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"Prince, don't worry, the convoys of my Yuan family and the chamber of commerce have already been dispatched, and they should be able to transport the first batch of grain without knowing the sky. It is impossible to sell all these grains to the imperial court, and the major grain merchants in Chang'an also have a share." Yuan Shan said.

Those who paid for the planting and harvesting were people who invested. The imperial government would definitely buy grain at a price lower than the price given by the grain merchants. The only advantage was that the imperial court could sell the grain without having to transport it. Naturally, the imperial court dispatched soldiers to do it for them.

But this corn is not Yuanshan's industry, it's just a bridge builder who earns money from the transport fleet, but overall this year's corn is definitely cheaper than wheat.

Another reason for selling to the imperial court is that some costs can be recovered at one time, so you don't have to toss it yourself.

"Yuan Shan, don't worry, I have already handed over the package to my father, the emperor and other ministers have already started discussing this matter, and I believe they will receive an answer soon." Li Chengqian said.

"The prince really has a heart." Yuan Shan said casually.

The corn plan will definitely be adopted this time. Otherwise, where would the imperial court find food to deal with those victims? After this food crisis passes, the imperial court may be short of money. At that time, the economic pressure will definitely promote some commercial transactions. Sometimes businessmen may be able to play more roles.

After the same project solves the troubles, the prince's position is estimated to be solid, who said the prince is stupid.

Yuan Shan simply calculated the transport capacity of the convoy, and now the Yuan family's carriages and those of those rich merchants add up to no less than 150 carriages. This trip can bring back at least [-] million catties of corn. According to the current road conditions, this It takes a few days to go back and forth, plus the transportation capacity of the state capitals, it will take two months to solve the food problem in the Guanzhong area.

"His Royal Highness, can you sell the corn from Zhuangzi to me?" Yuan Shan said.

"Yes, but only two-thirds of it can be sold, and the rest will be given to Emperor Father." Li Chengqian said.

"Okay, this will be equivalent to silver and sent to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Yuan Shan said.

Thousands of dollars are small money for Yuanshan now. As the saying goes, far away water can’t quench thirst. The Yuan family harvested another batch of pigs before the autumn harvest. The grain reserves are almost reaching the red line. Buying corn from the prince is also the same. the same.

"Yuanshan, what are you doing with so much corn?" Li Chengqian asked curiously.

"Raise pigs." Yuan Shan said.

How many pigs are raised actually has a lot to do with how many acres of land are planted. Fifty acres of corn like Yuanshan’s can raise about a hundred pigs, and they also need to plant ten acres of alfalfa and a few acres of soybean greens. In this way, the mixed and matched feed can better feed the fattening pigs.

But as a full-time large farmer, a hundred or so pigs are enough for how many people to eat. Now that the food is ready, you can eat fresh pork after the year. Besides, he also cooperates with wealthy businessmen in breeding projects, which will consume a lot of pigs. food.

"Can raising pigs make a lot of money?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Of course, you can make money as long as you guarantee the slaughter rate." Yuan Shan said.

"Why is His Highness the Crown Prince also interested in this?" Yuan Shan said.

Li Chengqian shook his head. Royal nobles don't eat pork, but this didn't seem to stop his curiosity, so he made a thorough inquiry about raising pigs.

"His Royal Highness still raises some chickens. After the profuse sweating, there may be locust plagues. Raising chickens can prevent locusts." Yuan Shan said.

"The locust plague, this is a big deal, Yuan Shan, so don't talk nonsense." Li Chengqian said immediately, his little heart was pounding after hearing Yuan Shan's words, and it was nothing else. After Xuanwu Sect, his father was very concerned about such things. If someone really took advantage of him, the people's hearts might be unstable.

Although Li Chengqian is young, but under the influence of a specific educational environment from childhood to adulthood, he understands many things very well.

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"My Yuan family's newly developed feed for young chickens can improve the survival rate of chicks, and there is also a gift of chicken raising technology. Your Royal Highness may as well try it." Yuan Shan said.

"It seems that you have been prepared for a long time. If you have said so, I will raise some, but I still have to report this insect plague to the court first." Li Chengqian said.

After Li Chengqian left, Yuan Shanxin said that there would be plenty of eggs to eat next year, so he said to Caiyi beside him, "Remember to order more tea next year."

"It's the young master." Caiyi replied.

Every household in Sansiwulizhuang now raises dozens to hundreds of chickens. The eggs produced every day are enough to exchange for a lot of money. Most of them are supplied to the canteen of the cotton factory. The scale of chickens raised by Yuanjia The large scale of breeding was established from the very beginning. After more than a year of development, Yuanjia now has tens of thousands of broiler chickens in reserve.

This is just the average quantity, because a batch has to be slaughtered every few days, which has been going on for a year. If it is not enough, just like farmers buy, the price of local free-range chickens will be higher.

The kitchens in Yuanjia Zhuangzi, the canteens in the dormitory buildings, and now the canteens in the medical halls all need fresh fruits and food. The breeding industry in the three villages is also gradually developing, but the current speed cannot meet the existing needs. demand.

This is also something that Yuanshan asked merchants to cooperate in raising pigs. It is unrealistic for ordinary people to raise pigs, unless they are well-to-do. It is very impressive. Every year and a half, it can provide three to five hundred piglets for the Yuan family, and the scale is expanding every year.

There are several other households in the farm that are also raising pigs, but they provide fewer piglets. But now that the man in the family has food after the autumn harvest, some farm households are starting to raise a few sows.

The pig raising technology provided by the Yuan family is written on the big sign at the entrance of the village. There are also standards for piglets and meat pigs. There is a reason why pigs could not be raised before. The biggest problem is to solve the feed problem for pigs. After a year of work, all the money earned by the villagers was spent on building houses. Wulizhuang is now full of brick houses, and the worst ones are small brick houses.

I didn’t have any spare money before, and I didn’t know how the grain harvest was going to be. Now it’s better. After seeing their own grain, many farmers have confidence in their hearts. Moreover, the cost of raising sows is not high, and they don’t feed the sows all the time. , In this way, as long as the piglets are raised, the cost can be paid back, and it is possible to sell piglets or meat.

Because of the emergence of Liu Lizheng, a pioneer in pig farming, everyone is very confident because they understand the situation. In addition, they still have jobs and usually earn a lot of money.

Just after harvesting the grain, the farmers were very happy and came out for a walk in the village. During this period of time, they often saw small groups chatting, and there were a lot of happy events in the village recently. It has become a custom to invite Yuan Shan to participate, and it is not easy for Yuan Shan to refuse such a good thing. After this autumn harvest, Yuan Shan has had six weddings in a row.

Yuan Shan was very happy to see the village households like this. Now the adult men and women in the village are recruiting relatives regardless of their marriage and not marrying outside. In this year, only these three Zhuangzi have increased by hundreds of people this year.

Prosperous population is a good development trend for several Zhuangzi, but both Yilizhuang and Erlizhuang belong to Wuli Township, but the life of the farmers there is still relatively difficult because of the distance.

Lizheng, who was a mile or two away, had come to look for Liu Lizheng before. After all, Yuanshan was not a savior. There were only a few people he could help. At that time, Yuanshan didn’t say anything about this matter. One, stay away as you please.

But now Yuanshan has a new plan. It may not be the most ideal to let the farmers engage in the breeding industry at the speed of Wulizhuang's development, because now they are all working-class people, so how can they have so much time? When it comes to breeding, the women in the family raise a few pigs, but if they raise a few pigs, then there are dozens or hundreds of pigs.

So a new plan started. Yuan Shan asked people to find Lizhuang in Yili and Erli, and saw that the clothes they were wearing were still patched. It seemed that life was not going well. Lizheng's family lived like this. The situation of the farmers is not worse.

The last time these two Lizhengs came to visit through Liu Lizheng, but Yuan Shan didn't have the time to deal with this matter so he sent Liu Lizheng away. This is not the first time I saw the two Lizhengs today.

Standing next to the two of them, there was an obvious difference between Liu Lizheng. Liu Lizheng's clean cotton robe looked like a landlord, while the other two Lizheng seemed to be long-term laborers.

"Yuan Shilang, this is Zhang Daquan, the principal of Yili, and Zhao Youcai, the principal of Erli." Liu Lizheng introduced.

"Craftsmen Zhang Daquan and Zhao Youcai have met Yuan Shilang." The two shouted in a stuttering voice.

"It's okay, I don't pay attention to these things. I called the two of you here today to discuss something. How will your two Zhuangzi's harvest this year be?" Yuan Shan said.

"Because Dahan Zhuangzi reduced production by [-]% according to the above, the villagers will go hungry after this year. I heard that Yuan Shilang has always been benevolent and righteous. If he can arrange some work for the farmers to eat, we will be grateful." Zhang Daquan said , Zhao Youcai on the side also responded.

"I came here today for this matter. See that Liu Lizheng beside you is living a very good life now. If you are willing to pay for this, your life will be better." Yuan Shan said.

The two Lizhengs were very excited, but they were farmers after all and they didn't know what to do. Considering that they hadn't seen Yuanshan before, what Liu Lizheng said was because the distance was too far to take care of them, so they were very disappointed at the time. But there is no way to let the Zhuangzi on both sides be far away.

"Let us do whatever we want as long as we can live a good life." The two Lizheng immediately expressed their determination.

"In fact, it's not that serious. The distance between one and two miles is too long. There is a mountain across Daejeon. The geographical environment is not very good, but it also depends on what it is used for. For example, raising pigs and chickens is very good. .” Yuan Shan said.

At this time, both Lizhengs were stunned, and couldn't help crying immediately, but they were stopped by Yuan Shan's words immediately, and Yuan Shan said: "Don't get excited, I know that the living conditions of the two Zhuangzi are not good. Okay, I know what you are thinking about is how to raise pigs if people can’t get enough to eat. If you don’t have the capital to raise pigs, I can lend them to you and get food from piglets. What you have to do is to build in your two villages according to the requirements. In the pigsty, each household is limited to one to three pigs. If the group applies for breeding, the number of pigs can be determined according to the number of the group. The farmers can apply for subsidy funds for the construction of the pigsty, and wages will be paid every month according to the number of pigs raised. The Yuan family and the farmers need to sign a breeding contract."

Yuan Shan said very clearly that it is equivalent to hiring farm households of one mile or two for breeding, and it also takes up some space, but the land occupied by each door is not a big deal.

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"The environment in Erli is backed by mountains, but you can still raise some chickens. The subsidy is similar to that of raising pigs. You can decide based on the situation in your own village." Yuan Shan continued.

The two Lizhengs immediately agreed. They had said before that they would do any kind of work. As the Lizhengs had a bad harvest this year, they had to consider the villagers.

"Go back and discuss with the farmers first, and then count the number of farmers. We are discussing specific matters. Liu Lizheng will trouble you."

Yuan Shandao.