RPAGF Chapter 155 Merchants Seek to Buy Rice Seeds
Chapter 155 Merchants Seek to Buy Rice Seeds
After picking the vegetables, Tian Tian first went to the county school to pick up Tian Jinghe, and then went to Baishi Teahouse to pick up Lu Tao and the others.
In the distance... a large crowd had gathered at the entrance of Baishi Teahouse.
"What happened?" Tian Tian asked, sticking her head out.
The driver didn't know either. "Miss, shall I go ask?"
Tian Tian didn't think much of it, "Okay, let's go ask what's going on."
With so many people gathered in front of the shop, it's bound to affect business, especially since it's dinner time.
only...
The driver, having just squeezed through the crowd, asked, "What happened?"
The people in the back row turned around and saw Tian Tian.
"Miss Tian Er?!"
"Miss Tian Er..."
Everyone actually turned around and surrounded them.
"Miss Tian, are you selling your high-yield rice?"
"Miss Tian, we are here to buy high-yield rice."
The merchants' voices rose and fell, surging towards Tian Tian like ocean waves.
The coachman was terrified and quickly turned back to block the carriage.
"Everyone, everyone, please calm down. Don't startle our young lady's horse." The coachman held onto the horse tightly.
Upon hearing this, the businessman calmed down a bit, but soon became enthusiastic again.
"Miss Tian, we want to buy high-yield rice..."
Rice seeds that yield over 1,200 jin per mu.
Ordinary rice seeds now sell for 20 wen per jin. If the harvest doubles, then high-yield rice seeds would cost at least 80 wen per jin.
In addition, since two crops can be grown a year, it's normal for high-yield rice varieties to sell for 160 coins.
but! !
Businessmen all know one key point.
The difference between ordinary rice varieties and high-yield rice varieties is not simply a matter of four times the yield.
The key issue is time!!
The harvest that the people planted in one year was equivalent to the harvest of the previous eight years.
In the past, even if people had a bumper harvest, they still felt uncertain about the future.
why?
Because natural disasters are unpredictable, even if there is a bumper harvest this year, there may be a natural disaster next year, and the harvested grain will not last long.
However, if high-yield rice varieties are planted, the people's income will be eight times that of previous years. After paying the grain tax, they can reserve grain for the next two to three years. Then, for the next two or three years... they will not be afraid of any natural disasters.
The extra rice can be sold for money to tide us over...
One mu of land requires two jin of rice seeds, which can produce 1,200 jin of rice. After paying taxes, there are still 8,400 jin left. After that, you can get 5,000 jin of refined rice. The purchase price of refined rice is about ten wen, which can be sold for five taels of silver.
Planting twice means that one mu of land requires four jin of rice seeds, and can yield a return of ten liang.
If you calculate it this way, they took the high-yield rice seeds from Baishi County...
They can sell for 300 coins a pound, 500 coins a pound, or even 1 tael of silver a pound, and people will buy them!
"Miss Tian, what's the price of high-yield rice seeds?"
"Girl, just give me a price."
The coachman held the horse with one hand and pressed down on the carriage curtain with the other, afraid that the merchants would be too enthusiastic and pull the curtain open.
"What happened?" Xiao Si rushed out of the teahouse, "What happened?"
"Second Miss?!"
"Are you okay?"
Tian Tian: "Xiao Si, I'm fine. Let my mother, Aunt Liu, and my eldest sister come out."
Tian Jinghe grabbed Tian Tian's arm, his eyes no longer showing the timidity of the past, but only worry.
Tian Tian lowered her head and gently patted the back of his hand. "It's alright. These merchants just know that Second Sister's rice harvest is bountiful, so they can't wait to buy rice seeds from her."
Tian Jinghe looked up and said, "Second sister, you're amazing."
Confucius said, "Food is the most important thing for the people. They cannot live without food. If they go three days without grain, even fathers and sons cannot survive together."
Ultimately, it boils down to this: eating is the most important thing for ordinary people; without food, they cannot survive.
My second sister has now grown high-yield rice; she's truly remarkable.
"Second sister, are you going to sell the rice seeds to them?" Tian Jinghe asked again.
Upon hearing Tian Jinghe's recitation, Tian Tian wanted to ask in return, "Then does Jinghe think Second Sister should sell the rice seeds to them?"
Tian Jinghe thought for a moment, frowned, and shook his head. "Second sister, merchants... prioritize profit. To make money, they'll definitely raise the price of rice seeds..."
"But ordinary people don't have money... they simply can't afford it."
In the end, the rice was sold to those who were already wealthy...
Tian Tian hugged him. "Okay, then Second Sister will listen to Jinghe."
She released Tian Jinghe, lifted the carriage curtain, and stepped out.
"Second Miss..." The coachman looked up at her and reached out to protect her.
Xiao Si is no longer in front of the car.
As soon as she appeared, the merchants fell silent.
"It is my honor that you shopkeepers have chosen my rice seeds," Tian Tian said, looking down at everyone.
"However, I have already handed over this high-yield rice variety to the county magistrate."
"Lord Li will hand over the rice seeds to the imperial court, and then promote them to all parts of Daqi, so that all the people of Daqi can have enough to eat."
"Therefore, I, Tian Tian, am sorry, cannot grant the requests of you shopkeepers."
Tian Tian saw that everyone looked disappointed, but then quickly showed admiration.
"Second Miss is so righteous!" someone said, "I admire her greatly."
When someone takes the lead, others will follow suit.
"Second Miss is truly righteous!"
"Second Miss is truly righteous!"
Tian Tian smiled and waved her hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"However, you can look forward to it for about half a month. I will have some new deals to make, and you can consider them."
After saying that, she nodded to the crowd and went back into the carriage.
Not far away, Qian Fulai and Ling Yao stood there dumbfounded, unable to come back to their senses for a long time.
After a while, the two looked away, but then looked at each other in tacit agreement.
They saw amazement and admiration in each other's eyes.
"You!" Qian Fulai wanted to say something, but then stopped.
What could he say?
Tian Er is such a good person... it's perfectly normal for Ling Yao to admire her.
Lu Tao, Liu San Niang, Tian Xiang, and others boarded the carriage amidst the merchants' praises...
"So many people..." Lu Tao gently touched her chest.
“It’s a good thing for the people of Daqi to hand over such high-yield seeds directly to the imperial court.” Liu San Niang looked at Tian Tian with eyes full of affection. “They are right. Tian Tian is righteous. When the people find out, they will definitely thank you.”
Back then, her hometown suffered a disaster, the crops in the fields failed, and her family had no food stored, which led her to flee the famine.
If they had had high-yield rice seeds and stored grain back then, their family wouldn't have had to flee famine and wouldn't have ended up...destroyed and ruined.
Lu Tao put her arm around her back and patted her gently to comfort her.
Her gaze casually swept backward, and Lu Tao spotted several baskets of potatoes at the back of the carriage.
"Sweetie, is this a potato?"
"Sweetie, is the yield per acre of potatoes really as high as you said?" Lu Tao picked up a potato and held it in her hand; it was heavy and quite substantial.
Tian Tian's voice soared, "Only more, not less."
Lu Tao's eyes widened, "More than three thousand five hundred catties?"