Shoufu's favored wife is sweet and sassy

Chapter 445, Subdividing the Wasteland

But brewing does cost food.

Later generations had Mr. Yuan, who produced several thousand catties per mu, but now in Dazhang Village, one mu of land is harvested, that is, a hundred catties of grain, which is brewed into wine, is indeed valuable, but the common people don’t have enough food , who would want to make wine?

That's why Xiaoqing wants everyone to study and learn to count.

"Look, no one dares to touch the grain in their own fields, because it is for survival, but if you have money in your hand, can you buy food for survival? If you take 30 taels of silver, don't say If you buy a hundred catties of rice, you can buy a thousand catties, even tens of thousands of catties, and you can buy ten thousand catties of grain if you brew wine from one mu of land! But no one does this, why?"

yeah why?
"Can you buy... so much?"

"30 taels of silver, one tael of silver can buy three hundred catties, but 30 taels is not nine thousand catties?"

"Then why don't we make wine?"

yes?

Why?

"Because if everyone thinks this way, there will be no grain to buy in the market, or because there is less grain and more silver, the price of grain will rise, and then a catty of grain may be worth one tael of silver!"

Xiaoqing slightly raised the volume.

"Yeah, Xiaoqing is right. They are all using grain to make wine, so there is no grain to sell, so you can't do this even if it's worth the money!"

"But that's 30 taels! Ten mu of land is 300 taels!"

Everyone was short of breath.

"Hee hee, you can't do this for 300 taels, or 3000 taels. This is something that will shake the foundation of the country, folks."

If you really use grain to make wine, everyone will be jealous under the huge profits, and you won't be able to collect it at all. Soon, a county will not be able to harvest a grain of grain, and then nearby counties will follow suit, and soon Everyone in a region has started to make wine. Who doesn't know Yinzixiang?

Fortunately, people at the moment don't have much knowledge and can't think of this level.

Xiaoqing's words were like a basin of cold water poured down, half of everyone's fiery hearts were cooled, but the other half was just about to move.

"Have you ever thought about it, if the people in our area use grain to make wine, and the taxes cannot be paid, the magistrate will be punished, and then our people will be beheaded if they make wine without permission. You can sneak some at home. No one cares, but if there is no food in the whole place, if you don’t lose your head, who will lose it?”

The other half was also cold.

"But, you said that this rice ... this ... is it not counted?"

"Yes, rice and millet can grow in the wild. It doesn't take up our crop land. It's definitely okay to pick it to make wine, but it can only be made when there is enough food. So let's let the wine making matter go first, everyone Don't worry, after all, once this matter starts, you won't be able to hug her anymore."

Once people find the sweetness in wine making, they will immediately want to earn more money. Under the condition of limited arable land, they either spend money to buy grain from outside, or use all the grain they grow to make wine, but grain, There is only so much in total, tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, in the end it will be less and less enough to eat, and if there is a famine, it will be over.

"Now everyone knows why I harvest this thing. There are still some days to harvest in autumn, but this thing has already matured, so the tassels can be picked off when they turn dark red, and if they are still blue, they will grow again. We can do it ourselves Save the seeds, and grow them in the wild next year when spring begins. I also want to discuss with you, Uncle Lizheng, that there is so much wasteland in our village, can we plant rice and millet next year? Divide the wasteland for each family and let everyone You can gain more, can’t you?”

More than forty pairs of eyes stared at Sun Ming, all amused him:
"You girl, what's wrong with this? You must win! I'll draw a map for everyone! Dachuan, go get me a map!"

"Hahaha! Get rich, get rich!"

(End of this chapter)