The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Sun Shan looked at the anxious village chief, gave him a soothing look, and signaled him to stay calm.

Mr. Wang knew who the head of Big Bird Village was. He smiled and said, "Head of Big Bird Village, don't worry. If you're not satisfied with the bird droppings after using them, you don't have to pay. There are prerequisites."

When the audience heard this, they looked at each other with a look of “as expected”.

I told you, there is no such cheap thing in the world, there must be a trap behind it.

Especially since it came from Mr. Wang's mouth, there were countless twists and turns in it.

Mr. Wang was pushed to the forefront by Sun Shan, and now they are in the same boat.

There was no other choice, so I had to bite the bullet and continue: "Everyone, the increase in rice yield after using fertilizer is obvious to all. It's not that the people are blind and say that it won't increase. It needs the village head and the household accounts to prove it. If it doesn't increase, we will pay you nothing. However, next year we won't be able to use the guano fertilizer from our workshop."

After a pause, he smiled and said, "Since there's no increase in production, it means it's useless. They will definitely not buy our fertilizer anymore. Similarly, we won't sell our fertilizer to him either."

"Everyone, our fertilizer has been proven to be effective. We are so confident in our fertilizer that we dare to offer it on credit. If we didn't have that confidence, how could we do such a loss-making business? Don't you agree?"

No one would do a business that would lose money. Mr. Wang dared to make the promise of "no money if no effect", which shows that he is very confident in his product.

Many people at the scene had seen the rice produced in the Yamen rice experimental field base, and the yield there was indeed much higher than their own. For a moment, they didn't know what to do.

Mr. Wang went on to say, "Everyone, feel free to use the fertilizer from our workshop. I guarantee it will be useful and will help you harvest a few more bags of millet. I have quite a few fields, and we also use guano fertilizer during spring plowing. If you don't believe me, just look at how many dan of early rice I can harvest."

Of course, don't regret not using fertilizer when the time comes, and miss out on a bountiful harvest of early rice. One acre of land can yield twice as much rice, and one season's worth of rice is equivalent to two seasons' worth. Everyone, think carefully. Don't let your timidity get in the way. Don't be jealous when you see others using fertilizer and enjoying a bumper harvest.

These words left everyone speechless. How confident was Master Wang?

He said with such confidence that his grain harvest would be a bumper one.

Haha, if there is no harvest or even no harvest at all, let’s see what he says.

After Mr. Wang explained the price of fertilizer to everyone, he left.

Sun Shan stood up and walked in the center. Sun Dali next to him led the Sun family guards to alert the entire city. Their actions seemed as if Sun Shan was a big shot who would be assassinated in the next second.

Sun Shan bowed, smiled gently, and said, "Everyone, now is the time to ask questions. If you have any questions, please raise your hands and ask. I will tell you everything I know."

The audience gathered here and there, looking at each other, and finally all turned their eyes to Sun Shan.

He pursed his lips. He did have a lot of questions, but it was difficult to ask them directly. He was even worse than the village chief of Da Niao Village.

At this time, Instructor Deng raised his hand and asked, "Master Sun, I want to ask, what should I do if I want to use fertilizer but don't know how to use it? After all, this is my first time using it, and I don't understand a lot of it."

Aside from Sun Shan, Teacher Deng had the least vested interest in Yuanlu County. They were both hired to do the work and then leave after a few years.

Since he was not a local, Teacher Deng was just a bystander and could say whatever he wanted.

Sun Shan explained, "Master, don't worry about this. Before the spring plowing, I will send people to each town to teach the village headmen how to use fertilizer. Whether it's the first time, the second time, or the last time, there will be someone to supervise the entire process."

I will set up a shop in every town, selling fertilizer. There will be someone there to answer questions from the people. If anyone truly doesn't understand, I will personally teach them how to use the fertilizer. Everyone will be watching closely. The crops grown in the fields are the people's lifeblood, and they are my lifeblood as well. I will keep a close eye on it."

Teacher Deng said approvingly, "Thank you very much for your answer."

Sunshan set up fertilizer sales points in every town with the town and village head as the center.

Not only do they sell fertilizers, but they also have professionals teaching people how to use them. If problems arise, they are solved at different points in the town, and everyone is keeping a close eye on the situation.

Even if any problems arise in the future, we will focus on the "town" to solve the problems, so that everything will be orderly and clear.

Then Mr. Ma, one of the three wealthy merchants, asked, "Sir, why can we only buy guano fertilizer from the branch store in town? Can we buy it somewhere else?"

Mr. Ma's family did have land, but as nouveau riche, they didn't hide their holdings much. He just thought it was too restrictive to buy fertilizer at designated locations.

His hometown is in the countryside and his household registration is also in the countryside, so he has to go back to the rural town to buy it.

Emma, ​​it’s so inconvenient to travel so far.

Without a second thought, Sun Shan replied, "No, you can only buy it in the town where your household registration is located. You can't buy it in the county, nor can you buy it in the next town."

It is a bit troublesome, but for the sake of better management and purchase restrictions, people have to take a detour.

How big can a county be? It’s easy to walk around it in a day or two.

Sun Shan stipulated that if the people wanted to buy guano fertilizer, they had to register with the village head first, and then the village heads would register with the li head, and then the li head would register with the yamen.

The government office kept records of the amount of land owned by the villagers, and it was clear how much land each family owned.

The people bought fertilizer according to the registration of the government office, and Sun Shan collected grain according to the registration.

Haha, if you want to evade taxes, you can just not buy fertilizers.

The audience was unhappy with Sun Shan's restrictions, but since Sun Shan was an official, they dared not raise any objections.

Even if we have to bring it up, we have to do it quietly and behind the scenes, and we can't embarrass Lord Sun.

A small, obscure village chief raised his hand quietly. Sun Shan smiled and said, "Old man, go ahead."

The little transparent village chief hesitantly asked, "Sir, if, I say if, half of my field uses fertilizer and the other half does not, is that okay?"

Going all in at once is really not in line with the practices of a small-scale peasant economy. It is best to experiment first and then follow up after confirming success.

Sun Shan maintained his gentlemanly smile and said affably, "Old man, of course you can. Not to mention half the field, even an acre can use fertilizer."

Hearing Sun Shan say this, the little transparent village chief couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

I was dragged here in a daze to bloom, and then I heard that the whole county needed to use fertilizers, just like collecting taxes, and they assigned tasks to me.

Just now, Mr. Wang said in his words that it is good to use fertilizer. If they don’t use it, he might use force to force them to use it.

Just like when collecting taxes, the yamen runners would make them pay taxes in a ferocious manner.

Alas, they are good citizens, how dare they not pay taxes?

Just like now, the government asked them to use fertilizer, so how dare they not use it?