Chapter 381: Can You Bear to Part with It?

Seeds with two-generation stability, after being planted for two generations, whether they can still be planted depends on whether the 1% of seeds that unexpectedly burst forth from this batch contain cultivable optimized seeds.

If there are, then the cultivable optimized seeds can continue to be planted; if not, new seeds with a certain degree of stability need to be purchased.

Therefore, low seed stability is one of the obstacles hindering the expansion of crop planting scale after the great evolution of Blue Star. Over the years, the country has been continuously increasing manpower, financial resources, and material resources to research how to improve the stability of Yi-evolved crop seeds.

The fact that lords can buy seeds with two- or three-generation stability at low prices is the result of experts conducting years of research, cultivation, and careful selection on the seeds.

The high-Yi-element green-light spinach naturally occurring within Xia Qing's territory, which possesses high stability, is an extremely rare Yi-evolved variety.

The competing product for her seeds is the high-Yi-element green-light spinach from the Blaze Squad, which also possesses unpolluted spring water.

In order to accurately price her own seeds, Xia Qing must first clarify the stability of the Blaze Squad's spinach seeds.

Fire Phoenix had several times strongly invited Yang Jin to join the Blaze Squad, and one of the baits she threw out was the Blaze Squad's high-Yi-element spinach.

Therefore, Yang Jin was relatively clear about the stability of the Blaze Squad's spinach seeds. "The Blaze Squad's spinach seeds were obtained from the Huiyi Research Institute. Over the past five years, Blaze Volcano has been using cultivation chambers that isolate Shang elements, along with sufficient unpolluted spring water, to cultivate and optimize spinach quality. Currently, the Shang element content of their spinach first-generation seeds is around 2‰, and the Yi element content is around 9?. If ordinary planting conditions are adopted, the Shang element stability is four to five generations, and the Yi element stability is two generations."

Xia Qing inquired, "Does the two-generation Yi element stability mean that after two crops of planting, the Yi element content will drop below 5‰?"

Plants with Yi element content below 5? no longer belong to high-Yi-element plants; even if the Shang element content remains below 5‰, they can only be used to make ordinary nutrient solution.

Yang Jin nodded.

The Blaze Squad's green-light spinach seeds have four to five generations of Shang element stability, which is a normal level. Achieving two generations of Yi element stability is also quite excellent.

Xia Qing inquired, "Their spinach seeds have already met the conditions for promoted planting. The reason they don't promote planting is to maintain the high price of premium nutrient solution?"

Yang Jin nodded again. "Although the price of 2,000 points per dose is high, it's not unreasonable. Selling premium nutrient solution is the Blaze Squad's main source of income. Expanding spinach production would cause the price of premium nutrient solution to drop, which would be extremely detrimental to them."

Yang Jin wanted Xia Qing to understand more about the market situation, so he proactively supplemented why the base's research institute and planting center didn't cultivate or promote high-Yi-element spinach seeds: "The unpolluted spring water and Yi stones of each base are scarce resources. The base's research institute, planting center, breeding center, and hospital all fight over them. Therefore, after learning that the Blaze Squad was focusing on high-Yi-element spinach, they stopped working on this project."

Xia Qing understood and continued, "After harvesting the first crop of spinach seeds in May, I exchanged 400 of them with Third Brother. He told me a few days ago that the Shang element stability of my spinach is five generations, and the Yi element stability is four generations."

Yang Jin, who was holding a winnowing basket, immediately stood up. "Four generations?!"

"Yes. In an open-field cultivation environment without Yi stones and polluted spring water, as long as the soil and fertilizer-water conditions meet the standards, the Yi element of each generation of spinach only drops by 0.1? -0.2?, and the Shang element only rises by 1? -1.5?. Within three generations, among the spinach that survives to the seed-setting stage, 80% still belong to high-Yi-element green-light quality."

Seeing Yang Jin so shocked that his mouth couldn't close, Xia Qing felt a great sense of accomplishment and confidence. "I wasn't too surprised that Third Brother could reach such a conclusion. Because the spinach I planted in the vegetable greenhouse on the cultivated land didn't use Yi stones or unpolluted spring water, and the decline in spinach quality was significantly lower than that of other green-light vegetables."

After speaking, Xia Qing smiled and asked, "You are willing to spend 100 points per seed to buy my spinach seeds because you believe my spinach seeds have two-generation Yi element stability?"

Yang Jin nodded.

Xia Qing asked again, "Then how many points per seed do you think my current seeds are worth?"

"As far as I know, your spinach seeds should be the most stable among domestic spinach seeds. If sold in small quantities, selling them at 500 points per seed would be no problem."

This price is twenty-five times that of ordinary green-light seeds.

Yang Jin felt the spinach seeds in the winnowing basket had become even heavier. After sitting down, he inquired, "Zhang San told you the results a few days ago, yet you are still willing to trade with me at 100 points per seed. Have you already figured out how to use these spinach seeds? What else did Third Brother say?"

"Third Brother only told me the quality of the seeds, without any demands or suggestions." After answering Yang Jin's questions, Xia Qing began to talk about her own plan. "The pile of spinach seeds you set aside should number twenty thousand by now, right?"

Yang Jin gave the exact figure: "The 6,721 seeds you owe me, the 2,250 seeds for investing in the cordyceps project, the 800 seeds for purchasing 400 jin of green-light rice, the 1,000 seeds for exchanging 10 kilograms of new-material nano stealth coating, the 1,000 bullets... plus the cost of materials and intermediary fees, comes to a total of seeds."

"This terraced spinach field can harvest a total of twenty-eight thousand green-light spinach seeds." Xia Qing continued, "I have a plan that will not only let you make a big profit next May, but also cut off the Blaze Squad's current source of income. Are you interested?"

Yang Jin had already guessed what Xia Qing was going to do, but he didn't say it out loud, only gestured for her to speak so he could listen.

Xia Qing grabbed the soil at her feet, gently rubbing it between her fingers, her movements revealing a love for the earth. "The spinach grown here is first-generation seed; if Yi stones are used, the quality won't decline."

"Plant all the seeds harvested this crop entirely in the terraced fields, cultivated with Yi stones and spring water. As long as there are no extreme, destructive natural disasters, and excluding the 1% accident rate, we can ensure harvesting at least 1.2 million first-generation seeds. If all of them are sent to the Saint Reputation Auction House for auction, how many points per seed could they fetch?"

Lan Jiu's Saint Reputation Auction House is currently the most reputable and confidential auction house within Hua Country. Using the Saint Reputation Auction House to promote these spinach seeds is the most secure method Xia Qing could think of.

Yang Jin's eyes gleamed. "Auctioning so many seeds through the Saint Reputation Auction House will also expose things. If you trust me enough, give me the seeds, and I guarantee selling them to bases across the country at a price of at least 30 points per seed. Only when every base gets the seeds can the goal of nationwide promoted planting be achieved."

Yang Jin explained, "Even if I sell them at 200 points per seed, I can sell all the spinach seeds, making a one-time profit of over two hundred million. But if the price is too high, the channels become too dangerous and easily exposed. When that happens, your spring water will be made public, and the Green Dragon Squad will not only become a piece of fat meat in the eyes of squads across the country, but also a target for the Blaze Squad's frenzied revenge. For both you and me, the losses would outweigh the gains."

Being able to sell 1.2 million seeds at 30 points per seed had already far exceeded Xia Qing's expectations. "30 points is fine."

"If we do this, by next summer the spinach will be promoted for planting. It's very likely that by the summer after next, in every safe-zone windowsill flowerpot across Hua Country, high-Yi-element green-light spinach will also be growing. By then, high-Yi-element green-light spinach will no longer be a scarce plant, the price of premium nutrient solution will drop sharply, and the spinach seeds and spinach seedlings you grow afterward will no longer be worth much."

"Can you bear to part with it?"

Yang Jin smiled and asked, "If you cooperate with me and don't promote the seeds, but instead adopt the Blaze Squad's business model, you will earn even more points."