After unlocking the material space, I raised my younger siblings in a farmhouse.

"I thought about it for a long time and decided to use all the remaining money to contract two barren hills near my home. I will plant fruit trees on one hill and cultivate the other hill to grow peppers."

"What is chili?"

Everyone else looked confused, but the village head suddenly remembered what Lin Chuyi had just said. He looked at the boiled pork slices. At this time, the meat slices and bean sprouts were no longer visible, only some red soup was left.

Lin Chuyi smiled, picked up the chopsticks and pointed at the chili pepper she had just picked out, and said to everyone: "This is chili pepper, a new seasoning. The spicy taste of boiled pork slices comes from it. This chili pepper was brought all the way from Beijing by my aunt. We have never seen it here before."

Everyone's eyes followed the direction of Lin Chuyi's chopsticks and looked at the pile of chopped peppers. Most of them also had a pile of peppers in front of them, which they had picked out when they were eating.

They had never eaten boiled pork slices, and they didn't know what peppers were. They were not sure whether they were edible. In order not to make a fool of themselves, they all chose to act like Lin in the first grade of junior high school and picked out the peppers separately before eating them. As a result, no one experienced the power of red peppers firsthand.

"Although chili is just a seasoning, it is the essence of this dish. It can be used in not only this dish but also other dishes. The same dish will taste completely different with chili."

This statement was recognized by everyone. They had just eaten dishes cooked with chili peppers, which were spicy, fresh and fragrant, and boiled pork slices. So when they tried the stir-fried pork, they felt that the taste was a bit bland. Even the two elders who could not eat spicy food could not deny this.

Just now Lin Chuyi said that this is a specialty of Yongzhou, which they don’t have here. If they can get the pepper seeds, they can successfully mass-produce peppers.

Then before peppers become popular, they can monopolize the nearby pepper market, and the profits they can obtain from it will be much greater than growing crops.

However, this idea was quickly overturned by themselves. Things that could be brought from thousands of miles away by the official's wife must be precious things in Yongzhou. They should be content to be able to eat a dish made with chili peppers once.

Lin Chuyi is someone else's niece, so when she asked her for seeds, people could help her out of kinship. But if their entire village wanted to plant seeds, the amount needed would be more than a little. Why should people help them?

After thinking it through, the old men stopped thinking and continued to listen to Lin Chuyi's next words.

Lin Chuyi put down his chopsticks and said solemnly: "I plan to contract an entire barren mountain to try to grow peppers. If peppers can adapt to our climate and be successfully grown, I don't need to say how much profit there is. Everyone knows it. And I don't intend to monopolize it. I want everyone to grow it with me."

"Are you telling the truth?" Several elders finally couldn't hold it in anymore and asked.

Although the village head was also tempted, as a village head, he had to consider the overall situation and quickly raised his concerns.

"Chuyi, this is no small matter. This pepper is a new species for us after all. We don't know anything about it. Moreover, it was grown in the north before. We are far away from the north and the climate is different. If it grows well, everyone will be happy. If it doesn't grow well or it doesn't meet expectations, there are hundreds of people in our village, young and old, and we can't afford the loss."

After the village head poured a basin of cold water on them, the clan leader and the elders, who were originally a little excited due to the alcohol, calmed down all of a sudden.

Yes, the harvest from the fields is related to the lives of the people. If they can make money by growing peppers, those who are in charge will be the great heroes of the village.

But if they mess up, they will be the sinners of the village and even a drop of spit will drown them.

After calming down, several people broke out in cold sweats. They had only thought of the benefits of growing peppers, but had not thought of the possible consequences. After being awakened by the headman, their drunkenness mostly dissipated, and they leaned back in their chairs in silence.

Lin Chuyi understood the village head's concerns and had a plan to deal with them.

"Every profession has its own expertise. I will arrange a technician to teach you how to plant peppers. But I understand your concerns. How about this? I will rent the villagers' land and hire them to help me plant peppers. The growing period of peppers is about half a year. By then, I will harvest the peppers, and the villagers will also understand how to plant peppers and earn some income. It's the best of both worlds. Next year, you can plant and sell them yourself, or you can help me plant according to this year's model. It's all up to you to make your own decisions."

"Wouldn't that mean you would be the only one to bear all the risks? If nothing grows or the yield is not as expected, you might lose everything. Are you willing to do that?"

The Liu clan leader was a little puzzled. From the clan members' point of view, this plan was undoubtedly very beneficial to them, but for Lin Chuyi it was just the opposite. He did not think that Lin Chuyi was a stupid person, so he did not understand her intention of doing so.

Lin Chuyi smiled and explained the reason for doing so.

"Risks and opportunities coexist. If the first crop of peppers is good, then most of the peppers will be in my hands, which is equivalent to monopolizing the entire pepper market and having the final pricing power for peppers. The profits I can get are worth the risk."

"If the peppers don't grow as expected or don't grow at all, it means peppers are not suitable for our area. At least I still have a fruit forest to back me up. I will stop thinking about it and focus on growing fruit trees and making money from selling fruit. No one will suffer too much loss because of me."

"Of course, I personally prefer that the peppers can survive, so I consider more the reaction after the peppers enter the market. Once peppers enter the public eye, people will soon see the business opportunities in them and follow suit to grow peppers. However, the pepper market is huge. It will take at least a few years to reach market saturation and see bidding. When demand exceeds supply, those retail investors will not pose any threat to us."

"During this period, the scale of pepper cultivation in our village can be expanded year by year. With professional guidance and planting experience, our advantages are still very obvious."

"In the second year, our village will definitely account for the majority of pepper production. By then, we will sell the peppers we grow to the outside world under the name of Qingshan Village, and pepper cultivation will become the label of our village."

"Once this impression is left on people, people who want to buy chili will come to our store on their own initiative, and subconsciously they will think that the chili we produce is the best and most authentic."