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Chapter 115 Something is wrong

It takes almost two days to travel from Yizhou to Lizhou by horse-drawn carriage, and it takes more than a day to ride a horse. However, it is much faster by boat, and they arrived in Lizhou in the middle of the afternoon.

The owner of the ship found the cabins of Chen Huiyin and Gu Xinfang, and said to the young men who were gathered together: "Young gentlemen, we have arrived in Lizhou, and we will not enter the pier for a while. We will stop here for two hours, if you are interested, you can take this opportunity to go ashore for a stroll."

Mu Yang and Wei Chen couldn't be more excited, after all, they are teenagers, so it's normal for them to be playful.

Chen Huiyin glanced at the two of them, thanked the ship owner, and waited for the ship owner to leave before saying: "Although the ship owner has the responsibility to help us look after the goods, don't rely too much on others for anything. Go ashore and play. I'll stay and look at the goods, but you have to bring me something delicious."

Tang Yaoling actually wanted to go ashore to play, but thinking that it would be too lonely for Sister Qiao to stay on the boat alone, his playfulness suddenly faded a lot, and he said: "If Brother Gu takes Mu Yang and Wei Chen ashore to play, I will stay Accompanying Brother Hui, the two of you also have someone to take care of you, but if you come across something delicious, bring us a copy."

After hearing what the two said, Mu Yang couldn't help feeling a little ashamed when he thought that he was only thinking about playing. He hurriedly said, "Wei Chen and I are older than you. We stay here, and you two go ashore with Brother Gu."

Wei Chen also realized at this moment that he was a bit playful, so when Mu Yang pulled him and proposed to keep the goods, he nodded in agreement: "Yes, we are older than you, and we should take more responsibility. We stay to guard the cargo, and the next time the ship docks, it will be the same for us to go ashore to play."

Seeing this, Chen Huiyin and Tang Yaoling did not refuse, and accepted the kindness of the two senior brothers, and when the three of them went ashore, it happened that the ship owner was handing over the purchase list on the deck. Seeing the three of them, Chen Huiyin's eyes flashed strangely.

Chen Huiyin caught it just in time, and she nodded at the boat owner calmly, and frowned slightly after walking a certain distance on the shore.

Tang Yaoling paid close attention to her all the time, and when she saw her frown, she asked with concern: "Is there something wrong with the ship owner?"

Chen Huiyin misunderstood the meaning of the words, thinking that Tang Yaoling had discovered something like her, so she nodded: "Just now when we came out of the cabin, the owner of the ship looked a little strange when he saw us, it seemed...it seemed..."

She couldn't find an adjective for a while, so she raised her hand subconsciously, tapped her chin with her index finger, frowned and thought for a while, and then continued: "Thinking about it, that look is a bit like accident, mixed with some regretful emotions, It’s complicated, it’s weird.”

Gu Xinfang didn't feel that Sister Qiao was thinking too much, it's always right to be cautious when going out, so she said softly: "Let's pay attention at night and buy more food later, we don't need theirs for dinner tonight."

Chen Huiyin nodded in agreement, and Tang Yaoling said: "Then Mu Yang and I will be on duty tonight. Let's work harder along the way and keep a close eye on the goods, but we can't just eat dry food. From Lizhou to In Zhongwei City, it will take eight days to travel by water.”

"Don't worry about eating. Before going out, Dad gave me some pills, which are specially designed to overcome mist and sweat. But there are not many medicines. We need to save some, so we should prepare more dry food."

After discussing, the three of them rented a mule cart near the wharf and went to Xingyi Street where shops were concentrated. They visited cloth shops, silver houses, and grain shops to learn about the market.

When they came out of a grain store, Gu Xinfang sighed and said, "Nowadays it is the most cost-effective to buy corn from the south. For other fine grains, it is more cost-effective to buy from Guanzhong, which is rich in grain."

After hearing her words, Chen Huiyin said, "Sister Gu, now I can only buy grain from other places temporarily, but in two years, if the alpine and drought-type wheat cultivated by my family is successful, we can sell the seeds locally and plant them on a large scale. , At that time, there is no need to buy and sell flour from other places, and the cost will be reduced a lot.

In addition, there is upland rice. This year, my family has bred a new variety. The average yield per mu is about six shi, and the rice yield is also very good, reaching [-]%.

In addition, the rice looks good and tastes very good. It only needs to be planted for another three years. If the yield per mu is stable, this kind of upland rice can be promoted. When Lingwu County and the surrounding prefectures are planted with upland rice and New wheat, I believe the price of rice and white flour will come down. "

The new variety Chen Huiyin mentioned was bred by natural hybridization of alpine upland rice and high-temperature dry upland rice cultivated last year. Although the yield cannot even reach the minimum yield of high-yield upland rice, at present, this Compared with rice in the southern region, the output has more than doubled and nearly tripled. This increase is already very impressive.

Gu Xinfang was very happy, and reminded: "This is really good news. When you go back, remember to tell Uncle Chen that you will buy more land in the past few years, and then you will become grain merchants yourself."

Chen Huiyin pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Dad is the most successful. After the autumn harvest, he bought another Zhuangzi, which is bigger than last year's Zhuangzi. It has [-] acres of medium-sized fields. Our family has its own manure. According to the law, after one or two years of cultivation, a medium-sized field can be turned into a high-quality farmland.

Coincidentally, near the Zhuangzi, there are two barren hills connected together. My family happened to know about the construction of the terraced fields, so my dad took down the two barren hills together. High-yield corn, or the new wheat and upland rice we have cultivated, can use the land to the greatest extent. "

Gu Xinfang naturally looked forward to this, but she noticed the high-yield corn mentioned by Sister Qiao, so she asked with interest: "You just mentioned high-yield corn, I wonder how much difference in yield is between this high-yield corn and southern corn .”

Chen Huiyin knew what Gu Xinfang was thinking, so she shook her head with her: "The yield of corn in the south is about ten shi per mu, and my family's high-yield corn is about fifteen shi per mu, but in our house, corn can only be grown for one season. In the south, you can grow two seasons, and in some places you can grow three seasons, which is why the corn in the south is much cheaper than ours.”

This is why the high yield of corn can satisfy the common people, but it can't help the common people make money. Regarding the two-season corn in the central and southern regions that circulates in the market, the corn from their home has no advantage at all.

Gu Xinfang seemed to think of something: "So you only sell sweet corn seeds that can be used for cooking, but you don't sell high-yield corn seeds. Do you want to wait for new wheat and upland rice to be cultivated before selling them?"

Chen Huiyin shook her head: "Yes, no, I think corn is a good thing, and it should be able to develop more value. I hope that high-yield corn will be promoted so that everyone can make some money, instead of making the price of corn cheaper. "

(End of this chapter)