield more than three hundred catties per mu of land?"

"Yes, yes. Folks, the ones in our shop are what you see now. They are grain seeds that can yield 350 catties per mu. Everyone can buy them. Don't worry, come one by one!"

Seeing that the order was stable, Zheng Wenhao hurriedly jumped down to help lift the millet and weigh it.

Seeing so many people, Yin Peinan knew that the magistrate's propaganda must have worked, and he quickly came out to help.

It seems that tomorrow, my little daddy will have to come out to help count, it is estimated that I will be busy for ten days and a half months, and I will not be able to relax until the tax is over.