It was sold to Jiang Tuantuan at a very cheap price. Ten points could buy one hundred kilograms of seeds. Jiang Tuantuan simply waved his hand and bought one thousand kilograms. An acre of fertile land only needed fifteen kilograms of seeds, and twenty kilograms of seeds for a poorer land would be enough.
Jiang Tuantuan added, "There are so many refugees outside the city right now with nowhere to go. If they just eat relief food and don't work, it won't be conducive to long-term development."
She said, "I remember there are dozens of acres of wasteland outside the city. Although the soil isn't very fertile, it's still suitable for growing wheat. It's early winter now, so why not let these refugees try to open up the wasteland and grow winter wheat? With a harvest next spring, the crisis will be resolved, and it will also add to the population of Fujiang County, which is also an achievement of your tenure."
County Magistrate Zhao thought seriously about it. If growing winter wheat could really be successful, it would be a great achievement.
Seeing that he was wavering, Jiang Tuantuan said, "I happen to have enough seeds to sell to the county government. They're perfect for winter planting."
County Magistrate Zhao was a little surprised. How did this village woman get this? He turned around and looked at Li Jingchen next to him.
Li Jingchen found that Jiang Tuantuan had changed a lot after not seeing her for a year. She was very gentle and lovely before, but now she had a more beautiful and intelligent temperament.
He noticed that County Magistrate Zhao was looking at her. Although he didn't know where the seeds came from, he trusted his wife very much. "I will vouch for my wife, County Magistrate Zhao, you can rest assured."
Now County Magistrate Zhao had nothing to worry about. Even if the sky fell, he still had this tall general to support it.
Jiang Tuantuan said, "Right now, a pound of grain costs twenty-five cents, and seeds are even more expensive. Even before the flood, a pound of seeds cost twenty-five cents. Furthermore, my seeds yield about a dan more than ordinary seeds. However, to benefit the people, I will sell the seeds to the county government at twenty-five cents. What do you think?"
Now that things had come to this, how could County Magistrate Zhao refute? He could only buy it. Fortunately, before the flood, Fujiang County's financial revenue was still good, and now he still had some financial resources, so he bought 1,000 kilograms of seeds for a total of 25 taels of silver.
"County Magistrate Zhao is truly a good magistrate who works for the people. The seeds will be delivered tomorrow."
The meal was very enjoyable, and the most important thing was that Jiang Tuantuan made money.
She was jumping happily on the way home. Li Jingchen looked at her current appearance. She was more cheerful than before and was very happy. After giving birth to the child, her figure became rounder. She was a little too thin before. In addition, Jiang Tuantuan ate better in the past six months and did not have to do much work. Her skin also recovered and became much whiter. After a little dressing up, she looked very beautiful.
After arriving home, Jiang Tuantuan ran to the warehouse first, took out a thousand kilograms of seeds from the space, put them in the warehouse, and then bought another thousand kilograms from a flower farmer and piled them all in the warehouse.
Because the baby hadn't seen his mother the whole afternoon, he kept crying loudly. No matter how Li Jingchen tried to comfort him, it was useless. Jiang Tuantuan took the baby and held him gently in his arms, "Good boy, Yubao, don't cry."
Soon Yubao fell asleep while sucking his fingers.
Erlaizi arrived at the county town at noon the next day, took the eggs and milk to the street to sell them, and then returned to Jiang's house.
After handing the money from selling eggs and milk and five chickens to Jiang Tuantuan, Jiang Tuantuan took out 1,500 coins, or 1,500 wen, from his pocket and gave it to Erlaizi.
Erlaizi took the money, his eyes sparkled and he was so happy that they were about to spin. He was going to get married in a month. Although he didn't have to give a dowry as a son-in-law, he could buy a gift for Dafang with the money.
It happened that the school was on holiday today, and Jiang Li was at home. When they opened the warehouse, they saw the seeds piled up like a mountain, and they were all surprised.
"Boss, where did you get this?"
Jiang Tuantuan said, "A friend gave it to me," and then she slipped away, fearing that they would ask further questions.
Several people worked together to lift the seeds onto a cart and transported them to the county government office. This was done several times, and the news soon reached the ears of Mr. Zhou.
Er Jin said to Master Zhou, "I heard that it was Miss Jiang who suggested planting winter wheat, and the things on the cart are winter wheat seeds."
Mr. Zhou suddenly became interested. He had never heard of growing winter wheat, but if it succeeded, it would make a lot of money.
Jiang Tuantuan also wanted to sell some seeds to Mr. Zhou, so he visited him two days later.
Mr. Zhou immediately guessed why the person came and welcomed him in warmly. This time, Li Jingchen also came with him. After knowing Li Jingchen's identity, Mr. Zhou felt more and more that this friend was not an unfamiliar one.
"Master Zhou, the county magistrate bought a lot of seeds for the people. I know in my heart that the county magistrate is doing this for the people of Fujiang County, so I sold them at a very cheap price, 25 wen per pound."
Mr. Zhou stroked his beard and smiled faintly, "I wonder if Miss Jiang would be willing to sell me a few pounds for twenty-five cents."
"Of course it's no problem. It was also thanks to Mr. Zhou's generosity that he sold me a lot of chickens at a very cheap price."
Mr. Zhou said, "Then I'll buy 600 kilograms."
"No problem, I'll deliver it to you in two days."
In just a few days, I finally earned forty taels of silver.
On the way home, Li Jingchen asked, "Tuantuan seems to be very interested in making money now."
Jiang Tuantuan opened his round, almond-shaped eyes and nodded, "Yes, you should know everything. After the family split up, we don't even have any land, but farming is our foundation, so we still have to buy land. I've inquired about a family outside the county town who wants to sell land. They're selling twenty acres for fifty taels of silver. I'm going to buy it, but I'm still short of money."
"If you need money, just tell me and I'll give it to you."
"No, I just like making money and enjoy the fun of making money."
Li Jingchen looked at her money-loving look and thought she was adorable.
He secretly found the family and gave them ten taels of silver and five taels of hush money, asking the family to pretend to lower the price to forty taels and sell it to Jiang Tuantuan.
For the five taels of silver, the family immediately agreed.
When Jiang Tuantuan heard the price had dropped, he immediately took the money and went to buy it. Because of his relationship with the county magistrate, the formalities were completed quickly and both parties were very happy.
After the county magistrate distributed the seeds, he also began to organize the refugees to farm. Most of these refugees were farmers from other counties or villages. They all wondered if the county magistrate's brain was frozen, but in order to have something to eat, they had to obey orders and go to work.
Jiang Tuantuan also gave Erlaizi 20 kilograms of seeds for free, and asked him to choose a piece of land to plant them, which would be enough for next year's food. He also asked Erlaizi to ask if anyone in the village was willing to try growing winter wheat. If so, Jiang Tuantuan could give some for free. After all, the villagers helped a lot after the separation, and this was also to thank everyone.
After Er Laizi returned to the village and asked around, no one wanted to do it, thinking it was simply a fantasy.
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