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Someone came to visit Village Chief Ning's house early in the morning.

He had people secretly spread the news a few days ago. The merchants didn't believe it at first and just came to visit with a tentative heart. Unexpectedly, there seemed to be something really interesting. As soon as people heard that they were here to buy seeds, they immediately Just invite them in.

Several merchants were arranged to sit in the front hall. Village Chief Ning sat at the front and had tea served to them.

These merchants all thanked Village Chief Ning very politely and sat in their seats in a polite manner.

One of them couldn't hold it any longer and asked tentatively: "Mr. Ning, are those pumpkin seeds really for sale?"

From the information they gathered, they learned that the pumpkin seeds were indeed in the hands of Mr. Ning in Jingzhou.

On the day of the pumpkin harvest, everyone gave up after being rejected.

Ning Village Elder said calmly: "Of course it can be sold."

After receiving the news that he was positive, everyone couldn't help but beam with joy.

Then they asked: "How much does this cost?" I'm afraid the price of food like this, which has never appeared in the Central Plains, is not low, and they also have to wait in line to taste the taste of pumpkin soup, although it is not as good as sugar. Sweet, but definitely tastes better than regular grains.

Ning Changrong has no intention of making money by selling this thing. If the price of seeds is too high and ordinary people cannot afford it, it will violate his original intention of promoting it.

"The price is not expensive, just like ordinary corn seeds." As soon as Village Chief Ning's words came out, everyone suddenly suspected that they had heard wrong.

Several people looked at each other, and someone asked tentatively: "Did you remember correctly?"

Village Chief Ning smiled and said, "I'm not that old yet. You heard me right. The price of pumpkin seeds is the same as that of corn, but I have a request."

When several people heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief. They said, how could such precious grain seeds have the same price as ordinary corn seeds.

It's good to have requirements, but what I'm afraid of is that if there are no requirements, then they won't dare to buy.

Pie in the sky is not that delicious.

"Mr. Ning, if you have any requests, just ask."

Village Chief Ning said seriously: "These seeds must be planted in Taixi County and are not allowed to be sold at high prices."

Several businessmen suddenly looked embarrassed. This was the reason why they were so eager for pumpkin seeds.

They buy seeds from Taixi County and sell them to other places using Ning Changrong's name. No matter how expensive they are here, they will be able to sell them at a better price.

What matters is a rarity. As long as it is a rare thing, they will find ways to sell it at a high price.

Village Chief Ning didn't care about their faces, "There is only one requirement. If you agree, you can buy it. If you don't agree, you don't have to buy it."

He looked at the hesitant-looking businessmen with a vague look, "You also know how big an official Mr. Ning is. There are also official interns sent out from various places. They report their local situation to the Central Committee almost every year. There are also connections in the court, so don’t try to fool me, or you will risk your own wealth and life, hehe.”

The warning looks self-evident.

Several people thought about the key point, their faces turned pale, and they stopped thinking.

Fang Xiaozhong, who had spoken earlier, had no such concerns. He originally bought it to grow at home.He settled in Taixi County and his family also owned a lot of land.

"Mr. Ning, I can do all the things you mentioned. I also have a lot of land at home, in a village in the east of the county. I bought the seeds because I wanted to grow them at home." Fang Xiaozhong explained with a smile.Village Chief Ning nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you can grow it yourself. As long as it's in Taixi County."

It's not that Ning Changrong is unwilling to keep these seeds, but that he wants to use Taixi County as a pilot. Since it is a pilot, it is natural to stop these businessmen from wanting to buy low and sell high, otherwise they will just buy the seeds. If it spreads outside, pumpkins will only become an ornament for the upper class, without any change for the common people.

Only by slowly promoting it in Taixi County, accumulating more and more seeds, and slowly spreading it to the surrounding areas with Taixi County as a point, can the surrounding people benefit from it.

Turning to look at the other merchants who were still hesitating, Village Chief Ning asked, "If you haven't thought about it well, you can go back and think about it again."

A merchant hesitated for a while, then raised his hand to Village Chief Ning and said, "Mr. Ning, my family also has several acres of thin farmland in the county, and I want to buy some for planting."

Village Chief Ning nodded, "Where are the others?"

Someone stood up hesitantly and asked: "I wonder how many seeds you can sell? Can the pumpkins grown from those seeds be sold outside?"

"There are not many seeds. At most, I can sell you one acre of land." Only in this way can we sell them to more people.

Village Chief Ning further explained: "The pumpkins you grow belong to you, you can eat or sell them as you wish."

Selling outside is equivalent to helping them pave the way in advance.During the pumpkin planting period, part of the task of promoting pumpkins was also completed, letting more people know about pumpkins, and since it was only one acre, the impact was not big.

These people are all merchants, so they can't farm it themselves. I'm afraid they have to hire people to help farm the land. Those who farm the land only need to know about pumpkins.

After hearing Village Chief Ning's explanation, the other party said without hesitation that he also wanted to buy an acre.

The remaining few people have not settled in Taixi County. Even if they buy seeds, they cannot sell them at a high price and there is no place to plant them.

The things were not expensive, and they didn't cost much money anyway, so they all agreed to buy the seeds.

It's just that they are willing, but Village Chief Ning is not willing. If you sell it to them, wouldn't you let them smash it into their hands?Might as well sell it to someone else.

"You don't have land here, and you can't sell it. How about waiting for next time?"

What else?If they don't want to sell, can they still forcefully buy it?They didn't have the courage. Most of the people who came had asked about Village Chief Ning, and could only look at the two businessmen who had spoken earlier with a little envy.

The two people happily took the two packets of seeds handed over by Village Chief Ning.

"This is enough to plant an acre of land. When you go back, you can ask the farmers to come over, and I will have people teach them how to plant."

Fang Xiaozhong asked politely: "Mr. Ning, I wonder if it will be too difficult to grow pumpkins?"

Village Chief Ning smiled and said: "It's not difficult to grow. As long as you have done crop work, you can learn it in a few days."

The other party cupped his hands and thanked him: "Thank you very much, Mr. Ning."

Another person also thanked Village Chief Ning with his hand.

Several people were sent out one after another, and several waves of merchants were welcomed, as well as some well-known people in the county who also sent people over.

He rejected people who wanted to buy low and sell high. Anyway, as long as he had land in Taixi County and bought seeds to plant, he would sell everything in Taixi County.