Hu Zheng nodded and then said: "Master Wei, you are indeed wise. With such a wise master as Master Wei, the Wei family may not be able to regain its glory one day."
Wei Yi smiled, then cupped his hands and said: "Shopkeeper Hu is joking, I can understand what His Highness is thinking, so it doesn't matter whether our Wei family is brilliant or not, it's just that we also want to be better. I will do my best." Maximum effort."
At Wei Yi's words, Hu Zheng also smiled and shook his head: "Master Wei, actually you have misunderstood what His Highness meant. Your Highness has never been afraid of the glory of a certain family. What Your Highness is afraid of is that these families have cut off the path for advancement for all people in the world. ah."
"In this world, there will be differences among people. His Highness once said that people who are strong, study hard, and have excellent talents should use their talents and strength to win more resources and enjoy them. This is what they should do. Otherwise, how can society develop? How does humanity progress?”
"Some of the people your Highness cares about have united together to cut off the way for others to rise. That's all. Your Highness, you just want to open this way for the people of the world. In addition, as long as your family has the ability, His Highness said, the more brilliant the better!”
Wei Yi was stunned for a moment. He took a serious look at the shopkeeper in front of him. He was not a big shopkeeper. He was just a branch shopkeeper of Yuelai Trading Company in Huayin County. However, his knowledge was beyond Wei Yi's. Imagine that this sentence may be what His Highness said.
But in the process of daily communication with this Hu Zheng, he knew that this Hu Zheng was really capable.
If this was the shopkeeper of their Wei family, he would have to pay his members no matter what.
But Wei Yi understood the meaning of the other party's words. Although these were a bit far away from his Wei family, the Wei family was not even a big family in Huayin County. They were also commonly known as the poor family.
The house in the house is not small, but it has been old for many years. The family does not have much business, mainly in Huayin County, where there is some land. It used to be that land income was the least important thing for their family. Now it is the main source of their family.
It's just that the family business is in decline, but the consumption within the family has not dropped much. The money saved over the years has naturally become less and less.
To be honest, if His Highness had not reduced the cost of paper, it would have been difficult for their children to study in the future.
The biggest reason why the other party was able to find them was that the Wei family was quite influential in the villages below Huayin County. When the Wei family first moved to Huayin County to settle down, they wanted to settle down here. To gain a foothold, it has sponsored the construction of several roads.
Over the years, they have been trying their best to help ordinary people around them, so their family is quite prestigious.
"I understand. I am willing to sign this contract with His Highness." Wei Yi said simply. "If His Highness has any instructions in the future, Shopkeeper Hu will say it bluntly. I will definitely follow His Highness's instructions."
"Congratulations to the Wei family, you have taken a solid step on the glorious road of the Wei family. Then please trouble the Wei family and the mulberry farmers and silkworm farmers in the Wei family's prestigious townships, as well as the people in some mountainous areas to gather them. When cultivating ramie and other hemp crops, it is best to let them specialize in planting and breeding, so that they do not need to do spinning and weaving."
"Of course, in order to ensure the livelihood of these people, His Highness is willing to sign a purchase contract with these people, as long as they plant them regularly and provide silk. As long as they take good care of them, the silk and hemp crops they provide will be based on the average harvest quantity in previous years. , then the guaranteed price will be calculated based on the price of 2 and a half shi of grain per mu of land." Hu Zheng immediately said with a smile.
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Wei Yi frowned a little. He only allowed these people to plant crops and not allowed them to spin or weave. This cut off the people's income. This was not easy to persuade.
But when he heard His Highness's purchase price later, Wei Yi was stunned.
Is this...the price so high? If the price is so high, where does His Highness get the profit?
If this price can be maintained, then people will naturally be willing to plant directly. After all, spinning and weaving requires a lot of time, and it takes a lot of time. If the quality of the weaving is not up to standard, they will sell it. The price is not too high, and the time consumed means that the amount of silk and hemp they can grow is not much.
After all, they still have to grow food.
And if they just plant, and based on the average harvest, the purchase price given is more cost-effective than growing grain, and like hemp crops, they can plant more hemp at one time, which actually increases their income.
After all, if you can grow grain and harvest 2.5 shi, you must have fertile land! And it requires fertilized fertile land.
"This...if His Highness buys it at this guaranteed price, then it will be no problem." Wei Yi took a deep breath, because if it is this guaranteed price, it means that these people are easily willing to sign a contract with His Highness .
"That's fine, but this year, for example, for some hemp crops, we are more willing to sign contracts with these people based on a certain number of acres. After all, we cannot let them not grow food at all. It is best to use some crops that are not suitable for planting. The grain land is used to grow ramie and other hemp crops. How many acres of land should be determined in this area may require the help of the Wei family leader to investigate." Hu Zheng said with a smile.
"That's no problem." Wei Yi readily agreed. Although their family can be considered poor, they are still quite influential in these villages. He is very familiar with the people in the villages, and these people Zheng is also very familiar with these farming and mulberry matters. Just ask them and you will know.
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that the purchase price just now was the purchase price signed between His Highness and the people. In addition, His Highness will also pay the Wei family half a stone per acre of land. How many households can the Wei family contact? , even a few households." Hu Zheng said calmly again.
As soon as Hu Zheng said these words, Wei Yi's breathing quickened.
This... although half a stone per acre, if all the people in these townships can be contacted, if one household grows 5 acres of hemp, the fee charged by the Wei family... is also a huge number!
At least it is much higher than the Wei family’s previous income!
"Your Highness, why is this?" Wei Yi hesitated.
"Nothing, as I said, I followed His Highness. If there are other aristocratic families that want to acquire similar things like you, your Wei family can just say no. Of course, when will your Highness's order come down, I will I will tell you." Hu Zheng said with a smile, "And in the future, His Highness will also give you more business."
