Chapter 367 Buying and Selling Seeds
The news of the astonishing yield of sweet potatoes and other crops can be said to have shocked the world. I don’t know how many aristocratic families paid attention to these crops.
However, Kuaiji County is located in a remote area, coupled with obstacles such as the Yangtze River, it is very difficult to bring out the seeds on a large scale without being discovered.
Today, the river transportation in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is completely in the hands of Zhang Yu, and many places in the middle reaches are also controlled by Zhang Yu and his team. Moreover, Zhang Yu's fleet often patrols, so it is very difficult to bring out the seeds.
It is true that a lot of seeds have been taken out, but the number is scarce. If you want to plant them on a large scale, it will take three or four years to cultivate them.
Besides, they don't know the planting method yet, so the yield is naturally not as high as Zhang Yu's.
For various reasons, Mi Zhu can only find Zhang Yu for large-scale planting.
"Of course you can sell seeds, and you can have as many as you want, but this is a one-time sale, so the asking price must be high," Zhang Yu said.
Mi Zhu was overjoyed. The biggest industry of their Mi family was the planting industry. If they could get several kinds of crops, it would be very important to the development of the Mi family.
high price? That's okay, it's a one-and-done thing, and you don't need to buy seeds when you plant it yourself in the future.
"Master Zhang, please make an offer." Mi Zhu said.
"Five million dollars, two shipments of seeds, the average of the three types of seeds, and a planting method as a gift." Zhang Yu offered the price.
It's five million dollars at the beginning, which is really not cheap.
If it was the food for the two ships, it would cost more than a hundred thousand yuan, but Zhang Yu directly asked for five million yuan.
The two ships that Zhang Yu mentioned are of course their big ships, which will naturally be explained after entering into detailed negotiations.
After thinking for a while, Mi Zhu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, two ships of seeds, five million yuan."
Mi Zhu also knows how to settle accounts. He can plant the seeds of the two ships at will in the second year, even the entire Xuzhou. When the grain harvest is bumper, the cost can be recovered within two years.
If you rely on the few rattans you get, you don't know how long you will grow them, and Zhang Yu also gave you the planting methods.
Zhang Yu was naturally willing to sell it, and it would be everywhere in a few years if he didn't sell it, so it's better to sell it now while it's worth a lot.
Zhang Yu went on to say, "There will be no strings attached to selling the seeds, but since I've sold them, I won't be exclusive in the future, so I'll find other sellers, and sell them a lot while they're valuable now."
After Zhang Yu finished speaking, Mi Zhu frowned, which was obviously not in his interest.
"Master Zhang, it is not in your interest to sell a large amount of grain hastily. When the grain is produced in large quantities, the price of grain will be lower. This is not in the interest of both of us." Mi Zhu said. .
From the point of view of a businessman, Mi Zhu was right, but Zhang Yu didn't think so.
"Brother Mi, your structure is too small. Even though you produce a lot of food, the price of food will not fall, but will continue to rise." Zhang Yu said.
As soon as Mi Zhu heard this, he wanted to compete with Zhang Yu. Although Zhang Yu had a higher status than him, he was younger than him and he was not a businessman.
"Master Zhang, you should know that crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes can increase food production by more than ten times. By that time, one person can feed ten people. How can food prices go up?" Mi Zhu told Zhang Yu a very simple truth.
Zhang Yu smiled lightly, took a sip from the wine glass, and said, "Your understanding is not wrong under normal circumstances, but the current situation has completely changed, and we can't just look at it from a business perspective."
Zhang Yu saw Mi Zhu's puzzled expression, so he went on to say: "In today's world, although the Han Dynasty is still there, if the princes are in power, the world will definitely be in chaos. At that time, the princes will attack each other, which will require a lot of food. It will cause people to be displaced and not want to grow food, which will also lead to food shortages."
"Zhang Yu finished talking about the basic general situation, and then said that there are millions of nomads in northern Xinjiang, and they also need food. If there is really so much food, they can be sold to them. No matter how much food is in the Central Plains, they are not afraid of running out. place."
After Zhang Yu finished speaking,
Mi Zhu broke out in cold sweat.
It's not that Mi Zhu doesn't understand politics, it's just that he doesn't think that deeply, and he can't fully see the overall situation today.
But Mi Zhu is a smart person, otherwise he wouldn't have hugged Liu Bei's thigh decisively after a few years.
Mi Zhu knew from Zhang Yu's information that Liaodong also had a lot of trade with the grasslands.
It's just that Xuzhou is not close to the grassland, otherwise no matter how much food is produced, it is not afraid that the price will not be sold.
Mi Zhu was determined.
"This Zhang Yu has a big structure, and from his tone, the princes will definitely fight for hegemony in the future, and he is one of the princes, and he also has plans to win the Central Plains. It seems that it is necessary to make friends with him." Mi Zhu thought.
"It's just that Zhang Yu is lustful, and now he's looking at my younger sister?" Mi Zhu always felt weird when he thought of Zhang Yu's expression on Mi Zhen.
If necessary, Mi Zhu would not mind marrying Mi Zhen to him, but Zhang Yu has many women around him, so the effect of the marriage is much worse.
Mi Zhu can marry Mi Zhen to Liu Bei's old bacon, but it is obviously better to marry Zhang Yu, a little fresh meat.
However, Mi Zhu didn't make any decisions, and it was too far away to think about it at this moment.
The next thing to talk about is much simpler. Mi Zhu wanted to introduce tea planting and manufacturing, but Zhang Yu vetoed it.
Tea, Kuaiji County is constantly expanding its scale and is fully capable of monopolizing it. Zhang Yu will never sell the technology of tea.
However, it is possible to give the tea to Mi Zhu to sell.
Roasted tea technology is not something that can be stolen if you want to, so Zhang Yu will never sell this technology.
Even if the technology is stolen in the future, it will not be so easy to cultivate a large number of tea trees, so Zhang Yu will never sell tea-frying technology in order to monopolize it for a long time.
Then, the two sides discussed the sales of other products. Zhang Yu sold most of the products to the Mi family, of course only dedicated to Xuzhou and some surrounding areas.
After talking about the transaction, the host and guest enjoyed themselves.
Zhang Yu didn't stay here, after all, with his status, he still had to take his safety into consideration when staying here.
That night, Zhang Yu and the others returned to the boat, and the fleet headed south overnight.
In the cabin, Zhang Yu and Zhang Ning were leaning against each other. On this boat, there were only two of them in the cabin.
"Husband, you are so embarrassing today. Staring at the big girl with yellow flowers, your saliva is almost drooling." Zhang Ning complained.
Zhang Yu couldn't laugh or cry, but couldn't explain it.
Zhang Ning suddenly said again: "Husband, since you like him, you should find a chance to propose marriage."
Zhang Yu was stunned, this era is good, and his wife will encourage him to find a concubine.
"It seems that Liu Bei is not happy, and it would be good to snatch his wife here." Zhang Yu thought to himself.
"Husband, none of our sisters are born, and we are really ashamed of the ancestors of the Zhang family. Why don't you marry that young lady of the Mi family?" Zhang Ning said suddenly.