Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 287 Collecting Sweet Potatoes at a High Price!
Chapter 287 Collecting Sweet Potatoes at a High Price!
Based on the amount harvested by the people of Youzhou this season, they only need to spend one-tenth of it to earn two or three taels of silver!

This is still not too much to plant!

Two or three taels of silver is not a small sum for officials or people with decent jobs.

And for the common people, that is quite a lot of money!

Ordinary people, with two or three taels of silver, can even marry their sons!
After all, there are fewer details here in the North, and even weddings and funerals cost far less than those in the South!

When Qin Yang said this, Zhang Yunji was a little surprised when he calculated.

"Is it a bit high?" Zhang Yunji couldn't help asking.

"Selling sweet potatoes and potatoes in Southland can cost at least [-] copper coins. Most of them want to buy a lot of them for seeds in the past two years."

"After a year or two, the price may be lower. Right now, if you can make money, you will naturally make money. Compared with the South, our Youzhou is still too poor."

No, Majesty, if your words are heard by the officials in the South, they will definitely vomit blood.

Yes, most of the Southlands are rich.

The richness of a fertile land is also limited.

Most of the rich are merchants, not ordinary people!
Even if the common people have some savings, it is actually limited.

If we were talking about the people of Youzhou in the past, they would indeed be unable to keep up with others in terms of flattery!
But hasn’t this been a big change in Youzhou in the past year or so?
As far as the current Youzhou is concerned, it is still a little far away from the counties of the Southland, but the money in the pockets of the people of Youzhou may not be as good as that of the people of the Southland!
However, who let the person who said this in front of him be his king!
Since the king said so, he could only wave his flag and express his agreement!
"The king said so."

Zhang Yunji's words directly finalized the matter.

After the notice was posted, it was learned that the government collected sweet potatoes and potatoes at ten copper coins per catty, and the common people went crazy!
However, because the purchases are collected according to the neighborhood, each neighborhood is in charge of people selected from the local area, and small officials are assigned to supervise.

Each household can only sell one-fifth of sweet potatoes and potatoes at most, and no more is allowed!
The prohibition of overpayment here refers to the fact that the government is not allowed to pay more in this acquisition.

If you trade with others privately in the future, or sell the sweet potatoes to the vermicelli factory, these will not be controlled by the government.

"Hey, with such a high price, I thought I'd sell most of it and leave a little for food, so why charge only one-fifth of it at most?"

"Is it because you are afraid that you will pay too much and you won't be able to sell it?"

Someone muttered in private.

In fact, this is not the reason.

Some officials were also puzzled.

Qin Yang's explanation is this: "Although gold and silver are good, they are not as good as food. If people develop the habit of selling most of their food, in the long run, what should we do if we catch up with the sudden disaster?"

This is not without reason.

Youzhou is actually a place with fairly good weather.

There are almost no major flood disasters.

They were all small fights, one or two occasionally, and they passed quickly.

After all, there are not too many rivers in Youzhou.

Unlike the Southland, if it catches up with the rainy season, flood disasters may occur every year.

But the snowstorm in Youzhou can easily hurt people.

If a snowstorm breaks out, it is impossible to go far.

Heavy snow has blocked roads for a month or two. If there is no food stored at home, it is easy to fall into panic.

A few years ago, such a thing happened in Youzhou.

At that time, Youzhou had just experienced the rebellion of King Yan.

The whole county needed to recuperate, and at this time, a snow disaster occurred in Youzhou.

Many people died that year.

But after a few years, these things have been gradually forgotten.

Some people think of it now and feel that their king's request to keep most of the food is a correct order.

However, even if some people are not reconciled, the small officials supervised by the government are strict in their work.

No way, everyone can only sell at most one-fifth of the harvest.

Due to the sparse population in Youzhou, there is a lot of wasteland.

When many people planted sweet potatoes and potatoes for the second time, they planted them on their newly opened fields.

So at least two acres of land can be planted.

Even if one mu of land yields less than [-] catties, two mu of newly reclaimed land can yield more than [-] catties.

Three thousand five hundred catties of sweet potatoes or potatoes, one-fifth of which is more than three taels of silver.

If you are more industrious, you will cultivate more fields and plant more.

Basically, you can get more than five taels of silver!

You know, many people can't save a tael of silver all year round!
In the eyes of the people in Youzhou, with only three months of labor, you can get a few taels of silver!There are several thousand catties of rations!

This is simply planting gold and silver!

The other people in the North Land, hearing the bustle in Youzhou, were so envious that their eyes turned green!

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't make themselves from Youzhou, they wished they could move here directly!
Ordinary people can't directly turn themselves into Youzhou people, but families with daughters can marry their daughters over!

The counties in the distance may look down on Youzhou's current development.

But the people in Beidi Village, which is next to Youzhou, really see the changes in Youzhou, and wish they could live such a life!
Their lives are no different from those of the original Youzhou people, but because they are separated by a few miles, they become people outside of Youzhou!
The people of Youzhou are suffering from the environment, and they are also suffering!

But the benefits that the people of Youzhou enjoy now, they can't enjoy any of them!
"Daughter, mother took you to the third aunt of Youzhou this time, you have to behave well. If you can stay there and find a wealthy family, you can eat meat every day in the future!"

There is one of them, the mother-in-law exhorted her daughter who was dressed like a flower.

Then he took his daughter and headed for the third sister's house in Youzhou in a donkey cart.

Her third sister had married to Youzhou before, and more than ten years had passed.

That is, last year, their family did not go to Youzhou to see their relatives because of other matters. In the past few years, they had to go to Youzhou almost every year.

At that time, Youzhou was no different from their home.

Although I heard about the various changes in Youzhou later, there is still a big difference between what I heard and what I saw with my own eyes.

Looking at the smooth road on the road and the villages and towns gradually appearing ahead, the family was a little surprised even though they had been mentally prepared.

"Look, aren't their houses newly built?"

The mother-in-law asked curiously.

The man shook his head: "It doesn't look like it's newly built, but it looks like it has been painted. What is it used for? It looks much stronger."

The girl sitting on the car board looked around curiously.

When she found that there were also young girls on the side of the road, most of them had ruddy faces, talking and laughing, she couldn't help but flashed a look of anticipation on her face.

Even in the north, the status of women is not as good as that of men.

Even these girls can have ruddy faces and look like they are eating well. Doesn't it mean that Youzhou is really rich as others say?
(End of this chapter)