Outside the city, Xiaoge Village.

Compared with a month ago, there are much fewer fat pigs, replaced by the four-month-old piglets, and the piglets that have just been bought from the Ten Miles.

Although the weather is cold and there is still light snow in the sky, these piglets are still running around the hillside.

The piglet was just one month old and her body was still weak, so she stayed in the pigpen.

In order to avoid them being cold, Zhao Youjin also deliberately cut the tree branches with squeezed wood, forming several points outside the pigpen, and ignite the pile at night to increase the heat.

I have to say that Zhao Youjin is still a little brainy.

Although it is not very useful now, if it is until December, when heavy snow falls, this kind of fire will be necessary.

Zhao Youjin, who accompanied Liu Mingqi to watch the piglet, smiled and revealed sadness.

And the other middle-aged man walking behind couldn't stop his smile on his face as if he was like an old tree bark.

His name is Tan Ziqiang, and Xiaoyou Village is three miles away from Xiaoge Village.

Today he came here eagerly, not to ask Zhao Youjin for food.

Xiaoge Village has become a "ten thousand-ten thousand household village" in all villages. Every household has money and food. The key is that the location of thousands of workshop workers here has attracted the surrounding villagers.

In order to make the people in their village come to Xiaoge Village to work more and use more money to go back to support their families, these village officials, the three elders and the township chiefs have run to Xiaoge Village.

If you have money, you are the master.

This sentence applies everywhere.

Although Zhao Youjin is just a small village official, he has to respectfully greet the village chief and the three elders, but now they are actually begging Zhao Youjin to take care of him with a smile on his face.

This made Zhao Youjin's voice louder and his smile never stopped all day long.

But today's arrival made Zhao Youjin feel sad and melancholy, as if he had lost thousands of taels and tens of thousands of taels of white silver.

"Zhao Cunzheng, there are so many piglets now. Remember that the piglets must use water to squeeze the upstream of the wood. They cannot be used with the water mixed with wood pulp, including drinking water yourself. Do you know?" Liu Mingqi reminded while looking at the piglet.

"Yes, we have been doing this last time. We took a small tributary next to us, who specializes in drinking water on weekdays." Zhao Youjin answered respectfully, but changed his mind, "Little Prince, you see, we have been raising these expensive pigs for half a year and have accumulated a lot of experience, which is something that no one else can compare with. And we still have the spare energy. Why don't you leave it to our Xiaoge Village to do it, but let these newbies do it?"

The nonsense he mentioned was referring to Xiaoyoucun and Tan Ziqiang.

Because there are too many orders, not only are the royal purchase orders coming, but even the orders from the nobles and ministers at home flew over like snowflakes. Liu Mingqi was about to raise five or six thousand live pigs recently.

This is just the first batch. After spring comes, the second batch of 5,000 heads and the third batch of 5,000 heads will all be raised in a cycle.

In this way, the number is not necessarily enough.

The main job of Xiaoge Village is to build paper workshops and refining lard, and it is still expanding further. There is no unnecessary place to raise so many pigs.

Therefore, after Liu Mingqi asked Lu Gui, she chose Xiaoyou Village, which was next to Xiaoge Village and shared the Osmanthus River with them.

This is basically a large-scale breeding in the same region, which is of great benefit to the breeding and breeding of the entire pig.

Xiaoyou Village was knocked out by this big red envelope from the sky. Tan Ziqiang wanted to run to Prince Yu's mansion last night to thank the little prince. As a result, because it was too late, the imperial city closed, so he could only find a corner in the inner city and curled up all night.

Then this morning he arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion, and Liu Mingqi almost thought that he was a beggar from where he came from.

He didn't think about how a beggar could enter the imperial city?

Tan Ziqiang also had a village token appointed by the imperial court, so he was allowed to enter the imperial city.

With Tan Ziqiang, who was grateful to him, Liu Mingqi arrived at Xiaoge Village first today.

Because pork is surprisingly popular, Xiaoge Village has already replenished another thousand piglets a few days ago.

But the expanded pigpen is no longer enough, and they have freed up several large yards to accommodate the large fat pigs transferred out.

Zhao Youjin also took this opportunity to try to take on business again.

Unfortunately, due to the disadvantages of manpower, area and energy, he himself knew that Xiaoge Village had little hope.

But this did not prevent him from saying bad things about Xiaoyoucun.

When Tan Ziqiang heard the strong contempt of "newbies", he quickly said: "Little Prince, although we have little experience, we will learn more from Xiaoge Village and we will definitely learn well slowly."

"Well, you're good at this." Liu Mingqi nodded and turned to Zhao Youjin and said, "You send thirty people over to teach them how to build pigpens, how to take care of the piglets, and how to feed them."

"yes!"

Zhao Youjin hesitated for a moment and agreed.

Tan Ziqiang was a little surprised. He thought Zhao Youjin would push back and resist.

When Zhao Youjin noticed his eyes, he snorted proudly, thinking to himself that you think I am an idiot? What qualifications do I have to refuse what the little prince ordered? Isn’t this just annoyed him? Isn’t it that I will do this!

Sure enough, Liu Mingqi said with relief: "Zhao Cunzheng, you are very good. The future transactions will become bigger and bigger. If you want to do everything alone, it is definitely unrealistic. If you villages unite, will you be even more powerful? Even if there are any robbers and bandits coming, you will have the power to protect yourself!"

"Haha, you are joking, you are talking about it. We still have to rely on Xiaoge Village to protect us." Tan Ziqiang is also a good person. "There are thousands of people working in Xiaoge Village at night, all of which are strong men. Who are the blind bandits and robbers who dare to come?"

There are more than 3,000 people working in the papermaking workshop in Xiaoge Village, and thousands of people working overtime at night. It can be said that they are constantly turning day and night, and they are very compact.

Liu Mingqi smiled and said, "Tancunzheng, you underestimated Xiaoge Village. By this time next year, they might have seven or eight thousand people working!"

"Ah? So many!"

Tan Ziqiang was shocked.

What does it mean to work together for seven or eight thousand people? It’s so scary!

Zhao Youjin also smiled proudly.

Land buns!

If there wasn't such a big deal waiting, even if I cried and shouted, I would ask the little prince to leave more piglets for us!

Seeing his proud smile, Tan Ziqiang said nothing.

It’s useless to be strong if someone is strong. It’s useless to talk about it for a long time if you are poor.

But Xiaoyou Village is not without a way out.

Isn't this?

The little prince asked us to raise 5,000 piglets. The profit calculated can definitely transform our Xiaoyou Village!

When we do our pig farming well, then the next step is like Xiaoge Village, and Isn’t it natural to ask the little prince to give us some work?

...

Accompanied by Tan Ziqiang, Liu Mingqi arrived in Xiaoyou Village.

Because Xiaoyou Village is closer to Guan Road and more flat land, they are a little more abundant than the previous Xiaoge Village.

But since the rise of Xiaoge Village, most of the young and strong laborers in Xiaoyou Village have gone to Xiaoge Village's papermaking workshops to work. Although it is very hard, it is much better than farming.

So Liu Mingqi walked along the way and saw almost all the women, children and the elderly.

It's so cold, but they're still doing things.

Yes, right!

It is building several large pigpens.

It is absolutely impossible to raise five thousand pigs together. If you get swine fever, you will be all done together.

Separately raised, at least the risks can be reduced.

"We have used the money to buy piglets in the past two days, but the place may be farther away." Tan Ziqiang said: "When they grow up, they can start breeding. We will start raising piglets ourselves, so we don't have to spend this in vain to buy it."

"Prefer to buy it!"

Liu Mingqi rejected it without thinking, "It would be better if everyone can make some money."

Tan Ziqiang was stunned at first, and then he understood what Liu Mingqi meant.

He smiled embarrassedly and said, "I thought the people in Xiaoge Village were wasting money."

After a pause, Tan Ziqiang gave a thumbs up: "Little Prince, there are so few businessmen like you! It's a blessing to meet you!"

Liu Mingqi nodded, "You can do things well, that is everyone's blessing."

"Don't worry, I have agreed with Manager Xi here. In another two or three days of handover, all the people in our village will come back." Tan Ziqiang said: "There are 641 people in our Xiaoyou Village, which is more than Xiaoge Village. All of them come to take care of the expensive pigs and you will definitely do it well!"

They now call the pig raised by Liu Mingqi "privileged pigs", which is different from other cheap pigs.

The pig farming model of Prince Yu’s mansion in Xiaoyou Village is the same as that in Xiaoge Village.

Building pigpens, feeding pig food, etc. are all paid by Prince Yu’s mansion and Xiaoyou Village.

In addition, the feeding cost per pig has become two taels of silver. After all, if the scale of feeding increases, the price will inevitably decrease.

The feeding price of 5,000 pigs is impossible to compare with the initial stage of 100 pigs.

Even so, the five thousand pigs would make Xiaoyou Village earn ten thousand taels of silver.

Not to mention that it is not alone to take care of a pig.

They added up to the children and the elderly, and there were only 641 people. On average, each person could get almost 16 taels of silver.

Although this is half a year's wages, where can ordinary people earn two or three taels of silver in a month?

Not many people can get it if it is placed in the city!

The farmers of this era are very simple.

You have to do as much as you get.

Yesterday afternoon, Tan Ziqiang issued a mobilization order to every household, telling them that they must do the business well, otherwise how could they be worthy of the little prince's love?
Chapter completed!