The price offered by the businessman surnamed Shen was indeed considerable. However, Zhu Qing did not intend to accept it.
What she wants to do is long-term business. If she agrees to his conditions, it will be like killing the goose that lays the eggs. The people in Cuizhu Village will get these twenty taels of benefits. From now on, there will be no more profits.
Therefore, she found Li Zheng immediately and told him her thoughts: "Grandpa Li Zheng, we can't grow mint every year or two! And this peppermint oil can only be sold for one year." .I don’t want to sell my son, and I don’t want to give him the mint to buy it!”
Li Zheng naturally supported Zhu Qing's opinion.
What he is thinking about is long-term development. Zhu Qing has already planned it. She will set up a mint processing workshop and will lead everyone to make a fortune together in the future. Now that I have taken someone's thousand taels of silver, isn't it just a pole? Trading is basically giving up all the profits to the businessman surnamed Shen?
Therefore, when several families could not withstand the temptation and came to him to plead for mercy, he simply called everyone in the village to discuss it.
"Everyone in the village has been thinking a lot recently, so I specially called everyone here to discuss with you what we in the village will do in the future!" After hearing Li Zheng's call, everyone in the village came to the scene actively.
The temptation of one thousand taels of silver is really not small.
"Uncle Li Zheng, according to me, we are going to give him mint this year anyway. One thousand taels of silver is one cent for each family, which can be divided into 20 taels for each family! With these twenty taels, what can we do other than farming? Strong?" The first person to speak was Aunt Huaihua's man, Fu Ming.
They both like to scheme and take advantage. Therefore, they are also the most concerned about this one thousand taels of silver.
"Fuming, what you said is right. But, tell me, if we farmers don't farm the land in the future, what will we do to make money? The twenty taels we have now can be spent. If we can spend it all, This mint plant has become famous, and in the future it will be more than just this one and twenty taels! You don’t know that the peppermint oil is sold like crazy in other places now, and the price will scare you to death if I tell you! That’s Qingya If I wasn't greedy before, I would always do it cheaply!"
Li Zheng knew that from the beginning, he had to suppress everyone's greed for immediate benefits. Otherwise, if he started this way, the people in the village would be disorganized in the future, and he could not predict what would happen.
"Uncle Li Zheng, we haven't seen that long-term money! Tell me, if we are so immersed in farming, when will we be able to earn twenty taels? Besides, our mint will not be given to people named Shen. I will definitely give it to Qingya. Qingya will not give us twenty taels!" Fuming continued.
"Besides, if we earn these twenty taels this year, we can continue to plant them for Qingya next year!"
"Fu Ming, you can't say that! How do you know Qingya can't give you so much money? Besides, how can you have the nerve to accept such high money from Qingya? That's why she sold it to you. How much is it? As a human being, you must be conscientious!" The speaker was Aunt Juying.
"Hey, sister-in-law Juying, your family is well-off, so naturally you don't take twenty taels of silver seriously. My family is very poor, and we have to worry about the next meal! There are five people in the family, and Sophora japonica has given birth again. Two useless daughters, they all point to me for working in the fields. I have been farming for most of my life, and I can't even hope to get twenty taels of silver! Besides, Qingya's family is living so well now, It’s not about the things I have at home, right? Anyway, I just want to sell them for a big price!” Fu Ming seemed determined.
After he finished speaking, many people in the village couldn't help but nod along. Obviously, they were all moved.
Li Zheng frowned at him, quite annoyed. Just when he was about to reprimand, Zhu Qing beside him quietly pulled his sleeve.
The money from one's own pocket is very attractive. Fu Ming and his wife were afraid of poverty, so they thought of getting rich overnight.
It's just that they haven't thought about the consequences of getting rich suddenly.
"Uncle Fuming, your idea is right. However, even if you want to sell, you still have to ask if you want to sell, right? That person named Shen wants to buy from our whole village. Just your family, I'm afraid I can't sell it at that price. Moreover, now I heard that other counties are inquiring about peppermint oil. Nowadays, apart from our village, the peppermint oil market is really not available in other places. So, what is the price of peppermint oil? , but we have the final say. In other words, I can have the final say. Aren't you afraid that I will ask for a high price of one thousand taels of silver per tael, and then each family in our village will be able to get a hundred taels of mint? Zhuqing knew that Fu Ming and the others were all focusing on the word "profit", so he also used the word "profit" to persuade them.
"Um..." Fuming was confused for a moment. Then he shook his head subconsciously: "What nonsense are you talking about, girl? It's just peppermint oil. How can it be worth so much money? You are trying to fool me! I I feel that, instead of one hundred taels, twenty taels of silver is more practical!"
Seeing his expression, Zhu Qing couldn't help but smile and sigh: "Uncle Fuming, you really haven't gone out to see the world! You don't know that people in the county school wanted to buy my peppermint oil last year. When I got it, it was only twenty taels of silver in a small bottle. The amount in that small bottle was only a few dollars at most, not even one tael! Needless to say those from other places! And last year, I only had fifty cents per bottle. Let Liang’s Pharmacy sell it for me!”
"Ah! Two taels of silver per bottle? How much is it? Then Zhuqing, didn't you suffer a big loss?" When Zhuqing mentioned the news, everyone in the village couldn't help but gasp.
"I don't think I'm at a loss. After all, as you said, this mint is not a valuable thing. It didn't cost me much to grow it and buy it last year. With so much profit, I am quite content. Last year they had other People sell expensive things because of their ability. Businessmen always want to pursue profits. And last year, it was because no one had seen it and I did very little, so it was particularly expensive. Is it rare to be valuable? This year I I plan to bring everyone together to make money. The output will definitely be large, and the price may come down. But we can do it in the long run and make money every year in the future. The peppermint oil matter is in our own hands, and we have the final say. .If we sell all this mint to Shen at once, including my prescription, then we will only earn a thousand taels from now on. If we want more, we will definitely not have it. We can only watch the surname. Shen’s continued to make money!”
Zhuqing broke down the truth and told it to everyone. Many people couldn't help but nod.
"What Qingya said is still the case! We have controlled the production of peppermint oil, and it is up to us to decide how to sell it!" Li Zheng continued.
