Chapter 391: Let's Raise Pigs
Jingyang County had a bumper harvest, and the granaries of the farmers were full of grain for the first time. Qin Ze didn't add taxes, and in fact, even his few people couldn't eat all the food.
Lu Xianling looked at the grain in his county warehouse, and he couldn't help himself. What made him even happier was that these farmers secretly stuffed grain into the county warehouse.
This is unimaginable at any time, in the past, farmers were thinking about how to pay some taxes secretly, and where would anyone secretly pay more taxes?
So when Qin Ze saw that the county warehouse was full of grain, he couldn't help but sigh. This is the people of Datang, they are so simple and simple.
Lu Xian Ling stood beside Qin Ze, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Even if he repeatedly ordered it, there was no way to stop these farmers. These farmers have even started to throw food here at night, so even if they are found, these people will be able to lose them.
"This is the farmers thanking Hou Ye, this year's Jingyang County has a bumper harvest, and the harvest of one year is worth the harvest of two years in ordinary times. His Majesty also exempted these taxes, and the peasants were grateful to do so. I have been the county magistrate of Jingyang County all my life, but I didn't expect to see this scene. ”
Lu Xianling squatted down, grabbed a handful of grain from the grain bag on the ground and looked at it, and the expression on his face was even more happy. They are all good corn, and they are very full.
Qin Ze nodded, also squatted down, grabbed a handful and put it in his hand, and said half-jokingly: "At this time last year, these farmers were still worried about whether Master Hou and I would sell them. Isn't doing this now for the sake of amusing me? Find someone to sell all this grain, and then use the money to sell some livestock back. ”
Farming alone is not enough, after all, people can't just eat food. And with the popularity of pork now, there is also a huge vacancy in Datang's pig market. Since the grain is not enough, it is used to raise pigs.
I also need to get some chickens, ducks, geese, etc., which can eat grass seeds, and at the same time help eat some pests, which is also good for the crops. And if you raise it well, one egg a day can also improve the lives of the people.
When Lu Xianling heard Qin Ze say this, he also shook his head, sighed and said: "They are all hungry and scared people, and they are willing to use grain to feed pigs." In addition, although chickens and ducks can lay eggs, they are too troublesome to hatch, and it is difficult to breed them on a large scale. ”
Qin Ze knows this, hens do not lay eggs during the incubation period. Therefore, people in later generations will use greenhouses to artificially incubate eggs. Otherwise, if you really wait for the hen to hatch the eggs, it is estimated that you will not be able to collect a few eggs a year.
It's not too difficult to incubate eggs artificially, anyway, now Chang'an has charcoal, so it's a big deal to try to build a greenhouse.
Lu Xianling also saw that Qin Ze was intent on selling these things, but when he thought of Qin Ze's name as the first loser in Chang'an, Lu Xianling also sighed.
Since Hou Ye has spoken, of course he has to do it. It's just that because of this year's bumper harvest, the price of grain has also dropped to five cents. But fortunately, chickens and ducks were very cheap, so after selling the grain, they still sold about 100 pigs, plus 500 chickens, ducks and geese each.
It's just that if you want everyone in Jingyang County to raise pigs, it is still impossible, after all, there are not so many piglets in Chang'an.
Therefore, the Lu County Order only sent the piglets to the county square of Jingyang County, which is equivalent to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, and is the place where farmers gather the most. As for the other small villages scattered a little bit, the Lu County Order was not issued this time.
Around the Hou Mansion in Jingyang County, a total of more than 200 families gathered. Qin Ze was already planning to rebuild this place, at least to pour the ground onto a concrete road. Of course, this will have to wait for the cement in the cement mill to be empty.
The number of people is small, and it is naturally very convenient to distribute, two chickens, ducks and geese for each family. Then those who are willing to raise pigs, in addition, divide some chickens and ducks.
That's right, even if it's given for free, these people don't want to raise pigs. After all, people sometimes can't eat enough, who wants to raise pigs.
Qin Ze didn't care, and directly said that if it was at the end of the year, whose pigs were less than 100 catties, then the board would be served.
Qin Ze said that the board is serving, then he really wants the board to serve, although he has not seen anyone beaten until now, but these farmers all believe in their own Hou Ye very much.
As a result, the entire Jingyang County has changed from joy to sorrow, and only those old people who firmly believe in Qin Ze will knock on their son's head and let them give birth to pigs.
"Master Hou just didn't cover up his words, but he was always good to us in his heart. Besides, aren't there still chickens, ducks and geese? Hou Ye said that as long as he sent it over, he was willing to buy it with a penny. What's not to be happy about? ”
After all, the older generation is still more knowledgeable, and they can see that Qin Ze is really good to them. It's just that in order to take care of his identity as a marquis, he behaves a little perversely many times.
On this day, Jingyang County once again became the most famous place in the entire Chang'an.
When Tang Jian came over, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw the scene of half-grown children herding pigs everywhere in Jingyang County.
Tang Jian is the clearest about the changes in Jingyang County, which has always been the poorest place in Chang'an. When I first came, the faces of the people were also sad. But now it was full of laughter, especially the scene of three or five children herding pigs, which made him feel even more gratified.
Regarding Tang Jian's arrival, Qin Ze was not curious at all. It's just that Tang Jian is obviously very curious, and he saw that none of these children herding pigs were carrying a bamboo basket on their backs, so he was also curious to go up and take a look.
Qin Ze wanted to stop it, but it was too late, it was full of pig manure. The degree of thrift of the people is not something that Tang Jian can imagine. Now they will collect bird droppings even when they see them on the ground.
Tang Jian glanced at it, didn't say anything, and walked back with a smile on his face. It's just that when he came to Qin Ze, he still frowned and said, "Next time, Master Hou will remind a certain sentence, so as not to cause any jokes." ”
Qin Ze smiled helplessly when he heard this, and said in his heart: "You have to go up and see everything yourself, and you still blame me?" ”
But despite thinking so in his heart, Qin Ze still asked, "What's going on over there in the shipyard?" ”
There is the bait that Qin Ze and the others sprinkled, which is related to future actions, and naturally cannot be missed.
Tang Jian nodded and said, "At least four people with ulterior motives have been identified, and then we should be able to find out which one is the person from the royal family you are talking about." ”
"That's good, now the artillery is almost experimental. As long as the ship is ready, it will be able to march to the Wa Kingdom. ”
Only Qin Ze himself knows in his heart that in fact, for the current Tang Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom is just a small land, and its importance is not as important as Tuyuhun and the Western Turks, but Qin Ze just can't tolerate it.
It's not just Li Er whose ambitions have gradually grown over the years, but Qin Ze's ambitions are also expanding.
Although they know that the rise and fall is the theme of history, Qin Ze and Li Er have the same idea, that is, they hope that they can lay enough family business for future generations. In this way, even if it decays, it will be slower.
Shipbuilding costs money, a lot of money. Especially if you want to go to sea, you need more money. However, in an Eastern Turkic war, the treasury of the Tang Dynasty has been depleted. In addition, now that Datang is marching towards Tuyuhun, the consumption of the treasury is faster.
Tang Jian came to Qin Ze to discuss the matter of looting money.
In fact, the richest person in the Tang Dynasty is not Li Er, but the nobles with the family as the main body. When Ga'a Nashu'er was weak in the Turkic state, he attacked the nobles in the country. Although it was hard to hear, Qin Ze felt that these nobles of the Tang Dynasty were just rats raised by Li Eryang.
One day, when the master's family is poor and has nothing to eat, he will attack these nobles. You must know that when Pei Lin was raided, what was found shocked the entire court.
It was also from that time that Qin Ze understood. In front of the real noble family, this little mouse is simply a poor person, or the kind of poor person who can't even look down on beggars.
That's why this time Qin Ze put his idea in the hands of these nobles again, it is impossible to raid the family, except for this, Qin Ze has a way.
The larger and more complex a person's interest group is, the safer that person is. This is a sentence that Qin Ze has always firmly believed.
Therefore, it was said that Qin Ze wanted to loot money, but the essence was that many people came to get a piece of the pie.
The glazed workshop that was built with Cheng Laoyou at the beginning is finally reaching maturity today.
Today's Liulifang is already an experimental base of the Datang Academy's Baigong Bureau. It is precisely because of their existence that Qin Ze can get excellent quality glaze.
Large and small, colorful glasses were thrown on the ground so casually, and Tang Jian also felt a tremor in his heart.
Carefully picking up a piece of glass, Tang Jian rubbed it with his hand. This is a glass object in the shape of a wild wolf. The whole body is cyan, the lines are smooth, and it looks lifelike. In particular, there are two rubies inlaid with the wolf's eyes, which makes it even more eye-catching.
"Goodong~"
Tang Jian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then looked at the things on the ground. At that moment, he also looked at Qin Ze and asked, "This thing is all made by Qin Hou?" ”
In fact, it is not surprising that Tang Jian has such an expression, after all, if the things here are taken out casually, they are all priceless existences.
When the experiment was successful, Cheng Lao Demon also held that thing and died without letting go. also threatened that this was the best treasure in the world, but now it ......
Cheng Lao Demon now faced these things, and there was no joy at all. Sometimes they even deliberately throw it on the ground just to hear the crunching sound.
Scarcity is expensive, and once there are more things, they are not worth much.
So although Qin Ze asked the craftsmen to make a lot, he didn't plan to take them out all at once, what he had to do was to sell these things little by little, only in this way could the value of these things be guaranteed.