Shi Qingluo looked at everyone and said, "Our family will need a lot of beets every year, so we will buy them at a price no less than three cents per pound every year."
"You can open up some wasteland or use inferior land for planting. I will provide the seeds and we can sign a contract when the time comes."
"Eighty percent of the beets you grow must be sold to me, and the price should be written down together, so that both sides are protected."
"Anyone who wants to grow beets can come to the Xiao family to find my husband to sign a contract and then get the seeds."
If you want to produce large quantities of sugar, it is obviously not enough to rely solely on the wild beets in the mountains.
Therefore, the villagers have to be mobilized to plant the crops, and it would be better for her to harvest them directly.
The villagers were also happy to hear this.
"Is it really not less than three cents a pound?"
A pound of cabbage only costs one cent. They have seen the beets before and they don’t seem to be difficult to grow. Yet, the price is so good.
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "That's right. In addition, I bought the first batch of crops planted in the first year at four cents per pound. From the second batch onwards, I fixed the price at three cents per pound."
“This can also be stated in the contract.”
Only when the first batch raises the price will more people plant it.
Sure enough, many villagers were interested.
"Okay, then we will open up a few acres of wasteland and grow beets in the next few days."
“My family, too.”
As long as someone takes the lead, more people will follow.
Most of the villagers expressed their willingness to reclaim wasteland or plant crops on their own land.
Now that the land is vast and the population is sparse, the court is also encouraging the people to reclaim wasteland, so no taxes are required for the reclaimed land in the first two years, but it must be registered with the government.
Then Shi Qingluo gave five mosquito coils to every household in the village and asked them to try lighting them at night.
Only by trying it yourself can you know the benefits of mosquito coils and realize the advertising effect.
The villagers were even happier and felt that Xiao Hanzheng's wife was generous.
The clan leader was also happy. With the opening of the Xiao family's workshop, the villagers' lives would become better and better.
Shi Qingluo also announced to the public that he would buy mugwort leaves and wild chrysanthemums at one penny per pound.
She didn't want to take her whole family to the mountains to pick fruits every day; it was too tiring.
Anything that can be collected with money is no problem. It saves time and effort, and can also generate income for everyone.
The villagers were very happy when they heard the price she mentioned.
Just pick some mugwort leaves and wild chrysanthemums in the wild and on the mountains for a penny per pound. It just takes a little time and effort. It's almost like pie falling from the sky.
After the meeting, the villagers took action, picking mugwort leaves, wild chrysanthemums or catching eels and fish.
When people from other villages heard about it, they asked the clan leaders or village heads to ask.
If they sell it, will the Xiao family buy it?
After Shi Qingluo gave a positive answer, people from other villages also took action.
Everyone is full of energy.
At the Xiao family, Shi Qingluo brought his family to make a batch of mosquito coils.
A lot of materials were collected in the afternoon.
The next day, the villagers gathered together to chat.
"Did you light mosquito coils at home yesterday?"
"I ordered it. It's really useful."
"Yes, the mosquito coils made by Dalang's wife are simply amazing. No one in my family was bitten by mosquitoes last night."
"I used to hear the annoying buzzing of mosquitoes in the middle of the night, but yesterday there was none."
"This mosquito coil is so useful. I don't know how much it costs. If it's not too expensive, I want to buy some to use at home."
"Me too."
The women in the village also go to the sugar workshop to work on time.
Shi Qingluo divided them into four groups and sat them in different rooms.
Drying mugwort and wild chrysanthemum; grinding bone powder; mixing them together and mounting them with paper; and finally packing them into bundles.
It also emphasized that we cannot exchange what we have done with others, otherwise we will be fired.
This is also to keep the recipe secret for the time being.
However, Shi Qingluo also knew that this recipe would only be useful this year. If someone was interested in studying it and inquiring about the materials she had collected, the recipe would be deciphered soon.
But what she wants to do is to create a brand, so that when people mention mosquito coils in the future, they will know Nanxi Mosquito Coil.
A market can only be active if there is competition. Daliang is so big, and mosquito coils are used by every household, so the market is also very large.
I made tens of thousands of mosquito coils today.
Shi Qingluo said to Xiao Hanzheng: "Old Xiao, let's go to the county town to deliver mosquito coils tomorrow."
Xiao Hanzheng was stunned for a moment, "Send mosquito coils?"
Shi Qingluo nodded, "Yes, if you ask people to pay to buy it, they probably won't dare to buy it if they don't know the effect is good."
"But if we give a few away for free first, and they know the effect, they will definitely come to buy them."
"It will also help spread the word about our mosquito coils and attract vendors from other places to buy them."
Xiao Hanzheng was an ancient man and didn’t know about modern free marketing.
But he soon figured out the trick, which was to lose some initial money, but as long as the effectiveness of mosquito coils became known to the public, he would have no problem selling them.
He smiled and said, "That's a good idea!"
"I happen to be going to the county government office tomorrow to teach people how to make ice for the last time. I'll just drop it off at the county government office then."
He told Mo Qingling that he would go again tomorrow and that if anyone wanted to learn how to make ice in the future, they could ask the county government officials to teach them. The other party agreed.
Shi Qingluo nodded, "Send some to Mo Qingling and others as well. They will buy them if they need them, and it will also be a good publicity for us."
He added with a smile, "Look, this is the mosquito coil used by the county magistrate. If you don't use it, you will be out of date."
Following the trend is a fashion that is not only popular among modern people, but also among ancient people.
She had heard Xiao Hanzheng say before that the young masters in the capital city liked to follow the trend or to be in the limelight.
For example, when it comes to playing with flowers, a small number of people start playing first, and then many people follow suit.
How many people really love flowers? It's just that everyone thinks that if I don't have a few rare and precious flowers, I'm out of date.
This also leads to the high prices of precious flowers in Beijing, and they will be snatched away as soon as they appear.
Recently, Bai Xu has been keeping an eye on her and asking her to cultivate more rare and precious flowers.
The guy had already taken the pot of colorful chrysanthemums to the capital and sold it for a good price.
Shi Qingluo would not miss out on this market, so he recently cultivated several rare and colorful flowers.
Xiao Hanzheng couldn't help but laugh when he heard her last words, "I wonder if Mo Qingling will want to cry after knowing your plan."
Shi Qingluo chuckled, "He should want to laugh. I am doing this to help him improve his political achievements."
The next day, the two of them took all the mosquito coils they made to the county town.
Xiao Hanzheng first visited Mo Qingling and gave him a few bundles of mosquito coils.
A bundle consists of ten mosquito coils, tied together with a long, thin piece of paper with "Nanxi Mosquito Repellent Coil" written on it.
It was the first time that Mo Qingling had heard of mosquito coils, so he took it and took a look.
When I saw the four words above, I couldn't help but smile, "You are a thoughtful wife."
He is now the county magistrate of Nanxi County. He is still happy that the product is named Nanxi Mosquito Repellent Coil.
If it really has the effect that Xiao Hanzheng said, there will be no problem selling it outside, and everyone will know about Nanxi County, which is very good.
(End of this chapter)
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