BXBX NOVEL Chapter 198 - Great Earnings
Chapter 198 – Great Earnings
Although this kind of rare “reverse spring cold” was still harmful to the Ling Tian s, it wasn’t enough to greatly reduce their production, so the Xishan Village was instead alarmed by the matter of Yang Junshan persuading them to plant these late stage spirit seeds. Early in the morning of March, there were already people who went to the village office to buy some late-night rice and evening Gu Ling seeds that the Xishan Village had already stored up.
However, just when everyone thought that after this snowstorm, the temperature would rise again very quickly. On the 20th of March, the whole day was filled with the wails of the cold wind.
Just as people were hoping for the weather to clear up on March 21st, another heavy snowfall on the night of March 20th had extinguished everyone’s hopes. Today, the massive reduction in the production of Ling Tian had already become an indisputable fact.
Breaking through the ice in the water tank at home and finding it half a foot thick, even in the middle of winter, it was not possible to reach such a level in just one or two days of extreme cold.
A lot of Xishan Village’s people ran over to the Ling Tian to check, and discovered that the soil had already been frozen, and that most of the plants that had just sprouted were covered in a layer of ice, so even if they had a tenacious life force, it would still be unavoidable for their production to be greatly reduced after being melted by the snow.
On the 22nd of March, the weather finally cleared up. The temperature was rising quickly, and the snow on the ground was starting to slowly melt. However, at this time, most of the Spiritual Farmers were already in a situation where they wanted to cry but had no tears.
After two days and three nights, this year’s spring cold was actually from three snowstorms, bringing about an almost fatal blow to the spirit plants among the Ling Tian that had been sown by half of the Yuzhou. The survival rate of the affected spirit plants was only a pitiful fifty percent, but after the attack of the spring cold, even this spirit plant which had a fifty percent chance of survival was already severely injured.
At this time, there were two methods laid out in front of the Spiritual Farmers: The first was to replenish the plants, and to plant new crops amongst the Ling Tian s where the frozen crops were kept. Although they would miss out on the best agriculture in terms of time, and due to the lack of growth cycle of the spirit plants, their yield would be reduced by a factor of 30%, and if they were lucky, coupled with the surviving seedlings, they would be able to ensure around sixty percent of the harvest in the past years.
The second method was to resow the later spirit seed crops. This way, although the growth cycle of these later spirit seeds was short, the original yield would only be 80% of that of the normal crop.
Logically speaking, these two methods should be the best method. Although replanting the late stage Spirit Seed would waste all the Spirit Seed that he had previously planted, but he could still guarantee at least eighty percent of the harvest. Even if he didn’t choose to cultivate the late stage Spirit Seed, he should still be able to slightly reduce the loss of those Spirit Seed.
The truth was that even if they were in bad times, not many people would be willing to prepare late-stage Spirit Seeds. The reason was that the production of these Spirit Seed Innates would be low, so no matter what happened, these seeds would always be in short supply. Unless someone like Yang Junshan who had not predicted that half of the Yuzhou would meet with such a disaster.
Thus, when the Mengyu County s rushed into the Town Hall and the County City, they had already prepared to raise the price of the grain merchants who were selling the Spirit Seeds. As long as they could buy a few before the Spirit Seeds were sold out.
Although many of the grain merchants took the opportunity to raise the price by two or even three times, they were still unable to endure for more than two days. The entire late stage spirit seed of the Mengyu County was already exhausted, and only a small portion of the lucky ones were able to purchase late stage spirit seeds.
Just as the entire Mengyu County and even the entire cultivation world was in a state of panic, under the envious gaze of the entire Xishan Village, the Madame Yang’s clansmen, who had received the Late Rice Spirit Seed in advance, were stuffing the seedlings methodically.
The Late Rice Spirit Seed that the people of Madame Yang received was the extremely high quality Spirit Seed found in the treasury of the Changsun Family. Compared to the normal late stage Spirit Seed, the produced Spirit Rice contained much more spirit energy and had a much higher yield.
Furthermore, after the setting up of the village protection formation this year, Yang Junshan had adjusted the climate within the large formation to the point that he was confident that his production of this year’s late stage rice would be equal to that of the spiritual valley s from previous years. Even if it was any other normal late stage spirit seeds, he was confident that he would be able to guarantee a yield of eighty to ninety percent.
Other than the Madame Yang clansmen, there was another group of Xishan Village s who had been persistently following the Yang Family. They also received their late stage spirit seeds at the first opportunity, although it was not comparable to the late stage spirit seeds, it did avoid the loss of early sowing.
These villagers had never gone to the town hall or even the county city to purchase a spirit seed, because they knew that Yang Junshan was waiting for them. Furthermore, it was impossible for them to go out to purchase a spirit seed even if they wanted to. At the very least, all of the spirit seeds in the late stage of the Wasteland Town Public Office had already been bought out by the Xishan Village.
“What are you going to do next?” Yang Zhenbiao asked as he continued to puff out smoke.
Yang Junshan muttered to himself: “I had originally planned to sell them at twenty percent discount to the Spiritual Farmers s in the village, but after what happened earlier, I will still discount those villagers who have always been following the clan by ten percent. As for the other villagers, I will just treat it as teaching them a lesson and sell them it to them at the original price.”
Yang Zhenbiao took a drag of the cigarette but didn’t say anything. Yang Junshan could tell that he didn’t seem to agree, so he asked: “Grandpa Biao, what do you think?”
Yang Zhenbiao did not directly answer his question, but asked again: “I heard that the price of the late seed has increased by three times, and there are even people who offered a higher price to purchase it, but there is still no market for them, and the late stage Spirit Seed that you bought previously, even if the Xishan Village’s Ling Tian area expanded by five times, it still might not be completely used up?”
Yang Junshan chuckled, and his expression couldn’t help but reveal a trace of arrogance. As long as he spread the news that Xishan Village had an extra late seed, he only needed to sell it at three times the normal price, and that was enough for him to makuge profit this time.
However, Yang Junshan very quickly heard that Yang Zhenbiao had something in his words, and said: “Grandfather Biao’s meaning is that those who did not listen to his advice, and some even harbored evil intentions, should all of them sell the seeds awenty percent discount?”
Yang Zhenbiao advised: “It is merely a small gain, with the wealth that you have obtained this time, there is no need to care about all these. You can take this opportunity to tidy up the people’s hearts and reveal the magnanimity of Lao Yang’s family, and instead cause your father’s prestige in Xishan Village to become even higher!”
Yang Junshan laughed self-consciously, and said: “I still feel a bit stifled left and right!”
Yang Zhenbiao knew that Yang Junshan had already agreed. As for saying that he couldn’t take this lying down, he felt that it was normal, which young man didn’t have hot-bloodedness? If Yang Junshan accepted it calmly all of a sudden, it would actually make Yang Zhenbiao feel that he was mature like a demon.
“That’s right, this time we will be selling the Spirit Seed at three times the price. What kind of price do you intend to pay?” Yang Zhenbiao asked again.
Yang Junshan’s face fell as he said: “Grandpa Biao, it can’t be that you want me to sell it at a lower price again, right?”
Yang Zhenbiao “hehe” laughed, and said: “I am worried, you bought too many spirit seeds before, so you bought almost half of the late stage Mengyu County spirit seeds ahead of time. With such treasures in your possession, you are truly afraid of bringing disaster upon yourself!”
Yang Junshan laughed: “Ever since you advised me not to buy anymore spirit seeds, I already knew that you would advise me today. But don’t worry, this time, I will not lower the price and will sell it at three times the price. However, I will only sell it for a small amount.”
Yang Zhenbiao was surprised for a moment, and said: “Selling a small part, that won’t arouse public anger, but what are you saving those seeds for?”
Yang Junshan laughed: “Grandpa Biao, you have forgotten that my uncle and that Chu Chuang from Green Tree Village has a grain store in Bluestone Town. It is very suitable for him to sell seeds there!”
Yang Zhenbiao’s eyes lit up, and he said: There is such a move? “Then I can sell it foigh price without any qualms, but can your uncle hold it in? Do you want your seventh uncle to go over there?”
Yang Junshan laughed: “Grandfather Biao, you can rest assured. My uncle also advanced into the martial arts realm a few years ago, and that Chu Chuang from Green Tree Village is a cultivator of the martial arts realm now. He also gained a bit of prestige in the Bluestone Town.
Although Han Xiusheng was the one in charge of managing the Bluestone Town’s grain store, in reality, it walace for Yang Tiangang and Chu Chuang to contact each other secretly. Originally, after the Tuo Wu Shan had discovered this secret passage, the main focus of the Xishan Village’s caravan had shifted to the side of the Zhang County.
But now, the Tuo Wu Shan’s secret passage had been sealed, but there were no restrictions at the borders of the Chenyu County, so the Chenyu County’s line of business had become an important path, and after the supplies were delivered to the Bluestone Town, Chu Chuang would lead the rest of the matters into it. However, Chu Chuang’s abilities were limited, so in the eyes of the current Xishan Village, his underlings were just a small matter.
This time, Yang Junshan bought a lot of Late stage Spirit Seeds, and naturally did not forget to do so in the Chenyu County. Furthermore, because Han Xiusheng’s place was originally a grain shop, the amount of spirit seeds sold late was not as eye-catching as the village like the Xishan Village who was hoarding Spirit Seeds, thus after hearing Yang Zhenbiao’s warning, Yang Junshan simply gave the majority of the Spirit Seeds in his hands to Han Xiusheng to sell aigh price.
Three months quickly passed, and half of the Yuzhou was now in a gloomy and miserable state. The snowstorm in the late spring had already reduced the output of half of the Yuzhou, but the entire Xishan Village was able to calm down and enjoy the difficult bottleneck, while Yang Junshan had maduge profit.