A bucket of rice costs 20 yuan, but an acre of slope land is only a few hundred yuan, and some poor hillside land, even 200 yuan can buy an acre.

Three thousand five hundred dollars for a cow.

These prices gave Li Xiao a clearer understanding of the Tang Dynasty, a classical agricultural society in the Middle Ages.

A bucket of rice in Datang is about more than six kilograms in later generations, and the price is only 20 Wen. Counting, one kilogram is only three yuan, and in the next generation, one kilogram of rice will cost at least six yuan. In this way, it seems that Datang is equivalent to two yuan at this time.

And a cow in the Tang Dynasty was worth 3,500 yuan, and such a cow in later generations was worth at least 10,000 yuan, and this penny was worth three yuan.

However, according to the price of land, the difference is even greater.

In later generations, rural land acquisition started at least 30,000 yuan per acre, but only 2,300 yuan per mu of sloping land in Datang, and according to the comparison of land prices, one penny could be exchanged for at least 100 yuan.

One to two, one to three, to one to hundred.

Grain, cattle, land.

If we calculate the income and consumption level of the people in this era, it is even more difficult to calculate the estimated value of a penny.

In the Tang Dynasty, a cow could buy ten acres of sloping land, but in later generations, ten cows were worth one acre of land.

In this way, the cattle of the Tang Dynasty are really not cheap.

Of course, Li Xiao is really not short of money now, the winery is now buying distiller's lees everywhere, the medicine and wine shop is constantly processing medicinal wine, and the medical hall is responsible for sales, and now it is in short supply.

The hospital was surrounded by merchants who came to buy it every day, and the inns on Lanxi Street were almost full of merchants from all over the world who were looking for medicine and wine.

In such a hot market, although the productivity of medicinal wine is constantly improving, but the output does not increase much, thanks to the hot market, the price of medicinal wine has increased several times, and businessmen have accepted it.

The profits of the Li family are getting higher and higher, although the Li family has also taken out a lot of money to make some money to the yamen, and even took the initiative to spend money to repair bridges and pave roads, and even donate grain for the Eastern Expedition, more and more money can be made.

Nowadays, the Li family's medicinal wine has not only become a sought-after commodity in various medical centers and pharmacies in Chang'an, but even those wealthy families of the wealthy and aristocratic families in Chang'an are also very fond of it, and everyone praises it, and everyone knows that the Li family's medicinal wine is delicious and easy to use.

Even those foreign merchants in the western market of Chang'an are now rushing to buy it, and they regard Lanxi medicinal wine as a good thing like Datang silk, and are ready to buy it and ship it back to the West to make a big profit.

Many people who couldn't buy medicine and wine began to keep looking for people to come to Li's house to deliver messages, hoping to cut a queue or something.

Even now, Chang'an people are popular to give gifts to Lanxi medicinal wine.

If there is really no medicinal wine, then send Lanxi Lijiazhuang medicinal wine coupons, a medicinal wine coupon, you can't go to the Li family's medical hall to exchange medicinal wine, but if you have a coupon, you can be eligible to buy it first.

Those who don't have a coupon have to queue up, and those who have a coupon can pay directly to pick up medicine and wine.

It is said that someone has already shouted that there will be no gifts for the festival this year, and only Lanxi wine will be accepted for gifts.

However, medicinal wine is not ordinary wine after all, the production process of medicinal wine is more complicated and time-consuming, it is necessary to steam the wine, but also to concoct the medicinal wine, and finally have to soak the medicinal wine, even if it is fast, it also needs a cycle.

The Li family's supply of medicinal liquor, not to mention wholesale, is now far from even retailing to meet the market.

Now that the market is good, many people are already red-eyed, either to talk about the secret recipe for acquisition, or to talk about partnership, fortunately, the Li family is not someone who can swallow it now, there are Xue Cheng and a few people covered, those people came to test a few times, and after being rejected by the Li family, they could only helplessly press the idea temporarily.

The plan to expand the workshop again has been put on the agenda, but the expansion of the workshop is the expansion of the workshop, and the spring ploughing still cannot be delayed.

This is just like the people in the past, even if they have a lot of money outside, whether they are doing business as a boss or studying and becoming a cadre, but the family is busy with the harvest and planting season, they still have to rush home to help with farm work.

For spring ploughing, Dr. Zhao, the shopkeeper of the medical center, can find time to talk about buying livestock and preparing seeds.

"It's better to buy more livestock."

"It's not easy to buy more livestock." Doctor Zhao said, this animal is not just to buy it, but it has to be taken care of.

The predecessors all said that the family has a lot of money, and it doesn't count with hair.

This cow and horse are not cheap, but they are not easy to raise, and if you get a disease or plague, they may all be gone.

It's okay to raise seven or eight heads, but if you raise a hundred, even if you buy it, where to raise it, how to raise it.

"Free-range."

Li Xiao didn't want to set up a farm, after all, Lanxi is not a grassland. And if you are locked up in captivity, you are more likely to get sick.

"I have a preliminary idea, this is the case, let's go to Chang'an to buy more than 100 cows and come back. Now the price of cattle is rising every year, and it seems that it will definitely rise a lot this year, so it is cost-effective to buy now. ”

He told everyone his thoughts in detail, taking advantage of the good bull market now, and the spring when the cattle price is low, the cattle queen is over, it is the time for the cattle price to rise, and it is right to buy now. After all, as soon as winter passes, everything recovers, the ground is green, and cattle can be raised to save feed, and they can also grow meat and fat.

If you buy cattle at this time, you will make money as soon as you buy it back.

As for saying that it is difficult to raise too many cattle, Li Xiao also has his own way.

"Let's put the cattle in the homes of our tenants."

"What?" Mr. Zhao and Mr. Yang were a little puzzled, the tenants were just tenants of the Li family's fields, and they were not slaves of the Li family, so why should they help the Li family raise cattle?

"We don't let everyone raise it for nothing."

Li Xiao's idea is a win-win cooperation, the Li family has money, and the tenants have time.

Tenants generally do not have good conditions, they cultivate land, and their families are large, but they lack large livestock for farming. Li Xiao's idea was to lease the cattle to the tenants and keep them in the tenants' homes.

Tenants are usually responsible for taking care of and feeding the cattle, and the advantage of helping to raise the cattle is that they can use the Li family's cattle to plow the land for free.

"Borrow cattle for free?"

Doctor Zhao was a little surprised, there are not many tenants who have cattle in these years, in the past in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were cattle and slaves and maids at home, and when the land was equalized, the cattle could get a share of the land.

Landless tenants often rent cattle from landlords to cultivate the land, but the cost is not cheap. Some landlords directly collect rent according to the number of days, while some landlords are even more ruthless, borrowing their cattle and asking the tenant to rent the proportion of the harvest of the land they plant.

Whether it is a daily rent or a harvest according to output, renting cattle is not cheap.

And Li Xiao actually offered to help raise cattle and use cattle to plow the land for free, which is amazing.

"Well, borrow cattle for free, and even pay them when they have their young. For example, when the calf grows up, we take it and pay them a percentage of the market price as a reward for its care. ”

Yang pulled his goatee with big eyes, "If it were me, I would definitely be willing to help San Lang raise cattle." ”

"I'd like to." Doctor Zhao also said, "But aren't we losing money in this way, buying cattle ourselves, but giving them to the tenants for nothing." ”

"It's actually a win-win, our cattle are raised by the tenants, and the tenants can use them for free, but we can also use them when we want to use them ourselves. In addition, we pay the capital, but we don't need to send people to feed to take care of it, and we don't even need to fight another cowshed. This cow is strong, and it can still appreciate in value. ”

If you raise it well, the money for a few calves is enough for a cow. Not to mention, this cow can also increase in value and increase in price for a few years, and the family can also use this cow in recent years.

To put it bluntly, this is a very good family cooperative breeding model.

The Li family paid for the cattle, and the tenants helped feed them.

The Li family makes money, and the tenants also have free cattle, and they can still get money after getting a calf, so why not.

"But what if the tenants work too much of the cattle and take good care of them, and the cattle are thinned or raised to death? Wouldn't we lose a lot? ”

"As for this, we can have a detailed agreement with the tenants, and we must make it clear. We will check the condition of the cattle regularly, and if we find that we have not taken good care of them, we can cancel the cooperation and take the cattle away. I believe that they definitely don't want to miss such an opportunity to use cattle for free and make money. ”

After all, for tenants, raising a cow is not a burden, and there are many children in the family, and the children are just right to herd cattle. A child can take care of a cow, and an ox can work as well as one or two strong laborers, which is quite simple and can be calculated by anyone.

The Li family can not only make money, but also earn a wave of good prestige by the way.

"No one else has done this, will we make other landlords unhappy?"

Dr. Zhao raised his worries, although the landlords are all rural leaders these days, many things are not simple.

"I've considered what Aya said, in the past, landlords lent cattle to tenants to collect rent, but now we don't borrow cattle but let tenants help raise cattle, which is different, so we don't have to be like before."

If the cattle raised by Li Xiao's family are lent to tenants for free, then this is a bit of a break from the unspoken rules, and may cause dissatisfaction among other landlords.

But now Li Xiao is not proposing to borrow for free, but to raise cattle in partnership, which is different.

"How many cows is Saburo going to buy?" Dr. Zhao was also very moved after hearing this, in this way, he can indeed raise a lot of cattle, and as long as he pays the capital, he does not need additional manpower.

After all, if you raise your own herds, you not only have to hire shepherd boys and cowherds, but also build cowsheds and cut grass.

"Why don't you buy a hundred or so first?"

"Then buy a hundred heads first, there is still a lot of money in the account of the medical center, and I will withdraw the money to go to Chang'an to buy cattle when I turn around."

"Yes." Li Xiao nodded.

Doctor Zhao thought for a while and said, "Recently, there is still a lot of money in the account of the medical center, and I think it is also put away, so why don't you just use the money to buy land?"

Buying land?

Just decided to buy a hundred cows, and this is going to buy land, Li Xiao didn't expect Dr. Zhao's appetite to be so big.

"It's not easy to buy land, and if you have money, no one may be willing to sell land, so I don't think the money in the account should be used to build a crude medicine shop first, and buy and process concocted medicinal materials for the winery."

Mr. Zhao did not give up on buying land, "I know that land is not easy to buy, but San Lang left this matter to me, I will definitely be able to find a way to buy some land back, take my time, little by little, add up a lot, and I can buy a lot of land." ”

Li Xiao looked at Wan Niang and saw that she was also very active in buying land, so he smiled and said, "The crude medicine shop still has to be built, but Aye, you can also buy land at the same time, as long as it is a fair deal." ”

"Don't worry, I won't ruin the voice of our Li Jiazhuang."

The family has thousands of acres of land, and they always think about buying land, which may be the most common concept of people in this era. Although the return value of land is not high, it is indeed very valuable, just like later generations are so active in buying a house, the first thing to do when you have money is to buy a house, and even if you have no money to borrow, you have to buy a house.

Buy land, buy land, buy it, Li Xiao smiled.