Chapter 0224, [Buying Cattle]
It wasn't until the woman on the bed left in a panic and closed the door that Zhu Houzhao rushed up with an arrow, pulled Zhu Jun's collar, gritted his teeth and said, "Zhu Jun, you are so bold, aren't you really afraid that I will kill you now?" ”
"You'll have to kill you." Zhu Jun raised his hand to knock off Zhu Houzhao's hand, and after straightening his collar, he said slowly: "I don't have the spare time to come to listen to you do that, I'm here to do business with you." ”
"Hmph." staged a live spring palace for people, Zhu Houzhao's face was naturally not much better, pushed Zhu Jun away from the dragon chair, and after sitting on it, he said with a dark face: "I don't want to make any deals, Zhu Shopkeeper should go back!" ”
"It seems that the emperor is still angry with me! I don't know if the emperor is interested in a business worth nearly one million taels of silver! Zhu Jun was not angry, and continued to ask with a smile.
"A million taels?" Zhu Houzhao was suddenly shocked, the tax of the Ming Dynasty is only less than four million taels a year, except for the huge expenses, most of the time there is not much left, with the annexation of land, the rise of recruitment, now the taxes of the Ming Dynasty are simply beyond their means, and many times they rely on apportionment and tax increases to barely get through the difficulties. Now there are a million taels, not to mention how useful it is, where to put it in case of emergency!
Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao patted the dragon case, got up and asked, "What deal?" ”
"It's not a problem for you, I'll buy some farming cattle." Zhu Jun continued. The one million in his warehouse was originally intended to be given to Zhu Houzhao for investment, and he would get it back with interest in the future, and the last time Wanshou Palace was worried about silver, because of Ximen Qingzhe's relationship, Zhu Jun did not take out this money, and this time it was just in time, and it was good to buy tens of thousands of ploughing cattle.
However, things did not go as smoothly as Zhu Jun thought in his heart, Zhu Houzhao shook his head unceremoniously, "You find someone else!" I don't make this deal. ”
"No, you don't earn money if you have it?" Zhu Jun was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to refuse, "Don't tell me that such a big Ming Dynasty can't find tens of thousands of cows?" ”
"It's not." Zhu Houzhao shook his head, stared at Zhu Jun tightly and asked, "Do you know what a ploughing cow is?" ”
"Ploughing oxen, aren't cattle just ploughing land and taking it for food?" Zhu Jun replied blankly, he didn't know what Zhu Houzhao wanted to express.
"Not bad." Zhu Houzhao nodded again and continued: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, it is illegal to buy and sell cultivated cattle, and the slaughter of cultivated cattle must be reported to the government for application. I am the emperor, did I take the lead in violating the law? ”
"What? Don't let buy and sell? Zhu Jun was dumbfounded, how did he know that in ancient times, the importance of cultivating cattle to the people, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, throughout the three thousand years of Chinese history, the government has clearly stipulated that it is strictly forbidden to buy and sell cultivated cattle, even if you really want to sell, you must go to the government to explain the reason, otherwise there will be a prison sentence, let alone slaughter, even if the cattle are killed, the government must check and record before slaughtering. In fact, not only the Chinese civilization, but also other countries in the world had similar regulations during the agricultural period, because cattle were an indispensable labor force.
In the end, Zhu Jun still failed to persuade Zhu Houzhao to agree to the deal, so he had no choice but to return to his own world, planning to go to Chang'an. Because he knows where there is a pasture dedicated to raising cattle.
In fact, Zhu Jun also wanted to go to the grassland to buy cattle at first, but after checking it out, he learned that the grassland is full of yaks, which is not suitable for farming cattle.
From the imperial capital to Chang'an by plane, and then by car to the ranch, it took Zhu Jun half a day to toss back and forth, and after inquiring about the largest ranch in the town, he found a small hotel to rest for one night, and the next morning he took a taxi and went straight to the ranch he inquired about.
The rancher is a middle-aged man who looks honest, but in fact his eyes reveal cunning, when he heard that Zhu Jun wanted to buy tens of thousands of cattle, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly took Zhu Jun to his ranch in an off-road vehicle.
When I arrived at the place, I saw that the vast plains were densely packed with fat-headed and big-eared cattle.
"This is just one of my pastures, and now there are more than 8,000 heads of cattle in it, all of which are good two-year-olds, and the meat quality is guaranteed to be delicious." The rancher thought that Zhu Jun was a buyer in a beef processing factory, so he said so.
"It's too fat!" What Zhu Jun wants is a ploughing cow that can work in the field, what is the use of these beef cattle? If you go, you won't be poor enough to eat the Hanlan tribe!
"Look at what you said, beef is not pork, and there is no fat, the fatter it is, the more tender the meat, this is a good cow." Seeing that Zhu Jun didn't understand these trades, the rancher despised it in his heart, but he still looked smiling on the surface.
"Is there one that can be used as a ploughman?" Zhu Jun's face was indeed a little unbearable, and he asked embarrassedly.
"Nope." The rancher shook his head very happily and said with a smile: "This is the age of the sagger, and there are still so many ploughing cattle, but the calf cub can be used as a ploughing cow, but I don't know if it can be like your eyes." ”
"Oh? You also sell cow cubs? "Zhu Jun is overjoyed, as long as he can be a ploughing cow, no matter how small it is, it can grow with divine power, and it can become an adult ploughing cow in an instant.
"Of course, of course, we have a kind of cattle in the cattle raising, but you can think about it, our deal is final, and you won't return it if you buy it!" The rancher has raised cattle for half his life, and he has never seen anyone want to buy a cow, so he is afraid that he will meet this kind of person who does not understand the sake, and after selling it, he shouts that he bought the wrong one and exchanged it with himself, which will break the rules.
"Don't worry, what I want is to plough the cattle, as long as you can be sure that the cow cubs are raised and can plough the cattle, I will not come to trouble you." Zhu Jun said with a smile.
In this way, Zhu Jun personally went to the ranch where the cows were raised, and finally bought 10,000 cows from the rancher at a price of 980 yuan one by one.
Then, he paid the full amount very boldly, asked the rancher to vacate a piece of pasture, put all the cows in it, and pulled them away after saying the matter.
It wasn't until the next morning when the rancher came to see that all the cows in the pen were gone, and Zhu Jun had disappeared. He asked many people, and they all said that he did not hear any cars entering or leaving in the middle of the night.
The rancher was shocked, had he met a ghost?
You know, this ranch is not just them, and every family has people on duty at night, how can so many cows say that they are gone?
It wasn't until he checked the money in the account again that he was relieved, and it didn't seem to be a ghost.
Then there is only one result, the workers on duty at night are lazy.
Zhu Jun didn't know that several workers who bought cattle by himself were so unemployed. To be continued.