Poor family mother and son

Chapter 258 "Cash Crops"

At the end of the year, Chu Qing once again went to Beijing to report on his duties.

This time, Hu Hengqiu gave Xin to go.

The emperor still summoned Chu Qing in the imperial study and asked about the cotton production in various places this year.

In fact, all this was sent to Hu Hengqiu through a report, the emperor should know about it, but now he had to ask it again in person, Chu Qing thought, what does the emperor mean?
The answer came quickly.The emperor asked: "It seems that there are some things coming out from all over the country! Then you paid back ten coins per catty this year, isn't it a loss?"

That must be a loss. If there are too many things, they are worthless.

Behold, here is the answer.

Once cotton is planted in large quantities, the price of cotton products will inevitably drop. It is clear that the purchase cost is high, and the emperor will not be able to make money.

Chu Qing said: "The 'ten-year plan' promised by the minister and the emperor has just started..."

Hu Hengqiu immediately interjected: "As the saying goes, the plan does not change quickly, and we must do things according to local conditions and circumstances."

You are so stupid!I let you go to Beijing, you should have thought about this question, why are you deliberately blocking the emperor with words now?Your courage has made you fat!

Chu Qing said: "Your Excellency taught me a lesson! The next official is about to talk about this matter. Your Majesty, I think that Jizhou is the first year of trial planting, and the yield is not high, but it still produces something;
And Xinlunzhou expanded the experimental field this time, and achieved good results, which shows that the cotton seeds have good adaptability. We can choose seeds and try them all over the country;
Cotton will become a commercial crop that can be ubiquitous..."

Emperor: "Cash crops?"

Chu Qing: "Well...they are crops that can provide raw materials and bring profits."

This concept is not easy to describe, so Chu Qing simply explained it.

In Daxuan, the word "economy" represents a very huge meaning.

Economy, "economizing the world and benefiting the people", contains the meaning of "governing the country and leveling the world". In this era, it is one of the responsibilities of intellectuals, and it has great depth, breadth, and height.

Rather than the general term for all material and spiritual materials in the narrow sense of modern production, circulation, distribution, and consumption.

But in the emperor's ears, what he heard was the role of "economical economy and people" that cotton can bring after the popularization.

So the emperor agreed: "Good! 'Cash crops', good!"

Make it clear and inexplicable.

"Go on!" Seeing Chu Qing in a daze, the emperor said.

Chu Qing: "Since the emperor also intends to popularize cotton, the price cannot maintain the current standard, and I will not be able to fulfill my promise to keep the purchase price unchanged for ten years in the future, but please rest assured, the emperor can guarantee that the 'tax payment' will only increase." No reduction!"

Hu Hengqiu: "You are going to cut the price, how can you guarantee it?"

This is what it means to be clear and detailed.

Chu Qing explained the method of "small profits but quick turnover", and for the next hour, the three of them discussed cotton without eating or drinking.

Eunuch Li waited outside the door so that no one would disturb him.

Listening to the laughter coming from inside from time to time, Eunuch Li thought: "Is this telling a story?"

Years later, Chu Qing took Qingde's first mission in ten years and traveled around the state capitals.

This time Chu Qing traveled with a mighty team, besides himself and Xiaobao's forty guards, he also brought two hundred more boys out to "see the world".

There are also Xiaobao's six talented friends, You Zhenghang and Pei Qing are also among them.

When he was about to leave the city, old Huang Zhong chased after him in a carriage with large and small packages: "Qing girl! Take the old man with me!"

Chu Qing asked, "Why do you want to go?"

Huang Zhong said: "Why don't I go to such a good thing? Don't look at our age, but our arms and legs are still sharp. While we can move, we have to take a walk and go to the big city!"

Oops, big city!Chu Qing seemed to see Zhao Benshan.

While speaking, Master Lu led fifteen or sixteen young men and chased them all the way in the mule cart: "Okay, you old Huang, run by yourself and don't even call me!"

Little Bao laughed: "Grandpa Lu, you are not at home, what about the housework?"

Master Lu stared: "Why? Do you have to tie me to work at home? I won't!" He laughed again: "Don't worry, my dozens of apprentices have all graduated from the master. With them here, there is no problem!"

After leaving the city, he "picked up" ten more boys along the way.They are all the people who got married on August Festival.

"Are you...?" Chu Qing asked.

"Go on a mission with the boss!" the boys said in unison.

Chu Yuan leaned close to Chu Qing's ear and whispered: "Their daughters-in-law are all pregnant, so they probably can't be touched, so why don't they stay at home!"

Clearly speechless.

Chu Yuan said: "Hey! How long will the boss's trip take? If you run out, will the daughter-in-law agree?"

One said: "What is there to disagree with? Dare!"

Another said: "Your sister-in-law in my family is very happy. Once I leave, no one cares about her playing mahjong!"

Another said: "Isn't this just right? I can hold my son when I come back, so we don't have to worry about it!"

Everyone was speechless.

This time, the promotion of cotton did not go far. We only inspected several state cities around Jizhou to find suitable land.

Based on the previous example of Feng Zhizhou being demoted in Xinlun Prefecture, wherever Chu Qing went, the local yamen gave him a warm reception and a high degree of cooperation.

Chu Qing was not good at dealing with officials, so he only brought the officials or officials in charge of farming to inspect.

Xiaobao is not afraid of officialdom, no, it should be said that Xiaobao is not afraid of anything, except his mother.Last time his mother beat him up.

Whenever Chu Qing went to a place, he would go to the mountains and go to the countryside, and Xiaobao would go to the county government office to "be a guest".

He said this to every county magistrate: "As long as my mother chooses a place, you can sell or rent me a house near there."

The magistrate asked, "What are you doing?"

Xiaobao: "Don't be polite to me. My mother is on an office job. I'm just here for business. If you go out, I want to run a school!"

The county magistrate: "Young master has great ambitions! I just don't know, what kind of academy does the young master want to run?"

Xiaobao: "It's not an academy, it's specialized in cultivating craftsmen..." Then he indoctrinates him like this.

Magistrate: "Is this what Master Chu meant?"

Xiaobao: "You Master Chu don't know, this is what I mean, it's a business, do you want to do it?"

Dare you not do it? This child's mother is here to run an imperial errand, and she has to do things well even if she doesn't look at the face of the monk or the face of the Buddha!
Xiaobao said again: "Not good land, I can't afford good land, as long as it's not too far from the place my mother chose."

Under the bewildered eyes of the friends, when Chu Qing supervised the sowing of the selected land, Xiaobao's "Baoqing Technician Academy" also sprang up.

"Little Treasure, it seems like I haven't seen you for two months!" Chu Qing finally asked Little Treasure, "What are you doing running around every day?"

"Mother, let me show you this!" Xiaobao handed Chu Qing a box of papers, which contained land deeds, leases and enrollment brochures.

"Hiss!" Chu Qing gasped, "You want to run a school?"

Xiaobao said: "I don't think you will go far this year. I'm just wandering around in these counties. I'm idle. I just set up a few schools. While teaching people skills, while waiting for you to harvest cotton, so that they It will be processed for you on the spot!"

I'll be good!Chu Qing is lost, this kid thinks farther than himself!

(End of this chapter)