"You go on first!"
Old Man Xia frowned slightly. The conversation between Fang Fang and Huang An seemed to be fine, but in reality there were many problems.
First up is the ranch!
The reason why border grasslands are not used is not because they are useless, but because they dare not use them and cannot use them.
Buffers are needed between forces, and the same is true between the Wu Dynasty and the three guards of Yanshan and the seven Yinshan forces. Although these ten forces cannot be favored by the warriors, Jurchens, and Mongolia, they can be retained. , its own power is not that weak.
There is no difference in the length of the blade. A long knife can stab someone to death, but a short knife can also be used to bleed, right?
Injury is injury, there is no difference in the period.
Sensing that Old Man Xia was wrong, Fang Fang looked indifferent, "After demarcating the pasture and signing the most basic contract, we can calculate the approximate output of the pasture in half a year. There will be a difference. If there is more, we can consume it internally. If there is less, we can We can replenish it, and the total amount will eventually be equal!"
Animal husbandry is not exclusive to the grasslands. The large pastures of the Wu Dynasty were no less.
Near Tai'an City, on the side of the Taihang Mountains, there are hundreds of woodland pastures of various sizes, in which numerous cattle, sheep and horses are raised.
Without the output of the pasture, the price of meat in Tai'an City would have skyrocketed.
Where do the freshly killed mutton cost 20 cents per catty and the fresh beef cost 35 cents per catty come from?
It is provided by the pastures near Gyeonggi Province. If the meat comes from the grassland, the cattle and sheep will lose more than ten kilograms of fat on the way. This is not meat but money. Some people eat it frozen, but compared to the price of fresh meat, it only costs a few cents. The money gap means there is no competitiveness at all.
The Wu Dynasty was not like other Han dynasties. The people were poor and poor, but the per capita consumption of meat and food was definitely one of the best in Kyushu. Without that little body fat reserve, a lot of people would freeze to death in the long winter.
Especially in the desolate central and northern region of Bingzhou, the animal husbandry industry is more developed. After meeting the most basic consumption of rice and flour, families with military background are all ranchers. The only difference is the size of the ranch.
If it weren't for the lack of rain in the northern part of Bingzhou and the vast amount of grassland in the Gobi tidal flats, the livestock industry in Bingzhou could support the entire Wu Dynasty's meat consumption.
"There are differences in breeds of sheep, but there is no difference in mutton. There is only one kind of slaughter. Even if there are some differences, it is still for the Liao people who eat meat all year round, but for the Song people, Ming people, and Tang people who do not have meat supplements all year round, there is meat. It’s good to eat, and those who are already qualified to eat meat don’t care about one more bite of prairie lamb!”
"In this regard, I say quality doesn't matter, so you should be fine with it!"
Fang Fang spread his hands and looked at Huang An.
Huang An shook his head, "I can't agree with this anymore. Some food is good. What quality do you want? To put it bluntly, my blockade has been severe in recent years. In the early years, the border was not so strict. Many People from the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty on the border all bought offal from across the border to replenish their oil and water!"
There is too little oil and water, and everyone can clearly feel the feeling of not having oil or water.
Whether you eat well or eat badly is based on what you have.
The Wu Dynasty had capital, so the mutton was divided into different categories. But for other countries, we should first decide whether to consider anything else.
Besides, the quality of grassland mutton itself is not bad. The truly wealthy owners in Tai'an City only eat mutton killed alive from the grassland.
"After calculating a rough estimate, we can finalize the contract. The unit of market jin is meaningless in this kind of large-scale transactions. The lowest standard unit should be mainly stone. A standard contract is based on one stone of mutton and two taels of silver. To sell it outside, when the contract expires, and to transport it directly to the various gateways via contract, do you think there is a market?"
"Is this another one-hand swap?" Old Man Xia looked at Equation.
"Space can be exchanged for time, and time can also be exchanged for space. As long as there is profit, nothing is a problem. Fattening the pasture is profitable, and selling meat to Zhongyuan is also profitable. One transaction, two profits, plus futures, it is three!"
The 100% profit from fattening in June is enough to sell the grassland pasture.
Mutton does not need to enter the market when leaving the country. As long as it crosses the Wu Dynasty border, the value will increase by 10%. The farther south, the higher the price.
October and November are the winter break in the north, and winter has also arrived in the Central Plains. Within half a month, there is no need to worry about the problem of meat rotting. You can move the meat quickly enough to transport hundreds of miles south, and you have a chance to touch Jingzhou. .
"Good guy, if I remember correctly, Huang Yi once said that when he was studying in the Ming Dynasty, in Yingtian Mansion, one pound of cooked mutton can be purchased for a hundred coins in winter, and one pound of cooked meat and one pound of half-raw meat!"
A hundred coins for cooked meat and almost sixty coins for raw meat.
This is doubled again.
A 200% huge profit, compared to the price paid and the risks required, will not be a problem.
"The price of meat in the Ming Dynasty was still average. The most expensive place was Luoyang in the Song Dynasty. People in the Song Dynasty did not produce cattle or sheep, but regarded beef and mutton as precious meat. The wealthy people consumed a lot of it every winter. At least 40% of the beef and mutton we smuggled out. Eventually it will flow to Luoyang City and become food on the tables of high-ranking officials and nobles, but the supply is still in short supply. No matter what, the price of meat may drop a little in the coming year, but there will still be a 100% profit!"
Old Man Xia obviously knew better.
If the common people are short of oil and water, won’t the nobles be in short supply?
There is still a shortage. The more good things are, the greater the shortage. Just imagine, in the same social status, if people eat meat and you eat grass, then what are you doing?
With the wealth of the Song Dynasty, the city of Luoyang could swallow ten times the supply of meat, let alone several times the supply.
"The next step is to speculate on the standard contract to raise the price of mutton!"
"Because in the early days, the size of the pasture and the number of lambs to be raised were determined. The price will not affect our territory. At the same time, the person who pays the bill is not our military people, so we don't need to worry about this!"
"good!"
Fang Fang nodded with a smile, "Futures is a platform. No matter whether the price is high or low, we just earn the handling fee. The price is pushed up. In the Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Later Tang Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms, mutton is destined to rise. We are not the ones who are cut off. In the same period, we The mutton smuggled out of the customs will also benefit from this. In the coming year, the market for grassland mutton will be fully opened, and the trading companies that make the bulk of the money will definitely increase their pastures and help us raise the herdsmen in the buffer zone!"
"Who would be willing to engage in the business of beheading when there is money to be made? When the time comes, we will give the sheepherders and pastures a three-, six-, nine-, and nine-minute appearance, and the final profit will be nothing compared to the money spent on the sheepherders and pastures?"
"On the contrary, the price has exceeded the standard contract price, and it is not us, rather than the merchants who invested in the pastures, who have suffered this wave of losses. In the coming year, inputs will be reduced, output will be reduced, and the prices will naturally rise that year. At the same time, we are not renting the pastures. , we can also use it, fodder is a big deal on the grassland!"
“If we build a good platform, we will have plenty of money to make!”
"Now what we have to do is to lure people in. Even if we don't make money, we will work with them for three or four years. After the model matures, the war will almost enter the stage of full confrontation. Then it will be the day to make money!"
