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Chapter 430 Someone Secretly Collects Sugarcane at High Prices

At the beginning of November, Baijia's sugar workshops had already started sweeping to prepare for sugar production. At the same time, the news was released that this year's sugar production time will be advanced, and sugarcane harvesting will officially start on the first day of the twelfth lunar month. Can be delivered early.

"I got it."

As soon as the news of the sugarcane collection was released, Bai Nanxing came, "Someone came to Cangxi County to collect sugarcane, quietly harvesting it, three pennies per catty."

"It should be done by Wuji Sugar Factory in Wenshui County. I heard that it has secret connections with many villages. On the surface, they still sell sugar cane to us, and then secretly sell half to Wuji Sugar Factory. Make money without going to court."

"Some villages are still thinking that if the sale goes well this year, they won't sign a document with us next year. Because it involves the income of the whole village, these villages will keep it secret together. It sounds not easy."

"Not signing next year?"

Zhang Xianyu sneered, "Our document will be signed for ten years, and there are still a few years before the agreed time. Is it because they say they won't sign it?"

Bai Nanxing blamed himself a little. He didn't know anything about what happened right under his nose, and he didn't find out, so he bears the unshirkable responsibility.

"I'm afraid that if the news spreads, everyone will follow suit, or cause trouble."

It costs more than one penny per catty, and those industrious people planted a few acres of sugarcane, which is a lot of money, which is simply too attractive for those who make a living by farming.

"If it really spreads out, who can have no idea, it is certain to come to us to make trouble, is it possible for us to join in?"

Baifuer shook her head, "It's not about money, it's about the rules. There is no reason to go back on the word after signing the document. This year, if someone gives three coins, we will follow suit. Then next year, if someone gives five coins, should we also follow?"

"If that's the case, then why sign the paperwork?"

"Moreover, we have taken care of everyone in these years. When there is no defective sugar cane in the year, we will accept it as it is ordered. We also think that it is not easy for everyone, and our profit was not bad before. , We can afford to suffer a little bit, but this year is different, this year we cannot afford to be generous."

Zhang Xianyu went back to her study and found the document signed earlier, read it carefully, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "It is stipulated in the document that as long as the sugarcane planted is sold to outsiders, it will be sold to hundreds of sugar factories. Double the compensation."

"If they dare to sell it secretly, it is a violation of the agreement in the document. As long as those villages dare to sell it to outsiders, they will all be sued to the government. There are no rules and regulations. When encountering such a thing, we must deal with it severely and kill chickens to warn monkeys."

That is to say, but if it is not handled well, it will be a big trouble.

Bai Fuer pondered for a while, "There is always a time when the paperwork expires. If we strike too hard, people can choose not to renew it with us when it expires. In the end, we will lose."

"The best way is to start with other sugar factories. In the past, we were the only ones in Southwest China, so we could do whatever we wanted, but now it's different. If there are too many, there will naturally be competition. If someone pays three pennies today, someone else will pay five pennies tomorrow. Man, out of six money, people are not as big as us, so they don’t need to raise too many people, the cost is much smaller, the less people, the greater the profit, even ten money a catty to harvest sugarcane will not lose money, but the profit is less That's all."

There are great benefits, but there are also great difficulties.

Zhang Xianyu sat down, looked up after a while, and said to Bai Fuer: "When the new sugar comes out, make a batch of white rock sugar and granulated sugar, and tomorrow we will go to visit the county magistrate together."

Bai Fuer understood what she was thinking, and turned to Bai Nanxing and said, "Brother, let someone ask if it is Wu Ji who secretly came to collect the sugarcane. Since the whole village keeps it a secret, it is easy to inquire. Which village has less What a lazy man, as long as the money is in place, what news can't you ask?"

Bai Nanxing told her that the lazy man got the news now, "We also found a gangster in one of the villages, and the gangster promised to go back to the village to help us get the news. I believe news will come back soon."

In the afternoon, the news came back. It was Wuji Sugar Factory, which opened in Wenshui County last year.

Wu Ji's sugar factory is in Wenshui County. If they have already gone to Cangxi County to secretly buy sugar cane, it means that those villages in Wenshui County have been secretly taken down by Wu Ji. Baifuer asked: "Who is Wu Ji's owner?" Condition?"

I dare not say it in the entire southwest, but the nearby counties are the sites of hundreds of sugar factories, and they have already opened up officials from all walks of life. They dare to openly compete here, I am afraid it is a little bit back.

Bai Nanxing frowned slightly, "The brother of the concubine of the county magistrate of Wenshui County, who claims to be the magistrate's brother-in-law, used to run a business outside, and when he came back, he found a way to make brown sugar at a high price when he saw a profit. The workshop produced two thousand catties of brown sugar and made money, so I'm afraid it's going to be a big fight."

Bai Fuer turned to look at Zhang Xianyu, "This market will never be dominated by us. If he gets sugarcane from other places by his own ability, we have nothing to say, but his methods are very dishonorable, and he has already It's a threat to us."

"People work hard to farm the land. Of course, they will sell it to whoever is more expensive. This is understandable. If this news gets out, there will definitely be trouble."

Talking and laughing, "Actually, we should ask the magistrate to make a move. We are not the only ones who make candy in Southwest China. If we want to express our hearts to the court, shouldn't we go together?"

"We lose money or give away our sugar for free, let them keep the sugar and sell it at a high price, sister-in-law, I think the Southwest Sugar Chamber of Commerce should be established, and you will be the president."

"In this way, we can help each other and follow the rules."

"The precedent in Wenshui County cannot be set. If they do this, it will be messed up. If he dares to harvest sugar cane for three cents per catty behind his back, we can make him lose everything."

Big has its benefits too, doesn't it?
Zhang Xianyu thinks it is quite reasonable, "As more and more sugar is produced, the price of sugar will eventually drop slowly. The price of sugar keeps falling, but the cost is getting higher and higher. No one can last long. It is true that a sugar industry should be established. Chamber of Commerce."

After dinner at night, Bai Changfu asked about it, "I think Nan Xing has been running back and forth these days, is there something wrong?"

Maybe everyone was worried, or they slipped the tongue to the outside world, Zhang Xianyu only said that he wanted to set up a sugar chamber of commerce, and Bai Nanxing was inquiring about the situation of various sugar factories in the Southwest these days.

The next day, the aunt and sister-in-law packed up and went to the county government of Wenchang County. As the largest taxpayers in the county, the aunt and sister-in-law were still very popular with the people in the county government.

Now that the county magistrate's surname is Qin, it took a lot of effort to come to such a wealthy place as Cangxi County. It is said that the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoy the shade. It is good to enjoy the shade, but it also means no credit.

(End of this chapter)