He agreed at that time: "Uncle Li, you have to do it, if you can really help me introduce me, I still have to owe you a personal favor." ”

"What does you owe a favor, you can think of selling me this batch of cattle, don't I owe you more?"

Li Jiagen was full of emotion, he said: "We are all helping each other. ”

Li Jiagen introduced the person who specializes in breeding calves to Feng Tao, who is from Huanghua Town, Dongyang County, which is a little far away from Caojiazhuang.

Cao Shujie thought to himself, no wonder he didn't pay attention to this place.

Li Jiagen personally called, and after being connected, Li Jiagen opened his mouth and said, "Tao, I'm your brother Gen." ”

Cao Shujie understood it, and from the tone of his speech, the relationship between Li Jiagen and Feng Tao should be good.

Cao Jianlong, Zhuang Xuejian and Zhu Hongwei did not speculate indiscriminately, and quietly listened to Li Jiagen's call.

After Li Jiagen finished typing, he put away his mobile phone, and before they could ask, Li Jiagen took the initiative to say: "It's done, if you want it, I'll ask Feng Tao to prepare a calf for you." ”

"Uncle Li, what breed?" Cao Shujie asked.

Li Jiagen said that they are all big cattle, and they are basically this breed here.

"Okay, how many heads can you get over here?" Cao Shujie asked.

But Li Jiagen did not give an exact number, he said: "Shujie, otherwise, I will give you his phone number, you go to his farm to have a look, and you can talk to yourself later." ”

"After paying the money, you tell me, I can say hello to Feng Tao alone, and let you pay a month later, anyway, I have been working in Qingshi Town for more than 20 years, and I can't run away."

Hearing Li Jiagen say this, Cao Shujie hurriedly said: "Uncle Li, what you said is too serious, if you know that I suspect you as a person, my father will have to beat me half to death." ”

Since he wants to cooperate in the long run, Feng Tao will definitely go there.

And this time not only Cao Shujie went by himself, looking at Cao Jianlong, Zhu Hongwei and Zhuang Xuejian, Cao Shujie felt that he had to take them to the field trip together, so as not to make them too idle and he was upset.

The five people chatted in the village committee office until noon, and Cao Jianlong called the big guy to eat.

Li Jiagen still wanted to leave, but Zhuang Xuejian and Cao Jianlong grabbed Li Jiagen's arm left and right, and he couldn't leave if he wanted to.

"Lao Li, I used to just go to your house to buy meat, but I can't invite you to a meal today?" Cao Jianlong shouted.

"I have something to do in the afternoon." Li Jiagen jumped to his feet, trying to convince him.

But he was wrong, Cao Jianlong and the others didn't care about that at all.

"If you have something to do, you have to finish eating." Zhuang Xuejian said.

Zhu Hongwei and Li Jiagen are not familiar with each other, but Li Jiagen now wants to buy cattle from their village, so it is reasonable to invite Li Jiagen to have a meal.

There was no way, and Li Jiagen also gave up the idea of going back.

He thought to himself that he couldn't drink anything later, and for him, this was the bottom line.

But when he came to the farmhouse restaurant, a few hard dishes were ordered, and he smelled the fragrant smell of beef, and Li Jiagen's alcohol addiction was committed.

"It's a shame not to take a sip of wine for such a good dish." Li Jiagen thought to himself.

Cao Jianlong ordered two bottles of wine, unscrewed the lid and began to pour the wine.

He also chattered: "Don't be polite to me when you come to this place, you can order whatever you want to drink and eat." ”

"This beef is really good." Li Jiagen picked up a piece of beef, he slaughtered cows, slaughtered pigs and killed sheep for so many years, just by looking at it with his eyes, he could tell the good from the bad.

Cao Jianlong said: "Of course, this is the cattle raised in Shujie's orchard, and they eat more finely than people. ”

"Try it today, this beef is really delicious."

"But don't think about it, his cattle have never flowed out, and when they reach the standard of slaughter, they will be bought immediately." Cao Jianlong complained about this matter.

In Caojiazhuang, Cao Shujie really managed to sell the cattle he raised.

Before the standard of selling, some people remembered it in advance.

A few hundred cows are not enough, and the scene is spectacular just thinking about it.

Compared with the cattle raised by Cao Shujie, the 300 cattle in Caojiazhuang, Zhujiazhuang and Taodong Village combined are not comparable at all.

"When I was killing the cow, I thought this meat was different, it's a pity, why didn't I leave a little left." Li Jiagen said.

"Uncle Li, next time I kill the cow, you can just stay." Cao Shujie is generous.

After the wine is drunk, there is no need to be persuaded at all, and those who want to drink will find an excuse to drink two more sips themselves.

This is the case with Li Jiagen.

obviously said that he would not drink, but after he really let go of the amount of alcohol, he couldn't control it, one glass of wine was down, and the second glass was poured on.

A few people drank quite happily.

Li Jiagen told them that the beef in the market is very good now, but the price of calves has also increased.

This is called "one gain and one loss."

But Li Jiagen also said something else: "I always feel that the current cattle market is unhealthy. ”

"If we continue like this, sooner or later we will collapse, and it will be the cattle farmers who will suffer."

Li Jiagen drank a lot, and after finishing speaking, he picked up the teacup and drank it all, and the person looked much more sober.

In the case of such a hot cattle market, Li Jiagen's point of view sounds extreme, but if you think about it carefully, it is not without reason.

There's a word called boom and bust!

"Uncle Li, how do you say this?" Cao Shujie asked him.

Li Jiagen seems to have the attributes of a good teacher: "Shujie, have you noticed that the price of beef has been hovering around 13 yuan since last year, but how much has the price of calves increased since last year?" ”

"You also have cattle, so you should have paid attention to another question, how much has the price of feed increased since last year? How much has the price of forage increased? How much has your feeding cost increased? ”

These questions are to the core.

Cao Shujie doesn't have to think about how much the price of feed has risen in normal times, and he has a clear mind.

However, when it comes to feeding cattle, Cao Shujie invests less in feed, mainly on pasture and other feeding costs.

"One more thing, Shujie, you should know the most, you have raised hundreds of cows now, you can't manage it alone, right? Do you have to hire someone? ”

"I don't know if you've noticed, labor costs have risen rapidly for more than a year from last year to now." After Li Jiagen finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and gestured to the four people, and drank half a glass.

This is all obvious, Cao Shujie has increased the salary of his employees this year.

Just converting the basic salary, you have to open an extra 300 yuan every month, and in a year, one person is 3,600 yuan.

But this money can't go up if it doesn't go up.

Everyone else came out to work to earn money, not to worship him, so they gave selflessly.

If he continues to maintain a low income, the people who work for him will have to leave sooner or later.

The reality is so cruel.

Speaking of this, Li Jiagen looked at Cao Shujie: "I heard you say that when your village wants to build a breeding cooperative, to be honest, I really admire the vision of your village, and you are in the lead." ”

Li Jiagen clenched his fist with his right hand, raised his two fingers in the middle of the food, and swore to the sky: "I bet that in less than 5 years, individuals who raise cattle by themselves will definitely feel pain." ”

"Only by uniting to raise cattle as Shujie said, increase the risk of resistance, and reduce the cost of breeding, can we survive!"

The words 'live' made the atmosphere at their table a little heavy.

Including Zhuang Xuejian, Zhu Hongwei and Cao Jianlong, the three of them all understood the meaning of Li Jiagen's words.

At this time, Zhuang Xuejian and Zhu Hongwei once again deeply realized that they must not fall behind if they follow Caojiazhuang, otherwise no business is stable.

Cao Jianlong was pondering the timing of Cao Shujie's proposal of the 'cattle cooperative', which was a coincidence.

When Cao Shujie proposed this cattle cooperative, he also mentioned the increase in individual breeding costs.

Li Jiagen also said one thing, he believes that the price of calves will definitely continue to rise when the supply of beef in the market is still not satisfied.

This situation will undoubtedly fundamentally increase the cost of farming for farmers.

According to Li Jiagen, he believes that within three to five years, the price of calves may rise to more than 5,000 yuan.

From the bottom of his heart, Cao Shujie agrees with Li Jiagen's speculation.

The facts are already in front of us, and the price of calves has risen a little outrageously in the past two years.

It has doubled in less than two years from more than 1,000 yuan, and that's it, calves are even more scarce, and it is obvious that the price will continue to rise.

Li Jiagen drank a little too much, and he couldn't go back on a motorcycle.

Cao Shujie asked Cao Shuchao to ride Li Jiagen's motorcycle to send him back.

Let Cao Shuchao take a taxi back again, Qian Caoshu is outstanding, but Cao Shuchao thinks no, he will come back by bus.

When Cao Shujie and Cao Jianlong, Zhu Hongwei, and Zhuang Xuejian separated, they also made an appointment with them to go to Feng Tao in Huanghua Town, Dongyang County tomorrow to see the calf.

Cao Jianlong and the three of them didn't want to go, which meant that Cao Shujie was in charge of this matter.

But Cao Shujie is a chicken thief, let him do this job, and he is not happy.

Finally, Cao Shujie said: "I will drive you there early tomorrow morning." ”

……

After separating from Cao Shujie, Cao Jianlong went home, and Zhu Hongwei and Zhuang Xuejian were still together.

They were discussing what Li Jiagen said during the lunch meal.

As an old guy who has been slaughtering for more than 20 years, Li Jiagen must know the market of pigs, cattle and sheep.

What he said was not untargeted, but there was a certain amount of truth.

Because of this, Zhuang Xuejian and Zhu Hongwei originally thought that raising cattle was a road to heaven and a very important way for the people in the village to develop, but today they found out that this line of work is not as easy to mix as they imagined.

"Lao Zhuang, what do you say?"

Zhu Hongwei lit a cigarette and handed it to Zhuang Xuejian, he lit another one himself, took a puff of cigarette with his two fingers in the middle of the food, and burned one-third.

Zhuang Xuejian really didn't have any far-sighted ideas on economic development, he said: "I don't understand anything, I know that following Director Cao, people can make money, and they are willing to take us to make money, what do you want to do so much?" ”

"One day when raising cattle really doesn't make money, then Director Cao will definitely have to think about other development paths, let's just do it, Lao Zhu, are you right?"

These words are very simple and direct.

Zhuang Xuejian continued: "To put it mildly, if Cao Shujie doesn't take us to play, Lao Zhu, can you think of other ways to bring the people in your village to make money?" ”

Seeing that Zhu Hongwei didn't speak, Zhuang Xuejian raised his eyebrows: "Na, don't you think about it, I didn't mean to look down on him, we really don't have his ability, don't think about anything, just follow the path of others." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Xuejian didn't wait for Zhu Hongwei to reply, and rode an electric car towards Taodong Village in the north.

He felt that Zhu Hongwei was really asking for trouble when he thought so much.

obviously doesn't have any big skills, but he still worries about the world's affairs, isn't this looking for something for himself?

Cao Jianlong and Zhuang Xuejian have similar thoughts.

He was clear in his heart, and he could not put forward effective opinions on the economic development of Caojiazhuang.

Since this is the case, Cao Shujie will do whatever he says, and he will not worry about development at all.

But then again, if there are those trivial things in Caojiazhuang, Cao Jianlong is the first to come out, and he resolutely does not let these things affect Cao Shujie.

……

Early in the morning of the second day, after Cao Shujie finished eating at home, he said to his wife and drove his GL8 out.

First pick up Cao Jianlong, then go to Zhujiazhuang in the south to pick up Zhu Hongwei, and finally pick up Zhuang Xuejian, and then drive north towards Dongyang County.

There is also a county-level city between the two counties, and the distance between the two places is almost 100 kilometers.

There was no highway, Cao Shujie drove all the way, and it took almost two hours to come to Huanghua Town, Dongyang County.

After arriving here, Cao Shujie called Feng Tao directly, asked where he was, and drove directly over.

Feng Tao is almost 50 years old this year, and he has been raising cattle and breeding calves for 20 years.

The scale of his farm is in the middle of the best compared to the scale of Cui Jingguo's farm.

Li Jiagen had already told Feng Tao about Cao Shujie and their purchase of calves, and when Cao Shujie and the four of them were welcomed into the farm, Feng Tao was particularly enthusiastic.

He said: "Li Jiagen is my old cousin, you were introduced by my cousin, we are our own people." ”

Cao Shujie really didn't expect that Li Jiagen and Feng Tao had such a relationship, no wonder Li Jiagen swore at that time that he could guarantee them for late payment.

To put it bluntly, half of their money was not settled on Li Jiagen's side, and they took the calf from Feng Tao, even if they really repaid the debt, Li Jiagen dared to pay the remaining half of the money directly to his cousin.

This is the most reliable triangular debt.

After figuring out this link, Cao Shujie didn't want to do anything else, first look at the quality of the calf?

If you can, buy as much as possible.

In this regard, Cao Jianlong and the three of them can help a little.

The four of them walked towards the calf pen together, and looked at the calf running outside the pen, and after a while of careful observation, they felt that the calf looked quite active.

"I don't think it's wrong, but I'm not professional, so I'd better let Director Cao take a look at it, so as not to lose our eyes." Zhu Hongwei said so.

He didn't have the diamond, and he didn't do the porcelain work.

(End of chapter)