Peppers are usually planted by sowing seeds first and then transplanting them according to the grown plants. In Li Yan's memory, he remembered that his fellow villagers said that pepper seedlings grown on one acre of land can be transplanted to about twenty acres of land, with a ratio of one to twenty.
She had roughly estimated before that if the germination rate of seeds from one pound of dried chili peppers was normal, there would be enough left over to sow one acre of land.
She needed so much land, but her family didn't have it, unless she bought more land.
But now that the family has so many businesses, there is no manpower and energy to manage the cultivation of these peppers. And more importantly, this thing is only valuable when it is not spread. Once it becomes known, it will not be a rare item. Therefore, Li Yan does not plan to buy land to grow it herself!
Li Yan figured out the key to this and had an idea in mind. She said to Mr. Li who was sitting next to her, "Grandpa, I plan to grow the seedlings myself, and then ask interested families in the village to take them home to plant! We'll buy them back from them when the time comes."
Mr. Li was surprised. "Are you not going to grow it yourself?"
Li Yan nodded and expressed her concerns, "Master, our energy is limited. Everyone in the family is busy with their own work. We can't possibly have the energy to take care of these things!"
Unlike her own family which is currently short of labor, what most villagers in the village have the most is people. Cooperating with them to grow peppers is the best solution Li Yan can think of at the moment!
Mr. Li knew that what his granddaughter said was true, but he still had some concerns in his heart. "After all, you bought this thing at a high price. It can only make money if it is the only one of its kind. If it gets out, it won't sell for a high price!"
After all, he was an old man, and he immediately hit the crux of the matter. Whether she hired someone to grow it herself or cooperated in growing it, it was only a matter of time before the word of this pepper spread. Even if she wanted people to like to eat this pepper, she had to first seek cooperation with Qin Yue's restaurant and publicize it.
Once the news gets out, there will be a lot of people who want to try hot peppers.
As a result, Li Yan thought about waiting until this season's peppers were harvested before seeking cooperation with Qin Yue. By then, the weather would be cold, and the peppers would come in handy!
Now most people don’t know that this thing can be used in cooking, so no one would think of eating this pepper!
After thinking this through, Li Yan said to Old Man Li, "Master, the reason you're worried is because you already know the effects of this chili pepper. But you also reminded me that when I cooperate with the villagers to grow chili peppers, I will issue a contract outlining the requirements. Violators will be punished. Then I'll ask the clan leader to step in. I think this matter should be resolved without any problems!"
After hearing this, Old Master Li nodded and said, "In that case, we need to hurry up and start planting peppers. We need to first ask the villagers for their opinions and calculate the number of people who want to plant. Come on, I'll accompany you to the clan leader today!"
Li Yan also felt that this matter could not be delayed. She needed to count the number of people who were willing to plant as soon as possible so that she could start raising seedlings as soon as possible.
When Grandpa Li led his granddaughter to the home of Patriarch Li, Patriarch Li had just arrived home. At this moment, he was sitting under a big tree to enjoy the cool air.
In the past few days, Patriarch Li has been going to the threshing ground several times every day, mainly to check on the construction progress of the village school.
There are not many villages in this area that have village schools. Hehe, now their Lijia Village also has one. How can he not be happy?
It was when he went into the city yesterday that he met the chiefs of other villages on the road. When they saw him, they asked him in various ways about the village school in their village!
For this, Patriarch Li earned a lot of face in front of those old friends!
Although transportation was poor in that era and news had to be transmitted by foot, the news that Lijia Village was going to build a village school spread like wildfire and quickly reached the ears of the patriarchs of other villages.
A woman from a nearby village who married into Lijia Village returned to her parents' home these two days and told her family about the plan to build a village school in her village.
Building a village school is not enough. I even heard that children who go to the village school don’t have to pay tuition!
This makes the families of these daughters-in-law extremely envious. If there are girls waiting to be married in their families, they will ask their daughters if there are any good-looking boys of the right age in Li Village so that they can marry their daughters to Li Village as well!
These things are changing quietly without Li Yan's knowledge!
Clan leader Li, who was sitting under a tree, saw the grandfather and grandson and immediately stood up to greet them. "Why are you here at this time? Why didn't you rest?"
"Is the clan leader going to take a nap? Did we disturb him?"
Chief Li hurriedly asked the two to sit down under the big tree, "Hey, I'm old now, I can't sleep too much, otherwise I won't be able to sleep at night!"
Mr. Li nodded in agreement!
"It's like this. I have a job and I want to ask the uncles and aunts in the village if they are willing to do it. I will pay you according to the harvest!" Li Yan said directly.
"Tell me in detail!"
"I got the seeds of a new crop. Since we have limited manpower, I'm thinking of asking my uncles to help plant them. We're sowing now and harvesting in mid-October. The seed vendor told me the yield is around 800 kilograms per mu, so I'll buy them from you at five cents per kilogram!"
Taking into account the current planting conditions, without the help of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, Li Yan gave a very conservative number so that Chief Li could estimate how much money he could earn from planting peppers per acre!
Li Yan just watched Patriarch Li fiddle with his fingers, then asked in surprise, "There are actually four taels of silver?"
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