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Chapter 182: Solve an urgent need
"It's already 12:00, why haven't you opened the door yet?"
"What's going on? I paid a deposit yesterday. Why are you not opening the door now?"
"We're in a hurry to plant the crops. If you have seeds, why don't you tell us? What's the point of just sitting there and waiting?"
"..."
The crowd became more and more excited as they talked, and a few of them bravely stepped forward and banged on the door of the grain store.
"Xiangxiang, see if there's anyone in the room?"
"Yes, they said they only have a few seeds today and they are trying to find a solution."
So, she arrived just in time. Giving timely assistance is always better than adding icing on the cake.
“Have Number One grab a handful of seeds and go find the middle-aged man.
Just say my son has a batch of seeds and we can discuss it in detail."
If No. 1 talks too much, he will easily be exposed, and it doesn't fit with his aloof personality, so he can only explain these two sentences.
Xiangxiang had been paying attention to the movements inside. After No. 1 relayed Song Anning's words, the middle-aged man who had been full of worry just now had bright eyes. He grabbed two seeds and was so excited that he almost cried.
“Good stuff, good stuff!
Where is your master? Please show me the way."
Number One replied coldly, "It's just outside the door."
The middle-aged man looked up at the main gate with an embarrassed look on his face. If he showed up now, he would be caught by the people and questioned. No, he couldn't go out!
"Courageous man, could you please take me to tell your master to go to the back door. I will be waiting at the door."
"Let number one come back."
Number One came and went quickly. The man was a little confused. After looking at the seeds in his hand, he happily went to the back door.
Huasheng Grain Shop doesn't look large, but it's very long from the front to the back door. Xiangxiang said that his backyard is super big and is used to store grain, but now it's empty.
When Song An Ning went around many turns and finally reached the back door, she saw the middle-aged man and two servants waiting there eagerly.
"you are………"
After confirming Song Anning's identity, the man made a gesture of invitation.
Song An Ning was not nervous and walked in with a swagger.
"I'm the owner of this grain store. My last name is Xue Cai. Where are you from, sir?"
"My surname is Ning, my given name is An. I came from the south. I heard that your grain shop sells seeds and there are long lines every day. I happened to have a batch, so I came here."
Song An Ning spoke very nonchalantly, giving people the illusion that this business was optional, like a second-generation rich kid.
"I see. But forgive me for saying this, the cost of transporting the seeds from the south to Tongchuan Prefecture is almost as much as the price of the seeds. I'm a little confused."
Song An Ning leaned against the stool, as if she had remembered something bad, and said impatiently: "My old man asked me to go out to do business and gave me these things.
I'm using my own merchant ship, so I can just sell it off."
Xue Cai tightened his grip on the teacup after hearing this. What a bunch of bastards! How could they not understand their parents' good intentions?
His youngest son is also like this. He spends all day eating, drinking and having fun with a group of bad friends. He doesn't manage the farm well and has no interest in business at all.
Fortunately, he has many children, so this one won’t make a difference.
But the person in front of me looked like he was spoiled by his family and was lawless. He probably didn't even know how much the seeds were selling for, and yet he just left.
Fortunately, I met him and he offered me a similar price, otherwise I would have suffered a great loss.
Song Anning, who was standing by, listened to his thoughts silently with the power of mind reading, and sighed to Xiangxiang:
"Uncle Ming is right. This man's character is indeed good."
He could have hidden it from Song An Ning and given a lower price, but Xue Cai still told the truth.
"Sir, these corn seeds you just brought can be divided into two grades.
One is common, twelve cents per pound. But the other is of such high quality that I have never seen such good seeds before, so it is difficult to give a price."
"Oh, is this what you're talking about? Is this high-quality? My mother said this kind costs 40 coins per pound. It was cultivated in our family in recent years and the yield is quite good."
Song An Ning took out two big corns from his pocket and handed them to Xue Cai with a silly look on his face.
Xue Cai stared at the corn in his hand, then looked up at Song An Ning, so excited that he couldn't speak.
"This this……"
He has been running a grain store for decades and his family owns thousands of acres of land, but he has never seen corn cobs so big that are as big as the two they grow!
"What's wrong? You don't even like this?
If the soil is fertile, these seeds can produce two corn cobs on one corn stalk.
If the shopkeeper is not satisfied, I will go to another store to have a look."
"..."
"Sir, wait a minute!"
He was satisfied! Very satisfied! If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it.
Now the people of Tongchuan Prefecture are saved. As for food, as long as there are some good seeds, every household will have it in a few years.
"I want all the forty cents you mentioned!"
"But I can't tell them apart. They're all mixed in with the regular seeds, and there aren't many. And the price..."
Xue Cai was a little confused. Why were such good seeds mixed together?
We can't just find someone to separate the seeds, right? Spring plowing is only in these two days, so there's no time left.
"My father said that 30% of this batch of seeds are of high quality. I want 22 cents per pound. What do you think, Mr. Xue?
After the seeds are sold, let them choose for themselves and distribute them to the people. Wouldn't that make things much easier?"
"!"
Yes, why didn't he think of that? Young Master Ning sold it to him for twenty-two coins, and he added a little to the price and sold it all, which just solved his urgent need.
Moreover, he had just calculated that if 30% of the seeds were high-quality, the price offered by Master Ning was not high at all.
After all, he comes from a well-established family. Although this kid looks cynical, he thinks very quickly and knows a lot about business matters.
It seems that the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" is absolutely true.
"How many seeds do you have, sir? Where are they stored? I can send a truck to bring them back."
Song Anning casually replied, "Not much, maybe around 2,000 shi..."
"What? How much? Sir, are you kidding? Two thousand... stones?"
One stone here is one hundred kilograms. Song Anning has nearly one hundred tons of seeds in her warehouse. This was the data she calculated after a long time. She also asked Xiangxiang to check it and only dared to say it after confirming that it was correct.
"Yes, that's all. If it's not enough, I'll go home and find my dad..."
"Enough! Enough! Enough!"
Xue Cai was so excited that his hands were shaking. Half an hour ago, he was still worrying about the seeds.
Now, he has two thousand stones of seeds, 30% of which are of high quality. In this way, next year's harvest will definitely be a bumper one!
"I want to take a look at your goods. Could you please lead the way, Mr. Ning?"
"Yes. Mr. Xue, please..."
Several people got on the carriage and went out from the back door. After talking for a long time, Song Anning and Xue Cai became more familiar with each other. Taking the opportunity of chatting, they casually asked:
"Do you have so few seeds in Tongchuan Province? I haven't seen this happen in other provinces along the way."
Xue Cai lifted the car curtain and took a look outside, then sighed and said:
"Sir, you don't know..."