Su Binglan thought, 'If the villagers grew more food, they could store them for emergencies. In the future, Dingzhou will have more food to purchase.'
Even if the villagers sold their extra food, they would still have enough to eat. Hence, there would be more food in the markets for people to buy, too. If the market were stable, the price would not rise.
After some thought, Su Binglan said, "We can set up a grain processing plant."
Liu Yinyin asked, "Binglan, will the processing plant improve the grains?"
"That's right. We can separate excellent and inferior rice and then bag them to sell at different grades. Of course, the better rice will be slightly more expensive.
"The same goes for wheat flour that we use to make noodles. We can also process corn into corn flour and so on."
Su Wenzhe said, "That sounds simple. There are shops in town that sell grains like that."
