Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Man Bao looked at Magistrate Tang's face for a while, knowing that today would not be a good day, so she pulled the fourth brother and the smartest Bai Shan aside to discuss in a low voice, "What should we do?"

Bai Shan looked at Zhou Zhoulang and said, "Can it be cheaper?"

Zhou Zhoulang whispered: "It's possible, but how much less, I must make some money, right?"

This is not his business alone, but the whole family's. Now basically, Zhou Dalang and the others have selected good wheat seeds everywhere at home, and bought them back at 20% to 30% higher than the market price of wheat purchases. Come over, sell the money back, and get new wheat seeds.

Because it is a small business, and he only sells around Yizhou City, he does not dare to buy too many wheat seeds every time. For example, he only brought two sacks this time. Every time he transported them here one by one.

Now that the winter wheat was almost all planted, he didn't dare to sell too much, for fear that the wheat would fall into his own hands. After all, they couldn't use this kind of wheat at home, and it was too expensive to eat as wheat.

I'm afraid his father will be fine if he doesn't eat it, but he will get sick if he eats it.

Distressed.

So Zhou Zhou paid great attention to cost control, he whispered: "Don't lose money, or dad will beat me to death."

"Of course we can't lose money," Man Bao looked at her fourth brother speechlessly, "I'm not stupid."

Bai Shan made a final decision: "Then let's reduce it to one hundred and ten coins a dou."

Zhou Zhoulang was heartbroken, "Thirty Wen was lost for that fight."

Man Bao ignored him and asked Bai Shan, "What about the conditions?"

Bai Shan lowered his voice and said: "Ask him for an official document that allows the sale, and then the fee for entering and leaving the city will be exempted..."

Man Bao's eyes lit up, and he added: "Yes, since the price is cheap, then we will go for sales, and simply cover the two seasons of next year's wheat seeds, and we can make a lot of money with small profits. By the way, why are wheat seeds sold? Need to be approved by the Yamen?"

How could she not know this?

Bai Shan happened to see such regulations, but he didn't expect Zhou Zhoulang at that time.

He whispered: "Salt and iron, grain seeds and other things that are related to the people's livelihood and the country's destiny have to go through the local county government before they are sold. It is not only the seeds, but the actual sale of grain There are also such regulations, but your fourth brother doesn't open a shop, he pulls his cart to sell everywhere, and the people don't sue the officials and don't investigate."

Bai Shan lowered his voice and said: "When you open a shop, you have to pay a part of the quarterly income as tax to the yamen. When the tax reaches a certain amount, you will be a merchant, and your household registration will be lowered."

Man Bao knew this. When she bought a shop for her sister-in-law in the county, she asked County Magistrate Yang about it. Otherwise, there is no need to register again. Because the amount of tax she pays every quarter is not large.

The limit has not yet been reached.

"With the official document of permission to sell, and your fourth brother has no shop, this is considered to be exempt from commercial tax, and the two-one neutralization is not far off."

Before Man Bao agreed, Zhou Zhoulang had already clapped his hands and said happily: "This is good, this is good, and with this calculation, it seems that we are not losing money."

Man Bao looked at him silently for a while, but still didn't say anything. He nodded and said, "Then fourth brother, go talk to Magistrate Tang."

Zhou Zhoulang looked at her suspiciously, "Is there any problem?"

Man Bao shook his head, "No more, you can go."

Zhou Zhoulang hesitated and took two steps. Seeing that Yaomei didn't stop him, he quickly walked over to Magistrate Tang.

Bai Shan waited for him to walk away and asked, "What's wrong?"

Man Bao sighed sadly: "If there is a shop, then our new wheat seeds will not be so much lower than the market price. You can calculate the difference between the current market price of new wheat seeds and ours."

Bai Shan did some calculations, opened his mouth wide, and said angrily: "I forgot this, so why didn't you remind Brother Zhou just now?"

"Because it suddenly occurred to me that it was wrong for us to do this," Man Bao said: "The price of grain in Yizhou City is wrong now, and the price of seeds is also wrong. The price of our wheat from harvest to grain merchants is the same price." , It’s another price when it comes out of the grain store, and if you do the math carefully, no matter how many hands it changes in the middle, it’s a fact that it more than doubles from going in and coming out.”

"It takes four to five months for us to plow, sow, work, and harvest. We have put in so much hard work and sweat, but they may take less than a month, and they get more than us. There will be more." Man Bao said: "No matter how the county magistrate Tang lowers the price, these grains will end up in the hands of the refugees for free, and those sold by my fourth brother will also go directly to the farmers who want to cultivate them, so why should we According to the market price?"

"It's fine for us to calculate the price according to our own cost, as long as we can make some money, and the money we make is enough for us to devote so much energy and physical strength." Man Bao smiled: "So I thought, the price is low. It's cheap."

The magistrate of Tang County, who had to check the quality of their wheat seeds, asked Zhou Zhoulang to dig out the grain seeds in the car. He turned around and saw two children talking together, and heard such words when they came up. .

He couldn't help but pause for a moment, then stepped forward with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

Man Bao turned around and replied, "I won't tell you."

If you don’t tell me, I’ll know. Magistrate Tang smiled slightly, and changed the subject, “Recently, do you still go to Fuxue to secretly read books?”

Being caught as a thief, Man Bao sticks out his tongue guiltily.

Seeing that she was being honest, County Magistrate Tang was satisfied, and smiled and mentioned another matter, "By the way, I'm discussing with the shopkeepers of a few pharmacies recently, and I want to ask the doctors in the city to help me before the weather cools down. The refugees take a look at their bodies, if they are sick, get treated as soon as possible, otherwise the weather is cold, and some people may not be able to survive the winter, aren't you just learning to prescribe prescriptions, do you want to open a table alone?"

Man Bao's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Can I?"

After asking, he frowned again, "Although I prescribed prescriptions alone at the pharmacy, Dr. Ji has been sitting behind me to check on me."

Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "Of course, I will build a shed for you at that time, and you will only receive female guests. Some women are not easy to go to the doctor when they are sick, and you happen to be a female doctor. I believe there will be some troubles." Few people see you for medical treatment."

Man Bao asked: "What about the prescription? Can they afford it after I prescribed it?"

Magistrate Tang sighed, "That's why I said I'm poor. These medicines have to be issued by our county government in the end. I will give you a medicine list later. As long as the medicines you prescribe are on the medicine list, they can take them." I got the medicine, if I don’t have it, I can only go to the pharmacy to get it.”

At this moment, Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at Magistrate Tang with a lot of respect, "Magistrate Tang, you are really a good person, no, a good official."

Magistrate Tang stroked his chin proudly, but did not stroke his beard, but smiled happily at the two of them.

Sitting in the yard watching the play in silence, oh no, Mr. Zhuang, who was watching, couldn't help shaking his head slightly, thinking that although the two disciples were smart, they were still too young.

Good night