"What's going on?" Shen Yu's heart was like ants crawling, and she was eager to know why the third master of the Shao family was so servile and fawning to Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao poured him a cup of tea and explained perfunctorily, "It's just that they found that I'm a tough nut to crack!"
How could Shen Yu believe her words? The Shao family was not him. After being rejected by Yu Jiao, he would give up.
There must be something strange going on for the Third Master of the Shao family to bow his head like that.
"Is there another owner behind your grain shop?" Chen Yu took a sip of tea and asked tentatively.
Yu Jiao just smiled without saying anything. Noticing that the light in the shop had dimmed, she found a tinder and lit a candle.
Chen Yu put down the teacup and said, "I won't ask you about buying grain. I heard that you want to buy land near the Qiyun Canal. The land there is low-lying and not good farmland. Why don't you buy it in Changkui?"
"The low terrain has both advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that it is prone to waterlogging, but the advantage is that it is convenient for irrigation. The price of land is low after the disaster, and the price of land in Changkui is too high." Yu Jiao replied.
"Why did you buy so much land at once?" Chen Yu asked curiously.
"Yes." Yu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "If you are interested, we can discuss it in detail."
"Are you planning to grow crops?" Chen Yu asked lacking interest.
Although he wanted to run a grain shop, serving farmers was too troublesome. Not only was it troublesome to buy land and find people to farm, he also had to worry about the harvest. It would be better to purchase grain directly.
"It's not just about growing crops." Yu Jiao wanted to recruit someone to join the partnership, and Chen Yu seemed to be a suitable partner. "This year I will start by growing hucai."
Chen Yu raised an eyebrow, "Hucai? You can't make much money from growing vegetables."
Yu Jiao explained slowly, "Hucai seeds can be used to extract oil. Most of what we eat is meat fat, and the soybean pressing method has a very low oil yield, so the price is relatively high, and ordinary people can't afford it. Hucai seeds produce more oil than other seeds. The oil is fragrant when added to vegetables, very bright when made into candles, black and smooth when applied, and fattening when fed to pigs. The yield per mu is about one or two dan. I want to open an oil press."
"Can radish seeds be used to extract oil? How did you know that?" Shen was a little confused after listening to her talk. He had never heard that radish seeds could be used to extract oil, nor had he seen anyone growing radish on a large scale. Only some farmers would sell radish at the market, and that was also used as a vegetable.
Yu Jiao curled her lips and said, "The golden house is in the book. Hu Cai was passed down from the Hu people. I read it in a book related to the Hu people."
"How can you trust everything in the book?" Chen Yu retorted, "If the book was written to deceive people, wouldn't you be afraid of losing all your money by buying a field to plant so many hucai?"
"If it's a lie, then all my hard work over the past six months will be in vain. Next year I can still grow cotton, plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms to produce cloth." Yu Jiao said calmly, "If you want to make money in business, you always have to go through more twists and turns. If you can make money overnight, then wouldn't everyone do it?"
Chen Yu listened to her talking and didn't know what to say for a moment. If you say Yu Jiao's ideas are simple, she can think of so many things that others can't think of. If you say she is smart, there is a hint of tiger spirit in her intelligence. Who would dare to buy a field to plant something just by reading something in a book without knowing whether it is true or not?
“I’ve said so much, Master Shen, are you interested in participating?” Yu Jiao extended an olive branch of cooperation to Shen Yu.
Chen Yu was a little caught off guard, coughed lightly, looked at Yu Jiao, and when he saw that she didn't look like she was joking, he started to think seriously about it.
"You must first tell me who the owner of your grain shop is, then I can give you an answer." Chen Yu thought for a while and said.
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