When the prefects heard this, they quickly left one by one and went back home.
After they all left, Yu Ruhai pulled Zhao Feng to sit next to him and looked at Zhao Feng very curiously.
"Mr. Zhao, you have to explain it to me."
"You said this was a scam before. How come this scam has really turned into a profitable business now?"
When Zhao Feng heard this, he burst out laughing.
"This is indeed a scam, but it is based on probability."
Zhao Feng said this and explained it to Yu Ruhai in detail.
He previously encouraged these merchants to pay money to buy chickens, ducks and geese, saying that it was to enable these merchants to make money, but in fact, all these chickens, ducks and geese were to be distributed to the common people to control locusts.
The reason why this is a scam is because from the time when these chickens, ducks and geese are distributed to the time they are collected, there may be some problems, such as being picked up by some wild animals, or some of them dying. .
There may also be some other problems. For example, when the chickens, ducks and geese are harvested, the chickens, ducks and geese will not have enough food to feed them, and they will not be able to lay so many eggs. This will not ensure the income of those people.
If you want those in front of you to make money, you must have people in the back to invest continuously. But the problem is that the value of these chickens, ducks and geese is there. If you invest too much, , a chicken can even be sold for one tael of silver. Isn't this obviously a lie?
But what if nothing goes wrong with the chickens?
Zhao Feng was like this at this time. After he distributed the chickens, ducks and geese to the common people, he distributed the eggs laid by those chickens, ducks and geese to these common people. When the time came, he bought all the chickens, ducks and geese.
Originally, there was a serious shortage of chickens, ducks and geese in Qingzhou, because a large number of chickens, ducks and geese were kept in the fields.
This has also caused the prices of chickens, ducks and geese to be very high, but this price is artificially high and is a bubble.
Because there is no shortage of chickens, ducks and geese in Qingzhou, it’s just that no one is selling these chickens, ducks and geese. Once someone starts to sell these chickens, ducks and geese, the prices of chickens, ducks and geese will collapse rapidly.
If Zhao Feng collects these chickens, ducks and geese and then sells them, not only will it be impossible for those merchants to make a fortune, but it will actually make them lose money and cry!
But Zhao Feng did not sell these chickens, ducks and geese.
Zhao Feng explained to Yu Ruhai with a smile.
"After I collected these chickens, ducks and geese, I built a breeding farm directly to scientifically breed these chickens, ducks and geese."
"Now, in addition to being able to sell chicken, duck and goose eggs, the farm has actually begun to hatch some chickens, ducks and geese."
"Although I may not earn much at the beginning, I will earn more as I go on. And when the farm becomes more mature, I can resell the farm directly and have a way to pay them back." Did you pay the principal?”
After hearing what Zhao Feng said, Yu Ruhai took a breath of disbelief, and then gave Zhao Feng a thumbs up.
"As expected of Mr. Zhao, he is indeed tall!"
"Even a scam can turn out to be true, Mr. Zhao, I really don't accept it!"
Zhao Feng waved his hand. In fact, this matter was not a big deal.
The method of raising these chickens, ducks and geese is not difficult, and food is not necessary to raise them.
Zhao Feng directly hired some people to make edible feed for these chickens, ducks and geese. With the help of these feeds, the cost of raising these chickens, ducks and geese became very low.
And as long as the farm is managed scientifically, the farm can be profitable. All the money invested by those people before was counted by Zhao Feng as shares in this farm, just like the previous public-private joint venture cement factory.
It may be difficult for those people to take away the money, but it is still very simple to receive the dividends.
And seeing how profitable this farm is, only a fool would take away their capital. Most people want to use their capital to stay in the farm to make money.
After Yu Ruhai understood these things, he looked at Zhao Feng very complainingly.
"Mr. Zhao, I thought it was possible to make money from this thing at the beginning, but you insisted that it was a scam. Now they have made money. Didn't you make me miss an opportunity to make money in vain?"
Zhao Feng smiled and waved his hand, looking at Yu Ruhai very seriously.
"Sir, if you want to make money now, it's not too late!"
"Have I not already built this breeding farm? If the breeding farm wants to develop, it must continue to expand its operations."
"If you want to continue to expand your business, you will need a lot of costs, so now I have obtained another share. Sir, why don't you learn to trade stocks? Maybe you can make a lot of money!"
Yu Ruhai quickly waved his hand. He couldn't believe what Zhao Feng said now.
Zhao Feng couldn't help but laugh twice. If he had sold all those chickens, ducks and geese before, although he would have lost some money, he would not have lost too much.
But the reason why Zhao Feng didn't do this was because he didn't want the prefects in other places to lose their money.
The prefects in other places listened to his words and used the money in their treasury to buy these chickens, ducks and geese.
If they lost all the money, they would inevitably be punished by the court.
Zhao Feng himself is different. He only needs to ensure that the thirty thousand taels of silver in his treasury remain intact.
So this time Zhao Feng not only controlled the locusts, but also did a great deed.
Soon it was the time of autumn harvest, and all the people were extremely happy.
This year, not only will the eggs laid by the chickens, ducks and geese help subsidize the family, but there will also be a bumper harvest of food in the fields. Everyone’s face will be filled with smiles.
After solving this matter, Zhao Feng returned to his previous state of lying flat and broken.
When Liu Wei saw this scene, he originally wanted to talk about Zhao Feng, but in the end he hesitated and did not do so.
Liu Wei had already received the secret letter from Zhou Zhen. Zhou Zhen was originally worried about how to investigate Zhao Feng. Unexpectedly, he found traces of locusts in Qingzhou, and even a locust plague was brewing. As a result, nothing happened. I thought that Zhao Feng had used several methods to solve this matter without leakage.
Zhou Zhen felt that his investigation of Zhao Feng was over. With Zhao Feng's talent, as long as he could enter the officialdom, he would surely shine, and maybe he could help them suppress the power of the four major families.
So Zhou Zhen had already considered letting Zhao Feng enter the court in advance. After all, the court was now in dire straits.
After Liu Wei received Zhou Zhen's instructions, he felt that he was about to leave Zhao Feng's side, so he stopped urging Zhao Feng.
