vrcanaries Chapter 154 Planting Herbs
Chapter 154 Planting Herbs
"Li Zheng Qin, if we spend money to buy seedlings but they don't survive, then won't we lose even the original capital? Who will bear the loss?" A villager carefully raised his concerns.
The villagers queuing behind were looking at Qin Lizheng eagerly at this moment. They had the same concerns.
Farmers rely on the crops in the fields to make a living all year round, but unfortunately the grain yield is too low.
It's not so bad when the weather is good and the family can barely get enough food and clothing.
If there is a famine, all we can do is look up to the sky.
The villagers were unsure about growing medicinal herbs. They were afraid that they would spend money to buy seedlings, but they would not grow well or the harvest would be poor, and they would end up losing even the money they spent on the seedlings.
When it comes to their own interests, the villagers naturally have more to consider.
Changhe Village can be considered a large village, with a total of about a hundred households.
There is a lot of land belonging to this village, but less than half of it has been developed and cultivated.
Each family has been allocated at least several acres of fertile land. During the craze for buying wasteland two months ago, the villagers more or less bought one or several acres of land, and now most of them have been reclaimed.
Allocating a little land to growing medicinal herbs will not affect grain planting, but the worry is real.
Qin Huaisheng could understand the villagers' reactions. He smiled and said to the villagers in front of him.
"Don't worry, folks. Since the Qin family has decided to gather everyone to plant medicinal herbs, they have naturally made a comprehensive plan. The planting methods will be explained to everyone at a unified time. As long as you follow our methods, there will be basically no problem with the survival rate..."
"That being said, no one can predict what might happen. We might waste the land and lose the money for the seedlings. If the seedlings are given to us, we might consider it."
The villager who spoke first was quick-witted and couldn't wait to interrupt Qin Huaisheng.
Most of the villagers were interested in growing medicinal herbs. Seeing the Qin family getting richer, it would be a lie to say they were not interested.
Everyone wants to follow the Qin family's footsteps. If the Qin family can eat the meat, then they can at least have a share of the soup, right?
But right now, someone has spoken up to fight for the benefits of this seedling. If I can really get the seedlings without spending any money, it will be a good thing for me.
The other villagers were silent at this time. After all, if this could succeed, they would also be the beneficiaries.
"You don't have to think about buying medicinal seedlings for free. After all, the Qin family spent real money to buy the seedlings. As for the harvest, how can there be a guarantee in this world? Think about it, can you ask the shopkeeper who sells grain seeds to guarantee you a harvest?"
Qin Huaisheng took advantage of this opportunity to take a sip of tea to moisten his throat before continuing.
"Fellow villagers, why did the Qin family gather everyone to plant medicinal herbs? Isn't it because they want to help us? If the Qin family just wants to make money, they can just hire temporary workers or permanent workers to do it. Why don't you go home and think about it first? However, I have to remind you that there are not many seedlings this time, and it's first come first served. Even if you buy seedlings, you still have to sign a planting contract..."
Seeing Qin Huaisheng's determined attitude, the villager who had spoken had no choice but to shut up.
Some of the bolder villagers who were still queuing behind decided to take a gamble. They registered with Qin Huaisheng one after another and paid a deposit for the seedlings.
Nowadays, those in the village who are close to the Qin family have benefited from the Qin family to some extent.
I used to not be optimistic about the Qin family's fish pond, but they put in several batches of fish fry and they are all doing well.
Doesn’t this prove that the Qin family is really capable?
The Qin family's orchard expanded again after the New Year. Qin Ruo's men transported several batches of chicks weighing about one kilogram from Taihe County, and raised thousands of them in total.
These batches of chicks were all raised in the orchard, and Lu Shuiqin and his wife were invited by the Qin family to manage the orchard and chicken farm.
When someone asked Lu Shuiqin and his wife how much money the Qin family gave them as a reward, they refused to say a word.
But when the villagers saw the happy faces of the couple, they knew that they were very satisfied with the remuneration from the Qin family.
Zhou Cheng and his wife are responsible for managing the Qin family's fish pond. Zhou Cheng has also recently learned to drive a horse-drawn carriage and helps the Qin family run errands and handle some chores.
In short, several families in the village who had a good relationship with the Qin family were given priority in arrangements by the Qin family.
The other half of the villagers, because they were worried about the risks, took a wait-and-see attitude and wanted to wait and see if they could make money after the crops were planted.
The coachman Old Yang, Jiang's three sons, Aunt Sun's family, and those families who helped the Qin family repair the fish pond last time, came one after another to pay the deposit as soon as Qin Huaisheng released the news.
Because of the medicinal herbs being planted this time, the Qin family has also stipulated that each family can plant no more than three types.
Therefore, he came to Qin Huaisheng early, and after learning about the growth characteristics of these medicinal herbs, he decided on the types he wanted to plant and waited for the Qin family to distribute the seedlings.
Qin Ruo has been busy dealing with some trivial matters these days, including gathering villagers to grow medicinal herbs. She handed the task over to Qin Huaisheng and several clansmen to help handle it.
These seedlings all come from Qin Ruo's space, which can be said to be inexhaustible.
Qin Ruo didn't mind the little money she earned from selling seedlings, but rules are rules, and she had to collect the money.
Sheng Mien, fight against Mien.
If she really gave it away for free, it was inevitable that someone would have such greedy thoughts.
Instead of being grateful, they will blame the Qin family for not giving enough or good enough gifts.
Qin Ruo didn't want to do such a thankless task.
Letting the villagers grow medicine in the village was just a way of giving them a helping hand.
These villagers were not bad by nature, and she could understand that some of them were greedy for small gains. After all, they were all making trouble because they were poor.
By the tenth day, more than half of the villagers had signed planting contracts with the Qin family.
A rough calculation shows that, including the land that the Qin family plans to plant on their own, there are already a hundred acres of medicinal fields.
For the convenience of management, under the leadership of Qin Huaisheng, the villagers basically choose to plant medicinal fields in adjacent places.
On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, all the villagers who had registered gathered at Qin's house and lined up happily to receive the seedlings.
Qin Ruo personally went to the fields to guide the villagers on how to plant and manage medicinal herbs on a daily basis.
A striking wooden sign was erected at the entrance of the medicinal field, with the words "Changhe Village Medicinal Herb Planting Experimental Site" engraved on it in large letters.
The villagers carefully planted the medicinal seedlings in their own medicinal fields.
The weather is gradually getting warmer, and the new crops planted by the Qin family have begun to grow wildly in the past few days.
The last time Master Qian came, he directly allocated a piece of land of about two acres for Qin Ruo to experiment with sweet potato planting after the new year.
Just yesterday, the Zhou family helped plant them all.
On the day when Qin Ruo brought the sweet potatoes to the yamen for the first time, County Magistrate Jiang sent someone to deliver the few sweet potatoes left by Qin Ruo to Ganzhou and reported that the villagers of Changhe Village in Taihe County had discovered a new crop.
A few years ago, news was presented again that the new crops had been successfully planted. Upon receiving the news, the agricultural officer of the Sinong Temple stationed in Ganzhou immediately rushed over from Ganzhou.
At this time, the agricultural officials who set out from Ganzhou were rushing day and night to Changhe Village in Taihe County.