Chapter 352 Plant more peppers
After seven or eight days of harvesting, the rapeseed with full grains, all of Liu Paner’s rapeseed was threshed and dried after being exposed to the sun.
The wooden shovel shoveled the rapeseed and gently raised it. The wind in the air blew away the fine shell dust in the rapeseed.
Clean rapeseed is put into a dense pocket and placed in a dry warehouse for easy storage.
The villagers who settled in the first place planted a lot of rapeseed and harvested a lot. Even the later batch of wastelands were mostly planted with rapeseed, but it was relatively late. However, it would take a few days to mature.
The harvest season is accompanied by fatigue, but more of joy.
The rapeseed grains in Jixiang Village are full, and some people come to Jixiang Village to collect rapeseed, and they offer a price of 6 cents per kilogram, which is one cent more expensive than usual rapeseed.
However, everyone in Jixiang Village learned that Liu Paner's family was preparing to build an oil pressing workshop, and resisted the urge to sell rapeseed.
Although most villagers are not very smart, they know that Liu Paner’s residual oil workshop is definitely more cost-effective than selling rapeseed to other oil mills.
Li Rong is responsible for managing the oil workshop. Although the oil pressing workshop has not been built yet, she has already promoted it in various ways. Not only do people in Jixiang Village know about the oil pressing workshop, but even the surrounding villages are paying attention to it, hoping to buy low-priced and good-quality oil.
Li Dabao built an oil press workshop with Carpenter Wang and Carpenter Zhou every day, using millstones, and customized a millstone with Carpenter Li Shijian.
Follow the steps and follow Liu Paner's drawings. After all, it was the first time to build it, and the speed was not fast and it would be difficult to build for a while.
People often come to watch nearby, but don’t understand why they should be built in a place with rapid water flow. Are you not afraid of flooding?
With doubts, everyone will wait and see the oil pressing workshop without human power.
Liu Pan'er went to see her in the morning and asked Li Rong and Li Dabao at the dinner table at night. At other times, she would urge the long-term workers to fertilize the land.
Liu Paner took out the carefully placed pepper seeds and soaked them.
After soaking the seeds in clean water for four or five hours, then soak in one percent copper sulfate solution for five minutes. Take out the seeds and rinse them with clean water before sowing or speeding up germination, or sow one percent quicklime before sowing to neutralize the acidity.
In addition, after the seeds are dried, a small amount of ripe lime powder or straw ash is mixed and then sowed. This method can effectively avoid anthrax and scab.
Do these in advance to prevent peppers from getting sick as much as possible.
Liu Pan'er looked at the soaked seeds and thought of Li Yuanqing.
After Tang Yunshan came to Jixiang Town, the retired soldiers on Li Yuanqing's list arrived one after another.
Tang Yunshan chose Niu Dashan, who was very skilled in martial arts, and went to the northwest to deliver a letter.
Liu Pan'er not only prepared clothes for Li Yuanqing, but also brought a few kilograms of pepper seeds, and wrote down the planting method, as well as the method of boiling mutton oil and chili.
Among them are the seeds of melon and sheep horn honey, and watermelon seeds.
Liu Pan'er doesn't know if she can grow it, just try it.
With these seeds, you can plant them in the northwest.
At that time, Li Yuanqing can eat chili peppers in the northwest and the meals made with chili peppers.
Along with her letter, there was also a letter written by Mrs. Guo to her brother.
Just along the way, I sent it there together.
After the peppers are dried, they are stored properly, and can be left for a long time and can be sold to further places at a higher price.
On the contrary, things like melons and melons are not suitable for long-distance transportation, so they can only be sold locally. Too much planting can't be sold at a price, no money can be made, and it is not cost-effective.
Therefore, Liu Paner made timely adjustments and prepared to plant more peppers.
Liu Paner soaked almost all the remaining pepper seeds and raised seedlings on fertile cultivation soil.
If the villagers want to grow chili peppers, they can come and buy chili seedlings.
Zhou Cuihua, Village Chief Li and Li Dashan, after dinner, came over for a walk.
The gate of Liu Paner’s house is the most spacious, and many people like to chat here.
Zhou Cuihua asked: "At Yuan Qing's family, the rapeseed in the fields are now being harvested one after another. In this dry land, should we plant sweet potatoes or chili peppers?"
Village Chief Li added, "By the way, there is also that melon and melon. Last year, your family sold it very well. Now there is more and more land in the village, and I want to plant something that sells more money. We all want to come to you to get an idea."
Liu Paner originally wanted to discuss with Village Chief Li, but now everyone has taken the initiative to propose it, just right, "I plan to plant all the existing dry fields in my house. When the spices are harvested, then plant melons and melons. According to last year's planting, although melons and melons grow a lot, they are not suitable for long-distance transportation. At most, you can buy Xunyang Mansion. But peppers are different. They can be dried and can be kept for a long time. Moreover, during transportation, as long as they are moisture-proof, there is no need to worry about bumps and bumps."
Li Dashan laughed and said, "My family also grows peppers. This thing is sold for 30 cents a pound last year. This is just sold in Cuiyang County. It is more expensive in other places, which is convenient for transportation. If you plant too much, you don't have to worry about breaking down on the road."
Liu Paner smiled. If the villagers want to make money, they can earn more. "I suggest that this is the case. All the pepper seeds in the house have been grown. Soon, they can be transplanted. As for melons and melons, you can also plant some in front and behind the house and eat them at home. The yield of peppers is between 2,000 and 3,000 kilograms, not as many as melons and melons. Anyway, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, so you decide for yourself."
When people think that last year, chili peppers were sold for 30 cents per pound, and with good transportation, many people choose to grow chili peppers in dry fields like Liu Paner.
As for melons and melons, if you don’t have any land to plant, then plant them in front of and behind your home, and your family will be sweet.
Finally, Liu Paner said to everyone with a smile: "The pepper seedlings are raised by my family, and they are also my seeds, so each penny costs about 3,000 plants per acre. If you want to buy them, come to my place as soon as possible. The pepper seedlings are distributed in the order of registration, first come first served."
Although everyone didn't think about getting pepper seedlings for free, after all, such a rare thing is not right to make a fortune by making money from nothing.
But a penny is needed, and a mu of land requires three thousand, which is three taels of silver per mu of land. There are ten acres of dry land at home, so just buying pepper seedlings requires thirty taels of silver.
Nowadays, most of our money is built on houses and shops. How can we buy pepper seeds?
Although everyone knows that peppers are expensive, they can't afford to grow them at this time.
Li Erlangzi slapped his thigh, "From Yuanqing's family, the price is fair, I, Li Erlangzi, agree with this price. But I am more worried that if we grow chili peppers, can we still sell them for 30 cents per pound in the future?"
The others were angry at first, thinking that Li Erlangzi was too much, and they actually felt that the price of pepper seedlings was not high. But after hearing that, they were also very concerned about the future price of peppers.
If you can buy thirty cents per kilogram, even if a mu of land only has a yield of one thousand kilograms, you can still make thirty taels of silver per kilogram. In this comparison, there are not many pepper seedlings with only three taels of silver per kilogram of land alone.
Chapter completed!