Xianggong farming

Chapter 184
At this moment, after hearing Ji Xinmiao's resolute refusal, Jiang Jialei felt like he was asking for torture.

Although he was curious that this woman wanted these outlandish things, he could not have come to this country by himself.I don't know what's going on in my heart, he is obviously seldom impulsive, but once he meets this woman, he will make himself not like himself.

"Then, why don't you help us plant it?" Jiang Jialei felt that what Ji Xinmiao said made sense after careful consideration, but this new method of growing cotton was so attractive to him. High yield, then the Jiang family royal merchants may be counting on it, so he proposed a compromise.

Of course it is possible to help, but there are also difficulties.Ji Xinmiao deliberately asked: "Help you plant it? How do you plant it? Your fields are not close to our village, and it is not convenient to come and go. Or, you can lend us 500 taels of silver and we can buy [-] acres of dry land. How about buying the cotton grown by you?"

Lend money to buy land for them?This is not impossible.

It is only true how much profit he can make.

No one should underestimate the shrewdness of a businessman. After thinking about it, Jiang Jialei said, "Didn't you mention that there is too much land here, and there is not enough fertilizer. And there is a cattle farm in our village, and the fertilizer produced is enough to use. , it’s much more convenient than buying land and manure to grow cotton. How about it?”

Maybe this person can see what he's wearing, but Ji Xinmiao still shakes his head: "It's inconvenient to go out if you have a family and children."

During these two visits to Jiang Jialei, he has already seen that this man from the Qi family is a wife-loving slave, he will listen to what his wife says, as long as the woman in front of him agrees, he can accomplish what he wants to do.

So Jiang Jialei stared at her and asked, "Then what should you do? How about you come up with a reasonable method?"

At this time, Ji Xinmiao saw that Qi Dalang had already ordered the goods, and immediately beckoned: "Sir, come here quickly. Mr. Jiang said that we will help him plant [-] acres of cotton next year. I don't think it's appropriate, because there are families and children. It's always bad to leave home, don't you?"

When Jiang Jialei heard her words, he was immediately powerless!This woman is not asking her man's opinion, she is clearly telling him that she disagrees, okay?

Sure enough, Qi Dalang returned to Jiang Jialei: "My lord, what my wife said is right, there are old and young in the family, and it is always impossible to leave home."

Ji Xinmiao didn't wait for Jiang Jialei to open his mouth and said: "Master, the eldest son said let us find a way, but I thought about it, and only when it was time to plant cotton, we brought the cotton seeds and cotton planting equipment from home. The secret medicine has gone to help guide the servants in their village. Usually, I will tell the steward the things that need to be paid attention to in the cotton field. When it is time to guide, how about you go?"

Qi Dalang understands that his daughter-in-law wants to earn money from the Jiang family. Of course, what's wrong with being able to earn money with her skills?Now that the burden on my family is getting heavier and heavier, the eldest sister has a family of three, and it will be his responsibility in the future. What can he not agree to?
So he pretended to think for a while and said: "This method is not feasible, but Qingshan Town is not close to our home, so it is not easy to take so many medicines to the village."

Ji Xinmiao said "ah" on purpose: "Sir, it's because I didn't think thoroughly."

Qi Dalang looked at the carriage outside the door and smiled secretly: "Young Master Jiang, it's not that we don't help, it's really difficult."

Jiang Jialei secretly scolded the Qi family couple for their treachery, obviously this Qi Dalang looked simple and honest, but in fact he was smarter than a man who had been in business for many years.But it is really difficult to grow cotton in this world, and the quality is poor, and the first-grade cotton is priced but not available.If good cotton can really be grown, his Jiang family will be able to cover all those in the palace.

Even though he felt uncomfortable being blocked by the two couples, as a successful businessman, Jiang Jialei asked, "Using your cotton seeds and secret medicine, how much cotton can one mu of land produce? How much is second-grade cotton?"

Ji Xinmiao hinted at Qi Dalang with his eyes before he said: "Mr. Jiang, to be honest, our family has never grown cotton. I just heard from my husband, his brother said that as long as they use their family's method of growing cotton, It is possible to produce at least [-] catties of cotton per mu. Natural and man-made disasters are excluded, of course.”

"Three hundred catties per mu? Miss Ji, are you right?" Shopkeeper Chen came over and couldn't help asking after hearing this: "You know that cotton is the most difficult to grow. Seeds are the most difficult to germinate, and it is good if at most half of the ten seeds that are planted can be grown; secondly, the cotton is the most difficult to fertilize, and it needs to be applied too much. It only keeps growing seedlings without budding. It needs to be applied less Well, there are not many flower buds on the thin seedlings, so it is extremely difficult to ensure the yield."

Although Ji Xinmiao was very sure, she hadn't tested the quality of the land in this time and space, so she didn't speak too much: "Uncle Chen's words are to the point, that's what it's like to grow cotton. See if it's okay, or Wait for our family to plant it ourselves for a year and see if it works, how about bringing it to Zhuangzi to teach you how to plant it?"

After thinking about it, Jiang Jialei decided: "Isn't it just a year of no harvest? Anyway, it's a matter of a few hundred taels of silver. How about this, the more than [-] acres of land on my Qingshan Town Zhuangzi will be contracted to you, artificial, fertilizer, and seeds. We will provide all the medicines you need, one tael of silver per acre of land, what do you think? As for the inconvenient problem you mentioned, Uncle Chen, you can stay here in the carriage you are riding in today. "

Help him plant an acre of cotton as a planting fee of one tael?Two hundred acres of land is 200 taels of silver?It seems that knowledge is money, the words of that world are true.Maybe in the eyes of rich people, 200 taels of silver is just the cost of a meal, but in this ancient rural area, that is a lot of money!

Shopkeeper Chen here immediately responded after hearing what the master said: "Yes, sir, this old slave knows."

Jiang Jialei asked shopkeeper Chen to leave the carriage, what did he mean?borrow?rent?Ji Xinmiao, who was thinking back, said again: "How about selling Mr. Jiang's carriage to us?"

Jiang Jialei really wants to have a good relationship with them, if the new cotton planted next year is successful.In the next year, the two villages next to them will replant nearly a thousand acres of land to plant cotton. If the cotton grown is really so good, the day when the Jiang family becomes an imperial merchant will not be far away!
It's just that this method can't flow out.

"Common people are not allowed to buy horse-drawn carriages, you won't forget this, right? The Jiang family can afford a horse-drawn carriage, which is only about 50 taels of silver. But, we have to make a contract. Once the new cotton planting method is successful, you are not allowed to buy it again." Help other big merchants to grow cotton. And, don’t let anyone know that you have this cotton growing technology.”

"Then how about we grow it at home?" Ji Xinmiao asked.

"As long as the planting is not on a large scale, your own family's planting is not counted. However, you all understand the truth of the crime."

As soon as Jiang Jialei's words came out, Ji Xinmiao's heart shook. Sure enough, she had forgotten the background of this era.

Seeing that this woman was really frightened by his words, Jiang Jialei felt relieved.

In fact, he also knew that he didn't completely scare her, it was a fact!

Ji Xinmiao did not feel that Jiang Jialei was scaring her. The legal system in this era is not perfect. Coming from a society with a sound legal system, she always has a nameless fear of this world.So after seeking advice from Qi Dalang, she signed a contract with Jiang Jialei, but stated: When the season comes, they will bring the medicine and go directly to Jiangjiazhuang to help grow cotton.The carriage clearly stated that it was a gift, otherwise, if someone reported it to the government, something would happen.

Thinking of breaking the rules, Ji Xinmiao gritted her teeth and cursed: Damn, what a breaking rule!That time-traveling senior, are you here to make soy sauce?You don't have any concept of the word equality in your mind?No wonder the world admires scholars so much.Because, with fame comes privilege!
Otherwise, this person who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, why would he have to work so hard to take the exam?
Ji Xinmiao took a sad look at Qi Dalang and said, "Master, what a broken rule! It's not that our family can't afford the carriage, we have to take advantage of others!"

Jiang Jialei felt that this woman was a good-looking person who got cheap, so he asked contemptuously: "You guys tie the horse in, but do you have a place to lock the horse?"

Look down on them, don't you?Ji Xinmiao replied with a smile: "Young Master Jiang, don't worry, my cattle pen is very big, and there is just one side where you can tether your horse!"

Jiang Jialei's face changed with anger: "Women are narrow-minded!"

Ji Xinmiao gave him a blank look: "Ox and horse, aren't these animals locked together?"

Immediately, Jiang Jialei was speechless!Sure enough, the master is right: the only villain and a woman are hard to raise!

And Qi Dalang looked at the daughter-in-law who had negotiated a big deal in the blink of an eye. Although he was very happy, he turned around and felt uncomfortable.Especially the expression she showed just now made his heart more complicated: she is in this mood, but she has never been happier, right?

When the mushrooms and fungus were picked, Aunt Qi came to call for dinner.

Although the food is simple, the taste is really good.Shredded cabbage, stir-fried pork with sliced ​​garlic, stewed chicken with mushrooms, steamed green watercress and Chinese cabbage, bone mushroom soup, and cold fungus shreds.

Qi Chunqin's cooking skills were really good, but Ji Xinmiao just pointed out that the meal was so good that even shopkeeper Chen applauded it.Jiang Jialei's feelings were something she ignored, the eldest young master had a deep expression on his face, and it would be impossible for him to praise him.

Before the Jiang family's carriage left, Ji Xinmiao took out a bag of dried shiitake mushrooms and handed it to shopkeeper Chen, saying, "Uncle Chen, these are dried shiitake mushrooms that my mother baked in a special way, would you like to see them? , I have two or three ways to eat dried shiitake mushrooms that are different from the usual dried mushrooms, you can also take a look. If you think it is useful, I will give it to you.”

Shopkeeper Chen took the paper and looked at it first, then grabbed a handful of dried shiitake mushrooms and held them in his hand for a closer look, then put them under his nose to smell them, and then said: "Good stuff! How about fifty big bucks a catty?"

Ji Xinmiao smiled like a dog's leg: "Uncle Chen has good eyesight!"

(End of this chapter)