Chastity Layman

  Chapter 173 Shocked Pharaoh

  Qin Lang is a person who thinks about it as soon as he thinks about it, no, he is a person who does it when he thinks about it.

   Here, Lao Wang was given the design drawings of the incubator room, and asked him to take Zhuang Ding to build a warm kang in the vacant house. Over there, he has already started sending people to promote egg harvesting.

   It was only when he really wanted to start the acquisition that Qin Lang discovered the problems of the people's livelihood and economy in this era.

  When he first came, the price of rice in Chang'an was a bucket of rice, about 100 yuan, but now the price of rice in Chang'an has reached a new high, basically reaching 200 yuan a bucket.

  However, due to continuous wars and disasters, food shortages have caused food shortages, so food prices are at a high level, and prices in other areas are not so high, but food, a basic livelihood commodity, is so high, which still drives the overall price rise.

During the Daye period of the former dynasty, when the world was still in chaos, the price of rice in Chang’an was 20 yuan per bucket, and a pig was 300 to 600 yuan. Sheep were more expensive than pigs, and the price of a sheep was about equal to two pigs (at that time, pigs Smaller), a chicken is thirty or forty Wen.

But now, the price of rice has increased tenfold. Although the prices of chicken, pigs and sheep have not risen so high, they have generally risen. Now a chicken costs at least a hundred yuan, and mutton starts at sixty or seventy yuan a catty. Pork that I look down upon now costs thirty or forty cents a catty.

  Qin Lang was in the Duke's Mansion when he first came, so he didn't feel the high prices.

  The aristocratic and high-ranking officials have other material supplies besides their salaries. For example, when the prince reaches the second rank, he will give 20 sheep and 60 catties of pork a month. The third-rank officials give twelve sheep every month, and the fourth- and fifth-rank officials give nine sheep every month.

   As you can imagine, this is a very generous benefit.

  As a senior official of the third rank, Qin Lang has twelve sheep provided for free every month. Of course, he can't feel that the price is high.

   But for the common people, the prices are really high, even food is so expensive, not to mention other non-essential items, ordinary people, who can afford a bite of meat.

   Raise two chickens, and they are reluctant to eat the eggs after laying them. They all have to be exchanged for salt, vinegar, needlework, etc. in the market.

  The common people rely on mountains to eat mountains, rely on water to drink water, eat flowers in spring, stems in summer, fruits in autumn, and fruits in winter. For the people in Guanzhong, the main food is millet and wheat, and bran vegetables are the norm for half a year.

   Even the mulberry fruit must be picked and dried in the sun, so as to satisfy the hunger when there is no grain to eat in the hungry year.

   Even yams, acorns, elm leaves, dates, etc. are the main food for the common people.

  For the poor, there is no such thing as eating meat, and being able to touch some fish and shrimp is considered meat. However, self-cultivating farmers and small landlords with relatively better conditions generally have very few opportunities to eat meat throughout the year.

   Those who can often eat meat are generally big landlords, officials, and nobles.

  The supply of non-staple food, meat, poultry and eggs is small these days, and the consumption is mainly by those nobles, officials and landlords.

  There are no special farms. Chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, etc. are mostly free-range. It is not easy to raise and the breeding cycle is long.

  People seldom eat meat, but they can raise chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, etc., mainly to sell them for money to subsidize their families.

   Raise a few chickens and lay a few eggs, all of which must be saved and sold for salt and vinegar.

   Now that Qin Lang actually wants to build a greenhouse on Zhuangzi to incubate chickens and ducks, Old Wang can't help but come to persuade him again.

  For them, the cost of raising chickens is also very high. If they only raise a few chickens, then they can be raised outside, find some bugs to eat, and eat some grass seeds, etc., which is barely enough. If you raise too much, you have to eat food.

  There is not enough food for people, how can there be food for chickens?

   One more thing, where do so many hens brood?

  No matter how you calculate it, this is a loss-making business.

However, what Qin Lang thought was to rely on warm houses to incubate chicks and ducklings. In later generations, he had seen others use warm kang instead of hens to incubate chickens, and those specialized hatcheries were even directly used Warm lights and other equipment are quick and convenient.

   There is no need to find a hen to nest, it is too wasteful and inefficient.

  As for the cost of collecting eggs, you can exchange them with chicken cubs.

   "Whoever is willing to sell for money, I will buy it for two pennies per egg."

   "If you are willing to exchange chickens, agree to exchange ten eggs for a chicken!"

   "Or you can also exchange grain, either millet or wheat, which is 10% higher than the market price."

  Since Qin Lang intends to do it, he must show courage.

   Hearing Qin Lang call out the price of two cents an egg to buy, Lao Wangtou and the others couldn't help shaking their heads.

   "Ah Lang, how many eggs should we collect?"

   "Collect first, try to collect as much as possible."

   "You want a thousand?" Old Wang asked.

  Qin Lang despised, only a thousand?

   "Don't say a thousand, I want even ten thousand."

  Old Wang and the others took a deep breath, a million? According to one hen holding 20 eggs, how many hens would be needed to hold 10,000 eggs? Pharaoh silently calculated in his heart that at least 500 hens would be needed.

  The red-haired girl moves very quickly.

  Qin Lang said to make radishes, and she immediately asked her own village to grow radishes, and Qin Lang said to raise chickens and ducks, so she asked the village to send all fresh eggs, duck eggs and even goose eggs when she returned.

  She personally brought more than 300 eggs, more than 100 duck eggs, and dozens of goose eggs.

   "I'll issue a receipt to the eldest lady, and you can use this receipt to pick up the chicks, ducks and gooses in one month." Qin Lang said with a smile.

  Zhang Chuchen looked around, but he didn't see many hens on Qinjiazhuangzi, only a few chickens were scratching the ground looking for bugs.

   "Saburo wouldn't plan to ask for empty-handed white wolves, would he? What if you don't have chickens to deliver?"

  Qin Lang said with a smile, "The purchase price I offer for chickens is two Wen each. If I can't hand over the chickens in a month, I'm willing to pay four Wen per egg, how about it?"

  In one month, two pennies and four pennies were paid, which doubled.

   "Really?"

Qin Lang picked up a pen and wrote a receipt to Zhang Chuchen, which indicated the number of chickens, ducks and goose eggs delivered, and explained that if he could not pay the ten-for-one eggs after one month, he would have to double the compensation .

  Holding the wet receipt, Zhang Chuchen really couldn't see what Qin Lang was planning.

  I just think that this young man may really have this ability. After all, he is not only the Duke of the dynasty, but also a bachelor of the Chongxian Hall, the teacher of the prince, and his two grandchildren are both students of Qin Lang.

   "Egg or not?"

   "As much as you want, if the lady can take it, I don't care what price you charge, I will charge you at the current price."

  Zhang Chuchen walked away with a smile.

   "Then I will come to pick up the chicks in a month, don't let me down!"

  The news that Yi Guogong received chickens, ducks and goose eggs at a high price spread quickly, and spread throughout Sanyuan County within a day, even Fuping, Jingyang and other counties nearby.

  Many people came here with eggs on their backs after hearing about it.

The vast majority of the people are willing to wait a month to get their cubs. After all, it is not a good season for them to hatch their own cubs. Secondly, it will delay the time of an old hen for a month. Hugging. After all the calculations, in fact, it is quite cost-effective to directly exchange eggs for cubs.

  Of course, there are also some who are willing to exchange for cash, all of which are traded on the spot.

  The one who changed the cubs got the receipt, and waited a month to get the chickens and ducks.

  Old Wang looked at more and more eggs, frowning.

  Zhuangzi's several vacant rooms, he has brought people to build the heating kang according to Qin Lang's request.

   It's just that until now, he hasn't seen Qin Lang send a hen. There are only about 30 chickens in the Zhuangzi, and there are only seven or eight old hens. Does it depend on these few old hens?

  If it weren't for Qin Lang being a dignified prince and son-in-law, he would have suspected that this young A Lang was trying to cheat other people's eggs.

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  Eastern Palace.

  Li main hall.

Empress Changsun was having breakfast with Li Shimin. Li Shimin peeled a boiled chicken and said to the empress, "Guanyin maidservant, listen to what you said. You probably won't believe it. Your son-in-law is actually everywhere in Sanyuan County these days." To collect chickens and ducks, it is said that they want to hatch chickens and ducks, and they charge one chicken for two cents, or exchange ten chickens for one chicken after a month, do you think it is unusual?"

  The eldest grandson was very curious when he heard this, "Your Majesty, what is a concubine's son-in-law? Didn't your majesty often call Huai Liang a son-in-law? But what is Sanlang doing?"

"That's right, Tangtang Town Fushi, Chongxianguan Bachelor, Sanqi Changshi, told me to investigate in Weibei for a few days, but now I come to such a famous place with me, young man, no one is upright." Li Shimin He swallowed half of the peeled egg in one bite.

   "Slow down, Your Majesty, didn't Saburo tell His Majesty?"

"He gave me a lecture, saying that the survey found that there may be autumn locusts in Guanzhong this year, and the possibility is very high. He also reminded me to start preparing for locust prevention and disaster relief. He also said that raising chickens and ducks can cure locusts, and To say that the imperial court ordered the people to raise chickens and ducks... is simply nonsense."

The eldest grandson frowned and said, "San Lang really said that there will be autumn locusts this year? Your Majesty, this matter cannot be taken lightly. The drought in the first half of the year has already led to famine. If there is another autumn locust, the winter wheat that is now planted now will not be able to succeed." .”

   "I have already sent people to investigate the autumn locusts that Qin Lang said, but even if there are autumn locusts, can you really count on chickens and ducks?"

  Li Shimin also talked about Qin Lang's planting of radishes in Sanyuan Zhuangzi, and said that he was preparing to raise pigs and was collecting piglets everywhere.

  If you don’t grow wheat to grow radishes, Li Shimin thinks it’s nonsense. People don’t eat grains, so can they just eat radishes?

  If everyone grows radishes, how will everyone live next year? Ever had pickled radishes?

The eldest grandson said, "The concubine is thinking, if Qin Lang really hatched so many chickens and ducks in Sanyuan, what should he use to feed them? It's going to be late autumn and winter, and then the chickens and ducks won't be able to drink the northwest wind, right? "

  Li Shimin drank a few sips of mutton soup, and said viciously, "If you let me know that he dares to feed the chickens and ducks with grain, I will never forgive him."

After taking another two sips of soup, he suddenly asked his eldest grandson, "Do you think it's because I cut Changle's seal, took back his real seal, and let him be exempted from rent adjustment this year? So there is no resentment, so you are messing around there?"

   "Your Majesty, this is not possible, and Huai Liang is not the kind of ignorant child."

  (end of this chapter)