Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 369 Acquisition Strategy
Within the same clan and clan, they are connected by blood and help and support each other, which is the link and guarantee for the long-term survival and development of a clan.The clan provides resources and support to its children. After the children become successful, they will naturally give back in return. This is a matter of course.

Chen Xunzhou was just a minor official in Xuzhou Prefecture at the beginning. Whether it was the relationship he had with the government when he was on errands, or the money he spent when he donated money to supervise students, it was all inseparable from the Chen family's paving the way and managing him.

Gu Yunji did not expect to hear Chen Peishi say that in order to make up for the court's grain tax this time, he would even force the tenants to increase rent despite the pressure from his clan members.

After talking about Chen Xunzhou's rent increase, Gu Yunji brought the topic back to the purchase of chili peppers, and told Zhang Cuiying: "The purchase of chili peppers needs to be carried out over a long period of time. There is a severe drought this year. The purchase price during this period can be raised a bit. For the quality, You can also lower your requirements and just treat it as our Spicy Fairy giving back to the hometown."

"When these difficult days are over, the quality requirements for the purchase of peppers must be improved, otherwise it will only ruin the reputation of Spicy Fairy in the long run. Different quality peppers are given different purchase prices, and the price can continue to increase, but the purchase The quality of the chili peppers is not too much, but for really good chili peppers, it’s nothing to pay twenty or thirty cents a pound.”

Zhang Cuiying was surprised: "Twenty or thirty cents per pound? If the pepper ingredients alone are so expensive, our costs will also rise, and the profits will not be as high as they are now."

Gu Yunji said: "It doesn't matter. We can make high-quality peppers into other chili products and sell them separately from the existing chili sauce. For example, the best chili can be used as chili powder, the medium chili can be used as chili sauce, and the inferior chili can be used as chili oil. ……etc."

"In short, we want to purchase for a long time. If we can't use so many peppers, we will raise the purchasing standards, and the purchasing volume will naturally decrease. Of course, as the standards increase, the prices will also increase accordingly, and the people who grow peppers cannot suffer a loss. "

Zheng Cuiying said thoughtfully: "Our business has been expanding, and the Spicy Fairy has opened to other state capitals, so there is no shortage of peppers. Your Majesty, if you put it this way, we have been purchasing peppers, and there is no limit on the quantity. , only focusing on quality and raising prices at the same time, isn’t it equivalent to encouraging people to grow peppers?”

"After all, scattered cultivation can only produce a few kilograms, and the quality is generally not good. After a while, when we raise the acquisition standards, they will not be able to sell for money. Only the kind that expands the scale, People who grow peppers in large quantities are more likely to produce high-quality and better-looking peppers, and can also make more money."

Gu Yunji smiled slightly: "Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I just want to encourage people to plant peppers in disguise, because in this way, it will lead to the two most direct results."

"First, a large number of farmers came to expand their pepper cultivation, carry out spontaneous seed selection and breeding, and transformed from the original rice farmers into 'pepper farmers' specializing in pepper cultivation, which promoted the pepper planting industry in Xuzhou Prefecture. At the forefront of the country. Maybe in the future, when chili peppers and spicy spices are spread throughout the entire Great Xia, Xuzhou Prefecture will have become a nationally famous 'hometown of chili peppers.'"

"Secondly, the high profits from growing peppers will naturally prompt many farmers to give up growing rice and wheat and switch to growing peppers. Peppers, like potatoes, are crops with a high yield per acre and require only a small amount of Our own fields can produce very high profits. Isn’t this more cost-effective than renting other people’s land and receiving [-]% of the rent?”

Zhang Cuiying listened for a long time, then realized that the topic had returned to the tenant rent, and suddenly realized: "I understand, you want to encourage pepper planting to force Chen Tongzhi to lower the tenant rent, thereby improving the lives of the tenants?"

Gu Yunji smiled: "The profits from growing peppers are high, while the profits from growing rice in tenant fields are low. Comparing the two, a large number of tenants will give up the stable life of rice farming and would rather take the risk to grow peppers than go back to it." Rent Chen Xunzhou’s land.”

"But the fields must be cultivated by people. In order to attract tenants to come back to farm, Chen Xunzhou can only lower the rent to return it to normal levels. And from now on, he will not dare to increase the rent at will - after all, the tenants are not happy. , you can just plant your seeds and plant peppers without letting him bully you." Zhang Cuiying sighed and said in admiration: "I never expected that our spicy food fairy's small purchase of peppers could have such a big impact and make the whole world... The rents in Xuzhou Prefecture have all changed. Mr. Gu, you start from the inconspicuous details, use one point to move the whole body, have a long-term vision, and your calculations are really accurate!"

Gu Yunji shook his head and laughed: "I am not a wise man who has no plans. The acquisition of Chili Pepper was originally in my plan. As for the subsequent series of impacts, it is just incidental. Don't look at the Chili Pepper acquisition as just a small and inconspicuous matter. , we don’t know how many upstream and downstream industries it will lead to in the future.”

In the final analysis, the reason why Chen Xunzhou was able to increase rents unscrupulously was because he recognized that the tenants had no choice but to accept the situation and rebel.But the risk of rebellion is too high, and no one will do it unless absolutely necessary.

Although pepper cultivation is highly profitable, it also requires certain costs, such as planting technology, planting conditions, etc. Not everyone can meet the entry-level standards.However, in addition to peppers, there are also potatoes. Only one acre of land can grow the food needed by the whole family.

As a result, people have more choices. They can go to the mountains to reclaim wasteland, or they can open half an acre of land in front of and behind their houses and grow potatoes and peppers, which can basically satisfy the family's food and drink.

In the future, if Chen Xunzhou and other squires dared to arbitrarily increase the tenant rent and force taxes, the tenants would be able to give up their work at any time.

In the south of the Yangtze River, especially in the Hangzhou area where the silk weaving industry was developed, the status of tenants and owners was simply reversed.Not only did the landlord not dare to increase the rent at will, but he also had to be polite to the tenants. During the hot weather and the twelfth lunar month, he had to prepare herbal tea and warm soup to be considerate.

If not, if the tenant farmers are unhappy, they can put down their hoes and go to the city to do odd jobs.Or they could simply stay at home and earn a living by relying on their female relatives as weavers.

If the tenant farmers are confident, their backs will naturally straighten.Gu Yunji didn't ask for the treatment of the tenants in Xuzhou Prefecture to be as good as that of Jiangnan, but at least he could leave them an extra way out, so that they would not be oppressed and persecuted but dare not resist, and could only endure it silently.

After talking about the Chili Pepper acquisition, Gu Yunji looked through Chili Weixian's account books again and took a look at the recent business conditions.Although the weather is getting hotter and the sales of chili sauce have entered the off-season, the expansion of Spicy Food has not slowed down.

From the opening of the first store at the beginning of the year to now, in just half a year, Laweixian has opened five branches in Xuzhou Prefecture. Branches in other nearby prefectures are also in preparation, especially Laweixian in Chengdu Prefecture. It is about to open for business, and the development speed is not bad.

At this time, Xu Dong came in from the outside and said, "Sir, Magistrate Yan and Magistrate Chen have sent people to say that the tax and grain collection for this summer has been completed. Please come to the government office to discuss related tax payment matters."

(End of this chapter)