Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1101, to change thinking
"woooo~"

On the road from Nanshan Village to Tieling City, several four-wheeled carriages loaded with grain were walking slowly from Nanshan Village to Tieling City. The horses pulling the carts seemed to be struggling, but the villagers driving the carts were all smiling. Talking and laughing.

"Brother Big Mao, you've made a fortune this year. Thousands of acres of grain can be easily sold for hundreds of taels of silver."

Ding Dazhu and Li Damao walked side by side, chatting while walking.

Four-wheeled carriages are also standard equipment in the Liaodong area, and every household has a lot of food. In addition to the steam engine-powered equipment, horses and cattle are also extremely important labor.

The transport capacity of the four-wheeled carriage is very powerful, and it can transport several thousand catties of grain at a time. Without this thing, if you rely on your shoulders to pick up the mountains of grain at home, you don't know that you will have to bend your shoulders until the year of the monkey.

"What are you hairing~"

"Although there is a bumper harvest of grain this year, the price of the grain will definitely be lower. Last year, it was five shi and one tael of silver. If we can't keep it this year, it may only cost seven or eight shi for a tael of silver."

Li Damao smiled and shook his head.

To be honest, his income this year is much lower than last year, mainly because there are more steam harvesters, and fewer people hire him to harvest wheat, so he naturally makes less money.

At this time last year, he had no time to sell grain at all, but was helping people harvest wheat everywhere.

"No way, didn't the court say that it would collect grain on a large scale to protect grain prices?"

When Ding Dazhu heard this, he became anxious immediately.

How can this bumper harvest not increase the income, don't end up working hard for a year, but there is not much money on the contrary, I can count on selling the grain to repay the bank loan.

"There is too much food, and the imperial court may not buy that much food."

"This food can't be eaten up. If the imperial court collects it, it will go bad after a long time."

"So in the end, the price of food will definitely fall."

Li Damao said helplessly.

The land in Liaodong is really fertile, with black soil and plains, everything can grow very well.

Amidst the chatter of the crowd, they arrived at Tieling City.

At this time, the entire Tieling City was immersed in a sea of ​​grain, and four-wheeled carriages could be seen everywhere, dragging loads of full grain to Tieling City, so that they gathered near the concrete road outside Tieling City. A large number of carriages.

The four-wheeled carriage was full of farmers who came to sell grain, and they all looked very anxious. As soon as they saw a businessman who came to collect grain, everyone immediately surrounded them.

"Eight stones of grain for one tael of silver, sell it and bring it to Sihai Grain in Xicheng!"

A businessman held a tin horn and shouted loudly at the crowd as he walked.

"Eight stones of grain are only sold for one or two taels of silver, which is too outrageous, and the price has not fallen to such a degree."

"Last year, I was able to sell five shi of grain for a tael of silver."

"That's right, that's right~"

"When we were in our hometown in Shaanxi, this food was very precious. In a famine year, let alone a stone of food, sometimes a bag of food can be exchanged for a big yellow girl."

"Look at our wheat in Liaodong, how good the wheat is, it costs eight stones to exchange for one tael of silver."

"These unscrupulous businessmen, they are all united to lower the price."

"When the grain is harvested, they will lower the price together. If there is a famine, they will unite to raise the price. This is their usual method."

"Isn't it~ a black-hearted businessman."

Hearing the merchant's words, many farmers who came to sell grain couldn't help but curse.

The price is simply too low.

Eight stones of grain and one tael of silver, this is a price that has never been seen before.

"Big Brother, what should we do?"

"Eight stones of grain can only be sold for one tael of silver. We have worked hard for a year, but we can't sell much silver."

Ding Dazhu was also in a hurry, the price was too low.

There are too many, too many farmers in Tieling City who are unwilling to sell their grain at such a low price, so everyone is waiting to see if there is anyone with a higher bid.

"These merchants must have unified the price, no matter which one you ask."

Li Damao seemed very calm, because he had anticipated the scene in front of him in advance.

To be honest, these merchants are disgusting, but this business is what you want, and you can buy and sell freely. Besides, it is an indisputable fact that there is a surplus of food. If there is too much food, naturally it cannot be sold at a high price.

"You guys wait for me first, I'll ask my acquaintances, if I remember correctly, there is a big winery on our side of Tieling that is about to start, and the winery also needs a lot of food."

"Maybe it can be sold at a higher price if sold to a winery."

Then Li Damao also asked Ding Dazhu to help him look after the grain and wheels, and went directly into the city to inquire about the news.

Not too long, he ran back excitedly and said.

"Everyone follow me~"

After speaking, he drove a four-wheeled carriage and walked to the north of Tieling City.

"Big Brother, is it really possible?"

Ding Dazhu asked while driving the car.

"Yes, this Daming Guojiao winery, they collect a lot of grain. This winery is an industry under Liu Jin, the official secretary. It was established last year. This year, several wineries have been built here in Liaodong. Those who come to make wine, after harvesting the grain, can officially start wine making soon.”

"And it's not just a brewery. Mr. Liu has also built more than a dozen large livestock farms here in Liaodong, specifically to raise pigs, cattle, horses, and sheep to supply the huge meat demand in the Beijing-Tianjin area."

"They are now preparing to purchase a large amount of grain, six shi grains and one tael of silver."

Li Damao said in a low voice.

"Six shi grains and one tael of silver?"

When Ding Dazhu heard this, he couldn't help shouting out immediately.

"Keep your voice down so that everyone can hear, and there will be more people delivering food by then."

Li Damao said quickly.

"I know, I know~"

Ding Dazhu nodded quickly, understood, and silently followed.

Soon they came to the north of Tieling City, where a spacious concrete road was built, and new factories could be seen standing on the big drop.

These factories are all new, newly built this year, a winery dedicated to wine making and a feed factory that everyone has never heard of before.

"Big Brother, what is this feed factory for?"

Ding Dazhu pointed to a factory area next to the road and said.

"This feed factory is specially used to make feed. It is said that the feed is specially used to feed cattle, sheep, horses and pigs. I don't know. Anyway, it is said that this feed factory also collects grain."

Li Damao shook his head and said.

"That's a good relationship. We don't talk about anything else in Liaodong, but there is a lot of food. No matter how much food there is, as long as we have money, we can talk about anything."

"This is not nonsense~"

"I don't even look at who is behind these factories. That's Mr. Liu, the official minister of Ming Dynasty, who is known as the God of Wealth. Will he have no money?"

"No matter how much food you have, they can still eat it."

"That's, that's~"

"Mr. Liu, I must be afraid that we have too much grain, and the price is too low, which will hurt our enthusiasm for growing grain. That's why we opened this winery and livestock farm in order to stabilize the price of grain. we are good."

"That is, Mr. Liu is the real good official. Without him, we would not have the life we ​​have now."

"It's good to know."

Everyone chatted, and soon came to the winery, sold the grain in their hands very smoothly, and got the silver dollars in vain.

After selling the food, Li Damao, Ding Dazhu and the others did not leave in a hurry, and wandered around the winery and feed factory.

"In my opinion, next year, next year, we still don't want to plant all wheat. We need to classify our fields. Some fields are planted with wheat, and some fields are planted with corn, potatoes and soybeans."

"In this case, even if the price of grain falls, it won't affect us too much, and I heard that the price of potatoes and soybeans is rising now, and they are quite easy to sell."

After walking around, Li Damao was also thinking about next year.

On the Liaodong side, basically the grain is harvested, and the grain is sold and waits for Maodong.

So now you can think about next year.

"Can this work?"

"Food is not easy to sell, can these things be sold well?"

"Maybe it's better to grow food by then."

Ding Dazhu expressed his doubts. In his opinion, food is the most precious.

"You still don't believe it?"

"Anyway, I'm going to give it a try next year, and I'm not only planting these things, I also want to grow Chinese cabbage on a large scale. I heard that the price of cabbage is very high in Beijing and Tianjin in winter. A cabbage They can be sold for dozens of pennies."

Li Damao looked at Ding Dazhu and said.

"Where did you see the information?"

Ding Dazhu expressed his doubts. It is reasonable to raise pigs, cattle and sheep. He is tired of eating Chinese cabbage.

"In the teahouse, I heard what the newspaper reader in the teahouse said. I think it's true. When I bought the steam tiller and harvester, I heard what the people inside said."

"Unfortunately, we are illiterate. It would be great if we could read, so that we can read newspapers by ourselves."

Li Damao said with some regret that he now feels more and more important about knowledge and information.

In the past, I thought it was okay to not know one big character, but now it seems that I still need to know some characters.

"Not only to grow soybeans and cabbage, I also plan to buy some piglets to go back to raise pigs. I heard that the price of pork has been rising in the Beijing-Tianjin area."

"People in Beijing and Tianjin are rich and have a large population. It is said that tens of thousands of pigs are slaughtered in Tianjin every day. Just think about how many pigs will be slaughtered this year to meet their needs."

"So, learn a little bit, buy some piglets with me, and raise some pigs at home. Anyway, the price of the food is also low, and raising pigs is more cost-effective than farming."

Li Damao said very confidently that newspapers provide ordinary people with a broader perspective and can know more information.

(End of this chapter)