Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 872, If you want to be rich, raise more pigs
"Having said that, it's a pity that such a fertile field is used to grow cotton. In the past, the fields used to grow cotton were all dry and inferior fields."

"It's all right now. These landlords all use such fertile and high-quality fields to grow cotton. It's really wasteful to see people!"

Liu Jin was thinking about it, but the people next to him were still chatting non-stop. Some people saw Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao, and they didn't pay much attention to it just because they were attracted by the steam cultivator.

"I feel the same way. It's a pity not to grow wheat in such a good field."

"What's the pity, if you think it's a pity, why don't you rent it and plant it?"

"I don't farm. Farming is exhausting all year round. In the end, I can't even get enough to eat. It's better to go to the city to work hard. At least I can eat enough and have some leftovers in the bag." silver."

"Isn't that enough? No one has farmed land for these landlords and rich people. You said they don't grow cotton in this land. What do you ask them to grow?"

"That is to say, with this steam cultivator, if there is no steam cultivator, this land can only be panicked. Landlords and rich people will not go to cultivate the land by themselves."

"It's a pity to panic."

"It's a pity, it's a pity, anyway, no one grows wheat anymore."

"Whether it is growing cotton, or raising pigs, chickens, ducks and geese, it is more cost-effective than growing wheat."

"Pig raising?"

"Who is going to raise pigs? Pigs need a lot of food. I can't even eat enough. Who still has food to feed pigs?"

Hearing someone talk about raising pigs, someone immediately said it reflexively.

They are all people who are used to being poor, that is, they have gradually gotten better in the past few years, so when they think of raising pigs, some people immediately shake their heads.

"You, it's all about the Year of the Monkey."

"You don't know how much the price of this pork has risen to per catty."

"Here in Beijing and Tianjin, the price of this catty of pork has risen to fifteen yuan per catty, which has doubled. The key is that there is not enough pork to sell."

"The capital and Tianjin each have millions of people, and the combined population of the two cities exceeds tens of millions. With such a huge population, the food eaten every day can be piled up into hills."

"You guys don't know~"

"My son works in a factory beside the cement road leading from Tianjin to Shanhaiguan. Thousands of cattle and sheep are transported from outside the customs to the capital and Tianjin every day. The sea fish salvaged from the Tianjin port every day can be piled into a pile. Mountain."

"This pork, although it is not as good as beef and mutton, but since the Ming Morning Post reported that pigs were castrated, the smell of pork has disappeared all of a sudden, and the growth has also changed rapidly. Meat is definitely everyone’s favourite.”

"The demand for this pork is getting stronger and stronger. The entire Beijing-Tianjin area consumes at least several thousand pigs every day. Adding in chickens, ducks and geese, there is not enough food for Beijing and Tianjin."

"This pig raising is also a very profitable business."

Someone started talking endlessly, and the people around them also listened carefully.

Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin also kept silent and listened quietly. They could learn a lot of useful information from these ordinary people, and they could roughly see the economic development of the Ming Dynasty and the living standards of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

"These cattle and sheep are actually not very easy to raise, because they only eat grass and need pasture to raise them."

"But pigs are different. They can be kept in captivity, and pigs are not picky eaters. They can eat leftovers and swill. You can also feed them sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, and even sweet potato leaves."

"Actually, we don't need much food to feed them."

"In the past, everyone thought that food was expensive and people didn't have enough to eat. Naturally, no one raised pigs, but now it's different. The production of food has increased greatly, and some of them are used to feed pigs."

"Everyone is full of food, and now they are gradually paying attention to eating well and eating meat. The business of pork, chicken, duck, fish, beef and mutton, etc. is very good."

"Liu Yidao, who used to butcher pigs in our town, now goes to the capital to butcher pigs and sell them. It is said that he will sell more than [-] pigs on this day. He is busy from morning to night, and the money is also rushing in. .”

"Didn't you see that his family built a large reinforced concrete building, and I heard that he bought two houses here in the capital, and one house cost more than five hundred taels of silver. You know how much money this pig slaughtering has made, You know how much the people in the capital have for pork."

"If you want to get rich, you have to raise more pigs and build more roads."

"I said, why did Mr. Dong in our town build such a big pigsty? It turned out to be for raising pigs."

"Isn't that right, Mr. Dong, he has something to do with him, and he has a good relationship with the cafeterias of many big factories in the capital. In this cafeteria, there will be some leftovers, leftovers and so on."

"People in the city are more particular. They don't eat leftovers or leftovers. They pour all the leftovers into the slop buckets. Mr. Dong is going to use the swill from these big factories to raise pigs. He has prepared several carriages. Well, they are all used to transport swill.”

"In addition, I planted sweet potatoes and corn in my own field, which are used to feed pigs."

"The leftovers and leftovers from this big factory are just given to him?"

"Why don't I give it to you?"

"They don't know how to raise their own pigs?"

"You don't know how profitable the trade and business of those big factories are, like the cement factory closest to us. This cement is a good thing. There is not enough to sell as much as it is produced. It can be sold as much as it produces. How much is lost, who has the time to raise pigs."

"That's right. I heard that Mr. Zhang in our town has partnered with someone to open a cement factory. The business is very good."

"The most profitable thing is to do sea trade. This ship goes overseas and at least earns tens of thousands of taels of silver, but the investment is too big. A ship is at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, and you have to buy goods, etc. , it’s not something we ordinary people can play, even the landlords and rich people in our town can’t play.”

"I've also heard that this sea trade is very profitable. My cousin's second uncle's son's brother is a sailor on a ship. It is said that he has been to the Middle East and Persia in the farthest time, just last year. He got a few hundred taels of silver."

"Now I don't know how many matchmakers have told him to kiss him. He doesn't look very good but he is very picky. Ordinary girls don't even like him."

"Get a few hundred taels of silver a year, my dear, isn't this enough for a lifetime?"

When someone heard it, they couldn't help being amazed.

"What is enough to eat?"

"That's enough to buy a suite in the capital."

"What kind of house? It costs a few hundred taels of silver. With those hundreds of taels of silver, we can build a huge yard in the countryside."

"How can your house in the countryside be compared with the house in the city? The houses in this city are so beautifully built. There are also communities, schools, shopping malls and so on. It is also convenient for work and work. And the key is that the houses in the city The price of houses is increasing every year.”

"That's right, I also heard from my son."

"A house in this city used to be able to buy a good yard with only a few tens of taels of silver, but gradually you can only buy a house with a few hundred taels of silver. It's just a big building with a few rooms. .”

"Don't be too small. Now in the capital, a house like this would cost two or three hundred taels of silver. I heard that a house in Tianjin only cost a hundred taels of silver a few years ago. Now it costs thousands of taels of silver."

"My son regretted it to death. If he had gritted his teeth and bought a house with a loan, he would be able to earn hundreds of taels of silver now."

"My son also said the same thing. He said that his intestines were full of regret. It is becoming more and more difficult to buy a house here in the capital. Sometimes you can't buy a house even if you have money."

"People in Beijing are rich~"

"If you go to work in any factory, you can't earn three taels of silver a month?"

"If two couples work together, they can earn at least five taels of silver this month, and after a year, at least a few dozen taels of silver can be brought home."

"It's just ordinary people. Those who do business earn more."

"Liu Yidao who butchered pigs, Zhang Guaizi who made steamed buns, and Fatty Du who made pasta, they all bought houses in Chengli, and when they came back from the Chinese New Year, each one was more arrogant than the other. With a face full of indifference."

"This era has changed. Having land is not as good as having a house in the city. It is better to have a house than to have a boat on the sea. The real big families in the capital now not only have their own factories, but also have a boat on the sea." , this is in Nanyang, they still have their own plantation."

"I heard that there are people who go to Australia to raise cattle and sheep, to grow cotton in the Western Regions, and to dig gold mines in Huangjinzhou. These people are the real rich and big families."

"I've also heard that the rich and powerful in the capital even went overseas together to seize private colonies. Our Emperor Ming doesn't care about this private colony. As long as we occupy it, it will be our own little kingdom. , you have the final say on everything, just pay taxes to the emperor every year."

"This change is really big. A few years ago, we were still suffering from famine and starving. Now it's better, and everyone said that we would run away from the whole world."

"No, I didn't see all the young people going out. It doesn't matter if they go to work in the city or work as crew members at sea. Anyway, it's better than staying at home."

"..."

Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao listened carefully. Hearing their conversation, Liu Jin couldn't help showing a smile, because as a traveler, the butterfly's wings and the lives of the common people of Ming Dynasty have undergone tremendous changes, and they are no longer full. It's so simple, it's actually a bit like traveling back and forth.

(End of this chapter)