Datang: In order to be a salted fish, I decided to look forward to my father Jackie Chan

Chapter 152
The more Qin Huaiyu talked, the more excited he became. Once the Xinyi Trading Company does not buy their salt, the Zheng family will basically be left alone.

"Where is this going? It can only be regarded as pushing them to the last step, and they haven't overwhelmed them yet. By the way, how about Suzhou and Hangzhou?"

Li Xiao drank his tea shaking his head and asked unhurriedly.

"The situation in Suzhou and Hangzhou is similar. Not only do we have fast horses to send messages, but we also have flying slaves. The news can be delivered faster than the Zheng family. The two places in Suzhou and Hangzhou are even more favorable than Yangzhou. The Zheng family has always been in these two places. Slow down!"

"Well, it seems that as long as the battle of Yangzhou City is won, the whole of Jiangnan will be settled!"

Li Xiao's eyes were firm, "Then lower the price by another penny, and then implement the last link of the plan!"

Zheng Wei's heart is bleeding when he sees a large number of shipments in his store every day. Those are all the salt he collected at a high price, and now he is selling them at a price below the cost.

If you sell for a day, you will lose a day!

Looking at the ledger in his hand, Zheng Wei seemed to have aged instantly.

The entire family now has only [-] yuan in cash flow, and this amount of money can't do anything. If they can't quickly occupy the Jiangnan market, it will be over.

This time it was a real last stand.

Xinyi Commercial Bank lowered the price to seven coins. Could it be that their salt is blown by the wind?
Or are they bluffing, tightening their belts and fighting a price war with the Zheng family?

Just when Zheng Wei was hesitating whether to follow the price cut, someone came to report a news that made Zheng Wei vomit blood.

Zheng Wei slumped on a chair and asked again to make sure he heard correctly.

"Patriarch, really!"

"I saw with my own eyes at the gate of the city that half a bag of salt that was brought into the city by Xinyi Commercial Bank dropped out. It is absolutely sand!"

Damn, Zheng Wei couldn't get up at a stretch, so the servants rubbed Zheng Wei's chest and abdomen vigorously.

I hunt geese all day long, but today I was pecked in the eye by a little house sparrow. That is to say, only the salt that came in on the first day was real, and the later ones were all sand.

No wonder they want to make the purchase limit so strict, no wonder the amount sold every day is limited, there is not much salt in it, it's a fake here!

"Our Zheng family is not afraid of losing money. Besides, the Zheng family doesn't have much, just a lot of salt. I don't believe that Xinyi Trading Company has more salt than my Zheng family. If they want to lower the price, the customers will lose. Whoever increases first price, who will worry first!"

"Tell the people below that the price will be reduced by two yuan directly. I will wait for Xinyi Commercial Bank to follow suit!"

"There are still acquisitions everywhere, continue, don't stop!"

"Especially Xinyi Commercial Bank, didn't someone below bribe one of their shopkeepers, continue to accept!"

Yangzhou City Cyclamen came to the backyard, and Li Xiao was holding a letter, reading it with great interest. The letter was sent by Zhou Guanshi from Chang'an City, and the contents were all short stories about his parents.

The nose rings of [-] calves have been worn out, and after the wound on the nose has healed, the calves are really obedient and easy to use. The tenants are currently teaching the calves to farm.

It is expected that the church will be completely completed this year, and the calves will be raised by tenants and surrounding villagers in the second half of the year.

Of course, this method was not invented by Li Xiao. Now the government is adopting the farmer's surrogacy. There is no interest involved in this, but it is a task that the common people should complete.

But raising cattle and horses is a very troublesome and hard work for the common people. Taking cattle raising alone, hay, grass, fine grains and beans are all indispensable. Li Xiao once wondered why it is so troublesome to raise cattle , Isn’t it enough to give grass?

That's a big mistake. Raising cattle in rural areas is too common in later generations. Basically, every household has them. This leads to the fact that the workload of cattle is too small, and they don't need to do heavy work, so it doesn't matter if they eat poorly.

Only bullfighting needs a seminal sample, and eggs and soybeans cannot be less every day.

But now the cows, in order to seize the farming season, use the cows as machines. If they eat less or eat poorly, they will be exhausted to death!
That's why Li Xiao thought, can the farming of cattle be popularized in large quantities?

If you want to popularize cattle raising, you must raise a lot of cows, but no one wants to raise cows!

The reason is that cows don't work as hard as bulls, and they can only be raised as calves, which is not worthwhile!

what to do?Then let the people take the cow home, and then, the first calf of the cow's calf will belong to the cattle farm, and the second will belong to the cattle breeder. This calf will be used as a reward for raising cattle!

As for the bulls, they are raised in Niuzhuang. Of course, if you want to raise bulls, you can also raise them, but there is no pay. After all, raising bulls can also earn income from breeding!
Don't think the conditions are harsh, as soon as the news is released, [-] calves have already been ordered.

Among them, He Tieshou and He Daxia directly ordered a hundred cows and five bulls, and it was clear at a glance that he was ambitious.

How much does it cost to raise a cow? It's equivalent to getting a cow for nothing. This is simply the welfare of the cattle farm!

Moreover, although the cows are raised, and the work is not as vigorous as the bulls, they can still do some farm work for themselves.

The second half of the letter talks about the "Zhenguan plow". The emperor still popularized the waterwheel, and sold it on behalf of Xinyi Commercial Bank, and the court gave appropriate subsidies.

There are blueprints, and the manufacture is simple. The commercial network of Xinyi Commercial Bank covers ten states in the world. In each state, there has been a waterwheel transaction with wealthy landlords and common people. Therefore, Zhenguan plows can basically be supplied now.

But if it is handed over to the imperial court, heh, a first-level official will pay a fortune. When it comes to a remote village, it will be enough to build a complete Zhenguan plow, and it may be worth a piece of wood.

This is not to say that Li Shimin's administration of officials is not clear enough, but that it has been like this since ancient times, it just depends on how much he eats!

"Master Zan, you're just reading a letter, why are you smirking?"

Cheng Chumo threw the stone lock aside and complained.

These days, they have been tortured enough, Qin Huaiyu can go out once every three to five days, and Cheng Chumo hasn't left the small courtyard for more than half a month.

If several people are like this, that's okay, nothing to say.

But from time to time, looking at Li Xiao's overly indulgent face, and Xiaocui's charming appearance, Cheng Chumo felt annoyed.

Find some faults every day to stimulate Li Xiao.

"Chu Mo, are you panicking?"

Li Xiao said without raising his head, "Treasurer Qian has sent news that Zheng's purchases have been reduced in the past few days. Don't worry, you won't be able to stay for a few more days!"

Qin Huaiyu was very funny when he heard this. He changed his posture and continued to sit slumped. "You said this Patriarch Zheng, what is going on in his head? Why are you so sure that they have bribed Shopkeeper Qian?"

Li Xiao also shook his head with a smile, "I don't know, maybe this kind of method is used a lot, so for those who think they have bribed them, it's safe."

(End of this chapter)