The endless rapeseed field is now blooming with golden flowers. At first glance, the golden sea of ​​flowers is refreshing. Cai Changgeng, wearing casual clothes, looked at the farmer who was taking care of the vegetable field and turned to his father beside him:

"The operation of the oil mill is not actually very difficult. If you start growing rapeseed, you will have no problem. The problem is that the cost of the squeezed rapeseed oil will be low, otherwise the price will not be reduced, and there will be no sales."

"Since it is oil pressing, the oil yield rate of rapeseed seeds is the key. The higher the oil yield rate of seeds with the same amount, the more oil it will squeeze out."

"So rape is also divided into grades. The oil yield of good varieties is high, and the profit will be high after planting. You cannot plant seeds of unknown origin. If you don't see much oil when you press the oil, you will lose money."

Listening to his son talking about oil pressing, Cai Rong suddenly realized that he really didn't understand oil pressing. He just heard that growing rapeseed and opening oil mills was very profitable. So he went from his hometown in Mianzhou to Huaixi, and went to his son to see how to start an industry next.

He had seen his son's rapeseed fields and oil mills. When he remembered the cotton fields he saw on the road, he inquired about the planting and textile situation of cotton flowers.

When his father asked about the increasingly popular cotton textile industry, Cai Changgeng shook his head: "The cotton field belongs to Lao Liu's house next door. Of course, cotton has a future, but it is a bit troublesome to manage cotton. There are still too few skilled people. Now, it is better to grow rapeseed."

"Besides, Huaixi promotes cotton planting because cotton spinning has become the main project of various weaving departments in the two Huaihe River and Jiangnan, so cotton farmers have various discounts. Now, the main promotion of Hanxi is to open up wasteland and grow grain and rapeseed, which is not suitable for the time being."

When Cai Rong heard this, he asked again: "Then... cotton cloth is a hot item, so there is no news... There is no news about when will Jingxiang promote cotton planting be promoted?"

"As it said, cotton planting is still not enough, and the industry has to be developed step by step. The court cannot let the people only plant cotton but not hemp for cotton, right? If the cotton production cannot increase and the cloth production drops, this is not a joke."

As he spoke, Cai Changgeng unknowingly made an official voice: "The court should naturally think about the overall situation. Cotton cloth will inevitably replace linen cloth in the future and become the main textile, but promoting cotton planting takes time and cannot be urgent."

"Which cotton seeds are suitable for where to plant them will take time to confirm, and the cotton planting technology also requires time to improve. This matter is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, so we naturally need to do it step by step..."

Cai Rong was "educated" by his son in an official accent, and he was not angry at all. He knew that his son had the qualifications and confidence, so he nodded.

Although his son is just an ordinary general in charge of the palace, he is a person who has left his name with the emperor. The treatment alone is amazing. It is simply a talisman for the family. With Cai Rong having such a good son, how could ordinary clerks dare to come to the door?

Because of his business, Cai Changgeng had a good relationship with the shopkeepers of Rixingchang and had many friendships with those "outsiders". Such connections are something Cai Rong dared not compare with.

When he came to Huaixi, he saw his son running a business with his own eyes. Cai Rong was much more determined. The Han Mian area was developed. The government advocated growing grain, mulberry and hemp, and also advocated growing rapeseed. Cai Rong was already moved by this, but he was afraid that the number of people who planted them would fall, so he wanted to hear his son's opinion.

Now it seems that the government wants to promote rapeseed planting as an important industry, so it should set a "lowest purchase price" every year as my son said to ensure that farmers who grow rapeseed will not lose money.

In this way, the profit prospects of running an oil pressing workshop should be good. Cai Rong was a little calmer. It seems that there should be a way to resolve the crisis facing the Cai family now.

Seeing that his father had nothing to say for the time being, Cai Changgeng did not take the initiative to speak. In fact, there was still a gap between him and his father. If it weren't for the father-son relationship, he wouldn't want to have too much contact.

Cai Changgeng's mother was humble. As a concubine's son, he has never been favored by the family. His status in the family is even lower than that of a slave. The past is unbearable to look back on. Every time he thinks about it, Cai Changgeng grits his teeth with hatred.

He had been so confused about his life, but later he joined the army with his good brothers, and served as a pawn for the emperor who was in Qiandi's residence. He fought in Huaixi and relied on his life to earn a fort.

From then on, Cai Changgeng's life situation was different. With his unremitting efforts, he finally created a big family business.

He had a bad relationship with his father before, but for the sake of his mother, he maintained the superficial father-son relationship. As time goes by, the relationship between father and son has slightly bridged, but there is still a gap.

However, no matter how bad the relationship is, his father is always his father. As a court official, Cai Changgeng did not want to be impeached and disobedient. Since his father had already lowered his attitude and begged him, he would just bit the bullet and help.

During this period, Cai Changgeng took his father to see the industries he and his friends had run. Today, he first visited the hydraulic oil press workshop by the river, and then went to the rapeseed field to check it out, and talked about things while watching.

What the father and son talk about is of course the crisis faced by the family.

The Cai family is a large family in Mianzhou, and the large-scale development of the Han Mian area has caused grain prices to decline year by year. In addition, the cloth price has been falling for more than ten years, which has led to a very serious problem, that is, the depreciation of wealth.

The Cai family has land, and with the east wind of the Han Mian development, the land in the tribe has actually increased significantly, but the increased land output is not worth mentioning in the face of the outrageously low grain prices and cloth prices.

The tribes worked hard every year, and there were always a lot of grain and cloth stored in the warehouse. But now, every time a quarter is delayed, the cloth will depreciate slightly.

Jiaozhou rice, which is ripe twice a year or three years a year, is now widely promoted and cultivated in Jingxiang area, causing grain output to increase year by year while grain prices continue to fall.

Seeing that the family's income and wealth have shrunk significantly, Cai Rong, as the sect leader, couldn't sit still. Fortunately, the clan has already set up some breeding farms and workshops, and they are currently making profits, so they can still hold on for the time being, but in the long run, it will not be a big deal. You have to run more industries and increase your income.

After all, the family's expenses are getting bigger and bigger, and relying on selling grain and silk thread, it is no longer enough to make ends meet.

The price of grain and cloth will seem to continue to decline, and it is possible in five, ten, or even twenty years.

The Cai family has no land or no grain harvest. On the contrary, over the past decade, the grain warehouses and warehouses have been filled with food, which can be said to be the best time in decades.

But in this case, the family's income and wealth depreciated significantly. This situation has never been seen by ancestors since. Faced with such drastic changes, Cai Rong no longer knew how to respond.

With Cai Rong's knowledge, he really couldn't think of too many ways. Since his son Cai Changgeng had an industry, his wealth has accumulated rapidly in the past seven or eight years, and he has actually surpassed his own family. This made "Old Cai" speechless and ignited hope.

Nowadays, the grain prices are so low, and it is obviously impossible to make money by selling grain and cloth, so we have to grow "economic crops" such as rapeseed. However, the profits are still not high if we only grow rapeseed, so it is best to open an oil mill.

But the business of the oil mill has its own tricks and cannot be done casually. When Cai Rong heard people talk about the twists and turns in Mianzhou, he felt that there were many difficulties because it involved "market access".

The oil industry guild does not issue a "market access" license. Who dares to sell it privately? Once discovered, one will be fined ten.

Now, my son has a wide connection, and it seems that he is very sure about how to clear the channels. Cai Rong knows that things should be fine.

He knew that his son still hated himself and was resentful for his situation back then. This was his fault, but now that things have come to this point, it is useless to just regret it.

But Cai Rong was still very happy because Cai Changgeng was his son after all, and the blood of the Cai family was kept in his body and a descendant of the Cai family.

Times have changed. In this drastic change, Cai Rong is no longer able to do so, but he has an outstanding son, so even if he deals with it improperly, the other sons will not live well. As long as Cai Changgeng, the only seedling, grows up healthily, the incense of the Cai family will continue.

In the future, during the holidays, isn’t the tablets for Cai Changgeng and his children and grandchildren worshipping each other?
Chapter completed!