Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 483 Rapid Development of Industry and Commerce
Zhu Wu said: "Brother's method of distributing livestock a few years ago was really advanced. Now the large cattle and horse business houses take back tens of thousands of young livestock every year, and the main ones are mules, horses and donkeys."

"Commercial firms are only playing a leading role, and it is the farmers themselves who are really exerting their strength. The role of large animals in agriculture is too strong, and we must pay full attention to it."

At this time, the prefect of Qin came, and the prefect of Qin said, "Why were livestock not able to be raised before, but now they are raised. It is not because of the advanced system of the cattle and horse business, but because of it."

"Old Qin is here, so don't keep it up, because of what?" Zhu Wu put down his teacup.

Qin Zhifu said: "Because there are three kinds of crops: corn, sweet potato, and peanut. These three crops are good feed from grain to leftover straw. In the past, when farmers raised cattle, no one was willing to feed them because there was not enough food. Livestock eat grain. Farmers who grow corn and sweet potatoes now have to feed their livestock about a catty of grain every day. Don’t underestimate this catty of grain, which can make the livestock fat and strong and improve their resistance.”

Not only that, sufficient feed is only one aspect.The salt bricks produced in Cangzhou Great Salt Field are very firm and solid. A ten-jin salt brick sells for only [-] yuan, which is equivalent to only selling for a shipping fee. Of course, this salt is not edible, and it is only fed to large animals.

The prefect of Qin was not polite, and sat down to get some tea leaves to make tea by himself.

"Corn stalks are most suitable for donkeys, mules and cattle. Peanut seedlings are suitable for horses, so Cangzhou Racecourse collects a large amount of peanut seedlings every year. Horses are relatively delicate. But no matter what kind of livestock, they need to match food. A small amount of bean cakes, Corn flour and sweet potato flour. Only when the livestock eat well can they grow healthily. Excluding the large livestock on the military horse farm and military donkey farm, there are now 20 breeding females in Cangzhou, and at least [-] large livestock will be added in three years , Plowing land, pulling carts, and pulling mills will all be turned into animal power. Grain production will be doubled at least, and silk and cotton production will also be greatly increased." Qin Zhifu said happily.

What exciting news is that food production has doubled, and it is based on the increase in food production based on planting cotton.

"Not bad, not bad. I think it's time to promote more vegetable planting and let the people have more pickle and pickle workshops." Chailin plans to start promoting the development of private industry and commerce.

Qin Zhifu said: "The folk workshops are developing rapidly. There are at least seven pickle workshops and two hot sauce workshops in Cangzhou City. It's just that they don't have a big channel to go to other places, so the development is relatively small. The workshops in Jiazhuang have no advantages, because the workers in the workshops in Chaijiazhuang have high salaries and short working hours. Should we make some restrictions now, or some of our own workshops will have no advantages.”

"No, let the workshop develop wildly first, and then strictly manage it when it develops, and then guarantee the working time of the workers. If you strictly manage it from the beginning, it will not be able to develop. I will arrange Cangzhou Shisanhang to purchase local Cangzhou Workshops, to increase the development of our local industry and commerce. With more livestock, the surplus of agricultural population will increase.”

Chai Lin, Zhu Wu, and the prefect of Qin discussed for a long time and drew up some commercial support policies, arranging the foreign trade fleet of the Cangzhou Thirteenth Bank to purchase products from local workshops.Although Cangzhou's silk is not comparable to that of Suzhou and Hangzhou, it is also deeply loved by Western countries.Cangzhou is the most famous for its cotton cloth. In addition to the two large cotton spinning factories run by the government, there are also many old coarse cloth workshops among the people. They use simple machinery for production, and the old coarse cloth produced is durable.

These old coarse cloths are very popular for making bed sheets, and they are still very popular for export to Japan and Korea through overseas trade.

After getting on the right track, management is still very easy, as long as the supervision work is enough.

The market has its own law of development. Agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, and fishery are the four foundations that are now developing vigorously.Food problems have been solved in most areas.

Due to the development of Sakhalin Island and Yangma Island, the grain in stock is huge.No longer have to worry about locusts, droughts, and floods.Where there is a problem, immediately mobilize the army to assist the local disaster relief, and at the same time transport grain and grass there.

When Chai Lin returned to Chaijiazhuang's house, it was already the west of the afternoon sun.

Hu Sanniang, Cheng Wan, and Hong Yan were all at home today, and they were surprised to see Chai Lin come back.

"My husband is back." Cheng Wan happily took Chai Lin's hand.

Hu Sanniang looked around and asked worriedly, "Where's sister Qiuxia? How is the battle in Xixia?"

"Qiuxia is fine. Six to seven hundred of our soldiers were injured and more than 700 were killed. The battle must have been brutal. The Xixia people were hard to deal with and they fought tenaciously. I left Pang Wanchun in Xixia," Chai Lin said.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back. Don't talk about business, come back after a long time, let's cook and eat, the whole family of children don't know you as a father anymore." Hu Sanniang said with emotion.

Indeed, Chai Lin was very busy, running around.From Dead Leaf Island, to Ryukyu Island, to Liangzhou, needless to say, fighting, just marching is exhausting.

"I'll cook." Hongyan said, turned and went to the kitchen.

It was also a rare time for Cheng Wan to go home. The kitchen cooked some hard dishes and prepared two jugs of good wine.

Chai An was very happy when he heard the voice and saw that Chai Lin was back.

The family gathers to eat, drink and drink until late.

At night, in the sleeping tent, Hu Sanniang and Chai Lin leaned on the pillows and chatted there.

"You, you have a lot of wives at home, but you are not at home. Will you leave when you come back this time?" Hu Sanniang said.

Chai Lin said: "I'm not leaving. I'm tired. I want to live in this gentle village for a few months. Take good care of your body."

"You, you have a beautiful idea. You still want to take care of your body when you come back, but it's almost the same when you go out to take care of your body."

"During this time, there have been a lot of workshops in Cangzhou, and some workshops in our Chaijiazhuang have to make adjustments, otherwise they will suddenly lose their competitiveness, especially the pickle workshop."

Hu Sanniang said: "Lu Da's daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy, and the day before she gave birth, she was still directing the processing of vegetables at the pickle shop."

"Have you got a name yet?"

"I took it, the child's mother took it herself, it's called Caigeda."

"Hahaha, this name is too interesting." Chailin laughed.

Hu Sanniang said: "Nowadays, many newborn children are named Little Tudou and Little Corn."

Chai Lin was startled, and suddenly remembered that he spent several days with Queen Hongyu in order to obtain sweet potato seeds and corn seeds.The queen once said that when she has a child, she will be called Little Corn. Now I don't know what happened to the child.

Seeing that Chai Lin was in a daze, Hu Sanniang asked, "Did you have someone else outside? If so, bring them back."

(End of this chapter)