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Chapter 419 Buying Sugarcane on the Way Home

The army set off early in the morning three days later, and all the members of the Wei family went to send them off. When they came back, Mrs. Wei fell ill. Many people who came to congratulate them two days ago were very sad. There is a big rooster that screams loudly, if it breaks
People's hearts are sometimes quite gloomy. Some people sigh on the face, but they have a strange expectation in their hearts.

After half a month, the Bai family arrived in the southwest territory. It can be said that they went all the way from early autumn to the official autumn. The closer they got to Fucheng, the more sugar cane they saw. Every time they went to rest, Bai Changqing always went everywhere. Take a look and ask where the local sugar cane is sold.

The place they pass by now is called Pine Tree Bay. The terrain here is very flat, and the endless land is still green and lush. Many people are working in the field. When they see people passing by Baichangqing, they enthusiastically catch them and ask them. The man looked at everyone carefully, "Are you foreign merchants? But you want to buy sugar cane?"

Bai Changqing said cheerfully, "We are from Cangxi County. We have been out for a while and are heading back. Fellow townspeople, I see that your land is flat enough and the harvest is pretty good."

As soon as he heard that he was from Cangxi County, he became envious, "We all know your county, and your county is Fugui County."

He said and looked at the large piece of land in front of him, "Our place is flat, and the harvest can only be said to be so-so. There are so many lands that are fat enough to be old and young. How can there be so much manure? On the contrary, there is too much land. too much."

The men in Wenchang Village nodded in agreement. The crops and flowers are all dependent on fertilizer, and more or less fertilizer will affect the harvest. How much manure is needed for such a large piece of land?
You know, even in Wenchang Village, how many old people got up early in the morning, carrying a bamboo pole and a bamboo clip to go out to pick up dog poop, just to get more poop.

With such a large piece of land in front of us, how much manure would it take?
Bai Changqing asked again, "I saw that there are a lot of sugar cane planted in the field, where do you sell your sugar cane?"

"Sugar cane?"

The man sighed, "Just wait for someone to collect it, and give it a penny and a catty. There is nothing to do. Those sugar factories are too far away from us."

"I heard that sugar cane in Cangxi County costs two cents a catty, right?"

Bai Changqing nodded, "The ones with better appearance are Liangwen. You don't have waterways here? It's not that far from Fucheng, right? If you transport them to Fucheng, you can take the waterway to Wenchang Village in Cangxi County."

The man told them that there is a special ship in Fucheng to transport sugar cane to Wenchang Village, but the shipping fee is not cheap.

Bai Fuer, who listened for a while, stepped forward, "Uncle, is there a lot of sugar cane planted in this area?"

"Why not many?"

This person didn't see that she was a little girl and ignored her, "We grow sugar cane more or less in this large area, don't we want to have two more incomes? As far as our Pine Tree Bay households add up, there are about [-] catties of sugar cane. Yes, not to mention the villages next door."

He can see that these people are not ordinary, what if he wants to buy their sugar cane?

"In addition to this flat land, we also have a large piece of sandy land, all of which are planted with sugarcane. The sugarcane here is sweet and brittle. Even the hard sugarcane is very sweet, but it cannot be sold at a high price."

Bai Changqing and Bai Fu'er exchanged glances, Bai Changqing directly revealed his identity, and the man's face was filled with surprise, "So you are from Baijia Sugar Factory, I met a nobleman today."

"That. My surname is Zhao, and most people in our village are surnamed Zhao. You wait, I'll call the village chief for you."

The man ran away in a hurry, and Bai Changan was puzzled, "We have enough sugar cane this year, right? How much will it cost to travel this far?"

Bai Fuer said: "The sea ban has been lifted, and more and more people will come to buy our sugar. I was just thinking about whether to pay more to transport the sugar cane back, or to set up another workshop."

"The entire surrounding counties of Cangxi County are planting sugar cane for us. We have opened up most of the villages. At most, that's it. We need more sugar cane."

Bai Changqing nodded, "What is in front of us now is either to increase the cost to transport sugar cane from a farther place, or to build workshops elsewhere."

Zhang Xianyu stepped forward, "There is another way. We have our own big ship at the wharf in Fucheng. As long as the sugarcane is transported to the wharf in Fucheng, we can transport it back by ourselves. This way the cost can also be reduced."

Bai Fuer said, "This time when we passed through Fucheng, we delayed for a few days to buy a shop in Fucheng first. We should have a shop in Fucheng."

"In the past, we were almost an exclusive business in the Southwest. We didn't need us to recruit those who wanted sugar, they would ask for it. Now it's different. There are five or six sugar factories in the Southwest. We can't take it lightly."

Everyone nodded, they had already discussed this matter in the capital, "I have to buy it."

Bai Fuer looked at Bai Changqing, who had thought about going to the capital city to develop, but now it seems that he is not even familiar with Fucheng, and the steps are too big.

The head of Pine Bay Village came soon. He looked about 50 or [-] years old and looked very energetic.

There were seven or eight men who came with him, all with excited expressions on their faces.

Bai Changqing came forward to negotiate with them, and after a few words of pleasantries, he said, "We still have to hurry and don't talk about it. I want to collect your sugar cane, so I won't look at it. I will give you two coins and one catty. Just one request, send it to Fucheng for me when the time comes."

Two coins per catty were sent to Fucheng, and the people who followed him became excited before the village head said anything. It only took them three days and three nights to go to Fucheng, and the people in the village delivered them by themselves. , As long as you can earn money, you can talk about anything.

The village chief felt that the happiness came too suddenly, and he was afraid that he would be deceived. The Baijia Workshop in Wenchang Village is so big, how could it be so easy for them to meet.

Bai Changqing smiled and said, "If you think it's okay, let's sign a document first, and I'll give you a deposit of two taels of silver first, and I will send someone to notify you when the sugarcane is collected. What do you think?"

The village chief said that they wanted to discuss it, and a dozen or so people walked aside and started discussing it, and agreed quickly.

The main reason is to sign the document again, and they are willing to pay the deposit first. No matter how you look at it, they benefit.

Just like that, after taking a break halfway, he ordered hundreds of thousands of catties of sugar cane. Baifuer heaved a sigh of relief and waited for the paperwork to be signed. Baichangqing also paid the deposit and stepped forward with a smile, " Uncle Zhao, we are going to Fucheng along this road, do you know if the village ahead also grows sugarcane?"

"Sow all kinds."

The village head blushed happily holding the silver, "We have several villages here, if you still want to buy it, I can contact you."

(End of this chapter)