Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 622;
Chapter 590;

Li Yu sat at the head and continued his plan to make a fortune;

"Isn't this a good arrangement? Let's go to the prairie to catch [-] bison and bring them back. We will use the bison to breed with domestic cattle, and the remaining bulls that cannot be bred will be slaughtered for meat when they grow up.

After giving birth to a cow calf, one more animal can work hard, so the number has increased, and there is also enough beef to eat, so why not do it?Didn't you think of such a simple thing? "

The chief stewards who were sitting in the main hall couldn't help but shook their heads, joking!Except for you, the patriarch, who could have come up with such a weird and bad idea?
"Patriarch Qi, what should we do with the yaks we exchanged for goods on the Silk Road? The yaks brought back from the prairie are not as violent as bison, but almost as docile as domestic cattle, but after trying many times, replace them Many yaks have gone to the fields, but they don’t know how to plow and work, they are so stupid that it makes people anxious!”

"You mean those yaks?"

"Yes patriarch."

"Although those yaks don't hurt people, it's not impossible to teach them how to work, but it will take a long time. If you have that kind of effort, it's better to sit and breathe evenly. Those yaks are the ones that I worry about raising and eating beef. Don't worry about them. Besides, after they came from the grassland, their bodies were a little uncomfortable, and the breeding period would be disrupted by the climate in Guanzhong.

After they are mated and give birth to a batch of calves, they can all be slaughtered for meat. As for the male yaks, as long as there are enough for breeding, the others can be slaughtered, but they can’t move now. Let’s wait for the spring of next year. Later, at the gate of our own shop in Chang'an City, we publicly slaughtered and sold meat. "

"It's the patriarch."

As soon as Manager Liu agreed, Zou Shujuan over there asked curiously and boredly;
"Patriarch, what price should we sell our beef for? It must not be as cheap as pork, right?"

Zou Shuyi has been numb here, she has been numb for a long time, she has made up her mind, she went to report to the patriarch at night, she said that the girl is not feeling well, and let her sit at home as an uncle from tomorrow, so as not to say something from that mouth at a time. God knows what she's going to say next, just like a child who doesn't grow up...

"Of course it can't be sold at the same price as pork. In the long run, the price will be higher than pork and a little lower than mutton.

But the current situation is that there are basically no meat sellers in Chang'an City. We have taken back all the sheep and pigs within [-] miles nearby. Everyone in Chang'an City has no meat to eat now, and the selling price is higher than mutton. There is no problem. If the yaks are slaughtered in Chang'an, even if the price is a little higher, they will be robbed of them all. Don't worry about the price. Let's talk about it next year. "

"Oh, I know the patriarch."

The head of the Liu family, who is in charge of the sheep farm, watched the patriarch look over, and began to report back without waiting for inquiries;
"Patriarch Qi, everything is normal on the sheep farm recently, and most of the bred ewes have given birth to cubs a while ago.

The subordinates kept in mind the patriarch's instructions, and paid close attention to the matter of keeping warm. They set up a separate small room in all the ewe pens. It was very warm, and the ewes and lambs went to sleep by themselves at night.

The clansmen here are very caring and take care of them very carefully. Seven or eight lambs looked bad when they were born. , without any additional damage. "

"Great kindness. I'm very happy that there are no lambs killed or injured in such a huge number of lambs except those who were born young. It seems that the clansmen over there in the sheep farm have really worked hard to take care of them."

After Li Yu finished speaking, he stared at the several chief managers in the accounting room and gave orders;

"The three chief stewards have been exhausted. All the tribesmen at the sheep farm have given them an extra month of money and silk this year, which can be regarded as a reward for their achievements."

"It's the patriarch, the subordinates will remember."

"How about the pig farm? Have the piglet deaths decreased lately?"

As soon as Li Yu said this, all the chief stewards in the main hall looked at Miss Liu's third elder brother. Isn't this obvious?It was obvious that the situation was very bad before, otherwise why would the patriarch ask such a strange question?
Mrs. Liu's third brother's face was hot;

"Patriarch Hui, it's lowered. It's really lowered recently. The clansmen here are very worried recently. They have never stopped taking care of them day and night. In the past 40 days or so, [-] or [-] piglets have died. Son……"

"Pfft!"

Hearing what Liu Sanlang said, more than 100 piglets died. Many senior managers lowered their heads and tried to hold back their smiles. Only Zou Shujuan burst into laughter, and the smile was very bright. Seeing the three old brothers of the Liu family Looking over very unhappy, Zou Shujuan quickly lowered her head and closed her eyes!
Old Master Zou, who was standing outside the main hall door to check carefully, trembled angrily, and scolded the woman beside him in a low voice;
"Look! Look at how decent this is? Everyone refrained from making a sound, but she was the only one who laughed so happily and loudly! Is it her who is afraid that others won't hear? What an idiot One, can't you sneak a smile?
How noble is Mrs. Liu's status, she laughs at his youngest son like this, she really doesn't know how to live or die!

The third son of the Liu family raised himself from the second steward to the position of the chief steward, and he wholeheartedly wanted to make achievements, but God made a joke with him. This pig farm keeps losing money, piglets. I heard that the patriarch was cold-hearted She choked a few times with a face, Mrs. Liu was so angry that she wanted to use him to enforce the family law, making Mr. Liu sleepless and restless, it was already enough trouble, your daughter came to laugh so happily, can people not bear her grudge?
She laughed at Liu Sanlang in public today, how could he swallow it?You wait!In the future, people will definitely wait for her to make mistakes. Once she makes any mistakes, they will definitely come to revenge and give her bad medicine! "

When she heard that her beloved little girl offended the Liu family and might be retaliated against in the future, Mrs. Zou was also very worried;
"Husband calm down, husband calm down, why don't you come out tonight and go to the house of Chief Steward Liu Sanlang to make peace, and say that my girl is a fool, don't ask Chief Liu to be as knowledgeable as her..."

Old Master Zou shook his head fiercely, and sighed helplessly;

"Oh... that's the only way to go. Let's prepare gifts tonight. I don't want to be so old-fashioned anymore. I'll go to Manager Liu's house to stop her misfortune.

Don't make her look like a fool, you woman, you should worry about it in the future, keep an eye on her, don't make her look like a fool, the old man came forward to intercede for today's matter, what can I do later?It's just that Manager Liu doesn't care about her interests, she will offend people like this sooner or later, she will bear it, hum! "

"Yes, yes, this concubine will definitely discipline her strictly in the future, and I will go and clean her up tonight, she is so ignorant! Husband, don't worry, this concubine will not be able to get around her this time."

After a lifetime of husband and wife, how could Old Master Zou not know his woman's temperament?Treating this little girl like a baby lump, saying that she can't spare her is just to fool herself...

"Oh... I hope so, I hope you can treat this little one as severely as you discipline the boss."

"I must be my husband, why don't I go back to prepare gifts now? At night, my husband can take it to Mr. Liu's house to intercede?"

"Go, let's go, gifts are not high or low, the most important thing is for the elders of my surname to bow their heads to him, so that he can give Liu San face enough, today this is not a big deal .”

"Okay, okay, I'll go!"

Hearing the number of dead piggies, Li Yu couldn't help thinking of many things in his previous life, and he was silent for a while before continuing;
"Less than two hundred, it's indeed reduced a lot. It seems that you are paying attention. Where are those dead piggies?"

"All... Hui Patriarch, the subordinates felt that it was a pity to throw it away, and distributed it to the clansmen to take it back and enjoy it."

Liu San was a little embarrassed. Since he took charge of the pig farm, many relatives and friends have taken advantage of it and ate dead pork... Even many people in the clan are looking forward to the pig farm killing a few more pigs every day Cub, then you can take it back and eat the meat!

They all belong to the same family. After hundreds of years of precipitation, many family members have family ties. It is not a big deal for the clansmen to ask for a dead piglet to eat.

At the beginning, only a dozen family members took it back to cook food, but then the clan members of the five Zhuangzi in Lantian knew about this matter, and a large number of clan members went to the pig farm every day to find out if there were any new dead or pigs. There is no way to save him from dying, which makes Manager Liu extremely annoyed, and now the newly dead piglets are not enough for the clansmen who came to ask for favors...

"Choose the ones that don't grow up, or those that look like they're going to die. Choose a few for me and slaughter them. I'm going to make ham and eat them. I'll pick a big fat pig and slaughter them together. There's more. , there must be one intestine, all of them have to be brought to the mansion."

"It's the patriarch. The subordinates will arrange it tonight and bring it over tomorrow morning."

"Ah."

Seeing that the patriarch was not entangled in the matter of the pig farm, Manager Liu relaxed slightly, and looked at Zou Shujuan over there with a cold face, which was clearly seen by Old Master Zou standing in the corner outside the main hall .

Li Yu and Liu Sanlang briefly said a few more things about the pig farm, nothing more than telling them to be careful, bear hardships and stand hard work, and then they came to ask Zou Shujuan;
"Let's talk about the chicken, duck and goose farm next."

After Li Yu finished speaking, he was about to take a few sips of hot tea to moisturize his throat, but no one agreed to him, so he held the tea bowl and stretched his head and repeated;
"Master Zou?"

Zou Shuyi had already noticed that her sister was sleeping with her head down, but this was a year-round meeting of the chief executives, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth and didn't want to move around. If it was another occasion, Zou Shuyi would have gone up and spanked her a few times without saying a word!

The head of the Zou family outside the main hall finally couldn't take it anymore, snorted fiercely, turned around and walked away, watching the head of the family with the same surname lose his temper, and the hundreds of second stewards waiting for an answer in the yard pretended to look around , and then secretly looked at the back of Patriarch Zou leaving, many people covered their mouths and secretly laughed!
The chief steward who sat next to Zou Shujuan saw that the patriarch asked twice but did not respond, so he had to turn around and found the woman on the right leaning on the chair with her head bowed, so she quickly came to kindly remind her;

"Master Zou? Wake up quickly, don't sleep, the patriarch is calling you."

"Huh? Ah!"

Zou Shujuan who was woken up hurriedly wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth with a silk scarf;

"Oh, okay, come back to Mr. Lang, there is nothing wrong with chickens, ducks, and geese."

"Well, as long as there is no problem, are there many chickens, ducks and geese that are starting to lay eggs?"

"Master Hui, [-]% to [-]% of the chickens, ducks, and geese can lay eggs. I have always arranged for my subordinates to take them to Chang'an City every three days to exchange money. The money from the twelfth lunar month is still in our farm and has not been handed over to Mr. Treasury. , because the account has not been settled yet."

Li Yu nodded;

"In the future, I will take more care of the clansmen. I will distribute eggs to the clansmen once a month. Duck eggs and goose eggs are eaten. When I was raising chickens, I was thinking of improving the lives of the clansmen. I used all of them for money, and some of them had to be called clansmen upside down. People enjoy some of that."

"It's the patriarch, and the subordinates will remember it. I would like to ask the patriarch how much each family distributes every month. Is it calculated by everyone or by small households? Patriarch, you arrange your subordinates to carry out it. You can call the patriarch for the new year in a few days." People eat it."

"Each household distributes [-] eggs per month, [-] duck eggs and [-] hungry eggs. The distribution is calculated on the basis of small households. As long as the households are divided, they will be distributed according to the household registration. You can go to the household registration manager for advice. As for the specific number, consider the preparations."

"Obey, this subordinate will make arrangements tonight."

"good."

"By the way, there is one more thing to tell you. I asked our blacksmiths in Lantian to make more than a dozen iron tools, which are used in combination with millstones. It will be more convenient to squeeze vegetable oil in the future. The squeezed oil will be eaten by the tribe. , All the excess is stored in the warehouse.

The remaining oil cakes and bean dregs can be used to feed cattle and sheep. This is the best food for livestock. When cattle and sheep eat grass, some of them will grow stronger and fatter.

The other big stewards are in charge of too many things, I think it's better to let you take care of this matter. "

"It's the patriarch, and the subordinates will definitely be able to handle the errands well."

"Great goodness."

"Miss Zou, I need to discuss something with you here."

"Patriarch, please do as you please."

"Well, I'm going to Chang'an City to meet Supreme after the new year's holiday, and then give us some land to use, or find a different way to rent some land from the imperial court, and pay a certain amount of rent to the imperial court every year, and we will cultivate it again. some other crops."

"I don't know how much more land the patriarch wants to get. Can you express it clearly so that the subordinates can know it well, and arrange it without delaying the important affairs of the clan."

Li Yu opened his mouth without thinking;

"100 million acres."

"hiss……"

""hiss……"

Li Yu's words completely shocked the audience, and the voice was full of gasps. Zou Shuyi was also very frightened, and kept wiping her sweat with a silk scarf!

Seeing that many clansmen were looking at him, the chief steward in charge of household registration could only swallow a few mouthfuls of spit, moistening his burning throat;
"To the patriarch, let's not talk about whether the imperial court can achieve our goal, but to say that the sudden increase of millions of acres of fertile land... Patriarch... I am afraid that the population of our second room cannot be cultivated."

As soon as the head of household registration opened his mouth, other big stewards rushed to speak out;

"Yes, patriarch, there is too much land, even if the clansmen are exhausted, they can't plant well."

"Patriarch Qi, the subordinates feel that at most tens of thousands of acres of land can be obtained, and if there is too much land, it will not be able to grow."

"Patriarch... we..."

Li Yu waved his hand to stop everyone from continuing;
"Originally, I didn't ask us Li's Erfang people to cultivate these lands. We can invite the common people to cultivate these lands, cultivate seeds, and all the tools and tools needed for farming. We have all the farmers who come to work. People are counted in days, and it is enough to give them a certain amount of money every day they work.

In this way, we only need to send some second stewards to lead the charge, to match the number of stewards who handle the errands, to collect a part of the food and give it to the court, and to distribute a part to the working people. The rest is our second house’s profit, and the land is still the court We don't occupy the land, it's nothing more than a business.

The imperial court uses the land as capital, and the common people work hard to increase their income. I think it should be possible to make things happy for everyone. "

Zou Shuyi relaxed her brows after hearing this;

"So that's the case, so don't worry about it. We can solve major problems just by dispatching people. I just don't know what crops the patriarch wants to cultivate?"

"Sixty percent of the land is planted with soybeans and rapeseed. Select the best land and plant some wheat and sorghum."

"Ah? Patriarch, you want to use 60 mu of fertile land to grow beans and rapeseed?"

"That's right, you heard me right, that's what I said, because in the future we will be a big family that raises livestock in captivity. Rapeseed flowers can be used to extract oil, soybeans can also be used to extract oil, and they can also be used to make soybean paste. No matter how they are used, they will be used in the end." There will be a lot of residue left, and these residues are the favorite food of the cattle.

The protein content is very high, which is beneficial to the dosage during the growth stage of the livestock. Oh, the protein means the broken residue produced after oil extraction, and the livestock will grow very strong after eating it. "

"Oh……"

Only then did the senior managers understand the meaning, and they rushed to speak;
"The patriarch is wise."

Zou Shuyi also suddenly realized;
"Oh, so that's the case. The patriarch is really powerful. He knows so many things. We used to take out the dregs left over from oil extraction, throw them away, and bury them. I didn't expect that they could be eaten by the animals."

"That's right, when I went out for a stroll in autumn, I found that several people from the mansion were pulling the oil residue out in carts to dig a pit to bury, and I only found out that it was the oil residue after I asked.

At that time, I asked them to bring it back again, and now I have accumulated a stock for four or five months, and I am about to use it to feed the cattle and sheep a few meals after the spring, and see how the animals react! "

(End of this chapter)