Daming daddy

Chapter 45 High Yield Crops
"Brother Wei Ming, how do you say that?" said the Patriarch of the Li Family of the Longyou Merchant Gang.Although they have a little food in their hands, compared with Wei Ming, it is much different. Even if they add it all, what is the use?
"Just now you also said that these years have been plagued by natural disasters, and the people are struggling to live. The root cause is that the war in Liaodong was tense, the imperial court increased the tax, and the grain production was reduced. In ancient times, Suzhou and Hangzhou were cooked, and the world was full. But now there is such a shortage of food in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huaihe River and Huaihe River. I think everyone is very clear about the reason." Wei Ming paused on purpose to give everyone time to think, and then continued: "I guess everyone will think, what exactly is Wei Ming here for? Do you want to seize all the places where we raise silkworms and grow cotton to grow food? This is absolutely impossible. I, Wei Ming, am just a rising star in the market. As a junior, I speak lightly, even if I wanted to do this, it would be impossible to convince everyone."

"Then what exactly do you mean, tell me quickly." Said the head of the Luo family on behalf of the Hangzhou cloth merchant.Just now Wei Ming's unintentional remark offended him, but now he heard Wei Ming's nonsense, so he stood up and opposed it.

"Uncle Luo, please be calm. I believe everyone can see that the grain market is a big piece of meat. No matter how much you invest in it, it will not be able to fill this big hole. I don't believe that everyone here is so fat. There is no interest in meat. We are talking about business, and businessmen are for profit. It is very uncomfortable to have profits but not to seize them. Although everyone is a cloth merchant, in the face of such a large profit I think you are also a little moved." Wei Ming talked eloquently, and looked around at the contemplative people present.Regardless of whether a good businessman or a profiteer, he will not do things that are not profitable.Even the Patriarch of the Luo family, who didn't deal with Wei Ming very much, shut up and fell into deep thought.There is indeed a big gap in the grain market now.No matter who gets into it now, they can make a lot of money.Just like the current Wei Ming, not long ago, aside from food, he only had a few hundred taels of silver.But now, he is already a giant businessman worth 10 taels.With a capital of 5000 yuan, it turned into hundreds of thousands after a few twists and turns. If you say that you are not tempted by this kind of profit, you are definitely putting on airs.

"Wei Ming, just say what you want to say. We are all here to listen. If it is beneficial to everyone, we will support you." The head of the Sun family of the Dongting Merchant Gang said.He has long seen that there is a big gap in the grain market, and has begun to attack the grain market one after another.However, there is too little food in circulation on the market, leaving him with a lot of money, but he is powerless.Hearing what Wei Ming said now, it seemed that there was a solution, and he immediately wanted to know what to do.

"Yes, yes, just hurry up and say it!" All the representatives couldn't wait.

There was a smile on the corner of Wei Ming's mouth.What I want is such an effect.If he told these cloth merchants when he first came up, let the cotton and silkworm breeding land be planted into food, then these cloth merchants would not kill him.But if you say it now, you won't have such worries, so you said: "Now people have invested a lot of money in the grain market, which has caused other markets to slump, including the cloth market. And now even if you What’s the use of weaving more cloth? How much money can it earn? So, I think, maybe you can use some of the land for growing cotton and silkworms to grow food. In this way, you can guarantee Maximize your profits."

"At the end of the day, we still have to take out the land where we grow cotton and silkworms to grow food." The head of the Luo family curled his lips and said disdainfully.But the tone is far from as strong as before.He is also thinking about this issue.It seems that what Wei Ming said still has some truth.It's just because Wei Ming doesn't have enough respect for him, so he feels very uncomfortable if he doesn't come out with a few words of ridicule about Wei Ming.

"Uncle Luo, this is different from the one just now. I have a good idea here. As long as everyone allocates one-fifth, or even one-tenth of the land, it can meet the needs of the entire market." Wei Ming threw Out today's blockbuster.These cloth merchants have been working on fabrics for so many years, and there are too many ups and downs here, which can be regarded as food and taste. They are unwilling to abandon this piece and start doing other things when they are making profits here. one line.After all, the commodities they sell are different. Although they are both businessmen, they are separated by mountains. No one is willing to give up the industry they are already familiar with before engaging in another industry.In their concept, there is still a hint of luck.It is believed that the natural disasters in these years are just accidental phenomena, and it will not take long, even this year or next year, there will be a bumper harvest and a large amount of grain.In that case, they would give up the cloth industry and switch to food, not only would they not get any benefits, but it is even very likely that a large amount of food will be thrown into their own hands.Now hearing what Wei Ming said, everyone's eyes lit up.If a small amount of land can be spent to grow food, and a large amount of land can still be used to grow cotton and raise silkworms, it will be a treasure that kills multiple birds with one stone.At least the risk can be leveled.But thinking about it, it doesn't seem possible.If such a small amount of land could grow a lot of food, then there would not be so many hungry people now.Could Wei Ming really be able to conjure food from the soil?

"Wei Ming, are you sure you're not kidding us?" the Patriarch of the Sun family asked suspiciously.

"Of course, I asked everyone to come here, not to amuse everyone. If it doesn't produce results in the end, then I have to be scolded to death by everyone? The current food crops, wheat, rice, etc., are the main food crops. The yield is too low. To change the current situation, we need to find drought-resistant and high-yield crops." Wei Ming said excitedly, waving his arms.Wei Ming is also quite surprised that high-yield plants such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn have not become popular in such an era of food shortage.It's hilarious.If this thing is planted, it is very likely that a large number of hungry people will be reduced.When the fifth Little Ice Age came, Britain also encountered the same problems as the Ming Dynasty.The weather was severe and the original crop yields were low and the supply was in short supply.After the introduction of the high-yielding potato crop, the situation was greatly improved.Why is it possible in the UK but not in the Ming Dynasty?

"Then do you have any high-yielding crops?" The head of the Luo family said sarcastically.In his opinion, Wei Ming is simply talking in the open air.If this guy has such a high-end thing, why don't he hide it quickly, and let everyone know about it?Just kidding!He was not a selfless person in the first place, so he naturally wouldn't think too well of others.

"Yes, of course." Wei Ming said cheerfully.Could it be that this product is also a babysitter?No, the Patriarch of the Luo family has a high status among all the people here.The family is rich.And the big guys are all in the fabric business, they don't see each other when they look up, and they don't know who they are.Besides, even if Fatty Wang wanted to hire such a babysitter, he wouldn't be able to!I could only silently thank the head of the Luo family, and then said: "Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn are all high-yield crops. We only need to plant these crops in a small number of fields to ensure a good harvest! At that time, the entire grain market will Occupied by us, if you want to be high, you can be high, if you want to be low, you can be low, wouldn't it be refreshing!"

"What are those things?" Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know what Wei Ming was talking about.Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, are you kidding me?In the end, everyone looked at Wei Ming with puzzled faces, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.

"Oh, it's sweet potatoes, jade wheat and potatoes." Wei Ming's hair was black.He forgot, but these things don't have that name now.

"Oh, I know that." Everyone had a clear expression.

"But can the big guys accept these crops?" someone asked.

"If there is no food to eat, even the Guanyin Tu bet, do you think people will eat it?" Wei Ming said seriously.You really think too much, don't you accept?If you don't accept it, go hungry!
After hearing Wei Ming's words, everyone nodded. (Brothers, today is already Saturday, I hope we will make greater progress in the remaining two days! 27th place, very good, weakly ask, can we move forward?)
(End of this chapter)