Chapter 145 It’s a mess, it’s really a mess
Fan Jin finally knew why Bai Manshan was stunned for a long time before he said it.
He did the same after hearing this.
do not know what to say.
Shuiqing closed her eyes.
Although she had known that she had been prepared in her heart, she was still extremely shocked when she suddenly heard that it was actually happening.
It's chaos, it's going to be chaos.
The news about Bai Manshan is indeed much earlier than that of ordinary people!
"Let's close the door and say this to my family: no matter who becomes the emperor, as long as this emperor can keep the world stable and the country not in chaos, he is a good emperor to me." Bai Manshan looked solemn.
Shui Qing: ....Who isn't?
It's still the royal people who are fighting over and over again, for the power and benefits of the royal family, but it's the people below who are suffering.
The days of peace only lasted for more than thirty years.
"I'm a businessman. Usually, the officials take advantage of me from time to time and use excuses to ask me to provide money. That's fine. They just treat it as a loss of wealth and avoid disaster;
But once there is chaos, the Bai family tree will become a favorite, and everyone will want to come up and take a bite of it! When the time comes, there will be no satisfaction. The more you feed, the more greedy you will become, and you won’t be able to get enough at all.
So before that, I have to transfer part of my money, collect my property, fields, and shops, and choose the opportunity. "Bai Manshan only felt that it was easier than he thought to say these words to Fan Jin and Shuiqing, which even his mother could not say.
Just because he had a hunch that for this decision he made, they would not scold him like his mother did for ruining the ancestral heritage.
Shui Qing was also a businessman in the past, and his business was not as big as that of Bai Manshan, but the things he encountered in big and small businesses were basically the same.
Each has its own difficulties.
Regarding Bai Manshan's approach, from a modern perspective, it is to ensure cash flow on hand, and having money is the last word.
When the market is good, sell the assets at a high price and hold a large amount of cash on hand. When the market is bad, you can buy them back at a low price.
Between buying and selling, the assets will not only not lose money but also expand much more than before.
Moreover, by selling off the conspicuous family property, land and shop, Bai Manqun can avoid being targeted by people from all walks of life, which is good for the Bai family and their own safety.
Shui Qing sincerely praised: "No wonder you want to send all your family members away. You have already planned it. I have to say I admire you for taking all aspects into consideration."
Only he did not consider himself.
Fan Jin was thinking about Bai Manshan facing Cai Langhubao alone, with an unbearable look in his eyes: "Brother Bai, you"
Bai Manshan winked at the two of them.
Fan Jinshuiqing immediately understood that he was afraid that Li Huyu would be worried.
Bai Manshan's face returned to its usual kindness, and he said cheerfully: "I'm fine, I have a servant, a servant, and a guard. I'm safe, nothing will happen to me.
By the way, how is the potato yield? This was collected for several days, right? "
The topic was successfully transferred.
Fan Jinshun said: "On the first day today, we hired people. Some are only responsible for digging potatoes, some are only responsible for picking potatoes. What you see are people who specialize in transporting potatoes."
Bai Manshan's round eyes gradually widened, as did his mouth, which could almost hold an egg.
His Bai family has thousands of acres of fertile land, not to mention mountains and forests. He knows more about the harvests in the fields than the average farmer!
There is even more knowledge about which crops produce what per mu.
He asked incredulously: "This, yours, what I just saw alone weighs tens of thousands of pounds, right?"
Shui Qing nodded affirmatively, "Today's total harvest is about 20,000 catties."
Bai Manshan asked hurriedly: "Then, how many acres can be harvested today?"
If the acres are large, 20,000 kilograms is normal...
After talking for a long time, he felt his mouth was a little dry. He picked up the tea cup next to him, used the tea lid to skim off the tea foam floating on it, took a sip and was ready to listen to whether it was tens or hundreds of acres.
"Uh, it should be a little over ten acres?" Shui Qing was not very sure and estimated a number.
According to books such as The Encyclopedia of High-yield Potato Cultivation and Efficient Potato Planting Techniques, the yield per mu can basically reach more than 2,000 kilograms.
But doesn’t her family still have a lot of land that was newly reclaimed? Although there is enough farmyard manure such as chicken manure, sheep manure, pig manure, etc., the fertility is still somewhat worse than the previous fields.
Bai Manshan squirted out all the tea in one sip!
Cough cough cough!
Li Huyu had practiced martial arts with his father since he was a child. After marrying into the Bai family, his martial arts skills had never been put to use, and today they really came in handy - blocking him in front of his husband.
Avoid spraying the tea on the faces of Fan Jin and Shui Qing who are facing them.
While Bai Manshan's face turned red from coughing, he was still grateful that his wife had saved his face.
Oh, what a shame.
After coughing for a long time, he finally regained his composure. He brushed the jade in the lake and asked the two of them, "More than ten acres? Are you sure it's more than ten acres?"
Even if the ten acres are nineteen acres, there is still a yield of more than a thousand pounds per mu.
Fan Jin responded: "Well, there are several families in the village who also grow potatoes, and the yield per mu is roughly estimated."
"How many?"
"The bad ones are around 1,300 jins, and the good ones should be around 1,800 jins."
Bai Manshan opened his mouth and did not dare to drink tea.
Pursing his lips, he murmured to himself: "This is a big treasure."
A treasure that can shock the entire Ming Dynasty.
No, no.
"I remember the last time I came here, was it the winter lunar month or the twelfth lunar month? Aren't there potatoes growing in the vegetable fields?" How come it's only been half a year and potatoes are being harvested again?
Are these potatoes planted in the first half of the year or the second half of the year?
Fan Jin gently explained: "That was planted in August and September, and this was planted in January and February. Because it can be harvested in about four months, try to plant two seasons a year.
Unexpectedly, it succeeded."
Bai Manshan swallowed his saliva.
His mind, which has always been good at calculations, was a little messy and noisy.
Crops with a yield of more than a thousand kilograms per mu and two seasons a year, no matter which dynasty it was, would shock the court and the public and be rewarded!
He looked at Fan Jin with regret in his clear eyes.
A prosperous era is naturally a major happy event for reward.
In a chaotic era, there may be a struggle for power among all parties, which is the root cause of disaster...
Thinking that they did not monopolize it and shared it out, he agreed and said: "It is a good thing to let everyone in the village plant it."
The more dispersed, the better.
"Brother Bai said before that he wanted to plant, do you still need it?" Fan Jin asked.
Bai Manshan nodded without hesitation: "Yes, and I will buy it at the price of seeds.
Our summer is rainy and hot, and potatoes avoid the rainy summer in any season. They are simply born for our Nandu!"
In any case, high-yield grain is not a sin.
"Okay, I'll keep it all for you." Fan Jin thought about the quantity and asked again: "By the way, our harvest this time can plant about 500 acres of land, isn't it a bit too much?"