As for silver, they didn't have that much, and they had to buy things from the mall and then resell them to cash out.
Bartering directly eliminates the need for cashing out.
Fan Jin also thought of it and nodded in agreement, "That's right. If it's money, we don't have that much. We'll need to go to the prefectural city to sell things and earn money to give them to them."
Shuiqing, I have an idea, what do you think?
"you say."
Fan Jin organized his thoughts and said as briefly and clearly as possible: "We will exchange grain. The grain can be bought directly from the market. One pound of chicken head rice can be exchanged for several pounds of grain."
Grain is easy to store, can be sold for money, or exchanged for necessities at the market, making it the most practical and useful food for the villagers.
Let's say one of my classmates comes from a wealthy family. His family owns a restaurant and needs to purchase a large amount of water chestnuts to make sweet soup and pastries. His family owns a lot of land and has a good grain harvest, so he is thinking of exchanging grains for it first. If they agree, they will exchange it.
Tomorrow, I'll rent an oxcart and come back. We'll buy the grain, transport it to the village, and distribute it. What do you think? Is it feasible?
As the conversation progressed, Fan Jin became uncertain and cautiously inquired further.
Shui Qing wanted to use Fan Jin's name!
Regardless, Fan Jin was a scholar. Although he didn't even pass the county-level examination, he came into contact with different people and different social classes through his studies.
They don't need to curry favor with others; they can simply borrow the title of "classmate"!
"That's a good idea, let's trade it for rice then!"
Fan Jin asked blankly, "Isn't it millet and corn? The villagers can't bear to eat rice, so they can get a few more pounds by exchanging millet."
Shui Qing countered, "Do you know how much millet costs per kilogram?"
Fan Jin shook his head.
Considering that rice costs less than two yuan per kilogram, which is already quite good, isn't millet even cheaper?
Shui Qing chuckled and explained to him, "Ordinary millet costs four or five yuan per pound, and one pound of millet can buy two pounds of rice."
Organic millet costs seventeen or eighteen yuan per jin (500g), which can buy eight or nine jin of rice. Tell me, should you trade it for rice or millet?
Coarse grains were worthless in ancient times, but Chinese people pursue health, so it's normal for coarse grains to be more expensive than rice and wheat flour in shopping malls.
Fan Jin opened his mouth in surprise.
Xiaomi rice is so much more expensive than regular rice!
He asked, bewildered, "What is organic?"
Why is there such a big price difference after organic production? Is it because it's a very good product?
Then, we can buy some for Shuiqing to eat...
Shui Qing explained in simple terms: "It's just like the ones grown here."
Instead of chemical fertilizers, we use farmyard manure; no pesticides are used, and the soil is unpolluted.
This is exactly the same as the millet grown in Shanshui Village.
Fan Jin remained silent.
After a moment, he said resolutely, "Exchange it with rice! Just say that my classmate grows the most rice." If the villagers are reluctant to eat rice, they can exchange it at the market themselves.
The two also reached an agreement on the weight of the rice.
The agreement was to exchange two and a half jin of rice for one jin of fresh water chestnuts.
This weight was determined after careful consideration from multiple perspectives.
Rice costs nine coins per pound, and fresh water chestnuts in the prefectural city cost at most twelve or thirteen coins per pound. If we give too much, it would be against common sense and might cause unnecessary trouble later.
They earn more money after all, and they don't want to lower the price. They can be businessmen, but they don't want to be unscrupulous merchants.
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