Chapter Seventy-Seven: Contracted Farms
Gui Yuxia was very happy in her heart, and every time she chatted with Chen Wenhui, she could gain a lot. Originally, she had always been worried that her eldest brother Gui Da didn't like to do business, Gui Da's daughter-in-law was short-sighted, although the two of them were also diligent, but because of the problem of qualifications, they could only do a job and farm a land, and the annual income was only a few hundred taels of silver, which would have been very satisfactory if it had been before.
However, now in Qingchun City, what a good opportunity, and new rich people are born in the city every day. For example, their family now not only has a large manor, but also a workshop, as well as a shop, and they all earned more than 10,000 taels last year. However, when the family bought a house, they spent seven or eight thousand taels of silver. If you buy a patent again, then it's all about loans. However, the new technology is really good, and there are several fragrant flower businesses in the city. Not only to compete with the peers in Qingchun City, but also to compete with the merchants in Tianshui City, Puning City, Tongren City, and Yizhou Island, in this way, there is really no advantage. However, now it is different, now there is only one flavor business in Luzon, but Yizhou Island still has it, but the market is very large, and it is still very profitable.
Although she still owes tens of thousands of taels of silver to the bank, Gui Yuxia is not worried at all, Da Niu's flavor business can be repaid in a year or two. At that time, the money earned every year will be net profit. After a rough calculation, how can you earn more than 10,000 taels a year. And that's just the income from the shops and workshops, not the farms.
In fact, the family's business is too big to be busy alone. I go to the yamen every day, I can't take care of my family, and the big cow has to take care of the family and business, and the big farm outside the city is a little too much to manage. Before, I could also hire the family of Da Niu's sister to manage. But now Yufen's family doesn't want to take care of them, because they are going to the Acropolis to open up wasteland. This is also how it should be, and Da Niu began to worry about the matter of that Zhuangzi. Originally, I wanted to borrow from the bank to get three more big Zhuangzi in the Acropolis, but no one took care of the Zhuangzi in Qingchun City, what should I do with the Zhuangzi in the Acropolis?
Now, the county lord has given her an idea. Let Guida set up a professional farming workshop. Specializing in managing the farm for relatives. And that's a good thing. If it can be done, Guida will also be equivalent to doing business, not to mention much. It can also double the current income in a year. Moreover, his family's farm is also taken care of, and Da Niu can also realize his desire to make a farm in the Acropolis.
Gui Yuxia quickly handled the affairs of the yamen, and hurried home. After feeding the baby, the child was handed over to the wet nurse. On the one hand, he asked Xiaowu to go to Da Niu's shop and invited Da Niu to Gui's house, and on the other hand, he went to Gui Da's house by car.
When I arrived at Guida's house, Guida was idle. Gui Yuxia asked, "Gui Da, why are you at home?" There is nothing to do in the field for horses? ”
Gui Da said, "The eldest sister is here." Hurry into the house and sit down. Why didn't you bring the child. Eating at home? Haven't I just had more than a thousand acres of fields, all planted with fragrant flowers and sugar cane? There are also 3,000 acres of mountainous land, half of which are planted with sugar cane. Half of it was planted with rubber trees. This rubber tree is very well maintained, and it is said that it will take several years to harvest. Don't worry about it now. What about sugar cane. It's not mature yet. As for the fragrant flowers, I only received a batch a few days ago, and there is still a long time for the next batch, so it's just idle now. ”
Gui Yuxia said: "I came to talk to you about things today. Just eat at home. Are the younger siblings back? You call her, Brother Niu will come in a while, we will all go to my parents' upper room to discuss, I will go to my parents to say goodbye now. ”
Although Gui Da didn't know what his sister was looking for him, he was very happy when he heard that his sister and brother-in-law were eating at home, so he hurriedly called his daughter-in-law over and personally instructed the cook to buy some more vegetables and cook a few dishes that his sister and brother-in-law loved to eat.
It's all over, and the big cow also arrived in the car. Several people went to Gui Laohan's upper room.
Guida can't afford such a good three-entry house. When I bought this house, it cost nearly two thousand taels of silver. Gui Da's money is only enough to buy a larger yard, Gui Yuxia is afraid that her parents will live in grievances, just right, the big cow business is very successful, so she returned Gui Yuxia's year's salary to Gui Yuxia, and Gui Yuxia suddenly had more than 1,000 taels of silver in her hand. During the Chinese New Year, because Chen Wenhui said that the construction of Qingchun City was very fast, which was inseparable from the hard work of all the officials, the officials were given year-end bonuses. Gui Yuxia got a lot of pork, beef, mutton, fish, seafood, rice, noodles, oil and salt. On top of that, an extra two thousand taels of silver were issued.
Gui Yuxia was not willing to spend it, so she took out 2,000 taels to buy this mansion for Gui Da, and spent another 500 taels of silver to match the upper room where her parents lived with good furniture.
So, now, Mr. and Mrs. Gui live in the best place in the whole house, and the decoration is also the best. The tea set that Gui Laohan uses to drink tea with his daughter now is the tea set of Doucai porcelain fired by Qingchun City himself. The tea drinks are the high-quality tea that Gui Jinxia did well before and was rewarded by the city lord of Wan, which is produced in the high mountain tea of Yizhou Island. The set of tables and chairs sitting under the body is made of mahogany, but the pattern is relatively simple. But the wood is still very good. The chair on this is made by Gui Yinxia herself with her apprentices, and it is exquisite.
Gui Laohan is proud of his daughter's ability and filial piety, and secondly, he is also a little angry with his eldest son, no other children will make money, and he has to pay his sister to buy a house.
When they entered the house, Gui Yuxia was chatting with her parents. Seeing everybody come in. Gui Yuxia said, "I'll go to the city lord today to talk to her about something. The lord of the city has always been close to me. I asked about our family. I've told them all. The city lord thinks that everyone is doing business and living well, but Guida has been farming, and it is a pity that the city lord gave an idea so that Guida can also make a fortune. ”
At this moment, the two of Gui Da and the old man of Gui were excited.
Gui Yuxia said: "I just asked Gui Da. He now manages his own farm, and he has a lot of work to do. For example, today, what a pity to be idle at home. Isn't it wasted time? But Guida just wants to work, and there is no extra land? Our family has a large farm of 5,000 acres, but Brother Da Niu is already busy with workshops and shops every day, so where can he take care of the farm. Previously, the eldest sister's family managed the farm for us, which was also very good. But their family is also going to the Acropolis, and they can't manage it for us. Aren't we worried? ”
Da Niu suddenly had an idea in his heart when he heard this, and he hurriedly looked at Gui Yuxia.
Gui Yuxia continued: "The city lord has given us an idea. It is to let Guida set up a workshop to take care of the farm for these businessmen who are not skilled. A qiē seed is ours. But the harvest, planting, etc. are all done by Gui Da and others. We give Guida money. Our family wants fragrant flowers, so Guida only needs to hand over the fragrant flowers to us, and we will give Guida a management fee. ”
Guida's eyes lit up suddenly.
Da Niu said: "I guessed it in the middle of your sentence just now. But you didn't wake up, and I didn't think about it at all. The county lord is really smart enough to come up with this method. I'm in favor of that. Guida, if you are willing to do it, we will discuss the details now, I will pay you the silver, you just need to give me fragrant flowers. ”
Gui Da lowered his head and counted for a while and said, "This idea is really good. I don't have any other skills, I don't know how to do business, but I'm still a good hand at growing crops. Not only do I grow crops well. The Japanese slaves I have now are also good players. I resold the bad ones. Now those who remain are experts. However, because there is so much land in our house, as we do today, not only am I idle, but even the Japanese slaves are idle. Didn't I pay for nothing? If I can take over the farm of Brother Da Niu's family, there will be no such idle time, besides, they are all planting fragrant flowers, we are very experienced now, I am not blowing. I've been learning from the people of the Black family for a long time, and I've also explored a set of experience, and I grow fragrant flowers, which must be higher than the current yield. ”
Da Niu smiled and said, "As long as I have a large supply of good fragrant flowers, silver will not be a problem." If you're capable, I'm going to buy three farms in the Acropolis as well, and I'll take care of them for you in the future, how about it?" ”
Gui Da was happy when he heard it and said, "That's good." We'll talk about it in a moment. ”
Gui Yuxia said: "Guida, you not only have to do this business, but also invest more. You go to the bank for a loan. With the money from the loan, recruit more people, Japanese slaves, Silla slaves, and then buy horse-drawn carriages, buy the most advanced tools of the black family, and buy some large animals, such as horses, cattle, and the like. In this way, you can plant faster, better, and more. Not only our family's Zhuangzi can be handed over to you. The Jinxia family and the Yinxia family can be handed over to you to manage. If you want to make more money, I can also introduce the deputy city lord's Zhuangzi, and our director's Zhuangzi will manage it for you. ”
Gui Da thought about it, this business is really good, if it is done well, there is no problem in earning hundreds or thousands of taels a year.
Da Niu is used to doing business in the end, and he quickly discussed with Gui Da.
Guida's daughter-in-law was also very happy. In the past few years, everyone has become rich. Although his family is many times richer than when he was in Da Chu, he still has no way to compare with his relatives. If Da Niu's business can be done, he can ask Da Niu to bring his mother's family to do it together. When the time comes, with the help of the eldest sister to take care of the business, she will definitely be able to manage more farms and make more money, not only will her family get better and better, but even her mother's family will be able to live well. (To be continued)