Crispy little husband

Ning Wei has no specific arrangements for how to open up wasteland and grow food, because he doesn't know much about farming.

The land that has just been reclaimed in the first year is not fertile, and neither rice nor wheat can be grown. After discussion, everyone decided to plant corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans and other easy-to-live breeding land. As long as they arrange them reasonably, even if there is no rice , Wheat can also be replaced by food to fill the stomach.

Probably because farming has aroused the enthusiasm of many soldiers. Ning Wei also divided everyone into different areas according to the establishment, and promised to reward the best planters by the end of the year. Whether it is training or doing things, he has become very active.

At the end of February, Ning Wei finally straightened out the affairs in the army and asked Zhao Heizi to stay and take care of him, while Ning Wei took Li Mu to Chong'an County.

When Ning Wei was very busy, Su Xin was also very busy here, which is the reason why Su Xin didn't make cakes by herself later.

Five-spice melon seeds, drunkard peanuts, puff pastry peanuts, and fish skin peanuts were exclusively sold in Chong'an County for several months, and counterfeit products finally appeared on the market.

Just like Xu Ji who sells sugar with hot words, other people who sell melon seeds and peanuts will also be jealous of Tang Ji's business. With profit as the driving force, some people will try their best to learn Tang Ji's things.

Since Tang Ji reopened, Mr. Tang has hired someone he can trust to process these items. He can confirm that his own people have not leaked the secrets, but the practice of these snacks and roasted seeds and nuts is not difficult. Can make similar taste.

As a result, Tang Ji's candy is still as popular at present, but the sales of melon seeds and peanuts have decreased a lot.

Now that there are similar products from other companies, it is obviously a very unwise choice to fight a price war, so it is better to use new things to impress customers. In order to solve this problem, Su Xin began to work hard on new products.

In addition to five spices, melon seeds can also be made into other flavors, such as green tea and red dates, both of which are flavorful.

But peanuts are not as flavorful as melon seeds, because they are too big to taste, so Su Xin decided to make simple salted peanuts and garlic peanuts.

The previous peanuts are peeled peanuts, but the new peanut flavor is unshelled peanuts. The taste is naturally different due to different methods, and because the method is relatively simpler and the consumables are less, the price should be higher than the previous ones. kind of cheaper.

Here, Su Xin is busy making new products, while Tang Dong, on the other hand, found that the prices of peanuts and melon seeds have been increasing recently when he went out to buy.

I don’t know if it’s because there are more people buying peanuts and melon seeds driven by Tang Ji, or because some people hoard goods maliciously so that Tang Ji can’t buy peanuts and melon seeds at normal prices. to high priced ones.

Tang Dong has a doubtful candidate, and that is Xu Ji. The person who has the greatest enmity with Tang Ji is Xu Ji. Xu Ji himself also sells melon seeds and peanuts.

But this is just a simple matter of selling and buying. Xu Ji did not do anything directly to Tang Ji, and what was involved was not the price of grain that would be controlled by the government. Tang Dong could not do anything to Xu Ji, even if Xu Ji did it. Tang Dong could only find a solution elsewhere.

Tang Dong frowned for several days because of this. Compared with the income from making sugar, even if Tang Ji stopped doing the business of melon seeds and peanuts in the future, the impact would not be great, but he was not reconciled. The peanut and melon seeds that have been painstakingly worked out are handed over to others.

If it wasn't for his brother Xin who made these flavors of peanuts and melon seeds, others would never have thought of it. Now people outside want to cut off Tang Ji's way, which is really too much.

Seeing his little uncle frowning for several days, Su Xin took the time to ask him what happened, did he make too many peanuts before, and now he is worried that he can't sell them in the warehouse.

Tang Ji's peanuts and melon seeds are all selected good raw materials, full of flavor, and there is nothing bad. Even if some people maliciously rob the business, but the business can still go on, there is nothing to worry about.

After thinking about it, Tang Dong still told Su Xin that it was difficult to buy raw peanuts and melon seeds: "If this continues after a while, I will ask my former friends to help me buy and ship them from other places. Can reach out."

Even if Tang Dong doesn’t ask his former friends for help, it’s still possible to invite the running merchants who come to Tang Ji to buy candy to help bring some, but the cost of transporting peanuts and melon seeds from other places is much higher than that of local self-produced ones. Method.

And what really troubled Tang Dong was not that he couldn't buy peanuts, but sunflower seeds.

As a kind of food that has been grown in the land of Nanjing since ancient times, peanuts are grown by many people, and everyone is more accustomed to eating them.

But sunflower seeds are a kind of grain that was brought to Nanjing from Xiyue a hundred years ago.

However, most farmers are not used to growing this new kind of grain. Luonan Province was the place where the imperial government tried to grow sunflower seeds, because at that time the farmers were inexperienced and not active, and the final output was not high, so they did not spread to a large number. field.

After so many years, even though the price of raw melon seeds is still much higher than that of raw peanuts, there are still very few places to grow melon seeds.

Su Xin thought for a while and suggested: "Little uncle, why don't you go to the big landlords who own large tracts of fertile land to discuss and plant a lot of sunflower seeds and peanuts in their fields, and when they are harvested, we will collect them at the market price."

Compared with growing food, there are much fewer people who grow sunflower seeds and peanuts, because the income is relatively low, and the demand is also less. In case of a famine, when only food can survive, the price of peanuts and melon seeds It's even worse.

However, Su Xin feels that if someone agrees to charge according to a certain price, the price will not drop even if there are more varieties. The peanuts and melon seeds should not be difficult.

"Let me try. Even if the landlord is willing, many tenant farmers may not be willing." Tang Dong didn't think Su Xin's method would work.

First, even if you want to plant peanuts and melon seeds, you have to wait for several months to harvest after spring plowing, which cannot quench your thirst.

Second, after the landlord rents out the land, it is up to the peasants to decide what to plant. The landlord will only collect land rent according to the quality, quality, and difference of the land. The tenant farmers will plant the most profitable crops within their ability, or the highest yield to fill their stomachs. Landlords generally do not interfere with the affairs of the land for the food in their stomachs.

The landlord can directly decide what to plant in the field only when he hires long-term workers or asks his own servants to plant the land.

"If this doesn't work, how about you work harder, little uncle, and go to a few villages and towns to let those farmers who have their own land grow peanuts and melon seeds?" Su Xin just thought it would be easier to find a landlord with a lot of land, if not, then change Ordinary people with little land can also become.

"Well, I'm afraid we will have to make less peanuts and melon seeds in the future. Brother Xin, why don't you stop busy and wait until the second half of the year." Tang Dong smiled at Su Xin. You don’t need to add more money yourself, it doesn’t matter if you make melon seeds and peanuts and earn less.

Su Xin didn't agree or refuse. No matter whether he could buy it or not, no matter how much or how little he would do in the future, he made it first and then talked about it.

When Tang Dong left and was frying the melon seeds in the pot, Su Xin suddenly thought that their thinking just now seemed a little off. Why did they have to grow melon seeds and peanuts in the well-cultivated fertile fields?

Good land needs to be taxed. Even if the court tax in Nanjing is low, a lot of grain or tax will be paid per mu of land a year. Of course, everyone should think about growing some grain that can be tax deductible or fill their stomachs.

For this reason, many people in the countryside do not set aside a dedicated vegetable plot, but just open a spot in front of the door or behind the house. Is it possible to do the same with sunflower seeds and peanuts?

The land and houses in the countryside are not as valuable as in the city. People who have a good relationship with the village head and Lizheng buy land with things and money, and there are some errors in the measurement when repairing the house. One mu of land quietly becomes one mu in the end. Half is not a big deal.

It is impossible for the government to collect taxes on the scattered land in front of and behind these houses. Some industrious country women use this land. Not only can they grow enough vegetables for their family, but they can also carry some to the market from time to time. Sell ​​it to earn money to subsidize the family.

Therefore, it is theoretically feasible for everyone to plant some sunflower seeds and peanuts in scattered places such as in front of the door and behind the house.

A family may not be able to grow too many, but if everyone in a village grows like this, wouldn't the number increase?

Thinking of this solution, Su Xin went to talk to Dong Dong immediately after frying the pot of green tea-flavored melon seeds.

Tang Dong's eyes became brighter the more he heard it. He thought more than Su Xin. The child only thought of the front door and the back of the house. After hearing this, he immediately set his mind on those places that were not designated as reclaimable land by the government. Corners and small soil slopes on the side of the road, as long as there is mud, as long as wild flowers and weeds can grow, then they can be planted!

Tang Dong felt that this method was more useful than persuading others to use fertile land to grow crops: "Brother Xin, I'm going out for a while."

Sunflower seeds are not cheap, ordinary farmers may not have seeds, Su Xin reminded from behind: "Little uncle, if these people don't have sunflower seeds, we can lend them first, and let them return it when they harvest it." That's it."

"Don't worry too much when you're young, don't worry about your little uncle and me doing things." Tang Dong turned around and quickly pinched Su Xin's cheek before Su Xin could react.

Seeing Su Xin frowning and looking at him with dissatisfaction, Tang Dong laughed. Although he said so, in his heart he thought Su Xin's suggestion was very useful, because in this way he would not have to worry about the people in those villages. Received melon seeds and did not sell them to myself.