Chapter 871, if you want to be rich, raise more pigs
"Having said that, it is a pity that such fertile fields are used to grow cotton. In the past, the fields used to grow cotton were dry and inferior fields."
"It's better now. These landowners are all using such fertile and high-quality fields to grow cotton. It's really a waste of natural resources when you look at it!"
Liu Jin was thinking in his mind, but the people next to him were still chatting away. Some people saw Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao, but they didn't pay too much attention because they were attracted by the steam cultivator to watch the fun.
"I feel the same way. It would be a pity not to grow wheat in such good land."
"What's the pity? If you think it's a pity, why don't you rent it and plant it?"
"I don't farm. Farming is exhausting all year long. In the end, I won't even be able to eat a full meal. I might as well go to the city and work hard. At least I can eat enough and still have some leftovers in the bag.
silver."
"Isn't that what it is? There is no one for these wealthy landlords to farm anymore. You said they don't grow cotton on this land, so why should you ask them to grow it?"
"In other words, with this steam cultivator, if there was no steam cultivator, this land would only be in panic. The wealthy landlords would not cultivate the land themselves."
"It would be a shame to panic."
"It's a pity that no one is growing wheat anymore anyway."
"Whether it's growing cotton, raising pigs, chickens, ducks and geese, it's more cost-effective than growing wheat."
"Raising pigs?"
"Who wants to raise pigs? Raising pigs requires a lot of food. If you don't even have enough to eat, who has food to feed the pigs?"
When I heard someone talking about raising pigs, someone immediately said it like a conditioned reflex.
They are all people who are used to poverty, and their lives have only slowly gotten better in the past few years, so when they think about raising pigs, some people immediately shake their heads.
"You, this is all a matter of years and years."
"You don't know how much the price of pork has risen to per pound now."
"Here in Beijing and Tianjin, the price of a pound of pork has risen to fifteen cents per pound, which has doubled. The key is that there is not enough to sell this pork."
"Beijing and Tianjin each have a population of several million, and the combined population of the two cities exceeds tens of millions. With such a huge population, the food eaten every day can be piled up into a mountain."
"You don't know~"
"My son works in a factory on the cement road leading from Tianjin to Shanhaiguan. Thousands of cattle and sheep are transported from Tianjin to the capital every day. The marine fish caught in the Tianjin port every day can be piled up.
Mountain."
"Although this pork is not as good as beef and mutton, since the Ming Dynasty Morning Post reported on the castration of pigs, the smell of the pork has completely disappeared, and the growth has also become faster. The fat produced
Meat is definitely everyone’s favorite.”
"The demand for pork is getting stronger and stronger. The entire Beijing-Tianjin area consumes at least several thousand pigs every day. Plus chickens, ducks and geese, there is not enough to feed Beijing and Tianjin."
"Raising pigs is also a very profitable business."
Some people talk eloquently, and people around them listen carefully.
Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin also remained silent and listened quietly. From these ordinary people, we could learn a lot of useful information, and we could roughly see the economic development of the Ming Dynasty and the living standards of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
"These cattle and sheep are actually not very easy to raise, because they only eat grass and need pasture to raise them."
"But pigs are different. They can be kept in captivity, and pigs are not picky about food. They can eat leftovers and swill, and they can also be fed sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, and even sweet potato leaves."
"Actually, it doesn't require much food to feed it."
"In the past, everyone thought that food was expensive and there was not enough for people to eat. Naturally, no one raised pigs. But it is different now. The production of food has increased greatly, and there is more food to feed pigs."
"Everyone has eaten enough, and now they are gradually paying attention to eating well and eating meat. The business of pork, chicken, duck, fish, beef and mutton, etc. is very good."
"Liu Yidao, who used to kill pigs in our town, now goes to the capital to kill pigs and sell them. It is said that more than 20 pigs will be sold on this day. He is busy from morning to night and makes a lot of money.
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"I haven't seen his family build a large reinforced concrete building. And I heard that he also bought two houses here in the capital. Each house costs more than 500 taels of silver. You know how profitable it is to kill pigs.
We also know how big the demand for pork is among people here in the capital."
"If you want to be rich, you must raise more pigs and build more roads."
"Let me tell you, why did Mr. Dong in our town build such a big pigsty? It turned out to be for raising pigs."
"Isn't that right? Mr. Dong, he has connections and has established relationships with the canteens of many big factories in the capital. In these canteens, there will always be some leftovers, leftovers and the like."
"City people are more particular about not eating leftovers. They pour all the leftovers into swill buckets. Mr. Dong is going to use the swill from these big factories to raise pigs. He has prepared several four-wheeled carriages.
They are all used to transport swill."
"In addition, I have planted sweet potatoes and corn in my own field, both of which are used to feed pigs."
"The leftovers from this big factory are just given to him?"
"How about giving it to you?"
"They don't know how to raise their own pigs?"
"You don't know how profitable the trades and businesses of those big factories are, like the cement factory closest to us. This cement is a good thing. There is not enough to sell it. You can sell it as much as you produce.
No matter how much we lose, who has the time to raise pigs?"
"Yes, I heard that Mr. Zhang in our town opened a cement factory in partnership with others, and the business is very good."
"The most profitable thing is to do sea trade. If this ship goes overseas, it will earn at least tens of thousands of taels of silver. But the investment is too big. One ship will cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, and it also needs to purchase goods, etc.
, it’s not something that ordinary people like us can play with, not even the landlords and wealthy people in our town can play with it.”
"I've also heard that sea trade is very profitable. My cousin's second uncle's son's brother is working as a sailor on a ship. It is said that he has been to the Middle East and Persia as far as last year alone.
He got several hundred taels of silver."
"I don't know how many matchmakers have proposed to him now. He doesn't look very good, but he is very picky. Ordinary girls can't even look down on him."
"I get a few hundred taels of silver a year. My dear, isn't this enough for a lifetime?"
When someone heard this, they couldn't help but marvel.
"What's enough to eat?"
"It's just enough to buy a suite here in the capital."
"What kind of house is it? It costs several hundred taels of silver. Those few hundred taels of silver are enough for us to build a very large yard in the countryside."
"How can your house in the countryside be compared with the house in the city? The houses in the city are so beautifully built, there are communities, schools, shopping malls and so on. It is also convenient to work, and the key is that this city
The price of houses continues to increase every year.”
"That's right, I also heard what my son said."
"For houses in this city, you could buy a nice courtyard for just a few dozen taels of silver in the past, but gradually you can only buy a house for a hundred taels of silver, which is just a bigger building with a few rooms.
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"Don't be too young. Now in Beijing, a house like this costs two to three hundred taels of silver. I heard that in Tianjin, a few years ago, a house only cost one hundred taels of silver.
Now it costs more than a thousand taels of silver."
"My son regrets it so much. If he had gritted his teeth and bought a house with a loan, he could now make hundreds of taels of silver just by selling it."
"My son also said the same thing. He said that his intestines are full of regrets. It is getting harder and harder to buy a house here in the capital. Sometimes, even if you have money, you can't buy a house."
"People in Beijing are rich~"
"You can just go to work in a factory and earn three taels of silver a month?"
"If a couple works together, they can earn at least five taels of silver this month, and after a year, they can take home at least dozens of taels of silver."
"This is just for ordinary people, those who do business make more."
"Liu Yidao, who kills pigs, Zhang Guaizi, who makes steamed buns, and Fatty Du, who makes pasta, all bought houses in Chengli, and when they came back during the Chinese New Year, each one was more arrogant than the other. Seeing that the former landlords were all
His face was full of indifference."
"These times have changed. Having land is not as good as having a house in the city. Having a house is not as good as having a ship on the sea. The real wealthy families in Beijing now not only have their own factories, but also have ships on the sea.
, this is in Nanyang, they still have their own plantations."
"I heard that there are people who go to Australia to raise cattle and sheep, to grow cotton in the Western Regions, and to dig gold mines in Huangjinzhou. These people are the real rich and the real wealthy families."
"I've also heard that the powerful people in the capital are even going overseas to seize private colonies. We, the Ming Emperor, don't care about this private colony. As long as we occupy it, it will be our own little kingdom.
, you have the final say on everything, just pay taxes to the emperor every year."
"This is such a big change. A few years ago, we were still suffering from famine and starving. But now things are better. They say they want to run away from the whole world."
"No, I haven't seen all the young people going out. Whether it's working in the city or working as a crew member at sea, it's better than staying at home anyway."
"..."
Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao listened carefully. After hearing their conversation, Liu Jin couldn't help but smile. Because of his butterfly wings as a time traveler, the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty have also undergone earth-shaking changes. They are no longer full.
It's so simple, it actually looks like traveling through past and present lives.