It's just that the Mohist family is not yet stable at present, and will face many unpredictable crises in the future.
There are still some business plans that have not been started in the future, and the weather is getting colder and colder. It will not last long to start making money from ice cubes now.
Therefore, He Zhiran decided to use the ice cubes to help Tang Mingrui store fresh corn first, and he would talk about the rest later.
"Mr., although the method of making ice is simple, after all, we only made a small amount. If Brother Tang wants to make an ice house, the number of ice cubes required will not be small."
"I know this. As long as there is enough saltpeter, just leave the ice making to me." Now there are so many soldiers in the family, and they are all trustworthy people.
Mo Jiuye thought that when making a large amount of ice, just call some soldiers to help.
Especially since he has figured out how to hide the key steps of making ice, which is impossible for anyone to learn.
"Well, we have arranged to harvest corn tomorrow, so you can take people to Brother Tang's place.
There are a lot of ice cubes used there, and if they were made in Xiling Village, transportation would not be very convenient. "He Zhiran reminded.
"Okay, leave this matter to me."
As for the source of saltpeter, it is sold in pharmacies in the city. Although the price is a bit expensive, it is not a rare item.
Therefore, no one would doubt that He Zhiran purchased a large amount from space.
What's more, Mo Jiuye wanted to hide the method of making ice because he didn't want the raw material saltpeter to be exposed. He also knew that Tang Mingrui was a man of general knowledge and could not keep an eye on other people's secrets.
In short, He Zhiran was relieved to leave this matter to Mo Jiuye.
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There was no need for Hezhiran to worry about the coming time. Mo Jiuye arranged for people to sort out all the corn in the remaining fields except for two acres of corn that were set aside for normal picking and used to calculate the yield per mu.
The younger ones are piled together and used as fresh corn supply for Tang Mingrui. The older ones can be made into seeds after being dried, which are provided to the government.
He Zhiran also drew a drawing of a simple hand-cranked thresher and asked Hu Cong to help rush it out.
At Tang Mingrui's place, Mo Jiuye arranged for the manpower to make ice cubes. It took two days to complete the freezing storage room. Although it looked simple on the outside, there was something special inside.
People can go in for just a short while and then run out with their bodies in their arms. You don't need a thermometer to measure such a temperature. You know that the corn will freeze quickly after you put it in.
Since the freezing storage room was built, Tang Mingrui was so excited that he almost screamed.
He actually has his own ice storage room during this season.
Of course, all the raw materials and workers for making ice cubes in the ice room were provided by Mo Jiuye. Even if he didn't say anything, Tang Mingrui wouldn't let him pay for it in vain.
After negotiation between the two parties, the two decided that the income from fresh corn would be divided 40-60 between the two families, with the Mo family taking 60% and Tang Mingrui taking 40%.
Mo Jiuye had no objection at all to this. Although ice cubes were rare in this season, for him and He Zhiran, they could have as much as they wanted, and they didn't have to worry about the high cost.
He Zhiran just bought a few hundred yuan of saltpeter from Taobao and made an ice chamber. Even if he needed to continue to replenish ice cubes in the future, he would only use a very small amount of saltpeter, which was not considered a cost at all.
They get 10% more profits as a result, which is simply inappropriate.
Because it is a cooperative method, Tang Mingrui does not need to pay for the fresh corn when it is delivered to him. He only needs to wait for him to create profits and give the Mo family a share.
Although he didn't receive payment for the goods, Mo Jiuye didn't do anything without any details.
He estimated that the size of Tang Mingrui's ice room could hold at least 50,000 kilograms of fresh corn.
Tang Mingrui spent two days sending a truck to the Mo family to transport fresh corn. As expected, a total of 50,000 kilograms were transported.
After the remaining corn is dried, it is ready for threshing.
It happened that Hu Cong also helped to make two hand-operated threshing machines.
Mo Jiuye led others to thresh the corn that had been reserved for weighing and then weighed it. The yield per mu once again shocked everyone present.
After threshing, the yield of corn per mu actually reached 1,200 kilograms. This figure was similar to He Zhiran's estimate.
Meng Huaining was also present. He pulled Mo Jiuye and was so excited that he was a little incoherent.
"Brother Ninth, the world... no... it's the people of Yuncheng who are blessed, so blessed..."
Mo Jiuye patted his shoulder.
"Well, next winter, the people of Yuncheng will no longer have to worry about going hungry."
There is a lot of arable land in the northwest, but because of the soil quality, no matter what is planted, the yield never increases.
The corn produced in space is different. Not only is it not picky about soil quality, it is not affected by the climate. As long as there is no flood or drought, a bumper harvest is guaranteed.
When the Mohists planted crops in spring, they mainly planted corn.
At first they did not think that the government would purchase corn to use as seeds for the next year. He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye just thought that corn yields were high and could be used as raw materials for staple food. They lived in the northwest and their family was living a good life, so they could not Look at the hungry people around you.
So they chose to plant more corn, just to help a bunch of poor people.
Now, it's better. Meng Huaining, a parent official, has come forward to arrange this matter, which is more suitable than them being in the limelight themselves.
A total of sixty acres of corn were planted. The weight of the fresh corn that Tang Mingrui transported was several times that of the corn after threshing. Therefore, the Mo family still had a lot of corn left.
The Mohists kept some symbolically for their own consumption, and sold the rest to the government as seeds for next year.
After the weighing, Meng Huaining purchased a total of 50,000 kilograms of corn seeds from the Mo family, which is enough for the people of Yuncheng to plant next year.
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran planted corn with the intention of supporting the surrounding people, so naturally they would not charge Meng Huaining too much money.
As a result, Meng Huaining refused to argue and handed over all the banknotes sponsored by Tang Mingrui to Mo Jiuye.
"Brother Ninth, I know the value of corn is high. I only have so much, and it was sponsored by Boss Tang. If it is not enough, I will pay it back to you slowly when the government has more tax revenue next year."
Meng Huaining's tone of voice was a little hurried, as if he was worried that a duck in his mouth would fly away.
Mo Jiuye had no intention of charging him so much money. Just when he was about to make a careful calculation in front of Meng Huaining, Meng Huaining had already run away and asked his men to transport corn seeds to the granary as quickly as possible.
In Mo Jiuye's eyes, his eager look seemed like he was taking advantage of something huge, for fear that people would come looking for him and ask him to go back...
