Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Shen Zheng continued, "So our rice, let alone 1,200 kilograms, can guarantee a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu, which is more than five times the yield of ordinary rice per mu."

Several village heads still nodded in agreement.

"And I can guarantee that this high-yield rice is only produced in Tongan County. Tell me, what does this mean?"

Zhou Lizheng thought for a moment and said, yes!

He replied: "This means that if other places want to grow this rice next year, they can only buy rice seeds from us! We are the only one!"

Shen Zheng nodded and continued:

"So, this year is a crucial year for our Tongan County. Whether it is for our own county residents to not go hungry or for us to make a profit by selling grain seeds, this is the only year. So the price of one hundred or two hundred coins is too low."

Selling grain seeds is different from selling textile machines. She can only earn some process fees and labor costs from textile machines, but she can always hold the textile machines in her hands.

But the grain seeds were not a good deal. The people she sold grain seeds to in the first year were not ordinary people.

Rather, they were the landlords, grain shops, county governments, and even prefectural governments in various regions.

By the second year, grain was in abundance and she and Tong'an County had no chance to make a profit.

If you want to continue to make profits, you can only wait for a few years when the quality of rice seeds deteriorates and then purchase high-quality rice seeds from the system again.

But that's all later. Right now she has to think about this crucial first year.

Zhang Lizheng was still confused, so he asked, "Can't we just keep selling?"

Wu Lizheng next to him rolled his eyes.

"The yield per mu of rice is so high! As long as we sell it for a year, the rice seeds will be available on the market the next year. What else do we have to sell?"

Zhang Lizheng felt a little disappointed after hearing this. They could only earn money from the rice seeds in the first year...

Shen Zheng looked at Zhang Lizheng's expression and comforted him:

"So we have to set the price high in the first year. When the rice seeds are abundant, I will help you make money in other ways."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lizheng's feeling of loss was swept away.

Yes! Following the county magistrate who came down from heaven, are you still afraid of not making money?

Several other village heads also laughed when they heard Shen Zheng’s words. Life seemed to be getting more and more promising!

They all asked Shen Zheng: "According to what you said, how much do you think we should set the price?"

Shen Zheng smiled: "Five hundred coins."

Several village heads opened their mouths wide at once! The adults were too bold and dared to think too much!

Unexpectedly, Shen Zheng hadn't finished speaking yet.

She continued, "Five hundred coins, half a pound."

After hearing this, the eyes of several village heads widened into grapes.

Wu Li was silently calculating in his mind. If each household sold 500 kilograms, then...

Five hundred taels!!!!

He trembled and said, "Sir, this... is too expensive. Will anyone buy it?"

Shen Zheng nodded firmly. They thought it was expensive, but that meant they had never seen the outside world. Those nobles would spend hundreds of taels of silver without blinking an eye.

She just sold the grain seeds to those people, and in the first year, those people would not let the grain seeds go out of their hands.

Shen Zheng could only scratch the surface when it came to business. Once the grain seeds really fell into the hands of those people, it was not impossible for them to be sold at a sky-high price next year.

After all, this high-yield rice is a product beyond this era.

Let’s see how those people fight for it.

Several village heads saw that their county magistrate was so determined and confident.

Although they were still a little unsure, they all nodded. What the adults said was right, and they just had to follow their lead and everything would be fine!

Seeing that they were gradually accepting the price, Shen Zheng told them about the follow-up arrangements.

"If we want to monopolize grain this year, we must ensure the safety of rice in the county."

Several village heads lowered their heads and thought for a moment, then they knew what she meant.

Before the rice had even entered the heading stage, the outside world only knew that their rice was special, but they had no idea of ​​its specific characteristics.

Therefore, the patrol teams they had previously formed in each village were sufficient.

But now that the rice is beginning to ear, there will surely be more and more people who are interested.

If those people just came to take a look out of curiosity, they are definitely a minority.

Who wouldn’t be jealous of that scene?

They were afraid that those people would get impatient and target their rice fields directly.

There are only dozens of patrol teams in each of their villages. If the other side comes with hundreds of people, there is no way they can defeat them!

If they directly dug up the rice that had already grown ears, they wouldn't even know which direction to cry in!

When several village heads thought of this, they immediately became anxious.

Now it is a golden nugget for every household in the village! We cannot allow any loss!

Shen Zheng looked at their reactions and nodded with satisfaction. It was good to have a sense of crisis.

She thought that there was still some money in the county government's account, so she could still afford to add more people to the patrol team or recruit constables for the county government.

"So I think the patrol teams in each village must be expanded in manpower."

The village heads nodded like chicks pecking at rice. Yes! The more people, the better!

They looked at Shen Zheng eagerly:

"Sir, how many more people should we add to each village? There are still many good workers in our village. They were not selected to join the patrol team last time, and they sighed at home for a long time!"

Shen Zheng estimated the expenses, and to be honest, she actually felt that forty cents a day for the patrol team was a bit too much.

She had no choice but to ask several village heads tentatively:

"I estimate in my mind that we will need to double the number of patrols, which means ninety patrol members in each village."

The village heads were delighted to see so many people!

Shen Zheng coughed lightly and continued:

"But the patrol team in the village is actually protecting their own rice fields, and now the county government is planning our future, and the expenses are not small, so I want to reduce the wages a little bit."

What she said was actually the truth. She was still thinking about the current affairs. She planned to find a place to build a county school, hire two teachers, and start recruiting students.

The county school was originally free of monthly tuition fees. In addition to the construction costs, the teacher's monthly salary and the students' food were not a small expense.

The county government also needs to recruit more constables. Now Zhao Xiu and his gang are actually a little overwhelmed by patrolling the streets.

There are also textile machines, which will be produced in large quantities in the future, and money is needed everywhere.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lizheng immediately said:

"Sir! Just like you said, this matter is closely related to the villagers of each village. Let alone reducing the wages, the villagers will have to do it even if they don't get paid!"

The other village heads nodded in agreement. Compared with the money they would earn from selling grain seeds in the future, this wage was nothing!

Shen Zheng had never thought about not asking for wages.

Perhaps the villagers are willing to do so, but patrolling is now considered a risky job.

And even if the villagers do not join the patrol team, they can go out to work and earn some money to supplement their family income.

It would be unfair if you don't pay them a penny.