Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 294 Layout in Mountainous Areas
When Chai Lin came out, Hu Sanniang, Dian Zhengnan, Xie Bao, Liu Tang and others were waiting at the gate of the government office.Chai Meng has already gone back ahead of time, and Wu Yong is responsible for building the fleet, recruiting people for the fleet, and building a strong transport fleet.

Hu Sanniang was very happy to see Chai Lin, and said, "Why are you so happy?"

"500 taels of gold and [-] acres of land, I didn't expect Dong Ping to be really valuable, Master Cheng cashed in. In addition, the salt and iron matters have also been settled." Chai Lin said happily.

"Okay, let's go to my family's department store." Hu Sanniang said.

Hu’s department store is quite large in scale, with a row of twelve front rooms, selling soap, soap, various waterwheels, hand-pressed wells, and many handicrafts, wood products, etc.There is also a small shop that sells daughter's supplies next to it. The special shop is called Girlfriend Pavilion. There is a maid on duty at the door, and there is a sign that men are not allowed.

Xie Bao and Liu Tang looked around and found that there was no suspicious person, so they were relieved.

"Sanniang, what do you sell in this female celebrity shop?"

"Why, do you want to go and see?" Hu Sanniang asked.

Chai Lin said: "Just look at it, it's nothing."

"I said you are quite curious as a big man. Well, Chunxiang, go to the store to see if there are any customers. If there are no customers, the business will be closed."

"Yes."

Hu Sanniang arranged for the maid to go, and after a while, the arrangement was completed.

Hu Sanniang led Chai Lin into the Boudoir Honey Pavilion. When she went in, she saw that it was too ordinary, such as rouge and gouache, various flower petals, and women's small clothes.

Chai Lin couldn't help but shook his head, and said, "You are too ordinary, it's no wonder that you can sell well. I'll make some products for you, which are absolutely popular."

Hu Sanniang said: "Why do you, a big man, care so much about women, and you are so proficient in women's clothes?"

"Women make the best money in the world. If I tell you, you won't understand. You, the shopkeeper in charge, call me, and I'll tell her about it," Chai Lin said.

Hu Sanniang saw that Chai Lin's words were serious, so she called the shopkeeper over. She was a 27-year-old female shopkeeper.

Hu Sanniang scolded after seeing it: "You are going to die, who dares to wear this clothes after it is made."

"It's worn inside but not outside. If you don't believe me try it, it will definitely be popular." Chailin said.

The shopkeeper said: "Miss, I think the clothes designed by my uncle are sure to sell well. It's no problem to sell them as popular styles. Why don't you try something."

"Okay, since you said it looks good, let's try it, and develop it if it sells well." Hu Sanniang said.

"It can be divided into several simple models, small, medium, large, and extra large." Before Chailin could finish speaking, Hu Sanniang led her to Hu Sanniang's room in the backyard by the hand.

"You, you, I thought you were serious, but you are also a little villain." Hu Sanniang said, pointing to Chai Lin's head.

"How can this be called a little villain? My head is full of money-making ideas." Chailin said.

After arguing for a while, Hu Sanniang said, "What did Master Jia tell you just now?"

"The two of us have been arguing for a long time, discussing the price of salt."

"You didn't talk about anything else?" Hu Sanniang didn't believe it.

"He asked me to divorce you and marry Cheng Wan'er." Chai Lin said.

Hu Sanniang asked: "What did you say?"

Chai Lin patted the table, and said: "I said, Hu Sanniang and I were engaged by three matchmakers and six certificates, and we had a life-threatening friendship after fighting together. There is no such thing as a relationship."

Hu Sanniang was very happy and said, "You really said that?"

"Really, this is still false."

"You still have a little conscience, Wan'er, come out." Hu Sanniang turned her head and shouted at the gift.

The lotus steps moved lightly, and a lithe and weak woman walked out. If it's not Cheng Wan, who is it?

Chai Lin was in a mess, how could Cheng Wan be in Hu Sanniang's room.

"This, this." Chailin was at a loss for words for a while.

"Wan'er is my best friend, we've known each other for a long time." Hu Sanniang smiled wickedly.

Cheng Wan felt a little unnatural, and came over to say hello to Chai Lin, and sat down beside the coffee table.

Seeing that something was wrong, Chai Lin hurried away.

"Well, let's talk. I'm going to the shipyard to order some boats." Chai Lin said and slipped away.

Hu Sanniang and Cheng Wan were left smiling, and they didn't know what they were talking about in the room.

Chai Lin came out to discuss things with Li Xing, the shopkeeper of Hujiazhuang. Chai Lin asked, "Treasurer Li, how is the progress of the cultivation of Yimeng black pigs from Yishui County that was arranged some time ago?"

"There are no large households in the area, and at most one household can breed more than 300 pigs in the mountains. After receiving the arrangement from the owner of Chai Zhuang, I immediately made arrangements and built more than a dozen pig farms, each with more than [-] sows. There will be more than [-] piglets. At the beginning of spring next year at the most, there will be tens of thousands of piglets. In five or six months, there will be [-] piglets, which can fully meet the requirements of Chai Zhuangzhu."

"There are so many?" Chailin was a little surprised.

"Well, there are. The local black pig breed is excellent, and its disease resistance is very strong. There are seven or eight first litters, and at least a dozen second litters. The survival rate is [-]%, which is no problem. This number can be too many It’s just that it’s not suitable for large-scale breeding, two to three hundred heads are okay, and it’s easy to get disease.” Li Xing said.

"Don't worry, in the spring of next year, when the piglets grow to thirty or forty catties, I will buy the pigs you bred and distribute them to the rural areas in the Mengshan Mountains. I will adopt the model of commercial banks and farmers to guide farmers Raise pigs, increase income and become rich." Chai Lin said.

Li Xingdao: "Master Chai, their plains are better, but the mountainous villages are extremely poor. I have been there many times, and the people are very simple. But their fertile land is very little, and the good land of loess accounts for [-]% at most. Others They are all sandy land with bone and stone reclaimed by hoes on the mountains. The land is relatively shallow, usually more than one foot deep, and has poor drought resistance. This kind of land cannot produce wheat seeds, and the local people just plant Some miscellaneous grains such as soybeans, sorghum, millet, mung beans, cowpeas, buckwheat, etc., produce less than [-] catties per mu. Although the land is sparsely populated and grass is everywhere, it is not enough to raise sheep, and there are too many tigers and wolves. Grazing near the village, not daring to go far.”

"I have already sent someone to understand this situation in advance. My Zhuangshang Commercial Firm has selected a town store in the south of Fei County called Baiyanji. There are dozens of small villages around it, all of which are in hilly areas. We are just waiting for your mother here. After the pigs are bred, the commercial bank will distribute them to the cooperative villagers, and each household will raise pigs scatteredly. As for the feed, it is not a problem at all, because I have produced several new varieties of drought-resistant and barren-resistant grains such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, and the sandy land is still the same. It can achieve a higher yield. At the same time, Cangzhou’s strategy of raising pigs this year with pumpkins, carrots, wild vegetables, bran, and rice bran is very good. It can be slaughtered in a year, easily more than 200 catties, and the meat tastes very fragrant.” Chailin said.

Li Xing was very moved. He is a businessman. As far as the entire Song Dynasty is concerned, the meat market is dominated by mutton and supplemented by pork.Mutton has a strong smell, and some people can't accept this taste.Pork is different. The piglets grow rapidly after pigleting, and the meat is delicious without any fishy smell.The most important point is the problem of reproduction. Sheep produce no more than two or three pigs in one litter, but pigs are different. Pigs have fewer seven or eight pigs in one litter, and there are fifteen or six more. The speed of reproduction determines everything.

"Then, can our village do this business?" Li Xing asked.

Chai Lin said with a smile: "The business has increased. How much can Chaijiazhuang do? Besides, my purpose is to help farmers in mountainous areas get rid of poverty as soon as possible through pig breeding. Meat."

Li Xing said ashamedly: "I am a philistine, the owner of the village is righteous and dedicated to the people."

"Otherwise, when it comes to business, it's not profitable to start early. Farmers farm and breed for the same reason. They work hard to farm and breed not for the court or the country, but for their wives and children to have two full meals. So doing business to make money is a very normal thing. As long as you are honest and don’t cheat, you are a conscientious business. No matter what the shopkeeper Li does, Chaijiazhuang will not monopolize the business. Breeding is a big business, and it cannot be done by one or two families. "Chai Lin said.

Li Xing was a little puzzled, and asked, "Why did Chai Zhuangzhu choose Fei County to raise pigs? Can you tell me a thing or two."

"Because this is a mountainous area, 10,000+ people are struggling in poverty-stricken counties with insufficient food and clothing, but the people are simple, kind, hardworking and capable. Because it is poor and it is a mountainous area, sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes can be better promoted. These few days Planting food can make them full all of a sudden, so the effect is very shocking. Especially the sweet potato crop is very strange. The more sandy the land, the faster it grows, and the fertilizer is sufficient. The yield per mu is five or six thousand catties. , even if it is almost three to four thousand catties. Sweet potatoes are good for people to eat, but they are best for feeding pigs, and they are very suitable for raising pigs." Chailin said.

It is understandable that things that have not been touched are always considered impossible and skeptical, and the benefits of sweet potatoes cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

Li Xing said: "Master Chai, when the sweet potatoes are harvested in your farm, can we go and have a look?"

"That's no problem. I'll let you know when the time comes. I'll invite Hujiazhuang, Lijiazhuang, and Dengzhou Gujia Trading Company to do the business in the Mengshan mountain area. Let's take a look together when the sweet potatoes are harvested." Chailin said.

Li Xing understood, and Chai Lin had revealed more to him, so he stopped asking. He planned to report to Hu Cheng, and also started to lay out farming in Fei County. Mountainous areas are better than mountainous areas.There are famous Yimeng black pigs and Yimeng goats in Fei County.Yimeng goats are small in size, but have good quality fur and meat.And it has multiple lambs, and one litter can produce about three heads.Lijiazhuang made clothes from goat skins purchased in large quantities from Yishui and Fei counties.Fei County is so big, it must have several commercial firms to develop.

Chai Lin bid farewell and said, "Shopkeeper Li, there is a new product in Chaijiazhuang that is about to go on sale recently. Remember to pay attention to it and do a good job of publicizing it. I went to Lijiazhuang. Li Yingzhuang advocated Bo Yuntian and brought someone to help. I have to thank him .”

Li Xing said, "I'll send Chai Zhuangzhu."

Li Xing sent Chai Lin to the street, watched Chai Lin and others leave before returning to the house.

(End of this chapter)