Chapter 62: The **** female partner chooses to farm (11) (Fourth update~Please give me your monthly vote~)
Thinking of the rare opportunity to discuss farming with the prince face to face, Xu Yin simply told everything she knew:
“The same goes for cotton. It likes the sun and resists drought. It is not suitable for the climate and geography here. Instead of struggling to maintain it and not producing enough, it is better to plant sugar cane.”
"sugar cane?"
Yan Kejin heard her mention sugar cane more than once, but the last time she heard about it was from Yan Qi.
Xu Yin thought for a while and said: "I read it from a miscellaneous book. It said that there is a kind of crop called sugarcane overseas that has many uses. It is a good medicine for disease prevention and fitness. The squeezed juice can be used to make sugar. The residue after the juice is used as raw material for papermaking, the leaves can be fertilized, and the head can be recycled to plant sugar cane...
I read that the growth environment described in the book was not much different from that of the Southern Barbarians, so I wondered if I could find it here. If you can find it, you can plant it in batches to produce sugar and make paper. You can't buy it for as much cloth as you want, right? "
“Which book?”
Yan Kejin seemed to be more interested in the miscellaneous book about sugar cane she was talking about.
Xu Yin looked innocent: "I was angry with my fifth sister and we broke up."
The original person did tear up a batch of books. It was because he was angry after learning that the grand master's daughter was given to the new crown prince as his concubine.
Anyway, she didn't have a good relationship with her older sisters in the house. Fifth sister was actually present that day. She probably came to see the original man's joke, so he used her as a shield.
Yan Kejin looked at her deeply. How could someone who could read so many things from a miscellaneous book tear up the book?
He doesn’t believe it!
But she didn't want to say it, and he didn't force it.
“The king will send people to find the sugar cane you mentioned.”
He came here today mainly for the Quyuan plow matter. She agreed so readily, but he couldn't take it for granted. In addition to putting the three-in house in her name, he also gave her a golden ticket.
After Yan Kejin left, Xu Yin took the golden ticket and looked at it over and over.
“It turns out that the difference between a silver note and a gold note is only whether it says silver or gold. There is no difference in the note itself.”
In Yanhua, the exchange rate between gold and silver is ten times, one tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver.
This gold note has a face value of one thousand taels of gold, which is equivalent to ten thousand taels of silver.
Xu Yin happily flicked the gold ticket and instantly became rich again.
Mother Feng was worried that she would spend as lavishly as before, so she couldn't help but suggest:
“Girl, why don’t you go buy some property.”
Industry?
Xu Yin couldn’t help but think of various workshops.
Sugar cane has not been found yet, so sugar and paper making will be put aside for now, but the breeding industry can be started.
Silkworms can spin and weave silk after they spin silk. With silk, you can make clothes. These all require workshops.
Chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs can also be raised on a large scale. Manure can be fertilized. In addition to being eaten fresh, meat can also be processed into sausages, floss, dried meat, meatballs... all of which also require workshops.
By the way, Baigui County is close to the sea like Baiyue and Minyue counties. Seafood farming can also be started. In this case, a seafood processing plant needs to be built. The market for fresh seafood is narrow, but if it is made into dried food, it can be sold as far away as the Central Plains and the North. The potential market is huge!
Opening a factory requires land, and the construction is a big expense. After that, there are various expenses such as workers’ wages, tools, and materials. In total, the initial investment is basically pure investment.
With this calculation, one thousand taels of gold is not enough for her to open several farms and workshops.
Let’s do this for now. Once these industries are straightened out, I believe sugar cane will be developed as well.
If it doesn't work, secretly move some sugar cane heads from the system warehouse and cultivate them. Sugar and paper production must be started anyway.
By then, Nanman will surely become the most watched fiefdom in Yanhua!
The emperor doesn’t care for his son, so she will!
After hearing Xu Yin’s plan, Grandma Feng said: “…”
After a long while, she swallowed hard: "Girl, I think it's better for me to buy some small properties first, such as Zhuangzi and farmland, and then buy a few prosperous shops in the rest, just in case..." What kind of workshop the girl was talking about, run it Not only will you not make any money if you are not kind, you will probably lose everything. How can any real estate shop be stable? I have fields in my hands and don’t panic in my heart. There is no need to invest in the shop, you can make money by renting it out.
Xu Yin can understand Grandma Feng’s thoughts.
So she asked Chunlan to get the money from the dowry and hand it over to her aunt happily:
“You can help me purchase the land and property.”
With one thousand taels of gold, she still planned to buy a hilltop to start breeding, build a workshop and start a factory.
Mother Feng: “…”
After all, I still couldn’t keep the last dowry money!
The next morning, Xu Yin had just finished breakfast when she saw the housekeeper delivered the deed of the third house and conveyed the prince's original words: since the house was given to her, she could arrange it as she pleased.
Xu Yin suddenly felt like money was falling from the sky.
Mother Feng also had the same illusion.
Before yesterday, I was worried that at the rate the girl was spending money, I didn’t know how long the remaining one thousand taels would be able to last. Unexpectedly, only one day later, the girl had the Zhuangzi where she wanted to open a test field, the Sanjin mansion, and a thousand taels of gold.
…”
Mother Feng smiled happily.
My girl must have been trained by some deity. How come someone comes to her doorstep when she is short of money?
The person who gave it to me was none other than my own prince.
The prince treats the girl well. This is a good thing that they long for as servants.
She sent the housekeeper away with a smile on her face, and Xu Yin asked Chunlan to put away the house deed.
“Where is the house located? Is it close to the palace?”
If it was close, she would like to go and see it now.
The house - a complex that the Chinese people have had since ancient times.
“The housekeeper said, it’s on the second street north of the palace. The carriage is not far away. Miss, want to take a look?”
“Well, let’s go shopping by the way.”
I haven’t gone out for a walk since I came to Fucheng.
Upon hearing that she was about to go shopping, Grandma Feng subconsciously covered her chest and winked at Chunlan quietly, telling her not to bring too much money.
Xu Yin didn't pay attention to the quarrel between the two of them, and concentrated on listing the things she wanted to buy.
The ventilation system suddenly went online and released a task—
【Ding—Explore the city of Baigui County and find out the local specialties that have not yet been explored. Every time you find one, you will be rewarded with 100 energy points. If you find ten items, you will be rewarded with a random skill.】
Xu Yin was stunned for a moment. Is there a local specialty product that has not yet been explored? So does the rice noodles I ate in the morning these two days count?
【Ding! Find the special delicacy of Baigui County - rice noodles, and you will be rewarded with 100 energy points]
Xu Yin is happy, is this okay?
That’s so easy to find.
There must be many local snacks and specialties on the streets of Fucheng, but due to inconvenient transportation or difficulty in preservation, they are not yet available as commodities out of Nanman.
So much so that people in the Central Plains and Beidi thought that the Southern Barbarians were so poor that they had nothing good to offer. The Southern Barbarians lived a miserable life. If they didn't have enough to eat, they could only eat raw food and drink animal blood. That's how misunderstandings happen.
Of course, it’s not all a misunderstanding. It’s true that people are poor, and it’s true that they don’t have enough to eat all year round. The reasons are not only related to taxes, but also the crops grown at the wrong time, resulting in low yields.
(End of this chapter)