When Li Xun arrived at Between the Clouds and the Water, the old man was already waiting for him. Without waiting for Li Xun to speak, the old man asked first, "What good things did you bring back this time?"
"White Fold Seed, a cloth woven with White Fold Seed and stuffed inside to make a bedding. It's warmer than cotton wool, softer than the fur we stuffed inside, and more comfortable than linen. It's what we used to raise as flowers."
Li Xun was a little excited as he spoke. The main reason was that when he came over, the weather was a little cold, so he spread the bedding in the carriage and covered himself with it. That feeling was very comfortable.
The old man Weiwei was stunned. "White Fold Seed? This can be woven into cloth? Can it be stuffed inside like cotton wool? But White Fold Seed has seeds in it, so it's not easy to get them. We can choose to plant them in newly opened land. Every small bud has seeds in it. Just picking the seeds will take a lot of manpower. It's not worth it. If we really plant them, it will be a waste of manpower and money. "
Li Xun suddenly thought of this. There were seeds in it. When Xiao Bao and Cuckoo tried to step on that thing, how did they get the seeds? They stepped on it, and the seeds came out. It turned out that the key was that thing.
Thinking of this, Li Xun immediately said, "The Zhang family made a thing that can be rotated. Put the White Fold Seed in it, and there will be no seeds after it is rotated. Should we plant it or not? If we plant it, we will occupy the land. If we don't plant it, it will be a pity. "
"Plant it. When the time comes, even if the ordinary people can't use it, the price of the silk will drop after the rich people use it. En, this matter needs to be reported. Choose a place to try planting it for a year, and encourage the opening up of land."
The old man had more things to think about. The White Die Seed had just come out, and everyone would find it fresh when they came into contact with it for the first time. The price would not be low. It would take at least a few years before ordinary people could use it, unless they found a suitable place to plant a large amount of White Die Seed.
Li Xun did not care so much. He wanted to go home quickly and give the things to his family. When he came out, other than the old man's ten sets, he asked for two more sets. Of the five sets, he kept one set for himself and divided the rest. Someone was helping to collect them. After collecting five pounds, he could make one set.
The worthless piece of white paper had now become a treasure. A treasure?
"That's right. Xiao Bao even asked me to help him collect more Bai Diezi seeds. Is he thinking of …?"
"His family is thinking of going to the south and finding a suitable place to plant them in large quantities. This is the Zhang family's way of preparing for a rainy day. They haven't even gone there yet, but they've already thought of a way to improve the lives of the local people. They'll let the people plant these things, and they'll buy them at a high price. When the quilts are made, they'll sell them, and no one will lose money.
If he could learn this skill from time to time …? It's a pity that I can't go with them. Young Master, don't you want to go and take a look? No matter where the Zhang family goes, there will be miracles. It's good to take a look. "
The old man understood the Zhang family's plan after Li Xun mentioned it.
Li Xun was a little helpless. "I want to go with them, but it seems impossible. Old Minister, the Zhang family has been spending money recently. They gave flowers to the neighboring counties around Huayuan County. I don't know what Zhang Zhong is thinking. Previously, he spent 40,000 strings of coins. These days, he should have spent another 20,000 strings of coins. I said that we should open a few more supermarkets. They don't have money.
They don't want to do this for money. "" Spending money for the neighboring counties? They've never told me about this. My nephew once mentioned that they should repair the roads in the surrounding counties. This will make it easier to transport things in Huayuan County. The five counties around Huayuan County are Meiyuan, Sanyuan, Chunhua, Yunyang, Fuping, and there's Sanshui County here. This road is connected. Tell me what they've done. "
The old man thought for a while, but he couldn't think of anything in the end. Normally, it would be abnormal if it was too normal. The Zhang family's actions were watertight. They couldn't have spent 60,000 strings of coins for nothing.
Li Xun told the old man everything he knew, one by one. He bought handicrafts, opened up a shop for the game, bought the poultry and livestock raised by the people, and sold them back to the little ones at a very low price. He also helped to build roads, rent land, hire people, and so on.
"So, the other counties are doing well now? Zhang Zhong is wholeheartedly serving the people. Not only is he helping the people in Huayuan County, but he also can't bear to see the people around him leading a bad life. "The old man thought about it and said.
"That's right. Zhang Zhong submitted the memorial first. Huayuan County will pay five times the usual tax this year, and the surrounding counties will also have to submit the same memorial. In the end, all the taxes doubled. Luckily, the Zhang family spent 60,000 strings of coins. Otherwise, the surrounding county magistrates would be worried to death."
Li Xun now understood a little about this. The Zhang family's money had stimulated the surrounding economy. It was direct investment, and it was the kind of investment that was purely based on consumption. Although it wasn't as good as infrastructure investment, this method was more effective. Otherwise, the surrounding counties wouldn't be able to collect so many things in such a short time.
At this time, the old man laughed. "The people in the surrounding counties should hate Zhang Zhong, but they can't bear to part with him, right? But what's the use of Zhang Zhong's move? Could it be that he doesn't want to leave and wants to stay in Huayuan County? He can't bear to leave the county that he built?
Well, this is possible. When the time comes, even if others want to let him go, the people in Huayuan County and the surrounding counties will jointly petition to let him stay. The higher-ups have to consider it. But for this kind of thing, they should discuss it with me. Later, I will write a letter to ask. You take the quilt and go back first. "
Li Xun also had the same idea. It was useless to stay here any longer. He took his own things, left the old man's things behind, and left by boat.
After he left, the old man thought for a while. "No, that's not right. If the Zhang family wants to stay, why do they need so many white fold seeds? There's no need to let Li Xun build the boats. I don't know if I can write a letter to ask if the Zhang family can tell me. "
In the yamen of Huayuan County, Zhang Zhong took out more than 1,000 strings of coins. This was the money of the Zhang family in exchange for a large number of tanned furs from two counties. He asked someone to send them to the warehouse. He couldn't sit still. He didn't want to spend 60,000 strings of coins elsewhere. He spent all of it in the surrounding counties. What was his son's plan?
Zhang Zhong thought about it and decided to ask his son about it. He lifted his leg and walked to the back. When he found his son and daughter-in-law, the two of them were picking up fallen leaves. They were using the leaf stalks to compete with each other to see who could break the leaf stalk of the other.
"Father, you're here. Aren't you busy ahead?" Zhang Xiaobao saw his father coming over and greeted him with a smile.
Zhang Zhong looked at his son and daughter-in-law. He also picked up a leaf and walked to Zhang Xiaobao and said, "Let's compete with father."
The two of them exerted force. Zhang Xiaobao, who had won four consecutive battles, was suddenly broken. He praised, "Father, you're still the best."
"What's so good about me? I can't guess why you keep sending money out. What's your plan? Tell me. "Zhang Zhong threw away the leaf in his hand and asked.
"Father, how can it be sending money? Didn't we buy things back? If the road is not repaired, buying things will delay things. Those things, when you take office, we'll take them and transport them to other places to sell. We'll sell them as we go. If there's the same thing, we'll buy it. If there's no more, we'll sell it.
When we get there, we can at least earn twice the money. It's only 20,000 strings of coins to repair roads and rent land for others. There's also the money to buy all kinds of materials. 5,000 strings of coins. If we sell the goods, we'll get 70,000 strings of coins. Isn't that a profit of 10,000 strings of coins? In addition to the vegetables in the winter, even if we earn less, we'll still get a few thousand strings of coins.
Other places can learn to grow crops, but they don't have the experience we have. They're definitely still figuring it out. Our vegetables can be sold to the capital. It's impossible for the capital to grow crops like us, right? There are many people there. Many people don't rely on farming for a living and don't have land.
I estimate that this winter, we can earn 10,000 strings of coins from our vegetables. This is the law of business. It's difficult to earn one copper coin with one copper coin. It's also difficult to earn one copper coin with one copper coin. It's too easy to earn 100 strings of coins with 100 strings of coins. I can earn 10 times or 20 times, but it's impossible to earn 10,000 strings of coins with 10,000 strings of coins. It's easier to earn 3,000 or 4,000 strings of coins with 10,000 strings of coins than to earn 100 strings of coins with 100 strings of coins. "
Zhang Xiaobao patiently explained to his father.
Zhang Zhong felt that it made sense. "So, we'll continue to spend money in the future?"
"Of course. Before you leave, it's best if we can spend 100,000 strings of coins. Our rice can be used to make seeds. When the people in the surrounding counties and Huayuan County have money, they will naturally buy our seeds. We can't sell them like last year. How much would it be if we sold them for 20 copper coins per kilogram of seeds?"
Zhang Xiaobao continued to calculate. Zhang Zhong did a rough calculation of his family's land. If they could really sell it for this price, three Zhuangzi, nearly 20,000 mu of land. The output of the last two Zhuangzi was not as much as the original, but it was not little either. On average, the output of the upper and lower fields should be three dans per mu.
20,000 mu of land would be 60,000 dans. A stone would be 100 catties. That would be 2 strings of coins. 60,000 dans would be 120,000 strings of coins? So much?
Zhang Xiaobao knew what his father was thinking when he saw his father's expression. "Father, it's not that much. How can 120,000 strings of coins be enough? The lower and middle fields can't be used as seeds. The last two Zhuangzi and upper fields can only be used as seeds. If the upper fields can be used as seeds, it can only be sold for 10 copper coins per kilogram. We have to negotiate with the buyer.
Including the money from selling the seeds and the food, it's not bad if we can get 40,000 strings of coins. Did you calculate that it's 20,000 mu of land? How can there be so much? There are mountains and hills. From one end of the hills to the other, it's 3 li to walk. It's more than a thousand mu of land. "
Zhang Zhong finally reacted. It was not as much as he imagined. He would know how much it was when the output report came in two days. The output was calculated according to the upper, middle and lower fields. After all, only the upper fields could be used as seeds.
"Then do as my son said. Continue to buy. Sell the seeds to them while you buy. Keep enough for Sanshui County and Huayuan County. Sanshui County will still be producing middle and middle fields next year. This year, someone said that Sanshui County's grain output is not as usual. It's 20% more than usual. It's not a small amount, especially for those who rent the land to plant. After paying the rent, the remaining 50% is more than 50%."
"Father, then you can continue to spend money. I will look for you when the rent tax is sent to Beijing before the New Year." Zhang Xiaobao said to his father.
After Zhang Zhong left, the two of them continued to play.
*****
Li Xun went through a lot of hardships and finally collected more than 300 Jin of White Fold Seed. It was not because the White Fold Seed was not enough. It was because many cotton balls had been blown away by the wind when he collected them. If he had collected them outside when the Zhang family was harvesting, he could have collected more than 10 times.
After removing the impurities and removing the seeds, there were about 290 Jin left. Zhang Xiaobao kept 90 Jin as processing fee and made 30 sets of bedding for Li Xun.
Li Xun scolded Zhang Xiaobao for being black-hearted, but he had to accept this. After all, it took a lot of manpower to pluck and spin. The most important thing was that thing that could remove the seeds. It was too tiring to take them out one by one.
"Xiao Bao, can you tell me how to make that thing that can remove the seeds? I will plant it next year. "Li Xun asked a little embarrassedly. He also knew how precious this thing was.
He did not expect Zhang Xiaobao to agree very quickly. "Okay, I will give you one. You will know what it is after you let someone dismantle it. If others ask you for it, you can tell them. If they ask me for it, I will keep it a secret and let them look for you."
"Really? Your family doesn't want to get more benefits from this thing? "Li Xun asked in disbelief.
"My family wants to live more. Don't tell anyone about this first. After my family plants it over there next year, you also plant it here. When the White Fold Seed is produced and sold for money, then people will look for you. My family will be satisfied with one more year's worth of money."
Zhang Xiaobao still knew what things should be kept for his family and what things should be given away. Not to mention now, even in the past, how many rich people were punished for not obeying orders? Wasn't it easy to find some punishment?
Li Xun happily agreed and brought back a flower-making machine for people to study. Zhang Xiaobao suddenly felt a little dispirited, but when he thought of the matter in the next few days, he suddenly became happy.
There was still a month before the New Year. Some places started to pay rent to the capital. Some places only started next year. Hua Yuan County was close, so they started to pay rent this year. There were also other counties that started to pay rent at the same time.
Zhang Zhong originally arranged for someone else to go over, but Zhang Xiaobao found his father at this time.
"Father, there is something I need to tell you. This time, you have to personally escort the things over. It is best to go with the surrounding counties and talk to their county magistrates and secretaries. It's like this."
Zhang Xiaobao said as he put his hands in front of him. A lot of words were written on a piece of paper.
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