The Emerson Family head's son, as the heir to such a vast estate, was no fool.
After hearing the Emerson Family head's words, he went completely blank.
Only after a long while did he slowly say, "Doesn't that mean grain prices will plummet next year? They might even hit rock bottom, and whether we can recover our costs will be uncertain. This year's prices might also crash. Rost's Southlands Development Company has no small amount of land either."
"This has already become inevitable."
The Emerson Family head sighed. "While the Southlands Development Company's grain has not yet become widespread on the market, quickly sell off our family's stored grain. Keep only enough for ourselves to eat."
"As for next year... we'll switch to cotton."
"No, we cannot plant cotton everywhere. How about this? Next year, we'll plant ordinary wheat on two million mu, Golden Ear Grain on one million mu, and cotton on all the remaining land."
"Once food supplies are abundant and no one needs to worry about going hungry anymore, people will most likely move on to satisfying their need for clothing. Rost Territory's spinning machines, looms, and sewing machines can all greatly improve textile production efficiency."
"People need clothes, and those machines can consume the cotton and turn it into clothing. Starting next year, the best-selling goods in the world will surely be clothes—every kind of clothing."
"Then why don't we build our own spinning mills, weaving mills, and Garment Factories? We can grow the cotton ourselves, process it, and sell it. That should bring us even greater profits." The Emerson heir suggested.
"We have no guarantee that we can manufacture at the lowest cost. That is one reason. The second is that even if we produce them, we cannot open up sales channels that quickly. We