Wei and Jin Cooks Chapter 88

   Chapter 88 The way to make money

  Mr. Ji was rich, and by taking advantage of the Zhao family's reputation in Runan, he bought a large amount of grain directly from the local gentry and grain merchants.

   And with the progress of the summer harvest, the price has been pressed again and again, "Except for Yingchuan, this year's harvest in Yuzhou is not bad. The new grain is about to come down, and the price of grain will inevitably drop. What's the use of keeping the old grain?"

  Although it is not a big problem to keep old grain for three or five years, the taste is greatly affected, and the longer the grain is kept, the cheaper it will be.

   Mr. Ji said: "You might as well give me the old grain in your hands. My girls mainly use it for good deeds, and it doesn't have to be new grain."

  Everyone readily agreed, so truck after truck of grain was brought into the manor from outside.

  The people in the manor saw these grain carts coming in, their hearts gradually calmed down, and they worked harder and harder.

  The wheat in the fields is decreasing every day, the harvested wheat is pulled back to dry, and then the women and children are threshed at home.

  In order to build houses, Zhuangzi sent about 300 people to build houses and roads. Even Zhao Ju went into battle in person. In addition to teaching Zhao Erlang's martial arts every day, he led everyone to lay the foundation.

   After Mr. Ji came back from a walk in Runan, the houses in the manor have been lined up in rows, and Fu Tinghan has now been able to control the success rate of kiln firing to over 90%.

   He has ignored this matter and let Lu Kun take the long-term workers in the village to burn bricks by himself. He hides in the house every day and does his own business. Except for occasionally coming out to learn martial arts with Zhao Hanzhang, he basically does not go out.

  Ji Yuan stood at the intersection and looked at the smoking brick kiln in the distance. He was amazed, "It's only been half a month, so many houses have been built?"

   Zhao Ju took people out to inspect other Zhuangzi, and happened to meet him halfway, so the two teams came back together, he glanced over there, and said indifferently: "Can you build a house with burnt bricks, how fast?"

   He said: "Now the brick kiln can produce 30,000 bricks a day."

   "Now that there are bricks, what about the glutinous rice soup? How much glutinous rice soup do you need to build so many houses?"

   Lime mortar is needed to lay bricks, but the lime mortar is very rough, the house cannot be built very tall, and it will get water on rainy days, so it is not strong enough.

  Only by stirring the lime mortar with glutinous rice soup, can the built wall be sealed and firm.

Zhao Ju said: "Sanniang asked Cheng Bo to bring the grain to the county town and Wubao to exchange for glutinous rice. There are so many people in the manor, so it won't be wasted. But Sanniang also said that if she can find a yellow clay with good viscosity , then it can replace the glutinous rice soup, Cheng Bo was looking for it with someone, but he couldn't find it for a while."

   Ji Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they were well arranged.

   He rode back to see Zhao Hanzhang.

   Zhao Hanzhang had nothing to do. He was practicing marksmanship in the yard with a long spear. The one who taught her was Ji Ping.

   He is a cavalryman, and he is best at marksmanship. His gun was damaged during the attack, so he changed his sword, and when he arrived at the manor, he started thinking about shooting a new gun.

   Zhao Hanzhang was very envious when he saw how powerful he was playing, so he wanted to learn along with him.

When    Ji Yuan arrived, she was turning around and stabbed a shot straight at his head and face, which startled Ji Yuan.

   Zhao Hanzhang retracted the gun with a swipe, threw it to Ji Ping, took the handkerchief from Tinghe and wiped his sweat, then stepped forward with a smile, "Mr. Ji is back."

   Ji Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to salute, "Why did the girl remember to practice martial arts?"

   "Just practice if you like." Zhao Hanzhang invited Mr. Ji to the main hall and asked, "Is there any news outside recently?"

   "The imperial court is still in exile, and Luoyang has not been recaptured. Recently, more and more people have escaped from Luoyang," Ji Yuan said, "Since it is said that buying food is for good deeds, why doesn't Sanniang take the opportunity to gather some refugees?"

   This is also a good deed.

   Zhao Hanzhang readily agreed, "I think so too. Many fields under my name are not cultivated, or they are not cultivated carefully, all because of the shortage of manpower."

   Zhao Hanzhang has enough land, especially the land that Zhao Zhongyu exchanged to her. The tenants and long-term workers who left behind are not very attentive. In addition, due to the serious population loss in the past two years, due to various reasons, a lot of land has been abandoned.

   So as long as she recruits people, she will have land for them to farm, and she only needs to ensure that they have food and lodging when they work.

   Refugees who have fled abroad are just looking for a place to live.

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "Mr. Ji, I have to entrust this matter to you. Bring your food and go to the city gate to recruit people."

She said: "I am afraid that people who have left their hometown will not think about setting up their homes and businesses outside. We can relax the conditions. All recruited long-term workers and tenants will only sign for three years. After three years, if they want to leave, we will never stop them. on."

   "What about the treatment?"

   "The wages of long-term workers are paid according to the market price, and we pay for food and lodging. If the tenants are tenants, we will give them food for the first year, so they will receive 40% of the rent. After the second year, we will only take 20% of the rent."

Mr. Ji was surprised, "Sanniang, the rent is too low. Runan's current rent is between 40% and 50%."

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "Not low, there is little difference between the food and money in the hands of the villagers and in my hands. This manor is originally composed of the villagers. Since I said that I want to support them, it is natural to leave enough space."

   "But you still support the trilogy, with only 20% of the rent, can you afford them?"

   "As long as we have enough fields and enough tenant farmers, we can naturally afford it."

  Mr. Ji: "Then there are weapons, horses, and armor. These all require money."

   Zhao Hanzhang: "Although the price of food has risen a lot, food is needed for basic survival, and it is not acceptable to rely on basic survival resources to obtain combat readiness materials."

   She said: "The war preparations should not come from the sale of grain. From now on, our grain should be kept as much as possible for our own use. If we can't sell it, we won't sell it. As for the money to buy war preparations..."

   Zhao Hanzhang pondered for a moment and said, "I'll find a way."

   Ji Yuan looked at Zhao Hanzhang in surprise, "Sanniang is worthy of being the granddaughter of the lord, and the lord also said that the money spent in the family should not be obtained from food."

   Zhao Hanzhang got excited when he heard it, and hurriedly asked, "Where did grandfather get the money?"

   "The shops, restaurants, and gardens that I run are here," Ji Yuan said, "but the most profitable shops and restaurant gardens are in Luoyang and Chang'an, so..."

   Not to mention that Luoyang and Chang'an are both caught in the chaos of war, that is peace, and Zhao Hanzhang has also exchanged all his brains for Zhao Zhongyu.

   Zhao Hanzhang was not interested immediately after hearing the location, "Let's find another way."

Ji Yuan became distressed, "But what way do we have? Although Shangcai is not poor, it is not very rich. Although you have a shop in the county, but there are no rich people, it is difficult to sell things. Besides, we have What good stuff?"

   Zhao Hanzhang thought and thought, "How do you think we sell bricks?"

   Ji Yuan was taken aback, "Huh?"

   Zhao Hanzhang, however, seemed to have opened up the second vein of Ren and Du, and clapped his hands: "Start from a young age, and the accumulation will make a lot of money. First, sell bricks, and wait for Fu Dalangjun to make glass and other good things before selling more expensive things."

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