Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 57 What he said makes sense

In the afternoon, Zhu Yunfeng returned to the town.

Ji He stayed in the county to cooperate with Zou Ting to set up the company's framework first.

Currently, Zhu Yunfeng is both the company's boss and financial officer.

He transferred some money to Ji He, but most of the money was in his card, and all specific expenses had to be reported, so he didn't have to worry about wasting money.

There are too many things going on right now.

The main problem is that the company in the county is just a signboard, and the real base is in the town.

I have to go back and sort out the land rental issue.

Fortunately, it is winter now, and there is only one or two months left until the beginning of spring next year. With the cooperation of the town, we will still have time for the trip.

The town’s agricultural office contacted Zhu Yunfeng and showed him some of the currently idle land in the town.

Lansha Town has a registered population of 0.6, but only acres of land. The per capita arable land area is less than , and a lot of land is idle and no one is cultivating it.

But the actual situation is naturally different.

The registered population is the registered population. In fact, there may be less than 30,000 permanent residents in the town out of the 70,000 people, and most of them are middle-aged and elderly people over 40 or 50 years old.

There are very few young people, and most of them are either working or studying outside. Most middle-aged people are also doing business or working outside.

Therefore, when there is a shortage of labor and mechanized operations cannot be carried out, a large amount of idle land will appear in the town, and the per capita arable land area will be much larger than the actual situation.

At least Zhu Yunfeng, as the eldest son and grandson, has local household registration and was allocated a piece of land in his early years.

After my grandfather passed away, the land should have been taken back by the village. After all, arable land in our country is not owned by individuals, but by the collective of the village. After the old man passed away, the villagers would redistribute the land.

But the problem now is that there is too much land, and young people don’t care much about the land in their hometown, so the land left by my grandfather is actually just left there.

Last year, the village party secretary gave Zhu Yunfeng a heads-up and allocated the land to him.

Together with the land that my father Zhu Changqing allocated before, the three acres of land of the Zhu family are now overgrown with weeds.

According to feedback from the Agriculture Bureau, more than one-third of the land in the town is idle, and the contract price fluctuates around 500 to 600 yuan per year.

According to the mayor, as long as Zhu Yunfeng wants it, he can just give a greeting to each village and ask the village party secretary to say it in the village group. It is estimated that there will be no problem in renting 10,000 acres this year.

no way.

This is the situation in mountainous areas. Unlike the northern plains where operations can be concentrated and the rent can reach one or two thousand yuan a year, there is still some profit in mechanized operations after deducting the costs.

Since they cannot mechanize production, contracting more than ten acres of land is already considered a large grain grower.

Zhu Yunfeng's land leasing is a pure loss.

First of all, the annual rent of five or six hundred yuan may not seem like much, but since it cannot be mechanised, it has to be done manually.

Not to mention how much the wages are, just the seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and the like are all costs, and they depend on the weather. If you are not careful, you may lose everything.

Secondly, the intensity of farming is much higher than working as a laborer, with back-to-back work facing the earth and low income.

So even if the locals don’t farm much, people working outside will naturally be willing to do so when they hear that someone wants to rent their land.

Based on this information, Zhu Yunfeng made a rough calculation.

Assuming that he rents 3 acres this year and plants rice on them, and one worker can plant 5-4 acres of land, with an average of acres, he would have to hire more than people.

The rent is 500, which is 500 million a year. The cost of seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides is about 400 per season, which is 800 million a year.

To hire 2500 people, the minimum wage requirement here is 1700 yuan per month, and the minimum hourly wage is 17 yuan, so the annual salary will be about 4200 million yuan.

With an average rice yield of 800 kilograms per mu in a quarter, double-season rice produces 1600 kilograms of rice a year, and 1600 mu produces million kilograms of rice.

The local grain merchants purchase rice at a price of 1.4-1.7 yuan per catty, and the market selling price is 2.3-2.6 yuan. Even if it is sold to other places, the price will not be much higher.

With this calculation, the annual profit is less than 4000 million, but the total cost is more than 5000 million, which is not even enough to pay salaries.

No wonder no one wants to farm.

Even if it is one's own field, excluding labor costs and land rental costs, and only counting basic costs such as seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, the annual income for one person farming four acres is less than 5000 yuan.

Compared with working, it is indeed a far cry.

Basically, only the North can make a profit by drastically reducing costs through mechanized production. Concentrated agricultural production in the southern mountainous areas is no different from investing money in the A-share market.

Fortunately, Zhu Yunfeng’s sales channels are not in modern times, but in ancient times.

Under the tax-free policy and self-production and self-sales policy, all the rice he produced could be retained, with part of it used in the breeding industry and the rest sent to the Ming Dynasty as seeds.

After the Ming Dynasty has rolled out its production, we can fill the gap. This way, there will be no problem of part of the production capacity disappearing out of thin air in the future.

The only problem is that as you keep losing money, the money on the books may actually increase.

Ok.

Becoming the richest man by making a fortune, starting from farming.

Zhu Yunfeng went to Daming in the evening, but not to ask for money, but to report the work progress to Lao Zhu.

The current amount is close to 50 million. If you invest all of it, you will definitely lose everything.

So Zhu Yunfeng made a plan.

That is, we will rent 5,000 acres in the first half of next year, and invest the remaining money into the breeding industry to raise pigs, chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and other livestock.

After the harvest in the first quarter, a large amount of rice will be shipped to Ming Dynasty, and exchanged for money from there. Conventional rice will also be allowed to take root and sprout in Ming Dynasty and quickly promoted.

Fertilizers and pesticides do not have such a large production capacity at the moment, and it is not easy to stockpile them.

Because hoarding goods must be checked for taxation, fire protection, etc., even if it is placed in rural areas, even if there is a tax exemption policy, if not taxation, then fire protection must be checked.

Moreover, these things are not like seeds. You can send them to the Ming Dynasty, cultivate them there, and then send the harvested second-generation seeds back to fill the gap. But once chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used, there is no way to make up for it.

Therefore, Zhu Yunfeng searched the Internet for information on how to make homemade fertilizers, and planned to set up a homemade fertilizer factory in the Ming Dynasty and purchase raw materials there for production.

of course.

The best way is to buy fertilizer manufacturing machines and send them to Daming. Daming can collect raw materials from everywhere, which is much more convenient.

But that is a matter for the future. For now, let’s just get the simplest things done first.

It was a cold winter night and the north wind was howling.

The weather in early December is getting increasingly colder, and the Chinese New Year is just around the corner.

Almost twenty days have passed since Zhu Yuanzhang came to the modern era and opened the door to the modern era, and Zhu Yunfeng's plan is also progressing steadily.

It was past eight o'clock, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and Zhu Yunfeng took Pippi Dog down to the cellar.

I don’t know where the cat went to catch mice again.

The house was empty.

All the doors and windows were locked, and Zhu Di was left behind.

The main thing is that this stone tablet doesn't have a battery indicator. You can't tell how much you've charged, whether it's fully charged, how much power is left, or how many times you can wear it after charging it.

Therefore, in order to avoid having no one at home in the future, after everyone passes away and the stone tablet has no energy, they are trapped in ancient times, and someone must be at home.

It rained this morning in Daming. The weather in Nanjing was wet and the floor tiles of the square outside the Qianqing Palace were full of water.

A cold wind blew, causing Zhu Yunfeng to shiver.

"Wang Wang Wang."

Pippi was very excited.

It has a lot of hair on its body, so it is not afraid of the cold in winter.

"who?"

Hear a dog barking.

A scolding appeared on the platform above.

But no one dared to come.

Since the underground palace was located on the square outside the Qianqing Palace and the Qianqing Gate, and was very close to the platform outside the main entrance hall of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that guards were not allowed to set foot in the entire square outside the Qianqing Palace.

Now even officials coming to the Qianqing Palace did not go through the Qianqing Gate, but entered from the Yikun Gate of the Yikun Palace, went to the side of the Qianqing Palace, and went through the side door to Zhu Yuanzhang's study to discuss matters.

Officials and guards all speculated that this was related to the underground palace, but facing Zhu Yuanzhang, no one dared to speak or ask.

So now it has become like this.

For officials, guards, palace maids and eunuchs, the square outside the Qianqing Palace became a restricted area. No one dared to set foot in it, and only a few people were allowed to pass.

"I am Zhu Yunfeng, the King of Wu of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Yunfeng, holding his dog, swaggered up the white marble steps.

He has also recently experienced the joy of being a superior person.

In modern times, he is a wealthy boss; in ancient times, he was the King of Wu of the Ming Dynasty, and he could act arrogantly wherever he went.

"I pay my respects to His Majesty the King of Wu."

As the commander of the imperial guards, Mao Xiang, the deputy governor of the Yiluansi, took small steps forward and knelt on one knee to pay his respects.

Zhu Yunfeng nodded and said, "Where is His Majesty?"

"In the study."

Mao Xiang hesitated for two seconds, then whispered, "Your Majesty is a little angry today. I wonder if he is willing to see Your Highness."

Huh?
Zhu Yunfeng looked at Mao Xiang in surprise.

Let Lao Zhu be angry, what does it have to do with me?
If he takes his anger out on me, I'll fight him.

What do you mean by telling tales to me?
wait?

This move.

Could it be that he is trying to show his goodwill to me?
Zhu Yunfeng was stunned for a moment, then looked at Mao Xiang meaningfully and said, "Well, I see, you are good, His Majesty will meet me."

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness."

Mao Xiang was delighted.

really.

There's nothing wrong with making friends.

He has also observed these days that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu has a very special status.

Although he was wearing strange clothes and even had his hair shaved.

But His Majesty treated him differently.

Not only can she enter and leave the palace at will, she even seems to have enormous power.

He had seen with his own eyes that the other party was chatting and laughing with the Crown Prince and Prince of Yan, and that he could even walk around the palace with a dog.

This treatment, this status.

I'm afraid neither Duke Han nor Duke Cao has it.

So making friends is inevitable.

Moreover, his way of making friends was also very clever, and he did not directly say that Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry.

Because if he said that, it would become like he was reporting Zhu Yuanzhang's current situation to Zhu Yunfeng, which was a taboo for the emperor.

Once Zhu Yuanzhang finds out, the outcome will certainly be death.

But if His Majesty is angry and doesn't know whether he is willing to meet you, that is another matter.

The nature of the matter changed from betraying the emperor's information to persuading the King of Wu.

The meaning of a sentence expressed openly and implicitly is completely different, which can also be considered the art of language.

Zhu Yunfeng said nothing and took Pippi into the Qianqing Palace.

I was quite excited.

Is this the officialdom?

They are all riddlers.

It’s really interesting.

If I weren't smart, I wouldn't be able to understand what's hidden in other people's words.

However, this also indirectly shows that his status is different from others.

Otherwise, why would the commander of the emperor's personal guards approach a stranger like me in such a cautious way?
"boom!"

"He died well. If he hadn't hanged himself, I would have killed him too."

Lao Zhu's voice came from the study.

There was a hint of anger in the voice, and there was also the sound of slamming the table.

It was obvious that Lao Zhu was really angry.

There was another person nearby who advised: "Father, don't get angry and get yourself sick."

"Your Majesty, the King of Wu has arrived."

Mao Xiang went in first to report.

"Let him in."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Yunfeng, who was outside the warm room, took Pippi in.

After Mao Xiang left, he untied Pi Pi's rope and said, "What's wrong, old man? Why are you so angry?"

The house was brightly lit.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat behind the desk, and Zhu Biao sat on a chair next to him.

Seeing Zhu Yunfeng coming over, Zhu Yuanzhang's originally angry expression eased a lot, especially after Pipi dog rushed up to him and acted coquettishly, his face was already full of smiles, and he touched the golden retriever and rubbed its face.

The golden retriever has a strong body odor, so Zhu Yunfeng has to give it a bath every ten days or so. After a bath, its body smells fragrant, its fur is smooth, and it feels very comfortable to touch.

"Father has been reading the history of Ming Dynasty these days. He saw the Battle of Tumu and the Battle of Duomen, and he is angry about Zhu Qizhen."

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and said, "Today we heard news that Wang Guangyang committed suicide."

"Why should we be angry about this? Wasn't Wang Guangyang supposed to be killed? And so was Hu Weiyong."

Zhu Yunfeng was surprised: "As for Zhu Qizhen, there may not be such a person in the future anyway. Why are you so angry? The Ming Dynasty has already embarked on a completely new path. It is actually meaningless to look at the later history."

This is the truth.

Because it was unlikely that Zhu Biao died of a cold, and Zhu Xiongying was not necessarily dead, and it was impossible for Zhu Yunwen to become emperor in the future.

Unless Zhu Biao’s illness cannot be cured even by modern hospitals, he will be doomed to die.

But even so, it was the fourth son Zhu Di who came to power. Zhu Di's eldest son Zhu Gaochi was born last year, but the problem was that the butterfly effect had already occurred in Zhu Gaochi's life.

It is hard to say whether Zhu Zhanji will be born in the future.

After all, even if they were the same couple, if Zhu Gaochi and his wife Empress Zhang had sex one day earlier or later, or even at the wrong time, the child they gave birth to might not be Zhu Zhanji.
Therefore, the later history of the Ming Dynasty is actually meaningless, unless Zhu Yuanzhang can travel through time to a parallel world of the Ming Dynasty.

"Hmph, that's easy to say, it's not you anyway."

Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to say that it was not your family’s business.

But when I think about it carefully, it seems to be his family's business.

Because Zhu Yunfeng's direct ancestor, Prince Ji Zhu Jianjun, was the seventh son of Zhu Qizhen, so Zhu Yunfeng is also a member of the Zhu family.

"It's not your great-great-grandson's stupidity, so you naturally don't mind it."

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "If your grandson did this, would you be angry?"

"Don't be angry. Being angry will only harm your health. Since you know there will be such people in the future, just don't let them come out."

Zhu Yunfeng spread his hands and said, "Why should we be angry about people who will not exist in the future?"

"Forehead"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

Yes.

Since Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Qizhen are this kind of people.