Chapter 131: Mango Branches Cannot Be Planted
"What is a breach of contract? Do I have to pay compensation?"
"Triple, how much is that?"
"I don't know. When I signed the contract, there seemed to be a penalty."
"So, we still have to pay compensation?"
The villagers of Wan'an Village were whispering to each other. When Ma Laoliu heard this, the veins on his forehead were throbbing.
Luo Kui continued, "If Wan'an Village can't deliver 80,000 catties of sugarcane, you'll have to pay compensation. Two cents a catty, 1,600,000 coins, 160 taels of silver. Triple that, and you'll have to pay 480 taels of silver!"
Luo Kui had been carrying the silver all the way on the carriage, and he had already memorized the exact amount of silver.
"What?"
"My God, we've never sold sugarcane for so much money."
Ma Laoliu couldn't bear it any longer and pointed at Wang Lizheng and cursed: "Wang Xinggen, I think you don't want to make money with the villagers, but want to harm everyone?" He was so angry that he called Wang Lizheng's name directly.
Seeing this, everyone in the village was in a panic.
"Everyone, listen to me." Wang Lizheng spoke loudly, but the villagers were afraid of paying money and said, "Wang Lizheng, you asked us to sign this money, I definitely won't pay you."
"That's right."
"No, we can't pay this money!"
"Even if you sell me, you can't pay so much money!"
Four hundred and eighty taels of silver. They had worked hard all their lives, and had never seen so much money!
"Everyone listen to me!" Wang Lizheng shouted at everyone, his voice like a bell. Xiao Jiuyue, standing aside, took a step back silently. They couldn't tell that Wang Lizheng's voice was so loud!
Jin Wu and Yu Ge stood in front and behind Xiao Jiuyue, fearing that the villagers would attack Xiao Jiuyue.
Luo Kui followed Xiao Jiuyue closely, and the villagers all picked up their weapons as if they wanted to eat Wang Lizheng alive.
No matter how Wang Lizheng shouted, no one listened. Finally, Wang Lizheng picked up a shovel and smashed it hard in front of Ma Laoliu. A clanging sound was heard, and the excited villagers suddenly quieted down.
"We planted 40 mu of sugarcane. I calculated that one mu would yield at least 2,000 kilograms, but last year, one mu of sugarcane produced 2,600 kilograms. As long as everyone works hard to grow this batch of sugarcane, we can make money!"
Wang Lizheng's voice was almost a roar. He said in a hoarse voice: "So, there is no question of paying money at all."
The villagers looked at each other. They had been growing sugarcane for most of their lives, and when Wang Lizheng reminded them, they remembered that one acre of sugarcane could indeed produce more than 2,600 kilograms. Unfortunately, they could not make much money by sending the sugarcane to the provincial capital every year.
"What if, what if the harvest is not good? Wang Xinggen, I think you are deliberately trying to harm us all." After Ma Laoliu's anger, he became excited. If Wang Xinggen really wanted to pay compensation, would he still be able to be the head of the village in the future?
"We rely on God for our livelihood, but who knows whether God will give us food or not?"
Ma Laoliu almost pointed at Wang Lizheng's nose and cursed him.
"Even if the harvest is less, 8,000 kilograms is definitely there," said Wang Lizheng firmly. "So, we can't dig up a single one of the sugarcane seedlings we planted!"
"What about my mango branches?" asked Ma Laoliu. He was wondering, if he removed the sugarcane seedlings, could he become the head of the village?
"Plant it again next year, or you can open up the wasteland yourself." Wang Lizheng would not let anyone touch the sugarcane seedlings.
"No, mango branches are so profitable. If everyone works well, they can earn more than ten taels of silver a year just by growing mango branches." Ma Laoliu's words excited the villagers again.
"Mango branches are large evergreen trees that like warmth and cannot tolerate frost. When the temperature is low, pollination is poor and the tree will not bear fruit or even die. When the temperature is high, the fruit will suffer from sunburn." Xiao Jiuyue's crisp voice was completely different from that of the rough old man. His unhurried voice made everyone listen subconsciously.
"And the rain. The weather here is different from Shaocheng's. The rain is uneven. If there is no rain, the flowers and fruits will fall. If there is too much rain, it will cause diseases and insect pests."
Xiao Jiuyue used to be from an agricultural university, so she was very familiar with these plants and fruits.
"Miss Xiao means that our Wan'an Village is not suitable for growing mango branches?" Li Zheng Wang grasped the key information and asked.
Xiao Jiuyue nodded affirmatively: "Yes."
The climate in Hongdu is not suitable for growing mangoes at all.
Xiao Jiuyue added, "Even if you plant them, they won't produce much fruit."
"You, you're talking nonsense. My brother-in-law said that these mango branches are very easy to grow." Ma Laoliu looked at everyone's skeptical eyes and said excitedly, "I brought so many mango branches back specifically to help you make money."
"You, have you ever seen mango branches? You're just saying they can't be planted." Ma Laoliu spent a lot of effort on this batch of mango branches. It cost a lot of money just to transport these mango branch seedlings back from Shaocheng.
"Of course, after it's grown, it's a yellow fruit, about this size." Xiao Jiuyue raised her fist to illustrate, unsure if it could grow this big in ancient times. She said, "Probably a little smaller. It has a golden skin and golden flesh inside. It tastes sticky and sweet."
"By the way, there is a flat core in the middle of the mango branch." Xiao Jiuyue added. Her confident words were exactly the same as what Ma Laoliu said. The villagers all believed it without any prior agreement. They silently glanced at the sugarcane seedlings growing well next to them. Fortunately, they had not been shoveled away yet.
"Sugarcane, do you want to plant it or dig it up? It all depends on whether you want to pay compensation or make money." Xiao Jiuyue's lips curled slightly. These villagers weren't bad people, they just wanted to make a little more money. But if this problem wasn't resolved, then in the future, her sugarcane, her sugar, might be gone!
"Miss, if anyone dares to owe our Xiao family money, I will chop off his head and send him to see the authorities!" Jin Wu kicked the tree next to him and broke it!
squeak.
The tree, as thick as a calf, broke into two pieces. The villagers took a step back tacitly and looked at Jin Wu in fear. This man was too scary.
"Don't be angry, Miss Xiao. We will definitely plant sugarcane. No more, no less, no less." Li Zheng Wang immediately expressed his opinion. He turned around and looked at the villagers: "You want to pay 480 taels of silver?"
“We don’t dig up sugarcane seedlings.”
"No shovel, no shovel."
The villagers of Wan'an excitedly expressed that Ma Laoliu's mango branches could not be planted. Who knew whether they would bear fruit?
But sugarcane is different. As long as they grow it, it’s money!
"Miss Xiao, what if it's more than 80,000 kilograms of sugarcane? Would you like some too?" a villager asked bravely.
Xiao Jiuyue took a look and said, "When I signed the agreement with Wang Lizheng, I said that I would take as many as I could get."
Seeing Xiao Jiuyue was easy to talk to, the villagers asked, "What about the agreement..."
Xiao Jiuyue looked at them with a half-smile: "I paid the deposit, and you said you would dig up the sugarcane seedlings in your village. If there is no such agreement and no penalty, when the harvest comes, you will just give me hundreds of kilograms of sugarcane to fool me?"
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