Tamase's lonely back made Li Xiao sigh, speaking of the princess of the Tang Dynasty, perhaps the most famous should be Princess Taiping. But Princess Taiping should actually be regarded as only an admirer of Gao Yang, and Gao Yang can be regarded as a pioneer who opened the princesses of the Tang Dynasty.

In history, Gao Yang's three-foot white silk ended her life, and I hope that in this life, she can live well.

Finally getting rid of the envious eyes of the Zhuang Hans, Li Xiao returned home and found that Wanniang was discussing things with Dr. Zhao and Mr. Yang.

The year has just passed, and spring has not yet arrived, but everyone has begun to prepare for spring ploughing.

Although the Li family's pharmacy and restaurant business is very good today, in this era, land and food are still extremely important, and everyone also attaches great importance to them.

Mr. Yang, as a student and now a teacher, also attaches great importance to this matter, and he proposed that he should take advantage of the money at home now, take out the money, and go to the cattle and horse market in Chang'an to find the tooth man to buy some cattle, horses and mules and come back.

It is always inconvenient to plow the fields and cultivate the land without large animals such as cattle and horses.

"Husband, I think what Mr. Yang said is very reasonable, I heard that the price of cattle, horses and mules in Chang'an is getting more and more expensive year by year, now hurry up and buy some back, just to see green in spring, there is grass to eat, and when you go back to spring ploughing, you can just plough the fields and turn the land."

Doctor Zhao also said, "Yes, now that the livestock is valuable, we bought cattle and horses, and it is also valuable to turn around and give birth to cubs." ”

The family does have some money now, last year's medicine and wine business was good, the restaurant was also good, and there was indeed a lot of cash on hand, originally Li Xiao planned to use this money to expand the medicine shop, and was going to get a special crude medicine shop, purchase medicinal materials and medicinal materials processing, so that his own medicine and wine business would not worry about medicinal materials.

With the capital, it is also important to expand the scale of production.

But listening to everyone's words, there is some truth.

After all, in everyone's eyes, although medicine shops and restaurants are profitable, they are not as important as the fields at home.

In these years, industry and commerce are always inferior to land management, which is everyone's habitual thinking. Cultivating the land and raising silkworms, self-sufficiency, has always been the mainstream idea.

Although the land is not as profitable as the medicine and restaurants, the people take food as the sky, and there is food at home, so they can not panic.

"Yes, I think Aya will be in charge of this matter." Li Xiao didn't tell everyone about business operations, profit maximization, and the times are different.

Although Lao Zhao is a Langzhong, after all, he has been in Lijiazhuang for many years, and he is also very familiar with farming, so it must be reassuring to let his father-in-law be responsible for going to Chang'an to buy livestock.

Lao Zhao was very relieved to hear this, "San Lang, don't worry, I have familiar tooth people in Chang'an, and when your father was in the past, the Li family was looking for them to buy livestock." ”

Tooth people are intermediaries, all walks of life have special intermediaries, cattle and horses also have special cattle and horses, these people not only for the buyer and seller, but also to provide professional guidance knowledge.

There is also a lot of knowledge in buying a suitable ploughing cattle.

"I think it's better to buy ten cows, nine cows, and one bull." Lao Zhao said.

Lantian is the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, there are many mountain slopes, few paddy fields by the river, the climate here also belongs to the mountain climate, raising cattle is the most suitable, cattle have good endurance, and tame. Although there are many buffalo breeding in the Jianghuai area, the buffalo is large and has greater strength, but the buffalo is afraid of heat and water, and is not suitable for the cultivation of hillside land, and it is not as simple and easy to raise as a cattle, and there are not many buffaloes in the cattle market in Chang'an, so he proposed to buy cattle.

"Wouldn't it be good to buy a few more bulls?" Li Xiao asked. He thought that the bull must be stronger than the cow.

"San Lang, you don't know, although the bull has a lot of strength, he has a lot of temper, and he can't pull it when he is red-eyed. In particular, you can't raise several bulls together, otherwise you will definitely have to fight every day, and you will be easily injured and even killed. ”

Bulls are powerful, but they are more fierce than cows, and they are not easy to raise, and they are easy to fight if they are raised more. On the other hand, raising cows can also give birth, generally cows over two years old, can give birth to one litter a year, and calves can almost teach ploughing when they are one and a half years old.

Therefore, in terms of management and production, it is actually the most cost-effective to raise cows. Of course, if you have a lot of cattle at home, you still have to have a bull, first, the bull is strong, you can plough some difficult land, and secondly, you can breed your own cows, and you have to take the cows to other places, which is troublesome and has to spend money.

"Now a cow in Chang'an will get about 3,500 yuan, and a thin bulf will get 4,500 yuan."

The fine bullock is also the superior bull.

A good bull runs five times, and a good cow runs three times five.

Lao Zhao thinks that this price is quite expensive, at least last year was not so expensive, last year at this time the bull was only 4,23, and the cow was only 3,23, this year it has risen by 2,300 yuan compared with last year, almost a year, a big increase.

But Li Xiao felt that it was quite cheap when he heard it.

Datang's cultivated cattle are a sought-after item, and they are also protected by the laws of the imperial court, and many people have never had the opportunity to eat beef in their lifetime.

But a big bull of seven or eight hundred catties is only more than 4,000 yuan, which is really not expensive. If you count the money by the catty, it is only six or seven dollars a catty.

However, Lao Zhao felt that it was not cheap, after all, the price of grain today was not expensive, a bucket of rice was only about 20 yuan, a bucket of white noodles was only 37 yuan, and a horse of the highest grade fine silk silk was only about 1,800 yuan.

"Aye, has the price of cattle and horses been rising now?"

"But no, isn't this going to use troops in Liaodong again this year, the imperial court will definitely have to requisition a lot of cattle, horses and livestock to transport heavy grain and grass, I heard that Tuyuhun in the northwest is going to use troops again, and what Tubo barbarians are also constantly harassing the border. It was not peaceful over there, and there were also a lot fewer cattle transported from there in the past, which made cattle and sheep a lot more expensive. ”

Li Xiao felt that it made sense, the supply and demand were insufficient, and the natural market price was high.

"In that case, let's just buy more." Li Xiao thought for a while and said, "Aya went to Chang'an, found a familiar tooth man, and bought more cows, horses, and mules." ”

Lao Zhao was a little surprised when he heard this.

"Livestock isn't cheap right now."

"Although it is not cheap, it is not very expensive, a mother is three times a year, ten heads are only thirty-five, and a hundred heads are only three hundred and fifty times." Li Xiao settled the account.

Yang Dayan rolled his eyes as he listened, it was really easy to say.

Three or five hundred times still opened his mouth and came.

"If you don't take good care of it, you will die of illness and death, not only will you lose a lot of money, but the officials of the yamen will also come to hold you accountable. Besides, 3,550 cows are not cheap, and we can buy 10 acres of sloping land for only 3,500 yuan for this acre of sloping land. ”

Listening to his calculations, it is true.

Li Xiao pinched his chin, feeling that things were really not that simple.