Mo Family was still not stable at the moment, and there would be many unpredictable crises to face in the future.
There were still some business plans that had not started, and the weather was getting colder and colder. It would not last long to make money with ice at this time.
Therefore, He Zhiran decided to use the ice made to help Tang Mingrui store fresh corn first, and talk about other things later.
"My husband, although the method of making ice is simple, after all, we only made a small amount. Brother Tang needs to make an ice storage room there, and the amount of ice needed will not be small."
"I know this clearly. As long as there is enough saltpeter, leave the ice making to me." Now there were so many soldiers raised at home, and they were all trustworthy people.
Mo Jiuye thought that when making ice in large quantities, he would call some soldiers to help.
Especially he had already figured out how to hide the key steps of making ice, and no one could possibly learn it to make ice.
"Well, after arranging the corn harvest tomorrow, take people to Brother Tang's place.
More ice is needed there. It’s not very convenient to make it in Xi Ling Village and then transport it." He Zhiran reminded.
"Okay, leave this matter to me."
As for the source of saltpeter, there was sale in city drugstores, although the price was expensive, it was not a rare thing.
Therefore, He Zhiran’s purchase of a large amount of it from the space would not arouse anyone's suspicion.
Moreover, Mo Jiuye wanted to hide the method of making ice. He also knew that Tang Mingrui was a sensible person who would not stare at other people's secrets.
In short, Mo Jiuye was asked to do this matter, and He Zhiran was at ease.
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In the future, He Zhiran did not need to worry too much. Mo Jiuye arranged for people to reserve two acres of corn for normal harvesting, which was used to calculate the yield per acre. The rest of the corn in the field was classified.
The younger ones were piled in one place and used as fresh corn supply for Tang Mingrui. The older ones could be threshed after being dried in the wind and used as seeds provided to the government.
He Zhiran also drew a picture of a simple hand-cranked threshing machine and asked Hu Cong to help make it as soon as possible.
At Tang Mingrui's place, there were people arranged by Mo Jiuye to make ice cubes. It took two days to complete the frozen storage room. Although it looked simple on the outside, there was a cave paradise inside.
People would hug themselves and run out after just a moment inside, so there was no need to use any thermometer to measure the temperature to know that the corn would soon freeze when put inside.
Since the frozen storage room was built, Tang Mingrui was so excited that he almost shouted.
He actually had his own storage ice room in this season.
Of course, the raw materials and workers used to make ice cubes in the ice room were all provided by Mo Jiuye. Even if he didn't say it, Tang Mingrui would not let him contribute for nothing.
After negotiation between the two parties, they decided to split the income from fresh corn by 60% for Mo Family and 40% for Tang Mingrui.
Mo Jiuye didn't have any opinion on this at all. Although ice was rare in this season, he and He Zhiran could have as much as they wanted without worrying about the high cost.
He Zhiran only spent hundreds of yuan to buy saltpeter on Taobao, and an ice room was made. Even if more ice needed to be added later, very little saltpeter would be used. It was not a cost at all.
They gained an extra 10% profit from this, which was very suitable.
Since it was a cooperative approach, the fresh corn delivered to Tang Mingrui did not require him to pay for the goods either, just waiting for him to generate profits and give Mo Family their share.
Although there was no payment, Mo Jiuye was not unprincipled about this matter.
He estimated the size of Tang Mingrui's ice room, which could hold at least 50,000 catties of fresh corn.
Tang Mingrui used two days to transport fresh corn from Mo Family, and as expected, a total of 50,000 catties were taken away.
The remaining corn could be threshed after being dried.
Just in time, Hu Cong also helped make two hand-cranked threshing machines over there.
Mo Jiuye took people to thresh and weigh the corn that had been reserved to weigh, and once again the yield per acre stunned everyone present.
After shelling, the yield per acre of corn reached 1,200 catties, which was about the same as He Zhiran's estimate.
Meng Huaining was also present. He pulled Mo Jiuye excitedly and was a little incoherent.
"Ninth brother, the world... No... Yun City folks are lucky...lucky..."
Mo Jiuye patted him on the shoulder.
"Well, the people of Yun City won't have to worry about starving next winter."
There was a lot of arable land in the northwest, but due to the soil conditions, no matter what was planted, the yield could never go up.
The corn from the space was different. It was not affected by the soil or climate. As long as it was not a year of flooding or drought, a bumper harvest was guaranteed.
When Mo Family planted crops in early spring, corn was mainly planted.
At first, they did not expect that the government would purchase corn for seeds to be used next year. He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye only thought that the corn yield was high and could be used as the raw material for staple food. Since they lived in the northwest, they couldn’t watch the surrounding people starve after their own family lived a good life.
So they chose to plant more corn to help those poor people.
Now that Parent Official Meng Huaining was here to arrange this matter, it was more suitable than them taking the lead.
A total of 60 acres of corn were planted. The fresh corn transported away by Tang Mingrui weighed several times more than those threshed corn kernels alone. Therefore, there was still a lot of corn left in Mo Family.
In addition to leaving some corn for their own consumption, Mo Family sold all the rest to the government as seeds for next year.
After weighing, Meng Huaining purchased a total of 50,000 catties of corn kernels from Mo Family, which was enough for the people of Yun City to plant next year.
Since Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran planted corn to help the surrounding people in the first place, they certainly would not charge Meng Huaining too much silver.
As a result, Meng Huaining insisted on handing over all the banknotes sponsored by Tang Mingrui to Mo Jiuye.
"Ninth brother, I know corn is valuable. This is all I have, still sponsored by Boss Tang. If it's not enough, when the government has more tax revenue next year, I will pay you back slowly."
Meng Huaining spoke urgently, as if afraid that the deal would slip away.
Mo Jiuye didn’t intend to take so much silver from him. Just as he was about to carefully calculate in front of Meng Huaining, Meng Huaining had already slipped away in a flash, urging his men to transport the corn seeds to the granary as quickly as possible.
Seeing his eager look, it was as if he had taken a huge advantage that he was afraid the other party would ask for it back...
