jdhmnovel Chapter 374 Buying Mountain
Chapter 374 Buying Mountain
"Wealth? What wealth?" Wu Shan, who had originally stood up, sat down again and asked while staring at Gu Qingqing.
Gu Qingqing didn't rush to answer the question he wanted to know, but asked a question that he almost knew the answer to, "Uncle Wu, if someone in the next village or other places has solved the problem of doubling the grain production in dry land, like my family, and he is very generous and says he can teach everyone how to do it for free, will you go and ask for advice?"
"Hahaha, do you even need to ask? Of course they will. Don't say it's free. Even if they want to take some benefits, then..." Wu Shan blurted out the words in a hurry.
Suddenly, he paused, as if he had thought of something, and looked at her with a questioning look in his eyes, "Qingqing, are you planning to take advantage of me?"
Gu Qingqing was startled by what Wu Shan said, and laughed out loud without disguising it. She covered her lips with her hand and shook her head and laughed, "Uncle Wu, am I that kind of person? Wu Yan just said it very clearly, anyone in our village who wants to learn can just come to my house and ask. If necessary, Uncle Wu can gather everyone in the village together, so that we don't have to teach them one by one. But..."
Gu Qingqing deliberately took a deep breath as she spoke, and then leaned her upper body towards Wu Shan. Seeing Wu Shan's expectant look, she said, "We teach for free in our village. If people from other villages know about this and want to come and learn from us, we will also teach for free."
"Do you also teach people from other villages?" Wu Shan was a little surprised.
Gu Qingqing smiled, "Yes, we should teach them. Otherwise, in the future, the crops in our village will be good, and the other literate people living nearby will be jealous. What if they destroy our crops? We can't live in the fields every night."
The more Wu Shan listened, the more confused he became, but he had to admit that what Gu Qingqing said just now made sense. There were many people who couldn't get enough food these days, and naturally there were also people with evil intentions.
His brows slightly frowned. "Since you are telling everyone how to do it for free, then what is the benefit you just mentioned?"
"Uncle Wu, lime plaster is indispensable for making manure compost. We can teach you how to make manure compost. Can we control the use of lime plaster? There is a lime mountain over at Niutou Mountain, not far from our village."
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she rarely saw an embarrassed look on Wu Shan's face. Then she heard him say dryly, "Qingqing, I'm old and can't keep up with the thinking of you young people. How about you tell me in detail?"
Gu Qingqing took a deep breath and simply started from the beginning. "Uncle Wu, lime paste is needed to make manure. We can let the villagers who come to learn buy lime paste from us, because this thing cannot be replaced. Our village can take the opportunity to go to the county and buy or lease the lime mountain over there."
Gu Qingqing was afraid that he still didn't understand, so she raised her hand and pointed in the direction of Niutou Mountain. When Wu Shan nodded, Gu Qingqing continued.
"When the lime mountain becomes the village's property, our people will be responsible for mining, calcining and selling it. At that time, people from other villages around us who need lime powder for manure fermentation can come to us to buy it. Of course, our own village will use it for free. So, Uncle Wu, what do you think?"
Gu Qingqing didn't know which of her words had touched the old village chief's mouth switch. She watched his mouth open wider and wider, and Gu Qingqing could even see a rotten tooth inside his mouth.
Just when Gu Qingqing was wondering in her heart, "Oh my god," maybe her jaw was dislocated, she saw her open mouth begin to close.
"Buy, buy a mountain?" Wu Shan made a dry sound in his throat.
"Is it expensive to buy a mountain?" Gu Qingqing asked, looking at his reaction.
It was hard to get to Wushan's comfort zone. The old man waved his hand and took the opportunity to let out a sigh, "It's not expensive, if it's just that mountain, I estimate it can be taken for 20 or 30 taels of silver."
Gu Qingqing thought this was not expensive.
Then Wu Shan said, "But I'm worried that if we ask the villagers to pay for it, what if the people who come to study don't buy our lime?"
"Don't buy it? If not ours, where else can they buy it? I haven't heard that there is this lime paste sold in our town?" Gu Qingqing was very clear about this, because Zhao Dong and his team worked in the town. If there was such a thing in the town, how could there be such a unique one now?
Of course, she also heard from Zhao Nan recently that other craftsmen in the town had also found a way to paint the walls white from somewhere.
Even if there are others, they taught everyone how to ferment manure. Couldn't the simple farmers all learn the technology from her and then go next door to sell lime paste?
"I'm worried that after they learn they have to buy lime paste, they will simply skip this step and just use manure and rotten leaves, add water and push them together to ferment before applying it to the field..." Wu Shan was still a little worried. After all, if thirty taels of silver were needed to mark out that mountain as their own territory, each household would have to shell out more than seven hundred coins.
If there are households that do not participate, they will have to bear even greater consequences.
How much plaster would it take to earn back the money after spending so much? Of course, Wu Shan didn't say this.
Hahaha, Gu Qingqing laughed out loud after knowing his worries, "Uncle Wu, I think many people have used manure soup with water to attack the team before. Do you have enough manure at home? If so, how much manure would be needed!"
Gu Qingqing's question stumped Wu Shan.
That's right. Some families in the village have compost pits. When it rains, they pour rainwater into them and use that to irrigate the fields. It is useful, but the effect does not seem to be as good as applying manure directly.
The key is that it also wastes manure.
Wu Shan stared at Gu Qingqing with a serious expression and asked earnestly, "You said that the lime paste cannot be missing?"
Gu Qingqing nodded affirmatively, "It's indispensable!"
"Qingqing, tell me honestly, is this method of fermenting manure sure to work in the fields? If our village collects lime money from the other party, but the crops in the fields don't grow, then..." Wu Shan was worried.
"Uncle Wu, we will teach you the method. As for whether you want to follow suit, it's up to you. We won't force you. Even if they wait and see, they will be tempted when they see the effect of the crops in the fields in the fall. Farmers rely on the crops in the fields for food. Who can bear it if the neighbor's family has a higher yield than their own?"
After hearing what Gu Qingqing said, Wu Shan paused for a moment, then burst into laughter and clapped his legs.
"That's exactly the matter. I was too narrow-minded before. I will go back and gather everyone to discuss this matter." Wu Shan stood up again.
Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Gu Qingqing hurriedly stopped him and said, "Uncle, please let me finish what I want to say first."
Wu Shan smiled and turned back, "Do you have anything else to do?"
Gu Qingqing nodded, "Uncle Wu, Zhao Dong and I have taken on some odd jobs in town, and we also need lime. So I want to discuss with you. If we buy the mountain this time, our family will contribute 30% of the money. Then we will have no restrictions on the use of lime. We can mine as much as we want. How do you think?"
The reason why Gu Qingqing said this to Wu Shan was that Zhao Dong and his team had taken on a lot of work in the town. If they were not brought along now, when the village really started to contract out the land, the interests of the entire village would be involved.
At that time, when they go to mine stones again, the villagers may still remember their familiarity and may not say anything after one or two times. But over time, the villagers will subconsciously feel that their interests are threatened.
By that time, even if he used the name of Wen Wuyan, it would be inevitable that there would be unpleasantness with the villagers.
"Hahaha, this is no big deal. You don't have to give 30%, you can just be counted as one family. If you feel bad, just let Zhao Dong and the others be counted as one family. They have been in our Niutoushan Village for such a long time. Although they are not from our Niutoushan Village, they are not much different. Besides, such a big mountain, are you afraid that you will empty it? Let's go, I'll go back and talk to everyone about it." Wu Shan really left this time. He put his arms behind his back and disappeared into the fields with a comfortable breath all over his body.