"So cheap?"
"No way, does that mean we can break even in just one month? And the rest is pure profit? Could it be that there's something wrong with the machine's lifespan?"
"Well, the lifespan isn't a problem. A complete Yuanzhi loom can be used for three years! However, there are some issues with the purchase conditions. For less than one hundred units, payment can be made directly with silver. For one hundred to three hundred units, at least one thousand people will be needed. For three hundred to one thousand units, three thousand people will be needed. For one thousand units and..."
"In that case, let's start with three thousand units, and for the population, let's set it at ten thousand for now!" Cai Mao said magnanimously.
"Well, let's start with three thousand units for our Huang family, and ten thousand people in total," Huang Zu said after calculating for a while.
"Hey, our Ma family isn't as wealthy as yours. Two thousand units it is, and the population is set at eight thousand."
"Fifteen hundred units..."
"Two thousand five hundred units..."
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Chapter 46: So dirty, so dirty, so dirty, waaaah...
The name Wenxiang Township is derived from the courtesy name of Xu Sheng, so the township head at that time was naturally Xu Sheng.
However, unlike Gu Yong, Xu Sheng came from a poor family and was a genuine pauper. He didn't know any wealthy or powerful figures, so naturally he couldn't attract much investment.
Therefore, now, the entire Wenxiang Township only has a handful of people, mostly local small merchants and vendors with assets of no more than a million. For them, investing thousands of people or 100,000 taels of silver at once is already a very serious matter.
Therefore, although they were interested in investing, they asked many questions and were very cautious, which made Xu Sheng a little impatient. He had no choice but to send the deputy township head to receive them, while he himself took some time to come out.
Looking around, Xu Sheng couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. Specialties? What specialties could Wenxiang Township possibly have? They were all just everyday necessities; there were none like the Yuanzhi loom, some kind of money-grabbing specialty!
Back then, as soon as the Yuanzhi loom came out, I had just received the notification from above and hadn't even had time to react when that guy Gu Yong snatched it away and made it a specialty of Yuantan Township.
In addition, several other interesting local specialties that seemed to promise great wealth were all snatched up, leaving nothing for the tourists.
Over time, even if Xu Sheng was naive, he would realize that someone was targeting him. But what could he do? He came from a poor family and was lucky enough to become one of the five township heads who changed their names ahead of time.
Lacking connections, not from a prestigious family, money, and connections, it's not surprising that they were subtly targeted.
Moreover, the methods others used were all unspoken rules, not considered outrageous at all. They had also notified me, it's just that others were faster.
Frustrated, Xu Sheng glanced at the golden rice beside him and immediately drove the newly developed harvester to begin harvesting.
Dirty, dirty, dirty...
No, it should be "waaaaah..."
With the sound of the harvester, in just a short while, a path more than ten feet long and one foot wide appeared.
Countless stalks of rice are automatically harvested after the combine harvester passes by, and piles of hulled rice appear.
Speaking of which, combine harvesters are really great. Especially during harvest time, the harvesting speed of one combine harvester is equivalent to that of at least dozens of strong men working together. It's incredibly convenient for rushing to harvest crops.
The problem is that the current situation in Dahan is that there are too many people and not enough land. In addition, when it comes to the busy farming season, the whole family works together to harvest the rice, so there is no need for a combine harvester.
However, as the harvest continued, my initially gloomy mood automatically lifted. Oh well, what can I do? I was born into poverty. Being able to become the township head is already quite an achievement. The future is promising, and my prospects are limitless.
However, as he was working, Xu Sheng suddenly sensed something was wrong. When he looked up, he saw a big fat man in a bright red coat standing behind the harvester.
The fat man had a very thick, round waist, like a bucket. His clothes were also loose, and when the wind blew, his muscular arms were revealed inside the sleeves. Despite the hot weather, he was wearing a hat. In his hand, he held a folding fan, the kind often used by scholars.
Xu Sheng had seen this fan before; it was a folding fan sold on the street for a few taels of silver, neither expensive nor cheap. At this moment, he was diligently fanning himself with it.
Upon seeing this, Xu Sheng immediately shouted!
Who are you? What do you want?
"Oh my god, why are you shouting so loudly? Aren't you afraid of scaring away the customers? I'm here to investigate investment opportunities." The fat man jumped up suddenly, then couldn't help but slap his head and said.
"Guest? Guest? Okay, who are you?" Xu Sheng stopped the harvester in frustration and turned around to say.
"Hey, don't stop! Keep going! I need to take a closer look at the harvester's performance so I can decide on the purchase price!" the fat man said earnestly.
Seeing the fat man's serious expression, Xu Sheng frowned slightly, but continued operating the harvester. Although he subconsciously felt that this fat man was unreliable, what if it worked?
Dirty, dirty, dirty...
"By the way, why don't you go around seeking investment? What kind of business is this? Even if you don't prepare a lot in advance, you should at least go to a conspicuous place at the intersection so that customers can see you!" the fat man said directly, while widening his eyes to carefully observe the operation of the harvester.
"This harvester is good, but..." Xu Sheng quickly shared his opinion.
"Oh ho, so this is your collective opinion? What a waste! The Wu Kingdom has developed to this point today thanks to the Duke of Wu!" The fat man shook his head and sighed.
Constantly being teased by this fat guy in front of him, Xu Sheng's temper flared up.
"What? Am I wrong?"
Seeing this, the fat man couldn't help but raise his head, look at Xu Sheng who was furious, and then said with a smile, "Alright, I'll tell you what I have to say. The Central Plains really don't need this. After all, the average person in the Central Plains only has a little over two mu of land. The North doesn't need it either, since the average person in the North only has around three mu of land."
"Therefore, the argument that harvesters are useless seems quite reasonable. But those neo-feudal chosen ones need them! You see, those chosen ones are all people who are not short of money."
"For them, the common people themselves are more valuable. With this, the land that a commoner is responsible for can suddenly increase from five or six mu to thirty or forty mu. In terms of the amount of land cultivated, it can increase by at least seven or eight times! Even if the yield cannot increase by seven or eight times, it will certainly increase by three or four times."
"Besides, the four prefectures of Jingnan in the south, Changsha Prefecture and Guiyang Prefecture, need it. And Jiaozhou, which is even further south, needs it too! This thing could be sold in great quantities, but now, if I hadn't happened to pass by this place and heard those filthy sounds, wouldn't we have missed such a good opportunity to benefit all the people?" the fat man said passionately.
Looking at the waves of flesh rolling around his body, one really can't tell if this fat man is truly worried about the country and its people, or if he's just after money...
"By the way, my name is Mi Fang, and I'm from the Mi family in Xuzhou. Don't worry about me being broke," Mi Fang suddenly said, patting her forehead.
Upon hearing this, Xu Sheng's eyes widened instantly. Before this grand event, Lin Yang had specifically found a list of the richest people, a list of powerful families, a list of sects and academies, and even a list of powerful individuals, among many other lists.
Those lists detailed who was rich, who was powerful, who was capable, and who was influential. From each of them, one could extract population, silver, resources, and positive reputation…