"Xi'er?" Seeing that Huo Xi was not as excited as them, Yang Fu turned around and asked.
"Let's wait until we build the house. I want to buy the land first."
"Buy a field?"
Huo Xi nodded: "Well, I want to buy a field. Dad, as you have seen, we are helping farmers transport grain this time. The grain tax in this dynasty is much lower than that in the Wu dynasty. We have good weather in the south of the Yangtze River, and we can have a good harvest every year.
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Huo Erhuai nodded. The grain tax collected from one acre of land is three liters, three combined and five spoons. As long as you serve carefully, you can make a lot of money every year.
Huo Xi added: "I saw on the shore today that there were many grain merchants from the north collecting grain. We bought fields and planted grain. Not only do we not have to buy grain to eat, but we can also sell the rest to grain merchants from the north.
Merchant, we can load a boat with one hundred dan, and even if we only earn one penny per jin, we can earn one hundred and twenty taels per jin. For one hundred dan, we can earn at least twelve taels of silver."
"Earn twelve taels per trip?"
Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu both looked at her with their mouths wide open.
Huo Xi nodded, "Yes. What if we earn two cents per pound? Do we earn twenty-four taels per boat? Can we double it again every time we come back?"
"Then let's go to Huai'an for three days and return for six days. Even if the time is longer, half a month or a month, we can only sell one trip. Can we have this number?" Huo Erhuai stretched out his hand.
Palm gesture.
Huo Xi smiled and nodded at him.
Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu immediately covered their mouths with their hands. Their faces were filled with unbelievable joy.
After a long while, he came back to his senses and said, "But we can't produce so much grain per acre? How many fields do we have to buy to have one hundred shi of grain?" Yang Fu scratched his head.
Huo Xi rolled her eyes at him, "We buy a few acres every year, and one day we can buy many, many acres. Besides, won't we collect grain like cloth?"
Yang Fu's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, we can still collect grain!"
He tilted his neck and looked at Huo Xi and Huo Erhuai, "In two years when I grow up, our family can buy another boat. Just like the Qian family, with two boats, we can transport more food!"
I can make more money. I rubbed my hands happily.
I simply couldn't see it.
Huo Erhuai was very excited when the two children said: "Then we won't build a house, we will buy a field!"
"Let's look for fields to buy when we get back!" Huo Erhuai couldn't sit still, gathered the money together in a big palm, and put it into the box.
He should save money to buy land, buy the land to grow grain, get the grain and then sell it for money, and get the money and buy the land again.
One day, the family will have a lot of fertile land. Then he and his mother can be like a landlord waiting to collect the land rent. Then the child and his mother can take good care of themselves.
The house will be built after they buy the land. They also have a boat. They have lived on the boat for ten years, and the boat is also their home.
Just when I was about to lift the hatch and hide the money, there was movement outside.
"Dad, don't keep it. We'll have to pay everyone's fees later, and we'll also need to borrow money to buy the goods for everyone."
"That's right, dad has forgotten about it."
I patted my forehead, put the money away, and walked out of the cabin. I saw some people taking the gangplank to their own boat, and I greeted them with a busy smile.
It was originally agreed that I would be paid 30 cents a day to help bring cotton cloth, and after just three days, I had to pay 90 cents for a boat.
Although it is unfair to those who carry more cargo, those with larger ships will presumably need to carry more goods from the North and borrow more money. For the same reason, no one will complain after receiving a small amount of money, and everyone will be happy.
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After paying all the money to each family, they also lent money to each family, ranging from three to two to five to two.
Although Huo Xi had been lenient when she came and could leave the goods to her family to sell them, and the Huo family would be in charge, no one dared to borrow more.
If life were not oppressive and they were forced to do so, most people would not want to borrow money to live.
They are all honest fishermen, self-sufficient, and have not yet developed their business skills. Although they saw the Huo family selling the cloth they brought, everyone was worried about the risks.
If the goods from the North cannot be sold, we will have to take on debt to live. The burden is too heavy.
As a result, Huo Xi didn't even take out the banknotes. He only used the 180 taels from selling cotton today, plus the 30 taels he brought from home, for a total of less than 200 taels of silver that he borrowed.
Looking at the dozen or so taels of silver in his hand, Huo Erhuai felt a little worried.
"Xi'er, if we can't sell our silk, how can we have money to buy goods? Everyone who has more money can borrow twenty taels. Our boat is bigger than theirs, but we only have a dozen or so taels left." A dozen taels is probably not enough.
Can't buy much.
I told you before that if you want to borrow Taohuadu's money, you have to borrow it, but you don't have much left.
Yang Fu looked at Huo Xi and pursed his lips.
"Dad, you forgot, I still have money borrowed from Manager Huo. We spent eighty taels on collecting cotton cloth before, and I still have money in hand. Even if the silk cloth cannot be sold, we still have money to receive the goods.
Don’t worry, Dad.”
Huo Erhuai breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good, that's good. If we can buy a boatload of goods from the North and bring them back when we return to Kongtang, and earn some more money, we can buy a few more acres of land. Your mother will probably be extremely happy!
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The child's mother longed for the Yang family's former farmland and big house.
It's great, they will soon have acres of land! They will be able to eat the food they grow.
Huo Erhuai put a dozen taels into his purse and stuffed it into Huo Xi's hand, "Tomorrow you go ashore to see if there are any good things, and then buy them back. Dad doesn't understand yet, so you and your uncle discuss it. Take a fancy to it.
Just buy whatever you want.”
Huo Xi took the purse and nodded in agreement.
"Dad, have you ever asked how long we can stay in Huai'an?"
"Dad asked, and they said it can't exceed ten days."
Huo Xi nodded. Sure enough, this dynasty has restarted water transportation, mostly following the system of the previous dynasty.
"Ten days, then we have plenty of time, so we can choose slowly." Yang Fu breathed a sigh of relief.
Huo Xi turned to look at him: "Weren't you still missing your mother and Nian'er just now? Are you in no hurry to go back?"
Yang Fu choked.
"Even if we can visit for ten days, I'm afraid the others in Taoye Ferry won't be able to wait for ten days. We'd better go back together so that we can have someone to look after us on the way."
Huo Erhuai nodded: "Exactly. If you like something tomorrow, you can buy it. You don't have to wait too long."
Huo Xi and Yang Fu nodded in agreement.
Tonight, every family in Taoyedu borrowed money from Huo Erhuai. After receiving the money, the whole family discussed together what kind of goods they should buy to transport back to Beijing.
A few companies that didn't help carry the goods took all the things they brought ashore and sold them ashore today, and they got some money.
For example, Mrs. Sun also brought some cloth to sell. But she had little capital and all she brought was linen. Although she sold it as soon as she landed on the shore, the selling price was not high.
But this was enough for Sun to taste the sweetness.
Originally, I only fished in the rivers and rivers, earning a few hard-earned money by working hard day after day. Who would have thought that this time, I learned a few tricks from the Huo family boy, and actually started a business of selling low and selling high.
Come.
Mrs. Sun tasted the sweetness, looked at the money at hand, calculated what goods to buy from the north, and discussed with Qian Sanduo all night.
Although she brought her own goods and did not help the Huo family transport the cloth, Qian Xiaoxia listened to her and borrowed twenty taels from the Huo family.
Including my own, I have a few dozen taels of silver in hand, and the goods I bought back from Huai'an will only be more than when I came here.
After making money, Xiaoyu will have enough money to marry her.
There are many people with various ideas like Sun. They are all calculating the borrowed money and the money they can use at home, and thinking about what northern goods they will go ashore to buy tomorrow.
