Dressed as the heroine of the farming novel and the best relative

Chapter 139 Worry
"I asked about it, but the prices they gave were not very high."

"We went to inquire privately and found out that it was because most of the merchants seemed to have gone elsewhere to collect cotton. In addition, no one had told the news about our cotton planting this year. After all, we had to grow it according to the Yamen's words from the beginning. , I thought I wouldn’t delay my work, so I gave it a try, who knew it would actually work.”

The old man said a little embarrassed.

County Magistrate Lin, "..."

Wow, you really dare to say that, if he wasn't so arrogant, he would be angry!
The seventh prince couldn't help but laugh when he saw Magistrate Lin's behavior.

Seeing that Magistrate Lin was defeated, he was naturally happy.

"Then what price are you planning to sell this year's cotton for? If you can't sell it, what will you do with it?" The seventh prince asked several questions in succession.

The old man hesitated.

The son next to him couldn't help but looked at the Seventh Prince cautiously and said, "When someone came from the county government, they said that for the cotton harvested this year, we need to return the cotton seeds to the county government first. If we can't sell them, we can go find them." The county government will buy it, but we don’t know what price the county government will charge.”

Magistrate Lin was almost numb and couldn't help but say in his heart, hey, what are you talking about? It's like saying that the Yamen will cheat you out of your money.

"You are right. Business matters have nothing to do with the Yamen." The seventh prince nodded.

County Magistrate Lin frowned slightly, no, the prince would not want to continue to set up any kind of chamber of commerce, after all, the other party did not want the yamen to control the prices of crops sold by the people. This is normal. After all, it has set a precedent. In the future, the yamen will If you can set prices at will, wouldn't it mean that one county magistrate can control the people of the entire county?
But this cannot be left to businessmen. When the time comes, the yamen and even the imperial court will be constrained by businessmen.

"Someone will come to buy your cotton this year."

"Thank you sir."

The two were overjoyed.

The seventh prince walked around the village and looked at almost all the cotton in the fields. He saw that the people in the village were worried that the cotton could not be sold, but they were glad that the harvest this year was better than in previous years and they no longer had to go hungry. , the seventh prince was thoughtful, not knowing what he was thinking.

soon.

The team left a large mountain village and headed to the next village.

The next village is close to Shanghe Village.

When the Seventh Prince and his party came over, they happened to meet a group of villagers coming back from working in the workshop. They all came back together, and most of them were women.

"Who are these people?" the seventh prince asked.

"These people must be the female workers working in the workshop next door." County Magistrate Lin said this with a somewhat proud expression.

The seventh prince glanced at him and simply stepped forward and called a middle-aged woman to stop.

"...Sister, what are you doing?"

The woman who was stopped looked surprised, "Are you from another village? You don't know about the vermicelli workshop?"

"Vermicelli workshop?" The seventh prince chewed on the name.

The woman said happily, "Yes, it is a vermicelli workshop. Now we work in the workshop every day and we are paid every day. We are paid once a month. The workshop never defaults on wages."

"That's right, when my men went to work in the town to carry bags, they would always be deducted from their money, and even injured for a few copper coins."

The young woman laughed as she spoke, "It's okay now. You don't have to worry about your men being beaten for wages." "Hey, what are you talking about? I think the best thing now is because the workshop is in the countryside. We opened it ourselves, we don’t need to look at the faces of the people in the town, and we are more reasonable. They know our sufferings. As long as we work hard, we can get a monthly salary. Now we can taste the smell of meat every few days at home. .”

"Yes."

"I hope the workshop can continue to work."

"It's definitely possible. The vermicelli we produce is so delicious, everyone who has eaten it will definitely be willing to buy it."

The topic suddenly went off the rails.

But no one is paying attention now.

Even though the Seventh Prince had never experienced hardship and was used to living in a wealthy family, he felt very sympathetic when he saw the simple and pitiful appearance of these common people.

He smiled and nodded, "That is indeed a happy event."

These women did not stay long. After all, they had returned home and were making dinner. It would be too late if they lingered for a while.

"Why does this workshop only hire female workers?"

The seventh prince followed him into the carriage. Seeing that it was getting late, he went back to the town to tidy up.

"It's not just female workers, there are also male workers. It's just that because the workshop stipulates that each family can only have one person working, and it's the busy farming season, so every household lets the female family members work. As for the men staying at home to farm, let alone the whole family. It’s nothing if only one of the female relatives goes, and it won’t delay the family affairs.”

"That makes sense."

Magistrate Lin almost raised his tail when he was praised, "Of course, this is the official's idea. This can improve the lives of the villagers without affecting the work in the fields."

"You are so smart, why didn't you think of setting up more workshops?" The seventh prince deliberately made things difficult for him.

Magistrate Lin wiped his face and said, "There is nothing we can do about it. Originally, the county was planning to let businessmen go out to promote our county's delicacies and attract more foreign businessmen. In order not to waste their trip, they would also automatically buy some local food. specialty products, in this way, more workshops can be established.”

"It just takes time to take your time."

"As you put it, there are still many uncertain factors. In addition, if you want to develop a county to be more lively, I'm afraid it will take a long time." The seventh prince said to the point.

Magistrate Lin nodded, "That's true. That's why Xianguan cooperated with the Gao family because the food in their shop is fresh and delicious. Not only that, the price is also cheap, and ordinary people can afford it. If it's too expensive, they can't buy it." Way to attract too many customers.”

"Now we just have to wait for the businessmen in the county to go out and promote it. As long as we can use vermicelli to attract the attention of small businessmen from other state capitals, our county has a high chance of success."

"Oh? Small businessman? Not a big businessman?"

County Magistrate Lin said matter-of-factly, "Of course, big businessmen look down on this benefit at all. The profit from vermicelli is not big."

"These small businessmen are different. Their expectations are not high. Since they can make a sum of money safely and safely, they not only take it seriously, but also take the initiative to promote the establishment of the matter."

"Besides, it is originally food for ordinary people. If it is controlled by big businessmen, it may become a valuable thing that only rich people can enjoy." County Magistrate Lin said this and sneered, "Just like in many places in the past , white rice has become a symbol of wealthy people, ordinary people can only eat brown rice, but this vermicelli is made of rice."

"If you want to turn vermicelli into a business that only rich people can eat, the reason is almost ready."

(End of this chapter)