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Liu Mingqi is a science guy, so he naturally likes people who are very clear about numbers.
This is what Zhao Cunzheng likes. He knows all the data clearly.
With just a few words, the situation of Xiao Gecun appeared in front of the young man's eyes in a very three-dimensional way.
"If you calculate it this way, every household has more than a dozen pigs." Liu Mingqi said.
"Yes." Zhao Cunzheng said with a smile, "Thanks to you, everyone has made a lot of money from cooking lard. This year is really good!"
"That's good."
Liu Mingqi calculated that even if each of their households only sold ten fat pigs, they could increase their income by ten taels of silver.
¡°As a farmer, ten taels of silver a year is really a good income.
"That means there are too few fat pigs now, not enough to kill. Otherwise we would have to kill pigs every day." Zhao Youjin said with a smile, showing a big yellow tooth.
"If pigs are killed every day, then every family will have a big pig farm." Liu Mingqi smiled slightly, "But if there are too many pigs and swine fever occurs, it will be even more troublesome."
"That's what you said."
Zhao Youjin¡¯s face froze.
The most feared thing when raising these poultry and livestock is various plagues. At that time, not only one or two animals will die, but all the poultry and livestock in the village will die.
"How many young adults are there in your village?" Liu Mingqi asked again.
"There are 133 men in the village now between the ages of 20 and 40, but there are still 64 strong women who can be as good as one man." Zhao Youjin said, "The women in the village have been working since they were young. My son is no worse than a man."
Liu Mingqi nodded, but did not continue speaking.
A few people walked while talking, and walked into the village in a blink of an eye.
Because the Imperial Palace has been at peace for a long time, the village does not have any defenses such as sentry posts. It takes less than two miles to go directly to the village entrance along the official road.
The houses in the village are probably built in an irregular cross shape. Although they are a bit scattered, they are still connected to each other by spacious roads. However, these roads are usually made of compacted soil. Once it rains, your feet will sink. It's very difficult to pull it out.
Under the leadership of Zhao Youjin, Liu Mingqi randomly visited more than 20 households and found that only a few households were cooking lard.
The women followed the method given by Prince Yu¡¯s Mansion, cutting the suet into pieces and adding a ladle of cold water to the pot. When the cold water evaporated, all that was left was clear lard.
When the temperature of the lard drops and it condenses into milky white grease, it can be put into clay jars and sold to Lu Gui, who will organize people to deliver it to Prince Yu's Mansion.
Lu Gui is not alone, he also has a group of people. Otherwise, there are more than a dozen villages nearby, and he would not be able to transport all the lard out by himself.
The women are working, but the men are not at home.
When I asked Zhao Youjin, he said that men carried slaughtered pork to nearby markets and even the capital to sell it early in the morning.
After all, it is summer, and slaughtered pork cannot be kept for a long time. It must be sold as soon as possible, otherwise it will be wasted when it smells bad.
"It's interesting to say." Lu Gui interjected from the side: "In the past, lean meat was valuable, and fat meat was not. But now, because of the surge in slaughtered pork, the price of lean meat has dropped by half, five cents. The money can buy a pound.¡±
"But because fat has become valuable, in general everyone has increased their income a lot and are very happy." Zhao Youjin quickly added.
Liu Mingqi knows the price.
In the past, at meat stalls in and around the capital, fat meat was sold for five cents per catty, and lean meat was sold for ten cents per catty.
Now it's completely the other way around. Lu Gui purchases lard in the village for twenty-five cents per catty. Even if others charge it cheaper, it still costs at least twenty-two cents per catty. However, due to the supply of lean meat, Too many, so the price plummeted in half.
From an economics perspective, this is very normal, but ordinary people definitely don¡¯t think about it that deeply.
Why did Liu Mingqi come to Xiaoge Village?
The reason is that the lard purchased by Lu Gui is of the best quality.
When Chi San asked him, he said that the villagers in Xiaoge Village were the most honest in refining lard and that he had never been fooled here.
Liu Mingqi happened to be looking for a group of people who were honest and willing to work, so he came here to inspect.
From the first impression, I stillIsn¡¯t this nonsense?
A pig is worth five taels of silver, and a thousand pigs are worth five thousand taels of silver.
Each household is divided into more than forty taels. This is such a rich income. You can definitely become a small landowner! ?
"Then do it well, I just send someone to supervise it." Liu Mingqi continued, "But I will put my ugly words first. If anyone steals feed to feed his own livestock, or lets my pigs eat those dirty Things, then not only will I not pay you, but I will also hold you accountable and you will compensate me."
"Don't worry, we will do it seriously." Zhao Youjin patted his chest and said, "The young prince believes in us and gives us a golden road to make a fortune. Anyone who doesn't cherish it or wants to destroy it is the enemy of our entire village!"
"When I come to collect the lard, I will keep an eye on it for you. If anyone dares to mess around, I will tell you." Lu Gui also helped.
His words caused a group of village elders to brag about their beards, but they were helpless.
Prince Yu¡¯s Mansion is their great God of Wealth, but Lu Gui is also a direct little God of Wealth, so they can¡¯t afford to offend him.
Liu Mingqi himself will certainly not relax supervision, but people in this era, especially farmers, are generally more simple and timid.
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As for why Liu Mingqi went to such trouble to let others help raise pigs instead of raising them by someone named Yu Wangfu?
The answer is simple.
The Dakang Dynasty stipulated that no descendant of the clan could own land, and violators would be severely punished.
Regarding this decree, Liu Mingqi could only write a big "obey" to Taizu Dakang!
"If you do this, it will be difficult for the clan members to cause trouble!"
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Note: Before there was gelding, feeding, and bloodletting for slaughter, pork was eaten by the poor and humble, and the price was very cheap.
Su Dongpo's "Ode to Pork" wrote: "The good pork in Huangzhou is as cheap as dirt. The rich are unwilling to eat it, and the poor don't know how to cook it. Get up in the morning and have two bowls, and you will be so full that you don't care."
Therefore, this book sets the price of ordinary refined meat at about half of the price of rice, and it is not too far off if you think about it. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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