Anyway, those aristocratic families can taste whether Northeastern rice is better or brown rice like Champa rice tastes better. They can fool them by setting a feed grain, but in this case, the price will need to be re-evaluated.
Of course, there is no need to talk about this kind of thing now. We will discuss it after the Chinese New Year. This year, Chen Xi thought about letting it go. Anyway, Cai Hao has gone crazy and has nothing to say.
As for whether turning this thing into feed grain or something would have any impact, Chen Xi thought that Cai Mao and his group were really just trying to make some money, and they were not going for the food security of the Han Dynasty, so they wanted to It's not a big problem to settle.
Even if you think about it with your conscience, this group of people themselves don’t eat much of this food. Farming is just a normal agricultural behavior. After planting it, they find that the rice tastes not as good as the rice from the Northeast. There are also many of these people who change hands to buy rice from the Northeast. .
Feeling that one's own rice is not delicious and eating other people's rice has always been a problem. Chen Xi messed around a little, but it was not a big problem.
"It's better to have enough food." Li You said expressionlessly. Cai Mao sold food and grass to the government at low prices on a large scale, and Li You also knew about it.
For Li You, this rice is not delicious. Twenty years ago, the quality of the military rations eaten by the Xiliang cavalry was greatly different from this pure refined grain. Three years ago, the people near Chang'an County , there is still residue in the porridge.
Is it a problem that it tastes bad? Not at all. Besides, if you find it unpalatable, you can grind it into powder and then make it into various other edible things. Add some seasonings and the like to completely change the taste. So for this unpalatable high-yielding grain, Li You Stay completely satisfied.
It has only been a few good days, and there are so many thoughts. Sure enough, the memory of not being able to find good quality Guanyin soil twenty years ago is not deep enough, and Chen Xi is really idle.
"In fact, according to the current situation, the grain output of the Central Plains will increase significantly next year. The decentralization of agricultural tools and the increase in the scope of land reclamation are of positive significance for grain output." Chen Xi explained casually. , "And the food in those places needs to be reconsidered."
Although this group of people now transport grain in large ships and make some money from low prices, if the other party's grain output is too outrageous, it will inevitably impact the Han Dynasty's grain market.
After all, the grain-producing areas in the Central Plains are really not reliable. The plains of North China, Central China, and South China are indeed high-quality plains, but they do not have advantages in climate and rain. From the perspective of the grain industry, they are self-sufficient. No problem, but impact resistance is a bit difficult.
Therefore, if people like Cai Mao continue to develop, in a few decades, sooner or later they will become the super-powerful international grain merchants of later generations. They have the possibility of overwhelming the Han Dynasty grain industry. After all, the prices of this group of people can indeed Go low.
To be exaggerated, the price of food in the Han Dynasty fluctuated back and forth, but it was generally around one hundred and fifty coppers per stone. The significance of this price was more to ensure that the people had enough food. As for making money, there was not much profit.
However, Cai Mao and his group can make almost one-half of the profit from the grain even if shipping costs are included. It doesn’t seem like much. However, the cultivated land of Cai Mao and his group has not yet been fully developed. When it develops, they will continue to sell it. When it comes to grain, the government is a little loose. After the people realize that selling grain is more cost-effective than growing grain, they will gradually give up farming.
This problem is huge. It may take several generations for this to appear, but once it reaches that level, Chen Xi will be powerless, so before these troublesome things happen, he should quickly cut off this possibility. .
"I always feel that you are a little dissatisfied with the families from Jiangnan coming here to sell grain." Lu Su looked at Chen Xi and frowned.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that the perspective is different." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "From a general perspective, it is better to have food spoiled than in shortage, so I agree with this matter, but in other aspects You have to think about it, that’s about it.”
"By the way, I haven't seen the Princess go to enjoy the cool weather this year, and it's already August 15th, and the Princess hasn't given out any gifts." Liu Ye has a different stance on this issue, so he doesn't want to talk more. It's natural. Changed the topic.
"The idea of giving a gift to Her Royal Highness, I'm afraid you are not awake." Chen Xi made a rare joke, "But having said that, it is true. How is Your Highness doing this year?"
"We are farming in Shanglinyuan. After losing some money last year, we realized we can't delay this year and are now harvesting." Lu Su said quietly, "Han Mou is also watching over there. It is said that some problems have occurred. Now it's all up to Xian." The concubine is helping."
Liu Tong did not give up growing peanuts in the end. After all, the peanuts harvested last year made Liu Tong realize that the oil yield rate of this thing is really ridiculous, so she came back after the beginning of this year and prepared to continue her royal special supply. Oil and stuff like that.
Coupled with the factory obtained from Chen Xi, Liu Tong said very excitedly that she can make a lot of money this year. Needless to say, the large textile factory in Chang'an has hired another 2,000 people this year. , provided a large number of jobs, and then Chen Xi secretly built a large area of supporting facilities, so the textile factory's income this year was negative.
In fact, it is not negative. To be precise, textile factories have pressed a lot of goods. If these goods are pre-sold, they can get a lot of money. In addition, cloth and money are both hard currencies these days. After the female workers have paid their wages, as long as there is cloth in the warehouse, it will be earned.
But the pitfall of Chen Xi is that Chen Xi transferred the cloth in advance to the downstream processing of ready-made garments, military uniforms, and various fabrics without paying him, because this thing is only a part of the entire industry. For Chen Xi, even branch factories It doesn’t even count, it’s just a workshop, so once the books are changed, such a large factory will have negative profits this year.
From the perspective of an individual factory, this is definitely a loss. No matter how Liu Tong checks the accounts, he can't find any problems. He can only consider whether he has recruited too many new people this year. But from an overall perspective, he has ten branches. , those who provided raw materials and intermediate products all suffered losses in order to support their brother companies, but the overall profit was huge, so why should they not give any money to companies with book losses?
Are you kidding? Of course you have to divide the money. As long as the planned goals are achieved, it doesn’t matter whether there is a loss or not. So logically speaking, Chen Xi’s theory still has to give Liu Tong money, because this year the entire textile industry has made a profit. There are not many.
Therefore, at the end of the year, Chen Xi plans to check the output value and then give Liu Tong an integer - although you have lost money this year, it doesn't matter, you still have the new year's money.
What, why do you think Chen Xi knew he would definitely lose money this year? Liu Tong would be lucky if he could make money from this. Are you kidding? It’s only August. According to the books, Liu Tong has already lost more than 8 million yuan. If Chen Xi hadn’t been afraid of scaring Liu Tong away, Chen Xi would have made a loss. Data worth tens of millions of dollars.
It’s just that you are still a human being, and you want to save face, so you can’t go too far, so let’s just play with it like this for now.
But even if it was eight million dollars, Liu Tong was confused. What happened? I recruited some people, bought some goods, and produced some materials. Why did I lose so much? I want to check the accounts. After checking Liu Tong was even more confused. He had really lost so much. Why? I'm such a bad guy!
So Liu Tong went back to Weiyang Palace to plant peanuts. Compared with the textile factory that lost money every month, Liu Tong thought that farming was more reliable. The old Liu family was not good at business. They were farming-oriented and stable. Sure, I'm going to farm.
Needless to say later, after all the hard work, it is now time for Liu Tong to harvest peanuts. Based on the small losses before, now she is about to make big profits. These little things that can produce oil are her hope for a comeback!
"Why do I always feel that Your Highness can't make money?" Liu Ye looked at Chen Xi and said faintly. Chen Xi glanced at Liu Ye and said nothing. What do you mean by looking at me when you said this? Could it be that I was giving Liu Tong Trouble, no joke, of course not.
"There is a high probability that you won't make any money." Mi Zhu, who rarely comes here and has recently taken a break from work, sighed and said, "Peanuts are a good thing. The oil yield rate is indeed very high, and the demand for oil is also high. It is indeed very big, but the eldest princess will most likely not make any money.”
"It doesn't matter if you can't make money," Chen Xi said with a smile, "It's just that the money isn't so smooth, but you can definitely make money."
Naturally, Liu Tong didn't know what the people in the Government Affairs Department were saying about her. She was currently leading a group of people to harvest her own peanuts. Although hiring a female worker to dig peanuts would cost three cents an hour, which is almost four hundred and fifty cents a month. .
This job does not require much physical strength, so it is much cheaper to find women to harvest than men. Of course, even so, Liu Tong also feels that it is expensive. This guy is sometimes a brave man, the kind who can only get in but not get out, so recently In efforts to exploit Si Niang, Si Niang developed new harvesting skills. Generally speaking, one person can defeat one or two hundred people.
So Mr. Liu Tong hired a large group of people to rely on Si Niang to harvest, and then he encouraged Si Niang himself. As for Si Niang's expression, it went from excitement to impatience, then to resistance, and finally she became distracted and turned into a tool. People have experienced a lot during this period.
"The harvest is over. A big win. All that's left is speculation. I'm sure to make a lot of money this year." Liu Tong said happily after finishing the last acre of land, holding Si Niang, whose mind had already flown away. , and as Si Niang finished her mechanical work, her brain came back.
