Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 802 Aimee Zhu Who Wants to Be a Rich Woman
Aimee Zhu's dairy farm is the largest among the four dairy farms, with a total of 15 cows. The purchase price of each cow is 6000 taels, and the total cost is 30 taels. It employs more than [-] workers, most of whom are women. The salary is set at [-] yuan. During the peak season, each cow produces about [-] catties of milk, and about [-] catties in the off-season. The supply of fodder is handled by Sihai Animal Husbandry.

Cows eat a lot. A cow needs at least ten catties of hay every day, 25 catties of silage roughage processed from corn stalks, and then concentrated feed such as corn kernels, bean cakes, and wheat bran.

If the cows do not eat grass, they will affect their rumination and nutrient absorption, and they will be prone to diseases, which will affect the quantity and quality of milk produced. The annual forage demand of these 200 cows requires about [-] acres of grassland to supply.That is to say, the capital is located in the north, and there are large grasslands and herdsmen outside the Xuanda side wall, so the supply of fodder can basically be satisfied.

In fact, people in Daming do not have the habit of drinking milk, and fresh milk has a low concentration, high water content, and average taste. However, in order to vigorously develop animal husbandry and benefit more people from it, it is necessary to allow more qualified families to raise milk. Make it a habit to drink milk every day.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian offered a magic weapon: public opinion guidance.

At the beginning of the preparation of the dairy farm, Huangming Weekly began to introduce the great benefits of non-staple foods such as meat, eggs, milk, etc., and cited why the foreigners outside the Great Wall are healthy and rarely get sick. That is because they usually eat more meat and drink more milk. Milk, in particular, contains a lot of nutrients. Regular drinking of milk can make people healthier, children’s brains smarter, and women’s faces more beautiful, etc.

Not to mention that in this era of extremely slow information transmission, even in later generations where information disclosure is as fast as lightning, most audiences still blindly follow what public opinion preaches.

With the unparalleled influence of Huangming Weekly, after publishing several issues of the benefits of drinking milk, the high-ranking officials and wealthy families in the capital, as well as middle-level and lower-level officials, businessmen, craftsmen and other middle-class groups naturally accepted the benefits of drinking milk in the newspaper. There are even many people who automatically transform it into the concept that "the one who drinks milk is the superior person".

This is not groundless, the reason why some people consciously form this idea is nothing more than Huangming Weekly’s intentional or unintentional disclosure of the information that "the nobles in the palace all have a glass of milk every day", so, before the cows are transported from the side wall When they came in, those dignitaries sent their housekeepers and servants to inquire about the dairy farm closest to home every day. As long as the dairy farm started to officially operate, they must be the first to grab it. A hard-to-find scene in a can.

After experiencing the initial chaos in production and management, the dairy farm has been on the right track in Chongzhen for 20 years. After Aimee Zhu took over, in order to facilitate her own management and communication, she first transferred Niu Niu, whom she had a good relationship with from Huangzhuang, as a steward. He directly took care of the daily affairs in the farm, and later, under the guidance of his father, he successively developed new varieties of milk series.

Especially in summer and autumn, when a large number of various fruits are on the market, Beicheng Dairy Farm, which has been renamed "Shengyuan Dairy" by Auntie Zhu, has successively launched fruit pudding yoghurt with various flavors and textures, cream shaved ice with sugar and spices, and fried milk. Cold drink series such as yogurt and butter crisp.

These new varieties are very popular as soon as they come out, especially those big families, no matter whether the price is high or not, they often buy dozens of pieces at once. Because of the small number on the market, these cold products are often snapped up in less than an hour empty.

This is mainly due to the fact that he has a good father with a long-term vision.

When Auntie Zhu took over the dairy farm in winter, Zhu Youjian ordered people to build a large cellar on the dairy farm and the backyard where her daughter set up in front of the capital, and stored a large amount of ice for use in the coming year. Shengyuan Dairy "new cold product was born.

At the end of the year, Auntie Zhu was also extremely excited.

Because only from May to October of the 20th year of Chongzhen, the store under her name in the capital brought her an income of more than 1000 taels of silver coins through the sale of milk products, plus the profit of milk for a year, Add up to more than 3000 taels of net income, which is all money earned by Aimee Zhu by her own ability.

Before the Chinese New Year holiday, with a wave of her little hand, Auntie Zhu, who looked like her father, handed out year-end awards of ten silver coins and fifty silver coins to every employee in the field and every shopkeeper in the store, as well as rice noodles, oil, salt, meat and cloth. Wait for other benefits, and arrange a four-wheeled carriage for dairy farm delivery, and deliver the distributed benefits door-to-door.

When the employees knelt down to thank them sincerely, Aimee Zhu also felt extremely comfortable and at ease, and was moved in her heart.

She usually runs to the dairy farm whenever she has nothing to do, and has witnessed the hard work and hard work of the hired workers. She just sends what they deserve, and she has gained their heartfelt love and gratitude.

No wonder my father often said that charity is the brilliance of human nature, and the psychological satisfaction of the giver is a kind of extreme happiness, and it is an behavior that cannot be stopped after doing it once.

In the early spring of Chongzhen’s 21st year, after consulting her father’s opinion, Auntie Zhu decided to expand the scale of “Shengyuan Dairy Industry”. She invested in the purchase of [-] juvenile dairy cows again, and entrusted “Sihai Yuanyang” to purchase cows from Europe in order to try to compete with the Ming Dynasty. Dairy cows are crossbred to increase milk production and disease resistance in dairy cows.

Of course, this is Zhu Youjian's idea.

Although Zhu Youjian is not an expert on this, he knows that the dairy industry in Europe is very developed in later generations. Dairy products are the most popular in China, and it is a highly profitable industry. From this point, it should be seen that European dairy breeds It should be good, if you can cross-breed, the new breed of cows may bring surprises.

Although "Shengyuan Dairy Industry" is only one of Zhu Wei's properties, compared with other assets such as restaurants and shops, she still likes the things that can produce a sense of joy and accomplishment in dairy farms. This may be because Probably due to the natural closeness of human beings to nature, the sense of harvest, the lively scenes, and the cheerful smiles of the hired workers all made Aimee Zhu feel at ease and happy.

After the scale of the dairy farm expanded, the number of employees increased by another 20. At the end of the month, when she paid for the employees herself, she was very happy to see the sincere smiles on their faces.

When she was chatting with Zhu Youjian, she boasted that she wanted to make "Shengyuan Dairy" the largest dairy brand in the world, feed more people, and relieve her father's burden. Zhu Youjian was very pleased after hearing this. .

In November of the 21st year of Chongzhen, the Ming naval formation successfully returned to Daming after the war ended and was fully repaired.

　Thanks to the cake robber for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)