"Jeju, Qingzhou, Yizhou, it's not too much for us to open a hundred or ten stores on the entire Jingdong Road, but it won't be so big at present, we will mainly do Jeju locally, I will arrange the capital of 5,000 yuan for you, you look at the arrangement, all the manpower used will be transferred from the village, try not to hire outside, and reduce expenses."

"Don't worry, I will do it." Xu Hai said happily. As the shopkeeper of the hotel, they are much higher than the head of the village farming and raising sheep, the house is not expensive in these years, there are artificial villages, and the low-end inns are not worth much, five thousand is enough to open five or six.

After arranging the affairs of Tianya Inn, Xu Hai will go down, and will arrange specific matters early tomorrow morning to start the opening of Tianya Inn.

Chao Gai then said to Liu Liang: "At present, we only have one grain store in Yuncheng, the number is too small, as soon as possible to open two stores in Yizhou and Jeju, you can increase the number of products, in addition to the conventional grain and oil business, plus some dried and fresh fruits, aquatic fish, daily necessities, you can develop a department store." In addition, the scale of cattle and sheep sales in the village has been very small in the past two years, you are in the concurrent, tomorrow from the account office to spend 5,000 yuan, sell a batch of horses and cattle over, sheep from the local purchase, the sale of horses, cattle and sheep by Li Qingzi first selected, the rest of the sale, the specific matters will be explained to you tomorrow. ”

Liu Liang was very happy, his grain store in Yuncheng has three storefronts and four guys, mainly selling Chao's grain, although there is a lot of income every year, but the money is not used for development, but was used by Chao Gai to squander money.

"Owner, I don't know how big you want me to do this cattle and horse business?" Liu Liang asked.

"Since you're so interested, I'll tell you more about it. The initial consideration was to let Li Qingzi make his own cattle and sheep first, 1,000 cattle and 20,000 sheep. As for sales, of course, the faster the flow, the better, and you can do the specific business, horses, cows, mules, donkeys, and large livestock. ”

Liu Liang was very happy, and after listening to Chao Gai's words, he understood that this time the owner was preparing to go on the track, and the grain store would develop into a department store with a variety of operations. and vigorously sell cattle and sheep, which are all transactions with some money, Liu Liang also went back to prepare, and tomorrow he will find the manager to take the money and start operating immediately.

Chao Gai looked at the remaining four people in the room, Liu Youtian, the supervisor of farmland, Li Qingzi, the supervisor of cattle and sheep, Zhang Tiehan, the blacksmith, and Lu Tam, the carpenter, and said: "I have already told the four of you just now, from this year onwards, your annual salary will rise to thirty yuan, just like the other shopkeepers in the village.

At the end of the year, there will be a year-end bonus according to the income of the year, and each person will be equipped with a horse, which is convenient and fast to go out. Then there is the name, Liu Youtian officially became the director of agriculture, and Li Qingzi was called the director of animal husbandry. The blacksmith shop was upgraded to an ironsmith workshop, and Zhang Tiehan served as the ironsmith supervisor. The carpenter's shop was also upgraded to a carpentry workshop, with Lu Tam as the supervisor. ”

The four of them were as happy as if they had eaten honey, and their wages had risen, not to mention that they were equipped with horses, and horses were more expensive than cattle in these years, although horses in the agricultural areas were not as expensive as those sold in the northern grasslands, but one horse had to be twenty yuan, which could be worth the price of three cows.

The chief manager Chao Xun added: "Except for Liu Youtian, the three of you will start to replenish manpower from tomorrow, and the ordinary manpower will be calculated according to the normal salary, if there is a specialty, remember to report it to me or the owner, if anyone dares to be jealous, don't blame me for being polite." ”

"Don't worry, we will do our best." The three of them hurriedly said.

"Li Qingzi, your first task is to build three new livestock pens, cattle, horses, sheep, and separate breeding, mules and donkeys can be raised together, in addition to normal grazing, from tomorrow onwards fattening sheep, pregnant or milk lamb mother livestock plus wheat bran, sorghum soybeans, soybeans must be cooked." Chao Gai said.

"This." Li Qingzi was a little surprised and looked at Chao Gai.

"What, what's the difficulty?" Chao Gai asked.

"No, no, don't worry, I will feed the animals well. If the farmer is willing to do so, I want the farmer to allocate some more salt, and the demand for salt from the livestock is also very high. Li Qingzi said.

"No problem, you can list and report to the manager for how much you need, and pay it monthly." Chao Gai said.

Li Qingzi said: "Cows, wool, donkeys and mules are not a big problem, but when it comes to horses, my skills can only be said to be able to raise." ”

Chao Gai nodded, indicating that he understood. This Li Qingzi is not simple, from his grandfather's generation are herding cattle and sheep, for cattle and sheep not only know how to breed, in the prevention and treatment of diseases more experience, often with a few cheap herbs can treat cattle and sheep disease, belongs to veterinary talents, but the Great Song Dynasty this world is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, a small sheep herding no one pays attention to at all, in the Chao Gai family for several years is also unknown, the original Chao Gai does not pay much attention to animal husbandry, now it is different, Chao Gai attaches great importance to animal husbandry, there is meat to eat people will be strong, It is impossible for so many people to count on hunting for meat.

Chao Gai turned his head to Chao Xun and said, "Uncle Xun, pay attention to who has a daughter nearby, and tell Li Qingzi about his daughter-in-law." ”

Li Qingzi was extremely moved, bowed to the end, and said: "Owner, please rest assured, for one year, I will let our livestock go to a new level." ”

Li Qingzi also went back, and Chao Gai began to arrange Lu Tam. At present, the carpenter's shop is Lu Tam and four apprentices, who build some big carts for the village, that is, ox carts and carriages, and occasionally make some furniture for someone's house.

"Lu Tam your craftsmanship, I know, you are the heir of the Lu family, there is nothing that you can't build, I have been wronged by you before, but I am not good enough. However, from tomorrow onwards, the carpentry workshop will be expanded, and you will be allocated 3,000 yuan, and 100 young people will be transferred, but you need to teach them the craft carefully, and I will reward you with ten yuan for each qualified carpenter trained. ”

"Thank you to the owner, but how to arrange production after the scale is expanded?" Lu Tam asked.

"First of all, horse-drawn carts, ox carts, wheelbarrows, seats, benches, furniture, and so many things to produce. In addition to self-use, it is mainly export-oriented, and if the sales are good, the woodcraft workshop will expand to the scale of thousands of people. The axles and wheels of the carriage were made of iron as much as possible, and the lubrication was changed to castor oil. As for what kind of furniture is selling well, you can go to investigate it yourself, and I will go to the woodware workshop in a month to see, I hope you can do a good job. ”

"The owner can rest assured, Lu Tam will definitely do a good job in the woodware workshop."

Lu Tam also went back, Zhang Tiehan rubbed his hands and said, "Is my ironsmith also expanded to 100 people?" ”

"Building farm tools and weapons are all important jobs, and it's time to start spring, and the task of building thousands of hoes and shovels for the newly recruited farmers is left to you, and the ironsmith now has four masters and six apprentices. Send you another fifty apprentices, and you will recruit the rest one after another, and by the end of this year, it will be expanded to two hundred, and you will arrange for people to teach the novices slowly. Aside from farm tools and a handful of weapons, the rest of the time you're figuring out how to forge a hand-pressed well. There's one more thing you need to do. Chao Gai said solemnly.

"Something." Zhang Tiehan asked.

"If you are looking for iron ore, it is better to find a mine, so that you can make money." Chao Gai said.

Zhang Tiehan said: "There is no need to find iron ore, from here to the east, there is a small hill in the nest more than ten miles away from Wenshang Village, all of which are iron ore, and there are still millions of catties of iron." There are just two problems that are difficult to deal with. ”

"Do you want to say that opening an iron mine is too risky, and the government is strict in its investigation. You can rest assured that I will ensure the safety of the issue. Chao Gai said.

"There is another problem, my craft is to beat farm tools, play Pudao spear, and hand pressure wells can also make do, but it is a bit difficult for me to open a furnace and make iron, and I may not be able to do it very well."

"Okay, you take twenty people to occupy that small iron mine first, it is best to refine it, it doesn't matter if you can't make it. The main thing is 2,000 farm tools, 100 knives, and no limit to water presses, and I will purchase 10,000 catties of iron for you, so you can use it first. Chao Gai said.

Some details were arranged, and Zhang Tiehan also went back.

Liu Youtian, the head of agriculture, was left in the room, and Chao Gai said, "You still remember the seeds that I got from the ravine some time ago." ”

"I know this, I've never seen these four seeds before." Liu Youtian said.

Chao Gai said, "Let's go to the secret room." ”

Chao Gai, Chao Xun, and Liu Youtian came to the underground secret room of Chao Gai's house, the secret room is not airtight, the building is quite good, and there are lime blocks and other things on the ground that absorb moisture.

Chao Gai grabbed a handful of corn seeds and handed them to Liu Youtian: "This is a kind of grain, which can produce ten stone of pure grain without large insect pests when there is enough fertilizer and water, and this is it." ”

"What, ten stones?" Liu Youtian's hands trembled obviously, he knew too well who Chao Gai was, and he would definitely not lie.

"Yes, Ten Stones. It is still sown after the wheat is harvested, and the growth period is only more than 100 days, and it is still very versatile, it can be boiled and eaten, and it can be crushed to make dough and porridge. It is used to raise pigs and sheep is even faster, and the straw of this rice grows very high, and it is the best forage for raising sheep and cattle when it is dried and crushed. "Chao Gai is less introduced.

Chao Xun was also surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Owner, how much land can be planted in this 10,000 catties?" ”

"10,000 catties can be planted about 3,000 acres, and the specific sowing is seeing. These two or three thousand acres are carefully sown, and the yield is quite amazing. Chao Gai said, "Look at this again, this black seed is a white flower, after the flower blooms, there is a silk-like thing in the fruit, although it is not as soft as silk, but it can weave cloth, make clothes, make cotton clothes, and one acre can produce about 200 catties of finished products." It's just that this needs to be sown in spring, and 10,000 catties can sow about 3,000 acres of land. Chao Gai introduced cotton again.

The two of them didn't have much concept of cotton, but they both believed what Chao Gai said, because Chao Gai didn't need to tease them.

"Grain can't be without a name, please choose a name from the owner." Liu Youtian said.

"This rice is called Tianwang rice, and this flower is called Tianwang cotton." Chao Gai said, "In addition, this is called peanuts, there are 500 catties of seeds, can sow about 20 acres, although the yield is similar to soybeans, but the taste is very good, a variety of ways to eat, but also oil extraction, the oil taste is excellent, much better than the soybean oil we eat now." The oil cake left over from oil extraction is also a good thing, which can satisfy hunger, and can also raise horses, cattle and sheep as a substitute for soybeans. The dried peanut seedlings left over from the peanut harvest are good forage for cattle and horses, and they can catch up with alfalfa. However, there are too few seeds, and they will not develop in three or two years. Chao Gai regretted that peanuts are a good thing but there are too few seeds.

"And what about the last one, the seed is so small." Liu Youtian asked.

"This is called chili, the fruit is not big, and when ripe, it is sharp and red, and it is very spicy." Chao Gai introduced.

Chao Xun frowned and said, "Isn't that useless." ”

"Wrong, on the contrary, the use is very large, you can make all kinds of delicious seasonings, and you will know when the results come out, although there are only five catties of pepper seeds, it should not be a problem to plant one or two hundred acres."

Chao Xun was silent for a moment and said: "The husband is not guilty of his crimes, and I am afraid that such a high-yield and excellent crop will attract the concern of some small people, and there are also some yamen who eat people and do not spit out bones." ”

"Uncle Xun is worried, but I don't plan to plant these two crops alone, as long as we can control them for three or five years, let's make a lot of money first." Chao Gai said.