Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 321

It was strange when Bai Yan also had a large pig farm.I usually see a flock of three to five hundred black sheep at most when herding sheep. I didn't expect there to be such a large pig farm.

"In the final analysis, it is still a problem of food. The output of food is low. Pigs only eat green grass and only grow bones but not meat. They are skinny and skinny, and the meat can't be sold. It would be great if there were thousands of grain crops on an acre of mountain. Yes, people eat part and feed pigs. You don’t need to raise too many pigs. You raise two pigs a year, and they will be slaughtered in November. Life is like a fairy day." Another old man in his 50s sighed.

While chatting, a huge caravan came from the west. This caravan was strange, and the melodious bells could be heard from a long distance away.It was not a mule that carried the load, but a gigantic monster.

"Look, the camel team is coming again." A dozen children with nothing to do followed from a distance with their noses dragging their noses.

The leading camel also wears a big red flower, which is very important for caravans.

The camel team was so huge that there were actually one or two hundred strong camels, and each camel was loaded with large bags of goods on its back. The camels had big feet and walked steadily.

The caravan consisted of 50 people, leading the camels forward slowly.

Half of this road has been repaired, and it is not completely closed, so normal traffic will not be delayed.

Chai Lin saw that there was a flag at the beginning, and it turned out to be the flag of Hu's family village.

"Xie Bao, go and say hello," Chai Lin said.

"Yes."

Xie Bao went over and saw that Li Xing was leading the team.

"Shopkeeper Li, why is it you?" Xie Bao said.

Li Xing said in surprise: "Jie Dutou, if you are here, the owner of Chai Zhuang must be here."

"Yes, it's over there."

Li Xing came over and saluted Chailin.

Chai Lin said: "What is this shipment? There are so many goods."

"The pickled vegetables, kelp, dried small fish, shrimp skin, kelp, etc. used on the construction site were all transported to Jeju by the caravan of Chai Zhuang. Our caravan from Hujiazhuang was transported by camels. This is to Bai Yan, uniformly issued to each construction site." Li Xing said.

"I remember that they were all mules, why did they change to camels?" Chailin asked.

Li Xing said: "No, it's just that there are not enough mules. Brother Ma Ling contacted merchants from Jingzhao Mansion. A caravan sent thousands of well-trained camels. These camels are all fan camels, and they are extremely powerful." Big, it’s no problem to carry [-] catties of goods and walk a hundred miles a day, and then save grass, find any wasteland or a river ditch to solve the feed problem, and then feed the concentrate when you go home to rest.”

"Okay, then hurry up, the big caravan won't stop," Chailin said.

"Okay, Master Chai, let's go back to the firm first." Li Xing led the team away.

Caravans are an industry envied by villagers. Business is not something ordinary people can do these days.

Tens of thousands of people worked together to build roads and bridges at a large construction site, which boosted the economy of the entire northern part of Yizhou.Although most of the strong men are expropriated by the government and do not need to pay wages.But the government has to take care of the food and buy steamed buns, sorghum rice, Chinese cabbage, tofu, etc. This alone has made many shops in the town active.

There are many rivers in the mountainous areas, and more small bridges are repaired. The purchase of stone materials is also a lot of money, which makes the local stone yards a lot more business. There are the most stone yards in mountainous areas, and there are many stone yards that mine granite and bluestone.In addition, blacksmith shops, carpentry shops, etc. all became popular all of a sudden.

When Chailin developed the Mengshan mountain area, various caravans such as Hujiazhuang, Lijiazhuang, Zhujiazhuang, Dengzhou Gujia caravan and other caravans that were close to Chailin also came. Transportation, acquisition of mountain goods, etc.

The development projects are all very pragmatic. Chaijiazhuang focuses on promoting new varieties of grain, such as sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, and cotton.Other commercial firms promote pig raising, sheep raising, wild animal skin purchase, and agricultural and sideline products.

It is estimated that about [-] piglets will be distributed to farmers in mountainous areas within half a year, and the farmers will repay the piglets after fattening up.

Huang Er's family in Huangcaopo Village is a medium-sized family with seven members. The father and mother are over 60.Huang Er and his wife are almost 40 years old. What worries them most is the three sons in the family. The eldest son is twenty, the second son is eighteen, and the third son is sixteen. There is nothing to eat.

There are two workers in Huang's family for road construction. The eldest son, Huang Che, and the second son, Huang Tao, are both strong boys, digging soil and building roads.

At noon that day, Huang Er came back from the mountain with a basket of salvia roots, dried them and prepared to sell them for money.

The eldest son, Huang Che, rushed back. Huang Er said, "Why did you come back? Hurry up. Once you find out that you missed work, you won't want to eat dinner."

Huang Che said: "There are rules on the construction site, so I definitely wouldn't dare to run back here without permission. The foreman told me to come back. Father, you and mother hurried to get the pigs, and the people from Bai Yanji's commercial firm were distributing them. The [-]-jin piglets Sows, five hundred wen in cash, and seven hundred wen a head next autumn.”

"It's not worth it, I thought it was free." Huang Er said.

"There is no such thing as pie in the world, but it is still cost-effective to sell on credit. When the piglets are brought back, within six months, an accident occurs in the breeding, and the diseased pigs die suddenly, which leads to the failure of the breeding, and the loss is borne by the business. The business will make up for the piglets, but Daddy must bring back two sows, our family has raised them before, so we have some experience." Huang Che said.

Huang Erdao: "I know better than anyone else the way to raise pigs, but there is one thing. There is no food. There are seven people in my family and ten acres of land, which is barely enough to eat. How can there be extra food? A sow gives birth to more than a dozen pigs a year. , that's no joke."

"Don't worry, the people in the commercial firm swear and swear. They have already said that they will give us arable land and sweet potato seedlings in the spring of next year. They will guarantee a yield of more than [-] catties per mu. If it is less than [-] catties, the money for their plowing land will be used for sweet potato seedlings." No money will be taken, and the contract has the big red seal of the magistrate of the county, which is absolutely unmistakable, and the commercial firm is not afraid, so what should we be afraid of, go and get the two ends quickly." Huang Che said.

Huang Eryi gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, finished, pushed his wife into the car and left.

The daughter-in-law said: "Old Huang, you have to think about it. This is risky. If the new crops do not produce as much, what will our piglets eat and drink?"

Huang Er said: "It is impossible not to take risks. The eldest son is 20, the second son is 60, and the third son is [-]. One child gets [-] taels of silver to marry a wife, and the third son is [-] taels of silver. Let's not take risks. Three children can only be single."

The husband and wife rushed to the Zhendian business and took out the household registration book. The clerk of the business explained it twice in detail and explained the content of the contract clearly. Huang Er was very happy to hear that. It turns out that there are so many benefits. Baiwen came, but for one pig, he was given a one-time subsidy of ten catties of salt, and he was also sent to the door for inspection of the pig house and technical training.

On the same day, a mule dragged two piglets to Huang Er's house.The technician saw that the pig house of Huang Er’s house was connected to the latrine, and said, “Old Huang, this pig house is not good, so it should be improved immediately. The latrine is connected to the pig house, and the pigs are prone to getting sick and infected with parasitic diseases. Besides, you pig The house is too small, I suggest relocating a pig house, if you want to make money, you have to work hard."

Huang Er immediately chose an empty yard in the backyard as the pig house, cleaned it up, and let the two little piglets stay in it.

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