Chapter 153: Silkworm Breeding Contract
an afternoon.
Song Jiang and Song Ming both wrote the contract with Shen Xia.
Shen Xia wrote a copy himself first, and then gave it to the two of them to copy.
Although the characters of Song Jiang and Song Ming are not very well written, the overall writing is still quite neat.
Thinking that a family could only afford one sheet, I wrote nearly a hundred sheets in one afternoon, which was almost enough. But then I thought, no, there are still sheets from other villages. It doesn’t matter if I write a little more, because I can still use them in the future. But writing less will definitely not work.
Shen Xia writes faster, while Song Jiang and Song Ming write slower.
It was almost time to get off work, and the women in the village who were not working came to the Song family's door one after another.
The few silkworm farmers who had come earlier had already arrived and were chatting with my mother in the yard.
The people from the Yang family are Aunt Yang and her younger son's wife.
The eldest daughter-in-law originally wanted to come, but Aunt Yang didn't let her.
By the time it was exactly 11:00 p.m., there were already two hundred people gathered at the door, because there were already one hundred people working on the construction site.
It seems that almost everyone has arrived.
Shen Xia looked at Third Uncle and said politely, "Third Uncle, Third Grandma, you guys come in and sit and listen. The others can stay outside. The main reason is that the yard is small and can't accommodate so many people."
The two old men nodded.
Come in,
Shen Xia then looked at his great uncle and said, "Uncle, the workers over there are all people you know. Please come in and sit down and listen. You will need to recognize some people later."
"Okay." After saying that, my uncle came in.
Song's mother handed over a stool.
Song Jiang and Song Ming were on either side of the door.
Shen Xia was worried that no one could hear what he said, so he stood on a stool and looked at the densely packed crowd of people.
Shen Xia first greeted politely: "Hello everyone, my name is Shen Xia, and I am the person in charge of Canbao."
"Some time ago, I went to the city to look for a partner, and I found one. They are willing to accept our goods, so today I asked Third Uncle to gather everyone here. If anyone wants to raise one together, you can."
Someone interrupted, "Can we from other villages do that?"
Shen Xia took a look and saw that it was the workers who were repairing her house. "Yes, as long as you follow my rules, it's fine."
"However, if there are so many people, there must be reasonable rules and regulations. Of course, if you think it is unreasonable, you can choose not to raise it."
"First of all, let me tell you why I do this breeding. Everyone knows that our Song family supplies Tianxinzhai. Even if we don't do this breeding, our family can still afford to eat. It's just that our Silang is a scholar."
"He said that one person's wealth is not wealth, only when everyone is rich can it be wealth. He hopes that the life of the whole village can be better, more people can afford to read books, and more scholars can be produced in our village."
"Silang is different now that he has received education! He always thinks about the village." Aunt Liu said.
"That's right!"
"That's right, that's right. When our family income increases in the future, I will send my children to school."
"Yeah, me too. Let's make our village the most well-read village."
"Then life will be better,"
"That's right, I won't rely on God for my livelihood anymore."
"Finally I can have a full meal."
Shen Xia looked at everyone talking excitedly.
Wave your hands to everyone
"That's why I'm involved in breeding. As for the breeding rules I just mentioned, I have a contract here. Anyone who wants to raise animals must sign this contract." After saying that, Shen Xia took out a contract in his hand and showed it to everyone.
"What contract?" someone asked curiously.
"They didn't sign a contract before they kept the animal!" said a man.
Shen Xia looked at him and said, "If you don't like it, you don't have to keep it. I didn't sign it before because no one knew the use of it, so they wouldn't pay attention to it. It may not be the case in the future."
"Shen Xia, you read it! No matter what the contract is, I am willing to sign it. I can make money anyway." Aunt Yang said.
Shen Xia looked at everyone and fell silent, then began to read: "It will be written at the front of the contract that the purchase price for this batch of silkworms is 35 wen, and the next batch will be even less, maybe 30 wen, but if nothing unexpected happens, it will not be less than 30 wen. The purchase price will be written in the contract, and it will not be changed at the last minute."
"You have to hand in as many silk cocoons as you have received silkworm treasures. A small difference is no problem. Also, one silkworm treasure is worth 100 coins. You can pay first, or you can pay when you deliver the silkworm treasures. This is only for the first batch. From now on, you have to pay first and then give the silkworm treasures."
"In addition, those who raise silkworm treasures must have two people guarantee that they will not give silkworm treasures to outsiders. Three people can also guarantee each other. If anyone gives silkworm treasures to outsiders, no matter how you give them to outsiders, once discovered, you must compensate the host family with 100 taels of silver. The other two families who guarantee are not allowed to raise silkworm treasures either."
When everyone heard this, they were surprised that one hundred taels of silver was so much.
Some people have opinions: "It's too much to pay."
Shen Xia asked: "Will you give it to others?"
The man shook his head: "No."
Shen Xia asked back: "Since you don't know how to do it, what are you afraid of?"
"Yes!" Everyone reacted at this time.
Shen Xia looked at everyone's puzzled expressions and said, "Everyone must be wondering why I did this?"
"You think, once this thing gets out, someone else will sell it at a lower price, snatching away my partners. You think, I can't supply my goods, can I still accept your goods?"
"I won't accept any more goods. It's useless if you keep them. There's no money to be made."
"But it doesn't affect me much. If I don't make money from this, I can do something else. But you can only make money from breeding."
At this time, the people below also understood this principle.
"One hundred taels is too little, Shen Xia. To prevent this from happening, please write one thousand taels!"
"That's right, write one thousand taels, so that we can better curb everyone."
Shen Xia smiled, what lovely villagers!
Everyone responded and said, "It's just one thousand taels, I'm not giving it to anyone else, what should I be afraid of?"
At this time, someone asked: "What if it dies?"
Shen Xia explained: "If it dies, take the dead one and cancel the deed. If you want to keep it, you can sign a new one."
Everyone thought it made sense and there was nothing wrong with it.
Shen Xia continued, "The number of breeding is large. Do you see the remaining half of the empty space next to my new house?"
"A processing plant will be built there in the future. When workers are needed, we will give priority to hiring girls from our village,"
Everyone who has daughters of marriageable age is very happy.
"Only young girls? Can't we older ones?"
"Shen Xia smiled and said, "Aunt, don't you have to raise silkworms at home?"
Everyone started laughing now, that’s right!
This day is totally worth looking forward to!
If anyone dares to spread this wealth, our village will beat him to death.
Shen Xia looked at Chen Fang in the crowd and didn't know whether she should join in the fun or keep her.
You don't have to worry about this.
Shen Xia looked at everyone: "Okay, Dakong, listen to me again on how to raise silkworms——"
Shen Xia continued talking for a long time: "Does everyone understand?"
Some people nodded and some shook their heads.
"In our village, there are Aunt Liu's family, Aunt Liu's family, Aunt Zhou's family, Aunt Jiang's family, and Aunt Yang's family. They have all raised mulberry trees. You can invite them to pick mulberry leaves together. You can ask them how to raise them. If you don't understand, just ask me if you are building a house with me."
"Okay, thank you Mr. Shen."
People from other villages who build houses are usually called Song family members, which means they have changed their employers.
Shen Xia didn't know that later on, the five families in the village who started raising silkworms with him became the objects of support among the villagers.
That feeling of superiority that I have never had before is simply too good to be true.
最后
Later, Shen Xia really changed the one hundred taels to one thousand taels because of everyone's suggestions.
"Currently, each family can only raise one card. Everyone should form a team first. Once you have formed a team, you can line up to get the card."
At this time, everyone looks at the people around them and must find someone with good character, otherwise if something happens to him, they won't be able to support him.
That's not worth it!