Chapter 221 Chen Xinghai Awakens: I Like Alchemy
Upon learning the purpose of the villagers' visit, Xiao Ying agreed readily.
Anyway, the food they eat at home all comes from the Immortal Palace. The spiritual energy contained in the food there is much higher than that outside, and these food outside are of no use to her.
In addition to the 10% distributed to Zhao Daqing's family, she can also get more than 1,300 kilograms, which is almost enough to meet the planting needs of the entire village.
To be honest, the output was lower than she had imagined, only half of that in the Immortal Palace.
But considering that there was no seedling cultivation at the beginning and the seeds were directly sown in the fields, the yield seems to be about the same.
If the crops are grown according to normal procedures, the yield per mu should be even higher.
"Madam Xiao, I really don't know how to thank you..."
Chen Jie, a grown man, actually had tears in his eyes. Although he had known about Madam Xiao's generosity for a long time, he was still deeply moved.
Such a good thing was sold to them without any hesitation.
If it were him, I'm afraid he might not be willing to do so. Everyone keeps good things hidden.
The other villagers also echoed and praised Xiao Ying as a good person.
Of course, there were also people who didn't care, thinking that since Xiao Ying was so rich, it was only natural for him to sell high-yield seeds to them.
It shouldn't even be sold, it should be given to them directly.
But no one dared to say it out loud. After all, everyone in the village was on Xiao Ying's side. Wouldn't saying such things be asking for trouble?
Xiao Ying naturally knew that there would definitely be such ungrateful people, so he chose to tie the interests of the entire village together and recruited one person from each family.
When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer.
Even for the sake of profit, these villagers would not offend her.
"There's no need to say thank you. I'm not giving it to you for free."
"Yes, yes, yes." Chen Jie smiled and asked, "I wonder how much Madam Xiao plans to sell it for per kilogram?"
Such high-yield rice is probably not cheap.
The other villagers also held their breath, hoping that the price would not be too high.
Xiao Ying said, "Then I won't be modest with you all. I will sell this rice for at least five coins per pound."
She didn't just say it casually, but based the price of food on the market.
Paddy rice is cheaper than rice. Ordinary rice costs four or five cents per pound, so her high-yield rice is naturally more expensive.
The villagers breathed a sigh of relief and then smiled. They thought it was at least ten cents or more. Madam Xiao was indeed a kind person.
So Xiao Ying handed the matter over to He Changgui, and He Changgui called Li Jincheng and Yue Ming, and they sold all the rice in one afternoon. Every household bought at least ten kilograms.
Those who have a lot of land at home bought more than 30 kilograms, planning to plant half of it with potatoes and the other half with this next year.
"Madam, is it inappropriate for us to sell all the rice?" Kang Ruolan asked hesitantly.
"Don't worry about having nothing to eat." Xiao Ying thought she was worried about not having rice to eat in the future, so she smiled and comforted her.
Kang Ruolan felt somewhat helpless and shook her head, saying, "I'm not worried about that, but the tax grain will be collected soon. In the autumn, in addition to the tax grain, there is also a head tax, which adds up to a lot of grain."
All these taxes had to be paid by Xiao Ying. After all, Zhao Daqing and his family were her servants and did not have to worry about taxes.
"If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten."
Xiao Ying suddenly realized, because he had never come into contact with this thing in his previous two lives, so he really didn't remember it in his heart.
"Don't worry, we'll use potatoes as compensation. I'm sure the county magistrate will be very happy."
There has been a good harvest in the Immortal Palace recently, and potatoes are piled up like mountains, at least 70,000 to 80,000 kilograms. She still has to find a way to sell a batch of them.
After hearing her say this, Kang Ruolan was no longer worried. As long as Madam knew what was going on, it would be fine.
However, before the tax grain could be collected, good news came.
After many days of hard training, Chen Xinghai and Chen Xingyun finally broke through to the third level of Qi Refining that night!
It was not easy for these two to break through the third level of Qi Refining, because they only had time to come in to practice at night, and they also had to learn the corresponding spells.
Ever since Chen Xingyun took charge of the soap business, he occasionally had to go to the county town to check on the shop and never came back, so the speed became even slower.
Fortunately, she only had one spiritual root, so in the end, she broke through at about the same time as Chen Xinghai.
However, there is no need to be too anxious after entering the third level of Qi Refining. This realm is at least equivalent to the bronze medal killer of the Dark Night Pavilion. As long as you don’t encounter someone particularly powerful, you will have no problem protecting yourself.
Compared with the other two, Chen Xinghe is slower. It is estimated that it will take at least half a month, or even a month.
"Once you reach the third level of Qi Refining, you can learn some things. Do you want to see if you have talent?"
Xiao Ying asked with a smile. She actually wanted to train her children more than her subordinates.
"want!"
The brother and sister's eyes suddenly lit up, and they answered in unison, both showing anticipation.
They had known for a long time that Ling Yun was learning to draw talismans, and today they heard that Xiao Jin was learning formations, and they were actually very envious.
Now they also have the opportunity to learn, and of course they will not miss it.
"Well, I have dabbled in alchemy, weapon refining, talismans, formations, and beast taming. Now I'm here to test them for you."
So Xiao Ying tested Chen Xinghai and the other two using the same method she had used on Xiao Jin in the afternoon, but the results surprised and disappointed her.
Unfortunately, Chen Xingyun had no talent at all, but surprisingly, Chen Xinghai was very suitable for alchemy.
Chen Xinghai has both water and wood spiritual roots, and the numbers of both are 53, which is very balanced.
Both of these spiritual roots tend to be healing, so from this point of view they are indeed suitable for alchemy.
However, his spiritual root value is still too poor. Judging from the current situation, even if he has more talent, he can only become a junior alchemist at best and refine some common junior pills.
If these two spiritual roots can transform into yellow spiritual roots in the future, then the upper limit can be raised to an intermediate alchemist, and the future will be limitless.
You know, even in the world of immortal cultivation where she lived in her previous life, intermediate-level alchemists are rare.
In the sect she founded, there were only three intermediate-level alchemists and no more than ten junior-level alchemists.
"Xinghai, are you willing to learn alchemy?"
Xiao Ying was really surprised. Originally, Chen Xinghai looked the most ordinary among the children and seemed to have no talent in any aspect. He didn't expect that he was hiding here.
As expected, everyone is born with talent, but most people may never know what they like or what they are good at in their entire lives.
Chen Xinghai was already smiling with joy, so excited that he couldn't help himself. He nodded repeatedly when he heard this.
"Mom, I do! I think I'd enjoy making pills!"
He felt that he had finally found something he liked. When he was testing the alchemy just now, he had a different feeling, as if he was very familiar with everything and could easily immerse himself in it.
He finally understood what his mother meant by "liking"; it was a completely different experience from managing a workshop.
Although he was able to manage the Chili Workshop in an orderly manner, he did not have much love or emotion for it in his heart. He did it purely because he needed to do it.
There is a world of difference between the two!
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