Chapter 384 It Didn't Disappoint Me

The next day, Shi Qingluo went to chat with Mrs. Xiao.

On the grounds that Xiao Dalang's injury is still not conducive to the journey, the time to go to Beicheng has been postponed.

The people of the old Xiao family did not doubt her, after all, Xiao Dalang was seriously injured this time.

They can't wait to let Ge Chunru's sister and brother suffer too much, so they have no opinion.

Then Shi Qingluo and Xi Rong went out to find rubber grass, and Liang Youxiao took Xi Rui to build a workshop.

While dealing with the problems left by the previous county magistrate, Xiao Hanzheng also built a workshop with the few public funds left by the county government.

And let people go to buy a lot of food to come back and recruit workers in the entire county.

Not only pay, but also food, which makes many people tempted.

So many people from nearby villages and towns came to sign up for work.

Everyone thought that if the county magistrate refused to pay the bill in the end, he would be able to eat at least two full meals a day, so as to save some food for the family.

The originally deserted county town gradually began to come alive.

A few days later, Shi Qingluo finally found rubber grass in a wilderness, and there were still a lot of them.

She moved all of them and brought them back to plant.

There are fewer people and more land, and each village has a lot of wasteland, which can be reclaimed and planted with rubber grass.

Shi Qingluo selected a few villages that were more suitable for planting, and Xiao Hanzheng asked people to invite the mayors of several villages to the county government.

Several village chiefs sat uneasily.

Xiao Hanzheng walked in with Shi Qingluo with a gentle smile on his face.

He introduced Shi Qingluo to everyone, "You should know about corn, which my wife donated to plant."

"I asked a few of you to come here this time because my wife wants to try planting a plant in your villages."

Of course, several village chiefs have heard of corn, a high-yielding seed, but it has not been passed on to them.

I don't know when it will be passed on, but I didn't expect that Master Xiao's wife is the one who donated the seeds.

Now that she heard that she wanted to try planting plants, she couldn't help but feel a curiosity.

A village chief asked, "I don't know what plants the lady wants to plant? What are we going to do?"

Shi Qingluo said: "What I want to grow is a plant called rubber grass. All you need to do is let the villagers open up wasteland to plant it. When the harvest is over, the county government will buy it directly from you."

"The county government can't finish it, and my friends will also cover it all."

"Then we can sign a contract to guarantee that as long as you plant it, we will pay for it."

"You can't sell it to anyone else for three years, and we'll take it at that price."

She took out the contract she had prepared and handed it to the village chief who spoke.

The village chief took the paper carefully and let the other village chief who was the only literate read it.

After listening, they couldn't believe that such a good thing could actually happen.

Moreover, in the first three years of land reclamation, the county government was completely exempt from taxation.

That is, as long as everyone contributes to planting things, they can sell for money.

According to the price set in the contract, a pound of rubber grass turned out to be three times the price of a pound of grain.

It's just that in the first year, the seedling money given by the county government needs to be scrapped.

But if it does, everyone can make a lot of money.

A somewhat shrewd village chief asked: "Is this rubber grass difficult to grow? If it doesn't work, do we have to pay for it?"

Shi Qingluo said with a smile: "As long as you plant as I said, there is little chance that the plant will not survive."

"If it is true that the seedlings are not artificially planted and cannot survive, then naturally there is no need for compensation. We will bear this risk here."

"But if someone deliberately doesn't plant well, doesn't fertilize when it's time to fertilize, doesn't do as I ask, and if they die, they will pay compensation."

"I will tell you how to grow rubber grass. It is not difficult to grow. As long as you plant it carefully, the income in the coming year will definitely be poor."

It is not uncommon for the poor to make trouble for the people. We must take precautions first and clarify the responsibilities and risks of both parties.

Hearing her words, the village chief was not completely relieved.

He was really afraid that the new county magistrate would use a new name to make money, and then the villagers would make high compensation for the rubber grass that would not survive.

Or let the villagers buy seeds and seedlings at a high price now, but when they are harvested, they find various reasons not to accept them. That would be a big loss.

Everyone is poor, how can they afford it.

So the man asked again, "We want to plant, but we just paid the tax not long ago, and the villagers have no money, so they can't buy seeds from you at all."

Shi Qingluo agreed with his prudence, and it is estimated that he was also scared by several county magistrates.

"You don't need to spend money to buy them from us. You just need to record how many seedlings each household has received. After the harvest in the coming year, you can directly deduct the money."

"The money to buy seedlings is also fixed first. This is the first year, so the county government will support it."

"The price of a pound of seedlings is only half of a pound of rubber grass after harvest."

Hearing this, several village chiefs present were a little excited.

In the beginning, since there was no money, and the price of seedlings was still so low.

This can be tried, anyway, it is a lot of effort to open up wasteland and take care of it normally.

The most people in their village is strength.

So I discussed with Shi Qingluo again, and gradually there was no such thing as

nervous.

When they left, everyone had a smile on their face.

If this matter really is what Master Xiao and his wife promised, they can't help but look forward to next year.

Next, Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo were busy planting rubber grass.

North City.

Xiao Yuanshi saw that Ge Chunru had not been released, and was not surprised, so he sent the trusted confidant to Heyang County to talk to Xiao Hanzheng.

King Jin Mansion in Beicheng.

King Jin is drinking tea and listening to music in the yard.

His personal follower walked in and reported in a low voice, "My lord, there is news from Heyang County."

King Jin, who originally closed his eyes, opened his eyes, "What news?"

"At that time, when Shiqing fell into several villages in Heyang County, he did some co-planting with the county government and wanted to plant a plant called rubber grass."

King Jin sat up straight, "Rubber grass? What's the use?"

He personally replied: "Qingluo didn't mention the specific usage."

King Jin thought for a while, "Could it be related to the rubber that is now popular in Beijing?"

He is now wearing rubber-soled shoes, and there are a few bicycles in the warehouse.

This rubber is really good stuff.

It's a pity that the emperor and the three major princes all sent people to look for rubber in southern Fujian and other places, and encircled the land to plant rubber.

So his people are not easy to start.

Hearing the name, it's hard not to associate rubber.

He replied respectfully: "The little one also thinks it may have something to do with the rubber."

"My lord, do we want to do something like this?"

King Jin shook his head, "I don't know what to plant now, how to tap rubber after planting, etc. It's not easy to plant."

"This Shi Qingluo really didn't disappoint me, and he started to move as soon as he came to Northern Xinjiang."

He hooked his lips and said: "Isn't the side concubine going to have a flower viewing banquet in half a month, let her write a message to Shi Qingluo."

He really wanted to meet the apprentice of the so-called old immortal.