Chapter 21: Buying Pigs
Li Hang really didn't expect this to cause this kind of result in the smuggling of smuggled salt, and the shopkeeper Su was so groveling and condescending, it was completely because of the influence of this smuggling salt, he Yuan Jishi knew about this matter, and he couldn't cover it with a lid, either he would kill Yuan Jishi and Li Hang, as well as everyone in Donglin Port, or he could only spend money to seal his mouth.
Looking at the gold ingots placed in the box one by one, Li Hang swallowed his saliva.
Ten taels of gold!
Li Hang gasped, you must know that the exchange ratio of gold and silver in this era is one to ten.
You must know that this is still the official exchange ratio, if it is a private transaction, one tael of gold can be exchanged for more than twelve taels.
Therefore, these ten taels of gold can be used as one hundred and twenty taels of silver.
"Husband, I'm afraid this money won't be used......" Zhou Yurong sighed and sat on the bed, this thing is hot!
"Let it go! We deserve it! But don't use it! Li Hang put the small wooden box in their hands, and at this time, his family's earning power had already come up, and it was a big deal to wait for a while.
If they were to carry the burden over, it would be estimated that a furnace would exhaust them to death.
Li Hang also understands, that's why he makes that kind of breakfast car.
As for the money, in the final analysis, it is estimated that you have to come out by yourself.
After all, now that I have more money than them, I can advance the money first and let them repay it in installments.
But now the production of baking soda can gradually be handed over to these boys.
And Li Hang himself took caustic soda into his own hands.
Caustic soda is too dangerous, and trona and baking soda are fine.
Recently, he has made so much money, but he can only eat fish every day, Li Hang touched his chin. "Yurong, you said that we will buy some meat tomorrow and come back to make a delicious meal, how about inviting those who work for us to eat, we can let these boys reunite with their families, and we can also explain the situation to them, I am not a private school, so I have to explain it well, so as not to misunderstand!"
The thirst for fame and fame in this era has reached the level of perversion, so Li Hang does not dare to guarantee that after he does this, they will not complain in their hearts.
"Husband, you give them a livelihood and teach their children to read and write, who dares to say that the husband is not half up and down this Donglin port? Besides, the husband also has a relationship with the shopkeeper of Nasu. Who dares to gossip in Donglin Port? ”
Friendship? Li Hang shook his head. "That's just a little bit of your husband's teacher's thin noodles, not your husband's own ability!"
After taking his wife and sister-in-law to walk around, Li Hang learned that there were no live pigs to sell in this Donglin port, and if he wanted to buy this pig, he had to go to the nearby countryside to see.
Wang Dali looked at Li Hang with a smile. "Master, I am familiar with all the towns and villages in this vicinity, and there are only people from Xiahe Village who want to talk about raising pigs in this vicinity, and those people can not only go down to the river to fish, but also raise pigs and pick herbs!"
"Oh?" Li Hang rarely has contact with the people of this era, and naturally he doesn't know their way of survival.
But he can still imagine it, such as relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to draft water, this way of survival is the wisdom of the ancient people, and it has been passed down to modern times.
Li Hang followed Wang Dali and took his two apprentices to the nearby Xiahe Village.
The geographical location of this river village is very good, not to mention the mountains and rivers, and even the area of the river beach is quite huge, which means that this kind of place can not only obtain a large number of fishery resources without the help of fishing boats, but also go up the mountain to collect medicine and hunt.
"Li Xiucai?" Li Hang didn't expect to be recognized by an old man when he entered the village.
After looking at it, Li Hang laughed. "It turned out to be Uncle Zhao!"
Zhao Bo is a fishmonger who often sells fish in Donglin Port, and he often buys fish recently, so Li Hang has known him since he came and went.
"Is Uncle Zhao from Xiahe Village?"
"That's right! The old man has lived in Xiahe Village for many years, Li Xiucai came here today, could it be that he came here to play? ”
Play?
"Sort of! I came here mainly to buy pigs, saying that there are people in this village who raise pigs. ”
The old man's eyes widened, isn't this pig cheap meat?
"Okay! Here I'm cooked! I'll take you! ”
The old man smiled and went to the house of a pig farmer in the village. In this year, pigs are not like before, relying on the fat piled up by this kind of feed, they can be slaughtered in a few months, and at this time, pig farmers are basically cutting pigweed or simply free-range. Such pigs grow very slowly, and even take several years to be slaughtered.
Li Hang curiously pointed to a few families on the side. "Old man, how many pigs are raised here?"
How many pig farmers there are in this place can determine how much income the people in this place can have and how their lives are.
Not to mention that they can eat mutton and dog meat, they farmers probably can't eat it a few times a year.
This time he came out to buy pigs, his main purpose was to check the purchasing power of the surrounding counties, especially the larger counties nearby, he still wanted to see.
"There are not many people who raise pigs here, and they are only sold to nearby landlords on weekdays, so there are not many pigs, you know, even if we have too much, we can't afford to eat them!" Who will! The old man walked around and greeted the farmer around him, and they were also curious about what this talented man was doing.
Zhao Bo pointed to a child in the distance. "That's the baby of that family, raising pigs! If you want to buy it, I'll help you get their adults back. Li Xiucai, you can also talk to them properly. ”
Li Hang patted Zhao Bo's back. "Uncle Zhao, can you please send five fish to my house every day in the future, if it rains, forget it, okay?"
"Okay!" Zhao Bo agreed without saying a word, and it was difficult for him to sell fish when he went to Donglin Port before, after all, there was water in Donglin Port, so it was also a fish producer, but there were big herring fish in the river in Xiahe Village.
It is this kind of big herring with delicious meat and few spines that is particularly liked by Li Hang.
So what he bought the most was this kind of big herring.
As soon as he heard this, Uncle Zhao looked at Li Hang with a smile, he was so old, he just went to the next net every day and got two fish to sell.
And these days, people don't think that fish is meat.
"Li Xiucai, you still take care of us people!"
"What to take care of and not to take care of. I like to eat fish, you can always catch fish, this is a fair trade, not to mention that this fish is not expensive. Li Hang said and sat on the big stone with Uncle Zhao on the side, waiting for the pig farmer to come over, Li Hang looked at the stout woman curiously.
"Hua Niang, I brought you good business!" Uncle Zhao smiled and leaned in.
Looking at these five big and three thick women, Li Hang felt that she might really be a hardworking woman, at least when she came back, she still carried two huge buckets on her shoulders. The bucket was full of things.